Intrigue Dressed in Hashtags! Oh! And a Sale! #ValespianPactQandA #ConstantVP3

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Today's topic is going to be hashtags. #### A couple of months ago, before I chose the release date for Constant, I was looking at marketing options and I came across something that talked about the use of hashtags.

To be honest, I hardly use hashtags primarily because I forget. Although, if someone is really creative, hashtags can say so much in just a few words. They can also give clever hints at what to expect in a interesting way.

Creating crafty and fun ones was harder than I thought it would be. There are the usual suspects...

#scifi #LGBTIAQ #mmromance #spaceopera #TheValespianPact #ConstantVP3 #love #lovewins #HEAforever #3rdbookintheseries 

Then there were other logical ones to use, though I was hesitant because really, so many aliens. Would those hashtags apply to aliens? My FB group thought so.

#agegap #maydecember #widower #silverfox #sexytimes 

But there needed to be more, so I enlisted the help of the folks of Lexi's Sandbox and some very interesting and fun hashtags were born. A few I should have thought of myself...

#loveandloyalty #unquestioningacceptance #needstoreadallthebooksinorder #newcouplemorecentralthanoldcouple #loveinallforms #lovebeatsall 

Constant is an epic 250,000 words, so we have #epicsaga

Neither Sohm'lan or Mestor can get pregnant, but Zeus, Dargon, and Alpha created life together and we have the cute kits as a result so we can use...

#mpreg #thekitscomeoutofthepouch #peekabookits

Then there are tags for the Vondorian family as a whole...

#younglingcuteness #housevondorian #marsani #royalty #vondorian #twins #dontmesswiththememe #VondorianRules #twincapades #kidnappingbabyzeus #familyreunion 

There were some unexpected things or characters that were born with this installment of the Valespian Pact, so we have...

#bewareofkryp #minnowpretendingtobeabarracuda #spittingyounglingsaredangerousyounglings #ninjananny #unexpected

We needed generalized tags for the story...

#nonvertebratealiens #nonhumanoidaliens #reptilianaliens #theuniverseisdiverse #offworldloving, #aliensneedlovetoo, #intrigueamongthestars #bestspaceoperaseriesever #somanyalienspecies #mostuniquealienspecies #hiddenworld #underwaterworld 

Last but not least, our heroes need some hashtag love...

#princeontheprowl #scalesandtailsarethewaytogo #quicken #hothead #pining #likeseriouslyseriouspining #mestorfinallygetssome #somethingforSohm #hardheadedmales #ornerymales #oldbuthot #alphasbottomtoo #sohmlanonthehunt #shiningscalesequalshappyabull #possessiveprince #patienceisavirtuehedoesnothave #sohmlancarriesalltheworries #makingyourselfvulnerable

I have to say that making up some of the more unique tags was a fun group exercise that I will do again.

In celebration of Constant's coming release, the first two books in the series will be on sale this week for $0.99 at Amazon. 

Link to Alpha Trine 

Link to Striker 

(Please note that the time of this post, I'm still waiting for Amazon to change the price, so please be patient. The price drop might be delayed if Amazon is working on a skeleton staff.) 

You can also get both books  for $0.99 at Smashwords! 

Link to Alpha Trine

Link to Striker

Thank you for stopping by and reading!!