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And the winners of my Feeling Better Contest are…
Dee Carney–Ebook download of Cyber Sex books I & II (Ellora’s Cave Editons)–Prepared to Please and Denial of Service
Eva / TXBookjunkie–Ebook download of Project Exorcism books I & II (Samhain Publishing Editions) Paranormal Payload and Force of Attraction
annalisa mck–Ebook download of Immortal Ops I & II (Raven Books Editions) Immortal Ops and Critical Intelligence
tamibates–Signed book plates for upcoming print releases of The Valkyrie and Project Exorcism, Mandy M Roth magnets and other goodies (this will be snail mailed to you so if you win this one I’ll need your snail mail addy)
Winners, please email me at mandy AT mandyroth DOT com to collect your prizes.
Thanks everyone for playing! This was such a big hit that Michelle Pillow and I are cooking up a joint contest.
This takes a lot of courage for me to do, but I’m posting full body fat pics of myself.
I’ve done a LOT of digging for full body FAT pics of me and MAN are they hard to find. I avoided cameras. BIG TIME.
Here is a back shot of me and honestly, this isn’t even my biggest. Its up there but I’d gotten much bigger than this.
Here is another from one of the last conferences I went to. This is like two plus years old and it wasn’t even CLOSE to my biggest weight. The lovely and beautiful Jaci Burton is pictured with me. I’m like three of her.
Here is another one of me. Again still NOT at my top weight.
All right and here I am today (this was taken via my laptop webcam about 15 mins ago). You have to ignore my messy server. Since my gallbladder removal the lion’s share of the housecleaning has fallen on my husband and boys so, um, yeah. And check out Hercules who wanted in the shot. He’s in Rugrats swimtrunks to keep him from eating his stitches. LOL
He’s thinking “what’s ya doin’, mom?”
Total weight loss to date is 82 lbs. I have a long way to go still and I’ll keep you updated on my progress.
EDIT (update added monday April 26) This is copy and pasted from a response to a comment below. Thought I’d put it here and pretty much lay my soul out there for all to see. LOL
“I’ve never actually said my weight online before but what the hell–I figure you’ve all seen my fat pics now right. I’m 5′6″ and an currently at 175lbs. I’m in size 14/12 pants and in Large tops. By no means am I a little girl, nor do I think I ever will be. I’m “thick” and embrace that. But I do think some more pounds need to melt away to assure a good healthy lifestyle.”
I’m in a GREAT mood and feeling a ton better today (I think my rockin’ cover art for my upcoming Spice Brief release did it) so I thought I’d have a contest and give something away. I’m thinking I’ll do a couple of different prize packages (sorry but you won’t get to pick which you win–I use random.org).
Prizes
Ebook download of Cyber Sex books I & II (Ellora’s Cave Editons)–Prepared to Please and Denial of Service
Ebook download of Project Exorcism books I & II (Samhain Publishing Editions) Paranormal Payload and Force of Attraction
Ebook download of Immortal Ops I & II (Raven Books Editions) Immortal Ops and Critical Intelligence
Signed book plates for upcoming print releases of The Valkyrie and Project Exorcism, Mandy M Roth magnets and other goodies (this will be snail mailed to you so if you win this one I’ll need your snail mail addy)
How to enter:
You must comment on this post either via the blog, my facebook page (sorry, checking “like” isn’t enough), retweet the announcement FROM my twitter account, or respond via this post on the Mandy M Roth Yahoo Group or The Raven Happy Hour Yahoo Group. This will run through the weekend and I’ll draw winners early next week. :)
You can enter more than once. All comments are assigned a number and the numbers are placed in the random.org thingy (like my tech terms).
Yay! I’m soooo excited! I love getting new cover art!
I just received my cover art for my harlequin spice brief Sin’s Pride. I’m unsure who the artist is so I’m asking so I can give them props. I’m so excited about this series. The first book is Sin’s Pride and then The Dex Factor releases. Writing this pride of lion shifters has been so fun. I’m subbing more to Spice VERY soon!
Just Released my first MMF!
Strength in Numbers
(brand NEW release, never before
released)
This book is a MMF (romance between
3 people)
Line: Aeon
Icon: Menage, M/M
ISBN: 97814199
MSRP/List Price: $4.98
Our Cover Price: $2.49
http://www.ellorascave.com
About the Book:
Born into a life of sexual servitude and trained to please men, Sempia believes her
fate is sealed—her virginity auctioned off to the highest bidder then
life as a sex slave. She never dreamed her childhood sweetheart would
resurface in her hour of need…or that he would be the winning bidder.
