Gayle Trent

We had so much fun at the Stitch Me Deadly launch party today! At one point, the book was ranked 1,477 on Amazon. I truly appreciate everyone’s support and encouragement.

Congratulations again to today’s prize winners:

Tina Connor Myers – $10 Starbucks Gift Card

Nicole Vos van Avezathe (Follow the White Bunny) – Signed copy of Stitch Me Deadly

Nancy Hill Bradford – Signed copy of Stitch Me Deadly

Lisa Tiffin – Signed copy of Stitch Me Deadly

Jessica Sharrett – $25 Amazon Gift Card

Cathy Hall – Mrs. Fields Heart Cookie Tote

Kathy Hankla Sheffield – $15 Amazon Gift Card

Melissa Lapierre – $25 Amazon Gift Card

Dee Gol – $75 Amazon Gift Card

Dee and Melissa came in 1st and 2nd in answering the following questions (see if you know the answers):

1) What is the name of the child born to Tess in Thomas Hardy’s book Tess of the d’Urbervilles?

2) What is the name of the red cartoon character in this photograph with Bugs Bunny?

3) Who had the single “Should’ve Known Better” on his 1987 debut album?

4) Who was the very first actor to portray Batman?

Dee answered in 2 minutes, and Melissa was just a few seconds behind her! The answers are:

1) Sorrow

2) Gossamer

3) Richard Marx

4) Lewis Wilson

Again, congratulations to our winners! If you didn’t get to participate in today’s launch–or if you did but didn’t win a prize–be sure to “like” the Gayle Trent and Amanda Lee Facebook page and watch for upcoming information on next month’s launch of Murder Takes the Cake.

Please join me on my blog tour for The Quick and The Thread. Below are this weeks stops along the tour:

July 26, 2010 Monday
Gayle Trent will be chatting with WOW! Women On Writing at The Muffin. One lucky commenter will win a signed copy of Amanda Lee’s book!
http://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com

July 27, 2010 Tuesday
What type of person has two names? Spies, people in witness protection, movie stars…and writers. Amanda Lee tells us what it’s like to go through life with two personas–one writing mysteries about a cake decorator and the other writing mysteries about an embroiderer.
http://hellorhighwaterwriting.wordpress.com/

July 28, 2010 Wednesday
In her interview today, Amanda Lee (a.k.a. Gayle Trent) tells us that murder isn’t the only thing she has to research for her cozy mysteries. For The Quick and the Thread, the first book in her new embroidery series, the unlikely subject was whales!
http://www.sellingbooks.com

July 29, 2010 Thursday
Amanda Lee is stopping by Mom-e-Centric to tell us about how murder and embroidery make a wonderful mix. She’ll also be giving away a copy of The Quick and the Thread!
http://www.momecentric.com/

July 30, 2010 Friday
Stop by today for an interview with Amanda Lee by fellow mystery writer Christine Verstraete. These two will be sharing some great mystery writing tips!
http://candidcanine.blogspot.com/

August 1, 2010 Sunday
Blue hair, the early bird special, embroidery. Three things grandmas like. Or are they? Amanda Lee tells us about what a fun hobby embroidery can be for all ages and about her young embroiderer who also solves murders in The Quick and the Thread.
http://www.cozychicksblog.com/