A VALENTINE'S DAY GIVEAWAY... FOR AUTHORS! Brought to you by PRG! #Giveaway #Contest

It's a Valentine's Day WIP contest for authors! And there's an absolutely outstanding giveaway attached to it... FOR AUTHORS! There's a small fee of $5.00 for members of PRG and $10.00 for non members but look at the rewards!!!!!! Wow:

Three cash prizes:

                1st prize - $100.00

                2nd prize - $50.00

                3rd prize - $25.00

Their team of anonymous judges is comprised of PRG Reviewers and Beta readers.

We want each author’s work to shine on its own, so all entrants will be assigned a number. No author names will be known to the judges.

We will be accepting the first 50 entries that follow the rules to enter.

Winners to be announced on or about Valentine’s Day.

For more information visit their site! http://theprg.webs.com/wip-contest

SO EXCITING! Get submitting, authors!

 

Help Make The Purple Heart a movie! #Giveaway

Hi Everyone, I’m Christie A.C. Gucker and let me just say I am honored to be appearing on this blog!

So I was originally a Fan Fiction writer in the Twilight genre some years back, under the name RobstenCuteness. I wrote a one-shot for Fandom for Tsunami and had the pleasure of rewriting it to a full-blown book, which was published in 2013. This book is presently…WAIT WAIT… let me make you wait for it! LOL

Just let me say that as an author, it’s strange to have a favorite book, much like a parent saying they favor one child more than another, but TPH is my baby. I love this story. So here’s a little bit about the book…

When does hiding the truth become an outright lie? As an Army psychologist, Sydney Porter has heard her share of horror stories. The battle-scarred, down-trodden, and guilt-ridden have come to her office, seeking her help. When a highly decorated soldier is referred to her, she feels confident she can help heal his wounds. The chemistry between herself and Sergeant Aiden Thane is instantaneous. Sparks ignite and against her friend's advice, she opens both her home and her heart. Torn between a voice of reason and her undeniable feelings, Sydney begins to question just what is hiding behind her lover's decorated uniform. What secrets are hidden behind his Purple Heart? And does she really want to know?

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Now with this book, I tried to educate a new demographic as well as teach them to see the signs of PTSD. I teamed with military organizations all over the United States so that they could be listed in the book as places families could go to get help. I try to educate my readers on things that are important to me. Did I mention this book has a massive plot twist? LOL

Now this is NOT A NEW RELEASE… BUT here’s the deal (yes this is what you’ve been “waiting for”) The Purple Heart is presently in Hollywood with three different producers for a read. Yes I know – I’m so excited! But being the marketing peep that I am, I am trying to create some buzz to get the attention of those producers; to show them the public wants this book made into said movie.

 And this is where you all come in, and in the process of helping me you could win a signed copy of The Purple Heart… Just take part in the rafflecopter below and support my Thunderclap initiative and also help me spread the word! 

HELP MAKE IT HAPPEN: SIGN HERE 

Thank you all SO much for your support!!! <3

Biography

Christie A. C. Gucker lives in NJ with her husband, two daughters and a menagerie of pets. Being a mother is one of the greatest joys of her life. She has worked in the advertising industry for over 20 years as a degreed artist, but also works in the fine arts, especially sculpting out of stone or snapping photographs. Christie is also a singer and musician, and can be found singing on a few CDs.

After the death of her father, Christie searched for something to fill her desire to make a mark in this world. Her love of the arts and creativity allowed her to search for a new medium, which she found with a pen instead of a brush. Being an avid reader her whole life, and with her family cheering her on, she decided to take her shot, and began writing.

Christie is fascinated by the supernatural and sharks, and studies both avidly. You'll be sure to find something spooky lurking somewhere in her stories. Her greatest joy is sitting on a beach with her family while surf fishing, flying kites or building sandcastles with her girls.

Christie is an Amazon Best selling Romance author.

