NEWSLETTER

I thought I would share this inaugural issue here. Anyone interested in being added to future mailings can add their email address at http://anneliesebrand.weebly.com/

 

Hello! If you’re receiving this inaugural newsletter it is because you have signed up thru one of my author websites or a previous drawing/giveaway. I promise I won’t do these often. Probably not even as often as I should. Lol I just wanted to touch base and talk about pen names, promotions, and the new book.

A lot of you know that I publish under both Mara McBain and the newer, Anneliese Brand. It’s not a secret, but I had kept them separate. It was recently pointed out to me by one of my very smart readers that as eclectic as my taste in writing can be, so is your tastes in books. So, I have recently updated both websites to include a link to the other. Those of you that have known me a while also know that being an introvert, social media is not something that I’m as good at as I should be. I am trying to get better about sharing.

That brings me to something that I’m dying to share with you! May I introduce my new book, STRAYS!

I’m super excited about this book. The characters and bits and pieces of their story have been whispering in my ear for years and when I finally sat down to let it all out, it just flowed. I hope they come alive for you the way they did me.

So, because I am so excited about STRAYS I am doing everything I can to get the word out and share it with the world. The official release date is July 7, 2017. The eBook is currently available for pre-order on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07371C8VH

Anyone that pre-orders and sends me a copy of their confirmation either by email at Mara_McBain@Yahoo.com or on my Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/mara.mcbain will be entered into a drawing for prizes! There are five different prizes up for grabs including, a signed set of The Trinity Falls Series, a $20 Amazon gift card, a Lords of Mayhem t-shirt and more! Check out my Facebook page or the BLOG entry below for pictures and details.

So, check out the book, enter the giveaway, and if you have a moment more to support me check out my Thunderclap Campaign and give me a shout out! It doesn’t cost you a dime and will help spread the word.

https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/59024-strays-book-release

 

Thank you all for reading and all of your support!

 

Love,

Mara / Anneliese

STRAYS release FB Giveaway!

Here are the details! To enter, you can either forward me your email order confirmation at Mara_McBain@Yahoo.com , or comment and include a screen shot on my Facebook page. Paperback or eBook orders qualify. No worries. Those of you that purchase paperbacks directly from me during this time, I’ve got you covered.  

Good Luck!!

~ Mara

 

 

I’m alive!!!

I posted this over on Facebook the other day and as I’m kicking myself in the ass and updating things I thought I better add it here.  you all.

 

Wow … time flies is an understatement. I honestly can’t believe it has been almost 2 1/2 years. I apologize to all of you who have left messages here or PM’d me. *shame faced* I have no excuse, but do owe you at least the story. So, grab your coffee or wine …

The end of 2014 and all of 2015 was a nightmare. I was in a dark place mentally, emotionally … I didn’t write more than a grocery list for 13 months. A product of the depression or the cause, I don’t know. It sucked. Writing is my passion and my escape as well as my income! (thank GOD for my hard working hubby) I tried everything. I tried continuing The Trinity Falls Series .. I tried returning to the McCade’s farm … I looked for new new inspiration … and couldn’t break through the darkness.

With 2016 fast approaching a writer friend suggested I enter a short story contest on a writing site. (The poor thing had tried everything else to drag me back to the land of the living) I had a month. I waited until I had 5 days to even have an idea for the picture prompt. The 2000 words that came out of that idea were like nothing I had ever wrote. They were dangerously close to what Adriana Noir and I had always laughingly referred to as “Fluffy Bunny.” It was romance without grit. The heroine was short, hippy, funny and ridiculously real in my head. Her hero was a stocky teddy bear. I fell in love with both.

I won the short story contest and as January started I decided (with my friend’s boot in my butt) to see where these new characters would go. I finished book 1 in June just as my son was headed off to basic training and dove into book 2 in order to survive. (SO proud of him and SO scared all at the same time) The problem was … I had this ridiculous fear/worry that the book wasn’t very Mara … it was too sweet and funny and didn’t have the grit or edge I usually think of, but I LOVED it and the characters. So I quietly published it under the pen name, Anneliese Brand. In March book two joined it. Write Time for Love and Guided Home.

This isn’t a surprise to some of you. I didn’t do a good job of hiding it, but I really should have celebrated it instead. Even the 7 … (Soon to be 8!!) Mara McBain books are different, and appeal to different readers. Maybe some of you like funny romance.  I love writing AND reading different genres. Add Fluffy Bunny Romance to the list.

So that’s the story of the last 2 1/2 years … darkness … worries … new genre … pen name and all. If you’ve actually read this far you’re f’n amazing and I love you.  LOL

 

Peace & Creativity!

~ Mara

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