• As Good As The First Time,  contests,  giveaways,  goodreads,  K.M. Jackson,  Uncategorized

    It’s a #Goodreads #Giveaway!

    Happy official end of Summer and welcome to Fall!

    I hope the Summer treated you all well and that Fall treats you even better.

    To celebrate the new season and the upcoming release of book #1 in my new Sugar Lake series: AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TIME , which is out October 30th from Kensington books, Kensington is running a Goodreads print giveaway where they are giving away 25 copies of AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TIME!

    Click here for your chance to enter!  Hurry! Contest ends 9/15!

    It's a Goodreads Giveaway! As Good As the First Time

    Best,

    KMJ

     

     

  • Birthday,  book launch,  Books,  celebrations,  giveaways,  Uncategorized

    It’s a KM Jackson birthday celebration GIVEAWAY PARTY!

    It’s my birthday! It’s my birthday! I’m gonna… well you know the rest and honestly, my partying days have pretty much fizzled out. But it is my birthday today and I’m somewhat celebrating as much as a woman of a certain age, with kids of a certain age, who enjoys TV and her own company way more than nights out a da club does.

    This weekend I did have a lovely time though with the family and there was chocolate cake so happiness was spreading all around. No crying for me. birthday kmj 1

    In other news as part of my birthday celebration I’ve put together a couple of great things.

    First:

    My novel THREADS OF DESIRE is FREE for a limited time. But don’t sleep, this one will not last long.

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    Click HERE to get your FREE copy of

    THREADS OF DESIRE!

    KMJ Super RT Signed Collector Bag Giveaway!

    Have a super June!

    Best,

    KMJ

  • contests,  giveaways,  happy birthday,  jack,  jack pics

    Happy 10th Birthday Jack and a contest winner revealed!

    Happy 10th Birthday to my Dear Jack!

    You always keep me on my toes as there is never a dull moment in a day with you. Thank you for filling our home with joy and laughter and for sending me just the right amount of shade looks to keep me on my writing deadlines!

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    And not only is today Jack’s birthday but I’m also revealing the winner in this past months 25.00 Gift card give away! And our winner is…..

    …….. Michael Smidutz.

    Congrats Michael! I will email you to get in touch about your prize.

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    Folks, no worries if you did not win this time. There will be a now contest next month for Newsletter Subscribers. So please sign up here to subscribe and stay in the know about all of my latest happenings and releases. Thanks!

     

    All the best,

    KMJ

  • authors,  blogs,  Books,  giveaways,  happy holidays

    It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like… time for a X-MAS Giveaway!

    It’s beginning to look a lot like…

    It’s time to PANIC, is what it’s beginning to look a lot like. How in the world is it this close to Christmas? I’m so far behind right now that I might as well count it as December 26th and start in on next year. Oh well, I’m never one to give up so I’m going in full force now.

    Don’t you stay here and hang out with whiny old me, head on over where things are a lot more holiday cheery. Go on over to the Smutketeers 12 Days Blog Hop.

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    Today is Day 10 and I’m one of the featured authors with a giveaway up. Leave a comment to be entered to win a 20.00 Amazon Gift card & an e copy of Through The Lens. And while you there enter for all the days to be in for the big 300.00 value Grand Prize. hey it’s Christmas, or at least that’s what the calender is telling me. Click here to stop by!  Oh and did you happen to see the fun video?

     

     

    All the best,

    KMJ

  • Books,  Hollywood,  Seduction's Canvas

    With a grateful heart…

    My heart is full and I’m feeling so very grateful this Thanksgiving. Though the places and faces may be a different, the love never changes.

    Wishing you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving. And to show my thanks you can pick up Seduction’s Canvas for Free on Amazon for the next 2 days. Enjoy!

     

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    All the best and with love from me and the Jackster,

    Jack a

    KMJ

  • authors,  Books,  giveaways,  interviews

    Talking Something Good… an interview with author, Jamie Wesley & a giveaway!

    Today on ye old blog I’m so happy to have a friend who also happens to be a fabulous author, Jamie Wesley here to chat about books, writing and her debut release from Entangled publishing called Tell Me Something Good.

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     Hi Jamie! Thanks so much for being here today. It’s a real treat. First off can you tell us a bit about Tell Me Something Good?

    Thank you, Kwana, for having me and absolutely, I’ll tell you about my book! TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD is an enemies-to-lovers contemporary romance that takes place in the world of talk radio. It’s funny and sexy (in my opinion anyway). Here’s the blurb:

    Two radio show hosts. One show. Who will come out on top?

    In a moment of restlessness, Tate Grayson sold his multimillion-dollar company and spun his love of sports into a radio talk show. Life, and love, is too short to take seriously—a fact he enjoys rubbing in uptight radio host Noelle Butler’s face.

    After the death of her parents, a tragedy she blamed on herself, Noelle vowed to live a controlled, focused life. Now a psychologist, she channels her need for connection into her radio show. But when the arrogant sportscaster next door tells listeners men shouldn’t get married, she’s all too happy to yank the silver spoon out of his overprivileged mouth.

