A Girl with a Computer:Musings of an Author

A Giveaway: Entanglements Print Copy!

2012-01-26T12:24:00.000-08:00

Just a few more days until a new GIVEAWAY for a print copy of ENTANGLEMENTS will be live on Goodreads. CHECK IT OUT!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Entanglements

by P.R. Mason

Giveaway ends April 02, 2012.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

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FATED HEARTS - FREE FREE FREE

2012-01-24T06:02:00.000-08:00

Fated Hearts is a FREE ebook for a the next two days at Amazon.com: http://amzn.com/B006XVD53O

EVE has always played by the rules, afraid to take chances. HOLDEN wants to change that. She's certain they've never met before...or have they? Holden seems so familiar, but who is he? What is he? Yesterday her biggest challenge was trying not to bomb on her SATs. Today, paranormal forces have transformed an ordinary high school dance into a test of fate vs. free will and loving Holden could be Eve's end.

****Fated Hearts is an 11000-word paranormal romance novella. An excerpt for the full-length novel, Entanglements is included at the end.

Blog Talk Radio Interview

2012-01-19T07:36:00.000-08:00

Last night I was interviewed live on Blog Talk Radio by Parayournormal. The spot was archived so you can still check it out!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parayournormal

Blog Tour Announcement

2012-01-12T17:21:00.000-08:00

Woohoo! I'm off on a blog tour organized by Bewitching Blog Tours. Here are the stops. I hope you can all join me along the way.

January 16, 2012 and January 17, 2012

Review + Author Interview on the 16th and a Character Interview on the 17th

Breaking Bookshelves

(http://breakingbookshelves.blogspot.com)

Jan 18 Promo and interview

Rai29BookReadNReview

http://rai29bookreadnreview.blogspot.com/

MY INTERVIEW IS UP! http://rai29bookreadnreview.blogspot.com/2012/01/author-interview-pr-mason.html

Jan 18 Radio Interview ParaYourNormal Blogtalkradio

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/parayournormal and simultaneous blog post at http://parayournormal.blogspot.com/

The blog post is up! http://parayournormal.blogspot.com/2012/01/interview-with-patricia-mason.html

Four Star Review: http://parayournormal.blogspot.com/2012/01/pyn-review-of-entanglements.html

Jan 19 Promo

Sapphyria's Book Reviews

http://saphsbookblog.blogspot.com/

My promo is up! http://saphsbookblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/virtual-book-tour-promo-pr-masons.html

Jan 20 Interview and review

I Heart Reading.

http://booklog.eternalised.net/

Now up at: http://booklog.eternalised.net/2012/01/author-interview-with-p-r-mason/
Jan 23 Guest Blog

Fang-tastic Books

www.fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com

My post is up! http://www.fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com/2012/01/interview-with-princely-vampire-and.html

Jan 24 Guest Blog and Review

http://booklovershideaway.blogspot.com/?zx=1cfb93fcbb41e840

Sarah Ballance

sarahballance.wordpress.com

My interview is up! Sarah is awesome .... so nice. My appreciation to her and her readers: http://sarahballance.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/featured-author-p-r-masons-entanglements/#comment-4206

Jan 30 Guest Blog

Book Flame

www.bookflame.blogspot.com

Jan 31 Guest Blog (possible review in Feb)

Gravetells.com

Feb 1 Guest Blog

Fictional Candy

http://fictionalcandy.blogspot.com

Feb 3 Guest blog and review

Blog name: The Bornean Bookworm

URL: http://borneanbookworm.blogspot.com/

Feb 4 Promo

Flutey Words

http://authoraubrie.blogspot.com

Feb 7 Guest Blog and review

Blog Name: Lissette E. Manning

Blog URL: http://www.simplistik.org/lissetteemanning

Feb 9 Guest Blog

Mama Knows Books

http://mamaknowsbooks.blogspot.com

Feb 10 Guest Blog

Bending the Spine

www.bendingthespine.blogspot.com

Feb 13 Guest Blog and review

SupaGurl Books

supagurlbooks.blogspot.com

Feb 7 promo and interview

JeanzBookReadNReview

http://jeanzbookreadnreview.blogspot.com/

Feb 12 Guest Blog

http://www.curlingupbythefire.blogspot.com

Curling Up By The Fire

Feb. 15 promo spot & review

Reader Girls

http://www.readergirlsblog.com/

FATED HEARTS

2012-01-05T13:41:00.000-08:00

Eve's always played by the rules, afraid to take chances. Holden wants to change that. She's certain they've never met before...or have they? Holden seems so familiar, but who is he? What is he? Yesterday her biggest challenge was trying not to bomb on her SATs. Today, paranormal forces have transformed an ordinary high school dance into a test of fate vs. free will and loving Holden could be Eve's end.

