tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91807718220285492732024-03-14T01:44:10.625-07:00*********** Author Debra Lynn Collins ***********Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-12786371867358521492017-03-28T14:51:00.001-07:002017-03-28T14:51:45.102-07:00Newest Release. JUST ONE KISS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello Gang! I know it's been a while since I've been on my blog. From been on tight deadlines, to starting up a new ministry with my husband, my life has been crazy busy over the last year.<br />
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However, I just has to share my latest news. My newest book, JUST ONE KISS, is available on Amazon now!!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Amber Lexington has to make one of the biggest
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needs a reprieve to get his life back on track. When his parents offer him the
job of remodeling their newly acquired beach house, Nolan gladly accepts. It’s
the perfect plan. That is, until his twin sister and her best friend, Amber,
show up and throw a wrench into his well-laid plans. Will he be able to keep his
heart from falling in love again? Especially with a woman who harbors a secret
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Click now to download your copy today! <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XSL1G1H/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490296751&sr=8-1&keywords=just+one+kiss+collins" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XSL1G1H/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490296751&sr=8-1&keywords=just+one+kiss+collins</a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-66309337971710347652016-08-16T07:57:00.002-07:002016-08-16T07:57:34.991-07:00Christmas Potpourri - Vol.2 ebook #giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Hello, all! It's hard to believe, but it's only 133 days until CHRISTMAS. :) </span><br />
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<i>To celebrate the release of A CHRISTMAS POTPOURRI - vol.2, I'm giving away a free e-book copy to one lucky winner.</i><br />
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A Christmas story for every taste from clean to Christian, from short to full length, from historical to contemporary, you’re bound to find a story to suit your taste. Come celebrate the season with us and have your heart touched by romance. </div>
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14 Christmas Story all in one place. Here’s the list of the authors and their stories that are included in this set:</div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">NUTCRACKER CHRISTMAS</em> by Jennifer AlLee <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">A MATCH MADE FOR CHRISTMAS</em> by Debra LynnCollins <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">THE BALSAM BRIDE</em> by Sadie & Sophie Cuffe <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">REMNANTS OF FAITH</em> by Renee DeMarco <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">THE FACE OF MARY</em> by Darlene Franklin <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">HER CHRISTMAS ANGEL</em> by Rhonda Gibson <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">TREE OF HOPE</em> by Helen Gray <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">CHRISTMAS GOLD</em> by Cynthia Hickey <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">SILVER BELLS</em> by Debby Mayne <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">MAIL ORDER BRIDES</em> by Julie Pollitt <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">SILVER LINING</em> by Colleen L. Reece <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS</em> by Martha Rogers <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">A COWBOY FOR CHRISTMAS</em> by Debra Ullrick <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS</em> by Kathleen Y’Barbo</div>
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All you have to do to be enter into the drawing is to leave a comment and tell me what your favorite Christmas song is. That's it! Please make sure to leave your email address along with your comment.</div>
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(NOTE) KEEP CHECKING BACK BETWEEN NOW AND CHRISTMAS, BECAUSE I WILL BE GIVING AWAY THIS BOXED SET SEVERAL MORE TIMES! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-53964568768993514632016-08-06T07:51:00.000-07:002016-08-06T07:51:16.668-07:00A MARRIAGE WORTH WAITING FOR - Book 2 in The Alabama Brides Series (ebook giveaway)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's here, it's here, it's finally here!!!! <b>A MARRIAGE WORTH WAITING FOR</b> is book-2 in the Alabama Brides series. The sequel to A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE.<br />
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Now, Wade Haston in, A Marriage of Convenience finally has a love story of his very own.<br />
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Dream job. Dream boyfriend. Until the dream comes crashing down around her. With
no good options, she decides to move back home to Trinity, Alabama to nurse her
broken heart and figure out where to go from here. But in her absence some
things have changed drastically including some additions to the town she
doesn’t remember from her first time around. Can she navigate this new
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married, and the grandmother who raised him no longer recognizes him. Hurting
and very much alone, he has decided that love is a one-way street to getting
your heart shattered. However, when a beautiful former Trinity resident shows
up, his commitment to being a “confirmed bachelor” might be harder to stick to
than he thought. Love always sounded so easy, but he’s no longer sure love is
even worth it. Can he convince her, much less himself, to give love a second
chance, and if he does, will he just end up where he started?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book books are available on Amazon, right now, for only .99 cents. But because I am super excited about my newest release, I want to share a copy with one of you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you would like to enter the giveaway for a free (Kindle) ebook of a copy of A MARRIAGE WORTH WAITING FOR, just leave a comment below, and that's it. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-2805274674177786042016-02-18T18:27:00.003-08:002016-03-06T17:55:46.020-08:00Newest Release***Camellia's Smile*** Free ebook copy <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm so excited to share the news of my newest release with all of you, CAMELLIA'S SMILE. (American State Flower collection) novella.<br />
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It's time to announce the winners:: <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">TRIXI & EMMA(allgems)</span><br />
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Blurb: <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">When Camellia Stewart’s grandfather has a heart attack, she returns to Midvale, Alabama to help her grandparents on their farm until her grandfather is back on his feet. The morning after her return, she confronts Brody Tarvin, her grandparent’s new neighbor, with a shotgun.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Even though the neighbor’s granddaughter threatened to shoot him, Brody can’t stop thinking about her. After hearing about her grandfather’s heart attack, he decides to lend Camellia a hand on her grandparent’s farm. He finds himself falling for the woman with the beautiful smile until he discovers she has a boyfriend back home in Birmingham. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Can Brody win her heart and convince her to stay in Midvale, or will she go back to the big city and leave him behind?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">To celebrate the release of my book, I'm giving away two (ebook) copies. Leave a comment below and enter to win! Even if you're not the winner, Camellia's is available at Amazon for only .99 cents or FREE on kindle unlimited :) </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-1760055044993214612015-11-09T10:34:00.001-08:002015-11-24T06:01:51.346-08:00A Match Made for Christmas -- book giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey All! It's time to announce the winner. <span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 18.2px; white-space: nowrap;">MARYANN SKARITKA</span><br />
