Book Swag

If you're not a writer, most likely you don't know how important book reviews are to writers. Obviously, it makes a difference to people deciding whether to read your book or not. But reviews affect whether Amazon will suggest a novel to readers, and some book advertisers won't consider a novel that doesn't have enough reviews.

Of course, authors know how hard it is to write reviews. That's why we appreciate the reviews so much--that someone took the time to thoughtfully share their feelings about our books means a lot to us.

I've been thinking of ways to encourage more people to write reviews and give all my readers a chance to have fun. So I came up with the idea of giving away book swag. I currently have 23 reviews of Screwing Up Time on Amazon. If I get five more reviews, I'm going to do a Rafflecopter giveaway that anyone can enter. And I'm going to do the same with Screwing Up Babylon. I have eight reviews on Amazon. Whenever I get five more reviews, I'm going to do another giveaway.

The two items up for the first giveaways are coffee mugs. Here's a photo of what they look like.

Giveaways for mugs are limited to the US.

Here's link for Screwing Up Time if you'd like to write a review. 

And here's a link for Screwing Up Babylon.

Screwing Up Time Giveaway

In order to celebrate summer--the best time of the year to read a good book (besides winter when you curl up in front of the fire place), I'm giving away a free Kindle copy of Screwing Up Time. You can enter by leaving a blog post comment. And you can earn extra entries by following me on Twitter, etc. Just follow the directions on the Rafflecopter widget below. The contest closes on 12:01 am on Monday, May 22 EST. And if you've already read the book and enjoyed it, let your friends know so they can enter. (Also, if you win and you've already read the book, you can "gift" it to someone else.)

a Rafflecopter giveaway