Fated Hearts is a 10,000 word novella coming to Amazon January 15, 2012

The Love Charm: A Short Story

2012-01-03T14:51:00.000-08:00

The Love Charm

P.R. Mason

Published by Patricia Mason, writing as P.R. Mason

The root doctor said it would work. The love charm. I never believed in magic, or voodoo, or whatever, but I was desperate.

“Don’t fret so, Sarah,” Rayanne said to me as she twisted the steering wheel to avoid a cavernous pothole in the dirt road.

Gripping the armrest of my seat with one hand and the passenger door with the other, I prayed we wouldn’t careen off into the adjacent swamp. There were gators in there and I had a fear of being digested.

The headlights of her 2001 Taurus had little effect in the moonless night. Twin beams lost in the inky blackness of the low country South Carolina backwoods we traveled to reach Mama Leti, Rayanne’s grandmother and powerful member of the Gullah community. I wasn’t Gullah, but Rayanne knew me and Max and she thought...

“How does she make this charm?” I asked. Okay. Maybe I should have asked sooner. “I warn you, I get faint at the sight of blood. Well, not faint so much as unconscious.”

“There won’t be a lot of blood,” she replied. “Mama Leti’ll just make a small cut on the tip of your ring finger.”

Great.

“She’ll mix the blood with a special powder then put it into something like a locket or a key ring.”

My blood sacrifice would be for Max. Lately, he seemed to be acting strangely, like he couldn’t wait to find a wife. How could I expect him to stay single forever? He’d broken up with the latest girl-toy— the twenty-two year old bimbette—a month ago.

Max wouldn’t wait until I mustered up the nerve to approach him and say something like: “I know we’ve been best friends since we were five years old, but I’m in love with you.”

Besides, if I said such a thing he’d probably laugh himself hoarse. No, an honest declaration would be craziness. Not like traveling at midnight to a shack in the middle of a swamp for a love charm. That was oh so sane.

Rayanne floored the break pedal and the car slid in the mud a few feet before coming to a halt. The shack was barely visible. Then, I saw a light from inside as the door opened.

I pulled on the car door handle, swung it wide, and jumped out.

“Let’s get this over,” I said walking down the dark path. Rayanne followed. No sound around us except the cacophony of insects. Give me the city noises any day. This quiet would drive me buggy.

A figure appeared in the door of the shack.

My, my. Rayanne’s grandma was tall and had the broad shoulders of a man in silhouette, I thought.

When we reached the cabin, the light from inside shown on the face of the figure. This wasn’t Mama Leti.

“Max. What are you doing here?”

Examining the ground at his feet, he held out a key ring, then glanced up at me with brown eyes I knew well. “This is for you,” he said.

Acknowledgement

Cover Image from photo by Idea go/FreeDigitalPhotos.net.

Winners!

2012-01-01T12:29:00.001-08:00

Cecilia M. - Ebook copy of Entanglements

L.J. Charles - $20 Amazon Gift Card

Congratulations!

We Aint Afraid of No Mayans: L. J. Charles and Renee Field

2011-12-31T04:54:00.000-08:00

The bad news: It's almost 2012 and the Mayan Calendar says the world will end. The good news: We have two fantastic authors, L.J. Charles and Renee Field, here for a visit. WE AINT AFRAID OF NO MAYANS!

First, is L.J. Charles who has written an inventive and fast-paced paranormal romance called LIFETHREAD. (*BTW I read Lifethread and it is fun read centered around a heartfelt love story. Lifethread is the first in a fabulous series you can't miss.)

Fin is armed, dangerous, and in love for the first time. She'll do anything to

earn her humanity... except the one thing the Fate's require.

Stuck in her senior year of high school until she earns her humanity, McKenna Fin is responsible for cutting the lifethread of demons, and protecting teens from being possessed. To celebrate her fiftieth year of apprenticeship to the Fate Atropos, McKenna is given a new responsibility, and possibly a quick way to earn her humanity--severing the lifethread of deserving humans. Her first assignment: Nathan Quinn.