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With the release of my newest book, I am getting in the Christmas spirit a little early this year. I absolutely LOVE Christmas!! It's my all time favor time of the year!! I begin decorating my home the day after Thanksgiving. All the trees goes up. Yes, I said trees :) I have a Christmas tree in every room in my house. ( I may share pictures this year)<br />
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I was invited a few months ago to be a part of a Christmas boxed set along with seven other authors called, Love's Gift. I was super excited to write my first Christmas story. But, it's hard to get into the Christmas spirit when it's in the middle of the Summer and it's 90 degrees outside.<br />
So, with a little extra help from Christmas music, bumping the air conditioner up, and popping in a Christmas movie or two helped me along with my story. :)<br />
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A couple of weeks ago, I had a giveaway of the boxed set, Love's Gift, that my solo novella, A Match Made for Christmas was included in. Now I want to give away a paperback copy of the my individual story.<br />
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anonymously receiving several roses along with various date invitations from
men she barely knows. She wonders what is going on. When she discovers the
truth, she is heartbroken and questions if the man she trusted is in on the
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and has been since the day he first laid eyes on her. When he discovers she is
single again, he decides to do whatever it takes to win her heart. Just when he
thinks that is happening, something goes terribly wrong. Will he be able to fix
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Hello All! Now it's time to announce the winner... Let's see, I think because I only had three wonderful followers to comment. I think you all deserve to win!!! So, the winners are, <b><span style="color: red;">Linda, Cindy, and Wendy.</span></b> I have already sent each of you a copy of, Love's Gift. Enjoy!!<br />
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I know it's been quiet a while since I've posted here on my blog. But, 2015 has been a little crazy for me :)<br />
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I am so excited to share my wonderful news with all my faithful followers.<br />
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This is my very first Christmas story, and it's included in a boxed set with seven other amazing authors. Belle Calhoune, Valerie Comer, Christina Coryell, Heather Gray, Elizabeth Maddrey, Lee Tobin McClain, and Krista Phillips.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Each of these </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">never-before-released</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> inspirational romances has an uplifting holiday message that will help you relax, forget your worries, and focus on the real meaning of Christmas: </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Jesus, God's gift to the world. </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Join eight beloved Christian romance writers as they weave tales about all kinds of Christmas romance. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Can you go home again for Christmas? </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Belle Calhoune’s</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> inspirational romance novella says yes, and it’s particularly exciting when you find your </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Mistletoe in Montana. </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Debra Lynn Collins</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> wonders if you can actually give someone a man for Christmas… and </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">A Match Made for Christmas</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> is one Christian romance that answers that question! </span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Valerie Comer</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> introduces us to a disillusioned toy store clerk and a mall Santa who don't see eye-to-eye on the whole Christmas season, but that's nothing a few </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Merry Kisses</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> can't cure. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">And </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Christina Coryell’s </b><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Unwrapped</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> takes traditional Christmas celebrations to the next level when heroine Trina Miller falls for her best friend’s brother. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">If you like Christian fiction with hospital settings, </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Heather Gray’s</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">An Informal Christmas</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> will warm your heart as her hero and heroine overcome their differences to help sick kids. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Christmas isn’t everyone’s favorite time of year. In fact, Christmas light displays take on a whole new meaning when you hate Christmas! But the hero of </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Elizabeth Maddrey’s</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> Christian romance novella</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Operation Mistletoe</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> won’t let heroine Victoria Spencer stay a Scrooge for long. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">In the Christian romance </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">A Bond for the Holidays</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, a family almost falls apart when a terrible secret is revealed… but this inspirational novella by </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Lee Tobin McClain</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> shows how God’s love can work a miracle. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Maybe you prefer celebrating Christmas 365 days a year in the Smoky Mountains. In </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Krista Phillips’</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">inspirational holiday novella, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">A (kinda) Country Christmas</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> a woman does just that—until a handsome, world traveler shows up and ruins everything.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> I'm giving away one FREE copy of our boxed set. For a chance to win your FREE copy of "Love's Gift" just leave a comment below. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN WITH YOUR COMMENT. </span></span><br />
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Let's Celebrate Today!! My post received 9 comments, so I decided to give each one of you a copy of my book!!!<br />
<span style="color: blue;">Susan Snodgrass</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Deanna Stevens</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Amy C. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Cindy W.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">KarenK. <span style="color: black;">(I have already sent your copies to each of you)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">(I need email addresses from) </span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Ginger Solomon</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Linda Robinson</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Lynn Taylor</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Sarah</span><br />
