The official random drawing for the Dabwaha bribe giveaway occurred at 8:30 a.m. my time, using entries from both my blog and my Facebook Page, and the name that came out of the floppy jester cap is…

(drumroll…)

Margaret Whelehan

I’ll notify Margaret by email and pop her copy of IMMORTAL CHAMPION in the mail as soon as she sends her address.

Thanks to all of you for participating, and be sure to click on that RSS feed  symbol in the right sidebar to hear about future giveaways.

~Lisa

So, today on Twitter, I promised that if Courtney Milan’s TRIAL BY DESIRE advanced in the DABWAHA bracket, I’d give away a copy of IMMORTAL CHAMPION. Since that happened, a giveaway is in order. All you have to do is leave a comment below or at my Facebook FAN PAGE. Giveaway open until midnight tonight, PST.

Comment away!

~Lisa

A couple of weeks ago on Twitter, four or five folks were chatting about heroes when someone asked, “Why aren’t there romance hero trading cards.” Well, that’s all it took. Within two days there were templates and a website (thanks to author Jeannie Lin), and writers and readers all over the web were getting excited about trading RTC’s, including me. I had cards designed for each of my heroes so far, and I’ll keep adding to the set as more books come out.

The first three came in a couple of days ago. I’d have posted earlier, but my mother-in-law was coming and I had to clean — you know how that goes.  But here they are.  Pretty snazzy huh? (Especially Gunnar. Mmm…Gunnar)

Want some of your very own? (keep reading…)

I’ll have them with me at the RT Booklovers’ Convention in LA (April 6-10, 2011)—particularly at the Giant Book Fair on Saturday, April 9, 11am-2pm.  Afterwards, if there are any left, you’ll be able to get a set by sending me an SASE.

HOWEVER…

You can get some NOW for FREE. (This is where the bribe comes in )

Post a new, legitimate* review of Immortal Champion on Amazon or B&N.com between now and April 3,  and I WILL SEND YOU A SET OF AUTOGRAPHED  TRADING CARDS. Yep, I’ll pay for the stamp. You just have to post the review then notify me via the Contact form here on my site with the user name you used and the mailing address where you want me to send them. If you’re Canadian, you can post your review on Chapters.com or Amazon.ca. If you already posted a review on Amazon and want to get in on this, great. Just post your review again on another major site and let me know about it. I’m easy. Really.

Remember: The review must be newly posted between today, March 20, and April 3, and I must have your info by midnight, April 3 (because I’m heading to LA immediately after that and want to get these in the mail before I leave). So hurry and get that review up now. And be sure to let your friends know.  The more reviews, the merrier.

~Lisa

Today, March 8, 2011, marks the Centenary of International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, International Women’s Day is a national holiday. The holiday was first marked in 1911 as a celebration of the Suffragettes who fought so hard for the right of women to exercise the most fundamental of citizenship rights: the right to vote.

This year, the theme of IWD is equal access to education, training, science and technology. And if you think that because you live in a western country, you already have all that…perhaps Daniel Craig and Dame Judith Dench can enlighten you:

I’m over at Nas Dean’s blog, chatting about life, the universe and romance writing. Nas and I decided to give away a book. But this time, just to switch things up, you need to comment both there AND here.

The best part? Since Nas is tucked away on a South Seas island on the far side of the International Dateline, this  contest is international. Yep, I’ll mail a book anywhere that mail can be delivered, from Burkina Faso or Bulgaria to Tuvalu or Tuva…or even Tucson. All you have to do is comment here then pop over to read my post at Nas’s blog and make a comment there. All dual commenters will be entered into a random drawing to win a signed copy of Immortal Champion.

To make this end of it fun, we’ll do this as an ASK ME ANYTHING. I’ll pop in regularly over the next few days and answer any question you throw at me. If your comment also includes a link to a review you’ve done of Immortal Champion or to a mention of it on your blog, you get 3 times the number of entries, for 3 times the chances to win.

Contest open until midnight, March 11 (US, Pacific Standard Time)

I’m over at Wicked L’il Pixie today,  explaining

WHY VIKINGS?

Click on the button or the Why Vikings text above to pop over there to  join the party, where you can comment for a chance to win a signed copy of Immortal Champion.  Remember, comment there.

Not here. There.

It’s World Book Day 2011 —  Take a book to lunch and read. Visit your local independent bookseller to find the perfect gift for a friend. Prowl that antiquarian bookstore you’ve been meaning to visit. Read to your child (or at the very least, let them watch these terrific storybook readings on the World Book Day site). Explore books re-envisioned as art by Brian Detmer.

Celebrate all things book!

(Why…You could even buy a copy of Immortal Champion in paper or Kindle and celebrate with a hunky Viking warrior!)

I don’t know about the rest of them, but for me, all it takes is animals and British accented voiceovers…

Enjoy this bit of BBC Silliness:

That’s the question I’m asking today over on the Borders True Romance blog. Pop on over there and leave your answer for a chance to win your choice of one of the Immortal Brotherhood books.

Lisa at Borders True Romance

I’m over at Author Sound Relations today, blogging about one of the founding tropes of romance, the naïve virgin heroine—and whether or not it’s accurate in historical settings.  Come join the fun and comment on your own favorite or least favorite romance trope to be eligible to win one of my backlist books and an official Immortal Brotherhood mug like the one to the left.

The Historical Romance Writer’s Virgin Hussy