New Release Day

When you receive a release day for a book, it seems like it's months away, and will never get here. The closer the day gets, the more excited you become.

That's why I'll be bouncing off the walls this weekend. My new book, Tales of the Magician 2: The Lost One, releases Tuesday from Loose Id. TOTM2 is a continuation of Tales of the Magician 1: The Captive One.

I'm extremely excited about this book and can't wait for it to come out. If you want to see some juicy excerpts, stop by the Loose Id chat group this weekend. We'll be continuing the June Bash, and I'll be posting excerpts from both TOTM2 and TOTM1!

You'll even have chances to win Loose Id gift certificates.

Come and see us!
Mel

Loose Id group's June Bash

Hey everyone! A chance to win stuff on the Loose Id Community Group. Check it out! Special thanks to Jet Mykles for all her hard work on this project! It's going to be a rocking June for Loose Id authors and their fans! That's me, and you Mel.

The Loose Id authors are holding a bash! And we're giving away prizes!
Following are the official times, location and rules of the June Bash. Please email Jet Mykles at jetm@computerotika.com for questions or clarifications.

WHERE: The Loose Id Community on Yahoo Groups. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LooseId_community/. You must be a member of the group to participate. Authors will be posting excerpts and chatting all weekend, not just in and around the contest.

WHEN: Starting June 8th, the June Bash will take place Friday through Sunday for four successive weekends. The participating Loose Id authors will be posting excerpts on the following themes:- June 8-10 - All "real" or "true to life" fiction books- June 15-17 - All speculative fiction books- June 22-24 - All "real" or "true to life" books- June 29-30 & July 1 - all speculative fiction books
"Real" or "true to life" fiction means there are no fantastic or "out of this world" elements to the story; the category could include (but does not need to be limited to) straight contemporary, historical or adventure stories.

"Speculative fiction" means that there are speculative elements or paranormal elements to the story, which could include fantasy, paranormal, and science fiction. NOTE: Interpretation of the themes is completely up to the author and is not enforced.

PRIZES: One $25, two $10 and two $5 Loose Id gift certificates will be given away each of the four weeks. At the end of the four weeks, one grand prize of a Loose Id VIP membership will also be given away.

HOW TO ENTER: During the contest days, the authors will be posting official excerpts. Those containing contest eligible information will be marked in two ways: 1) The subject of each official excerpt post will include the phrase "JUNE BASH EXCERPT". Example, "JUNE BASH EXCERPT: Heaven by Jet Mykles". 2) The author will include a link to an official rules post toward the beginning of the email with the excerpt.

Between 12AM EST on each Friday and 11:59PM EST on each Sunday, send an email to liauthors@yahoo.com and include the following from ONE official excerpt: 1) Author's name 2) Title of the book for the excerpt 3) The name--first or last or both--of any one of the main characters mentioned in the excerpt
Again, the excerpt containing your information must be for the current weekend, not the previous weekend. And entry emails will only be accepted between Friday and Sunday.

Be sure to send this email from the same email address with which you are signed up for the Loose Id Community group.

Each entrant may send one email per weekend. With the exception of the grand prize, each winner may only win once for the month.

HOW PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED: On the Wednesday following each weekend, the winners of the prizes will be posted by email to the group. Each winner will also be sent an email directly. Winners have until Friday to respond. Those winners who do not respond by Friday will lose the prize and another entrant from the appropriate weekend will be selected to win the prize.
The grand prize of the VIP membership will be awarded to one entrant among all the official entrants from each of the four weekends. Previous winners are eligible.
Above rules are subject to update at any time. Updates will be posted to the Loose Id Community group.