    Their heated on-air arguments are a hit, but when the station director forces them to do a joint show for two weeks, Tate and Noelle object. They can’t stand each other, despite the attraction sizzling beneath every interaction. But if they can’t pull the struggling radio station back from the brink, they’ll lose their jobs. Or worse, their hearts.

    What inspired you to write this story? The song Tell Me Something Good naturally!

    Three years ago, I was driving home from work, flipping through radio stations, when Tell Me Something Good came on. As I was singing along to it, it occurred to me that Tell Me Something Good would be a great title for a book.

    I had no characters, no plot. Just a title. But it didn’t stay that way for long.

    “Tell Me,” I thought. “Tell Me” led me to “talk” and then “talk radio.” And boom, I had an idea! What if two radio show talk hosts who couldn’t stand each other were forced to do a show together?

    Tell us a bit about your writing schedule. Are you a Plotter or a Pantser? I’m a pantser, but I have to have some idea of the plot before I start. I’m not one to sit down at the computer with two characters and just write. I need to know something like they don’t like each other, but they have to work together at their radio station. With that said, I don’t plot the whole story out because – A. I can’t. I might have a general idea of what happens in the first few chapters, but chapter 8? No idea. And the quickest way for me to get frustrated and blocked is to try to figure out what happens in chapter 8 before I start the story. B. I lose interest if I know the entire story beforehand. I feel like I’ve already written it.

    Care to share the story of your “overnight” success with my readers? Funny how long “overnight” takes, isn’t it? I graduated college in 2002. While I searched for a job, it occurred to me that as much as I love reading romance, I should try my hand at writing one. I’d always loved writing, and English was always my best subject. At one point, I thought I was going to be a journalist.

    I had an idea for a story, but I got halfway through the book only to realize I had no idea what happened next. I got a job and put it aside. In 2009, I took it back out and finished it. It only took 7 years to figure out the ending! Lol. I tried to get it published in 2010. That’s when I realized that the publishing industry can be the very definition of frustrating. You submit and wait. And then the editor who had your story leaves, but doesn’t pass it along before departing, so you submit again, only to have the same thing happen again.

    Anyway, while I waited, I wrote some more stories. I knew my writing was getting better and I got some confirmation in 2012 when I was a finalist in RWA’s Golden Heart contest. Surely now, I would be published! Except no. I received rejections from agents and a few publishers, which sucked, but didn’t defeat me. The rejections just meant I had to get better. I knew the story was good, but it could be better. So I set it aside and worked on other things. Eventually, I came back to it. I worked on it, then gave it to a friend for a critique. She did a great job and I worked on the book some more until I thought it was ready. In 2013, I submitted it to Entangled Publishing and had an acceptance less than a week later. That book was TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD.

    As for the first book I wrote? It eventually got rejected and it’s now tucked away on my computer hard drive. I still like the plot, but the writing isn’t up to the standard I’ve set for myself. Maybe one day I’ll get back to it.

    Who are some of your favorite writers that have influenced you? I’ve been reading Nora Roberts for over 20 years. Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Rachel Gibson, Brenda Jackson, Julie James. So yes, the biggest names in contemporary romance. Lol. But there’s the reason they are the biggest names. They’re terrific writers. And this is by no means a complete list.

    What advice would you give other aspiring writers? Read the books/authors you love and try to figure out why you love them. Know that you’ll get frustrated and there will be setbacks, but don’t give up. Strive to be a better writer today than you were yesterday.

    Lastly, what can readers expect next from you? I’m working on the sequel to TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD. It doesn’t have a title yet, but I’m going to refer to it as #notabadthing on Twitter. Yes, that’s in reference to Justin Timberlake’s song. The hero is having the hardest time convincing the heroine that he’s worth the risk. She may have her doubts, but my money is on the hero.

    Thanks so much once again for being here today. It’s been a real pleasure.

    No, thank you! I had an amazing time! As a thank you, I’d like to offer an e- copy of TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD to one of your readers. All they have to do to enter the contest is tell me the biggest curveball a boss has ever thrown at them (please put your contact info in your comment).

    Here’s an excerpt from TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD:

    She looked up. “I’m fine. Truly.” She grasped his hand on her cheek with hers and squeezed.

    Tate stared into her beautiful, gray eyes. All he could see was her. All he wanted to see was her. His eyes slipped to her slightly parted full lips. His breath quickened as the pull between them strengthened. A force he was much too weak to continue resisting.

    He lowered his head. A hand to his chest stopped him. He stilled, hoping she didn’t push him away. Hoping she did—to save him from himself. She didn’t. Instead, she gripped the shirt and slowly pulled him to her.

    “Oh, man,” she whispered right before his lips met hers.

    Lust he expected, but not the overwhelming sweetness and rightness that punched him in the gut. He slid his hand to her chin and tilted it up, seeking a better angle. She wrapped her left arm around his shoulders and pulled him closer. She sighed, a tiny sound that acted as a drug to his senses. He took advantage, slipping his tongue inside her mouth.