Giveaway: One person will receive a signed copy of  The Purple Heart! Contest will run until February 2nd! Winner will be notified via email (So check your spam) Please be able to supply your address.

Thank you all. Good luck and thanks for giving Christie your support.

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BDSM BLOG HOP

As part of the BDSM Blog Hop I am posting about the value of understanding BDSM. It’s a practice that is widely misunderstood.  There is also a contest to win a $10.00 Amazon gift card at the end of the post! Details below :D

We fear what we do not understand. Throughout history people have fought over the fear of what they were told from people who had no idea.

BDSM is one of those subjects that people tend to either gravitate toward or runaway from. Personally, when I don’t understand it, I research it, practice it, and do whatever it takes to make a sound decision on my feelings regarding it.

When I asked people if they even knew what BDSM stood for I was shocked with how few did. BDSM stands for: “bondage and discipline,” “dominance and submission,” and “sadism and masochism.”

I remember first hearing the term and asking my father what it meant. He told me it was deviant, evil and filled with pain. Naturally, as a girl who worshiped her father I thought nothing but the worst about it.

As I grew up I couldn’t help but to wonder why if it was so horrible, so dangerous it was legal. Why had no one stopped it?

I read books, MANY books about it. I learned a great deal. I learned that the word sadism or sadist in the BDSM acronym came from a Frenchman named Marquis de Sade, a philosopher and aristocrat who was ahead of his time. The Catholic Church found his philosophical discourse around sexuality and his erotic writing to be blasphemous and had him imprisoned for 32 years of his life in an insane asylum. Imagine that?  That was of course back in the 18^th century.

Now? It’s different. Though seen in many eyes as an excuse to inflict pain on others for no other reason but for the person doing it. When you dig deeper, when you actually research and learn and listen, it’s so much not that at all!

BDSM isn’t racist. There is no prejudice in the craft. Straight, gay, black, white. Man and man, woman and woman, man and woman. Add a third, maybe a fourth. In the eyes of BDSM EVERYONE wears a blindfold to gender, race and orientation.

The argument that BDSM is dangerous is a valid one. However, anything can be dangerous. Any sexual kink or whatnot can be dangerous if it’s not respected or understood. The slogan safe, sane, and consensual (SSC) came from the BDSM community. Another term used within the BDSM community is RACK: Risk Awareness Consensual Kink. These are terms taken extremely seriously in the BDSM world.

You might walk around a mall one day and see a guy in leather pants, a long beard, and tattoos and immediately assume he’s into the BDSM lifestyle. He might be, and he might not. Most people in the lifestyle actually lead very normal everyday lives. Doctors, Lawyers, Authors even teachers. They aren’t predators. No one is seeking you out to tie you to a Saint Andrew’s cross and flog you into submission.

Finding your match (D/s) is no different than finding your mate. You need to mesh, you need to work. In BDSM the number one thing… what needs to be achieved before anything else is trust. Without trust there is no link to connect.

BDSM is about pleasure. Levels of it. No one is the same. Where one likes a lighter side to it such as bondage, some blindfolds maybe spankings. Others seek a rougher kind of play with a flogger, a cane or whips.

Does this make people who practice this bad? No, it’s makes them confident. Within the community you are accepted. You know what you want and you can find who it is that will give it to you. TRUST!

D/s is a relationship of respect, trust, pleasure and discipline.

It may not be for you but you aren’t going to get drafted into the lifestyle. But understand it. It deserves respect and if you are not someone who is into that. It’s okay. And if you’re someone who is, that’s okay too!

I am so happy to be a part of this Blog Hop and by clicking on the badge/link you can see ALL the blogs participating in this Hop. Great contests, wonderful insights and even some fantastic reading material by BDSM authors! So be sure to click on the badge J

To enter for a chance to win a $10.00 Amazon gift card simply post a comment below and at the end of the Hop our gracious host will randomly select a winner. Good luck all! 

 

BDSM BLOG HOP CLICK HERE