Tuesday, February 10, 2009Book Trailer Awards for EC's THE WOODSMAN by Belle Scarlett  I'm thrilled to announce that my book trailer for THE WOODSMAN (Ellora's Cave) has won two awards - one from The New Covey Book Trailer Awards for Most Artistic Trailer and another from Readers Entertainment TV for Best Author-Made Video. If you aren't prone to attacks of the vapors, you can catch my steamy book trailer for THE WOODSMAN at: http://sextalkforwickedwomen.blogspot.com/ or http://www.bellescarlett.com/ XO, Belle Scarlett Passion is the spice of love Buy THE WOODSMAN Friday, September 5, 2008She's Got It, Oh Baby, She's Got It! Hello Belle and Pixies! So I was getting ready this afternoon when I heard a loud truck outside (as opposed to being inside ::lol::) Anyhoo I opened the door to see what was going on and there on our porch was a big 'ol box from amazon.com! I was so excited that I dropped what I was doing to tear into that box and inside was the Amazon Kindle!!! So far I have only downloaded one book, just to see how it was. I love it already, although I have yet to really get in it and use it for all it's worth :) Thank you again so so much for having this awesome prize and I look forward to more from the Enchanted Forest! Sunny Days! Candice Monday, September 1, 2008Tag, You're It! Fellow author, Debra Glass, (who, btw, has an outstanding new release this week on the EC site called SHADOWKEEPER) tagged me and asked me to blog about “My Unspectacular Quirks.” Ever hear of "reindeer games"? These are author games, and I'm pleased as proud punch that I’ve been invited to play. First, here are the rules for the Tag, You’re It! game with other authors: 1. Link to the person who tagged you. 2. Post the rules on your blog. 3. List 6 unspectacular quirks you have. 4. Tag 6 bloggers by linking them. 5. Leave a comment on each person’s blog to let them know they’ve been tagged. And now... drumroll, or jellyroll, please... Six Unspectacular Quirks About Author, Belle Scarlett: 1. I deliberately garble the lyrics to songs when I'm driving (Example: "It's much tooooo late porcupine" as opposed to "It's much toooo late for goodbyes.") 2. I twirl my hair when I'm nervous or agitated and can tie it in double-knots with one hand. 3. I refuse to eat fortune cookies that offer observations rather than predictions. 4. I'm disappointed if I don't get the first scoop out of a pristine new jar of peanut butter. 5. I'm semi-ambidextrous (write with left hand, use scissors with right, and I switch hit in sports). 6. I'm superstitious about kissing my manuscript submissions for good luck before I send them off. Are you superstitious about anything? If so, leave me a comment! Or a black cat will cross your path... mwwah-hahahaha... I'm tagging the following authors: Melissa Lopez, Marilu Mann, Allyson James, Maxie Cooper, Mary Winter, and Charlotte Boyett-Compo! I hope they can play with this newbie! On E-Readers and Chocolate Although I gave away an Amazon Kindle on my website recently to celebrate my first e-book release, I've been reading e-books on my laptop since discovering them over a year ago because I'm waiting for the "perfect" e-reader gadget. For me, that means a next-gen Amazon Kindle that easily reads PDF, the most common format in which I receive my reading material, and has a back lit screen capability so I can read in the dark. I'd also prefer an e-reader that pops a piece of chocolate out of its side compartment at regular intervals with no extra charge. I'm a born romantic who reads omni-voraciously, but I'm not sentimental about old fashioned, musty, dusty books. Has anyone else noticed that books are freaking heavy? I hate lugging around my whole library every time I move. Even tossing just my Jane Austen anthology in my already overstuffed suitcase increases my odds of hernia when I travel. The advent of paperbacks made physical books more or less disposable anyway, yet still curiously expensive. Besides, can you imagine if people stuck doggedly to their chiseled stone tablets or handwritten scrolls after Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable type printing press? I'd love having my whole library, plus access to favorite blogs, newspapers, and magazines all on one, convenient device. But, sigh, before I give away my freaking heavy stacks of musty books and replace them all with e-versions, I'm holding out for that perfect e-reader to come out, complete with that chocolate feature, please. What special feature, real or fantasy, would you like your e-reader to possess? (You can also find my rant on this on Dear Author...) Wednesday, August 6, 2008THE POWER OF PIXIE DUST (AMAZON KINDLE WINNER NAMED!)