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Hey, All! I'm giving away 5 (yes that's right 5) Kindle e-book copies of my newest release, Cowgirls Don't Cry.<br />
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Tagline: She believes love is just a cruel deception, but can a handsome stranger prove her wrong?<br />
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Blurb: Sami Lawson’s scars run deep, and she trusts no one. Ever since her mother abandoned her <br />
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The one question she cannot shake is: Where is God through all this? To her wounded heart, the only answer she can find is: He is not. As Sami gets to know Chase, her walls start to come down, which frightens her. Can she trust this man who seems so sincere? Or will he abandon her just like her mother did? <br />
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After hearing rumors about Sami, Chase Townsend expected a “man-eater” of a woman, especially with a nickname like “Wild Cat.” Instead, he is stunned by the beauty with the sparkling blue eyes. <br />
However, Chase quickly figures out that something has happened to Sami, and he has to decide if he is willing to try to help her overcome her bitterness or if he should just let the “Wildcat” be. Because of Chase’s deep trust in God, and his strong perseverance streak, he makes it his mission to show Sami that God loves her and, only He can heal her broken past. <br />
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Drawing will be held January 23Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-78334799135324378092014-08-02T06:18:00.001-07:002014-08-10T12:50:02.299-07:00"A Marriage of Convenience" my debut novel <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey, All! I had to share this with all of you. Here is my debut novel, "A Marriage of Convenience"<br />
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I decided I wanted to let everyone who left a comment to know, how much I appreciate all of you. So, I'm giving each one of you a free copy of my book.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>DANIE WALTHER</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>AMY C. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>KAY M. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>CINDY W. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>AERYKAH </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>MERRY. </b></span><br />
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She's Alabama Country, He's New York City, thrown together by an inheritance they both desperately need.<br />
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peculiar one. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Upon the day </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">of their marriage, his caregiver Lily Meyers </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">and </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">his
grandson Bryce Fowler </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">will become joint </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">There’s only one problem, Lily and Bryce have never met.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"> For the past </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">three years, Lily and her five-year-old son Joey </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"> the super low price of $ 0.99 :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"> But, I'm also giving away a free Kindle version of my book. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Just leave a comment </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">and</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"> let me know what </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">you think about the </span><br />
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Hey All! Please join me in welcoming Dianna T. Benson to my blog once again. She here to tell us a little about herself, and her book,<i> Final Trimester. </i><br />
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It's time to announce the winner, drum roll please, and the winner is.... <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">JOYE</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="color: blue;">Dianna Torscher Benson is a 2014
Selah Award Finalist (winners not yet announced), a 2011 Genesis Winner, a 2011
Genesis double Semi-Finalist, a 2010 Daphne de Maurier Finalist, and a 2007
Golden Palm Finalist. In 2012, she signed a nine-book contract with Ellechor
Publishing House. She’s the author of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Hidden Son, </i>her debut novel. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Final
Trimester </i>is her second release. After majoring in
communications and a ten-year career as a travel agent, Dianna left the travel
industry to earn her EMS degree. An EMT and a Haz-Mat and FEMA Operative since
2005, she loves the adrenaline rush of responding to medical emergencies and
helping people in need.</span> </o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="color: blue;">Dianna lives in North Carolina with her husband and their three children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>Why do you
write the kind of books you do?</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Suspense is my natural writing voice. An EMT for a decade, I implement my firsthand
medical and rescue knowledge and experience into my stories. </span></b></div>
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and it fits within my characterizations and plotlines like a key puzzle
piece.</span> <span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>Besides
writing, what are some of your favorite hobbies?</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">I’m
a life-long outdoor enthusiast and high-level athletic competitor. I love
spending time in any kind of nature doing something athletic and adventurous,
especially with my family and friends. I enjoy traveling, reading, watching all
kinds of movies, and watching <i>Chicago
Fire, Chicago PD, The Walking Dead, Castle </i>and</span><i><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"> The Big Bang Theory.</span> <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>Have you
always wanted to be a writer?</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent1;">View
my WRITING page on my website</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent1;">:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.diannatbenson.com/"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">www.diannatbenson.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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would you give to a beginning writer?</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent1;">View
my WRITING page on my website</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: </span></span></span><a href="http://www.diannatbenson.com/"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">www.diannatbenson.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are you currently working on?</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><i><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Persephone’s Fugitive</span></i></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent1;">, Book #2 in the Cayman Islands
Trilogy:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When
a routine 911 call turns deadly, Paramedic Reyann Cooper finds herself held
at gunpoint by injured prison inmate, Jason Keegan. The
situation rapidly spirals out of Reyann’s control when the confrontation
becomes a tense standoff between Keegan and the Royal Cayman Islands
Police Service.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As
her patient’s hostage, Reyann fights to save them both before Keegan blows
them up. She realizes his warning to the Cayman police is no empty threat
since he’d rather die than spend the rest of his life in a prison
cell. Reyann soon discovers Keegan is just as determined to survive as she
is - provided he can escape Grand Cayman and disappear forever.