    They shared a moan. He kept the kiss slow and languid, learning the shape and feel of her. What she liked. But his tactic did nothing to blight how mind-blowing the kiss was. Overwhelming desire filled every pore of his being. If her moans and her active participation were indications, Noelle felt the same.

    He slid his hands down her back to her ass, cupped it, and drew her into his body. She went willingly and gasped into his mouth as his rock-hard erection made contact with her stomach.

    He grinned against her mouth. Yeah, he wanted her. Bad. A swipe of her tongue against his bottom lip had him going back for more, the embrace turning harder.

    Had a kiss ever felt so good, so right? So perfect?

    Buy links: Amazon | B&N | Google Play | iBooks | KoboAll Romance

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    Connect with me at:

    jamiewesley.com

    twitter.com/Jamie_Wesley

    facebook.com/AuthorJamieWesley

     

    Don’t forget to comment folks. A winner will be announced on Monday!

    All the best,

    KMJ

  • Bounce,  conference,  contests,  my view

    Good Reading and Fan-Girling!

    This week is flying by way too fast. I can’t Believe Today is May 1st. I’m trying my best to hold it back, but nothing I do is slowing the progress of time.

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    The good thing is that in less than a week I’ll be in New Orleans at the Romance Slam Jam conference & then the week after that I’ll be at the RT Booklovers Convention also in New Orleans.

    So what could be bad about either of these super exciting events? Just the fact that I feel so not ready. I will literally be flying by the seat of my pants as I wander around as a newly published author, faking looking smooth, while trying not to fangirl geek-out over all other not fake the cool published authors in attendance at both events. This should be interesting. I’ll be sure to check in as often as I can either here, on FB or on Twitter so look out for me and please wish me luck.  Question: Which author would you fan-girl over?

    And on another fun note, my Goodreads Giveaway ended last night and I was thrilled to have over 700 entries. Congrats to my Southern winners Hannah & Danielle. Your signed copies of BOUNCE are on the way! I appreciate all of you who entered. Thanks so much for Bouncing along with me!

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    All the best,

    KMJ

     

    P.S. check out the cool cards there in the corner from my friend PVE Design

     

    May image fm We Heart It.

  • Bounce,  contests,  K.M. Jackson

    A Goodreading Giveaway!

    Thank you so much for the well wishes on my DH’s birthday yesterday and I huge thank you for the kind words on my BOUNCE unboxing video. I was so nervous about putting it up and not only because of my lack of hair and makeup (though that was quite nerve wracking) but I didn’t know quite how everyone would react to being on the 2 minute emotional roller coaster with me.  But you all were so kind and generous not to mention the hair or the makeup and you were totally understanding about the emotions and for that I’m truly grateful.

    And now that BOUNCE is in print I can do a little happy dance celebrating and have some fun. So today I’m announcing my signed copy giveaway on GOODREADS. Just click enter for your chance to with 1 of 2 autographed copies from me… Whee! Don’t you love reading good?

    Goodreads Book Giveaway

    Bounce by K.M. Jackson

    Bounce

    by K.M. Jackson

    Giveaway ends April 30, 2014.

    See the giveaway details
    at Goodreads.

    Enter to win

     

     

    All the best,

    KMJ

  • contests,  my view

    Breezy Days & a Winner!

    Happy Friday and Happy 1st full day of Spring!

    Well we’ve officially made it through, what to me at least felt like, the longest Winter ever. I can’t wait until the weather finally breaks and I can get out in the garden and do a little bit of planting in my tiny patch of soil out front. I also can’t wait until I can go back to writing on the porch with Jack my feet. But until that time comes I’ll be happy with turning the heat down a bit, opening up a window and catching a light breeze.

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    Now that said I wanted to also say a huges thanks to all who commented on Sofia Tate’s Breathless post and giveaway. The lucky winner is Priscilla Shay! Congrats Priscilla! Please contact me with your info and Sofia will get in touch with you about your prize.

    Have a great weekend everyone!

     

    All the best,

    KMJ

     

    Image from  We Heart It.

     

  • contests,  Through The Lens

    Reading Good

    Tick tock pretty lovelies. The clock is winding down. There are less than 2 days left to enter my Goodreads giveaway. Please click on over for your chance to win a SIGNED copy of Though The Lens my debut ‘sexy island getaway’ novel. Whoo Hoo!

     

    And in honor of Goodreads and my 1st giveaway here’s a little Tears For Fears with my favorite video set in a library. Yeah I know this video has nothing to do with islands or my book but Goodreads is where I keep track of the books that I read so it’s sort of like a library to me. Just follow along people and sing. You know how my whacky mind works. Oh and enter the giveaway. Thanks!


    Tears For Fears – Head Over Heels by manon42

     

     

     

    All the best,

    KMJ

     

    P.S.

     

    Please share some of your favorite music videos that are set in libraries. I’d love to know more.