Hi Everyone, My first novel, Swallow, which I recently self-published through my own publishing company, Dark Swan Press, is a quarter-finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. You can check out the free downloadable excerpt here: http://www.amazon.com/Swallow-Excerpt-Amazon-Breakthrough-ebook/dp/B003CV7RQY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269787861&sr=1-2 You don't actually need a Kindle -- you can download it onto a PC or an iphone as well (you just need to download the Kindle software, which takes about two minutes). Please feel free to read my excerpt and rate it or leave a little comment on my Amazon page here: http://www.amazon.com/Swallow-Tonya-Plank/dp/0615280994/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269788190&sr=1-1 Also, check out the other quarter-finalists (click on the left-hand side of the page for the different categories) here: http://www.amazon.com/Breakthrough-Novel-Award-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=332264011 Thanks you all! I'm so psyched! Sincerely, Tonya