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Battaglia Update!

Rico Elbaz is Giovanni Battaglia!

Yesterday I got a update from Rico! The Vegas photo shoot for my Mafia Series 'Battaglia' went off lovely! Oh Wait! I haven't told you? Well honey, let me be the first to dish! Rico Elbaz has signed on to do my Mafia Series cover as my sexy mafia Don Giovanni Battaglia. He and a lovely African American model shot photos for the upcoming book covers. I can't tell you how EXCITED I am. Rico is sooooo sexy, and he's part Sicilian! Yummy! He's perfect.

Win a Kindle Fire!

That's right ladies. It's up to you. The Kindle Fire is the latest and greatest edition to the e-reader mania. A cross between the advance technology of a IPAD with the sleek ease in design for shelving and purchasing e-books, this is a must have. As shared before the competition requires that you are currently a member of the Sienna Mynx Yahoo group. Have you registered? Do so today!

What are the contest rules? The Divas Pen wants to reward a loyal reader and fan who has been a consistent follower, supporter, and reviewer of Sienna Mynx Works. In the Yahoo Group you will find questions on the last two books released by Sienna Mynx. You will need to answer all 12 and send an email of your completion to diva@thedivaspen.com. The email should be sent in before midnight October 14th. Each participant will include a lucky number between 1 and 4. The number that is chosen the most will narrow the pool for the drawing. Example: Everyone has chosen lucky number `3'. This means that the third person who sent in the correct answers is the winner. Tricky? Not really, it's a great fair way to chose the winner. Sign up today and send your answers in right away. So far we only have one participant so there remains time for you to win.

If you have any questions or concerns leave a note here on the blog and I will respond.

Good luck and may the best Diva win!
SM

Reviews: Good, Bad, Hurtful?

I read once that most writers are introverts, shy, and withdrawn. That the creative process is such a personal journey for an author each book penned (good, bad, ugly) is an extension of them. Criticize their work and it's like you cut off an arm, a leg, some core piece of them. Think of your favorite doll as a child or toy truck. Think of how you loved and adored it with all your heart. Remember the fantasies you created for it, the world you escape into when you held it or ran it across the carpet. Then think of a person, a stranger, coming in with an axe or hammer and smashing it to pieces in front of you. Can you feel where I'm coming from?

That's why it comes as no surprise that I still cringe when I get the 'hated it!' review.

I've been published since 2008, but I started writing free stories in 2005. One would think that at this point I would have teflon skin. I wish. I've not had a lot of scathing reviews, and I freely admit that some of the unfavorable ones I received over the years shared insight into my stories that I was too close to see. But through it all, my golden rule is to sit back and read reviews in small doses as they trickle in but never engage. Nope, I can cry to my friends, and carry on.

Pillow Talk Ebooks

I recently learned of a E-Book Store that features quality Interracial Romances. They even offer 'free reads' from some of the more popular Multicultural Romance Authors. How can one sleep on this? I want to invite my readers, to go over to http://www.pillowtalkebooks.com/ and check out the features of this E-store.

I can share with you, that in the upcoming weeks I plan to release a free 'ebook' over there as well.
So swing on by!