Marilyn's Musings

Yes, winners, there were two people who won the contest by posting a comment on every single blog post during my tour. And there was someone who came in a close third, but it's hard enough fitting two new characters into a series. However, I did appreciate her comments. And I know this wasn't an easy tour to follow. There were two big glitches--one person never posted at all--and another didn't post until late in the day and didn't use my book cover or my photo. When hardly anyone commented, I knew she didn't have much of a following. The lesson there is even though someone volunteers to be a host on a blog tour, check them out and make sure they have a blog that is followed--and they have the concept of how to set up posts. Okay, enough chatter, here are the winners: Joseph Haggerty and Susan Tuttle. I know both of them because of my ties to the mystery community.  Joe is a fellow member of the Public Safety Writers Association, and though h...

My month long blog tour for Dangerous Impulses is now over. And I would imagine there are some people who are really glad when I posed where I was going to be day-after-day on as many lists as I'm on and Facebook and Twitter, plus my groups on Facebook. I didn't have as many people trying to leave the most comments as usual, but I had far more unique commenters--meaning people I didn't know or recognize their names from one place or another. The clear winner was Evelyn Cullett. I gave her a choice of being a character in my next Rocky Bluff P.D. or the next Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery. She chose the Rocky Bluff P.D. series and she wants to be a nefarious character. I can do that. Next up was Patricia Gligor (who has a guest post on my blog tomorrow) and her prize was to choose any earlier book in the Rocky Bluff P.D. series. She chose the very first one, Final Respcts . It's in the mail. And coming in at a close third was Lorna Collins. So far ...