This is the last official post of the party. Please participate up until 12:00am to win prizes. I’ll post the results tomorrow, so cross your fingers!
Thank you, Rosa Sophia, for sharing my book on your blog! Here is where you can see Rosa Sophia’s post: http://rosasophia.com/2012/03/17/the-lustre-by-kate-policani/
Keep an eye out for her upcoming review!
Thank you Avery, for your post! I’m so glad you joined my party! See Avery’s post here:
http://averysbooknook.blogspot.com/2012/03/lustre-launch-party.html
Heidi Barnett teamed up with her husband, Erik Sederstrom to create the beautiful cover for The Disenchanted Pet!
For Heidi, art not isn’t just a job or an outlet but a way of life. Color is very important to her and how colors help the viewer feel moods and emotions. The colors often relay a story behind each piece of art.
Heidi is a reissuance artist, having the ability to work in a verity of mediums from oil paints to jewelry designing.Her passion is for painting and she loves to paint murals. She lives in Everett, Washington and loves her job teaching art to children and elderly, opening their eyes to new and exciting ways of thinking creatively as well as artistically.She is an expert at breaking art down into a level in which all can be satisfied with the creation they have made.
Heidi on “How I came to find myself as an artist”:
“I grew up in Southern California surrounded by art, my Mother being an artist herself. Art has always been a way of life for me and what we do. Christmas time was always exciting because it meant new art supplies. Around the age of fourteen I started getting serious about painting, learning the techniques and how to use color, shapes, and perspective. I have study art in collage as well as Art History. I found that I truly learned the most studying under artist I admire watching their techniques and making them my own. I also enjoy working with my husband who is an artist himself. I find we benefit each other well in the areas of art I am weak he seem to make up and vise versa. So we are able to encourage and teach each one another. We have worked on pieces together and apart. We over all help develop and encourage each other to grow in our own unique styles.”
See her page with more of her artwork here: http://heidibarnett.artweb.com/
In “Grave Chesapeake”, a young girl discovers that the scariest place–and the most comforting–is in the middle of the bay on a dark night. In “The Landing”, an old woman loses her mind, and an old man loses his footing. And finally, in “Photograph”, Claudette finds the horrors of her own past confined within a negative. In these short tales, Rosa Sophia tackles the darker sides of the human condition–loneliness, depression and most of all, a fear of facing the person that stares back from the other side of the mirror.
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Rosa Sophia has been writing since childhood. Taking 1960, her first novel, was published by Oaklight Publishing in August of 2010. Rosa began her editing work while she was still in high school; she worked as an intern and reviewed submissions for the Bucks County Writer. Shortly after that, she joined the staff of Wild River Review and began doing freelance editing on the side. She also taught a fiction writing workshop at Tinicum Art and Science and edited for a Writers Community geared toward alternative faiths.
Rosa currently divides her time between writing, editing, working, and pursuing a degree in Automotive Business Management. Rosa is also the official Historian for the Village of North Palm Beach. When she finds the time, she enjoys writing about automotive topicsand history. Click here to visit her personal blog, The Back-words Writer. Rosa currently resides in south Florida.
Learn more about Rosa Sophia at http://rosasophia.com/
https://www.createspace.com/3806356 for the slate colored cover QPNR7TJ2 $5.00 off!
https://www.createspace.com/3811292 for the black and white cover VK84CASF $5.00 off!
https://www.createspace.com/3811460 for the red cover 3U5B5THD $5.00 off!
The Disenchanted Pet free ebook–enter code : LA26E at this address: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/93067
http://cynnerjane.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/the-lustre-virtual-launch-party/
http://kateschannel.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/book-it-party-room-kate-policanis-the-lustre/
http://kathleenfberg.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/12686610-the-lustre
http://kathleenfberg.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/13198452-the-lustre-is-available-for-purchase-
http://pagesunforgotten.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/kate-policanis-the-lustre/
http://quillwielder.com/2012/03/15/book-review-the-lustre/
A Hole in the Pavement by Tahlia Newland
Christopher Barker: Photographer and Musician
Kathleen Firstenberg: Editor
Megan Michaelis: Photographer
The Queen and the Handyman by Maria Tatham
This is for all you traditionalists who love the feeling of a book in your hand. I can’t give you the paperbacks for free, because they aren’t free to make. But I can give you discount coupons!
Buy them here:
https://www.createspace.com/3806356 for the slate colored cover QPNR7TJ2 $5.00 off!
https://www.createspace.com/3811292 for the black and white cover VK84CASF $5.00 off!
https://www.createspace.com/3811460 for the red cover 3U5B5THD $5.00 off!
To celebrate the launch of my new book, I’m going to give you a free ecopy of my first book! Yes, you could end up with two free ebooks today!
Here is the coupon! It expires on the 18th, so use it soon!
Enter code : LA26E at this address: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/93067
Ok, let’s get right down to it. How do you win the books?
Each of these options will give you a chance to win a free ebook of The Lustre and a chance at one of three free print books:
If you are one of these winners, I’ll put your name in a hat (well probably a bowl or something) and pick 3 to get print copies of The Lustre! Double Win!
Another special giveaway is a print copy of The Queen and the Handyman by Maria Tatham. To get this goodie, impress Maria! One blogger of her choosing will win it.
Everyone who pays attention will win, too, because I’ll be posting a coupon for a free copy of The Disenchanted Pet for all my party guests!
Thanks to J. R. for the support of my new book with your blog post! Read it here: http://pagesunforgotten.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/kate-policanis-the-lustre/
Hearty thanks and kudos to Maria Tatham at http://christianfantasyforwomen.com/ for her wonderful support and her fantastic review! Read it here http://christianfantasyforwomen.com/2012/03/16/fantastic-fantasy-review-of-the-lustre-by-kate-policani/
Also, be sure to read and comment on her blog to win a copy of The Queen and the Handyman!
My Bestest Buddy, Cynthia, who left my house an hour ago, just posted her host post!
http://cynnerjane.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/the-lustre-virtual-launch-party/
Visit Kathleen’s blog, comment, and win! http://kathleenfberg.webs.com/apps/blog/show/13198452-the-lustre-is-available-for-purchase
Also here in her wonderful review! http://kathleenfberg.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/12686610-the-lustre
First Review! by Laura PfundtBecause it is already the 15th in Melbourne, Australia, I have my first review and the first post for The Lustre Virtual Launch Party!
Thank you oodles, Laura, The Quillwielder, for your wonderful review: http://quillwielder.com/2012/03/15/book-review-the-lustre/
Be sure to keep your web browsers peeled for more wonderful reviews and more!
None of the proofs are in the pudding. That would make them all sticky! One week till launch and here they are!
Wait! What is that? That first book isn’t yours!
Why yes, that is one of my guest books and one of the prizes you could win during my Virtual Book Launch! In fact, you could win one of these four copies! Just don’t get too excited. I don’t want anyone having health issues because of elevated blood pressure.
Take a deep breath and relax for just one more week, OK?
(Yes I get really silly when I get a new proof delivered!)
Be like Lorenzo: patronize an artist like me!
Kate Policani 