30 Days of Freebie Giveaways!!! Day #1 - Guest Author M.J. Fredrick!

It's here! The 30 Days of Freebie Giveways! For the next 30 days I'll be hosting some fabulous authors here on my blog. You'll get to learn a little about their writing and books, and every day I'll have a contest for some kind of free goodie. Books, jewelry, gift cards...you won't want to miss these prizes!

The rules are simple...just read the blog, when you see a prize you want, just answer the question at the end of the post and leave a comment in the comment section to be entered into the drawing. It's that easy!!

So let's get started!

M.J. Fredrick writes for Sahmain Publishing and The Wild Rose Press. She's a mom, a wife, a teacher and a writer. She has three cats and a dog to keep her company. She love bookstores and libraries and Blockbuster - and admits movies are her greatest weakness.

Today M.J. is giving away an autographed copy of her recent release, HOT SHOT, to one lucky commenter. Read on for info on how to enter the drawing.





Blurb:
Their passion rivals the fires they battle.

Peyton Michaels expected her assignment to be simple—write an article about everyday heroes. Heroes like Hot Shot firefighter Gabe Cooper. She never expected to find herself running up a mountain, a wildfire nipping at her heels, her life in his hands.

And she never expected to be drawn to Gabe. After the loss of her husband in the line of duty, the last thing she wants is to fall in love with yet another man who routinely puts his life at risk.

Gabe has had enough of women who want to make him into someone he’s not. Women like his ex, who couldn’t handle the heat of his job. Like Peyton, who sees him as a hero when he’s just a man doing a job. Except time after time, the pesky reporter proves her mettle. And gets deeper under his skin.

But there’s an arsonist at work, and danger is closing in with the speed of a raging brush fire. Peyton and Gabe have to dig deep for what it takes to be a real hero—to find the courage to reach out and grab a forever kind of love. Before it’s too late.

Vist the author's website at www.mjfredrick.com

Welcome M.J.!

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What TV has taught me about writing chapter hooks?
by M.J. Fredrick

You know the feeling, right? You’re reading a good book, your eyes are drifting, telling you it’s time to turn out the lights. After all, you have work tomorrow and you need to be on your toes. You promise yourself you’ll JUST read to the end of the chapter, then turn out the lights.

Then that blasted author ends on a hook, and you just have to turn the page. One more chapter.

I love writing end of chapter hooks. And where do I get my inspiration? Where I get my inspiration for everything else---TV.

I was raised on “Who Shot JR?”

I gasped aloud at the end of a season of Alias when Vaughn and Sydney were finally going to have a romantic weekend and he revealed his name wasn’t really Vaughn, just before a car slammed into them.

I cried when the Others stole Walt at the end of season one of LOST.

I was stunned when Meredith and McDreamy were heading out of Seattle Grace, only to be accosted by McDreamy’s wife on Grey’s Anatomy.

I couldn’t believe that Buffy died in season 5 of, well, Buffy.

I fretted over who was pregnant on Friends.

And of course (you knew it would be here) I sobbed when Dean died at the end of season 4 of Supernatural. (The end of season 1 was a great cliffhanger, too, what with the Impala being mutilated in a crash with a semi and a demon standing over the unconscious Winchesters.)

Look for M.J.'s next book, BENEATH THE SURFACE, coming to ebook in September.

To be entered into the drawing for HOT SHOT, simply answer this question:

What are some of your favorite cliffhangers in TV?