Now a seasoned warrior, Eterin is nothing like the boy she remembers—he’s all man and
wants to possess her at all costs. But much has changed in the years
they’ve been apart. Eterin has a new man in his life—one who wants to
share them both. Sempia finds herself at the mercy of two incredibly
hot and horny intergalactic outlaws who are dangerously close to
stealing her heart.
Sometimes I wonder if other writers include inside jokes in their books? Is it just me? Some of them are inside enough that only the people involved would know them. For example, in one book, I referred to “sloths” because another writer and I had a challenge going to see if we could both work the word into our stories. :-)
Other jokes, though, are long term and something that my regular readers might notice. Mika Noguchi was the heroine in my third book, and for a couple of stories after that, I tried to slip in her surname. It’s in the epilogue of my fourth release and if you’ve read the first book in my Light Warrior series, one of Deke’s old partners was named Noguchi. I retired that afterward.
The biggest inside joke with my readers involves baseball. It started in my first book as an aside, an overheard conversation, but ever since then I’ve tried to work in some reference to the sport in each of my stories. I even had one book where nearly every minor secondary character was given the name of a baseball player. The bad guys had names from players on teams I didn’t like and the good guys from players on teams I did like. ;-) If you’re a savvy baseball fan, you’ll know who I was rooting for in the 2005 playoffs!
No matter how much I try, I don’t always manage to get the baseball in, but I did in my new release, In the Darkest Night. Guess what? The hero, Kel Andrews, is a Cubs fan! As he and the heroine are in downtown Chicago, he talks about making pilgrimages to Wrigley Field as a teenager. He also mentions catching a preseason match up with her on television.
I like to think of Kel and Farran going to a baseball game or two together after the close of the book. She knows nothing about the sport, but Kel would fill her in. I also like to think that Farran will enjoy it, but I’m not sure of that. Maybe Kel could teach her to appreciate it, too. He’s taught her a few other things. :-)
To find out more about In the Darkest Night or any of my other books, please visit my website.
It’s fun for me to slip things in and even more fun when people email me to tell me they caught one of them. :-) Writers, do you put inside jokes in your stories? Readers, do you like it when you pick up on something like the baseball references?
Patti O’Shea
Nationally bestselling author Patti O’Shea has won twelve awards for her writing and been nominated for many more. Her books have appeared on the Barnes & Noble, Waldenbooks, and Borders bestseller lists and have earned starred reviews in prestigious publications such as Publishers Weekly and Booklist.
In The Darkest Night
Releases TODAY! To read more about it click here!
I thought I’d take a minute and post some of the meals I’m eating. I know a lot of you have asked. I’m putting the cal count on each since its all I watch with this diet. Again, so far, I’m at almost 80 lbs off in a year so I’m sticking to what I’m doing. For me, it works.
Weight Watchers Bagel 100 cal
Fat free cream cheese 2 tsp total 60 cal
Strawberries 45
Honeydew melon 60
Cantaloupe 48
Breakfast total = 313
For drink, this morning I’m having a bottle of water. Stomach isn’t really in the mood for tea just yet.
I’ll have a 100 cal snack in 3 hours and then I’ll have lunch about 2.5-3 hours after that.
Denial of Service
Book 2 in the Cyber Sex series.
Admiral Jonas Myers was only looking for a brief break from Star Union Command. He never expected to find a pleasure droid that made his pulse race. He also never expected to fall in love with her.
Nora has two options—marry an abusive used parts dealer of her controlling brothers’ choosing, or flee, risking punishment by death. Wanting one night of freedom even at the cost of her life, she decides to make a run for it. Little did she know she’d be rushing into the arms of an admiral—the one man capable of saving her life, at the risk of losing her heart.
Book Length: Quickie
Book Type: eBook
Publisher: Ellora’s Cave Publishing
ISBN: 9781419927072
MSRP/List Price: $4.98
Our Cover Price: $2.49
I couldn’t find any good full body shots of myself that didn’t require a scan on my part (and oh how lazy I am with that) so I opened the laptop, set it on the counter and set it to snapshot burst mode–meaning it takes 3-5 fast pics. I jumped back and held my fat pants up against me so you could see the different. Like I said, long way still to go but I’m excited and enjoy sharing my progress along the way.
(baby gate in background is to keep pup from going upstairs and eating everything in sight)
Took this one about 5 mins ago so it really can’t get anymore up to date than that. Weight loss total-45 lbs( UPDATE–went to DR and found out that my start weight was MUCH higher than I’d thought–ain’t denial a grand thing–my total weight loss is now actually approaching 70lbs!!!! From March 2009 until now–one year later–I’ve taken off nearly 70 lbs and hopefully will be able to continue to take some off.)
Oy–make that two updated pics of me. I took 5 and the youngest two Roth boys helped me pic “one”. They didn’t agree. I gave up and am posting both to shut them up.
To see a picture/post of me at my start weight click here
