Tuesday, June 28, 2011

BOOK GIVEAWAY TIME & a INTERVIEW with Author Cheri Schmidt!

Author Interview & Book Giveaway!
I've decided to go ahead and add some excitement to my readers day by hosting a giveaway for Cheri Schmidt, the wonderful author of the book I am currently reading, FAIR MAIDEN. I usually do my giveaways right along with my reviews, but it has been a couple of weeks since I had my last giveaway, so I'm going to switch things up and host her giveaway now, and then when I'm done with her book in the next day or two I will post MY review of the novel!


Blurb for the novel FAIR MAIDEN:


It's the Victorian era in England, but Tessa is from the medieval past. She awakens within a castle she has never seen before. Knowledge of her name also evades her. However, even worse than not knowing who or where she is, she cannot recall how she died or why she is dressed as a bride.

Along with Christian, the earl of the castle she haunts, Tessa tries to discover who she is and break the spell holding her in a prison of death. They never imagined the curse keeping them apart is the only thing protecting her, until it's too late.



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Author Interview of Cheri Schmidt:

Question: Why did you write this book?

The story was haunting my thoughts and wouldn’t stop until I put fingers to keys and wrote it.

Question: What book are you reading right now?

“City of Bones” by Cassandra Clare (I know, it’s been out for quite a while.)

Question: What genre do you write?

Teen fantasy and paranormal romance, but for some reason I’ve mixed historical elements into all of them. And it seems like I can’t resist putting fairies in each book I write either. So far they’ve made their way into all three of the books I’ve completed and will be in almost all of the ones I plan to write.

Question: What inspired you to be a writer?

The stories constantly spinning in my head did that. I’d always just thought they were there for my own personal entertainment. It took me until about the age of 37 before I realized I should be writing them down.

Question: What is your goal with the stories you write?

I want to entertain and to bring a smile to the reader’s face. I also wish to weave the story into their heart so well they can’t stop thinking about it afterward.

Question: What genres do you like to read?

Paranormal, Fantasy, and Historical Romance. Always romance...

Question: What inspired you to write this novel?

I read a few books with ghosts in them. Most of them also had time travel, but I wanted a way to resolve the plot without time travel, and Fair Maiden is what I came up with.

Question: Will there be a sequel to Fair Maiden?

Yes. I have three books planned for that series but while Christian and Tessa will be seen, they will not be the main characters in the following books. Book 2 is entitled The Trapping Club. This story will center around Emma—Christian’s little sister when she’s older and the hero will be Tristan—Dominic’s, yes the villain’s, little brother. Book 3 will be about Peter—Christian’s brother.

Cheri is being incredibly generous by offering to give away TWO Ebook copies and ONE signed paperback copy (along with matching bookmark)!I was pretty excited when she let me know that was offering THREE books total for my readers! I'm happy when an author offers anything relevant to their novel so that I can do a give away for my readers, so I really appreciate Cheri going above and beyond so that three lucky readers will have the chance to read this novel!



Ok, so here are the GIVEAWAY RULES:

MANDATORY ENTRY:

+1 In order to enter this giveaway, COMMENT on this post & make sure to leave your EMAIL address! You MUST be a follower of my blog to enter.


EXTRA/BONUS ENTRIES:

+1 Follow me on TWITTER!!

+1 TWEET this giveaway on YOUR twitter account! Make sure to leave me the link!

+1 Follow me on either SHELFARI OR GOODREADS or you can follow me on BOTH for TWO extra entries!

You can put all of the entries in one comment, or post each entry separately. It's up to you, because they all add up the same at the end! If you do all of the bonus entries, as well as the mandatory entry, then you have a total of 5 chances to win!

I will be choosing the winner on July 5th!









62 comments:

  1. Thanks for the giveaway. I follow on GFC under Bethie

    lizzi0915 at aol dot com

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  2. What an interesting sounding story. Count me in the giveaway. I'm a GFC follower.
    juliecookies(at)Gmail.com
    +1 Follow on twitter
    +1 Follow on goodreads

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  3. This sounds like a very intriguing book!

    I am a GFC follower.

    ladyofnarnia(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  4. yeah! I just got an e reader so just in time!
    I follow on goodreads & shelfari. Thanks!

    Margaret
    singitm@hotmail.com

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  5. Enter me!! This looks fantastic!

    mccown629 [at] gmail [dot] com

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  6. I tweeted the giveaway http://twitter.com/thekidfromtexas/status/85846290159763456

    Thanks again!

    vanessanicole21 at yahoo dot com

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  7. I am already a follower on Twitter.

