Passion Bites virtual tour starts today!

COMPLETE INFORMATION AT BARCLAY PUBLICITY

Visit all the blogs participating in the tour for reviews, excerpts, guest posts and more chances to win!

12/07/2015
I Am Shelfless
Stormy Nights Reviewing
Tome Tender
Splashes Into Books

12/08/2015
Long and Short Reviews

12/09/2015
Smut Book Junkie
Rainne’s Ramblings

12/10/2015
Dani Reviews Things
Literary Nymphs Hot List

12/11/2015
T&L Book Review

12/14/2015
Em&M Books

12/15/2015
Books Can Take You There

12/16/2015
Loves 2 Read Romance
Deal Sharing Aunt
Crystal’s Chaotic Confessions
Evermore Books

12/17/2015
Lisa’s Louisiana Home
Love Affair With an e-Reader
Reelika Raimet

12/18/2015
Andrea Heltsley Books
Fic Gal
Alpha Book Club

Also look for reviews from:
Majorly Delicious
Love and Write

Complete tour information plus prize list at Barclay Publicity: http://www.barclaypublicity.com/book-scoop-blog/passion-bites-by-mary-hughes-release-celebration-tour-sale

All these books just 99c--get 'em today!

You work hard to make the holidays shine. But who makes them sparkle for you? Let us help. Join us on Facebook for fun and prizes and enter our Rafflecopter for a chance at a $50 egift card!

Making the holidays romantic and sexy are New York Times bestselling author Jayne Rylon, New York Times bestselling author Izzy Szyn, bestselling author Jodi Redford, and the awesome Roxy Mews.

Jayne Rylon (Report For Booty)
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IHG0HK2/
BN http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/report-for-booty-jayne-rylon/1118631851?ean=2940148288503
Izzy Szyn (Fang-Filled Weekend)
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0171ZO2BE/
BN http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fang-filled-weekend-izzy-szyn/1122844190?ean=2940151189965
Jodi Redford (Double Dare)
Amazon only http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VTQO8V6/
Roxy Mews (When the Lights Go Out)
Amazon only http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VGOPCUM/

Making the holidays heartwarming are USA Today bestselling author Edie Ramer, USA Today bestselling author Dale Mayer, and Amazon bestselling author Leigh Morgan.

Edie Ramer (Christmas at Angel Lake)
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FG92FOE/
BN http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/christmas-at-angel-lake-edie-ramer/1116993588?ean=2940148588412
Dale Mayer (Skin)
Amazon only http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MJOFLEU/
Leigh Morgan (Second Chances)
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0059JGESO/
BN www.barnesandnoble.com/w/second-chances-leigh-morgan/1104360742?ean=2940011392726

Making the holidays fun are bestselling author Zoe Dawson, me, and the always-hilarious SL Carpenter.

Zoe Dawson (Hounded)
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DFA9H4C/
BN http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hounded-zoe-dawson/1115674091?ean=2940016477251
Mary Hughes (Beauty Bites)
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DUB24P0/
BN http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/beauty-bites-mary-hughes/1116010903?ean=9781619215818
SL Carpenter (SL Carpenter's Big Book of Lust)
Amazon only http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0173PRPZC/

Making the holidays magical are international bestselling author Michelle Diener, and the wonderful Elle J Rossi and S.C. Mitchell.

Michelle Diener (The Golden Apple)
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J7GI1A4/
BN http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-golden-apple-michelle-diener/1118956538?ean=9780987417688
Elle J Rossi (Indigo Dawn)
Amazon only http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZWIP5IM/
S.C. Mitchell (There's No Such Thing as Werewolves)
Amazon only http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007KAE45A/

Beauty Bites JUST 99c LIMITED TIME

Beauty Bites is priced at just 99c to celebrate Synnove's sister's book coming December 8.

Kindle | Nook | KindleUK | NookUK | iBooks | AllRomance | Kobo LIMITED TIME

Warning: Contains a doctor with a bod for sin, an ad exec with a chip on his shoulder, sarcasm, sex, and a cabin full of annoying friends. Secrets are revealed. One heart-stopping, horrific moment leads to the ultimate of happily-ever-afters. 

Beauty is skin deep…but the beast goes all the way.
When top Minneapolis ad man Ric Holiday is asked to design a campaign for a quaint little town, his first reaction is absolutely not. Meiers Corners is too near Chicago, home of the vampire who turned him as an orphaned boy.

Then the city sends an angel-faced med student with a body made for sin to plead their case. Synnove Byornsson is the ray of sunshine Ric hasn’t felt since he was human.

