Of Ink and Quille

The Menage Fan's Choice Awards Nomination Form - please join us and celebrate this amazing genre. Welcome to the first annual MNW Menage Romance Fan's Choice Awards. Please feel free to nominate your favorite Menage book within the following categories. Nominations are open January 5-31, 2013 * Voting will be opened February 1-28, 2013 Nominees : date of publication must be between Jan 1 up to Dec 31, 2012 *** ONE NOMINATION PER CATEGORY PER PERSON *** ~ 3 CATEGORIES FOR THE SAME BOOK PER PERSON (one entry per category still apply) ~ The right way to enter your nomination is: Author First name (*) Author Last name (*) Title (*) Series with # (if applicable) Date of publication (must be between Jan 1 to Dec 31 2012) Publisher (optional) URL buying direct link (optional) (*) MANDATORY. Incomplete answers will null your nomination Prizes to win for each category!! Rules: - Authors can nominate their fellow authors but not themselves. - Reviewers are not...

To celebrate the season authors Patricia Bates and Ciara Lake are running a contest to give a away two free ebooks. This is how it works -- If you have purchased one of our titles on Amazon other than the books we are giving away (see below)-- we will put you in a contest to win a free ebook from us. Yes this means you could win two books. You have until December 24, 2011 to review one of our books on Amazon. You'll be entered into a draw to win a copy of Firecracker by Patricia Bates and/or The Ketchikan Man by Ciara Lake in Kindle or PDF. There will be two winners, one for whichever book (author) you reviewed. You could win twice if you are in both pots of contestants. You'll need to email Ciaralakeromanceauthor@gmail.com or patriciambates@gmail.com to let us know you have reviewed one of our books and you will be added to the pot of contestants. If you have any questions feel free to contact us to!The winners will receive a book by January 1, 2012. Come out a...

Join me as I celebrate the Twelve days of Christmas until my reprint Cowgirl's Christmas comes out. Today is day one... so see if you can find on my blog a wonderful, delightful picture of a horse... collect all 12 and you're entered into a draw for copy of my latest print release Bordering on Love and a copy of Cowgirl's Christmas. HINT: The horse is brown.

Writing is Therapy Everyone has their coping mechanisms, the things that when stressed or upset or angry can help them calm down, relax, and have a fresh perspective. Writing is one of mine, my coping mechanism. Everywhere I go I have a notebook, or three, on my person, in my car, you name it, it’s a security blanket of sorts. I need to be able to put pen (or rather fine tipped sharpie in any color but black or blue) to paper whenever the mood strikes. If I’m upset or angry being able to write it down just takes the emotion out of my head and releases it on paper. And no, typing on my laptop does not offer the same sense of relief though I am sure it does for some. While the act of writing these things down doesn’t mean they are gone completely, it usually gives me a better perspective and allows me to be in control of my feelings rather than the other way around. It takes the edge off. The wonderful by-product of this exercise is I keep all my notebooks and can’t tell you how man...

Yay We've made it two years. We're super excited to be celebrating our second year with such a wonderful publisher. Starting today Blade Publishing's stable of authors has put together a little something special to celebrate our 2nd Anniversary. Join us on a Journey through our pages and find the banner to the left - on our author blogs and websites just leave a comment or send an email to be enter to win some really cool prizes. And don't forget to stop over at www.BladePublishing.org for more fun.