As she struggles to trust in God’s protection, help from an
atheist turns her struggle into a lure away from her faith.</span></div>
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us a little about your book.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent1;">Final
Trimester,<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></i></b><b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><span style="color: red;">Book
#1 in the Quigley Triplets Series:</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Paramedic Jodi Duncan recognizes the work of a serial
killer before th</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">e Myrtle Beach PD even suspects a
connection between the deaths of two pregnant women. Despite the vast
differences in the two cases, Jodi urges Detective Nate Quigley to think
outside the box. After digging deep into the separate investigations, Nate
finds no evidence to support a serial killer theory, and he warns Jodi to back
off police business, which only fuels her passion for the cases.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: 12pt;">When a third pregnant woman is murdered, Nate is named
lead detective on the case and works to link the deaths in order to unmask and
stop the serial murderer, a disturbed man who believes God and the devil battle
inside his head to bend him according to their wills. As he fights both voices,
his interest fixates on Jodi when he discovers her obsession with ending his
rampage.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><strong>How can someone find you on the internet? </strong><a href="http://www.diannatbenson.com/">www.diannatbenson.com</a></span> </div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Final-Trimester-Dianna-T-Benson/dp/1937844757/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394649011&sr=1-1&keywords=Final+Trimester+-+fiction" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/final-trimester-dianna-t-benson/1117057524?ean=9781937844752" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></div>
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Thanks, Dianna, for being a guest on my blog. Looking forward to reading, <i>Final Trimester.</i></div>
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Drawing will be held May, 17</div>
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Hey All! Please join me in welcoming Fay Lamb to my blog. She's here to share a little about herself with us and her book (along with several other authors), A Dozen Apologies. (digital copy to give away)<br />
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Congratulations goes to <span style="color: red; font-size: large;">LINDA <br /></span><br />
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<b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Tell us a little about yourself.</span></b></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">I’m a native
fifth-generation Floridian. I was born and raised in the town in which I still
reside, but I escape as often as I can to the mountains of Western North
Carolina.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">I’m active
in the Central Florida chapter of American Christian Fiction Writers. In fact,
I was their first president. I’ve just been elected secretary.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">I am an
acquisition editor with a well-known Christian publisher, and I write Christian
romance and romantic suspense, and dabble a little in non-fiction books about
the craft of writing. My current releases are <i>Stalking Willow </i>and <i>Better
than Revenge</i>, the first two novels in my romantic suspense series, Amazing
Grace, and <i>Charisse</i>, the first novel
in the Ties that Bind contemporary romance series. The second book in the
series, <i>Libby</i>, will release soon. My
non-fiction title is: <i>The Art of
Characterization: How to Use the Elements of Storytelling to Connect Readers to
an Unforgettable Cast.</i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">Oh, and I
can’t forget my favorite collaborations: three Write Integrity Press novellas: <i>The Christmas Tree Treasure Hunt,</i> <i>A Ruby Christmas, </i>and<i> </i>our soon to be released, <i>A Dozen Apologies.</i><b></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Why do you write the kind of books
you do? </span></b></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">I have to
admit that early in my career, when I was studying the craft, you could not have
gotten me to admit that I wrote romance for the sake of romance. Not me. I
wrote women’s fiction with a little romance, suspense with a little romance,
maybe even a comedy with a little romance, but never just romance.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">Then it
occurred to me that whether we’re willing to admit it or not, romance draws us
in. Even in the most conflict-ridden war-torn adventure, the promise of romance
makes the story all that much sweeter. When I finally realized that, I decided I
would write romance with suspense, romance with a bit of comedy, and well,
romance with romance.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">I write
Christian romantic suspense and romance because I believe that God has given me
the talent and the desire to write. If He has gifted me, then I need to use
that gift for Him. Sometimes the message is for someone seeking to know Him.
Other times, the story is written because I’ve faced some issues, and I know
that if I faced them, others have, too. My desire is to show readers the love
of Christ through the trials of my characters, who may or may not be living
life the way they should. I also want to spread the word that God is always in
the details. I love to infuse a little humor into my stories, no matter the
genre, because God’s sense of humor is a favorite of His attributes for me,
second only to His love.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">I love to
tat. In case you’re like I was when I visited a quilting show and saw this
sweet ninety-four year old woman sharing this lost art, tatting is a form of
lace made with double knots and picots (a fancy word for a loop left in the
design). I have never been able to crochet or to knit, but the dear older woman
I mentioned above invested a lot of her time and effort in making sure that I didn’t
give up until I’d learn this art so that I could pass it along. So far, I’ve
kept it to myself, but I am willing to teach.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">I also
collect salt and pepper shakers. I’m somewhere around five hundred pairs now,
and would you believe I still pour my salt from a Morton’s box, and my pepper
is out of a McCormick tin? I wouldn’t have even noticed except my mother-in-law
points it out every time we invite her to dinner.</span></div>
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<b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Have you always wanted to be a
writer?</span></b></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">Always and
forever. Cliché, I know, but it is the truth. I can’t imagine a time in my life
when storytelling wasn’t a part of it. I’m very thankful that an overactive
imagination always had a place to shine, whether it was with impromptu plays
for the neighborhood kids or writing page after page of stories during my
teenage years. I have the bad handwriting to prove it.</span></div>
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would you give to a beginning writer?</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">If you’ve
seen me answer this question before, you’ll know that I change it quite often.
