Monday 15 December 2014

Siren Authors Holiday Hop



I'm so glad to be part of this Holiday Hop and sharing the stage with some excellent authors, both new and well established with Siren Publishing. I've been published with Siren since 2011 and the giveaway I have as part of this blog is a copy of my first book, Finding Angel. There are another two books in the Wylde Shore series, but I thought it best to giveaway a copy of book one, just to whet the winners appetite for the other two...hopefully. 
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                            Prizes and participating Authors
When I received my first edits for Finding Angel I quickly found out that authors often overuse words and one of my overused words was and. I spent days reworking sentences to try and get rid of any that were unnecessary and was it a task? You bet. I hated the word by the end of edits. I try not to use it excessively anymore and I think that's been reflected in the subsequent books. But why am I telling you this? It's simple really. In order to enter the major prize draw you need to visit each participating authors blog (the list can be found by clicking the words prizes and participating authors above the sexy holiday hop image) and put together a secret code. In order to achieve this each author was give a code word to include in their blog post.

Imagine my surprise when the code words were handed out. Some authors have wonderfully expressive words (I won't tell you any of them because that would be cheating) but I got the word I hate.  I actually laughed out loud when I read it. Have you guessed what it is yet. I bet you have but for those still wondering scroll down for the answer.

As I mentioned earlier I'm giving away a copy of Finding Angel as part of the hop. Just leave a comment on this post, maybe tell me a word that you have bad memories of, and I'll use random.org to pick a winner the day after the Hop concludes. Good luck and don't forget to enter the major prize draw.

For those that haven't already guessed, my secret code word for the competition is word number 17... AND

So enter now, you'll find the entry form by clicking here and then all you have to do is visit each blog and complete the answer. Good luck everyone.

21 comments:

  1. I tend to talk to much and when I was doing my required public speaking class for college, my downfall was the word/phrase: "um". On the upside, I won 3rd place for Impromptu Speaking during the class's end of the year contest (it was our class final). marie.mattingly88@yahoo.com

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  2. Merry Christmas to you and your family! My word is : FIRED

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  3. Merry Christmas and Thank you! My word is FIRED. too and it sucks too when you haven't done anything wrong to hear that word.

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  4. Because and like and "You feel me?".............I really hate that last one. I cringe when I hear those and have been known to shout "No, I don't feel you and I don't want to!!" Thanks for the chance and Merry Christmas.

    cmucha319 AT yahoo DOT com

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  5. Um and like were/are words that make me cringe. I am not good at public speaking, not a favorite thing to do.
    skpetal at hotmail dot com

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  6. Thanks for commenting ladies. I tend to agree with you all on those words being annoying, especially Like and fired. You're all in the draw for my Finding Angel prize. Good luck finding the rest of the words so you can all enter the major prize draw. ☺

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  7. I do like the word compunction.
    debby236 at gmail dot com

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  8. My word would yinz. What can I get for yinz? Merry Christmas
    diamer13@yahoo.com

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  9. I work with a sweet girl who is amazing, but she starts every sentence with, "So." Drives me nuts! Thanks for the chance to win your yummy book!

    Terri H
    terrihawk66@yahoo.com

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  10. I don't need to be entered in the drawing to win, I already own Finding Angel. Whoever is lucky to win this book, you will enjoy it! I have lots of words I overuse, usually swear words. Thanks for doing the Holiday Hop! Lisa.mancl1@gmail.com

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  11. Um drives me crazy especially when they are talking slowly. Thanks for the opportunity, I look forward to checking out your books. peacock1karen@gmail.com

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  12. Sorry but that is really funny getting the code word AND when you had so much trouble with it!

    ShirleyAnn(at)speakman40(dot)freeserve(dot)co(dot)uk

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  14. I overuse the word, "Like". So yeah, I have started disliking it too.
    sakshi012@hotmail.com

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  15. I don't like the word goodbye.
    michelle mich81266@yahoo.com

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  16. their there. I cringe when they are used in the wrong context.
    matt_sara_mom@yahoo.com

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  17. "Moist" is icky!

    Trix, vitajex(at)aol(Dot)com

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  18. You got lucky with that word Jan! LOL I seem to use the word 'uhmm' a lot and 'hmmm' too, not sure why?

    evitap67(at)gmail(dot)com

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  19. i cant stand the words their,, there or they're, used in the wrong context! and i hate the words "sorry,but........" uggghhhh
    Merry Christmas!! :)
    arnoldsmurf4(at)live(dot)com

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  20. I know it's a bit late but Christmas got in the way of me announcing my competition winner. So finally, the winner of a copy of Finding Angel is Debby. Thanks you to everyone who commented and congratulation Debby, an ebook copy of Finding Angel is coming your way.

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