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Giveaway Over + New Sale + Freebie Reminder + Extras Update + Don't Be a Douche

Well, if five things can make a post, five things ABOUT ME must count.

1. The giveaway over at Melissa's blog is now over, and congrats to whoever won the copy of Bloodlines!

2. Right now Mundania is having an anniversary sale for the month of August--all books (print and ebook, as well as gift certificates) are available for 29% off when you enter NINE at checkout. http://mundania.com/book.php?title=Bloodlines That's the ebook for like $3.50 (if I'm doing my math right, which I might not be), available in five different ebook formats and including the short story Thrall (which isn't included in the ebook sold by resellers). The print book is therefore under $10. There are also only three weeks left to enter to win a signed copy of Hunter + a gift card + tons of other goodies, total value around $140, so if you want to enter, now's a good time to pick up Bloodlines and do so. http://www.skyladawncameron.com/hunterprizepack If the contest does well, I'll hold another, hopefully bigger one for Lineage's release. (If it doesn't, I am NEVER holding another contest again, ever. Fool me six thousand times and all that. Contests are very expensive and stressful.)

3. A reminder that there are two freebies to meet your Zara needs: You can read the short story, Home, exclusive to Melissa's site right here http://melissa-melsworld.blogspot.com/2011/07/exclusive-zara-lain-short-... and get started with the Zara serial, Amends, right here http://www.skyladawncameron.com/novels/amends Please feel free to comment on either. We loves comments. <3

4. I've updated the series extras page with embedded Zara fan art and other goodies. http://skyladawncameron.com/dob/extras Still more stuff is coming soon. I also made two quickie side banners for those who would like to link to Amends:

(Well, it's true.)

5. Regular readers can stop reading now. Go take a walk. You're looking really nice today and I love you.

To those who are going to hit this due to my cleverly added search phrases, like "skyla dawn cameron Bloodlines torrent" and such...please don't be a douche. I had to ask several people lately to please not steal from me. Look at how simple it is:

- If you can't afford the book, you can get it now for a discount, save up your pennies like everyone else and get it later, or just follow along with the entirely free serial I'm posting. Also, there's the library.
- You can get it in your country either through BookDepository--who ships free to most countries--or by buying from Mundania's site through PayPal (there are no geographical restrictions).
- If you're not sure if it's your thing, you can download three chapters as well as read some reviews.
- If you live in a country that doesn't have PayPal, doesn't have an online store distributing to your area, and you are feeding several children (or cats) and can't afford a $3.50 - $5 book though you can afford a computer + regular internet access, email me and I will send you one. Seriously.

If you are a nice-looking, awesome regular reader who decided to be naughty by continuing to read, you have my sincerest thanks for supporting writers so that they can continue to provide books for your enjoyment. You're so great, in fact, that I'd love to start naming my cats after you, but I'm not allowed to get any more for the time being. Maybe in a few years.

Now, I have Hunter revisions to finish--last chapter plus the epilogue--and a very brief short to be included at the end for the paperback and Mundania-exclusive ebook. As much as I hate revisions, I'm kind of grateful for them as they're keeping my mind off the dog's possible health problems (I won't know anything 'til Thursday, so please don't ask). I may jump into Lineage immediately afterward just for that reason, so yay for that. Also, I'll hopefully be back to blogging about non promo-y things this week when my brain's back on straight again.

Have a lovely weekend!

Changed - The Book that Will Never Be or "Casualty of War"

Changed is the book that follows River and Wolfe.

If you read Wolfe, you know there are a lot of loose ends. This is because I never saw either book as being remotely about plot--both are purely about the main character's arc. And I realize this bugged some people. But I did, ultimately, see where things were headed (her "destiny" as is alluded to repeatedly in both books), and figured I'd wrap this up in an anthology of shorts.

I called it Changed, for some obvious reasons and some not-so-obvious reasons.

(This paragraph is for River/Wolfe readers) The set up of the antho had one main, present day story, divided into multiple parts. In between were short stories from different character POVs in different points of time. I'd written two already: "Rebellion" was from Daryl's POV and took place the night he bit River, while "Doe, A Deer" followed Jewel Doe about two weeks prior to the start of Wolfe (if you've read it, you know what her condition was by the end of it and might guess what the story was about). Other shorts involved Kia and Noah from Wolfe, Danielle from Wolfe (as a possible love interest for Charlie), Gray and Rick Nacy from years before the start of River, as well as one short that followed the young hunter River runs into towards the end of Wolfe. I also wrote the opening for the main, present set storyline and plotted out where it was all going.

I'm putting the rest of this behind a cut because a) I'm posting an excerpt from Changed and there may be people who might not want to read it, and b) I'm tying this to a larger issue that you can probably guess about by looking at the tags for this entry. But if you do keep reading, please know that I deeply appreciate it. Read more