Fish Out Of Water Giveaway!

Let's meet Ros Baxter and her Fish Out Of Water! There's a giveaway for one commenter with an eCopy of Fish Out Of Water.


Ros Baxter has been writing since she was eight and penned a whimsical series of short stories about a race of tiny people who lived on a rainbow. While they were a hit in the playground, a few things intervened – including a career in social policy and four noisy children.
Ros started writing again in earnest three years ago. In that time, Ros has secured a two-book deal with Harper Collins Australia, published Sister Pact (a romantic comedy co-written with her sister Ali) and Fish Out of Water (Escape Publishing on 1 April), been a contributing author to the e-anthology URL Love, and finaled in the STALI competition.


Ros writes fresh, funny, genre-busting fiction. She digs feisty heroines, good friends, quirky families, heroes to make you sigh and tingle, and a dash of fantasy from time to time.


Ros also runs a successful business consulting to government and the private sector. She teaches professional writing skills and has authored a writing guide, Clarity.


Ros lives in Brisbane, Australia, with her husband Blair, four small but very opinionated children, a neurotic dog and nine billion germs.


You can email Ros at rosbaxterink@gmail.com or find her atwww.facebook.com/RosBaxterInk, on twitter @RosBaxter, or www.rosbaxterink.com

“It’s Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum meets Splash in a sexy, smart-talking debut about a mermaid in a desert, a city under water, and the secret that no-one is supposed to uncover.”

 
Fish out of Water
Dirtwater's straight-talking Deputy Sheriff has a lot on her plate: a nicotine addiction that's a serious liability for a mermaid, a solider-of-fortune ex who's hooked on her Mom's brownies, a gorgeous, naked stranger in her shower, and a mysterious dead blonde with a fish tattoo on Main Street.
Oh, and one other thing.
She's scheduled to die on her thirtieth birthday - in three weeks - unless she can 'change the course of destiny and save the world entire'. Throw in a Mom who's the local Mayor and a Dad who's been locked in the county jail for twelve years, and that's all the trouble she needs without her mermaid roots coming back to haunt her.
 
 
Rania's heading home to Aegira for a family wedding but she's starting to have a sinking feeling that's got nothing to do with hydroporting seven miles under the sea and everything to do with some weird connections that seem to be emerging between her, the dead blonde, her Mom's shady past and a ten thousand year old prophesy. Now if she can just steal a corpse, get a crazy Aegirian priest off her case, work out who the hell's trying to kill her and stop sleeping with the fishes, she might be able to unravel the prophesy, the mystery of the missing choirgirls and the secrets hidden in her Mom's past. And maybe even save her own ass while she's at it.Buy Fish Out of Water.
Find out more at www.rosbaxterink.com
 
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Fantasy Romance Reviews "...a unique fantasy story. Rania Aqualina is like a human spark; witty, strong and full of determination, I loved her from the word go."
 
If you get to pitch to an editor about a mermaid story, what will you say? How will you pitch?

18 comments:

  1. Writing since she was 8? :notworthy: Good for her!

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    1. Thanks Donna. It was kind of basic, at 8.But I caught the bug! Thanks for stopping by. :)

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  2. This book sounds like a real hoot, and lord knows my weakness is humor. I might as well break down and make myself happy and buy this book!

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    1. Aw thanks Helena. I really hope you like it, I'd love to hear. You might also like my free fiction - I post it on fridays via my facebook page: www.facebook.com/RosBaxterInk. Thanks for stopping by. :)

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  3. I love funny and I'm glad she's including humor! So often it's completely forgotten. And I know well of neurotic dogs...

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    1. Thanks Shelley. Yep, the dog is my biggest fan (or critic - depending on when I last fed him!). Nice to meet you. :)

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  4. How great that she started writing so young! The book sounds wonderful. :)

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    1. Thanks Dana. I've always loved writing - a wonderful gift from my mother. And thanks for your kind comments. :)

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  5. If the book is anywhere as fun and fresh as Ros, it promises big things. Looking forward to reading it, thanks for the giveaway, Nas!

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    1. Thanks Elise. Nice to see you here! And big congrats on your exciting launch - looks like Ask Me To Stay is going gangbusters!!!

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  6. What an original idea for a story! How on earth do you find the time to write between work and kids and everything else?
    Oh, and I wouldn't mind a glimpse of the rainbow story either :-)

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    1. Oh thanks Deniz. Hmmm...not sure I still have the rainbow story, but you might also like my free fiction - I post it on fridays via my facebook page: www.facebook.com/RosBaxterInk. It's fresh, fast and feelgood. Thanks for dropping by. :)

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  7. There are lot of seal maiden/mermaid type legends in the northern countries of Europe, where I originate. It shouldn't be difficult to come up with something.

    Ros, you're book's in my TBRs. Will read and review soon.

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    1. Oh that's great Maria, many thanks. I look forward to reading your review. Ros :)

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  8. Fish out of water sounds like a fun read.

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    1. Thanks Lynda. I hope it's as much fun to read as it was to write. I think I've developed a lifelong mermaid fascination... Thanks for stopping by. :)

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  9. My, that's a lot going on in that protagonist's world!

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    1. Sure is, Sherry. She's busy, busy, busy! Thanks for stopping by. :)

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