Welcome To My New Website! #celebration #rafflecopter #giftcards
Thanks for stopping by to join in for my five-day-long celebration! (August 8- 12) At last, at last, I have a new website and even more importantly, after hanging around in blog limbo for the last few years, I HAVE A BLOG AGAIN! Woot!
All the thanks and credit goes to Memphis McKay and Jennifer L. Oliver, two super-fantabulous ladies who are positively sensational to work with, as well as being creative geniuses. In addition to designing websites, Jennifer is an author and runs a virtual assistant business: Sidekick Jenn-Author Assistant. Whereas Memphis McKay is the parent company of Pen + Pixel, which is an author website design business these two gifted entrepreneurs are in the process of launching. Pen + Pixel is advertised as: Author Sites, Done Right. I can tell you that they absolutely did the “author site, done right” for me!
I mean, look around, isn’t the website great? Blues and grays are my favorite colors. And they also managed to incorporate my picture; yes, those are my hands (excuse the wrinkles, but these old hands have been through a lot) and my old computer before it died. That picture has a very special meaning to me, and I am SO HAPPY they were able to use it for my website!
Now for the fun part! To celebrate my new Diana Layne website launch, I am running a rafflecopter. This is my first attempt at a rafflecopter and I hope I’m doing it right! Me and technology aren’t always besties, y’know?
First prize will be a Kindle Fire along with a $25 Amazon Gift Card. While it’s true, this is the least expensive Kindle Fire, I have one myself and it is a powerhouse little tablet. I have a 10 inch, too, that was showing signs of dying and I snagged one of these in a Valentine’s Day deal I think. And I love it! It has Amazon Underground apps where you can get lots of cool apps for free, and I use it to read and watch Netflix and Amazon Prime videos. Given it’s so much lighter than my 10 inch, it’s easier for me to read on, too, because it doesn’t hurt my hands to hold it (I have arthritis.) So anyway, I love this little Fire and I hope if you win it, that you will love it, too.
Second prize is a $25 Amazon gift card and I am offering (3) third prizes, $10 Amazon gift cards.
You’ll notice most of the tasks on the rafflecopter are for following me; yes, I’m such a narcissist, lol. No, seriously, my goal is to have a way to let you know when I release a new book or when I run sales on my current books. (And if you already have my current releases, you can always tell your friends, getting the word out is VITAL for any author!)
If you’ve already done one of the tasks (like signed up for my newsletter or followed me on Facebook) then check that one off. And I listed a tweet (if I did it right) if you’re on Twitter. There’s also an entry for you to follow Pen + Pixel on Facebook so you’ll be in the know when they officially launch their author website business. So if you’re an author, or if you know an author, you’ll want to keep up with that!
In addition…ONE LAST VERY IMPORTANT THING! Trust No One (Vista Security Book 2) is FREE all this week and The Good Daughter: A Mafia Story (Vista Security Book 1) and Edge of Trust (Vista Security Book 3) are discounted to 99 cents! (August 8 – 12) While they are part of a series, I wrote them where you won’t get lost if you read them out of order. If you already have your copies (thank you!) then be sure to tell your friends! The deal will be over soon!
Thank you again for helping me celebrate! And tell your friends, the more the merrier!
A note about the rafflecopter: I put in the terms and limits that the prizes are awarded to USA citizens only; however, I know I have readers from different countries. If you live in a different country and want to join in; if you win, I will do my best to get the Kindle Fire and/or Amazon gift cards for your country to you. No promises, it looks like it might be complicated, but I would try.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
August 8, 2016 @ 5:43 am
I’m up in the early AM and I’m trying to add Trust No One to my Kindle, but Amazon says it’s only free to Kindle Unlimited users and is showing a purchase price of $3.49. What gives? Am I trying to access the freebie a little too early? Try again after 8AM maybe?
August 8, 2016 @ 11:28 am
Hi, Karen,
Yes, likely too early! It’s me and that technology thing again! I tried to schedule this blog to post later and the books to go FREE and 99 cents earlier but it didn’t work for some reason. No idea what I did wrong, sorry! I’m showing that Trust No One is free now and the 99 cent books are 99 cents in the UK but not in the USA yet. My Amazon dashboard is showing it’s in progress so maybe they will catch up to us soon!
August 8, 2016 @ 8:05 am
Thank you a lot for your generosity!! i love the look of the website!
August 8, 2016 @ 3:09 pm
Thank you and good luck!
August 8, 2016 @ 3:57 pm
Website looks cool! Thanks for the giveaways, Diana.
August 8, 2016 @ 5:15 pm
Thank you and good luck!
August 8, 2016 @ 4:19 pm
Thank you for the mention, Diana!
We are so glad you love your site! We enjoyed working with you and helping bring it to life. 😀
August 9, 2016 @ 2:41 am
It was an amazing experience…thank you!
August 8, 2016 @ 5:56 pm
Thanks for the giveaways and love the blog !!
August 9, 2016 @ 2:42 am
Thank you and good luck!
August 8, 2016 @ 6:16 pm
Congrats on your new Website!
August 9, 2016 @ 2:42 am
Thank you and good luck!
August 9, 2016 @ 4:06 pm
Love your new website. Blue is my fav color, too. Best wishes.
August 12, 2016 @ 1:39 pm
Thank you, Diane!
August 11, 2016 @ 12:25 am
Well, I tried. Not sure how successful I was because I seem to be a little Rafflecopter challenged. Regardless, congrats on the new site. It’s gorgeous! 🙂
August 12, 2016 @ 1:39 pm
good luck! This was my first time setting up a rafflecopter and I definitely didn’t know what I was doing!
August 20, 2016 @ 12:06 pm
I see your giveaway has ended so I was wondering if you will be posting winner’s names any time soon?
September 1, 2016 @ 3:57 pm
Yes! Just posted today, this link tells why I was late. http://dianalayne.com/2016/09/01/winners-and-surprise-bonus-content-info-contestwinners-kindlefire-giftcards-newcontent/
Thank you!