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Pet names...and a contest!

Pet names are something I tend to struggle with. Either an endearment sounds right spilling out of a characters lips or it doesn’t. Sometimes “baby” and “honey” just don’t cut it. Could you imagine calling someone who’s seven feet tall, “baby”?

Me neither. That just sounds goofy to me.

More than once I’ve read a great book that was ruined by a silly pet name that threw me right out of the story every time I read it.

So, here’s the deal for this rainy Friday morning: Leave me a comment with your favorite pet name, or the worst endearment you’ve ever heard, and I’ll enter you to win a free book. Whoever’s pet name I decide to use in my current work in progress will win a free autographed copy of my latest print release, Shameful. The winner of the worst endearment ever will win a digital copy of Shameful.

I’ll even get the ball rolling for you all. My favorite pet name is “darlin”. It’s actually what Shame calls Gail in Shameful. Darlin’ always makes me think of a slow southern drawl and hot summer nights. The worst is “dearling”. It reminds me of little old ladies, for some reason. Nothing like picturing your grandma to throw you right out of a intimate scene. :)

The Good (never mind the bad and the ugly)

Yesterday I was feeling glum about the whole romance rioting world. (Romancelandia is a society, anyway. . . Okay, a town maybe. A village, all right?)

Then I opened an email reminding me that it’s just about time for the auction. That’s the ticket, find the good news. In less than five minutes I found four examples of romance writers doing good in the real world.

Bloggy Giveaway winner!

Thanks to everyone for visiting Samhain Publishing. If you didn’t win, please browse our books and give one a try!

The winner of the Starbucks gift card and two print books of her choice is CherieJ. Congratulations, Cherie!

Bloggy Giveaways! Win books and a Starbucks gift card

Welcome to those of you finding your way here from the Bloggy Giveaways.

As part of the Bloggy Giveaways Carnival, we’re offering the winner’s choice of two of our print books:http://samhainpublishing.com/print and a $25 gift card to Starbucks.

To enter, go to our main website (first tab at the top left that says “Samhain Home”) and browse the books. In the comments, tell us what cover most caught your attention. It cannot be one of the five or six covers on the home page listed as new releases. Sorry, we’re going to make you work just a little for your prize and we want you to browse the site! All other entries will be deleted.

Make sure you leave a valid email address so we can contact you to collect your prize. Entry is open to those in the US and Canada for the books and Starbucks gift card. If you are an international reader and win, we will substitute an extra print book (for a total of three books) in lieu of the Starbucks gift card. Prizes unclaimed after one week are forfeited and a new winner will be drawn.

Contest closes Saturday, April 26th around noon and we’ll draw a winner on Sunday the 27th.

If you’re new to the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival, make sure you visit the main page where last I looked there were over 300 giveaways posted!

**Note, when leaving a comment here, the blog first takes you to a preview screen, and then you have to hit submit again, so make sure you post your comment and don’t leave it on the preview screen.