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Up for grabs:

A one of a kind bound galley of Simon Baptiste’s book. This book will be released from Brava late next year. I have no title, no cover copy. And the finished product may be revised and somewhat different than the manuscript. I have no doubt there are tons of typos as this is totally unedited. But it can be yours to read now if you feel like slogging through!

Post to the comments if you’d like a chance to win, and I’ll draw a name from the commenters Monday night, September 3, 2007, at 8:00 p.m.ish CDT.

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A 2007 RWA Signature for Success tote bag filled with books off my shelves!

First person to post an answer to this question wins:

What television show was the inspiration for my gIRL-gEAR books – a Blaze series based on girlfriends, their bonding, their love lives, and bachelorette woes?

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Nora does not come with the bobblehead, but it is autographed! Post to the comments if you’d like a chance to win, and I’ll draw a name from the commenters Monday night, September 3, 2007, at 8:00 p.m.ish CDT.

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When I finish writing my current Brava, Finn and Olivia’s story, I’ll be starting on my next. The heroine of that book will be working in an interior design firm, and I believe will be starting her own, still pondering that. The winner of this prize will get to name the firm where she’s currently working along with one of her co-workers.

(This giveaway is subject to me changing my mind on the plot – but the winner will get to name both a character and a location in my next Brava manuscript.)

First person to post an answer to this question wins:

What five U.S. states are the settings for all the SG-5 books – even those still not published? (The last one, the one mentioned above that I’ve never blogged about, takes place in a state that has already been used, so this isn’t really a trick question! THE PERFECT STRANGER takes place on the fictional Caribbean island of San Torisco, and that’s not one of the answers.)

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Up for grabs:

All of my Blaze titles: ALL TIED UP, NO STRINGS ATTACHED, BOUND TO HAPPEN, THE SWEETEST TABOO, STRIPTEASE, WICKED GAMES, INDISCREET (my LAST copy!), KISS & MAKEUP, RED LETTER NIGHTS, GOES DOWN EASY, INFATUATION.

To be eligible to win, you cannot EVER have won anything on my blog before. Not my books, not books from other authors, not gift certificates, nada, nothing, zero, zilch.

If you haven’t won, and would like these 11 books, post in the comments and and I’ll draw a name Monday night, September 3, 2007, at 8:00 p.m.ish CDT.

On one of the author loops I belong to, much conversation has recently been devoted to the purpose and effectiveness of book trailers. I posted a story at my own blog today, about an author putting together a trailer for my April Brava.

I thought it would be fun to share it here, and then hear what you all think about trailers in general. Have you ever bought a book based on a trailer? Have you seen any that you absolutely love? Do they even register on your radar when visiting Websites and MySpace pages, or do you ignore them completely?

UPDATE: CLICK THIS LINK FOR THE WINNERS NAMES!

My very first book for Kensington Brava was a Christmas novella. I was so excited to get the call from my agent telling me I’d been invited to be a part of the 6-pack anthology JINGLE BELL ROCK.

I’d been dying to write for Brava for months, and had even received a query from an editor there asking if I’d be interested in writing for them. She’d read my gIRL-gEAR books and thought I’d be a good fit.

Of course I was interested! And when the opportunity to write A BLUE CHRISTMAS came along, I jumped. Not only was I being offered the chance to write for Brava, my story would be included in a collection with several author friends I’d known for years.

Writing Blue and Jessie’s story was the first time I’d let myself go, knowing I wasn’t working within the same restraints I had been, and the novella turned out to be the steamiest thing I’d written to date. I think I caught my editor off guard! She called after she read it, and told me that she’d passed it around the office to check with the other editors to see if they thought it needed to be toned down. But everyone agreed that it was good to go, and I was thrilled.

What I love so much about the physical relationships in Brava is how no matter the emotion of the moment, the story in the end is all about love. Blue *thinks* his initial seduction of Jessie is about revenge, poor deluded man! In their case, they had a previous relationship, but in my other stories, where the characters are meeting for the first time, those intimate encounters are still based in their growing emotional commitment to one another.

Due to an early shipping mix-up of author copies of JINGLE BELL ROCK, I ended up with tons – and I’m quite sure most everyone who wants one already has one, especially considering there were six authors involved and we all received multiple copies to share! But if you don’t have a copy and would like one, I have TWENTY of them left on my bookshelf and will give them all away now. I’ll even send one to a friend if you have a copy already and would like to share the wealth!

All you have to do is post in the comments and tell me that you’d like a copy and whether it’s for yourself or for someone else. I’ll draw names on Saturday, December 23rd, 8:00 p.m.ish central. They won’t ship out in time for Christmas, but then love knows no seasonal bounds!

And since today is my usual Tuesdays with Alison Q&A, feel free to ask me questions!