Stuff You Absolutely Must Know

Happy Hump Day!

I have a couple of things to catch you up on.

First, there is a book blast going on for Super Bad; Super Villain Academy Book 3. It's hosted by I Am A Reader Not A Writer. Seriously, Kathy at I Am A Reader is like a blog goddess. I revere her blog skills. Not only has she recruited a gazillion awesome bloggers to share the book info all over the interwebs between now and the 24th, but there is a $100 gift card up for grabs too. Yep, that's right. You might win $100 to spend on Amazon or via Pay Pal. What would you do with an extra C-note?  Well, find out! You can enter all the way up to September 6th. I'd appreciate if you shared the giveaway post you visit too. Help me get Super Bad in front of all the readers! When you see a post or tweet about the giveaway, please click on it to enter. Or, if you'd rather hop on over now, here's a link to just one of the amazing blogs sharing the giveaway.




And on the topic of giveaways, I have a giveaway going on exclusively for my email subscribers. If you already subscribe, scan the last newsletter I sent out to find out how to enter, or drop me an email asking for the giveaway link. If you don't subscribe, this is a good time to start. You get one entry for each of my books you review. Plus one entry of each place you post the review. Plus-plus, when you subscribe, I send you a copy of Ella's Story (a Worth the Effort novella) for free. How easy can it be? You get the first book for free. Read it. Review it and post the review on Amazon, Goodreads, and your blog and you get 3 entries. Bam. Done. Next book...You have until September 30th to read and review. Now's a great time to get started. Subscribe here:





Lightning Quick Reads is celebrating the #DogDays of summer all month with short stories related (somehow) to the topic. You can help by posting a picture of your pooch on LQR's Facebook page. We'd love to see what melts your heart. Be sure to read my story, Into the Fire, while you're there. Plus the other great contributions.


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  1. Kelly HashwayAugust 19, 2015 at 3:00 PM

    You have so many good things going on, Kai. Congrats!

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  2. Beverly Stowe McClureAugust 24, 2015 at 11:03 AM

    Entered your giveaway and hope to read some of the Lightning Quick Reads this month. If only I could catch up. :)

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    1. Kai Strand, AuthorAugust 25, 2015 at 5:50 PM

      Thanks for sharing the info about the giveaway, too. Good luck on the drawing.

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