Book Giveaway!

TenGoodReasons_hires.FINALGuess what season it is around these parts?

It’s whale-watching season!

The whale festivals are taking place up and down the Pacific Coast, and people are heading out on boats (or even watching from shore) to see the beautiful gray-whale migration from Baja up to Alaska. The mama grays are usually the ones to head up in this first pass, with their brand-new babies in tow.

To celebrate this awesome season, and awesome sight, (and because I love ya), I’m doing a Kindle book giveaway of TEN GOOD REASONS, where whale-watching season played the sunny seaside backdrop to the romance between Lia McCabe and sexy boat captain Evan Betancourt. Offer ends 3/19 or when all prizes are claimed.

Here’s the contest gobbly gook:

See this #AmazonGiveaway for a chance to win: Ten Good Reasons (A Sandy Cove Romance) (Kindle Edition). Enter here. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Ends the earlier of Mar 19, 2016 11:59 PM PDT, or when all prizes are claimed. See Official Rules here.

I hope you all will enter. Or — if you’ve already read the book — enter to win it for a friend! Odds are 1 in 200, and you get to see right away if you won. Please pass along to friends who might be interested in my books, too!

Here’s where you click to enter for a chance to win: Win a copy of TEN GOOD REASONS.

Good luck!

Great Library Event!

Had such a great library event on Saturday!

Here was my view as I was speaking. I asked everyone to wave:

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I talked about my my Oprah moment that started me on my romance-writing journey and my road to publication, offered some tips I learned along the way, shared my “bag of writing secrets,” and answered questions.

My mom brought cookies for everyone, and my SIL Denise brought raffle tickets (we did two raffles, one for The Red Bikini, and one for Ten Good Reasons). Denise also brought a cash box and helped me sell a bunch of books!

Then I signed books and said hello to a lot of friends who came to support me. It was so fun.

Here’s me and my SIL Barbara (my brother’s wife), who helped with photo-taking:

Barbara and meSigning lots of books:

5-4-2015 1-41-09 PMAnd me and a bunch of friends from high school, believe it or not! The library event was very near our old stomping grounds, so had a lot of VHS friends show up with their moms, who I grew up with also. So fun:

5-4-2015 1-45-16 PMI had such a good time!

Keeping Up Appearances …

4-17-2015 3-23-58 PMSo I have appearances this week! I’ll be at the Brea Library this Saturday, talking about writing and publishing. It’ll probably be just me, my mom, a few friends, and their moms, but we’re sure to have a good time! I told my 15 yo son I wasn’t sure what to talk about, and he told me he thinks I should speak entirely in cliches: “Don’t give up. Follow your dreams. There are many roads to choose. Take the path less chosen. …” He made me laugh.

If you’re local, though, I’d love to see you at 11 a.m. at 1 Civic Center Circle, Brea. The best place to park is the underground parking structure accessible from Birch St. The parking structure entrance is located between the Civic Center and the Embassy Suites Hotel. You can park and take the elevator up to the lobby level.

If you just want to meet up virtually, I’m also over on the Harlequin Junkie blog this week, telling my very favorite scenes from TEN GOOD REASONS. (Can you guess what they are?) Come check the excerpts out and enter the Rafflecopter giveaway if you wish. Just click here: Lauren Christopher on Harlequin Junkie.

Hope to visit with you all soon!

Fun Launch Week!

Well, I had a very fun launch week! Thanks to all of you for your supportive tweets, emails, texts, likes and the like — it really means the world to me.

