Audio cast on the Lit Chick Show

Sylvia Massara from the Chick Lit Show posted an audio cast about my books on her website. Check it out:

Lit Chick Show

Exciting News: A Touch of Greek is approaching TOP 100 on Barnes & Noble

I have some really exciting news today:

Currently, my Greek God romance

A Touch of Greek

is ranked in the low 100's at Barnes & Noble, perched to break into the top 100!

This is so exciting! None of my books has ever ranked this high!

I know I'm shameless, but I'm so close to making it into the bestseller list that I figured, I'll just ask all of you for help.

For those of you who haven't read A Touch of Greek yet, if you purchase it today or tomorrow (March 4th or 5th, 2011) from Barnes & Noble and email your purchase receipt to tina@tinawritesromance.com I will send you another one of my books or two novellas or short stories for free. Just let me know which ones you want and in which format (Kindle / pdf / ePub etc).

Thanks so much for all your help, and enjoy reading.

Click on the cover to be taken to Barnes & Noble's product page for A Touch of Greek.

Promotion - A Touch of Greek @ $1.99

Quick alert:

I'm currently promoting A Touch of Greek on Barnes & Noble with the special price of $1.99.

Don't have a Nook? No problem - purchase the e-book at B&N, forward me the email receipt B&N sends you ( tina (at)  tinawritesromance.com -- no spaces), and let me know what format you would like the book in: Kindle, Sony, or pdf, and I will email it to you.

To visit the product page, click on the image.

Winner of a Free Tina Folsom e-book

Thanks to all for helping me choose a new cover for A Touch of Greek. The race was neck to neck for a while between cover #3 and cover #1, but in the end #1 won out. The little Greek God in the corner will be carried through all four books in the series.

And now to the winner:

Janice O'Rourke (email entry) has won a Tina Folsom e-book of her choice.

The winner will be contacted by email.

The new cover is already up at Amazon and at Barnes & Noble.

Vote on the Cover and enter to win a Tina Folsom e-book of your choice

I need your help again.

The fabulous Elaina Lee has designed a wonderful new cover for my Out of Olympus (Greek God) romance A Touch of Greek. This is book 1 in the series.


However, I had Elaina do three different mock-ups and am torn on which one to choose. So, please have a look at the three covers below, vote for one of them in the comment section and, if you want to be entered into a draw to get a Tina Folsom e-book of your choice, please either leave your email address in the comment section (or email me at tina at tinawritesromance.com to provide me with your email if you don't want to leave it in the comment section). The winner will be drawn on Friday, Feb 11 at 9am PST.

Thanks!

Cover 1 - small God in the corner

 Cover 2 - large God in the corner

 Cover 3 - no God

Sugarbeat's Books loves A Touch of Greek!

Check our this 5-star review Sugarbeat's Book just gave my humorous and sexy novel A Touch of Greek about the Greek God Triton who's exiled to modern day America for being naughty.

Sugarbeat's Books Review

A Touch of Greek - Top Pick 2010

My Greek God romance A TOUCH OF GREEK received the 2010 Top Pick award in Erotic Paranormal Romance from Bitten by Paranormal Romance:

 

Click on the Ribbon to read Laurie's post.

Thanks Laurie!!

Review for A Touch of Greek

Many thanks to Nikki for her great review of A Touch of Greek, Book 1 in the Out of Olympus series about a group of mischievous Greek Gods.

To read the full review:

Nikki's Wild

Giveaway in connection with Chosen by Blood by Virna DePaul

Talented debut author Virna DePaul whose first Paraops Novel "Chosen by Blood" will be released in May 2011 by Berkley Publishing and I have decided on a little giveaway.

By the way, don't you guys just love the cover?

If you pre-order her book by January 1, 2011 and email me your proof of purchase, I will send you a free e-copy of one of my following books (please specify ePub, Kindle, or pdf in your email):

• Samson's Lovely Mortal
• A Touch of Greek
• Naked Shorts (Anthology)

More details about the giveaway are on Virna's Website.My email address is: authortinafolsom at gmail dot com.

And here's a little bit more about her debut novel, which I was privileged to read a short while ago, and loved:

Five years after the Second Civil War ends, humans and otherborn— humanlike creatures with superhuman DNA—still struggle for peace. To ensure the continued rights of both, the FBI forms a Para-Ops team with a unique set of skills.

Leader of an Otherborn clan, half-breed vampire Knox Devereaux would do anything to find a cure for the anti-vamp vaccine slowly starving his people into extinction. When the FBI contacts him about leading a team of hand-selected Others on a mission to reclaim the stolen antidote, Knox accepts. His new assignment places him in direct contact with Special Agent Felicia Locke, the beautiful human he’s craved since their very first meeting.

New Cover for A Touch of Greek

Just created a new cover for A Touch of Greek. What do you all think? Better than the old one (see the old one on the left blog column)?

Should I use it for the paperback?

No more blond heroes!

Okay, this is officially the last time I write a blond hero! Do you guys know how hard it is to find a decent cover for a book when you're trying to find a handsome blond hunk? Virtually impossible!

As it happens, I need to change the cover for A Touch of Greek since the way it came out on my proof for the paperback just looks terrible. So, I'm trying to revamp the cover completely. It just has to be darker, but I'm still hunting for some good stock photos to use. So far, nada.

