Friday, May 22, 2015

RT 2015 Memories

Hello Lovely Readers and Writers!

I just returned from 2015 Romantic Times Booklovers Convention in Dallas, Texas. As with every RT hoo-rah, this one was a blast, as well. Loved seeing old friends and meeting new ones. My Developing Brand You marketing workshop and Pitch Perfect workshop went great. WHEW! And the annual Shooting Stars Gala hosted by the Seymour Agency and Bent Agency was packed with readers and bloggers! Here's a few of shots:

Cover model, professional actor and red carpet host Billy Freda. We've known each other for years and huge shout to Billy for assisting with "Red Carpet" Interviews in my branding workshop!

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My table at the Shooting Stars Gala giving away a "Southern Summer" basket.

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Some of the Seymour Agency authors meeting with Elle Asher, winner of our "meet the authors" contest with proceeds going to literacy charity. Pictures are Asher, me, Terri Stanton, Reese Monroe, Julie Ann Walker, and Kate Meador.

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My fabulous agent Nicole Resciniti.
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Literary agent at The Seymour Agency - Lane Heymont
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My dear friend I've known since my first RT three years ago, Dennis Pozzessere (Heather Graham's hubby). He has the coolest stories.
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Yeah that's me on a bull! Sooo much harder than it looks!
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Giving a copy of my children's picture book to cover model Mark Johnson's daughter. Such a cutie.
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Hope to see everyone in Vegas next year!

Southern Smiles,
Casey Crow

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Kindle Scout and my Civil War Time Travel Romance...



The clock is ticking...I have only a few days left to go through my 140,000+ word Kindle Scout manuscript LOVE ME FOREVER before I hand it in to the KS editors.

My book was chosen for publication (thank you to everyone who nominated my story!), then you have 30 days to check it over...

I'm fact checking again, looking for lost words...and yes, adding bits of stuff, which is how I got to over 140,000 words.

So please forgive me if this is a short post...I'll be back next time with a post about the Kindle Scout experience!

Till then...back to checking my story...



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LOVE ME FOREVER

She wore gray.
He wore blue.
But their love defied the boundaries of war.
And time.

LOVE ME FOREVER is on Kindle Scout — you can read the first 5,000 words HERE. You’ll meet both my heroines and both my heroes in the excerpt. It’s a saga of love and romance and war. Believe me, I walked every road, fought every battle with my characters, even walked around in a hoop skirt to “get it right.”

This is a book of the heart…any questions? Please ask!!
 Thanks for stopping by.

~Jina

Friday, May 8, 2015

RT Booklover's Conference next week with the yummy Billy Freda!


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The Romantic Times Booklovers Convention is next week in Dallas. I'm excited to announce that my good friend (and incredibly yummy male specimen) Billy Freda will be participating in my "Developing Brand You" Marketing workshop on Thursday at 4:00. The wonderful erotic author Sparrow Beckett will also be joining us. 

As you may know from his 200+ book covers, Billy is a legend in the romance world. He's also a professional actor and red carpet host who'll be interviewing members of the audience. Sparrow and I will then critique the interview so authors can learn how to better market themselves. 

The other workshop is I'm presenting is "Pitch Perfect" with some serious star power. (Not me! LOL). YA author Brenda Drake, Agent Louise Fury and Entangled Publishing CEO Liz Pelletier. That's on Friday at 11:15. 

If you're at RT, please look me up. Would love to see you and just because Billy is so delicious (and smart and nice and witty) here's another pic. And little known fact, his dad looks exactly like Kasey Kasem! Totally freaked me out when I met him!  
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                                                                                                           Southern Smiles,


                                                                                                                Casey Crow

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

My Kindle Scout book "Love Me Forever" was selected for publication...thank you!

We’ve been on a journey, you and me.

A trip through time for the past thirty days as I shared with you snippets and excerpts from my book of the heart, LOVE ME FOREVER. A Civil War time travel that takes place from 1862-1863.
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My Kindle Scout book was on the Hot list throughout the month...and the last day of my campaign!
It’s a big, family saga with two feisty heroines and the military men they love.

My KS campaign was a crazy roller coaster ride.

I promoted my campaign by posting a blog every day with a new graphic I designed, tweeted, etc. until I was bleary-eyed. I hope you’ve enjoyed the graphics–I enjoyed putting them together, finding the joy and the angst in writing about a war that so divided our nation, but made it stronger.

Like families.

Yes, we argue, we fret, we make up, but nothing is stronger than family.

Family is the theme of LOVE ME FOREVER. Two very different women, time-traveler Liberty Jordan and Tennessee belle Pauletta Sue Buckingham, with different ideas and different backgrounds are thrown together in a mad, crazy scheme of spying, lost love, and passionate desire for what they can’t have.

The men they love.

Do they get their men?

Well, it is a romance, but it’s also a wild dramatic journey based on actual events in the Civil War. Liberty and Pauletta Sue will make you cheer, then cry, then hold your breath when it looks like all is lost…

Thank you to everyone who nominated LOVE ME FOREVER!!! You'll receive a free advance copy.

 Jina

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LOVE ME FOREVER

She wore gray.
He wore blue.
But their love defied the boundaries of war.
And time.

LOVE ME FOREVER is on Kindle Scout — you can read the first 5,000 words HERE. You’ll meet both my heroines and both my heroes in the excerpt. It’s a saga of love and romance and war. Believe me, I walked every road, fought every battle with my characters, even walked around in a hoop skirt to “get it right.”

This is a book of the heart…any questions? Please ask!!