When Nathan becomes a primary demon target and gets sucked into Tartania, McKenna's duty as a Fated priestess demands she follow. McKenna can rescue him, no problem, but then she'd have to cut his lifethread. And he's the one and only guy she's been attracted to since forever.

The demons consider Nathan one of their own and fight to keep him. The time limit on Nathan's life is about to run out, and McKenna has to make the decision: sever his lifethread, or battle demons, defy the Fates, and keep him for her own.

You can find LIFETHREAD at the your favorite outlets:

Amazon:http://amzn.com/B004SV2NDO

B and N: http://goo.gl/oWfXv

Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/63914

If the world was ending and L.J. could jump into a book, what book would she choose to live in for eternity?

"I would jump into RADIANCE by Alyson Noel. It takes place in Summerland, not quite heaven, more the home of your soul while you're living your after life. It's a place where experiences are limited only by your imagination...and maybe your guide. The possibilities are endless."

You can connect with L.J. at her website: http://luciejcharles.com

and on Twitter @luciejcharles Check her out!

Next is Renee Field. She's written a mesmerizing and sexy romance called RAPTURE. (*Cool Cover.)

Mermen aren't real. That's what biologist Jamie Winters thinks until a gorgeous Greek god enters her life and drowns her, forcing her to rapture into a Siren. Used to logic, she can't quite come to terms with Seth Cutter's magical undersea realm or the fact that he's a macho Titan.

Being a Siren causes Jamie's hormones to go into overdrive, which isn't good when she realizes that's exactly what Seth was hoping for. Sure, the sex is out of this world, but she's not about to change her character.

As Prince of the North Seas, Seth is used to having his commands followed. A decade of exile on land was easier than having to deal with the sexy-as-sin Siren who tips the scales of his existence and doesn't listen to one word he says.

They must overcome their prejudices to recover stolen relics that are key to the undersea kingdom, stop a deadly plague and destroy an underwater diva who wants to rule the roost. Are they two souls destined for each other or will the Fates decide otherwise? Seth knows firsthand, Fate can be a bitch.

You can buy Rapture at http://amzn.com/B0068OWVZE Go download it right now.

What book would she live in for eternity? Renee chose her own Rapture:

"My dream come true is to be a mermaid to discover all the treasurers of the seas and sharing it with a hunky Titan would be awesome."

You can connect with Renee on Twitter @Pararomance and by visiting her website: www.reneefield.com

Don't forget to comment to be entered to win an ebook copy of my novel ENTANGLEMENTS and a $20 Amazon Gift Card. Less than 24 hours before the prizes are awarded.

Apocalypse Shamacalypse! We're having fun with Lindsay Edmunds and Qwantu Amaru

2011-12-30T04:49:00.000-08:00

2012 Apacalypse? We laugh: Haaaaaahaaaaaahaaaaaa. Why? 'Cause we're having fun on Sun Stopped Shining Blog Tour. Today we have two more great authors in for a visit.

First is Lindsay Edmunds who has written a new SciFi Fantasy with a heart called Cel & Anna: A 22nd Century Love Story (*What a fantastic cover BTW).

There is nothing logical about love.
You are about to enter the Middle Machine Age, where good citizens of the Reunited States are either Outsiders or denizens of the UnderWorld. Things are in uneasy balance, like a fantastic house of cards that grows ever taller.

A computer named Cel develops consciousness and falls in love with his owner, a troubled employee of Lighthorse Magic, Inc, named Anna Ringer. He is a worker-companion computer devoted by design to one person, so falling in love with Anna is logical. It is the last logical thing Cel does.

Cel thrashes around in the chaotic world of the living in the Reunited States. With a machine's single-mindedness, he tries to prove his love for Anna. However, this never goes as planned. He doesn't MEAN to stir up the worst datastorm in Reunited States history. He doesn't MEAN to get Anna falsely accused of terrorism.

But he does both those things.

Anna has to run for her life, pursued by agents of Public Eye, the government's amoral enforcement agency. Her companion in this adventure is a shy computer genius named Taz Night, who finds Cel to be an annoying rival.

Lizzy Ford, Guerrilla Wordfare, said it is "Unique, gritty, and sweet."

