Another early review of Don’t Judge a Book By Its Magic is already live on Fox Cutter’s book blog. Thank you, Fox, for reviewing my book! Fox was a Kickstarter superhero! Be sure to check out his other reviews and check out his other work at http://www.chaos-keep.com/
Please visit Fox Cutter’s review: http://foxcutter.livejournal.com/172716.html
Thank you, Rebecca, for the lovely review! I’m glad you were finally able to connect with the main character and that you enjoyed the book!
Please read Rebecca’s review here: http://www.abookloverslibrary.com/paranormal.html
If you are looking for some free ebooks or discount paperbacks, this is the link to click!
In honor of my new release, The Disenchanted Pet ebook will be free on Kindle all weekend!
Use coupon HEMNXLSZ at https://www.createspace.com/3657962 for $5 off the paperback.
In honor of my new release, The Lustre ebook will be free with coupon WT22J at Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/140949.
Use coupon 3U5B5THD at https://www.createspace.com/3811460 for $5 off the paperback.
Please join me for the next few days for giveaways, great guests, and lots of fun. If you’re wondering what is coming up, please visit the Party Page where all the action starts. Don’t worry though. I’ll be sure to post when something wonderful is going on.
To learn more about the book, including updated purchase links as the book goes live, visit the book page:
https://katepolicani.com/books-for-sale/dont-judge-a-book-by-its-magic/
Starting NOW and for the next three days you will have a chance to WIN an ecopy of the book, as well as several paperback copies. For all contest guidelines, please visit the Party Page. I’ll be sure to post about all the contests as they start!
Were you thinking of participating but weren’t sure? Now is your chance! Visit the party page to see how you can join in. Guests of all kinds are welcome, and I’ll announce your guest posts via the party page and my blog.
You are cordially invitedto the Virtual Release Party for Don’t Judge a Book By Its Magic.
This online soiree will feature contests, giveaways, freebies, featured reviewers, guest books, and a great celebration of the people who made the first book of my first series possible.
Yes, it’s all online! Visit when you like, participate, and have fun, all without any tiresome travel or diet-busting treats. Anything you want to know about what’s happening is right here: https://katepolicani.com/release-party/
The party will last for three days from Oct 26-28 here at katepolicani.com. Please join in the fun!
Huge thanks to Fox Cutter, who has reviewed my upcoming book here: http://foxcutter.livejournal.com/2012/10/18/ Fox was my Kickstarter hero, contributing the amount that made the difference and I got my funding! He’s written a very insightful review with a lot of great detail.
Today I would like to tell anyone who might be reading this blog about my recently released novel, The Truth about Dandelions. I am an award winning author (recently taking first place in the Alice Munro Short Story Competition) with a long list of essay and short story publications. This is my debut novel:
Mara isn’t a slut; she just can’t find what she wants. She wants to forget her mother’s death, her father’s hypocrisy, and the plane crash that follows her. As a child she couldn’t understand why the grass never got cut, and now as she gropes her way through university life, all those weeds, those dandelions, have stayed with her, haunting her dreams.
She can’t see a way out of her dark hole until she gets hit by a car on an Ottawa street and starts spending time with Jack, the guy behind the wheel. Kind, thoughtful, and a virgin – he’s the last person she’d ever expected to fall for.
As she opens up to Jack, the wounds she’d been trying to ignore surface, and she’s forced to finally choose between running from or facing the past that’s been haunting her all her life. Through nights out looking for release to the ultimate event that forces her to face herself, Mara finally learns the truth about dandelions.
(cover design by David Morris Photography: http://www.davidphoto.ca/)
You will not like this book if:
– you hate classic literature, particularly Charlotte Bronte
– you hate Richard Dawkins or people who criticize organized religion
– you get uncomfortable hearing about the brutal side of life
You WILL like this book if:
– you like questioning why people act they way they do
– you can hold two opposing views in your mind at the same time and not explode
– you can watch a person make mistake after mistake and still give them another chance
You can read the first 10% of The Truth about Dandelions for free on Amazon (link below).
It is now on sale for 99 cents starting on October 15, but only until October 31. DON’T WAIT!
Download your copy at:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/167710
http://www.amazon.com/The-Truth-About-Dandelions-ebook/dp/B008A3JVQI
And if you don’t already have an e-reader, join the 21st century and GET ONE!!
Guest spots available! Please email katepolicani(at)gmail.com to join the party as a guest!
Here is what my editor Kathleen Firstenberg has to say about my upcoming book: http://kathleenfberg.webs.com/apps/blog/show/14688705-how-to-win-friends-and-influence-magicians
A review by the Bookworm Extraordinaire: http://www.thebookwormextraordinare.blogspot.com/2012/09/review-dont-judge-book-by-its-magic-by.html
I’m a normal girl. I am. I love shoes, fragranced body care, and hair products. I love all the chick flicks that have come out in the theaters in the last 2 years (and a lot of the old ones) and I obsess about my wardrobe. I respond positively to most of the marketing directed at females in my age group.
My name is Colleen Underhill, and the only abnormal thing about me is that I just discovered I am, or I transformed into, a magician; not the disappearing bunny kind, but the power-shooting-out-of-your-hands kind of magician.
My problem now is that I do NOT believe in magic. Well, I believe in it. I have seen it shoot out of my own hands, but I oppose it in a moral sense; no hexes, no spells, no incantations, no potions, no amulets, no tomes, no casting circles, no eye of newt, none of that. I have to be very clear because people pressure me about it. Whatever they say about “how it’s done,” this is a morality issue for me and I will not cave in to their pressure.
But what do I do now?
Don’t Judge a Book By Its Magic on Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16045564-don-t-judge-a-book-by-its-magic
Synopsis:
When another dismembered foot washes up along the Virginia Beach oceanfront, the VBPD is stumped. It’s the eighth year in a row, always just as the frenzied tourist season starts. And for the eighth year in a row, there is no body, and there are no suspects. Continue reading
This September I was privileged to join in the IWU Blog tour! (Yes, it’s technically October now, but you know how it is.) Please welcome Olivia Hardin.
Olivia Hardin realized early on how strange she was to have complete movie-like character dreams as a child. Eventually she began putting those vivid dreams to paper and was rarely without her spiral notebooks full of those mental ramblings. Her forgotten vision of becoming an author was realized when she connected with a group of amazingly talented and fabulous writers who gave her lots of direction and encouragement. With a little extra push from family and friends, she hunkered down to get lost in the words. She’s also an insatiable crafter who only completes about 1 out of 5 projects, a jogger who hates to run, and is sometimes accused of being artistic, though she’s generally too much of a perfectionist to appreciate her own work. A native Texas girl from Port Arthur, Olivia still lives in the beautiful Lone Star state with her husband Danny and their puppy Bonnie. Continue reading
I’d be a terrible zombie because I wouldn’t get any juicy brains, just books.
Yes, I have another book forming! This is the second book in The Convergence series. Yes, I haven’t even released the first book, Don’t Judge a Book By Its Magic, but I’ve started the second! It’s called, “Sorcery Loves Company“.
The question now is, which book will I finish first: Sorcery Loves Company or The Stray? It’s really a toss-up because it will depend on which inspires me first.
Hey! If you reply to this post with your guess as to which I finish first and you’re right, I’ll send you a free print copy when it’s released!
Be like Lorenzo: patronize an artist like me!
Kate Policani 