Happy St. Patrick’s Day – Small Press Treasures*BlogHop

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Hi everyone –

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!! 

I love this fun day where out on the California coast, we all pretend we’re from the Emerald Isle!

Ireland has always been one of the places on my dream list to visit. I haven’t been there yet, but I love looking at pictures and listening to the music. You can almost hear the magic in their folk songs, the turn of their Irish brogue, and the elusive beauty of the Gaelic language.

I decided to indie publish my short novella, Across the Veil, because at 27 pages it was too long to submit to short story anthologies, and too short to submit to eBook publishers. Across the Veil doesn’t take place in Ireland, but they do cross the veil between our world and Summerland, the land of the fae, the emerald isle. I had such a blast writing this one.

BLURB: Princess Talia from Summerland has been hiding across the veil in the human world for the past five years.

Starring in a hit television show as human actress, Natalie Thurmont, her charmed new life is shattered when the past comes knocking on her door.

Here’s the trailer: [http://youtu.be/xH6oJLEucxU]

After learning about self-publishing, I still hoped to find a publisher for my novels. There are countless hours spent editing and and deigning covers, buying ISBN numbers, etc when you are the author and the publisher. The thought of publishing my novel myself overwhelmed me. So I sought out a small press publisher and found a treasure in Entangled Publishing. Not only did they make a WONDERFUL cover, but I ended up with a fabulous editor who really helped me polish the book into something I could be proud of…

With my publisher’s help, Night Walker is about to be re-issued in a new mass-market edition in May!!!

You can preoder your copy now and Barnes & Noble has even put it on sale! WOOT!!!

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/night-walker-lisa-kessler/1104527195?ean=9781620612316&format=paperback

So preorder your copy and save! J

And now it’s your turn to be lucky! Ready? J

First Prize Winner
– Will receive an e-Book copy of Night Walker, Book 1 in the Night Series!

Second Prize Winner
– Will receive a signed paperback copy of Forgotten Treasures! (25 Short Stories)

Third Prize Winner
– Will receive an eBook copy of Across the Veil and signed Night Walker trading cards!

So how do you win the fabulous Blog Hop Prizes? EASY!

1) Leave me a comment about your favorite part of St. Patrick’s Day! 😀 Please also leave your email address so I can notify you in case you are a winner!

2) Earn +2 extra chances to win by Subscribing to my Blog…

3) Click on my Twitter link and follow me at: http://twitter.com/LdyDisney  – You guessed it +2 more chances!!!

4) If you have a Goodreads account, add me as a friend at:
http://www.goodreads.com/lisakessler and/or add Night Walker to your to-read list http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11557788-night-walker

5) Sign up for my newsletter and get +5 entries! http://lisa-kessler.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=021315e00577de12b41994e33&id=d2d2bcb9d2

6) This won’t get you any entries because Facebook is mean about contests now, but you can find me and like me here anyway if you choose to!
http://facebook.com/LisaKesslerWriter and http://facebook.com/NightSeries

Don’t forget to Hop by the rest of the Blogs to win more Small Press Treasures! J

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Rachel Firasek		 2.
Lisa Beth Darling 18+		 3.
Rage, Sex and Teddy Bears 18+
4.
Catch the Rush 18+		 5.
King of the Dragons 18+		 6.
Ketas Keep Romance Blog 18+
7.
Close Encounters with the Night Kind		 8.
Shannan Albright Romance you can sink you fangs into 18+		 9.
Lisas Lair – Lisa Kessler Author Blog 18+
10.
Jean Murray, Wicked Romance		 11.
Mary Abshire-Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy Author 18+		 12.
Books, Movies, Reviews. Oh my!
13.
Rosalie Lario		 14.
QueenTutts World Of Escapism 18+		 15.
SalaciousReads
16.
Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy		 17.
Debra Anastasia Poughkeepsie giveaway!		 18.
theJeepDiva (US & Int) 18+
19.
Satins Bookish Corner 18+		 20.
Book Crazy		 21.
Hesperia Loves Books
22.
Ciara Knight		 23.
Jess @ Wickedly Bookish		 24.
Casey Crow (INT) 18+
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LITERAL ADDICTION		 26.
Bona Fide Reflections (US/INT)		 27.
Leia Shaw @ The Paranormal G-spot 18+
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Darhk Portal		 29.
Laura Kaye (INT) 18+		  

29 Comments

  1. Mel B March 17, 2012 at 4:11 am

    St. Patrick’s Day is a national holiday around here. We start at 7:00 am getting ready for the parade. It starts at 10. From there we go to the in laws and eat, eat, eat! Play games with the kiddos and eat some more. Some of us exchange gifts. Then it is off to the pub crawl while the kids stay with grandma and grandpa. Good Times! So what is my favorite…All of it!!

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  2. Elena March 17, 2012 at 5:46 am

    Thanks For Joining Our Hop!

    Great Post and Give-away =D

    ~Elena

  3. Alyssa @ HLB (@hesperialovesbk) March 17, 2012 at 6:19 am

    I love everything about St. Patrick’s Day. From the wearing of the green, to the food – it’s just a magical day!

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  4. Tina B March 17, 2012 at 6:26 am

    Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I don’t really celebrate, but my favorite thing would have to be that everyone wears green. Since its my favorite color, I get to see it in its many shades today! Thank you for the giveaway!