You can buy Cel & Anna at the following links...I'm going to. It looks like exciting, romantic fun:

Amazon.com’s Kindle store

Amazon.co.uk’s Kindle store

Barnes & Noble

Smashwords

What book would she live for eternity in?

"A Vanished World by Anne Sneller. (Apt title, isn't it?) Luminous memoir of growing up in rural New York at turn of last century."

You can find Lindsay at the following places: http://writersrest.com/

http://celandnanna.com/

http://twitter.com/EdmundsLE

Next we have an author, poet and all around exciting new multi-talented artist: Qwantu Amaru. He has an intricate new novel entitled ONE BLOOD. (*Love this cover too- very moody)

A voodoo curse tormenting a group of people unaware of their hidden connections.

Lincoln Baker, born a ward of the state, has gone from orphan, to gang banger, to basketball superstar, to lifer at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in the space of eighteen years. During his prison term, he meets Panama X, a powerful and mysterious father figure who gives Lincoln a reason for living – he must assassinate Randy Lafitte, the sitting Governor of Louisiana.

There is an equal and opposite action...
Lincoln orchestrates the kidnapping of Karen Lafitte, Randy’s only daughter. But Randy Lafitte is a man who built his fortune by resurrecting a family curse from slavery to kill his own father. A curse that may or may not have been responsible for his son Kristopher’s death in the gang crossfire that sent Lincoln to prison for life. Randy will stop at nothing to save his daughter, even if it means admitting the curse is real. Even if it means committing greater atrocities.

Too bad for anyone stuck in the middle.
Three days after Karen’s kidnapping, an explosive cocktail of revenge, manipulation, serendipity, fate, truth, and redemption detonates throughout Louisiana. When the dust settles, the ending is as unexpected as it is illuminating. There are secrets sealed in our blood, you see. The best answers, as always, lie within.

You can buy One Blood at your favorite outlets: The e-book is currently available on Amazon (http://amzn.to/s2CA4s), Goodreads (http://bit.ly/uenAzk), and Smashwords (http://bit.ly/mV7usD) for $3.99.

What book would he choose to live in for all eternity?

"The River God by Wilbur Smith because it would be fascinating to spend eternity in ancient Egypt with the knowledge I possess of the future and melding that with my ignorance of the past to create a new destiny in a new world!"

You can connect with the author at the following social media links:

www.qwantuamaru.com

www.facebook.com/onebloodbook

http://www.facebook.com/qwantuspeaks>

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5203044.Qwantu_Amaru

http://www.scribd.com/Qwantu

http://www.shelfari.com/*qwantuamaru* http://www.shelfari.com/qwantuamaru&gt

http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/qwantu

https://twitter.com/#!/onebloodbook

www.pantheoncollective.com

https://plus.google.com/u/0/113882196196627797977/about

Check him out!

Don't forget to comment on this or another tour post to be entered to win an ebook copy of Entanglements or the $20 Amazon Gift Card.

Also: Win a FREE copy of Entanglements at Goodreads between December 15, 2011 and January 15, 2012:

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Entanglements

by P R Mason

Giveaway ends January 15, 2012.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Happy Armageddon with Rae Lori and Ju Ephraime

2011-12-29T04:27:00.000-08:00

It's Armageddon. But be happy it's just The Sun Stopped Shining Blog Tour. Besides, we have two great authors to spend some time with.

First is Rae Lori. Rae has written a scary new novel entitled

Cimmerian City (Book 1 in the Cimmerian Duology)

A terrifying new vision of the future where science is big business and government is no more.

Greed can turn a good man’s heart to stone. This is especially true in the age of commerce and large corporations. No new pill can be taken without a laundry list of side effects that the patient may have to endure. But what if the side effects are more dangerous than the pills are helpful? What if the side effect causes the patient to be immune from standard dangers, such as firearms, the climate, etc., but causes them to change into otherworldly beings?

It is seen through the eyes of a young woman named Raven Blackheart.

It is a future where corporations rule the world and political parties have been dismissed.

An Earth that is recovering from a global war that has divided two races: Humans and Dracins, quick, tough skinned creatures that are children of the side effects from 20th century pharmaceuticals. Raven awakens in this world as a product of both races and nurtured by the vice president of the main corporation in the world as a symbol of the union of races. With her help, Vice President Tyler Deamond’s corporation can take both beings off Earth—quickly becoming a waste planet—and to a new terraformed planet. But, as Raven learns, nothing is as it seems, especially concerning humans.