So much good advice for beginning writers has been offered by other writers. I
believe I most often tell new writers not to give up. Let me tweak that advice
a little bit. Sometimes the writing life can get overwhelming. An author isn’t
finding success (and we all define success differently) fast enough, or maybe
they’ve been successful, but life is moving too fast for a writer to catch up.
An author (published or unpublished) may feel that their calling has changed.
Then my advice is to step off the merry-go-round. The truth is, most writers
are born to write. It’s something they must do. If, after a writer steps off
the merry-go-round, he or she doesn’t feel the urge to get back on, maybe the
Lord has other plans, and other wonderful adventures planned for the moment.<b></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What book are you currently working
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">Oh, boy. I’m
currently working on several projects. My characters in my upcoming third novel
in The Amazing Grace series, entitled <i>Everybody’s
Broken</i>, have finally come out of the shadows and we are into the heart of
their story now. At the same time, I’m working on my next title in The Ties that
Bind series, <i>Hope, </i>and I’m editing
the first book in my <i>Serenity Key </i>series.
That title is <i>Storms in Serenity.</i> </span></div>
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<b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Please tell us a little about your
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<i><span style="line-height: 115%;">A Dozen Apologies</span></i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> isn’t my book alone. Eleven
wonderful authors heeded the call. Together we brought to life our hapless
heroine, </span>Mara Adkins, a promising fashion designer, who has fallen off
the ladder of success, and can’t seem to get up.</div>
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In college, Mara and her sorority sisters played an ugly
game, and Mara was usually the winner. She’d date men she considered geeks, win
their confidence, and then she’d dump them publicly. When Mara begins work for
a prestigious clothing designer in New York, she gets her comeuppance. Her
boyfriend steals her designs and wins a coveted position. He fires her, and she
returns in shame to her home in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where life for
others has changed for the better.</div>
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Mara’s parents, always seemingly one step from a divorce,
have rediscovered their love for each other, but more importantly they have
placed Christ in the center of that love. The changes Mara sees in their lives
cause her to seek Christ. Mara’s heart is pierced by her actions toward the
twelve men she’d wronged in college, and she sets out to apologize to each of
them. A girl with that many amends to make, though, needs money for travel, and
Mara finds more ways to lose a job that she ever thought possible.</div>
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Mara stumbles, bumbles, and humbles her way toward
employment and toward possible reconciliation with the twelve men she
humiliated to find that God truly does look upon the heart, and that He has
chosen the heart of one of the men for her to have and to hold.</div>
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Chapters of <i>A Dozen
Apologies</i> have been shared since January 20 and will run through February
5. If you haven’t read them yet, be sure to start here: <a href="http://writeintegrity.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-dozen-apologies-chapter-one.html">http://writeintegrity.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-dozen-apologies-chapter-one.html</a>
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February 5, our readers will have a chance to decide the ending for the book by
voting for their favorite hero. The winning hero is the one who will win Mara’s
heart.</span></div>
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February 14<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup>—Valentine’s Day, the book will be offered live on
Kindle, and readers will learn the identity of the hero who stole Mara’s heart.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">We’ll be
sharing all kinds of blog posts and interviews, and the authors truly hope that
you will join us on our adventures. In fact, Mara has her own FB page. Feel
free to friend her there: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mara.adkins.35?fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/mara.adkins.35?fref=ts</a>
and be sure to see what we’re up to with our You Know Your Job is Odd When … page
on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/OurOddJobs/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/OurOddJobs/</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>
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readers find you on the Internet?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m all over
the place, and I love to meet new friends. Here are some links:</span></div>
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<a href="http://faylamb.com/">http://faylamb.com</a>
(Fay’s website and blog: On the Ledge)</div>
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<a href="http://facebook.com/fay.lamb">http://facebook.com/fay.lamb</a>
(personal FB page)</div>
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<a href="http://facebook.com/AuthorFay">http://facebook.com/AuthorFay</a>
(Fay’s fan page)</div>
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<a href="http://twitter.com/FayLamb">http://twitter.com/FayLamb</a>
(Fay’s Twitter address)</div>
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<a href="http://faylamb.com/innersource/">http://faylamb.com/innersource/</a>
(Inner Source Blog)</div>
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<a href="http://tacticaleditor.faylamb.com/">http://tacticaleditor.faylamb.com/</a>
and <a href="http://facebook.com/TacticalEd">http://facebook.com/TacticalEd</a></div>
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<a href="http://faylamb.com/ontheledge/on-the-ledge/">http://faylamb.com/ontheledge/on-the-ledge/</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1482814.Fay_Lamb">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1482814.Fay_Lamb</a> I did say I’m all over the place, right? </div>
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Thanks, Fay, for being a guest on my blog.</div>
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Drawing will be held March, 8</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-62724445589100817742014-02-08T09:05:00.001-08:002014-02-24T18:18:36.017-08:00Deborah Malone's "Terror On Tybee Island" interview & book giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey All! Please join me in welcoming Deborah Malone to my blog once again. She's here to share a little about herself and her book, Terror on Tybee Island.<br />
