July Bargains and a Competition!

Get ready for some great ebook bargains! All through July, the first novel in my Artisan-Sorcerer series, Tamsin will be at 50% its usual cost. Many other ebook titles will be at 25% their usual cost, while Spanish Jones and The Karens will be entirely FREE!

All you have to do is visit Smashwords then make your choice.

A wide variety of ereader formats are available, and if you don't have an ereader you can download a free one from Adobe or Amazon, or download an HTML file which you can read on your usual computer.

And when you've done that and read your heart out, how about writing a few reviews on Smashwords, or on your blog or forum - or will you take part in this forthcoming competition?

Competition Time!

Are you artistic? Create a web banner or some fanart based on the Artisan-Sorcerer series!

Entry fee = NONE!

Prizes = FREE EBOOK copy of the forthcoming 3rd novel in the Artisan-Sorcerer series, BETHANY ROSE, for every contributor!

Deadline for all submissions = 21st December, 2012.

Artwork must be clearly based on the Artisan-Sorcerer series.

Submissions by email only, all images to be in the body of the email (not sent as an attachment). Multiple submissions are welcome but only one prize per person will be available.

Send to: ACBwrites@aol.com and put ARTISAN-SORCERER FANART in the subject line.

Winning artwork will be displayed on Adele Cosgrove-Bray's website throughout January 2013 (and possibly beyond). A link to the contributing artist's own website can be included if desired.

Copyright will remain the property of the contributing artist(s), however full permission to make use of the artwork will be granted. Contributors will be totally free to use their own artwork elsewhere, online or otherwise, at any time so long as it remains non-profit making.

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