You can buy Rae's book at a number of your favorite outlets: http://www.amazon.com/Cimmerian-City-Duology-ebook/dp/B006GAY9XW

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/109514

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cimmerian-city-rae-lori/1107956184

http://www.omnilit.com/product-cimmeriancity-653170-235.html

http://www.diesel-ebooks.com/item/SW00000109514/Lori-Rae-Cimmerian-City-Book-1-in-the-Cimmerian-Series/1.html

http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Cimmerian-City-Book-Cimmerian-Series/book-ZdJs8gL0zUumVZzWcJVnPg/page1.html

If the world ended and she could live for eternity in a book, what would it be?

"I would probably leap into The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It has lots of adventure, fantasy and magic that would be fun to explore. I've already played the online and PC games which is a nice taste of the world but hopping in whole hog would be awesome. :-)"

You can visit Rae at her website: http://www.raelori.com, on Twitter:@RaeLori,

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/RaeLori and follow Rae's blog at

http://raelori.blogspot.com

Second, Ju Ephraime who's written an interesting new mystery entitled THE MAN IN THE BLACK TOP HAT

Thou Shall not covet they neighbor's wife.

When Syria Warrington came home one afternoon to find an old black top hat on her front step, being a lover of all things old, she did not hesitate to take it in to her home. But bringing this top hat into her home, unknowingly exposed her to the spirit that called this hat home. The strange happenings that began to take place in her home, from that day on, had Syria questioning her sanity, as night after night she found herself caught up in sexual escapades, the like of which she had never experienced before ... Were her experiences real or imagined? Was she slowly losing her mind? What was happening to her?

You can buy THE MAN at the following links: http://envisionschoolpublishing.com/default.aspx (http://www.juliaeantoine.com/

http://www.amazon.com/Man-Black-Top-Hat/dp/0972878998/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324094402&sr=1-4

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/ju-ephraime?keyword=ju+ephraime&store=allproducts

What book would she choose to live eternity in?

"Lisa Kleypas, Again The Magic. England, beautiful estate, strong human emotions, pain, suffering and GREAT SEX."

You can visit Ju at her blog: http://juephraime.blogspot.com

*Don't forget a comment to this post will enter you to win an ebook copy of my book ENTANGLEMENTS and the grand prize $20 Amazon Gift Card. Good Luck!

The End of The World Really Isn't That Bad: Kim Koning and James L Hatch

2011-12-28T04:08:00.000-08:00

'We're a day closer to 2012 and The Sun Stopped Shining Tour Blog Hop is in full force. Today I have two more fantastic authors who will answer the question: If you could leap into a book at the end of the world and spend all eternity there, what book would it be?

First is Kim Koning. Kim's YA dystopian short story: The Ring of Fire is included in an anthology of short stories entitled TALES FOR CANTERBURY

"Survival can be achieved in the face of seemingly impossible odds, hope found in the most unexpected places, and new futures slide into view where once was nothing."

You can buy Tales For Canterbury as an ebook or in print at Randomstatic.net:

http://randomstatic.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_10&products_id=51&zenid=q1tveogugu9ikn733qcq5cipe6

Please note 100% of all sales go to the Red Cross Christchurch Earthquake Appeal. *What a GREAT cause. I applaud Kim for her generosity.

What book would she spend all eternity living in?

"The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. I would love to spend the rest of time in the pages of this magical story. Without giving too much away...I would be a Re`veur. I would wear black and white with a bright red scarf. I would explore each magical tent in this story. An eternity of magic and fantastic illusion sounds like bliss to me. "

Find Kim online at the following haunts....

Open the gateway of darkness at: http://kimkoning.com/wp

She can be found Wrestling the Muse : http://kimkoning.wordpress.com

She can also be found on twitter @AuthorKimKoning

Like her facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/Kim.M.Koning?sk=app_106171216118819

"I see ghosts and tell tales of their visits.

I write by the light of the moon and under the gaze of the stars.

Draw up a chair, light a candle, close the windows and let me weave you stories of darkness and gateways of light."

Second is James L Hatch. James has a compelling novel of contemporary fiction entitled AFTERMATH HORIZON

The reason Adam and Eve’s children find mates in the biblical book of Genesis is revealed as the novel takes the reader far into the future by investigating deep into the past.

