AMAZING Giveaway: $100 Amazon GC, Book of choice or Illustrated Harry Potter book (INT)

Update 2-20-17 9am CST, unfortunately Vicky didn't win Death match, but we will continue the giveaway until 2-28! More entry options will be up soon!

Dear All:
I have an amazing giveaway to host today! I am doing my darndest to support Vicky Savage, one of my favorite indie writers, who wrote the Transcender Trilogy a while back. She has written an amazing short story for the Indie Writers Deathmatch and she is in the semifinals! Let's get her to the finals and to a win! Anything goes to get votes, and you can vote once an hour. So the prizes she is offering for help are amazing and the more you vote, the more entries you get!

Grand prize: $100 Amazon GC
Runner up prizes:
Book of your choice up to $20
One of the 2 available illustrated Harry Potter books

If you have a twitter account, it will hook up your twitter account to the contest. Otherwise, you have to create a profile and then VOTE for VICKY SAVAGE.  You click on the cleaver next to the number of votes to vote!
Here is the link for the contest:
http://www.brokenpencil.com/deathmatch-2017/deathmatch-2017-round-two

Get to voting!!! You can get entries up to 10 times a day on my rafflecopter. There are also two tweets you can send out to promote the giveaway and earn more entries!

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#Mysterytwittertheater - Ensconced in Death... Find my Killer... and get some awesome loot while you're at it!

Something’s not right. I can’t explain it. I just feel…strange. And where am I? Why is it so dark? I don’t know what time it is. I can’t remember what I was doing before, well, right now. I remember leaving work. I planned to go to the library, bookstore, and coffee shop. But I’m not sure if I made it to all three. I’m not even sure if I made it to any of those places.

And now I’m…nowhere. Wait, what’s that over there? On the ground. It looks like…Oh no, could it be? It is—it’s me! And I’m so pale. I’m not breathing. “Wake up, Ensconced! You’ve got books to read!”

But I don’t wake up. I’m not Ensconced in Lit anymore. I’m Ensconced in Death.

Figure 1. Me. Ensconced. Preserved in an action pose. Or a deathly one. Whatever. Sue me, I'm dead.

I don’t know who did this to me, but I know why. I had this epic prize pack from Paula Stokes—all kinds of LIARS, INC. stuff and mystery crime scene prizes too. And now it’s gone. Someone took it, and I’m betting that someone is the killer.

Figure 2. LIARS, INC. prize pack includes a hand-painted LIARS tote bag from Pivot Book Totes, a signed finished copy of the novel, a notebook for writing down all your clues, a mini flashlight for investigating in dark places, a crime scene lanyard so no one crosses you while you’re hunting for evidence, crime scene candy, bookmarks, postcards, magnets, and special mystery gifts.

Hey. You there. You look smart. Are you good at figuring stuff out? If you help find my killer, you can bring him or her to justice and make sure no one else gets hurt. Oh and you can also recover the LIARS prize pack and keep it for yourself! I bet Paula is already trying to hunt down this criminal. Head over to her blog to get more information and start gathering evidence. Good luck!

Oh, but watch your back. The killer could be almost anyone…

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Contest: Which YA author do you want me to interview?

I got a message from one of my new readers about wanting me to interview a particular author. I think that's a terrific idea, but wanted to offer this to all of my loyal readers as the very first contest that I am hosting on this blog. Just answer the question below in the comments section of this post.

Question: Which YA author have I not interviewed that you would love to have me interview and why should I interview that author?

This contest will run until January 31st. A few things I will take into consideration: the specificity of the response-- reasons you really think this author is great, and suggestions of specific books that you think I should take a look at before the interview, as well as enthusiasm! :-)

Some caveats: some authors do not do interviews or do not agree to do an interview with me. But my stats are pretty darn good-- I get a "Yes" from about 90% of authors that I ask. If that happens, the winner can select another author.

BONUS: You get to ask them 3 questions!

Have fun and have a happy new year!