Tuesday, June 4, 2013

BEA 2013: EC's Booth rocked!

Book Expo America was a fantastic event. The Ellora's Cave Booth rocked the entire conference. Each day, different authors signed: Cindy Lee, Cris Anson, Cherise DeLand, Jez Marrow, Velvet, Lynne Silver, Koko Brown, Kate Poole, Desiree Holt and (me) Tara Nina. It was wonderful meeting such talented authors and hearing their insights on the publishing world not to mention what they have in the works for the future. Yummy stuff coming our way.
I even was interviewed alongside Desiree Holt and Cherise DeLand. Desiree was so kind. I was extremely nervous so she held my hand and it made a world of difference for my nerves.
Our Booth had an even Sexier attraction than the Extremely hot authors of Ellora's Cave. Several of the Cavemen attended as well and drew crowds of people while they signed the EC calender.
This year BEA had a phenomenal turn out for their latest event: Power Reader Saturday. Droves of readers got great deals on ticket prices to enter the conference. Free books, complete with author signatures (if you stood in line which everyone did), lots and lots of freebies were given out showing our appreciation for the reason we write THE READERS. I posted about this event several times on twitter and facebook and was excited to see several of my friends dropped by to visit. Jen and Mary from my Jazzercise class came by to see me (or more specifically the Cavemen) but I'm ok with that :)
The Book Obsessed Chicks leader herself gave me a hug and took advantage of the photo op.
 Of course, I'm not in it and the wonderfully funny Jose photo bombed it. LOL. As you can see fun was had by all.
There were so many great and talented people at this event. Jim Carey, Kareem Abdul Jabar, Paula Dean and just too many to name. I did win Mother of the Year with my daughter by getting books signed by two of her favorite authors, Cassandra Claire & Heather Graham. I should have kept them as a bargaining chip to get her room cleaned but alas I failed. I was just too excited to give them to her :)
I look forward to next year!
Tara Nina
www.taranina.com

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Charity Auction & .99 SALE

Candygram is now on sale for .99 at Amazon! Mix a beautiful sexy alien from another world with chocolate and what do you get? Mind blowing sex and Port Clef's doctor will never be the same. 
Here's the link for Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Candygram-Sweet-Spot-Series-ebook/dp/B00BEJOT6M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369137344&sr=8-1&keywords=Candygram

ON another note:
At the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention this year, I was placed next to the wonderful Brenda Novak at the Giant Book fair. 
 She hosts a phenomenal charity event for diabetes every year. If you haven't heard of it, then you have missed out on a fun way to help. It's a huge auction with hundreds of great items. First you register for the event, then you peruse the site and find the perfect thing you want and place your bid. Then you watch it to make sure you win it. It's exciting. Kind of like a giant tricky tray where you put your ticket in and hope to win the basket of goodies. But in this case, you just have to out bid your opponent. I donated a gift basket for the event called the Cursed MacKinnon's gift set. Here's the link:
http://brendanovak.auctionanything.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=2856761
Please follow the link to the auction then peruse the other items. There are so many to chose from there's bound to be something for everyone :)
Wishing everyone a day in the Sun!
Tara Nina





Tuesday, April 16, 2013

American's please stand up!

