Chelle Cordero and VHP to Donate to Relief Efforts for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster

Chelle Cordero and Vanilla Heart Publishing are donating 25% of publisher proceeds on sales of Hostage Heart to aid recovery and cleanup efforts of damages to Breton National Wildlife Refuge caused by Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster…

through June 8, 2010

in any format – Print, Ebook, and Kindle

Chelle Cordero, author of eight romantic suspense novels and a thriller murder mystery, and Vanilla Heart Publishing, are sponsoring a month-long promotion to benefit clean up and conservation efforts resulting from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

Chelle’s romantic suspense, Hostage Heart, published by Vanilla Heart Publishing in July, 2009, is a suspenseful romance deeply rooted in the Louisiana delta, and Chelle and VHP will be donating to a local Louisiana organization involved in the recovery and cleanup of the Chandeleur Islands, barrier islands that are part of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge, teeming with birds, marine life, and plant life that will be affected by the oil slick, tarballs, and more from the oil spill.

The Breton refuge is an important breeding and nesting area for many endangered and threatened bird species. “Oiled birds, including a gannet and brown pelicans, Louisiana's state bird, have been found on the islands,” said Jeff Dauzat of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

Hostage Heart by Chelle Cordero

Life was hard after the hurricanes swept through, destroying her parents' home and livelihood...Deanna did the only thing she could do. She moved to New York City, found a job, worked hard, scrimped and saved to send what little she could manage back home to Louisiana to her parents.

An errand for her boss - a chance encounter with a crew of bank robbers - a kind man who tried to help her and deserved her courageous help in return...

But he wasn't the man she thought he was...no, he was so very much more!

Excerpt Review from Coffee Time Romance & More…

I enjoyed reading Hostage Heart. It is a well written story with characters that are realistic. … it certainly kept me turning pages to find out what would happen next. The descriptions of Louisiana, and Deanna’s Cajun heritage were obviously well researched and gave the book a great ethnic flavor. I especially liked the parts about Deanna’s grandmother. For those who love to read about sexy FBI agents saving damsels in distress, this book is definitely for you!

Regina
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance & More

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...and the results are in

On Tuesday I posted my contest for the Creative Blogger Award that my friend Lindsay Townsend nominated me for.

Participants had to choose which statement/trait of one of my heroines that I did NOT share - only two people chose correctly and (drum roll please) the winner by random draw was Tina Poznansky. Tina won a copy of Forgotten.

The correct answer, by the way, was #4 - I grew up in da' Bronx NYC, the only borough to start with a "D". ;>

...and for those who guessed other choices:

• #1: I worked in the publicity department of McCall's Magazine through a temporary agency while I was in college.
• #2: I went to the High School of Art & Design in Manhattan.
• #3: I love collecting glass miniatures and even have a shadowbox shaped like a house filled with small glass cats (a cat house?)
• #5: Duh, I live and breath about my volunteering as an Emergency Medical Technician with my hometown ambulance corps.
• #6: I didn't say I married him folks! But yes, one of my ex's was in the F.B.I. (this was apparently a favorite choice...)
• #7: The year was 1977, Mark and I were just leaving my parents' when we came across the scene of a raging and size-able rubbish fire outside an apartment building - there was a car next to the burning rubbish and kids hanging out on a fire escape a few floors above...

Thanks so much for playing along.
I had a lot of fun and hope that you did, too.

Creative Blogger Award

The guilt has finally gotten to me - Lindsay Townsend nominated me for this award last week and I've been putting it off - sigh.
I am supposed to make seven statements - Six true and one false. If you can pick the false statement, then you will be eligible for my prize draw, the winner of which will receive one of my published .pdf ebooks. *If you pick the false statement, then you *LUCKY YOU* will be eligible to be chosen, at random, as the WINNER.

But... I've never been one to keep things simple, so -

I am listing seven of my heroines below and something about each of them. I DO share something in common with six - YOU pick the one that I don't share the item with.

1. Paige Andrews (Bartlett's Rule) - worked in a magazine's publicity department


2. Caitlyn Smythe (His Lucky Charm) - was an art student at a Manhattan NYC school


3. Alli Davis (Within the Law) - collects glass figurines


4. Davie Prescott (Courage of the Heart) - grew up in southern New Jersey


5. Julie Jennings (Final Sin) - volunteered with an ambulance corps


6. Deanna Blair (Hostage Heart) - dated an FBI agent


7. Samantha Chaunce (A Chaunce of Riches) - suffered smoke inhalation

Email me with your guess to ChelleCordero at gmail dot com by midnight (est) Thursday, May 20. (please do NOT post your response in the comments) be sure to include which of my stories you would like to win as a .pdf ebook

Now, I must pass on this honor - I nominate
ALL of my fellow VHP authors

Giving Birth to Your Characters Workshop

Mark it on your calendars now - October 11 through 17

The Muse Online Conference 2010

- the only FREE conference of its kind!

Our Online Writers Conference is aimed to offer you, the writer, whatever resource we can to give you the opportunity to enhance and improve your craft, to offer the opportunity to make contacts to reach that next level all writers seek - publication!

Our vision for organizing this online and very FREE writers conference as an annual event is to bring the writing world a bit closer for you. I understand many writers out there do not have the monetary resources to attend face-to-face conferences, or perhaps they are situated far, and even some writers may be incapacitated making it difficult for them to travel.

Within the world of the Internet, everything is possible and with this in mind we offer you this chance to come out, chat with our Presenters, ask them questions and even attend a few of our FREE workshops to be held throughout the week.

...and I am very excited to announce
that I will be teaching a week long workshop

Giving Birth to Your Characters

don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity

registrations are underway NOW

Bragging Rights

Bowling For Dummies

By A.J. Forrest, Lisa Iannucci

& photography by Mark Engelman

Very proud to announce that you can now pre-order this book that MY husband, Mark Engelman, did the photography for. One of the models is Trish Stein, my son's girlfriend. The author of the book is my friend Lisa Iannucci.

available July 13, 2010

But – you can pre-order it today

"Bowling is an inexpensive date, an affordable night out for the whole family, and a fun hangout activity for kids of all ages. Bowling For Dummies reveals the tips, tricks, and rules of play for this iconic American sport."

Blog Jog Day

Thank you for stopping by my Blog!

Please explore all this Blog has to offer, leave comments,
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then jog on over to http://tinarobertsauthor.wordpress.com/.

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Welcome to my blog

Tomorrow is both Mother's Day (here in the USA)
and Blog Jog Day
Two terrific events!

First let me wish all Moms,
Anywhere,
a wonderful and Happy Day
filled with lots and lots of joys.

...and now I'd like to welcome you to my blog with a special offer

I am the author behind
the Amazon Kindle blog

Living, Breathing, Writing
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"Having Chelle Cordero's blog on my Kindle is like having an author here in residence with me."

For a limited time only - Anyone who emails me at ChelleCordero@gmail.com with "Kindle Blog Sample" in the subject line by Monday 5/10 midnight EST will receive a FREE .pdf booklet by email containing five (5) lessons from the past year from this Online Writing Course - FREE!

Please enjoy scrolling through my Author Blog, you'll find excerpts and back-stories, some play casting of characters, a recipe or two, and more. If you'd like to learn more about me and the books I write, please visit my website at http://ChelleCordero.com.

And be sure to come back later tonight (after 11pm) or tomorrow for Blog Jog Day
and make sure that you have your jogging shoes on!