Well, we searched high and low to find our MIA Amazon Kindle winner. We looked in all the usual places in the Enchanted Forest - under the Troll's Bridge, in Ogre's Field, even in the Woodsman's cottage (and newlyweds Sir Marrok Ulfang and Lady Lily Rouge were none too cheerful about that, we can tell you!) We even grew concerned the Loch Monster near the Hexed Waterfall might have snacked on our missing winner.
Finally, the pixies used their pixie dust to track down the winner of Belle Scarlett's Amazon Kindle Drawing. Now, you need to know that when pixies really put their scattered minds to something it's an awesome sight. Here's what Trix the Pixie looked like in the midst of her divining spell (by the way, Trix is the heroine of PIXIE AND THE BEAST, Belle's as yet unsold erotic fantasy romance follow up to THE WOODSMAN.) Ready? Shield your eyes, Trix is the most powerful pixie in the bunch! So without much further ado about nothing, congratulations, felicitations and happy reading ever after to the winner of Belle Scarlett's Amazon Kindle Drawing Giveaway... (suspenseful drum roll) CANDICE HARPER! (cue the confetti, pop the champagne cork!) The pixies pulled Candice's name from over five hundred names entered in the black cauldron and now the Magic Wishing Well in the Enchanted Forest will grant her a free Amazon Kindle upon which to read THE WOODSMAN, Belle Scarlett's debut Ellora's Cave release! Thank you to Candice and to everyone who entered the drawing. Happily ever after, Belle Scarlett (and the pixies, too!) Tuesday, August 5, 2008THE PIXIES HAVE PICKED AN AMAZON KINDLE WINNER! (Inaudible titters) Hi! We're da pixies, the real stars of Belle Scarlett's THE WOODSMAN, now available at Ellora's Cave! We're here to announce da big winner in Belle's Amazon Kindle Drawing Giveaway. We've pulled the name out of the big, black cauldron where Belle put all the names (we didn't peek, promise!) And the winner is... TRIX THE PIXIE! Come on down! (Uh, Belle Scarlett here, no Trix, you aren't eligible to win the Amazon Kindle. Neither are Dax, Jax, Jinx and Kinx, or Linx. Get with the program, please... Sorry folks, but these are pixies, after all. They might do anything, and often do). Okay, okay. Sheesh. So we know the name of the winner and have sent one of these here magikal emailz (sic) to da winner and, as soon as we get a verification reply from aforementioned said winner who shall be nameless for the time-being until s/he replies, we'll post the winner's name right here. So the moral of this story - everyone check your emailz and bulk folderz - da pixies are trying to get in touch with one, lucky winner of a FREE Amazon Kindle! ... Or else we get to keep it for ourselves! Yay! Whee! (uh, Belle here again, NO, we do not get to keep it. If the person of the first name drawn is not reachable by email or otherwise does not respond, then we pull a SECOND name, contact that person, and so on and so forth, until we have a winner.) Oh, for the love of cheese sauce, okay, okay, right, right, we forgot alla dat. What she said, already. So check yer emailz for our email now!! (Titter, titter) XOXOXO, Da Pixies (and Belle Scarlett) Thursday, July 24, 2008The Pixies Have Spoken: Contest winner announced in Belle Scarlett's Enchanted Scavenger Hunt Congratulations, Daun Ann Korty! The pixies pulled your correct entry in Belle Scarlett's Enchanted Scavenger Hunt Drawing. The Magic Wishing Well has granted you a copy of Belle's Ellora's Cave e-novella, THE WOODSMAN, and your entry counts as five (5!) in her upcoming Amazon Kindle Drawing. (The Kindle winner will be announced on Belle's website August 5, 2008.)
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