In celebration of the eBook release of my brand-new science fiction novel, The Immortality Virus, on April 15, 2011, and as a part of the Easter Hopping Blog Hop, I am giving away a signed copy of my debut novel, Touch of Fate. (Giveaway Format: Trade Paperback)
Only comments left on this blog post will be entered. (If you don’t see comments below, you may need to click on the blog title to go into the actual post.)
For your chance to win a signed copy of Touch of Fate, simply post a comment with your prediction, in 50 words or less, of what the world (or some small aspect of it) will be like in the year 2450. Have fun with this! It won’t be graded, but I will post my favorites on Monday, when I announce the winner.
You must live in the U.S. or Canada to win. Contest will run April 15, 2011 at 12:01 a.m. through April 17, 2011 at 11:59 p.m.. Winner will be chosen at random and contacted by e-mail on April 18. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to the e-mail, or another winner will be selected.
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Amazon.com has marked down the Touch of Fate kindle to $0.99 for a limited time only. — buy now!
“Marianne knows the future can’t be changed, but sometimes even a lifetime of experience can’t keep her from wanting to try. Sometimes, it’s too personal. With the shadow of a killer looming over her, Marianne is running out of time to learn the truth — about herself, about her power, and about the murderer.” READ CHAPTER ONE ———————————————————————————————————————- 
When the cost of eternal youth grows too high, will we give up our chance at immortality?
The Immortality Virus
Available in Trade Paperback June 15, 2011
Barnes and Noble Nookbook (50% off)
Omnilit .pdf, .prc, .mobi, .epub (50% off)
Pre-order print version through Barnes and Noble
———————————————————————————————————————-BLOG HOP — this is the list of blogs participating in the hop, all of which have giveaways going on right now! To enter my contest, just keep scrolling down to leavea a comment. There is no need to click to any other page.
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I think the world will be better and that humankind will finally figure it all out. Or not. It could go either way.
Hopefully we find a cure for the nutball gene!
i think in that year we will all be old and some of us maybe gone but that as fate should have it we will leave behind a legacy of whom we are what we knew and belived in and that hopefully we too have passed insite love laughter and experience to the next of next genereations and with only a glimsp of hope we took our person the one whom we are and gave a bit of ourselves to the ones we love and they too passed a bit of you to the next genereation of loved ones and so on. we and the ones we share with will always love and share that little bit that makes us all proud to know love and be a part of. hopefully new lifes experiences and an arae of knowledge and a knew outlook on what should be in this life in order to make this world a better place . i pray for and belive in that this world can be a better place with each one giving just a little more to make it that way so live life to the fullest dream to your hearts content and love like there is no other and appreciate the little things for in those little things you make big new realities and you change for the better this ever changing place we call our world the earth
Hopefully by then we’ll have figured out a way to live sustainably!
New GFC Follower mk261274
Thanks for the chance to win:)
mk261274 at gmail dot com
I think that by 2450, at least one compatible, habitable planet will have been discovered and a colony ship will be on its way if not already landed and settling in.
Hopefully by then we will have cures for some illnesses that have scientists stumped right now…..We will have another planet to inhabit so that we can clean this one up……
blazesandbubbles AT gmail DOT com
readingwithbakingoddess.blogspot.com
Personally I think the world is going to be more technology oriented in the future. Books will no longer be in hard back form, movies will be insta streamed instead of going to the movies to watch them, and cars will probably fly. Since i will no doubt not be alive when that happens (unless some handsome vamp finds me between now and death) its all going to have to remain an unknown. What I do hope is that one day everyone is going to be treated equally no more gender/love/racial lines drawn in the sand.
~~*Drea*~~
dreabecraft(@)aol.com
I would think that there would be robots to do housework (that would be great) and the world would be alot more technological, more computers to do everything, smaller computers, and not deal with money at all, only use phones/pda to transfer funds. Thanks for the giveaway
manning_j2004 at yahoo dot com
in 2450 war will have broke out and we will be forced to the safety of a new underground world our machines today will take over we will fight for the reclaimaition of our planet while exploring possibilities of other life and living on other planets so get ready for the new tomorrow by savoring today
I have no idea what the world will be like, but I hope it is one where the environment and animals are treated better, where there are no wars, and I imagine there will be all sorts of exciting technology. I think we will travel in space, and find new worlds to live in.
Thank you for the giveaway.
ceeenndee at gmail dot com
Well, since I will not be around:) I will go far out and say that everyone came to their senses and quit hating and tried to do good and the government also got some sense to them and gave everyone the equality that everyone deserves.
Judy
magnolias_1[at]msn[dot]com
In 2450, we’ll all probably be living underground or in huge containment buildings because the earth will no longer be viable. There will be laws against having more than one child, probably have to get a permit to have even one, as population is a huge problem.
I’m a new GFC follower, and a very new book review blogger!
mariamusings at gmail dot com
Thanks for the giveaway!
Maria
Cars as we know them will not exist. All vehicles will run on fuel that will not hurt the environment. There will be cities built over the ocean because we are running out of space. Children will not go to school but will be taught at home by computers.
seriousreader at live dot com
I think everything will be just like the Jetsons!!!
mommyrds at aol dot com
I think in the year 2450 space travel will be commonplace because Earth will no longer be a viable planet due to previous generations neglect and abuse so colonization on other planets will be a necessity.
BornajhawkATaolDOTcom
Thanks for the chance to win
jmluker(at)winco.net
There are so many horrifying cases of abuse/neglect of children and animals. In the distant future, people will have to have a special license to have/care for children and animals.
Mandatory and involuntary sterilization will be in place for those deemed unfit and special chips will be implanted so if they get closer than the permitted distance, alarms will sound. A violation code will be entered. The offender will be punished, with the severity increasing per offense. 3 strikes, you’re OUT and
the punishment is a slow, painful death(I’m thinking via the same type of abuse they themselves perpetrated).
I would hope that in 2450 we would find a world of peace, with plentiful harvests, there would be no hunger, no killings, no weapons or wars… I would hope that all that would be behind us and we would move on to technology, peace and the wonders that could unfold…
But atlas we are human and bent on destruction… the world would more then likely be almost barren from pollution, nuculear accidents, over population and nature’s wrath… Humans would be more beast like in their quest to survive..
That far into the future I figure thing swon’t be to pretty, since we are already running out of resources and natural disasters seem to be getting worse I predict that people will live in huge domes that feed us fresh air and we will grow all our own food and cars and pollutants will be band. Life will be without extravagant wants and be replaced with hard work and what is needed.
leanne_gag@hotmail.com
I hope it will be more peaceful and that everybody will respect each others differences!! I feel like a beauty pagent contestant!! Yes I’m waving at home!! 🙂
Thank you for the giveaway!!
GFC follower Shannon Johnson
shannonjean14(at)gmail(dot)com
I imagine that some of our current concerns will be completely irrelevant in 2450, but problems we can’t foresee now will be at the forefront. I hope that families and communities will still be pulling together to change the world, a little at a time.
f dot chen at comcast dot net