tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1744341798638623462024-02-18T22:28:14.752-08:00Zack Hamric AuthorBLANK SLATE & CRESCENT RISINGZack Hamrichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16652626060888498815noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174434179863862346.post-8237381353466009942011-03-28T09:27:00.000-07:002011-03-28T09:27:12.238-07:00If you read Blank Slate....You must have wondered if there was actually a real DOLCE VITA in my thriller BLANK SLATE...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://sarasotasailingcharter.com/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Dolce Vita Sailing</span></b></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">everyone for participating!</span></div>Zack Hamrichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16652626060888498815noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174434179863862346.post-61968855534996943432011-01-04T10:45:00.000-08:002011-01-12T15:13:09.259-08:00January $139 Kindle WiFi Giveaway<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitKgiti2P1KJo7FDhDKpKPbDleaSQTB0NCmmnsyxIMo8VzoH4R8KFHge1K5I4XKqZhM3MO4z4JNHz3iwhg4Cq7ZPX8fggeFBthsuhq_xD3WqLMp0AWP9F6n1qoz2rfxyOmcroRcMcaCeI/s1600/kindlez.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitKgiti2P1KJo7FDhDKpKPbDleaSQTB0NCmmnsyxIMo8VzoH4R8KFHge1K5I4XKqZhM3MO4z4JNHz3iwhg4Cq7ZPX8fggeFBthsuhq_xD3WqLMp0AWP9F6n1qoz2rfxyOmcroRcMcaCeI/s320/kindlez.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>I have to thank everyone who has participated in the November and December Giveaway-</b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>The most valuable thing for a writer is enthusiastic readers who offer support and encouragement along the way...</b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>...so to Thank You, </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">I will be giving away another $139 Kindle WiFi in January</span>- </b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>This will be set up so you can participate in three ways<br />
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1) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Buy a book- 5 points</span> for each book purchased in January<br />
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2) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Facebook Share 1 pt-</span> You can enter once a day<br />
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3) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Leave a review of a book that you already purchased- 5 points </span>for each review...</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b> The last one is for anyone who has ever purchased and read one of my books- I wanted to make sure </b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>people who have been so supportive had a way to enter. Also, if you are one of the 20 people who </b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>already reviewed in the past, drop me an email and you get an entry...<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>The usual fine print- I'll have a drawing on Jan.31- My dog Dolce picks the winner and settles all disputes (check the videos on the other posts if you </b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>have a question...). I will be awarding a $139 Amazon Gift Certificate.You are eligible to enter if you can receive an Amazon Gift Certificate in your country. Over 18 only. </b></span><br />
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Zack</b></span>Zack Hamrichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16652626060888498815noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174434179863862346.post-89339747390279609552010-12-31T15:54:00.000-08:002010-12-31T16:30:54.238-08:00New Years Eve Kindle Drawing!!<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What a great contest for December! There were 132 people who submitted 656 entries for the Kindle WiFi Giveaway.</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I enjoyed meeting lots of new folks through emails and some of the forums this month. For me this serves a couple of purposes- one, is that when you spend all day writing, it's a nice break to be able to interact with people. The other is that I would really like to continue to do what I love- and you guys play a huge role in that.</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Every month since I published Crescent Rising has seen significant growth. This month was the best with over seven hundred people deciding to take a chance on the books of this unknown writer. So, more than anything I would like to say THANK YOU!</span></b><br />
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</div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/DeJPvODRY4c?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Zack Hamrichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16652626060888498815noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174434179863862346.post-29136350422189456282010-12-11T08:03:00.000-08:002010-12-25T10:14:27.380-08:00A Kindle For Christmas to say "Thank You" to my readers.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVOp5CIQRLqdi_ZsvfYELIiFUhJOs81Lla3D_X4u9h4b8m4R0O9KH1p9N5g0cWyvVYfw68p6qSE_XfwkksEcePrLC8NgSqjgYI2YiK9lcFVxPvKvpEpASOd9jtMALpwO_iGCHS7QHCqk/s1600/kindlez.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530555347756828402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVOp5CIQRLqdi_ZsvfYELIiFUhJOs81Lla3D_X4u9h4b8m4R0O9KH1p9N5g0cWyvVYfw68p6qSE_XfwkksEcePrLC8NgSqjgYI2YiK9lcFVxPvKvpEpASOd9jtMALpwO_iGCHS7QHCqk/s400/kindlez.jpg" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 286px;" /></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Last month, I enjoyed hearing from many new friends who entered my two Kindle giveaways during the month of November. I thought it would be appropriate to give away another Kindle this month to thank the many readers who have been kind enough to support my two thrillers, Crescent Rising and Blank Slate.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>On December 31, I will post a video of the drawing. The winner will receive a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">$139 Amazon Gift Card for a a Kindle WiFi</span> (Our last winner used the gift card, put in a few additional $$ and got the 3G version- it's totally up to you...) If you are able to use a Kindle Gift Card in the country you live in, you're eligible to enter.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>How do you enter? Very simple- <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">send me a copy of your Amazon receipt to zacharyhamric@hotmail.com</span> and you're entered. Leave a comment on the blog and I'll be looking for your entry...</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>How many entries will there be? Last month I sold 443 books- I would suspect that unless you follow me regularly on Facebook or the Amazon discussion boards, most people will never see this contest. If this month is similar, I would expect maybe 300 entries total- so the odds are good! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">If there's some excitement about this contest and I crack 1,000 books for the month, I'll share the wealth and give away 2 Kindles instead of 1...</span></b></span><br />
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</b> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Good Luck! ...and Thanks Again for the support!</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">...and I thought I'd share the latest 5 Star Review from <a href="http://syriasays.com/">SyriaSays</a></span><br />