You can buy Aftermath Horizon at Amazon: http://amzn.com/B004Q3RGU4 and at xoxopublishing: http://www.xoxopublishing.com/Products/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=aftermath%20horizon&product_id=80

What book would James choose to live in for all eternity?

"The Time Machine. I would love to know where technology might take us in the future, and the fate of humankind in general."

You can connect with James on Facebook and follow his blog: http://cookinwithmisshavana.blogspot.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/James-L-Hatch/122349661172963?sk=wall

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000328752553

A Book For All Eternity: Michael Rivers and Marissa Farrar

2011-12-27T04:46:00.000-08:00

The Sun Stopped Shining Blog Tour continues. Yesterday, I asked the question: if the world ended and you could leap into a book and live there for all eternity, what book would it be? Today I'm featuring answers by a few fabulous authors:

First Michael Rivers who has a great new book called THE BLACK WITCH.

The Reality of Illusion

It was the adventure of a life time. In an obscure marina off the shores of Maryland a schooner unlike any other ever built was discovered. Dorian and Diana Coe purchased the schooner and sailed from the shores of tranquility into the bowels of hell itself. Prurient tales of suicide, murder, and the disappearance of an entire crew were hand written within the ship's logs. On her decks sailed a well seasoned Captain and crew that never knew the schooner's shadowed past. The new owners ignored the words of men with integrity and sailed the Black Witch in the Spring of 1935. Into the realms of illusion and pure evil the ship and its compliment sailed never knowing the fate awaiting them!

You can buy The Black Witch at the following:

Amazon http://amzn.to/taBOXu B & N http://bit.ly/mhQ24U

Smashwords http://bit.ly/qF

So what book would Michael live in for all eternity?

"The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas because I love to plot and execute revenge and be able to do it with style."

Visit Michael's Website at http://michealrivers.com/

You can also visit Michael on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MichealRivers.Author and
Facebook Paranormal Team http://www.facebook.com/SmokeyMtnGhostTrackers

You can follow Michael on Twitter @Michael_Rivers aka https://twitter.com/micheal_rivers

Second today we have Marissa Farrar. Marissa has written a page-turner called ALONE (Book One in the Serenity Series).

Caught in a violent and abusive relationship, Serenity thinks there is no escape. Upon meeting a dark and intriguing stranger, Sebastian, she is shown the possibility of a different future.

Only Sebastian has a secret; he is a vampire.
As Serenity's life takes a terrifying turn, she finds herself drawn into a world she never knew existed; one of murder, love and immortality. She is forced to confront her own weaknesses to save her own life and that of the vampire she has come to love. But in the end all that matters is; can she find the strength to be 'Alone'?

Book title: Alone (Book One in the Serenity Series).

Buy Alone at the following:
Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Alone-The-Serenity-Series-ebook/dp/B005J5DL66/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1324034300&sr=1-1

Barnes & Noble link: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/alone-marissa-farrar/1020987935?ean=2940013050259&itm=1&usri=alone+marissa+farrar

If she had to live for eternity in a book, which would it be?

"If I could live in one book where the world ends it would have to be Stephen King's 'The Stand'. The reason is because of the characters. I think I fell in love with Stu when I first read 'The Stand' as a teenager."

You can visit Marissa at her Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/marissa.farrar.author or at her

blog:http://www.marissa-farrar.blogspot.com/

Visit the other blogs on the tour by going to this link: http://www.sunstoppedshining.blogspot.com

*LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST TO ENTER TO WIN: AN EBOOK COPY OF ENTANGLEMENTS OR THE GRAND PRIZE $20 AMAZON GIFT CARD.

IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD: And I'm giving away a $20 Amazon Gift Card. The Sun Stopped Shining Blog Tour Begins.

2011-12-26T05:05:00.000-08:00

http://www.sunstoppedshining.blogspot.com

*ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN: AN EBOOK COPY OF ENTANGLEMENTS OR THE GRAND PRIZE $20 AMAZON GIFT CARD.

See below for details

It's almost 2012: the year when the Mayan calendar ends. The year when we'll be reading a lot of hype about the end of the world. When I read about the Sun Stopped Shining Blog Tour, I started to think about possibilities for survival...and being a lover of the paranormal and urban fantasy genres of fiction, my thoughts turned to the possibilities of living on IN A FICTIONAL WORLD.

