New Whiskey and Wry Winners! Nicstar00 and Julia!

On 07 Aug 1307 Aug 13 By Rhys FordIn Free Stuff, Good News

While one of our winners got a hold of me (literally right at the deadline), the other sadly did not. But I’d pulled two names ahead of the clock running out. So I will honour the cities of these two people.

There’s a LOT of cities but hey, what’s a world tour without a mix.

The new names are:

nicstar000
Kathleen (Julia)

If you two can get a hold of me… that would be FANTASTIC. I need the cities as soon as you can. Remember, it’s where ever you’d like to go.

Also email me at rhysford at vitaenoir dot com for ARC discussion 😀

The Dirt and Sin Store

On 05 Aug 13 By Rhys FordIn Good News, Heh6 Comments

I got pix from peeps! Heh.

Here is Jordan L. Hawk ROCKING the Sinner’s Gin World T-Shirt in Black. Heh. Notice how clean her house is. I’m not letting her anywhere near mine.

Tiff Tran, whom I ADORE, shows off the cup, messenger bag and mousepad for Dirty Kiss. I’m glad she did this because she shows how the messenger bag looks inside!

Tiff Says: The inside is 19 inches in length. There is a zipper inside and one right under the front flap. The two side pockets are closed with magnetic buttons like the two on the front flap. There is a strap on the inside with a hook to secure your keys or whatever you don’t want dropping out.

Link to the store is here: Rhys Ford’s Dirt and Sin Shop.

Also, we’re still missing those winners! If they don’t get back to me by tomorrow evening, I’ve gotta pull three more names!

hands you tissue

On 05 Aug 13 By Rhys FordIn Good News6 Comments

Tour Managers Selected for Sinner’s Gin

On 29 Jul 13 By Rhys FordIn Free Stuff, Good News40 Comments

Well, this was honestly the most difficult contest I’ve ever run because there was such a huge response and GOD I wanted to give you all a city. I really did.

I have chosen EIGHTEEN tour managers for Sinner Gin’s World Tour. They will get to decide 18 of the stops the band makes. I already have a few on hold so we’ll hopefully hit every continent.

The list is as follows. If you see your name, please list your city here then email me at rhysford (at) vitaenoir (dot) com about your ARC. If you’ve preordered Whiskey and Wry, I can substitute out something else. If you are a First or Second Beta, I…um…shit, I’ve got nothing. Um…email me anyway and we DEFINITELY will work something out. *grins*

Thank you all for entering. Really, I was so surprised to see the responses. Thank you so much and I hope you enjoy the book!

Here are the winners!

1 Danielle

4 nordicgirl_2013

7 jackiemckenzie

15 Deb Pridgeon

17 beverley jansen

20 diannakay

21 emd

32 lucy

33 Treasure

38 Renee

40 Dianne

45 Ka

51 Amanda Seal

56 Ely Ve

58 Jacquie

65 Dominique

68 Jules Lovestoread (Bowersox)

75 Shelley

Rhys Ford’s Dirt and Sin Shop

On 26 Jul 13 By Rhys FordIn Good News20 Comments

Dirt and Sin Shop Link!

The shop is now open, live and kicking!

Get your Dirty Kiss and Sinner’s Gin merchandise. T-Shirts, mugs, coasters, eBook cases, mousepads and other sundries!

Sundries. Always a good word.

The Tour with Cities shirts will be added later. I’m going to only offer a few selections on that one. Not all of the shirts can be produced with a back printing.

For the phone cases, coasters, magnets and other stuff, I tried to choose an orientation that used the best space for the graphic. Not all can go horizontal. That was a hiss-boo on my part too. Sad panda face. The Sinners’ Skulls are kinda squarish so it doesn’t matter how they were turned.

What you see in the shop is what you get. That’s what they tell me. I’m gonna be ordering a few things myself. ‘Cause you know… stuff! I’m not doing a huge markup on the items. Hell, I think the most I’ve tagged is fifty cents and that’s just to pay for image costs. If you see something that you desperately want on a piece that I don’t have in the shop, drop me a line. 😀

I’ll be adding more designs as the series’ go on. Looking at a McGinnis Investigations and a Finnegan’s Pub shirt. Among other things….*grins*

Once again the link is: http://www.cafepress.com/rhysforddirtysin

And yes, the Korean on the Dirty Kiss shirt is kinda Konglish phonetic spelling of Dirty Kiss. *grins*

Merchandise Designs and Contests

On 25 Jul 13 By Rhys FordIn Good News, Heh8 Comments

Ah, T-Shirts. The BANE of my existence. Had to change up the old Dirty Kiss design because well… dudes, the main element was too expensive to purchase for en masse production but I also kinda wanted to switch up the feel of it. So I found another “girl” base and went to work on her so she fit the original colours and well, the look I wanted to achieve.

