Madcap Monday - April 21, 2014

Anything goes on Madcap Monday, and this Monday is Announcement Time.

#1. Winner of the Holy Week (Semana Santa) Contest: Polly! 

Congratulations! Please send me an email to marshaward.az@gmail.com and specify which Owen Family novel you wish, and to whom I should inscribe it. Of course I'll need your mailing address, Polly, unless you choose to receive your book as an electronic version (which I will autograph through your request at https://www.authorgraph.com/authors/MarshaWard).

Edited to state: Polly has chosen to receive a print copy of Trail of Storms, which will be sent to her tomorrow. Enjoy!

#2. I've started a Street Team called The Owen Family Followers to help me publicize the existence of the Owen Family novels. If you read and love them, here's an opportunity for you to help me spread the word, and especially create buzz about the next novel coming out this summer, Gone for a Soldier. Join the Street Team. Participate in Weekly Adventures, and be entered in monthly Drawings for special rewards.

For each week's Adventure, you will be asked to do a special task, such as share a Facebook post, mention something on your blog, write or like a review, speak to a friend about one of my books, request that your library buy the Owen Family novels, or otherwise use your social media accounts to promote my novels about the Owen family and other characters. You’ll let me know of your participation by mentioning it in the comment stream of that week’s Adventure.

In exchange, I will put the names of Weekly Adventure participants into my ten gallon hat for monthly drawings for such special rewards as autographed books, ARCs, free e-books, naming rights to a character in a forthcoming book, and Amazon gift cards.

In addition, you will get the first look at scenes made up of blazing hot pixels from being so new, cover reveals before anyone else gets a look, deleted scenes, and other insider stuff.

How do you join in the fun? Send me an email to marshaward.az@gmail.com requesting to join the secret Facebook Group for the Owen Family Followers, give your email address, and I'll send you an email through the Facebook Group that allows you to join.

I'll see you there!