It’s spring break here, which means my gremlins are home 24/7 until next Monday. I’m trying to get some writing done while they’re home, but it’s a struggle. Over the weekend we were here (see photo on right) at Black Butte Ranch in Central Oregon with friends who own a house there. Saturday the guys took the kids golfing (it was 66 degrees). Sunday my girlfriend and I took them snowboarding 15 miles up the road at the Hoodoo Ski Area. Where else but in Oregon can you go golfing one day and skiing the next, all within 15 miles of each other?

This week is a wild one for me. On top of writing, I’m speaking at the PLA Conference in Portland on Thursday with John Charles from the Chicago Tribune/Booklist, Elizabeth Boyle, Christina Dodd & Nicole Burnham. My editor’s flying in for the conference as well, so she and I are gonna grab dinner one night, which I’m really looking forward to. Tomorrow I have an “online appt” to get my computer fixed (grrr…it’s still giving me fits) and I’m hoping that takes care of my tech issues. And somewhere in there I promised my kids I’d take them to see the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie, which opened last weekend.

I also have some good news, but I can’t share yet. Kinda waiting for the official announcement. Will let you know more when I can (hopefully soon!)

In the meantime, if you’re browsing for something to read, I’m over at the Bradford Bunch talking about reviews. And if you haven’t signed up for my newsletter yet, go do it. I still have MARKED ARCs and I’m going to draw a name from my newsletter and send someone a lucky book. Friday. Let’s say I’ll do it on Friday! So go sign up!

It’s not the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, BUT…I feel like giving away an ARC of MARKED today in honor of the holiday! (My Eternal Guardians are definitely not Irish, but I am, so what I say goes.)

Here’s how we’ll do it. I’m going to list off five questions. You have to find the answers. (Google, anyone?) Come back here, post your answers in the comment section. Everyone who posts the five correct answers will be entered into the drawing. Easy stuff.

Since my “guys” are Greek (not Irish), the five questions deal with Greek Mythology.

Ready? Here we go.

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1. Who is considered the greatest of the Greek heroes?
(Hint: This has something to do with MARKED!)

2. Who is Hades’s consort?
(Hint: She’s also known as the Queen of the Underworld.)

3. Which hero led the Argonauts?
(Hint: Think – The Golden Fleece.)

4. Who are the “big three” gods of the pantheon?
(Hint: One rules the sky, one rules the ocean and one rules the Underworld. Oh, and they’re brothers.)

5. Can you name the three Furies?
(Hint: This should be a no-brainer if you read STOLEN FURY. If not, you should easily be able to find it.)

That’s it. Five questions. I’ll choose a winner tomorrow from all who comment with the correct answers today.

Ready…Set…Go!!!

Oy…it’s been a while since I’ve been here. Sorry! I have a good excuse.

Two weekends ago I went to an awesome weekend writers workshop and left my laptop at home. (And if you’ve never listened to Michael Hauge, and you’re a writer, your really should find where he’s speaking and go listen. The man is amazing.) My kids played on my laptop while I was gone and somehow downloaded a virus which has totally mucked up my system. After a week of trying to clean it up I have nearly everything working except for Google. And since blogger works off Google log-in info…yeah. I haven’t been able to blog. Grrrrrrrrrr… Right now I’m on the netbook but hoping to get my regular laptop back up and running soon. (Oh please, oh please, oh please…)

Aside from working on pulling my eyebrows out over the computer issue, I’ve been working on TEMPTED (Eternal Guardians book 3). The book is going good and I’m loving the characters.

In other news, I got an A+ review today on STOLEN SEDUCTION from The Good The Bad & the Unread! I can’t remember the last time I got an A+ on anything! My good friend (and fellow writer) Kristina McMorris has a way of keeping me firmly rooted in reality, however. When I told her about the review, she said, “…do you really think it’s a healthy policy to award a PERFECT grade to any author? I mean, where does an author aspire to go from there? Basically, they’re saying you just penned “The Sixth Sense” as one of your first books. And we all know what happened to THAT director since. All downhill from there.” Ah, thank goodness for friends who know how to bring everything back into focus. LOL

So let’s see…in other news…I have a few ARCs of MARKED left and I’m thinking of running a newsletter contest. If you haven’t signed up for my newsletter…go do it soon!!! (The sign up form is on the bottom of the home page.) You just never know when I’m gonna start handing out ARCs!

Oh! And I almost forgot! Stay tuned because my new updated website is going to go live sometime this month! It’s really really really really awesome (did I say really? Trust me. It’s REALLY awesome.)

Hope you’re all well.

Okay, so I lied. I said I’d post the ARC winner of MARKED yesterday but didn’t. I had a crazy busy day, so apologies.

BUT…because I’m feeling so generous (and got tons of work done yesterday), I decided to give away not one but TWO ARCs of MARKED!!!

Wendy (#7)

and

Dawn (#29)

email me at elisabeth@elisabethnaughton.com with your snail mail addys and I’ll get your book(s) in the mail!!

If you didn’t win, don’t despair. Follow me on Twitter (if you aren’t already) and pay attention because because I’ll have more ARCs to giveaway there soon!

Thanks to all who entered and spread the word about MARKED. Keep talking up the book and series, please!

Today I received the BEST present: a gorgeous shipment of ARCs for MARKED! Since I’m in such a good mood, I thought I’d run a contest. So who wants an early read of book one in my new Eternal Guardians series? I’ve got two ARCs up for grabs.

Here’s all you have to do to enter:

See this lovely widget?

Click the “share” link in the lower right hand corner. Post the widget on your blog, your website, your myspace page, your facebook page, etc. Every time you post it somewhere you’re entered in the contest. Every time you post it to a static sidebar (on FB this is the “my stuff” box) you’re entered 3 times. Post it, then come back here and give me the link in the comment section of this post. That’s it! (If you want a smaller version of the widget, GO HERE.)

I’ll keep the contest open for a week and announce the winners on Friday, February 5th.

Good luck!!