    I re-tweeted your tweet about the contest:
    http://twitter.com/#!/Cassie629

    I 'friended' you and follow you on Goodreads.

    I follow you on Shelfari:
    http://www.shelfari.com/o1515176398

    Thanks!!

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  8. this seems like a great read, thanks for the giveaway
    recupefashion@hotmail.fr

    I follow your blog under Recupefashion

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  9. Hi- I am already a Goodreads friend and a GFC follower, and I regularly read your blog. This book sounds like a unique twist on a fantasy plot, and I would enjoy it!
    Rae, Best O' Books
    bestobooks@gmail.com

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  10. Reading about the loss of memory is always interesting and fun.

    teakettle58(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  11. I follow you on Twitter.

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  12. I tweeted the giveaway http://twitter.com/topazshell5

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  13. I (Tea) follow you on Goodreads.

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  14. Wow thanks! I follow you on Goodreads.

    musicalfrog at comcast dot net

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  15. Awesome. Thanks for the giveaway. I follow via GFC quixoticdreamer

    quixoticdreamer(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  16. I follow via Twitter @quixoticweetzie


    quixoticdreamer(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  17. Tweeted
    http://twitter.com/#!/QuixoticWeetzie/status/85870047280631809


    quixoticdreamer(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  18. I follow on GoodReads
    Brittany Gale


    quixoticdreamer(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  19. Sounds awsome! I can't wait to read it!! audracurtis@rocketmail.com

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  20. I'm now following you on Goodreads and Shelfari - audracurtis@rocketmail.com

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  21. im folowing your blog with gfc (roro) and frended you on goodreads.com
    rogcaprino@hotmail.com

    tnx 4 the giveway

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  22. Fair Maiden looks like a book I would enjoy reading. Hope I win a copy. If I do contact me at darlene.foster@telus.net

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  23. Fair Maiden looks really good.

    +1 Goodreads
    +1 Shelfari

    jlane(at)raigroup.com

    Good luck to all.

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  24. This sounds great!

    I'm following you on GFC (Darlene), and my email address is darlenesbooknook at gmail dot com.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  25. +1 for following you on Twitter (@DarleneBookNook)

    My email address is darlenesbooknook at gmail dot com.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  26. +1 for tweeting

    http://twitter.com/#!/DarleneBookNook/status/85902146222034945

    My email address is darlenesbooknook at gmail dot com.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  27. +1 for following on Goodreads

    My email address is darlenesbooknook at gmail dot com.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  28. +1 for following on Shelfari

    My email address is darlenesbooknook at gmail dot com.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  29. This sounds like a very unique read.
    GFC follower, and Goodreads friend.

    helpersarah2009@gmail.com

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  30. HI there!
    I am Google Following you. (MichelleKCanada)
    I was already following you on Twitter (@AnotherLookBook)
    I just friend requested you on Goodreads. (Michelle Kelly)

    Cheers!
    MichelleKCanada
    http://anotherlookbookreviews.blogspot.com/

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  31. ooops forgot to leave email address

    another_look_book_reviews at hotmail dot ca

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  32. Thanks SOOOOO much to all of my amazing blog followers for entering this giveaway & helping to promote the giveaway to other readers! SO many entries & it has only been up for a couple of hours!
    You all seriously ROCK! & I appreciate you all for supporting my blog more than you possibly know!!

    Thank you, Thank you!! =]]
    Much <3

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  33. I've been attempting to leave a comment but two times it didn't work.
    I would like to be added to the giveaway for the paperback book. My eyes get too tired reading ebooks.
    I follow you on Goodreads
    I follow you on twitter @mikedtheauthor
    Mike
    mikedraper1042@yahoo.com

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  34. coalykitty@hotmail.com
    +1 goodreads
    +1 blog follow

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  35. Thank you for the giveaway, this book looks perfectly lovely. :)
    Old GFC follower
    Twitter - @LiederMadchen
    Shelfari - Lieder Madchen
    Goodreads - Natalie
    tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/LiederMadchen/status/85930302828060673

    liedermadchen(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  36. Thanks for the giveaways and great reviews.

    olivia-hunt62@hotmail.com

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  37. Great review and interview. Enter me. Donna

    dkmtheriot@yahoo.com

    I have a give away tomorrow on my blog. Hope to see you there.

    http://mylife-in-stories.blogspot.com

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  38. cattcritters@aol.com

    +1 I follow you/I'm your friend on Goodreads- Caitlin

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  39. This book sounds very interesting. Please enter me in the giveaway. loves2read54(at)yahoo(dot)com. I follow your blog, on twitter (@2readornot2read) and on Good Reads Thanks for the contest!

