And the winners are…

I held my drawing this evening during a live stream on Stickam. We gave out fifteen prizes to people that supported me and Murder at Avedon Hill this weekend during the Amazon Rush. I wish I could have given everyone a prize, but as it is I believe I spent more on prizes than I will probably make in royalties

People who purchased a print version, a Kindle version, and/or wrote reviews on Amazon and sent me an email about it were entered. Here are the winners (and what they won), based on numbers called out by my Vanna White in the Chatroom, Mistress Jett!

Rob Stauffer – MaAH Mousepad
Joe Mieczkowski – MaAH Mousepad
Kristin Mayo – Signed copy of Murder at Avedon Hill
Tim Dodge – The Rookie signed by Scott Sigler
Shawn Murphy – POD version of Mur Lafferty’s Playing for Keeps
Beth Case – MaAH Mousepad
Cathy Monblatt – MaAH Mousepad
Cliff Lowe – POD version of Mur Lafferty’s Playing for Keeps
Kevin Crosby – Signed copy of Murder at Avedon Hill
Michell Plested – Samson CH700 Headphones
Paul Fischer – MaAH Mousepad
Scott Roche – MaAH Mousepad
Terri Flynstress – Signed copy of Murder at Avedon Hill
Ed Parrot – Matthew Wayne Selznick prize pack – BMR, The Sovereign Era- Year One, Anyman: The John Smith EP from CD Baby.
Michael Spence – Framed Study, acrylic/water color, the initial painting that was a test for the original POD cover of Murder at Avedon Hill.

A lot of these folks will be at Balticon, so they’ll get their prizes there. The rest will have their prizes sent to them through the mail. Congrats to those that won prizes; you made this weekend an unforgettable one for me, that’s for sure!

Amazon Rush Schwag Drawing

I’m doing fun stuff with the kids today (since I was a little busy yesterday ). I’ll be doing the giveaway drawing tonight at 9:30 pm Eastern time. I’ll start up a livestream, so if you want to watch, come on over!

Amazon Rush Current Results

We have certainly rocked it today, people!!!

This is where we are right now:

#1 on the Movers and Shakers List (all books),
#3 in Hot New Releases, Fantasy (General),
#10 in Hot New Releases, Fantasy
#16 Overall, Fantasy (General)
#30 Overall, Fantasy
#274 in Fiction

So far we have 14 reviews on Amazon for the print version of the novel, and five more on the Kindle page. These help out a book’s place on Amazon, so please add a review if you purchased the novel!

Thanks so much for your generosity and support for me, for this novel, and for podcast fiction authors everywhere. I’d love to have one more push tonight, but whatever happens for the rest of the night and tomorrow, this has been a successful launch in my mind, that’s for sure!

Amazon Rush Schwag

During the Amazon Rush (book URL http://tinyurl.com/maahamazon ) anyone that emails me at pgholyfield@murderatavedonhill.com with a copy of either an Amazon book or Kindle receipt will be entered in a drawing for prizes including a copy of the book, original artwork, mouse pads from zazzle.com, and a pair of Samson headphones.

You will receive multiple entries if you do multiple things. If you purchase the print copy you will get 2 entries in the giveaway, the Kindle version will get one entry in the giveaway, and a review on Amazon will get you 2 entries (so 4 total if you leave a review on the print and the Kindle version of the book!

I will be accepting entry emails until midnight, and will do the drawing tomorrow!

Tune in to the live show at stickam.com/pgholyfield for news, a live reading from the book and the prize drawings, starting at noon eastern standard time.

Okay, here’s the prize list so far:

• 3 signed copies of Murder at Avedon Hill
• 6 signed MaAH mouse pads
• an original piece of artwork (from the original cover of MaAH)
• 1 each signed (personalized if they want) paperback copies of “Brave Men Run – A Novel of the Sovereign era” and “The Sovereign Era: Year One” plus a credit to download the entire “Anyman: The John Smith E.P.” album in MP3 format from CD Baby.
• 1 copy of The Rookie by Scott Sigler
• 2 copies of the POD version of Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty
• a pair of Samson CH7000 headphones.

Interview on Into the Blender Podcast

Last week I sat down with Chooch and Viv (two of my favorite people in the world) and we talked about the Launch. The conversation moved into many different areas not covered in other interviews, so give it a listen.

Into the Blender is a podcast about blended families, geek culture, and it is a wonderful listen month in and month out. Go check it out!

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You want to give the novel a try?

Attached to this post is a .PDF of the prologue and first six chapters of Murder at Avedon Hill. And frankly, if you aren’t hooked by the end of the prologue, I’ve failed you (… believe me, I didn’t fail you. ). Podcasters, please grab and drop in your feed. Everyone, please send to everyone you think might be interested.

We’ve got less than 24 hours until book launch. People are already buying the kindle version, which is awesome to see, but let’s wait until tomorrow at noon eastern so we can make the biggest splash on Amazon!

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Amazon Rush Flyer

Are you spreading the word?

Are your friends confused about the Amazon Rush?

Can you tell I’m just writing text here so the image below will appear underneath the thumbnail image, and not be pushed out to the right and off the screen?

The attached flyer explains what we’re trying to do on Saturday. Please grab it, post it and/or send it to everyone you can. Spread the word!

The link to Amazon is live. The book CAN be purchased now. But if you can, please wait until Saturday at noon Eastern to buy the ten copies you plan on purchasing.

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