all about family...

Please check out my blog today on
Lindsay's Romantics.

I am discussing the family dynamics of the Hughes' family in
Forgotten and Within the Law

... and please be sure to read my guest blog on

Authors And Books

learn a bit about me and hear about my latest novel Final Sin

Amazon announces...

I received this in my email the other day - how exciting!

Dear Amazon.com Customer,

We've noticed that customers who have purchased or rated Bartlett's Rule by Chelle Cordero have also purchased Final Sin by Chelle Cordero. For this reason, you might like to know that Final Sin will be released on May 1, 2009. You can pre-order yours by following the link below.

Final Sin

Chelle Cordero

Price:
$14.95
Release Date: May 1, 2009

Review: "Fantastic scary suspense from Chelle Cordero! The detailed and completely believable storyline is a page turner from the very beginning... "--Bradley Jameson

Sincerely,
Amazon.com

Hello Canada!

38,024 sales ranking (on Amazon-Canada)

Courage of the Heart
Chelle Cordero Vanilla Heart Publishing 2009-01
Paperback 316 pages ISBN: 9781935407188 ASIN: 193540718X
List: CDN$ 18.41 Amazon: CDN$ 18.41 Discount: None Availability: 2 to 4 weeks
All offers: 7 from CDN$ 16.13 (6 new from CDN$ 16.13, 1 used from CDN$ 33.29)Kimberlee WilliamsManaging EditorVanilla Heart Publishinghttp://www.vanillaheartbooksandauthors.com/

I am always amazed when I see international interest in me or in my books. So when I got this notice from my publisher tonight - woo-hoo!

This blog gets visitors from all over the world, here are some of the most recent locations - so a great big shout out to everyone!

United States - Canada - Germany - United Kingdom - Netherlands - France - Czech Republic - Indonesia - Colombia - Hungary - Thailand - United Arab Emirates - Sweden - Morocco - Australia - Malaysia - Italy - Egypt - Greece - Turkey - Hong Kong - Viet Nam - Israel - Singapore - Denmark - Spain - Argentina - Ireland - Switzerland - Iran, Islamic Republic Of - Saudi Arabia - Brazil - Kenya - Mexico - Slovenia - Portugal - Bulgaria - Belgium - Finland - Chile - Taiwan

When you come right down to it, we live in a shrinking world where we can reach out across oceans, continents and miles - and we are neighbors.

It's a small world after all.

Are we resorting to Book-Burning as well?

Sign this petition against Amazon's new book discrimination policy: http://tinyurl.com/d5dbo3

Censorship - Discrimination - Self-Righteousness

WRONG!

Call it whatever you want, Amazon has decided to remove sales ranking from "adult material" including (most) books with gay or lesbian focus.

"In consideration of our entire customer base, we exclude "adult" material from appearing in some searches and best seller lists. Since these lists are generated using sales ranks, adult materials must also be excluded from that feature." (from Amazon)

I find it unconscionable that many books by extremely talented authors have been excluded from the Amazon ranking system because they have a focus on gay or lesbian relationships, are openly gay authors, or have written "certain" erotica stories.

Yet Amazon does seem to have a conscience when it comes to monetary instincts - great sellers like BrokeBack Mountain (you know, the book by Annie Proulx that was made into a major motion picture and probably earned lots of money) still shows its sales rank - hmm, guess Amazon doesn't want to irk its bigger money makers? (as of 4/12/2009, 2349 hrs, BrokeBack Mountain ISBN#978-0739462164 is ranked at #595,245)

To be quite honest I fully expect Amazon to retaliate against those of us who protest the loudest - after all, they seem perfectly content to censor free thought and I am protesting this act which threatens our Freedom of Speech.

Help protest - sign the petition at http://tinyurl.com/d5dbo3

...and then go out and buy books by the authors who protest loudly and the authors whose books have been targeted.

By the way, here is where you can find my books NOT on Amazon:

Courage of the Heart - print, Barnes & Noble

Courage of the Heart - pdf ebook download

Within the Law - print, Barnes & Noble

Within the Law - pdf ebook download

Forgotten - print, Barnes & Noble

Forgotten - pdf ebook download

Bartlett's Rule - print, Barnes & Noble

Bartlett's Rule - pdf ebook download

pre order Final Sin - print, Barnes & Noble

Help protect YOUR right to read what YOU choose!

http://tinyurl.com/d5dbo3

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FREE e-novel ~ Honest!

I am offering everyone a Free .pdf ChapBook containing the 1st chapters of my 5 novels:
Bartlett's Rule, Forgotten, Within the Law, Courage of the Heart & Final Sin.

You can either download this ChapBook on your own at http://tr.im/hv3I or send me an email at ChelleCordero@gmail.com with the word ChapBook in the subject line and I will email one to you right away.

Now, for the favor... I am hoping to get some (hopefully good) reviews as well. If, after seeing the ChapBook you are interested in reading & reviewing an ebook of one of my novels, send me an email to ChelleCordero@gmail.com and tell me which book you'd like to review to post on GoodReads, Amazon and/or Barnes & Nobel; the best reviews will also be posted on my blogs with cross-promotion references to you. But Hurry, the 1st TWO respondents to each book only (so feel free to include a 2nd choice) & only one book per person.

Bartlett's Rule

Forgotten

Within the Law

Courage of the Heart

Final Sin

each of my novels is also available as .pdf e-books
through Vanilla Heart Publishing

Bartlett's Rule & S.A.A.M.

Please read my post today on
Lindsay's Romantics!

Bartlett's Rule
for print & Kindle

Buy the ebook Bartlett's Rule

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

"Rape is not just a woman's problem. Nor is rape something that happens to someone else, somewhere else. It happens everywhere, every day, and every minute to girls and women of all ages. Family and friends of victims are also affected.

We are all affected: rape is the result of a culture that promotes male dominance and views women as inferior beings. It's the extreme expression of a continuum of sexist behaviors that inhibit women from having equal access to opportunities; these behaviors range from sex-role stereotyping and sexist remarks and jokes to sex-based discrimination and, ultimately, to actual sexual harassment and violence against women." (http://www.sa.psu.edu/uhs/sexassault/assault.cfm)

http://www.rainn.org/statistics

In Honor of
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April 1 - April 30, 2009

Vanilla Heart Publishing
has an amazing selection of E-books
available to help increase awareness
and offer comfort to survivors
at greatly reduced prices

~Sets~
Bartlett's & Survivors ~ $10 each ~ Courage & Strength / Man

Namid's books ~ $5 each

See my Xanga Blog for more information on
Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month