I was surprised and pleased today to see a review of Dharma Café just a week after it released, and now there's more good news.
During its release week, DC was a bestseller for Loose Id AND for All Romance eBooks! I'm just delighted!
Thank you everyone for making DC's release week such a success!
It usually takes about a month for reviews to show up but there's a lovely one for Dharma Café up already at MM Good Book Reviews. Pixie says:
I will recommend this one to those who want a paranormal magic story with a twist, humor, great sex, food magic, a hunger demon battle, hordes of starvelings and a cheerful happy ever after.
Coffee and Porn in the Morning is celebrating their first year anniversary with a birthday bash featuring free fiction from an awesome lineup of authors. It's running all week so you should check it out.
My contribution, a crossover story in which Stan & Gus visit the Dharma Café goes live today at 11 am. Read it here.
I'm chatting on the M/M Romance Goodreads group right now! Talking food and giving away prizes.
http://www.goodreads.com/event/show/230445?utm_medium=email&utm_source=event_changed
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Heidi Cullinan and Marie Sexton have brought you coffee and porn for the past 365 mornings.
This week they're celebrating the one year anniversary of their blog with free fiction, a live chat, and contests featuring prizes sponsored by Samhain Publishing, Dreamspinner, Amber Quill Press, and Silver Publishing. Grand prize is an ereader donated by Silver publishing.
From Jan. 23-28, they will post five free short stories every day, including one by yours truly. My contribution, Special Ingredient, is a Stan & Gus-Dharma Café crossover. It goes live on the Coffee and Porn blog on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 11 am.
On Friday, Jan. 27 they'll host a live chat in their new chat room from 4-8 pm EST.
Find out more about all the fun here!
I want to thank everyone who helped me raise money for Polaris Project by purchasing a copy of my m/m romance, Broken. It has been my honor to contribute half of my proceeds for the first four months of sales to this vital organization combatting human trafficking and modern day slavery.
When I first wrote Broken I felt compelled to do something for people in the real world who are caught up in the same nightmare as my character Xiu is in the book.I began researching anti-human trafficking organizations, and there are many fine ones, but it soon became clear that Polaris Project was the one I wanted to focus on.
Polaris Project takes a comprehensive approach to the problem of human trafficking by providing direct assistance to those in need and helping create systemic changes to combat the crime. They operate a national human trafficking hotline and work to pass federal and state legislation to protect trafficking victims and bring traffickers to justice. Here's a link to just one example of the many ways in which Polaris Project helps people get out of trafficking situations.
I won't know the total amount raised until I get my next royalty statement from Loose Id, but when I do, I'll post it.
There's still one day remaining though, so if you haven't purchased your copy yet, there's still time to contribute to this great cause. And please, help me spread the word by sharing this post with your friends on Facebook and Twitter.
Thank you so much for your support.
*Hugs*
Jessica
Eben hadn’t expected a vision straight out of a yaoi manga, but there he was, standing beside the bakery case in a navy blue jacket with white trim, a white shirt, a red tie, and navy blue shorts.
Shorts.
Visit Jan Irving's blog at your own risk today, folks!
Chef Agatha of the Dharma Café was supposed to go over there like she has to Tara Lain's blog and to Coffee and Porn in the Morning, and share a recipe and give away a free ebook.
But somehow Samura's father Akio, the evil food sorcerer who runs the burger stand on the other side of town has busted loose and is over there right now, creating mayhem.
If you're brave enough to leave a comment, however, you'll still be entered to win a free ebook.
Dharma Café is now available for purchase at Loose Id site!
And Agatha, chef of the café, is visiting Tara Lain's blog today, sharing recipes and giving a free ebook away to one lucky commenter, so go on over and join in the fun!
I guess Agatha, the proprietess of the Dharma Café is a little ticked off at me for asking her to do my blog tour for me. But she's being a good sport about it and giving away a free ebook to boot.
So go visit her on Marie Sexton and Heidi Cullinan's blog, Coffee and Porn in the Morning. You can read an excerpt from the book, find out how she makes those wonderful scrambled eggs she gives Charlie his first morning at the restaurant, and if you leave a comment with your favorite food or recipe, you have a chance to win a free copy of one of my ebooks.
And put in a good word for me with her while you're at it, would you?
Dharma Café, my new m/m paranormal romance, comes out next Tuesday, Jan. 17 and I have some fun events planned in connection with it.
There will be blog tour:
Jan. 16 -- Coffee and Porn in the Morning
Jan. 17 -- Tara Lain's blog
Jan. 18 -- Jan Irving's blog
Jan. 19 -- Fiction with Friction
At each of these stops, readers will have an opportunity to win a free ebook by leaving a comment, so join in and multiply your chances to win.
And, on Monday, Jan. 23 from 8-10 pm EST, I am hosting a live chat on the Goodreads M/M Romance group. We'll be talking about our favorite foods, sharing recipes, and I'll be giving away two free ebooks plus a $10 Amazon gift card. Please join me, it's going to be a lot of fun.
In addition, exclusively for my newsletter members, I will be giving away one free copy of Dharma Café on release day, plus, later in the month, I'll be posting a special Dharma Café short story not available anywhere else.
I'm excited about all of these events. I hope you'll join me in celebrating the release of Dharma Café.
We're winding up to the end of the Polaris Project Fundraiser, during which I have pledged to donate half of my proceeds from the first four months of Broken's sales to Polaris Project.
Polaris Project takes a comprehensive approach to combatting human trafficking and modern day slavery by providing direct assistance to those in need and helping create systemic changes to combat the crime. They operate a national human trafficking hotline and work to pass federal and state legislation to protect trafficking victims and bring traffickers to justice.
I'm thrilled by the response this has recieved, and I want to thank everyone who's supported this valuable organization by buying a copy of Broken. As of my last royalty statement, we've raised $271.56! I would love to make that at least $300 by end of the fundraiser, which is Jan. 20.
So, if you haven't yet, please consider purchasing a copy of Broken now. And if you have, thank you, and please, spread the word.