Launch Day itself started out as a normal day — I went to my day job. Nothing different there. But my mom and dad managed to slip out to a Barnes and Noble and found my book, and they sent me pictures while I was at work. My mom spread my books out all across the top shelf. (I’m sure Barnes and Noble appreciates that.) Here she is, looking adorable. Check out her renegade work along that top shelf:

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That night, I sped home from work, and hubby and I went to our own local Barnes and Noble, and found it there. We took dorky pictures, then he bought a copy. (So sweet.) And then we went to a restaurant nearby and had cocktails and dinner to celebrate:

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The next day, after the day job, I had a super-fun Facebook party with fellow authors and Firebird friends Tracy Brogan (“Crazy Little Thing,” “The Best Medicine”), Terri Osburn (“Meant to Be,” “Home to Stay”), Kim Law (“Ex on the Beach,” “Hot Buttered Yum”) — all celebrating the huge launch of our buddy Tamra Baumann’s first contemporary “It Had to Be Him.” It was a lot of fingers flying across the keyboard while we all chatted with friends and fans and asked and answered questions about reading, favorite books, favorite heroes, favorite desserts, and life in general, and it was so much fun. I love seeing all our friends and fans talking to each other, and it gives us a chance to get to chat with you all, too.

The week rounded out with phone discussions with my agent about my new series, making this all seem even more surreal as I was negotiating Book 3, planning Book 4, all the while marketing Book 2. Hard to believe I’m even saying sentences like that.

Overall, it was a fabulous week, and I’ll be updating you with more TEN GOOD REASONS shenanigans as we go!

In the meantime, don’t forget:

* TEN GOOD REASONS is a perfect read for a spring weekend! You can find it at any of these spots:

Barnes and Noble (Nook or paperback)
Amazon (Kindle or paperback)
iBooks/ iTunes
Powells Books
Book Depository (free shipping outside the U.S.)

OR at a Barnes and Noble bookstore near you! At Barnes and Noble stores, I should be in the “New Releases” section in the Romance area. If you don’t see the book there, please ask at the front desk. Those requests encourage them to order my books.

* Don’t forget to take a picture of you and my book.  I will send Sandy Cove souvenir gift packs with $10 Amazon cards to the following:

  • The first person who sends in a photo of themselves with TEN GOOD REASONS in a Barnes and Noble! (My mom was the first, as you saw above, but she is graciously passing along her prize.)
  • The most creative photo of a reader holding TEN GOOD REASONS (sent in between April 7 and June 7). (If several photos seem creative, I’ll pool them together and do a random drawing from the creative ones.)
  • Two randomly selected photos of a reader holding TEN GOOD REASONS (drawings will take place on May 7 and June 7)

That’s four chances to win! Join the fun and get those photos in. You can send your photos to laurenchristopher[at]live[dot]com. Or, on Instagram or Twitter, tag me @mizwrite or hashtag it #10goodreasons and I’ll catch you that way!

* Write an Amazon review. It really makes a difference in a writer’s career how many reviews she gets, so I’m going to be continually begging for reviews. If you’ve already left one, THANK YOU. It really helps.

* Tell your friends about the book! If you have friends who love to read contemporary romance, please spread the word. If you’re a social-media-type person, here are some posts:

My friend’s book TEN GOOD REASONS just launched this week! If you like lighthearted, beach-read romances, this one’s for you: http://amzn.to/1D4A2Qd

My friend @mizwrite’s book TEN GOOD REASONS just launched! Kirkus Reviews calls it “smart and sexy”: http://amzn.to/1D4A2Qd

OR, an OC focus if you’re a local:

My friend @mizwrite’s 2nd book TEN GOOD REASONS just launched! If you like lighthearted, beach-read romances set in Orange County, this one’s for you: http://amzn.to/1D4A2Qd

 

I’m so excited to talk about the book and hear what you thought! Would you all be interested in a TEN GOOD REASONS book club discussion on Facebook? (Similar to the one we did for THE RED BIKINI?) Let me know!

Thanks, all! And happy reading this weekend!

TEN GOOD REASONS Launch Day!

13974_10204089131485102_4291729891667795504_nThe day is finally here. TEN GOOD REASONS has launched! I hope you all enjoy the book as much as I do. If you want to learn more about it, or what went into making it, and see some fun facts, videos, and more, visit my Ten Good Reasons book page here. I’ll be adding material to it over the next couple of months, so please visit often!

In the meantime, here are some ways you can help make TEN GOOD REASONS a success:

* Buy the book, if you haven’t already. The book is available at:

Barnes and Noble (Nook or paperback)
Amazon (Kindle or paperback)
iBooks/ iTunes
Powells Books
Book Depository (free shipping outside the U.S.)

