Finndragon's Amazing Amazon 10% Giveaway!

Well, after much sweat and too many tears, The Tales of Finndragon - 1500 Years in the Making Blog Tour starts today, Wednesday May 15th. I have gone to great lengths in organising and planning this tour, and I'll be glad when it's over, so I can finally get some sleep. The Legend of Finndragon's Curse, will be on sale at just 99c/77p until the end of May. During the tour, my second book, Return to Finndragon's Den, will be published on May 29th and both books will be released in print.

There will also be a US version of The Legend of Finndragon's Curse available shortly, giving readers in North America the option of reading the new version or the original. I have Scott-Robert Schenkman to thank for 'translating' it for me. He has put in many hours, and if you are thinking of offering different versions of your books, it would be worthwhile talking to Scott.

There will be giveaways of ebooks on most of the participating blogs and I'm running an original and exciting competition. The first prize will be 10% of my 2013 Amazon royalties, with 5 runner-up prizes of signed copies of both my books. There will be 10 questions spread across the blogs I visit, with the answers to be found in one or more of the blogs or in my books.

Details of how to enter will be posted during the tour. So make a note of the questions and your answers.

Please support all the blogs who have been kind enough to host one of my stops. Each and everyone of them have been absolutely brilliant.

Here's the schedule, which is subject to change as there are a couple of blogs yet to confirm dates.

May 2013

Wednesday 15th

Orchard BookClub Guest post - Gwayne's Story

Saturday 18th

TheIntrepid Book Moth Review :The Legend of Finndragon’s Curse

Monday 20th

SecondBook to the Right Review: The Legend of Finndragon’s Curse

Wednesday 22nd

Orchard BookClub Review: The Legend of Finndragon’s Curse

Friday 24th

Rabid Readers Too Review: Return to Finndragon’s Den

Sunday 26th

The Big Nerd of Three Review: Return to Finndragon’s Den

Lily TheNovel Nerd Review: The Legend of Finndragon’s Curse

Monday 27th

SecondBook to the Right Review: Return to Finndragon’s Den

Tuesday 28th

Blood SoakedLips Review: The Legend of Finndragon’s Curse, Character Interview

Wednesday 29th

Aside from writing Indie Author Month

Thursday 30th

Orchard Book Club Review: Return to Finndragon’s Den

June 2013

Saturday 1st

Coffeeand Characters Interview

Wednesday 5th

Orchard BookClub Interview

Saturday 8th

Three Nerds and a Book Club Review: Return to Finndragon’s Den

Tuesday 11th

Thoughts by J ?????

Thursday 13th

Zoe’s Corner Guest post

Thursday 20th

Rai29BookReadNReview Interview

Thursday 27th

Woman on the Edge of Reality Thursday Throng Interview

Friday 28th

Blood Soaked Lips Review: Return to Finndragon’s Den

The first stop is at Orchard Book Club where you can read my guest post, from the point of view of Gwayne. He's a young apprentice wizard and descibes how the Kingdom of Morgannwg became cursed.. 

There will also be the first question of the competition.

I hope the tour will be fun and enjoyable, giving everyone the opportunity to get involved. I'd love to hear from readers, writers and bloggers, and will be available to answer questions throughout, although I can't guarantee an immdeiate response. I've still got to get up for work every day - that's what pays the bills!

As you can see, there are some free dates in June. If you're a book blogger (however large or small) and want to host a stop, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Your Starter For Ten

There's just seven days until my first ever blog tour starts and I'm crapping myself, for want of a more appropriate phrase. I've spent weeks planning and emailing, seeking out hosts and reviewers. I've completed interview questionnaires and written guest posts, and planned what I hope will be an original and successful competition.

Apart from giving ebook copies of The Legend of Finndragon's Curse and Return to Finndragon's Den away on each stop, I have something bigger in mind. I'm going to give 10% of my 2013 Amazon royalties away as a first prize. I don't know if anything like this has been done before, or if it will be tried again, but I've never been afraid of trying something different. There will be a runner-up prize of signed copies of both books.

I want to make this competition interesting and exciting. There will be ten questions, relating to Tales of Finndragon or myself, spread across the blogs I visit. The answers will also be found in the blogs or in my books. To allow time for everyone who wants to enter, the competition will run until the end of November.

Has this been tried before? If you know of any similar competitions, please let me know.

I'll post the full schedule of the Tales of Finndragon - 1500 Years in the Making Blog Tour shortly - watch this space.

Has Beanpole's Team Fallen Victim to Finndragon's Curse?

The Crafanc Chronicle can exclusively reveal that Billy Beanpole and his team have not been seen for a week. The last time we had any communication from Billy, his team had located the Needle's Eye and were closing in on Finndragon's Gate, our reporter Susan Snoop reports.
The only clue appears to be a rope, which can be seen dangling from a cliff.
A police spokesperson stated that a crack team of Crafanc cavers have been brought in to search for the missing team.
"We have spared all expense in bringing in a specialist team of volunteers," said PC Percy Plonker. "We're sure that there is a logical explanation, but we're not ruling out the possibility that the curse has struck again."

There has certainly been some strange goings on in Crafanc y Ddraig recently. Other headlines in the Chronicle this week are:

"Large Black Cat Spotted on Taff Trail Was Just a Badger."

"Unusual, Unexplained Orange Glow Seen Over Old Steelwork Sites."

"The Paraglider Who Claims to Have Been Attacked by Huge Bat-Like Creature, recuperates in Hospital."