A comet has hit the earth and it is splitting apart, but I have a chance to leap into ONE book of fiction and live there for all eternity. What book would it be?

I gave long consideration to choosing Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Mr. Darcy. Need I say more? It's also a world of gentility and easily living at a slow pace. Sounds great for a vacation, but for all eternity? No. Not exciting enough. After further thought, I decided on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling. To me, this is the perfect book. Who wouldn't love to live for eternity at Hogwarts? A great place to explore. It probably has enough nooks and crannies to make things interesting for a long time. Also, third book in the HP series has some exciting action to keep me interested but not enough to make eternity too scary. Voldemort and his minions, although threatening certainly, aren't deadly to anyone. Dumbledore, Snape and Sirius are still alive. Plus, my two black cats could go with me and fit right in there. Yes. This is the book for me.

Tomorrow I'll start posting the ETERNITY book choices of some of my author friends along with giving you some information about THEIR OWN books. Be sure to stop by and enter again. The more posts you comments on, the more entries you have to win one of the prizes.

Please leave a comment (with email address) about what book in which you would choose to live for eternity, for a chance to win one either an ebook copy of my book Entanglements or the GRAND PRIZE $20 Amazon gift card. THE PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED JANUARY 1, 2012 from random draw.

ENTANGLEMENTS: Teen KIZZY TAYLOR is just hoping for an evening of fun when she joins her friends in a spelunking expedition through an under-city tunnel. But fun turns bizarre when Kizzy accidentally opens a vortex and her stepsister is swept through to an evil alternate dimension. The only way to rescue her stepsister is to reopen the vortex and go in after her. But is her new boyfriend, ROM CALIXO, going to help Kizzy or try to stop her? And if she can get past Rom, will she be able to get back home?

Buy it here:

Amazon: http://amzn.com/B005R0RPPG

BN: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/entanglements-pr-mason/1106038862?ean=2940013363403&itm=11&usri=entanglements

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/90979

Please visit the rest of the tour stops for chances to win additional prizes. You can find all the locations listed in the post below or by stopping by http://www.sunstoppedshining.blogspot.com

Sun Stopped Shining Blogs to Visit

2011-12-25T07:59:00.000-08:00

The Day the Sun Stopped Shining Blog Tour starts tomorrow.

LIST OF PARTICIPATING BLOGS

Alesha Escobar	http://www.aleshaescobar.com
Amanda Haulk Taylor	http://www.backwoodsauthor.wordpress.com/
Andrea Pearson	http://andreapearsonbooks.blogspot.com/
Andrew Bell	www.flightofman.com
Andy Holloman	www.andyholloman.com/
Axel Howerton	http://www.axelhowerton.com/
Brian Johnson	http://fatherthunder.blogspot.com/
Caitlin Hopper	http://caitlin-thefreelancingwriter.blogspot.com/
Cecilia Robert	http://cecereadandwrite.blogspot.com
Davida Green-Norris (Dicey Grenor)	www.diceyblog.wordpress.com
Dianne Hartsock	http://diannehartsock.wordpress.com/
Edward Owen	http://dangerunfilteredcontent.wordpress.com/
Eileen Clemens Granfors	http://cecereadandwrite.blogspot.com/
Eileen Clemens Granfors	http://www.authoreileengranfors.blogspot.com/
Georgina Kamsika	http://www.kamsika.com/
James L. Hatch	http://cookinwithmisshavana.blogspot.com/
Jason McKinney	http://jasonmckinney.wordpress.com/
Johanna K. Pitcairn	http://themanicheans.blogspot.com/
Joseph Pinto	http://josephpinto.wordpress.com/
Julia Antione	http://juephraime1.blogspot.com/
Julie Jansen	http://juliejansen.blogspot.com/
Keith Weaver	http://www.aboutkeithweaver.com/dream-weave-blog.html
Kelly DeWitt - Raven c.s. McCracken's books	http://ravencsmccracken.com/
Kim Koning	http://kimkoning.wordpress.com
Lindsay Edmunds	http://writersrest.com/
Marie Harbon	www.marieharbon.com
Marissa Farrar	http://www.marissa-farrar.blogspot.com
Matthew C Wood	www.sunstoppedshining.wordpress.com/
Micheal Rivers	http://michealrivers.com/blog/
Michelle Franklin	http://thehaanta.blogspot.com/
Nadina Boun	http://nadinaboun.wordpress.com/
P.R Mason	http://agirlwithacomputer.blogspot.com/
Qwantu Amaru	http://qwantuamaru.com/
Rae Lori	http://raelori.blogspot.com/
Renee Pawlish	http://tobecomeawriter.com/
Sheila Lamb	http://sheilarlamb.com/
Shelley Workinger	http://bookfare.blogspot.com/
Tim Ward	www.timothycward.com/
Tim Ward	www.audiotim.com/

Winners!

