Free audiobook copy of My Other Car is a Spaceship!

FREE AUDIOBOOK giveaway! (A $24.95 value.) Audible has given me 25 codes for free copies of the MY OTHER CAR IS A SPACESHIP sci-fi audiobook. (It’s also available from Amazon and iTunes for under $22.)  Here's a 40-minute sample of the audiobook.

I’ll be awarding free copies here over the next few weeks to my loyal readers. What I’ll do is ask for the first sentence of a chapter from one of my other three novels. Whoever responds first with that sentence (and a valid email or Facebook address) wins the free audiobook and I’ll respond in a PM with the code and the instructions for how to use it. (These codes are for the Audible site in the U.S. Audible has told me that I can request codes for the U.K. site as well. So I’ll be offering those codes, too, later.)

Be the first to respond to this post with the correct answer and win. It’s that simple.

If you don’t currently own any of my novels, here’s a great chance for a twofer. Buy an ebook for $2.99-$3.99 and possibly win a $25 audiobook!

If you like the audiobook (and/or the other novel), all I ask is that you post a favorable comment on Amazon, Audible, and anywhere else you see fit. If you don't like it, well, feel free to keep it to yourself. LOL! (Better yet, send me a PM letting me know what you don't like about it.)

Here are the links to my four novels (and the bundle of two novels, which would work just as well). The ebook links are good in 13 countries, including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Australia.

• My Other Car is a Spaceship (audiobook in the U.S.): http://www.amazon.com/My-Other-Car-Spaceship/dp/B00RM1S80O
• My Other Car is a Spaceship (ebook): http://smarturl.it/MyOtherCarSpaceship
• The Mars Imperative: http://smarturl.it/TheMarsImperative
• The Tesserene Imperative: http://smarturl.it/TessereneImperative
• The Imperative Chronicles (including The Mars Imperative and The Tesserene Imperative): http://hyperurl.co/ImperativeChronicles
• Sunrise Destiny: http://smarturl.it/SunriseDestiny

TODAY’S CONTEST: What’s the first sentence of Chapter 13 of Sunrise Destiny?

RRP scavenger hunt

Red Rose Publishing is holding a scavenger hunt this month. The grand prize is a free copy of all the new RRP book releases for the month of May, including my upcoming paranormal sci-fi novel, Sunrise Destiny. That's quite a collection!

For contest details, go to redrosepublishing.com.

Good luck!

Mark.

Contest winners!

Following yesterday's treasure hunt contest, I emailed the following four winners copies of my first novel, The Mars Imperative:

• Dawn Murphy
• Ruth Woolsey
• Caitlin Hoy
• Carrie Knickerbocker

In a few months, when my third novel, Sunrise Destiny, is published by Red Rose Publishing, they'll be receiving that one as well.

Congratulations, ladies. Well done!

Mark.

Contest! Win two of my novels.

Here’s your chance to win free copies of two of my novels (The Mars Imperative, now, and Sunrise Destiny, when it’s published in a few months). Just go to the Midnight Seductions discussion group on Yahoo, and follow the directions there. (The contest post has the same title as this blog entry.)

The contest takes the form of a short scavenger hunt. (Find the answers on my website to five simple questions.) It runs from noon today until 8:00 p.m. (U.S. Eastern time). Winners will be announced at 9:00 p.m. (Other authors are running contests simultaneously.)

I hope you have fun with the contest, and good hunting!

Mark.

Online scavenger hunt coming July 1

My publisher (of the upcoming novel, Sunrise Destiny) is hosting an online scavenger hunt that will span the websites of many of Red Rose Publishing's authors. This will give you an opportunity to learn more about the authors and their books. The top prizes for winners will consist of bundles of books from the publisher.

I'll post more details in the next day or so (but before July 1) when I get them. So check back by June 30 for the starting link.

Have fun!

Mark.

Per Contra

I'm pleased to report that Tesserene Dreams is listed at Per Contra as a recommended blog. For those unfamiliar with the website, they bill themselves as "The International Journal of the Arts, Literature and Ideas". Check them out.

BTW, they're currently accepting submissions for the Second Annual Per Contra Prize ($1,000 and publication in their journal). Per the site, "The winner will appear in Per Contra Spring 2008, also featuring the work of Daniel Hoffman, new and unpublished work by John Updike, Maxine Kumin, William Jay Smith, Rhina P. Espaillat and Stephen Dixon. Coming March 1st." The deadline for entry is January 31, 2008. Entry details can be found here.

Mark.