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EC: Giovanni's Angel Promotion

Happy Eternal Curse Release Day! 2014

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I’m so happy this day is finally here; now I can breathe. I’d like to sit here and proclaim to the world that this book is on its way to being a bestseller, but who really knows. I’m sure there is so much more I should be doing to promote it, but for now, I just want to enjoy it. Afterall, I didn’t write this book to spend the rest of my life trying to sell it; I wrote it because I felt I needed to, because it made me happy to do so, and because at my very core I am a writer.

I hope many of you will read my book and hope many of you will also like it and perhaps share it with others. Today this book is available at the following e-retailers (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Tate) and can be ordered from any local bookstore. I am currently working on efforts to have it stocked in a few local stores (in the Hampton Roads area of VA) and will promote them when available…. A new edition of this book is now available.

Oh, and there’s still time to enter my Release Day Giveaway!

Please click here to visit Goodreads.com to read some of the current reviews of this book and add it to your bookshelf. Thank  you all for sticking with me this far and hopefully you’ll stick around for what’s to come.

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 Last day of my Kindle Countdown Deals on Legend of the Boy and Unexplained, featuring two romantic tales, Encounter and Our Place.  Deals end at 11:59 pm EST today!

#cursescanbebroken – 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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IWSG

#IWSG February 2014: Blog Hop

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Created and hosted by the Ninja himself, Alex J. Cavanaugh, the Insecure Writers Support Group posts the 1st Wednesday of every month. Click the image to learn more or sign up.

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I’m trying something new, well, new to me anyway. I’ve participated in so many blog hops, but have never done one of my own. I think deep down I’m just avoiding the fact that I need to do more to promote my book and I just don’t feel like it. Sometimes it’s hard trying to sell something I love so much that I almost want to give it away just so I know people have it…

But enough about that, back to my endeavor to host a blog hop. I’m very nervous about this and hope I’m able to get a few participants (oh, there go my insecurities). After receiving some interesting insights about the romantic tension in my book (the one I haven’t been promoting enough), I started thinking about the nature of wooing. How does someone get someone else to fall for them or vice versa? Aside from flexing muscles and batting eyelashes, there have to be actual acts and jesters that just really turn people on. Some are probably universal, but some must be more specific; I want to know them all.

So, I give you, How do you Woo? Blogfest! (It’s a title people. Stop overthinking the grammar.)

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Love is in the air and it’s time to share, Wednesday, February 12th.

Tell a story, give examples, share an experience…how do you romance the one you care about or vice versa? In 500 words or less, teach us, entice us, and get us thinking all while keeping it, at least, PG-13. 😉

All are welcomed to participate. Please feel free to promote any contests, giveaways, or works you wish, but please post content ratings if your selections are a little more than simply adult. Feel free to use the image I’ve included here or come up with one of your own, but please use the Linky posted below to participate and use the hashtag, #howdoyouwoo, in promotions.

Aside from what I’ll be sharing in my post, I’ll also be offering a giveaway: a box of Ferrero Rocher®. There will be no liking, following, tweeting, etc… involved; all you have to do is leave me a comment about wooing. The winner will be drawn at random and announced on Friday, February 14th (HappyValentine’s Day).

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Please click here to join in and be a part of this romantic blog hop.

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All in all, I guess you could say that I’ve completely ignored my insecurities this month and have replaced them with practical deeds. Who knows, I may find a way between now and then to involve this hop in my weak book promoting efforts. Next month, hopefully I’ll be more on the ball and actually have something worthwhile to share; perhaps words of encouragement, a tale of progress, or even something more heartfelt…We’ll just have to see.

Be sure to stop by, visit, and thank our host as well as this month’s co-hosts: Sheena-kay Graham, Julie Musil, Jamie Ayres, and Mike Swift!

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Click here to visit other IWSG blogs and sites to receive and share inspiration and support (this month, I’m #234).

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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EC: Giovanni's Angel Sample Sundays

Sample Sunday 32

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Here is approximately 100 – 150 words from a randomly selected original piece for your enjoyment. These samples can include excerpts from my all my WIPs and my Eternal Curse Series, but only as works in progress (not the final products). These samples of published and unpublished works are protected under the U.S. Copyright agreement.

Eternal Curse: Giovanni’s Angel chapter 5.1 (wip)

Giovanni could see that Mira was more than a little disturbed by the elaborate and detailed contents of their state of the art lab. Finally, he decided to take action concerning Mira’s current state. He decided he had to explain as much as he could right away, but first he’d need to calm her down. Giovanni walked right up to Mira without stopping and without hesitation. He took over her personal space and enveloped her in his arms.

Mira tried to resist him; she didn’t know what he was trying to do to her. Then, all of a sudden, that little jolt of energy she was trying to get used to suddenly turned into an explosively comforting and warm tingling sensation all over her body. She instantaneously became relaxed.

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