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Eternal Curse Release Week! Sunday Sample 2014

CoverEternal Curse: Giovanni’s Angel, Preface

Eternal Curse: Giovanni’s Angel Copyright © 2013 Toinette Thomas

Have you ever looked into the mirror and asked yourself with all honesty, “Who’s that looking back at me?” You see the person looking at you and think: I don’t know that person. That’s not me. I’m lost somewhere, waiting to be found. Well, that’s what life was like for him all the time. To him, the world was a daunting maze of mystery from which he’d spent most of his life trying to escape, since understanding it seemed far less possible. The world and all the people in it weren’t the only mysteries that plagued his mind; he was also emotionally confused. That is, he was confused by many basic human emotions.

Unlike other people, the words heat and passion never really meant much to him. He never knew that their many meanings could affect him so profoundly. There was once a time when he assumed heat was simply the temperature of something being high. He’d known of ordinary people becoming mentally and physically consumed with the pursuit of something. He equated that with passion, although he wasn’t personally familiar with the word.

He longed, if that were even possible, to feel passion for anything other than just the relief from his torment. He wanted so much to be like normal people living their lives from day to day, but for him a day turned into a month, and a month into a decade, and a decade into a millennium. Insanity would have been a kind relief from facing this terrifying reality, but alas, he remained forever completely aware, conscious, and competent of his own cursed existence.

He could never have imagined in all of his, seemingly everlasting, life that he could ever truly become free and certainly not happy, until there was Mira. The one, the only person to show him the possibility of another life in a hopeful world, was Mira. She was the one to introduce him to multiple meanings of heat and passion.

His name is Giovanni. His long and complex tale is just a small part of something that is so much greater, something so magnificent that man can never truly understand it. History has been written, but it has not always been right or complete, and no mere man on this earth can understand this the way that Giovanni can. There really are no words in any language to fully describe where history has gone wrong or fallen short, but if I tell you Giovanni’s story, maybe you’ll begin to understand.

A new edition of this book is now available.

Eternal Curse: Giovanni’s Angel releases worldwide on February 18th,
so be sure to check it out and enter my Release Day Giveaway!

Stop by Is History the Agreed Upon Lie today for my guest post & discussion.

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howdoyouwooThere’s still time to join my first self-hosted blog hop “How do you Woo?”.

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 5 days until my Kindle Countdown Deals on Legend of the Boy and Unexplained, featuring two romantic tales, Encounter and Our Place.  Deals begin at 6:00 am EST 2/14; Happy Valentine’s Day!

I hope you are enjoying Eternal Curse Release Week! If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #cursescanbebroken

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Adventures In Blogging: Social Media Marketing- Rafflecopter part 2

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I’ll be writing about my adventures, from my point of view, while offering my opinion on whatever the current matter happens to be. I hope you will enjoy it, if for no other reason, because you’ll get to see just how crazy my mind and reactions can be sometimes.
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Social Media Marketing- Rafflecopter part 2

Thank you all for stopping by to see what craziness I have to share today. This is part two of my Rafflecopter discussion, but unlike my last post which was nice and sweet, this one is stern. I’m going to rant a little.

Before I begin my rant, know this now, I use Rafflecopter and appreciate its great value and am glad that I don’t have to blog in a world without it.

So, here I go.

I can’t stand trying to participate in Rafflecopters that have so many entry options that I loose count after 20. I totally understand why these exist, but I still don’t like them. Collaborative efforts are what keep much of the blog world spinning and when awarding prizes, bloggers should have an opportunity to build their social reach in order to do so, but why does it have to be so extensive?

A blog hop featuring 20 bloggers offering a prize bundle made of donations of all those participating never seems to have less than 50 entries, and averages around 80 or more.  With 80 entries, each participant gets to include a link for their blog, twitter, facebook, and one other social media outlet. Again, I agree with the reasoning and understand the why, but it just feels like too much.

I have participated in these kinds of rafflecopters and probably will again, but I will give it a second and maybe even a third thought before agreeing to it. For non-regular blog readers, I feel that a Rafflecopter like that is a deterrent. This is one of those times when knowing your audience really helps. Sometimes it works out great to send someone to a contest or event like this and sometime is backfires.

Whenever I create my own Rafflecopters, I do make an effort to not have the entry process seem overwhelming…Then again, sometimes I think I’m over thinking things. We live in a competitive world. People love voting, and entering to win, and trying to beat out the next person. Maybe the average person doesn’t mind these long contests and it’s just me…

In any case, I’ll still make an effort to keep things as simple as possible; it’s just who I am.

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #thetoiboxofwords

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Big Book News! #cursescanbebroken

I am so excited to announce that my book, Eternal Curse: Giovanni’s Angel is now available for Pre-Orders while awaiting its February release date.

A new edition of this book is now available. 

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On February 18, 2014, Eternal Curse: Giovanni’s Angel will be available to the general public, but pre-orders start now!

Pre-order Paperback $18.99 plus tax & shipping
–Regular price $20.99 plus tax & shipping
–Order a signed paperback now at regular price

Pre-order eBook card $8.99 plus tax & shipping
–Regular price $9.99 plus tax & shipping

Visit my Pre-orders tab up top to get started.

For a limited time only (December 1 – January 27), I’m offering you a chance to, not only get your hands on the book before everyone else, but you can get it at a discount, and I’ll be offering signed copies at regular retail price, just for this special occasion.  If you are looking to receive a copy for review, I may just have something for you. (Also, book sellers, let me know you’re interested and I’ll send you information.)

In honor of the pending release of my first novel Eternal Curse: Giovanni’s Angel, I’m also offering a special giveaway for those who pre-order. I’ll give each person who pre-orders, a signed bookmark and 2 easy entries into my Release Day Giveaway! The winner will be announced on, February 19, 2014, at noon EST. (Enter your pre-order invoice number to claim your easy entries at the link below.)

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The prizes for the Release Day Giveaway are 2 ToiBox fan packs consisting of : 1 Eternal Curse book poster, 1 Eternal Curse book t-shirt, 1 Eternal Curse book pen, 1 signed paperback copy of 40 Days and Nights of Eternal Curse,1 super special ToiBox exclusive- *Toi’s Shorts, and a $10 gift card to Amazon.com.

*Toi’s Shorts is the combined collections of Legend of the Boy and Unexplained in paperback form. This rare collection is not, and will not be, available for purchase anywhere. This is a special giveaway!

Click here to enter my Release Day Giveaway!
It only takes 1 entry to win & there are 2 prizes to award.
A new window will open so you can easily refer back to this page.

I’ll be accepting pre-orders now and will begin to ship out pre-orders on December 16, 2013, based on the order in which invoices are paid. The window to pre-order this book ends January 27, 2014.

Thank you all for your wonderful and continued support 😀 .

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #thetoiboxofwords