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padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></div></span><div class="paragraph" style="display: block; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #993399; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #ffcc66; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">Storyline</span></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #ffcc66; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">:</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #ffcc66; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"> </span> </span><strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; position: relative;">Crescent Rising</em></strong> is a Rising star among techno-thrillers.<span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"> </span>It is a complex tale of international terror in which an off-the-radar operative name Ryan starts off serenely enough on a holiday, trying to rid himself of a ghost from his past by climbing the east face of Mount McKinley (a hair-raising endeavor worthy of a book all its own in my opinion).<span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"> </span>Just as he reaches the top and tries to relax, he is suddenly plunged back into the world of hi-tech, super secret intelligence operations when an unexpected visitor shows up on the summit with him.<span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"> </span></span></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #993399; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">The plot goes global ranging from California to the Middle East to the Arctic Coast of Russia as terrorists plan to carry out a super plot right under the noses of the United States government.</span></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #993399; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">Only Ryan's personal happenstance romantic involvement with a beautiful woman who, along with her father, turns out to be victims of the terrorists' victims spurs him on to solve the crime before it happens. </span></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;" /><span style="color: #993399; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #ffcc66; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">Grammar/Spelling</span></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #ffcc66; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">: </span>Very well written.<span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"> </span>Very few grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors, if any, were noted.</span></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; 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padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"> </span>He also takes the reader on an odyssey of activities from manning a super-surveillance attack boat to climbing a sheer rock face to operating a rust-bucket tug in Russian waters.</span></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;" /><span style="color: #993399; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; 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A surprisingly understandable techno-thriller with overtones of romance on the back burner.<span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"> </span>My only complaints, if you can call them complaints or simply preferences, is that some of the good guys seemed a bit over the top and James Bond-like, bigger than life and their names matched them.<span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"> </span>I personally would have liked to see a bit more of their 'feminine sides'. Ha! I can say that because I'm a girl!<span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"> </span>What I mean is that I like a little more sensitivity and less brawn in my heroes, but I understand that the majority of techno-thriller fans are male and so they might not agree.<span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"> </span>Great book.</span></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #993399; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">Some sexual content, violence, graphic language.</span></span></div><br />
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<div><b>I'm pleased to announce the release of my 2nd novel "BLANK SLATE"</b> on Amazon and other eBook formats on October 21. To celebrate and help promote the release, <b>I am giving away a new $139 Kindle Wi-Fi</b> on November 28. </div><div><br />
</div><div><b>How can you enter? And how many times can you enter?</b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The first day of the contest, a reader bought both books, tweeted, and Facebooked- for a total of 6 entries for the day! Your odds are good- we're only expecting 150 entries!</span></b></div><div><br />
</div><div>You have several choices- Every time you do one of these- you get an additional entry...</div><div><b>Be sure to comment here or send an email to zacharyhamric@hotmail.com- it's the only way I know you've entered!</b></div><div><br />
</div><div><ul><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">SHARE THE LINK</span></b> on your Facebook account.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>This choice is a great one- Everytime you share, it counts as one entry. So, please Share Often! All you need to do is click the "Share" button at the upper left...Be sure to leave a comment on the blog to let me know you shared.</li>
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<ul><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">PURCHASE EITHER <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blank-Slate-Jackle-Novel-ebook/dp/B00486U4EE/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Blank Slate</span></a> or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crescent-Rising-Black-Thriller-ebook/dp/B003OIBNDI/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Crescent Rising</span></a></span></b>- both currently available on Amazon. Send a copy of the receipt to ZacharyHamric@hotmail.com. Hint- This gets you <b>two</b> entries. If you are one of the first 50 to purchase BLANK SLATE, you have an invitation to come sailing with us on Dolce Vita if you happen to be in Sarasota.</li>
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<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc66cc;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">TWEET ABOUT THE CONTEST</span>- <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Tweet the following to your thousands of followers-"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc66cc;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important;"><b><span style="color: #36cc00; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I entered the BLANK SLATE Kindle Giveaway Contest. </span></span></b></div></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc66cc;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc66cc;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important;"><b><span style="color: #36cc00; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">To Enter: http://bit.ly/b2vbLk Each Tweet is 1 entry!</span></span></b></div></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc66cc;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">" </span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc66cc;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc66cc;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></b></span>Tweet often- every Tweet counts as an entry!- Leave a comment so I know you tweeted...</span></span></b></span></li>
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</div><div>I'll hold the drawing at 8:00 on November 28, 2010. I'll post a video of the drawing that evening...</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Are you eligible?</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> If you are able to buy a Kindle online from Amazon in the country you live in- you're eligible! I will be giving a $139 Amazon Gift Card so you can have some flexibility in how you use it- If you're in the US, it will buy you the $139 Kindle WiFi version or you can use the credit against a DX- I will send out the card by midnight Friday night! </span></div><div><br />
</div><div>Good Luck!</div><div>Zack</div><div><br />
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