PACK MENTALITY on Amazon

PACK MENTALITY is live on Amazon! Thank you to everyone who helped/supported me/encouraged me/didn't tell me to shut up when I was rambling about this book. I'm so excited to introduce Quinn and her Pack to all of you.

Buy PACK MENTALITY on Amazon here.

On that note, I'd love to do a blog tour to promote PACK MENTALITY at the end of the month (October 24-31). If you're interested in or would be willing to host me, please either let me know in the comments or email me at tobisummers@writeme.com.

And the winners of the PACK MENTALITY giveaway are Nick Wilford and Dave H. Congratulations, guys! I'll be emailing you to find out in what format you'd like your prize.

PACK MENTALITY Release - One Week!

Though I've done a horrid job of promoting it, my book PACK MENTALITY comes out in one week! So I am, predictably, running around like a chicken with no head trying to get everything set (including final tweaks on the cover, which is why I haven't done a big reveal). I knew self-publishing would be a lot of work--made more difficult by my tendency to get distracted from self-imposed schedules--but I'm really enjoying the freedom. Plus, I love this book and these characters, and I really can't wait to share them with all of you.

So PACK MENTALITY comes out on October 8th, and, in that spirit, I'll be giving away two copies of it (either .mobi or .epub). You can sign up below!

You can check out PACK MENTALITY on Goodreads for now, and I'll put up the links to buy the book when it comes out on October 8th. a Rafflecopter giveaway

Teaser Tuesday (5/28/13) and a Donation Bomb

Photo credit: Rachel Schieffelbein's website

So many people have books coming out or that just came out! I'm having trouble keeping up with everyone. It so happened that this book is exactly what I was looking to read today, so I swooped it up.

When Mabel's best friend, Amber, drags her along on a double date she finds herself falling for Lance, the obnoxious class clown whom she swore she'd have no interest in.

The only problem is, she's not sure if she's really the girl Lance is into, or if, like every other guy she knows, it's really Amber he's after. One thing is clear, if Mabel wants to be the lead in her own love story, she needs to start acting like it.

The rules for Teaser Tuesday are:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
• Then hit up Should Be Reading to add your link.

And the teaser:

I, on the other hand, feel weighted down. Sandbags are tied to my arms and legs, making it difficult to walk away.

The next thing of note is a Donation Bomb that Leigh Covington posted about on her blog.

David Farland (Wolverton)'s son Ben, age 16, was in a tragic longboarding accident on April 3rd, 2013. He suffers from severe brain trauma, a cracked skull, broken pelvis and tail bone, burnt knees, bruised lungs, broken ear drums, road rash, and pneumonia. He was in a coma, but has recently awakened. His family has no insurance.

Ben's treatments are already over $1,000,0000.
Ben will need extensive therapy as he relearns how to walk.

Ben's estimated hospital bills are looking to be somewhere around $1.2 MILLION! So what can we do? We can help! Even the smallest donations can go a long way when everybody gives a little bit.

THE PLAN: Donate any amount, large or small, to the Help Ben Walk Fund (feel free to donate more, if you can.)

THE DATE: Friday, June 7th!

To find out more about Ben and other ways you can help, CLICK HERE.

Also - on JUNE 4th there is a TWITTER BOMB! Spread the word and use hashtags #davidfarland or #helpwolverton! You can use these posts to get points in the Rafflecopter giveaway below!

Please help spread the word by sharing on your blog, tweeting, posting on Facebook, or any other way you know how. For those who help spread the word, one lucky person will receive an Ebook through Kindle or Nook of David Farland's book, Million Dollar Outlines! Check out Leigh's blog to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway.

100 Twitter Followers Giveaway Winners!

Congratulations to Leigh Covington and Cassie Mae, the winners of my 100 Twitter Followers Giveaway!

Leigh won an ebook copy of The Eternal Queen by K.S. Lewis.

Cassie won an ebook copy of Soul Mates: a different kind of Love Story by Jeanne Donnelly.

Congratulations to both of you! I'll be sending you emails so I can get the books to you.

Thanks to everyone who entered, and thanks to everyone who's been following me on Twitter.

100 Twitter Followers Giveaway!

You guys have no idea how excited I am to have reached 100 followers on Twitter. Well, that's probably not true, since I imagine everyone else feels pretty much the same way when they hit 100 followers. But still... I'm excited.

And I'm really grateful to all the people who've accepted me so quickly and easily into the blogging community. I wanted to give a shout out to a few really awesome people who made me feel welcome and way less awkward when I first started blogging (all those four months ago): K.S. Lewis, Emily R. King, Kyra Lennon, Cassie Mae, Rebecca Belliston, Leigh Covington, and McKenzie McCann. It's nowhere near a complete list of the wonderful friends I've made, and I appreciate every one of you.

SO in the spirit of that appreciation, I'm giving away two ebooks! The first is K.S. Lewis's The Eternal Queen.

Here's a quick summary from the Facebook page:

Eternal Queen Anastasia has been kidnapped from her own Rebirth Ceremony – not that the seven Royal Lords will let anyone know. Though they, themselves, soon start dropping like flies, as rumors spread on the suspicious whispers of the people. Mrs. Deedly and Mrs. Dummley – who are absolutely not sisters – just want to find what their long, unwieldy scarf has snagged during their walk through Lower Rung. It's a boot, attached to a foot, attached to a dying man in the cemetery. At the same time, Bogart Bugly of Rainbow Tower has found himself a young, injured, gem of a girl, and he's going to make gold on this one. In the Palace, the newly promoted Lord Septimus has his own ideas about the future of the city and its Queen.

Mystery, murder, and mayhem all abound in The Eternal Queen, which follows a young girl named Red, a mischievous rogue named Wolf, and the determined new Lord who calls himself Hunter. As Red opens her eyes to a world she can't quite understand, she must come to terms with the Queen, the city, and the precarious relationship the two have shared for centuries.

The second book I'm giving away is Jeanne Donnelly's Soul Mates: A different kind of Love Story (edited by Shannon Donnelly).

And here's the blurb from her website:

After a tragic death on mean city streets, a woman meets God and begs him to let her reincarnate to bring the heavenly message of unconditional love to the world. Follow the adventure when she is tossed back to earth as one of the smallest dogs on the planet.

There will be two winners, one for each book. In the Rafflecopter entry thing, you can specify whether you want a specific book or either (in case you've already read one of them), and I'll randomly choose. June 13th is the last day to enter the drawing.

And while you're waiting, check out the authors' blogs: Adjective, Not a Noun (K.S. Lewis) and One Aimless Writer (Jeanne Donnelly). They are both amazing women who wrote fantastic, engaging books. Good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Giveaway Contest

Hey, all, just wanted to let you know about this giveaway contest on Tahereh Mafi's blog. She's giving away a ton of her books, and all you have to do to enter is comment. Good luck!