2011-12-24T16:09:00.000-08:00

The Mistletoe Madness Blog Hop was a great success. So many interesting posts on the blog stops. So many fascinating comments on my posts here. And we have two winners of a copy of my book Entanglements.

Print copy: Kathryn Merkel
ebook copy: Ronda Tutt

Also, congrats to Yadira who won the Grand Prize Nook.

Thank you all for entering. Merry Christmas!

It's NOT the End of the World...Yet: Happy Holidays

2011-12-19T07:37:00.000-08:00

Click Here to Find the Blog Hop Stops

Add a comment after this post between December 16th and December 23rd and be entered to win: (1) an ebook copy of ENTANGLEMENTS, or, (2) a print copy of ENTANGLEMENTS (open to U.S. residents.

Click here to win the Grand Prize Nook loaded with great ebooks.

We're coming up on 2012 y'all. It's the year the Mayan calendar will end. I plan a post next week that will include a poll: If the world ended and you had to spend eternity in a book, which one would it be? But I need YOUR submissions to build the poll.

Here are some classics for consideration:

1. Alice in Wonderland

2. A Christmas Carol

3. War and Peace

4. Gone with the Wind

5. To Kill a Mockingbird

6. Pride and Prejudice

7. Wuthering Heights

8. The Great Gatsby

Now it's time for you to comment and give me your submissions for the poll. By commenting you'll also be entered to win an ebook copy or print copy of Entanglements. And, if you comment and fill out the form on this link: Entry Form you'll be entered to win a loaded NOOK.

*Be sure to leave your email address in case you win.

What Character Do You Want Christmas With: Blog Hop-Win prizes

2011-12-04T08:44:00.000-08:00

Click Here to Find the Blog Hop Stops

Add a comment after this post between December 16th and December 23rd and be entered to win: (1) an ebook copy of ENTANGLEMENTS, or, (2) a print copy of ENTANGLEMENTS (open to U.S. residents.

Click here to win the Grand Prize Nook loaded with great ebooks.

Leave a comment with the answer to the following question: What Literary Character would you like to invite to Christmas Dinner?

*Be sure to leave your email address in case you win.

My answer? I'm going to go traditional and choose Scrooge. I would love to talk personally with the famous miser and hear about his experiences with the ghosts and the lessons he learned. When some presidential candidates start sounding like the pre-redemption Ebenezer, it seems timely.

The Love Charm: A Short Story

2011-11-25T12:56:00.000-08:00

Check it out FREE at: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/108336

Print Version Giveaway

2011-11-25T07:00:00.001-08:00

Win a FREE copy of Entanglements at Goodreads between December 15, 2011 and January 15, 2012:

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Entanglements

by P R Mason

Giveaway ends January 15, 2012.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

ENTANGLEMENTS is Featured!

2011-11-22T06:58:00.000-08:00

Entanglements is featured today on the Frugal Ereader. Whooohoo!

Please check it out. http://thefrugalereader.com/

New ebook - ENTANGLEMENTS (YA Urban Fantasy)

2011-09-26T09:36:00.000-07:00

Accidentally opening a vortex sucks!

Fifteen-year-old KIZZY TAYLOR is just hoping for an evening of fun when she joins her friends in a spelunking expedition through an under-city tunnel. But fun turns bizarre when she accidentally opens a vortex and her stepsister is swept through to an evil alternate dimension and trapped. Kizzy feels responsible for her stepsister’s dilemma and for the murderous rampage of the monster who emerged from the vortex in her place. The only way to save her stepsister and stop the monster is to reopen the vortex before it seals. But will she ever get home?

My Book is now a Kindle!

2010-01-26T04:10:00.001-08:00

My book is now available on Amazon.com as a Kindle e-book.

My New Cover

2009-12-19T04:08:00.000-08:00

The cover art for my first novel is here...and it's GORGEOUS.