So, it started out like this. My mother decided to buy a Nook a few weeks ago. And then, after hearing me tell her about all the authors who give away free books or offer very reasonably priced novels, she couldn’t find any. Now, she’s not exactly technically savvy, so in complete frustration with her, I went onto the B&N site to look myself.

One thing that B&N does is try very hard to hide its cheap and free books. Try navigating around on your nook to find them. It’s a pain. It’s certainly not impossible and my mother should have been able to do it, but it does take a little effort.

This got me to thinking about the plethora of Amazon/Kindle sites out there devoted to promoting cheap kindle reads. They are huge promotional machines. I’ve seen indie authors shoot up onto the lists just because they were featured on a Pixel of Ink or Kindle Lovers or somesuch. But a quick google search for an equivalent Nook Book site I could send my mom to yielded…um…nothing.

Obviously, there’s a hole in the market, so I aim to fill it. Together with Eliza Knight, we’ve started a new Nook Lover’s site just in time for all those folks who are opening their Christmas presents and finding Nooks under the tree. Sites like these take a little time to build so we’re not charging anything for anyone to be featured there. In fact, if you are featured now, when the site is still tiny, we will feature you again when we’re booming, at no cost.

So do you guys have any feedback or advice to give? Anybody want to try it out?

It’s time! The 2011 Halloween Mash is tonight (Sunday) from 8pm to 11pm ET in the Writerspace Readers Chat Room. Please join me (or, at least, my alter ego, Stephanie Dray) and dozens of your favorite authors at the 2011 Halloween Mash at Writerspace tonight from 8pm ET to 11pm ET. We’re giving away 100s of fantastic prizes — Kindles, autographed books, gift cards and more. The more who enter, the more Kindles will be awarded!  You don’t have to be present to win, but you must be registered. To register and for details visit http://www.writerspace.com/halloween/

The chat runs from 8:00pm to 11:00pm ET, tonight, Sunday, October 30th in the Writerspace chatroom at http://www.writerspace.com/chat/

If you’d like to help spread the word, here’s one way:

Twitter-length: @Writerspace authors are giving away Kindles & 100+ books & prizes at our Halloween Mash tonight. Sign up now to win! http://tiny.cc/wsboo

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My debut novel, Poisoned Kisses, has received a lot of attention, including a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice nomination for Best First Series. But near and dear to my heart is my recent second-place finish for the New England Romance Writers Bean Pot award. To celebrate, I’ve decided to host a give-away. When I reach 25 new followers to my infrequent newsletter, I’ll be giving away a small box of about 10 new paranormal romance books including my own. (For those who don’t know about me yet, I write very smart books for very bad girls…)

To win, post in the comments below a link to where you helped spread the word to folks about me on twitter, facebook, your blog or any other social networking site including but not limited to goodreads.

Join the Celebration from August 22 – October 1st

To celebrate the release of Poisoned Kisses, my first full-length installment of Harlequin Nocturne’s Mythica series, I’ve arranged for a number of prizes and activities. I hope you’ll take part, spread the word, do good deeds, and have lots of fun in the process.

The Free Goodies

Charms: Peridot is known as the evening emerald, because its a yellow-green gemstone that glows like a firefly on a hot, lazy night. My heroine in Poisoned Kisses is a dark nymph of the underworld, a magical torch bearer who can see into the souls of all mankind. I was particularly delighted to see that her peridot choker made it onto the front cover of the book! To honor Kyra’s spirit, while supplies last, all members of my very infrequent newsletter will be sent a free peridot green charm upon request. (Request form can be found here!)

Bookmarks: While supplies last, my newsletter subscribers will also be sent free bookmarks upon request.

The Free Books

In addition to two autographed copies of Poisoned Kisses, I’ll also be giving away a signed copy of Jeannie Lin’s much anticipated Butterfly Swords and Sabrina Darby’s well-received On These Silken Sheets. The drawing for these will be held on October 1st. You’ll get one entry in the drawing for every link to a blog or social networking site on which you’ve promoted this book launch! Go ahead and post your links below and if you’re using twitter, use the hashtag #poisonedkisses so that I can smile every time I click on it.

The Good Deeds

The hero of Poisoned Kisses is a soldier who served on a peace keeping mission in Africa. In researching his story, I learned a great deal about the various conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The ongoing violence is heartbreaking, but romance is all about hope. To that end, for each of the first one-hundred new subscribers to my newsletter until the release of my book, I’ll be donating $1 to Doctors without Borders for their humanitarian efforts. So do your good deed of the day and spread the word!

The Fun Stuff

Have you ever wanted to have a character named after you in a romance novel? During September and October, I’ll be on a virtual book tour in which I’ll talk about Love, Monsters & Mythology as envisioned by the Mythica series. On the last day of the tour, I’ll go back and see who commented at the most stops along my tour, and will name a character after that person in my next Nocturne Bite! (If there’s a tie, I’ll flip a coin.)

I want to thank everybody in advance for their support and enthusiasm! And if you’re an author friend, please don’t hesitate to enter the drawings. Authors are readers too!