One Exciting Contest!

This message cross-posted from my personal blog... :-)

Today I bring you blatant self-promotion – I mean, a fun contest! For the next month, everyone who buys a copy of my novel Soul Haven can have a chance to win this fabulous prize package:

* A copy of Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark (lovely, shiny hardcover)
* A copy of Bad Press: The Worst Critical Reviews Ever! by Laura Ward (lovely, shiny hardcover)
* The Desk Toy Box from Office Playground, which includes 9 fun desk toys to distract you while you’re searching for that perfect word (and who wouldn’t want a bag of stretchy men?)

Interested? Here’s what you have to do to enter:

Step 1: Solve the riddle*

Find the answers to the following clues. Take the first letter of each answer, and unscramble the letters to form a word that is important in Soul Haven.

Clue #1: The type of Camaro that appears in A Nightmare on Elm Street: The TV Series

Clue #2: A genre style pioneered by Dashiell Hammet; the word translates to “black”

Clue #3: The real first name of the character Nanny Ogg (one of three witches) in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series

Clue #4: An Outer God from H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, first appearing in his novella The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

Clue #5: The weapon of choice for Michelangelo, the “orange” Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

*Note: If you don’t know the answers, remember that Google is your friend!

Step 2: Buy the book

Once you have the word, pick up a copy of Soul Haven here from Wild Child Publishing. (I promise you will enjoy the story! Feel free to check out the reviews if you don’t want to take my word for it... :-)

Step 3: E-mail your contest entry

Drop me a line at author@swvaughn.com. Forward me the receipt, and add the following information:

* The unscrambled word
* The chapter in which the word first appears
* A sentence about its relevance to the story, or a brief personal statement regarding your feelings about the answer word.
* Your choice of a bonus prize (see below)

That’s it! I’ll choose a winner from all the correct entries I receive. I hope you enjoy the contest!

BONUS! Even if you don’t win the prize package, you still win! Everyone who enters (even if you get the wrong answer) will receive their choice of:

* A free bookmark, mailed to you,
* An exclusive excerpt from my forthcoming novel Broken Angel, or
* A post dedicated to pimping you and your work on my blog (complete with shameless flattery)

A few additional rules

This contest is open to everyone, regardless of location. I will ship prizes internationally!

Entries will be accepted for one month – now through May 17. I will announce the winner on May 18, and all prizes will be sent on that date.

Purchase is required for entry (sorry!)

Those who have previously purchased Soul Haven from Wild Child Publishing ARE eligible to enter the contest, without having to buy another copy.

Chances are that you – yes, you! – will be the only person entering. Six bucks for a prize package with a retail value of $55 ain’t bad, is it?