BRoP Year in Review: E.M. LaBonte

As 2013 comes to a close, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on some of the joys and triumphs of the year. To that end, we bring you the 2013 Blog Ring of Power Year in Review Giveaway Hop! We’ve teamed up with this past years’ BRoP interviewees to bring you 22 days of “year in review” guest posts and 20 fabulous giveaway prizes! Each day we'll share a new guest post on the year in review from a previous BRoP interviewee and you’ll have another opportunity to enter the giveaway—so get hopping! And be sure to enter the giveaway at the end of this post!

Today is all about me. Weird right? As I'm not published yet. Make that bad boy a big fat YET.  

I'm wrapping up the final chapters of Second Nature, a book I've been working on for almost three years now. It's a stand alone with sequel potential. An Epic Fantasy that takes the Chinese Tiger vs Dragon and lends a Medieval style to it. I'm sure your eyes just crossed with that one. Don't worry, I didn't destroy the match, only grew on it. 

In the meantime, don't forget that time is running out to enter to win some epic prizes from all the authors who have jumped back to let us know what they've been up to since we chatted with them last.


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Prizes:
ebook copies of Render (A story of Aligare) by Heidi Vlach (3 copies)
ebook copy of Home World by Bonnie Milani and ebook copy of Trades by Bonnie Milani
ebook copy of Nefertiti’s Heart by A. W. Exley
$25 Amazon Gift Card from T. J. Loveless
paperback copy of Going Thru Hell by T. J. Loveless
ebook copy of Medusa’s Desire by E. B. Black
signed hardcover first edition of In Retrospect by Ellen Larson
paperback copy of Bad Apple by Kristi Petersen Schoonover (2)
paperback copy of Skeletons in the Swimming Hole by Kristi Petersen Schoonover (2)
ebook copy of Grave Intentions by Lori Sjoberg
copy of Henrietta the Dragon Slayer by Beth Barany (print for U.S. or ebook for Int. winner)
$10 Amazon gift card from Terri Bruce
ebook copy of Twinned Universes by Sandra Ulbrich Almazan
ebook copy of Entwined Courage by Tracy Lane
ebook copy of Kindar’s Cure by Michelle Hauck
signed paperback of Ice Forged by Gail Martin
ebook copies of “Taste” “Reaping Me Softly” & “Unreap My Heart” by Kate Evangelista
ebook copy of “Romancing the Bookworm” by Kate Evangelista






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  1. TerriBruceDecember 27, 2013 at 6:43 PM

    Your story sounds epically awesome! And 2014 is the year you will join us, on the dark side, in the ranks of the published! Guaranteed! :-)

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    1. E. M. LaBonteDecember 27, 2013 at 8:49 PM

      Oh yes! Watch out Dark side, I bring dragons, cookies and coffee!

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