Bad Boys Don't Play Hero - CH 2

OK, it's up. I've uploaded chapter two of my short free-read YA romance, Bad Boys Don't Play Hero. You can click HERE to check it out or start at chapter one by going to My Bookshelf at http://www.lindakage.com/books.

At a chapter a month, you should be able to finish reading the story in January, so you'll be all prepared to check out The Stillburrow Crush when it's released in February. Come back again next month to read chapter three. I hope you enjoy.

In other blog news, Laura's Reviews is having a contest giveaway for the book "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison. Leave a comment on her blog before midnight of September 25th if you want to enter.

Also... Claire Ashgrove is about to release her FIRST novel at The Wild Rose Press. So, I'm sure she'd like all the support she can get right now. You can check out her blog "From the Muse" here. She might be willing to interview on your blog if you're interested... she did mine!! But you gotta wait till October to read it (hee hee)!

And in the TWEET world... yes, I've gone Twitter. So, if you're a twitter-pated follower, you can follow me by clicking the "FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER" button on this very blog, located on the left hand side, way down, right under my Fav Blogs List.

Blog Awards

I've received a couple of blog awards lately. So, I'd love to thank everyone who thought of little-'ol-me. Plus I'd like to pass on the favor.

Blogging Award Rules
1) Accept the award and post a link back to the awarding person.
2) Pass the award on (the rules differ here; sometimes you pass on to one person, five, or even more).
3) Notify award winner.

Sounds easy enough to me. So, here we go.

1)

-I've received numerous blogging awards from Kate at Another Book Blog-Whore.

-I've also received the Kreativ Blogger Award from Laura, who writes Laura's Reviews.

-Then Linda LaRoque from Linda LaRoque's Musings awarded me the Lovely Blog Award.

-And most recently Robyn from Putting Pen to Paper passed the "Premios Dardos Award" to me.

Thank you, thank you, all. I know I don't deserve any recognition. But, heck, I'll take an award from you anyway!!

2)

Now I'd like to pass on the love:

To Nancy J. Parra from A Room with a View, I'd like
to award the "One Lovely Blog Award" for being so faithful on her blog and having something new to say EVERY SINGLE day. Amazing.

To Kate at Another Book Blog-Whore for introducing me to the blog awarding ceremony, I'd like you to have the "Kreativ Blog Award" since that's about one of the only awards you haven't gotten yet!!

I'd like to award "The Literary Blogger Award" to:

Laura's Reviews

Linda LaRoque's Musings and

Putting Pen to Paper

All three women write the ideal literary blog.

And I'd like Jackie Bannon's Chaotic Thoughts From Ms. Quirky to receive the "2009 Friendly Blogger Award" because a person always feels like they're one of her good friends, sitting down in her living room and chatting, when they read one of her personable, humorous blogs.

3)

Guess I should go do this part now and let my winners know they're... winners!

Contest Winner

Congratulations to Laura Gerold for winning my latest Amazon.com gift card giveaway! Yay. Winning stuff is so fun.

More fun news: I found out my book was mentioned in an interview with The Wild Rose Press's Chief Editor, Rhonda Penders, on the OPWFT (Old People Writing for Teens) Blog. How flattering.

And now... I hope everyone enjoys their 4th of July and all the fireworks. I know I'm certainly looking forward to smoked pork at my sister's house.