Hey lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Marianne
and Judy for their 10th Anniversary Celebration Tour! For other stops on their Goddess Fish
Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in
this post.
Be sure to make it to the end
of this post to enter to win LOTS of fabulous prizes!!! See below for more details!!! Also, come back daily to interact with Marianne
and Judy and to increase your chances of winning!!
Thanks for stopping
by! Wishing you lots of luck in this
fabulous giveaway!
Goddess Fish Promotions
Tenth Anniversary
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Welcome
to the Goddess Fish Promotions Tenth Anniversary Month Long Celebration!
Who is
Goddess Fish Promotions? And what do we do? We're glad you asked!
We
didn't want your visit here to be dry and boring, so we decided to have a
poetry competition and put what we do into verse. Here are the initial entries:
Marianne:
Roses are Red.
Violets are Blue.
I'm awful at poetry.
Coffee.
Judy:
We can edit your book
find things you didn't see
It will be fun to look
at the changes from me.
Yeah,
for some reason, Judy won!
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TESTIMONIALS:
“I
worked with Marianne on a complete edit and was very happy with the results.
Her feedback was clear, easy to follow, and she probed on things I hadn’t
thought of. She was also responsive whenever I had questions and helped me work
through a few issues. Her feedback and guidance improved the quality of my
manuscript, all at a very fair price. I’m working on my next book and plan to
use their services again.”
~ J B Glazer, author, In Search of Mr. Anonymous
“Choosing
the right editor for a project is incredibly important to an author. Let’s face
it, we want the best for our books. When I was considering editors for my first
indie-published book, Regenerate, I naturally thought of Goddess Fish
Promotions–and I’m so glad I did.
Marianne
Arkins and Judy Thomas are incredibly attentive and professional during the
entire editing process. Their input was invaluable and the story is much
stronger because they cared enough to help unsnarl plot points and find order
in the chaos..
I
can’t wait to work with them again. Truly, a top-notch editorial team!”
~ Sarita Leone, award-winning author of Regenerate
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INTERVIEW:
What would we find under your bed?
Judy: Nothing. The last mattress set we bought was so thick,
I had trouble getting into the bed when it was on the frame. So, we took the frame out and set the box
spring on the floor. Now it’s the height
of a normal bed.
Marianne: Dust bunnies,
maybe. I have dogs and a cat, so it gets
a little furry. I try to vacuum there, but … I’m sure I miss some.
What was the scariest moment of your life?
Judy: Christmas night a few years ago. My husband had a stroke and was in the
hospital nearly a week. It was a rough
time, but he’s fine now.
Marianne: My husband was
in the ER for something completely innocuous, started seizing and went into
VTach and had to be revived with a defibrillator… all in front of me. A funny, while this was happening, this
hospital employee came and stood by me quietly.
Once things were settled down, he turned to me and said, “You handled
that really well.” Apparently he was
there for ME, lol. I’m definitely the
person you want with you in an emergency. I’m stone cold calm. But after, I fall apart.
What group did you hang out with in high school?
Judy: I didn’t have one particular group … I was in chorus and
drama club, but got along well with pretty much everyone.
Marianne: I got along
with everyone, but I was in drama and choir, so that’s mostly who I hung out
with.
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We
hope you enjoyed getting to know us a little (more information is below) and
we'd like to do the same. We'd LOVE to see a little poem that tells us a bit
about you in the comments. We'll be awarding random book giveaways and $5
Amazon GCs to some of the best poetry we find. It might not be at every stop,
but when something really makes us smile, we'll reward it! Come on, be
daring...
And now,
more about us:
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ABOUT GODDESS FISH
PROMOTIONS:
Goddess Fish Promotions was
established October 14, 2008. Why? Well, when Marianne became a published
author and got her the first taste of trying to promote a book on a budget,
there was only one other virtual book tour company in place at the time, and
their fees were simply too high for a small press author. After coordinating
and running her own tour, she knew other authors could use the same service for
a reasonable price. Thus, Goddess Fish Promotions was born.
Because
both Judy and Marianne were authors and editors prior to running Goddess Fish
Promotions, they approach the business with a unique point of view, and treat
their clients how they would expect to be treated.
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THE PEOPLE
BEHIND THE FISH:
Judy Thomas
Judy
has a college degree in English and she’s worked in retail, education, at her
local library as well as an editor for a small press and for the now defunct
ShadowKeep Ezine. She’s also a published author so can see things from both
sides of the fence. In 2013, she “retired” and now spends her days helping authors
make their dream come true—as well as working as much as she can with her local
theater group.
Marianne Arkins
Grammar
freak and coffee lover, Marianne wrote her first novel at ten years old, built
her first commercial website in 2000, and published for the first time in 2006.
She worked as a professional editor for just over a year, and knows what it’s
like to write, edit and promote a book on a budget.
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CONNECT WITH GODDESS
FISH:
Website:
Facebook:
Twitter:
Pinterest:
Instagram:
Google+:
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GIVEAWAY #1 INFO:
This
giveaway is open to EVERYONE!!!
Marianne and Judy will be awarding One $50
Amazon/B&N GC, Two $25 Amazon/B&N GCs, and Two $10 Amazon/B&N GCs
to randomly drawn winners via Rafflecopter during the tour.
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GIVEAWAY #2
INFO:
This
giveaway is open to AUTHORS!!!
Marianne and Judy will be awarding Two $10 GCs for
ANY Goddess Fish Promotions Service, Winner’s Choice of either a Free Blurb Blitz
(2 weeks) or Book Blast (5 days), 50% off ANY Tour (Excludes Review Tour or
Full Service Tour), Four Free 25 Complete Book Edit, Two Winner’s Choice of
Teaser or Social Media Cover Graphic Design to randomly drawn winners via
Rafflecopter during the tour.
This contest is sponsored
by a third party. Fabulous and Brunette is a registered host of Goddess Fish
Promotions. Prizes are given away by the
sponsors and not Fabulous and Brunette. Goddess Fish
Promotions is solely responsible for the giveaway prizes.
