News, announcements and contests from Jordan McCollum
Author Anna del C featured an interview with me on her blog yesterday!
As promised, today is the big day when I get to announce the winners of the review contest!
Drum roll please!
Drawn at random, the grand prize winner ($30 Paypal cash, ARCs of Tomorrow We Spy and True Spy when they’re available) is . . .
And our runner-up prize (ARCs of Tomorrow We Spy and True Spy when they’re available) goes to . . .
Mindy Holt!
THANK YOU to everyone who entered!
Let us remember the reason we have this holiday.
Quick reminders: this is the last week to get in reviews for the review contest (and a chance to win $30!), and I could still use a few people for the street team!
Photo by Daniel Parks
Today and tomorrow, I’m participating in a huge ebook sale! Spy Noon is on sale for 99¢ and I, Spy is $2.99! As a special bonus, I’m also offering Spy for a Spy at $2.99!
If you hurry, you can even read them in time to enter the review contest and join the street team!
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We’re also giving away an awesome Readers’ Prize Pack ($160 value)!
Everything a reader needs to enjoy a good book!
Check out the full listing of over forty books!
Contemporary romance, romantic comedy, inspirational romance (LDS/Christian),
historical romance, romantic suspense
Inspirational fiction (LDS, Christian)
Fantasy/scifi, Young adult fantasy
Have you enjoyed my books? Have you already entered my review contest but want even more free goodies? I'm recruiting a street team to help get the word out!
Basically, a street team is a group of reader who’ve enjoyed an author’s books (you might call them “fans”). The team is a fun place to socialize with the author and other fans, and it’s also a way to help street team members spread the word about these books.
In plain English, this particular street team will be run through a Facebook group. Each week, I’ll hand out “ops” that will consist of short missions such as pinning a book cover on Pinterest, tweeting about a giveaway, voting in a contest, leaving a review, etc. We’ll also have fun discussions to get to know one another. That’s it!
You won't have to do anything. You'll have the opportunity to tell people about my books in fun and creative ways on your "ops." You’re not required to do anything to hang out, make friends and get cool stuff.
Yep! As part of my street team, you’ll get exclusive content, sneak previews, bonus features and the first look at covers and more. Contests for the team may also win cameos in my books, exclusive swag and other goodies. (There may be imported chocolate.)
It would be helpful to be active on at least one other social media site, such as Goodreads, Twitter, or Pinterest—but it's NOT required!
Ready to join? Email me (jordan at jordanmccollum.com) with a link to your Facebook profile so I can add you to the group!
Who doesn’t like free books and book money?! Here’s your chance to win both!
| Grand Prize | ||
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| $30 Paypal cash! | Advance Reader Copy of Tomorrow We Spy, Spy Another Day series book 3 (With a sneak peek at the cover!) |
Advance Reader Copy of True Spy prequel #3 |
I’ll be giving away more ARCs of Tomorrow We Spy and True Spy!
Exact number of prizes awarded will depend on the number of entries received—so enter lots!
Step 1: Read one or more of my books. This is kind of important to do step 2.
Step 2: Review my books. Here’s a handy chart of some good places to review, with links to my books:
| I, Spy Book 1 |
Amazon | Kobo | Barnes & Noble | Smashwords* | Goodreads |
| Spy for a Spy Book 2 |
Amazon | Kobo | Barnes & Noble | Smashwords* | Goodreads |
| Spy Noon Prequel 1 |
Amazon | Kobo | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads | |
| Mr. Nice Spy Prequel 2 (free) |
Amazon | Kobo | Barnes & Noble (99 ¢) |
Smashwords* | Goodreads |
| Character Arcs |
Amazon | Kobo | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads | |
| Character Sympathy Double points! |
Amazon | Kobo | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads |
Step 3: Leave a comment here with a link to your review. You can enter more than one review (i.e. different books or different sites), but YOU MUST LEAVE EACH LINK IN ITS OWN COMMENT FOR IT TO COUNT AS A SEPARATE ENTRY IN THE RANDOM DRAWING!! Please try to use the direct link to your review and not just the review page so I don’t have to go hunting for it. Thanks 
. Note that reviews on my (poor, neglected) newest release, Character Sympathy, count double!
(Can’t comment? Contact me with your links and I’ll work it out.)
Step 4: Check back here on Monday, 2 June 2014, to find out if you’ve won!
Entries (comments) must be received by Saturday, 31 May 2014, 11:59:59 PM MDT.
Winner(s) will be drawn at random from the comments. If you want to enter more than once with separate reviews, use ONE SEPARATE COMMENT for EACH review link. Do not put three links in one comment. Comment three times. This makes my life easier. And I need that. Exception: reviews on Character Arcs will count as two entries.