Maybe I have more luck tomorrow.

Night folks!

Back home

I've returned from vacation and already there's chaos.Italy and Germany were wonderful if a little cold and wet. Venice was charming and who knows, I might just set a vampire romance there one day. It's the perfect location for something gothic.

Chaos greeted me at home in the form of a dead computer - luckily all my documents were backed up, however, while the repair shop is figuring out whether my trusted machine can be resurrected, I'm a little handicapped as to what I can do with my much smaller netbook.

I had planned on getting several books out on Paperback, but without the software on my currently defunct machine, I can't produce the print-ready versions. This may delay the release of these paperbacks. Currently affected are: Amaury's Hellion, A Touch of Greek, and Lawful Escort.

In the meantime, I'm working feverishly on the revision of Gabriel's Book in the Scanguards Vampires series.I still hope that I can meet my deadline of a December 3rd release for it, however, the paperback version might be delayed due to the computer issue.

I will keep you all posted.

Review of A Touch of Greek by Escape between the Pages

Check out Lori's wonderful review of my Out of Olympus romance novel A TOUCH OF GREEK. Many thanks to Lori for letting her readers know about my new Greek God series.

REVIEW at Escape between the Pages

On Vacation and the Importance of Reviews

My dear readers,

I'm leaving for Germany and Italy tomorrow, so my blog will be relatively quiet over the next three weeks. In the meantime, I hope you have plenty of reading material. I sure do. My Kindle is loaded with several books I want to read, a book I'm reviewing for a fellow indie author, and I'm also taking a couple of paperbacks with me that I haven't read yet (for those time when my husband will steal me Kindle!).

Please keep the reviews of my books coming. It's such a thrill for me to read what you're thinking of my books, the characters I've birthed, and the worlds I've built. Some of you probably know how important good and informative reviews are on Amazon: I certainly always read some of the reviews before I buy a book from an author I don't know too much about. Your reviews help support my writing. The more good reviews, the more books I can sell, and the more time I can spend on writing rather than other income producing activities.

As an incentive for you to leave reviews, I will be raffling off the next books in both the Out of Olympus and the Scanguards Vampires series. See the back of A Touch of Greek, Samson's Lovely Mortal and Amaury's Hellion for details on how to enter.

Auf Wiedersehn and Ciao!

Tina

Soon coming in Paperback

Soon, most of my books will be available in paperback through Amazon.com. The following titles will be released in paperback during November:

• Amaury's Hellion
• A Touch of Greek
• Lawful Escort
• Naked Shorts (Anthology)

They will be priced between $6.99 and $9.99.

More titles will follow in December. The only book currently available in paperback is Samson's Lovely Mortal. I was able to reduce the price for Samson's Lovely Mortal to $8.99 (however, it appears the new price is not reflected on Amazon.com yet - please allow a few more days for this change to filter through.)

Released on Kindle: A TOUCH OF GREEK

Now available on Kindle (earlier than expected!)

A TOUCH OF GREEK

Book 1 in the sexy new Out of Olympus Series

Buy your $0.99 copy now! Price is good until 10/12/10 only.

Selfish and gorgeous Greek God Triton is cast out of Olympus after seducing Zeus’ mistress and can only gain reentry if he finds a woman who loves him for his kindness and selflessness, not his beauty. When the mortal Sophia – recovering from an eye operation and virtually blind – needs a home healthcare worker, he takes on the role, hoping she will be his ticket home. 

While defending Sophia from an unknown adversary, Triton’s protective instinct emerges. At the same time rival Gods do everything to doom him to failure. And even if Triton can win Sophia’s love, will he throw it away to return home, or will he lose his own heart to the only woman who truly sees him? 

A Touch of Greek is the first book in the humorous and sexy paranormal romance series Out of Olympus following the romantic adventures of four Gods: Triton, Dionysus, Eros, and Hermes.

The next book in the series (Dionysus) is planned for March 2011.  

Saturday, October 2, 2010: Release of A TOUCH OF GREEK

My first book in my new Out of Olympus series A TOUCH OF GREEK will be released on Amazon Kindle this Saturday, October 2.

I will post the purchase link here as soon as it is available. Please remember that A TOUCH OF GREEK will be available for $0.99 for an introductory period of 10 days before I will set the regular purchase price. Take advantage of these savings and buy your copy early.

Greek God Cover

I had a little time this weekend and tinkered with Photoshop. What do you all think of my proposed cover for my Greek God romance A Touch of Greek?

No release date yet - but I'll keep you all posted. Here's an Excerpt just to whet your appetite.

Update on the Greek Gods

I know some of you have read my excerpt of A Touch of Greek which was supposed to hit Amazon Kindle in September. Well, here's an update. The manuscript is ready. However, it was requested by a traditional publisher and while it is out on submission, my hands are tied. I will keep you all posted as to the progress on this.

Meanwhile I'm down with bronchitis and not quite up for writing - I know, I'll have to continue on Book 3 of  the Scanguards Vampires series once I feel better. However, I figured at least I'd use the time to plot out one of my next books, namely book 2 in the Greek God series. Here's what it looks like so far:

My story board for Book 2 of Out of Olympus

If you can make out the little green pins, they mean that I have a sex scene or kissing scene planned. I know, I should really use red, but I ran out of red pins.