Armed with determination and a micro miniskirt, Synnove is prepared to crash Holiday’s penthouse cocktail party—and to dislike him on sight. But Mr. All-Style-No-Substance turns out to have a deadly smile, a barely restrained, feral strength, and piercing blue eyes that look at her—not at her cleavage.

Unfortunately Synnove has competition in the form of a sly temptress with a counterproposal. For the first time in her life, Synnove must cash in her genetic lottery ticket and fire back with some sizzle of her own—or her beloved Meiers Corners could become the new Sin City.

Treat Yourself Right this Holidays--$50 egift card Grand Prize

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If you're like me, this is an insanely busy season. Those hams and turkeys don't baste themselves. The gifts don't magically wrap each other, and it is a sad truth that the Decorator Elves exist only in fairy tales.

You do all that. You work hard during the holidays, making November and December a magical, romantic, fun, and warm family time.

But who makes the holidays magical for you?

We'd like to help. Starting the end of November, a dozen authors are banding together to give away 60 ebooks. Then from December 1-12 we're hosting a bash with 12 Days of 99c Ebooks--with a grand prize $50 Amazon/BN egift cerificate! Treat yourself right this holidays.

$50 Rafflecopter giveaway here

Making the holidays romantic and sexy are New York Times bestselling author Jayne Rylon, New York Times bestselling author Izzy Szyn, bestselling author Jodi Redford, and the awesome Roxy Mews.

Making the holidays heartwarming are USA Today bestselling author Edie Ramer, USA Today bestselling author Dale Mayer, and Amazon bestselling author Leigh Morgan.

Making the holidays magical are international bestselling author Michelle Diener, and the wonderful Elle J Rossi and S.C. Mitchell.

Making the holidays fun are bestselling author Zoe Dawson, me, and the always-hilarious SL Carpenter.
Hope you'll join us to get your gift of a little extra warmth and sparkle this holiday season!

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Twelve Days of 99c Sales--December 1-12, 2015

Making the holidays romantic and sexy are New York Times bestselling author Jayne Rylon, New York Times bestselling author Izzy Szyn, bestselling author Jodi Redford, and the awesome Roxy Mews.

Jayne Rylon (Report For Booty)
Kindle | Nook

Izzy Szyn (Fang-Filled Weekend)
Kindle | Nook

Jodi Redford (Double Dare)
Kindle

Roxy Mews (When the Lights Go Out)
Kindle

Making the holidays heartwarming are USA Today bestselling author Edie Ramer, USA Today bestselling author Dale Mayer, and Amazon bestselling author Leigh Morgan.

Edie Ramer (Christmas at Angel Lake)
Kindle | Nook

Dale Mayer (Skin)
Kindle

Leigh Morgan (Second Chances)
Kindle | Nook

Making the holidays fun are bestselling author Zoe Dawson, me, and the always-hilarious SL Carpenter.

Zoe Dawson (Hounded)
Kindle | Nook

Mary Hughes (Beauty Bites)
Kindle | Nook

SL Carpenter (SL Carpenter's Big Book of Lust)
Kindle

Making the holidays magical are international bestselling author Michelle Diener, and the wonderful Elle J Rossi and S.C. Mitchell.

Michelle Diener (The Golden Apple)
Kindle | Nook

Elle J Rossi (Indigo Dawn)
Kindle

S.C. Mitchell (There's No Such Thing as Werewolves)
Kindle

Chat and play with us on Facebook! Join us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TreatYourselfRightThisHolidays/

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3T Writing Tidbit

"Hi." "Hi." "How are you." "Oh fine..."
*yawn* Can we throw in ninjas now?

Dialog isn't just speech. As we found last month, it has three purposes, move the story forward, reveal something about the character, and/or show conflict.

But now that you have your purposeful dialog, how about making it sound like it's coming out of real mouths?

"Hi." "How are you?"

These are "real" things people say. But they don't sound real. They sound cardboard, cartoonish.

That's because dialog isn't supposed to sound real. It's supposed to sound realistic.

Readers suspend their disbelief to be swept along in the story. Give them dialog that sweeps them along in the story but doesn't break the suspension.

First, make it fit the character's era, age, region, class.

Then add one or two ruffles or bows (or metal studs depending on the character): interruptions, repeat, slang, contractions, swearing, pauses, imperatives, character has trouble saying what they mean.

Finally, subtract stiff or stilted dialog, words that break the character's characteristics ("Yo, bro," the countess said), tongue twisters and bits that don't fit the action (e.g. "Let me recite the whole preamble to the constitution" takes one punch).


Published since 2009, over the years I've accumulated various items of writing wisdom. The Third Tuesday Writing Tidbit showcases these items in no particular order. Click here to see all 3T Tidbits.