So… Here are the designs for the Dirty Kiss Gentlemens’ Club and the Sinner’s Gin World Tour Shirts. The SG shirts will vary a little bit between the dark and light shirts but not much. Black lettering on black does not show up well. *grins*

So once again, final designs. These will be on shirts and mugs. And a couple of them are on messenger bags. If there’s a desire to add a product, let me know. I’ll be posting the shop’s link in a bit.

As for the contest! Wow, nice response from all of you. If you win and have already preordered W&W, I’m sure we can come to an understanding or something. Perhaps a read of Fish and Ghosts? *grins*

There will be some major cities on the Tour but I’m going to wait until after the contest is over before I select the rest in case of a double up. So please, no worries. We’ll hit all the large land masses 😀

Rhys Ford’s Whiskey and Wry up for Pre-Order!

On 24 Jul 1324 Jul 13 By Rhys FordIn Good News9 Comments

Yes all, less than a month to go and Whiskey and Wry has hit the pre-order page.

Even better, it’ll be on sale until July 26th, 2013 in Dreamspinner’s celebration of Marriage Equality in the UK!

Grab an ebook or a paperback.

Link to pre-order: Whiskey and Wry

Whiskey and Wry
Sequel to Sinner’s Gin • Sinners Series: Book Two

He was dead. And it was murder most foul. If erasing a man’s existence could even be called murder.

When Damien Mitchell wakes, he finds himself without a life or a name. The Montana asylum’s doctors tell him he’s delusional and his memories are all lies: he’s really Stephen Thompson, and he’d gone over the edge, obsessing about a rock star who died in a fiery crash. His chance to escape back to his own life comes when his prison burns, but a gunman is waiting for him, determined that neither Stephen Thompson nor Damien Mitchell will escape.

With the assassin on his tail, Damien flees to the City by the Bay, but keeping a low profile is the only way he’ll survive as he searches San Francisco for his best friend, Miki St. John. Falling back on what kept him fed before he made it big, Damien sings for his supper outside Finnegan’s, an Irish pub on the pier, and he soon falls in with the owner, Sionn Murphy. Damien doesn’t need a complication like Sionn, and to make matters worse, the gunman—who doesn’t mind going through Sionn or anyone else if that’s what it takes kill Damien—shows up to finish what he started.

Whiskey and Wry Giveaway… Kinda.

On 22 Jul 1322 Jul 13 By Rhys FordIn Free Stuff, Good News81 Comments

So, we’re rounding the bend… okay, I’ve been around the bend for a while but bear with me. The bend we’re rounding is time. August 19th is the release of Whiskey and Wry, the second book in the Sinners Series. So…*rubs hands*…how about a little giveaway?

Actually, this is more than a giveaway. This will be a chance for THREE people to choose what city they’d like represented on the back of Sinner’s Gin official World Tour t-shirt. Leave a comment below… any comment…hell, it could even be related to the books… and you’ll be entered to win a chance to tell ME where Sinner’s Gin went on their first tour.

BUT WAIT THERE IS MORE!

No, not a set of steak knives. The winners will also be receiving an ARC of Whiskey and Wry—three weeks or so before release. I’m not doing the math. Look. I haven’t had enough coffee and I’ve been fighting font choices the past couple of days. *grins* BUT ARC! FREE BOOK! BEFORE RELEASE!

Contest Ends July 29th at 8 am PST!

T-shirts will be available for ordering as soon as I finalize out the shop thingie. A second design of the official Tour shirt will be loaded later with the city choices on them. Since a front-and-back design is more expensive than a single side, I’ll be offering the Tour T-shirt in both styles; Front only and Front with Cities on the back. You’ll be able to choose which one you want to order.

I’m going to keep the cost of the T-shirt as low as possible. I’ll let you know official prices and where to purchase the shirts and mugs and whatever else is out there once I do a bit more research but that should be soon. Dunno if they can be on black as it’s a bit problematic. But I shall see. At the very least, maybe a dark grey. For sure white. Maybe purple? Well at least for the funky one. 😀

Don’t forget to enter so you can Determine The Tour! And get an ARC of Whiskey and Wry for your troubles!

Designs are as follows:

Official Tour Design Design Colours Fixed. When all else fails, Go OLD SCHOOL. (this will be the one with the cities option)