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  40. I love the premise of this book! I can't wait to read it :)

    I follow you on Twitter: @jwitt33
    I friended you on Goodreads: Julie Witt
    I tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/jwitt33/status/86193563699908608

    jwitt33 at live dot com

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  41. Book sounds awesome. thanks for the giveaway!

    following you on twitter and I tweeted for you. :)

    http://twitter.com/#!/jkellerford

    Will head over to Goodreads and find you there, too.

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  42. I follow through GFC, but it won't let me log in to comment. I'm on here as "The Mrs."

    AND I follow on twitter @USCPWifey

    AND my email address is usmcwifey2f5 at aol dot com

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  43. I'm a new GFC follower and I'm also following you on Twitter. Very excited about this book! And good luck in your new teaching job! =)

    -Miss GOP
    www.thewritingapprentice.com

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  44. GFC Krystal Larson edysicecreamlover18ATgmailDOTcom This looks like an excellent read!
    Good Reads: Krystal Carson
    Twitter: Icecream1891
    tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/Icecream1891/status/86294766496657408

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  45. Excellent giveaway!


    I'm following you as Sophie Gonzales on GFC,

    and as @lifebetween on twitter.


    Thanks! :)

    Sophie
    http://life-between.blogspot.com

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  46. Oops! I forgot to leave my email address!

    sophie.lifebetween@gmail.com

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  47. Please enter me for the paperback copy of the book. Thanks!

    I’m a Twitter follower @aikchien

    I’m a Goodreads friend – Aik Chien

    Tweeted:
    http://twitter.com/aikchien/status/86396250190118912

    aikychien at yahoo dot com

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  48. This looks like a book I would enjoy! And the interview was very good! I'm a new follower! Thanks!♥ And thanks for visiting me, too! ♥
    lavenderdreamstoo at gmail dot com

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  49. What an intriguing story. I follow this blog and I'm a goodreads friend (Lisa Blyth).

    lisablyth@cogeco.ca

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  50. This sounds like a great read. Thanks for hosting!

    reading(dot)lark(at)gmail(dot)com

    I am a new blog follower. :) (Andrea)

    +1 for following on twitter (readinglark)

    +1 for following on Goodreads (Reading Lark)

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  51. I would love to be entered!

    candy10[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  52. Hi!! Great interview and it sounds like a wonderful book but Id love the hardback copy if I'm lucky enought to win!! Ebook is ok too though:)
    +1GFC is (viajeradelmar) Nikki
    +1Goodreads is Sherri
    +1Twitter is @Mc_Carver
    +1and my retweet iHistorical Fiction Obsession: BOOK GIVEAWAY TIME & a INTERVIEW with Author Cheri... http://t.co/ULD3zFK TWO days left to ENTER!!
    Thanks!!

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  53. Fair Maiden looks great. I just love the paranormal.

    hernandezcassandra50@yahoo.com

    +1- Following on Twitter as BookLoverC

    +1-Tweeted:
    http://twitter.com/#!/BookLoverC/status/87542888182988800
    or
    http://twitter.com/#!/BookLoverC


    +2- Following on Shelfari and goodreads.com as Cassandra

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  54. I love the idea behind this novel. Tying in history with the paranormal is so interesting! I cant wait to read this book! I would love to be entered to win!! jenniem05@yahoo.com

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  55. this sounds like a great historical romance
    thanks
    recupefashion@hotmail.fr

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  56. I love Historical Romance, my other fav beside's Paranormal, thanks :)
    https://twitter.com/#!/nattiejean1969
    I tweeted and followed you on goodreads and shelfari and twitter. :)
    nataliej0209@yahoo.ca

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  57. I would love to read this book! Thanks for a great giveaway:)

    jwitt33 at live dot com

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  58. I follow via Twitter: @jwitt33

    jwitt33 at live dot com

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  59. I am your friend on Goodreads.

    jwitt33 at live dot com

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  60. Sounds like a great read!
    GFC Krystal Larson
    edysicecreamlover18@gmailDOTcom
    twitter follower Icecream1891
    Good Reads Krystal Carson
    tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/Icecream1891/status/88803222281662464

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  61. Following you on Shelfari

    tbender11@gmail.com

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  62. The theme of the book seems to be interesting. I hope that it does well!

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