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It's time to announce the winner, and the winner is... <span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">KELLY</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank you for having me as a guest on
your blog, Debbie.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Tell us a little about yourself. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My dad was from Opelika, AL and my mother was from
Cincinnati, OH. It’s so true when they say opposites attract. My dad had moved
there to work for General Electric. While they were there they had my two older
brothers, Bill and Curtis. In the early 1950’s they moved to north Georgia
where my dad was transferred to work at GE. I wonder sometimes how I would have
turned out if we’d stayed in Ohio – I’d be a *&^% Yankee</span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">J</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Summer before last<a href="https://www.blogger.com/" name="_GoBack"></a> we had a reunion of twelve cousins in Cinn on my mother’s
side. Some I hadn’t seen for 40 years. It was so much fun!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My mother had RA (rheumatoid arthritis), but Dad never
missed a church service taking us kids to church. I have had my ups and downs with my faith,
but I’ve never given up on God. I’ve come to the conclusion there are some
things we will not have the answers to while on this earth. And that is alright
– in Pro. 3:5 we are told to “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean
not on your own understanding.” That is the verse Trixie holds on to in “Death
in Dahlonega.” </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Why do you write the kind of books
you do?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I’ve always loved to read so I think it was natural that
I’d transition into writing. Mysteries have been my genre of choice since I was
a young girl and loved to read Nancy Drew.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Cozy mysteries are one of my favorites and Ann George has been a big
influence on my writing. As for writing Christian Fiction – Margaret Daley’s
books were a big influence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Photography
– I love to take pictures of nature. Especially close up (macro) pics of
butterflies and flowers. If you go to my blog you can see some of my pictures. </span><a href="http://www.deborahsbutterflyjourney.blogspot.com/"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">www.deborahsbutterflyjourney.blogspot.com</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Have you always wanted to be a writer?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I can
remember beginning a book when I was a teenager, but didn’t finish so I think
I’ve always enjoyed writing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What advice would you give to a
beginning writer</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Besides all
the ones you hear all the time like: going to conventions, reading writing
books, join writing groups, etc. I would say the main thing is not give up. I
have a couple of books I would recommend – <i>Write
in Style</i> by Bobbie Christmas and <i>Goal,
Motivation and Conflict</i> by Debra Dixon. Keep on keeping on because these
are the writers who will eventually get published. (Don’t forget to write!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What book are you currently working
on? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m working
on a new cozy mystery series. It will have new characters, but still be a fun
read. It’s been hard leaving behind Trixie and Dee Dee. They keep wanting me to
write them in the story</span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Please tell us a little about “Terror
on Tybee Island.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN">Trixie Montgomery is
the main character and her sidekick and best friend is Dee Dee Lamont. Trixie
is a writer for a magazine and is sent on assignments to different towns. It
seems everywhere they go a dead body turns up and Trixie and Dee Dee must find
the person who committed the dastardly deed. Trixie’s eccentric great-aunt,
Nana, joins in on the fun. With Nana around there’s never a dull moment. For
instance she gets a tattoo in “Terror on Tybee Island.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">“Terror on Tybee
Island” takes place on the beautiful Tybee Island off of Savannah. Trixie, Dee
Dee, Nana and Trixie’s mother Betty Jo go for a relaxing vacation on the
island. Betty Jo’s friend puts them up in her bed and breakfast. It turns out
to be anything but relaxing when Trixie finds a body in the sand behind the
house. Betty Jo’s friend, Laura, is accused of the murder so of course Trixie
and Dee Dee must come to the rescue when Betty Jo begs them to help Laura. They
run into quite a few suspects as they attend a taping of Paula Deen’s cooking,
a trip to the Mercer-Williams house, and a pirate festival. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">During the festival
Nana is kidnapped and you’ll have to read the book to see if Trixie and Dee Dee
arrive in time to save her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">How can readers find you on the
Internet</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">? Deborah
Malone (facebook)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.deborah-malone/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">www.deborah-malone</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> www.sleuthsandsuspects.blogspot.com<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">www.amazon.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> www.cozymysterymagazine.blogspot.com<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thanks again, Deborah, for visiting my blog.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-70134879152642066162014-02-02T10:37:00.001-08:002014-02-02T10:37:32.410-08:00Problems with my blog at the moment :(Hey, All! <br />
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At the moment I'm having trouble uploading photos to my blog. I've had several interviews lined up with some amazing authors, but I'm having to postpone the interviews until I can have the problem resolve. Thanks for your patience.<br />
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DebraAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-67630784125534719372013-12-13T03:03:00.001-08:002013-12-13T03:03:44.706-08:00A Ruby Christmas (Free on Kindle)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey All! I have some exciting news to share with all of you. Right now and for the next couple of days over at Amazon "A Ruby Christmas" is FREE on kindle.<br />
