Greetings! I’ve just returned home from a whirlwind of festivals. First up was the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival in New Orleans followed the next weekend by the Lone Star Lesfic Festival in Austin.
Both events were full of great panels and readings and I’m grateful for the opportunity to connect with readers and fellow authors in such fun venues. There are so many fantastic events in the spring, but these are a couple of my go-to festivals.
Sometime in the midst of these goings-on, I managed to turn in the edits to my August release, Sidebar, and now I’m back to work on my December release, A More Perfect Union. AND the postman left a box full of my May release, Letter of the Law, the third book in the Lone Star Law series, on my front porch.
So, let’s do a giveaway. I’ve got two prerelease copies of Letter of the Law up for grabs (ebook only for winners outside the US). Just leave a comment below telling us one of your favorite things about spring. I’ll draw the winners on Sunday, April 9th, so get your comments in by midnight CDT, Saturday, April 8th.
Cheers!
… best thing I have seen about THIS spring is a new Carsen Taite!!! [ebook]
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The weather. I love the warm weather that Spring brings. (and the ability to get back outdoors.)
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Indigo Girls singing “Southland in the Springtime” sitting on our breezy back deck make me love this time of year!
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Best thing about spring? A riot of color outside after months of grey and white on the ground and in the sky. Goodbye to the winter blues. 🙂
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My favorite thing about spring are the awesome sunsets, they are always a perfect end to my crazy day’s
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I love the return of the Hummingbirds!
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I always love to see my first Robin and all the other birds become so much mo vocal. Except when it’s 4:00 in the morning right outside my window.
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One of my fav things about Spring are the longer days of light. It feels energizing.
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Spring, seasonal change for more sunshine and still air conditioned like weather. Change in wardrobe too from heavy winter wear.
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My favorite part of Spring is watching 5+ feet of snow slowly, and I mean slowly, melt away. Thankfully, the lawn is showing and things are turning green…..which always is a sign of hope to me.
Thanks for offering to give away a book, I always look forward to reading your novels.
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I like the long days!
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I Love Spring, because it’s one step closer to Summer.
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Sadly I have tried multiple times but I have not been able to post my comment.
On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 9:02 AM, Women and Words wrote:
> Carsen Taite posted: “Greetings! I’ve just returned home from a whirlwind > of festivals. First up was the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival in New > Orleans followed the next weekend by the Lone Star Lesfic Festival in > Austin. Both events were full of great panels a” >
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All the flowers, warmer weather and longer days. A sense of hope.
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The warmer weather, and being able to spend time on the beach, or grilling outside.
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Spring to me is colour arriving in the garden with the yellows of daffodils and primroses and the woodlands covered in a carpet of blue from the bluebells. I love it when I see the blue tits popping in and out of the various bird boxes we have, getting them ready for their brood. Also spring means camping time and getttng out in our motorhome and spending the weekend with my head stuck in a book.
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Bright yellow daffodils, burst of colour pulling us towards summer x
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Spring to me is being able to let my18 month old great niece run around the garden till she drops asleep on my sofa and let’s me have an hours reading in peace.
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Warmer weather, flowers blooming and grass turning back to green!
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The emergence of all the flowers, birds chirping in early mornings, how anything seems possible in the early hours of the dawn.
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Spring is a time for renewal, longer days, colourful flowers and everyone you meet seems to have a happier outlook on life. I love watching the young lambs learning to play and enjoy sunshine.
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I live in the Caribbean so I don’t really experience a Spring like you do. but we have the blossom of the Poui Trees, kites of all shapes and colors being flown by young and old, mangoes of many varieties and beach days. Just can’t be beat.
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The sun! The sun! The sun!
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Best thing about Spring? Is that the snow is off the beach and the tides bring in fantastic treasures. Vancouver Island has the best flotsam and jetsam in the Spring. Would love to read the new book, Letter of the Law and I promise to read it on the beach! Thanks, folks.
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Weather in the 80s during the day and reasonably cool at night. I live in Florida so my favorite thing about spring is the perfect weather. And yes, I’d love to read the new book!
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I love the world around me coming back to life!
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I love the smell of fresh spring rain. And boy have we been having a lot of it lately. Makes my heart sing. 🙂
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The roses, daffodils and tulips bursting with color.
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Even though it is Autumn here, or as you call it ‘fall’, I can still remember what spring is like as we are having 30 C days at the moment. My favourite part of spring is shaving my legs after the winter growth and wearing shorts for the first time in the season. Apart from looking at ‘lily-whites’ for a few weeks, it’s all good!
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I love spring flowers. Even going through town I keep my eyes on gardens, looking for, and admiring every new, bold, bright little face.
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It’s a toss up between the new fresh pale green shoots of the larch trees or the furry catkins of the pussy willows.
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Good luck with the new book! What I like about Spring in this part of the world is…Crisp mornings with warming big blue skies throughout the day!
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Best part of spring is the new life: bright green leaves, baby birds chirping and flowers everywhere.
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I’m really enjoying the trees blossoming and flowers, Of course this is the second or third time around for some of them, since we’ve had crazy up and down temps. Here’s hoping Spring is actually here to stay .
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I enjoy the return of the birds, searching for the bright blue of the first flowers to bloom, and finally being able to sit outside with a cup of tea while reading my book.
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The Calla Lilies are blooming! Love this time of year because everything starts blooming and lets you know there is a fresh start for everything.
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My favorite part of spring are the wildflowers, particularly the California poppies. This year is particularly amazing thanks to the buckets and buckets of rain we have had. And of course, living on the Monterey Bay, I am looking forward to the return of the humpback whales in a few weeks.
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Thanks for all your comments! The winners of the drawing are Beth and Susan Mclachlin and you both will receive an email from me with instructions on how to claim your prize. Have a great spring, everyone 🙂
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