The Price of Mercy - Giveaways!

To try to make as big a splash as I can, there will be several giveaways for my latest title The Price of Mercy. (Sample chapters, info, and a free prequel story at the website.)

This novel is suitable for lovers of all ages of fantasy with a 17th/18th century feel.

First in the Running is Goodreads:

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Price of Mercy

by Gloria Oliver

Giveaway ends July 06, 2011.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Also have a Giveaway at Face Book.

And another one over at LibraryThing. Though that one is still waiting for approval so only shows on the pending page at the moment.

If you don't mind, please help spread the word!

"Diversions in Verse"

In honor of National Poetry Month, I have taken a hiatus from writing fiction. I have committed to writing at least a poem a day. Here is my first sonnet in over 20 years:

When I watch water falling in the spring

Like tears soaking into a bed of earth,

I cease to remember the joy it brings

To observe nature's miraculous births;

When stormy tantrums envelop the sky

And lightning gives temporal webs of light

As cacophonous thunder roars nearby,

Small children cling to their mothers in fright:

At last, behold the light after the storm

As dreary clouds reveal glitter within

Air swirls, thick and sweet, in purest form,

And sun's tender rays caresses the earth's skin;

Then run and skip across the muddy plain

Live like a child delighted by the rain.

Since writing fiction is my work, poetry is now my escape. Authors, do you turn to poetry, short stories, or articles as an "escape" from writing novels...or is it just me?

If you enjoy poetry, then visit my blog. I'm posting poetry and giving away two copies of my book this month. :)