As we know, this world is full of hate. That hate is based off so many reasons: Race, Religion, money, jealousy and outright insanity. It saddens me to think there are no answers to rid this issue of hatred from our lives. But I do believe there is a way to lessen these extremists from acting out with such violence that takes so many innocent lives. An eye for an eye so to speak. Don't waste money on trials. Let law enforcement shoot to kill. End of the problem. It'll make others think twice before striking against innocent people again. They'll sit back and go damn, I'm going to die if I do that. Instead of let them kill at random and get free room and board, health care and an education better than I can afford for my own kids. The criminals have more rights than the hard working, law abiding citizens. It's sickening. Prisons may be over crowded but they don't miss a meal, or their daily medications as so many people in America go without every day because they can't afford it. Yet the animals behind the bars are treated with respect because they have rights. REALLY? They murder, rape and steal and yet they have rights. We can thank the lawyers and the politicians for this one.
Criminals deserve no rights.
Americans need to stand up and protect their own. Pull our military from every country and bring them home. Cut off ALL financial aide outside of our borders. Return that money to its rightful place, America's Recovery. Use it to get the homeless off the street, help support our elderly, rebuild the school system to actually educate our youth (don't me started on No Kid left behind, that led to so many individuals graduating who can't read or write), and help feed the hungry right here.
These third world countries that hate us will learn just how much they depend on the money America's capitalism helps them with when they're cut off. Let them fight amongst themselves. They have for hundreds of years. We're not going to stop it no matter how long we interfere. And if anyone actually believes we've been over in Afghanistan and Iraq to help 'free' those people, you really need to get your head out of the sand. There were no weapons of mass destruction. It's all about control of the oil fields. Its all about money. Peoples lives mean nothing. It's all about who holds the bargaining chip on the oil.
There are ways to live less dependent on oil. There are other avenues to follow but the oil companies here have too much power and refuse to allow those venues to flourish. It's not about what's right. It's all about money and control.
I'm sorry if my rant upsets anyone. It's just that with the recent bombings in Boston it brings to light just how much is wrong that needs to be righted. American's have grown weak and no longer stand united. Oh we will for about a week or so until this horrific event fads then the daily grind returns and nothing is done to prevent such a terrible tragedy from happening again.
Patriotism in America is a dying theme. If I had one wish, it would be for America to reunite and become whole again. It doesn't matter who believes in what religion or where a person is originally from or if they're gay or straight. What matters is that we believe in becoming a United States of America again. A united front is what we need. Stop labeling each other as African American, Irish American, Italian American etc... We are all Americans period. If you chose to live in America then you no longer are anything but American. The Pledge of Allegiance should be everyone's oath to this country. One nation under God. God is an ambiguous word. It stands for any God you so believe in. Being an American gives you that right to believe in anything.
I believe we can pull together and save America. I believe we can be United and strong.
Let's all pray for those who were killed and injured while simply enjoying a day meant to be fun in Boston. Let's all pray for a timely end to terrorism for no one reaps any benefit from it.
Sincerely,
Tara Nina

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Romanticon blog

If you've got a minute, check out my latest blog over on the Sizzling Scribes loop.
http://sizzlingscribes.blogspot.com/
It's full of information and pictures from EC's Romanticon 2011

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Latest Release


Book Three in the Cursed MacKinnon Series

Diving for treasure, Caledonia finds the statue of a hot Scottish Laird. When a lovelorn ghost delivers a sad tale and an anti-curse, Caledonia’s life takes a spin toward the implausible. Especially when nightfall comes and a gorgeous hunk emerges right before her eyes. Her need to help turns into pure uncontrollable lust that a one-time, up-against-the-wall, sexual adventure in his arms cannot sate.

Struan MacKinnon wakes to learn over two hundred years has passed. He lands in the arms of a lass with a sexual drive that matches, if not surpasses his own. The little wild cat ignites his lust and warms his heart in a way he has never experienced.

Stolen in statue form, Struan is sold to the highest bidder on the black market. Imagine their surprise at dusk when Struan wakes.

Cursed. Man by night. Stone by day. Caledonia rescues Struan in more ways than one. She must win his heart in order to save his soul. Love sets the soul free and breaks the curse, without it the heart remains imprisoned forever.

Buy Link:

http://www.jasminejade.com/p-9524-cursed-laird.aspx

Open letter to Irene

Dear Irene,
For almost an entire week, you have dominated the news. Your ominous presence has captivated audiences up and down the entire east coast. Your time in the spotlight is over so please take your high winds and pelting rains and roll on out to sea. We were prepared for you with our up-to-the-minute accurate weather reports. Your every move was watched and talked to death about on every station.
Though I found this constant flow of information tedious and repetitive at times, in my opinion, I feel it did save many lives. More people heeded the warnings and moved to higher ground. More people shopped early and stocked their shelves with water and batteries.(except this one lady interviewed yesterday who said she had no food in her house. Duh they've been talking about this storm all week. You're an idiot for waiting until the stores closed and the rain started to go out and shop!)
I don't feel bad for you Irene that you didn't get the chance to torment like Katrina your horrific predecessor. So you've flooded many things-all are replaceable. You took out trees-a new one will grow in its place. You've knocked out power-no big deal. The power company will fix it within a few days. No power brings families closer together. It's the perfect opportunity to pull out those old game boards, candles and flashlights and spend quality time together. Only thing different now is my kids are drinking beer with us which makes the kiddie board games funny. LOL.
The one thing you did that I found stunning, you shut NYC down. Maybe the one good thing that will happen, your flood waters will clean out the subway system and hopefully it won't smell like body odor and urine anymore when they crank that thing back up.
Come on Irene! It's time for you to go. But could you blow a gust of rain soaked clouds towards Texas before you leave. I hear they need the rain.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Thanksgiving Recipe contest

I hate to cook. Can't do it without a recipe.
Please share your holiday favorites with me and be entered for a chance to win
a copy of one of my e-books. I will select three winners by Wednesday 11/24/2010.
Looking forward to seeing some great recipe ideas.
Happy Thanksgiving.