Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Entangled Stories--Guest Edie Ramer--plus Giveaway!

When I didn't have a guest today, the awesome Edie Ramer stepped into the breach. Where do I start to introduce Edie? Besides being a terrific author of bestselling paranormal romance, romance and women's fiction, she's an amazingly kind and generous person. Kinda like Rocky actually, in that she doesn't even know it. But other writers are constantly saying, "I got my start in Indie publishing because of Edie Ramer." Including me. I owe her more than I can say. Please welcome Edie!

Thank you so much for having me here today! I’ve had a lot happening to me lately – publishing a new contemporary romance, Christmas at Angel Lake, the 3-book set, Miracle Interrupted Set, and I’m part of the 10-book Romance Super Bundle that’s on sale for only 99 cents.  But today I’m talking about a paranormal anthology of short stories and one novella, titled Entangled, a Paranomal Anthology, that author Misty Evans and I published a little over 2 years ago. It includes stories by at least 3 New York Times authors and another 3 USA Today bestselling authors. (The actual numbers might be higher; it’s hard to keep up with these fabulous authors.) All the proceeds are going to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (which has a 5 star rating; the highest there is). Even the cover was donated by the wonderful Laura Morrigan.

I can’t tell you how proud of it I am. Yesterday, I lunched with Mary and three other area authors. Mary had heard that we’re taking the book down after October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and she wondered why and if the Entangled book would disappear from our e-readers. First, we never planned for it to go on forever. It’s been on longer than we planned – mostly because we were all too busy to think about it.

It’s only $2.99, very much a bargain, and none of us are getting even a penny of it. To answer Mary’s second question, no, it won’t disappear from your e-readers. You bought it, you keep it. Here’s the official blurb:

Ghosts, vampires, demons, and more! Entangled includes ten suspense-filled paranormal short stories from authors Cynthia Eden, Jennifer Estep, Edie Ramer, Lori Brighton, Michelle Diener, Misty Evans, Nancy Haddock, Liz Kreger, Dale Mayer, and Michelle Miles, plus a Seven Deadly Sins novella by Allison Brennan. 

Here’s a short excerpt from my short story, “The Fat Cat”:

Of all the cat houses, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.

Tory locked eyes with a fat, black cat and shivered. It wasn’t really misquoting Casablanca at her, was it? She was a witch, not a cat whisperer.

It had to be in her mind. The cats she knew wouldn’t lower themselves to speak human.

“I don’t like this place.” Sorcha’s gaze around the cat playroom in the Humane Society was as scornful as if the place was violating the Geneva Convention instead of crammed with carpet-covered climbing thingies and scratching posts, plus strategically placed litter boxes that looked barely used.

Tory glanced around, too, from one cat to another, twenty or more. All colors, all sizes, all ages. Even the fat, black one who’d been staring at her since she walked into the oversized cat cage.

Or, as Sorcha called it, their prison.

“It’s clean,” Max said.

Sorcha stared at her husband, Tory’s brother, her expression as horrified as if he’d said she needed to stop eating ice cream. “So are hospitals. I don’t like them, either.”

Tory sniggered. She could always count on her sister-in-law to cheer her up, even after a break-up with her boyfriend.

She was replacing him with a cat.


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I’m giving away a copy of my Miracle Interrupted Set to a commenter. Two of the authors are breast cancer survivors. (I’m one of the two.) Every author in this anthology knows someone else who had it or is going through it. What’s your experience with this disease?

Edie Ramer

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12 comments:

  1. Mary, it's my pleasure to be at your place. Thanks for featuring Entangled. I'll always be proud of this book. :)

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    1. An awesome anthology for a vital cause. Thanks so much for sharing it with us!!

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  2. Wonderful interview and I'm grabbing Entangled!

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    1. Morganne, I know you'll enjoy it! I'm eager for your box set to be out so I can buy it!

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  3. Many years ago, one of my mother's cousins had breast cancer but she didn't make it. She was a fairly young person too, maybe 40. Then about 5 or 6 years ago, one of the ladies in our church, probably in her late 60's., was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was one who didn't go to doctors much. She'd been feeling poorly for some time and finally went. She'd known she had a lump for months, but --- Her prognosis wasn't good, and it was just before Christmas that year. However, with the new strides in treatment, and the new 'genetic' meds, she has survived.
    My daughter is very aware of breast cancer, and does all she can to support the cause. She would buy the postage stamps even tho they were higher in cost; she has participated in the walk for cancer; and she usually buys anything promoting breast cancer research. She had breast implants when she was in her early to mid twenties, and I think that has made her very conscientious of it all.

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    1. Donna, I'm glad that your church friend is doing all right now. And I'm very glad that your daughter is taking care of herself!

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  4. My mother died of cancer when I was in high school and it started with breast cancer. Treatment and prognosis has vastly improved since then, thank goodness. It's in no small part because of efforts like this and I'm so very grateful.

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    1. Mary, I'm so sorry. It has improved a lot since then. Liz has been on chemo for over 13 years, and she's still here. And I'm very grateful for it.

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  5. Edie,

    This is such a wonderful thing you ladies are doing! Thank you!

    Val

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    1. Val, it was a project of my heart and my pleasure! Thanks!

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  6. Thanks to everyone who visited and commented!

    Edie's winner is Donna E!! Donna, please contact Edie through her blog (http://edieramer.com/contact/) for your prize. Or you can email me at mary at maryhughesbooks dot com and I'll let her know your email.

    Thanks again to Edie for her stepping in at the last moment with this awesome post and giveaway!

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  7. Mary, it was my pleasure! And congrats to Donna E!

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