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Giveaway Time! Celebrating 100 Reviews of Fast Forward
FAST FORWARD has now reached 100 reviews on Amazon.com and I’d promised I’d do a giveaway when I reached that magic number. So here it is! 🙂
First of all, I’d like to thank everyone who’s bought a copy of my bestselling, wacky, time travel romantic comedy, and extra thanks to those who’ve taken the time to leave a review or star rating whether it’s been on Amazon, Goodreads, iTunes, or elsewhere. Here are some of the comments people have made:
- “I don’t give 5* ratings easily…Â Those 5 brilliant, sparkly stars my friends I now reward to Juliet Madison for writing this funny, witty, magical tale I will never forget.” – Ananda
- “If you love movies like Suddenly 30 (13 Going On 30), you’ll love Fast Forward.” – Diane
- “I don’t write many reviews, but I had to rave about this story! it was an amazing, realistic peek into the future. Juliet Madison must have the mind of a creative genius to have come up with all of this.” – Closophari
- “This is definitely a must-read, you won’t regret it, it’ll make you smile from beginning to end.” – Ben
- “The first time I read it I had to put the book down in some spots because I was laughing so hard I couldn’t hold the book still.” – Annie M
If you haven’t yet read it, you can grab a copy from Amazon HERE or from other ebook retailers, links are HERE (click buy now on that page to see all retailer links).
Now, onto the giveaway…
I love giving stuff away, and I also know how frustrating it is when a giveaway is restricted to a particular country, so I’ve made 5 of the 6 giveaways international! For each prize that you’d like to win, all you have to do is click the rafflecopter link and enter. That way if you already have one of the books you can just enter for the ones you don’t have or any you might like to give as a gift if you win.
Winners will be drawn on 21st July and notified by email. Good luck! 🙂
PRIZE #1: AUSTRALIAN RURAL ROMANCE BOOK PACK (Australian entrants only, this pack is HEAVY!)
Prize consists of:
1 x print copy of OUTBACK DREAMS by Rachael Johns
1 x print copy of THE HOUSE ON BURRA BURRA LANE by Jennie Jones
1 x print copy of RIGHT AS RAIN by Tricia Stringer
1 x print copy of DRIFTWOOD by Mandy Magro
Plus, 1 x ebook of your choice from Juliet Madison, and assorted swag (postcards, magnets…etc)
>>ENTER BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW (Australian delivery addresses only!):
PRIZE #2: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE BOOK PACK (International giveaway!)
Prize consists of:
1 x print copy of ALL HE EVER NEEDED by Shannon Stacey
1 x print copy of THE LOOK OF LOVE (The Sullivans #1) by Bella Andre
Plus, 1 x ebook of your choice from Juliet Madison, and assorted swag
>>ENTER BY CLICKING THE LINKÂ BELOW:
PRIZE #3: FUN & FLIRTY BOOK PACKÂ (International giveaway!)
Prize consists of:
1 x print copy of LUCY IN THE SKY by Paige Toon
1 x print copy of FLIRTING WITH FORTY by Jane Porter
Plus, 1 x ebook of your choice from Juliet Madison, and assorted swag
>>ENTER BY CLICKING THE LINKÂ BELOW:
PRIZE #4: CAPTIVATING BOOK PACKÂ (International giveaway!)
Prize consists of: 1 x print copy of THE INEVITABILITY OF STARS by Kathryn R. Lyster
1 x print copy of CAPTIVATE by Vanessa Garden
Plus, 1 x ebook of your choice from Juliet Madison, and assorted swag
>>ENTER BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW:
PRIZE #5: WOMEN’S FICTION BOOK (International giveaway!)
Prize consists of:
1 x print copy of THE WEDDING SEASON by Su Dharmapala
Plus, 1 x ebook of your choice from Juliet Madison, and assorted swag
>>ENTER BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW:
PRIZE #6:Â WOMEN’S FICTION BOOK (International giveaway!)
Prize consists of:
1 x print copy of THE WINTER LODGE by Susan Wiggs
Plus, 1 x ebook of your choice from Juliet Madison, and assorted swag
>>ENTER BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW:
How’s that for a giveaway? Why have just one when you can have six!
Good luck, and thanks for helping me celebrate 100 Amazon reviews of FAST FORWARD!
Aspiring supermodel, Kelli Crawford seems destined to marry her hotshot boyfriend, but on her twenty-fifth birthday she wakes in the future as a fifty-year-old suburban housewife married to the now middle-aged high school nerd.
Trapped in the opposite life of the one she wanted, Kelli is forced to re-evaluate her life and discover what is really important to her. Will she overcome the hilarious and heartbreaking challenges presented to her and get back to the body of her younger self? Or will she be stuck in the nightmare of hot flushes, demanding children, raunchy advances from her husband and hideous support underwear forever?
News! I’ve Signed With An Agent
Almost four years to the day when I started writing my first novel, I’ve signed with a literary agent!