OR at a Barnes and Noble bookstore near you! At Barnes and Noble stores, I should be in the “New Releases” section in the Romance area. If you don’t see the book there, please ask at the front desk. Those requests encourage them to order my books. Speaking of which …

* Take a picture of you and my book. I love, love, love seeing pictures of you and my books! So much so that I’m having a photo contest over the next two months. I will send Sandy Cove souvenir gift packs with $10 Amazon cards to the following:

  • The first person who sends in a photo of themselves with TEN GOOD REASONS in a Barnes and Noble!
  • The most creative photo of a reader holding TEN GOOD REASONS (sent in between April 7 and June 7). (If several photos seem creative, I’ll pool them together and do a random drawing from the creative ones.)
  • Two randomly selected photos of a reader holding TEN GOOD REASONS (drawings will take place on May 7 and June 7)

That’s four chances to win! Join the fun and get those photos in. You can send your photos to laurenchristopher[at]live[dot]com. Or, on Instagram or Twitter, tag me @mizwrite or hashtag it #10goodreasons and I’ll catch you that way!

* Write an Amazon review. You can start leaving reviews on Amazon as of today, and it really makes a difference in a writer’s career how many reviews she gets. Whether you buy the book on Amazon or not, please – if you have a few extra minutes – leave 3-4 sentences and however many stars you like. The number of reviews, apparently, is what determines how many Amazon lists you get on (like the “…if you like this book, you might like this one…” variety). So it’s Super-Important. And tell your friends about reviews! Speaking of which …

* Tell your friends about the book! If you have friends who love to read contemporary romance, please spread the word. Whether you’re standing in a bookstore, sitting in a hairdresser’s chair, waiting at the car wash, or seeing someone read on the subway, I’d surely appreciate the shout-out. If you’re shy, but you’d hand out TEN GOOD REASONS postcards, I’m ordering a bunch of pretty ones I’d be happy to mail you. Please email me your snail-mail address at laurenchristopher[at]live[dot]com, and I’ll send a stack to you asap! Also, here are some social-media posts if you’re a social-media-type person:

My friend’s book TEN GOOD REASONS just launched this week! If you like lighthearted, beach-read romances, this one’s for you: http://amzn.to/1D4A2Qd

My friend’s book TEN GOOD REASONS just launched! Kirkus Reviews calls it “smart and sexy”: http://amzn.to/1D4A2Qd

OR, an OC focus if you’re a local:

My friend’s book TEN GOOD REASONS just launched this week! If you like lighthearted, beach-read romances set in Orange County, this one’s for you: http://amzn.to/1D4A2Qd

 

So those are some things that can really help!

Here are all the places I’m celebrating and giving stuff away:

April 8 (Tomorrow!) – Kindle Giveaway and Facebook Party — My Firebird sisters Tracy Brogan (“Crazy Little Thing,” “The Best Medicine”), Terri Osburn (“Meant to Be,” “Home to Stay”), Kim Law (“Ex on the Beach,” “Hot Buttered Yum”), and I will be celebrating the huge launch of Tamra Baumann’s first contemporary “It Had to Be Him” at a Spring Fling Book Giveaway on Facebook Wednesday, April 8, 1-7 p.m. PST. (You can pop in and out anytime you like!) We’ll be asking easy questions giving away lots of books, gift cards, gift baskets, and there will be a grand prize of a KINDLE! You can join by clicking here. Please come! It’s going to be so much fun!

May 2 – Author Talk at the Brea Library — The Brea Library has invited me to do their Author Talk on Saturday, May 2 at 11 a.m., so come meet me there! I’ll be speaking for an hour, giving away door prizes, and I’ll sign any books you bring. I’d love to chat with all of you! The Brea Library is at 1 Civic Center Circle, Brea, California.

Photo Contest – Details mentioned above. I’m giving away four $10 Amazon gift cards and four Sandy Cove souvenir packs to four lucky winners: the first photo sent to me, the most creative photo, and two randomly selected photos submitted now until June 7! Send photos to laurenchristopher[at]live[dot]com.

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