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I've already downloaded my free copy, what about you?<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Christmas-Jerusha-Agen-ebook/dp/B00H1CW4ZY/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1386931876&sr=1-1&keywords=a+ruby+christmas">http://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Christmas-Jerusha-Agen-ebook/dp/B00H1CW4ZY/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1386931876&sr=1-1&keywords=a+ruby+christmas</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-84024886488933227032013-12-01T16:45:00.000-08:002014-01-27T17:54:31.254-08:00Julie (J.A) Marx's "A Ruby Christmas" interview & giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's a great way to start off the Holiday season. Please join me in welcoming Co-author Julie Marx to my blog. She's here to share with us a little about herself and her book, "A Ruby Christmas."<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A Ruby Christmas, co-authored
novella, Dec 2013</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tell us a little about yourself. </span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I </span></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">write from Texas. I’ve published
various articles, co-written 2 novellas, and I edit for one of the top national
healthcare e-zines. My most helpful writing is my private prayer/bible study
journal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why do you write the kind of books
you do?</span></span></b><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">With this particular Christmas
novella being the exception to what I’m about to say, I like books with a deep
meaning, for example Tosca Lee’s “Demon.” Superficial, watered down stories
won’t hold my attention. And I’ve always had a strong interest in spiritual
warfare. That combination naturally leads me to write supernatural suspense
with a heavy dose of psychology.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Besides writing, what are some of
your favorite hobbies?</span></span></b><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When I’m not writing, you can find me
working out at the gym, cooking up healthy meals, or traveling with my
wild-at-heart husband.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Have you always wanted to be a
writer? </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">No. But my father was a fantastic
storyteller, and I’ve always loved storytelling. After reading Frank Peretti’s
spiritual warfare books, I decided to write one of the many stories roaming my
mind. That happened in my late 30s.</span></i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m presently making
connections with an agent who will be peddling a supernatural suspense series,
presently titled, </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Destiny Series<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What advice would you give a
beginning writer?</span></span></b><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Write from your heart. Study the
craft diligently. Expect rejections, but don’t give up. Develop a platform by
writing articles, preferably (but not necessarily) in an area related to the
type of novels you write. By all means, plug into a critique group and attend
writing conferences. And occasionally eat chocolate. (70% dark is my fave)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What book are you currently working
on?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A Ruby
Christmas <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is a novella co-authored by
nine authors, including a contest winner who submitted a winning chapter last
spring. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please tell us a little about the novella.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ruby <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">tells the journey of a young Texas cowgirl
and her show dog, Yippee. Her father sends them around the world to collect
Nativity pieces to help replace their old dilapidated crèche. It’s also part of
their healing process and adjusting to the death of Ruby’s mother. How her dad
will put together all the pieces is a mystery that builds to the surprise at
the end.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How can readers find the authors and
this Christmas novella on the Internet?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Starting tomorrow (Monday 12/1/13)</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.writeintegrity.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">www.writeintegrity.com</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">will be posting one
chapter every day for 10 days (excluding the weekend). The e-book version will
become available on Amazon after that.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><em><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you so much, Julie, for being a guest on my blog.</span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Drawing will be held December 14</i></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-42744149720951835762013-11-24T18:29:00.001-08:002014-01-27T17:54:16.591-08:00Kerriann Flanagan Brosky's "The Medal" interview & book giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello All! Please join me in welcoming Kerriann Flanagan Brosky to my blog. She's here to tell us a little about herself and her book "The Medal."<br />
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Congratulations goes to . . . <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">LINDA</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Tell us about yourself. <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I have been a
writer and a photographer for over twenty years. I’ve written five non-fiction
books and co-authored a cookbook, but I always wanted to get into fiction. My
sixth book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Medal, a novel, </i>was
released in September 2012 and is a work of inspirational fiction. It’s based
on a true story.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Why do you write the kind of books you do? <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I wrote <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Medal </i>because I truly believe that
it was God and Padre Pio (the saint who bore the stigmata) who led me to write
it. My father suffered with Multiple Sclerosis for 16 years. It was a very
difficult time for him as well as for my family. I had reached a very low point
in my faith life, questioning God, being angry, wondering why this was
happening. A stranger came into my life and gave me a Padre Pio medal that
contained a relic. A miracle surrounding that medal occurred the night my
father died. It changed my life forever. The story and the message behind that
event was meant to be told. So the character of John Fitzpatrick is based on my
father, and his daughter Bethany, is a combination of myself and my mother. I
took what I felt and what I witnessed during my father’s illness, and combined
that with my mother’s role as caretaker to make one strong character. The character
of Jimmy, the Italian stranger, is based on the man who gave me the medal. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">Besides writing, what are some of your favorite hobbies? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">Cooking
and food is a big part of my life, that’s why I co-authored an Italian
cookbook. Besides that, I do yoga, quilting, gardening and I’m an avid reader.