The novel I submitted, THE LIFE MAKEOVER CLUB, came about during my own life makeover, and had many makeovers of its own (revisions, revisions, revisions) and I’m so glad it’s finally ready to be ‘out there’ and has caught the attention of Joelle Delbourgo from Joelle Delbourgo Associates, Inc in New Jersey, USA.
This milestone has made me realise how far I’ve come in the last four years. So often we keep thinking about the future, wanting to get somewhere, achieve new things, that we can forget what we have achieved already. When was the last time you took a step back and celebrated your progress in life?
Since I made the commitment to being a writer in October 2009, I’ve written five novels (3 with publishing contracts), two novellas (both published), several short stories, and a few partials (3 chapters and synopsis of a potential story), as well as MANY title and plot ideas! I have a title fetish. I collect them and think of new ones all the time, jotting them down on my title list. For me, a simple, catchy title can inspire a whole story idea.
When I came up with the title for The Life Makeover Club, I knew it was something I had to write. I’d been trying to think up an idea for my first story. All I knew was that I wanted to write a novel. I’d participated in a couple of self improvement and business coaching programs, and thought it would be fun to write about people who wanted to change their lives in some way, and who took major action to make their dreams a reality. And so this book was born.
After about seventy queries to agents over three months, I am now one step closer to my dream of having this book published. I had several requests for the full manuscript, a few for the partial, and two offers of representation. Of course, I could only accept one, and let me tell you – it was a very hard decision to make! Especially as during that week I was dealing with the sadness of our old home burning down in the Blue Mountains bushfires. My son grew up there, and the house was mostly designed by my mum, and so much work had been done on it. But it’s the memories we had there that made it so sad. It was heartbreaking to see it burning on the TV news, and then to see the mess of the rubble in photographs afterwards. They say big things often happen all at once, and over those few days they certainly did! Anyway, I was thrilled with both agent offers, and ultimately decided to put myself in the capable hands of Joelle.
Next step: make some improvements to the manuscript to prepare it for submission, then wait and hope a publisher (or two, or three…) wants it! 😉
I’m ready, I’m excited, and I hope to be sharing this story with you soon! 🙂
~ Juliet
It’s My Calliversary!
What’s a calliversary? Well, you may (or may not) have heard authors talk about getting The Call, as in an offer of publication from a publishing house (or from an agent who wants to offer representation or tell you of a publishing offer). On this day last year, 5th October, I got what’s referred to as The Call, even though it was an email (Emailiversary just doesn’t sound right though, so let’s stick with call) 😉
You can read about my Call in the blog post I wrote about it last year, here. But basically, this is what happened…
I went outside to have a bit of relaxation on the balcony, and just as I lay down on my deck chair, my email pinged (yes I was holding my phone, I’m surgically attached to it). Let’s just say my relaxation lasted all of five seconds. The email said:
Thank you for submitting Fast Forward. I am delighted to accept it for publication (and lots of other stuff, but that’s all I could read in that moment of excitement, relief, and general overwhelming emotion).
So here I am today, one year later, and that book has been published and available for over eight months now. Not only that, I signed three more contracts within this last year, all with Escape Publishing. Fast Forward, my debut novel, was published in February, I Dream of Johnny was published in September, Starstruck in Seattle was published in October (as in just recently), and The January Wish will be published in January 2014. So it’s quadruple the fun for me on this calliversary!
How time flies! It’s been one hell of a fun ride, and let me tell you, being published is only the beginning of this journey. It doesn’t end there. If anything, I have more goals, am more focused on my writing, and more committed to making a success of my writing career.
Now, back to Fast Forward and some milestones that have occurred over the past year…
Cover luurve:
I was over the moon when I got my first cover, it was like seeing my baby for the first time, and didn’t the designers do an awesome job?! I’m also grateful to everyone who’s left a review, and really pleased that the majority have been extremely positive. It’s such a great feeling to know that people have enjoyed my book.
Book club:
Earlier this year I got to participate in my first online book club, thanks to Harlequin Junkie who chose Fast Forward as their book club pick of the month. I had a ball chatting to readers and they asked me some great questions.
Publicity:
And just the other day I got a huge surprise when I was told Fast Forward was featured in the Big W catalogue that gets delivered to many houses around Australia! (For those not in Aus, Big W is a big (well, of course) discount department store, and a huge seller of books). My book was used to help promote their new ebook section. And they have it available for free for a limited time, so if you’re in Australia you can download it here. If not, you can buy it from all good ebook retailers, the links to which are here.
Awards:
If that’s not exciting enough, the book is a finalist in the Book Junkies Choice Awards in the women’s fiction category! Voting starts on the 14th October so keep an eye out and get voting! 😉
…I can’t believe a year has already gone by since I sat down to relax that day, not knowing an important email was about to hit my inbox. And I can’t wait to see how things are this time next year!
Thanks Escape Publishing for publishing my books, and thanks readers for buying and reading them. And now, I’m off to celebrate my Calliversary! J
JULIET MADISON 