Again, how this works: say you review I, Spy on Amazon and Goodreads, and Character Arcs on Amazon. Come leave three comments here, one with the I, Spy Amazon review link, one with I, Spy Goodreads review link, one with the CA Amazon review link. THREE SEPARATE COMMENTS = THREE ENTRIES! + 1 bonus entry for reviewing Character Arcs. (BUT one comment with three links = 1 entry.) One entry link per comment, one comment per entry link.
More entries = more prizes! I’m not pinning myself down to something in case you guys surprise me and I get really generous. Even if that doesn’t happen, the chance of winning will most likely be pretty dang good. You should go for it.
Do the reviews have to be positive? No. But do you really want to hurt me? Do you really want to make me cry?
Can I enter if I won/received a free copy of the book? Yep.
Can I enter with a review I’ve already posted? Yep.
Can I enter if we’re friends or family? Yep. Don’t know if I’ll let you win, family member, but you can sure enter!
Winners will be announced on the blog, and maybe even contacted by email. Open worldwide. Void where prohibited. Awesome on all continents. And in the oceans, too. Seas. Islands—okay, the whole planet.
* You may have to have purchased the book from Smashwords to leave a review there. If you really want another entry, please contact me and I can give you a coupon for Smashwords (assuming that you already have the book from another platform/source).
Sigh. I have many things I want to blog about, but right now, most of my writing time is taken up with preparing for the LDStorymakers conference next week, where I’m teaching about Structural Self-editing on Friday and Gesture Crutches on Saturday (twice!). We may not be back to our regularly scheduled bloggy goodness until after that’s over. And I’ve recovered.
For now, I do have some awesomeness to tide you over!
Character Sympathy now has a foreword by RITA award–winning author, best-selling novelist, fiction writing teacher, editor extraordinaire Alicia Rasley! Her articles were among the first really good resources I found for learning more about character sympathy, so I’m thrilled to have her for the foreword!
Also for Character Sympathy: the print version of Character Sympathy is now available! Thanks to those Sneaky McSneakersons who’ve already found it and bought it! The print version does include the foreword. And it’s beautiful! Just check out the proof (side-by-side with Character Arcs):
Siblings, united at last! #amwriting #MyWANA pic.twitter.com/BgWAMEaueh
— Jordan McCollum (@JordanMcCollum) April 4, 2014
Finally, I have a guest post at Janice Hardy’s Fiction University about finding and working with a cover designer. Your cover is your book’s first impression, so make sure it’s a good one! Learn how to find a good cover designer and work with them to create an awesome cover for your book.
I’m privileged to be part of Fiction U’s faculty in the Indie Author Department!
Today, my friend Rachelle J. Christensen is unveiling the first cover in her new Wedding Planner Mystery series! But first, a little more about the book. . .
Adrielle Pyper knows how to plan a wedding, and she is especially good at pleasing bridezillas. But when her biggest client and best friend is murdered just three days before the wedding, Adri’s world falls apart. She moves to the resort town of Sun Valley, Idaho, and starts from scratch. Thanks to Adri’s impeccable taste and unique style, she lands two celebrity clients, and her business seems headed for success–that is, until someone vandalizes the specialty wedding dresses she imported from overseas.
The race is on to uncover a secret hidden within the yards of satin and lace before Adri becomes the next victim. With a delightful blend of mystery, toe-curling kisses, humor, and spine-tingling thrills, Diamond Rings are Deadly Things is a romantic suspense novel that will keep you turning pages long into the night.
Diamond Rings are Deadly Things pulled me right in from the first page and held me captive until the very end. Great characters, a compelling plot, a surprising twist at the end … Rachelle Christensen knows how to craft a great mystery.
– Tristi Pinkston, author of the Secret Sisters Mysteries
A cunningly crafty mystery with just the right mix of romance. Readers won’t be able to get enough of Adrielle Pyper, stunning party-planner turned heroine.
—Nichole Giles, author of Descendant
Available for preorder at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Deseret Book.
About the authorRachelle J. Christensen was born and raised in a small farming town in Idaho not far from the setting of her mystery Diamond Rings Are Deadly Things. She graduated cum laude from Utah State University with a degree in psychology. She enjoys singing and songwriting, playing the piano, running, motivational speaking, and of course reading. Rachelle has an amazing husband and five cute kids.
Connect with Rachelle on Facebook Author Page: Facebook, Twitter, author blog, author website, Goodreads and craft blog.
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The Deseret News reviewed Spy for a Spy!
To say [Talia’s] new work environment is hostile is an understatement. Even worse, Talia can’t bring herself to trust Brand with intelligence, work-related secrets, and she especially can’t entrust him with her life. As she embarks on her mission to follow her gut and prove Brand is as shady as she remembers from past encounters, she finds herself protecting her fiancé, Danny, from knowing her new boss is her ex-boyfriend.
McCollum intricately layers Talia’s complex personality by developing her into outrageously paranoid and protective, but vulnerable when it comes to Danny. Each chapter is a window into a complicated woman’s life.
Check out the full review and come squee with me!!