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  6. Shannon March 17, 2012 at 8:55 am

    Honestly I don’t have a favorite thing about St. Patrick’s Day now that I’m a boring adult. I remember when I was younger it was all about the green: nail polish, hair spray dye, clothing, etc. I also have fond memories of searching for hours for four-leaf clovers – unfortunately I never found any…

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  7. Jessica Mason (@WickedlyBookish) March 17, 2012 at 10:14 am

    I really love getting dressed up, wearing green clothes, painting my nails green, etc. St. Patty’s Day has always been a fun holiday for me with fond memories!

    Subscribed to your blog by email: wickedlybookish@gmail.com
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    Added you as a friend and added Night Walker to my tbr pile as Jess<3WickedlyBookish(Bat-Jess)
    Signed up for the newsletter under same email address as above.
    Liked both facebook fan pages! 🙂

    Thanks so much for this giveaway! I'm terribly excited to see if I win! I'm so glad so many wonderful indie authors are participating! I'm proud to be featuring 2 of my favorite indies for this hop on my own blog. 🙂

    <3 Jess

  8. acm05 March 17, 2012 at 10:14 am

    Since I’m not really Irish, it’s all about the corned beef and cabbage for me. Yum!

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  9. Ronda Tutt March 17, 2012 at 10:48 am

    I love celebrating St Pattys day with an Aunt that is 3 years younger than me and an Uncle that is 4 years older than me, we have so much fun wearing green on this special day because between all of our kids we have to be on guard for the little pinchers lerking around. LOL
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    Thank you for the giveaway!

  10. lexnick March 17, 2012 at 11:05 am

    I just love the corned beef and cabbage. lol It’s the only day of the year that we eat it.
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  12. Sophia Rose March 17, 2012 at 4:02 pm

    We are low key in our celebrations in our family. We wear the green and enjoyed the American Irish Corned Beef and Cabbage. Then we’ll sit down to a movie set in Ireland or with Irish characters.

    Thanks for participating in the hop and for the giveaway opportunity.
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  13. Shannan Albright March 17, 2012 at 6:06 pm

    Got to say your one talented Lady and love your work. I’ts a plesure to be in this blog hop with you.

  14. divavixenqueen March 17, 2012 at 6:33 pm

    Green tea and spending the day with family.
    Thanks for the giveaway

    1. divavixenqueen March 17, 2012 at 6:35 pm

      also subscribe to blog
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  15. Julianne March 17, 2012 at 6:48 pm

    St. Patrick’s Day really isn’t all that special for me. We don’t do anything special to celebrate. But I
    do wish I could visit Ireland someday. I sooo like the idea of exploring the Irish castles. Those that are inhabited and those that are not. Finding some ghosts would be cool too. I am looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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  16. Nikki March 17, 2012 at 9:51 pm

    I used to be a diehard celebrater until I became a mommy…I traded the green beer for green cream cheese cupcake icing!! LOL!! Great Trade!! I stalk you everywhere Lisa and I hope you had a wonderful Saint Paddy’s day!
    viajeradelmar@aol.com

  17. Denise Z March 18, 2012 at 12:22 am

    My favorite things about St. Paddy’s day are corned beef and cabbage and beer bread – yep there are not many things better, unless it is winning a good book 😉 Thank you for the fun!

    1. Denise Z March 18, 2012 at 12:26 am

      OOPs got involved with the fantasy of the corned beef and beer bread and forgot to complete my comment LOL
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  18. Susan W. March 18, 2012 at 6:51 am

    We don’t do anything for St. Patrick’s Day. I even forgot to wear green! LOL! Thanks for the giveaway! suz2@cox.net
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  19. Sebrina Cassity March 18, 2012 at 11:13 am

    I think my favorite part is hanging out with friends at the local Irish Pub. Although, since hubs had to work, we didn’t get to hang out this year. I just hung out at home doing some Spring Cleaning! Blah! I did have a couple Rum and Cokes though! LOL
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  20. mimirose41209 March 18, 2012 at 7:18 pm

    thanks for participating in this blog hop! I

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  21. Tracey D March 19, 2012 at 12:46 pm

    I enjoyed the post and look forward in reading your works, Lisa.

    +2 I subscribe to your blog (booklover0226 at gmail dot com)
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  22. bn100 March 19, 2012 at 1:38 pm

    I like the corned beef.
    I subscribe to your blog.
    I added Night Walker to Goodreads.
    I subscribe to your newsletter.
    Thanks for the giveaway.

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  23. Joanne B March 20, 2012 at 10:58 am

    Thanks for participating in the blog hop.

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  25. VanillaOrchids March 22, 2012 at 6:50 pm

    I just like the idea of people dressing up in lots of green. Other than that, I don’t really do anything special for St. Patrick’s Day! 🙂

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    Thank you for the giveaway!

  26. Michelle Brack (@WakeAngel79) March 23, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    I love all the green and shamrocks for St. Patrick’s Day!

    Already a twitter and goodreads follower!
    Thanks!;-)

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  27. Shadow March 24, 2012 at 9:53 am

    My favorite part of St. Patrick’s Day is the parade. Seeing everyone dressed in green, in leprechaun outfits, everyone having fun. Its a joyous time! 🙂 Thank you for sharing and for the giveaway!
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