I’m also a Sea Turtle Beach Patrol Volunteer for the Riverhead Foundation for
Marine Research and Preservation on Long Island. I’m a big animal lover, and I
have a great love for the sea. When I’m not writing I spend a good amount of
time at the beach, e<a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>ven in the winter. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Have you always wanted to be a writer? <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I always enjoyed
writing, but my degree is actually in photography. I had a job as a newspaper
photographer when I got out of college, and eventually I started writing for
the paper as well. I had my own column about local history. That eventually led
into writing and photographing books on local history.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">What advice would you give to a beginning writer? <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Don’t give up, no matter how difficult it might be. If
it’s who you are, then follow your dreams. From a practical point of view,
edit, edit, edit.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">What book are you currently working on? <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I’m currently working on marketing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Medal </i>full-time. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Please tell us about your book. <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Wh<span style="color: black;">en twenty-one-year-old pastry chef Bethany Fitzpatrick says
goodbye to her own dreams to stay home and care for her disabled father, her
faith and life are shattered, until years later when a mysterious stranger—who
seems to have stepped straight off the set of The Godfather—appears in her
bakery, tells her about a deceased Italian friar named Padre Pio who performed
miracles, and restored. Bethany’s faith in God, herself, and even…angels. </span></span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Faith, hope and
believing are strong themes in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Medal.
</i></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The response I have gotten from my
readers is “This book has changed my life.” It’s a message about hope, faith
and believing in miracles. It’s a very powerful story, especially for
caretakers or for anyone going through challenging times when you may lose your
faith or doubt that God is with you. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">How can readers find you on the Internet?</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Medal </i>is available on Amazon, in
both paperback and in e-format, Barnes & Noble.com, iBooks, and in some
book stores. You can find out more about me and my book by going to: </span><a href="http://www.padrepiomedal.com/"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">www.padrepiomedal.com</span></span></a><br />
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Hey Everyone! Please join me in welcoming Sherri Wilson Johnson to my blog. She's here to tell us a little about herself and her book, "Song of the Meadowlark." <br />
Congratulations goes to...<span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">CINDY W</span></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tell us a little about yourself. </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I
live in Georgia with my husband and two children. I love all things romance!
I'm a bird-watcher. I love going to the beach because the ocean is a
source of peace for me. I love to ride roller coasters and eat ice cream, hang
with my family and my Chihuahua, Posey. I work in women's ministry at my church
and I'm the author of <i>To Dance Once More</i> (OakTara) and <i>Song
of the Meadowlark</i> (OakTara). I am a columnist for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Habits for a Happy Home</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Choose
NOW Ministries</i>. I'm represented by Les Stobbe, a member of the ACFW, and a
graduate of the Christian Writers Guild writing course. I love to blog and I'm
a former homeschooling mom. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="color: black;"><strong>OR:</strong></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Sherri Wilson Johnson lives in Georgia with her husband and
two children. She loves to dream of romantic places and romance in
general–good, clean romance. She is a bird-watcher, loves the ocean,
roller coasters, ice cream, her family and her Chihuahua, who faithfully sits
by her side every day when she writes. She is represented by Les Stobbe, is a
member of the ACFW, a graduate of the Christian Writers Guild writing course,
an active blogger, and a former homeschooling mom. Sherri is the author
of <i>To Dance Once More</i> (OakTara) and <i>Song of the
Meadowlark</i> (OakTara) and is a columnist for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Habits for a Happy Home</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Choose
NOW Ministries</i>.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why do you write the kind of books
you do? I</span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> write them
because it's what pops into my head and must come out onto the page in order
for me to keep my sanity. Whenever I try to write something different, I stall.
Mostly, I love to make people feel romantic, dreamy, antsy, and frustrated all
at the same time. I love to cause them to ponder their lives and to help them
answer questions that they may have about their faith and relationships. And I
love to make them sigh on the last page.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Besides writing, what are some of
your favorite hobbies? </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If I have
free time, I'm usually writing. If I had to choose what to do on a day off or a
day by myself, I would choose to write or read books like I write. But I do
enjoy trips to the beach or to amusement parks. I love spending time with my
family and friends, drinking coffee or eating ice cream. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Have you always wanted to be a
writer? </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes! Since I
wrote my first story at eight years old!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What advice would you give to a
beginning writer? I w</span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ould tell
anyone who desires to be a published author--"Prepare your field."
That’s a line in the movie <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Facing
the Giants</i>. We always wish for the end result. As writers, we want to be
published authors. That sometimes takes precedence over the writing itself. But
if you don’t spend time writing and perfecting the craft (preparing your field)
then when will the seeds ever take root? If they do take root, how will they
ever survive the heat? They will wither and fade. Take courses, join groups,
study the craft, and write, write and re-write your work. Be willing to put it
aside when another project pops into your head. Come back to the old story and
perfect it more. You’ll grow a healthy crop that way.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Whatever you
do, don't ever give up on your dream. Step through open doors only after much
prayer. Be ready for rejection because it’s part of the path to publication.
Always write what God puts on your heart and even if you don’t find a publisher
for that story, it will honor the Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Establish
yourself on the Internet now. Start a blog. Review books that you’ve read. Make
friends on Goodreads and Facebook. Join Twitter. Publishers look for that kind
of thing. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What book are you currently working
on?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have just
finished <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">After the Raging Storm</i>, a
historical romance, and am now writing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A
Sense of Justice</i>, a contemporary romantic suspense.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please tell us a little about your
book.</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My most
recent release is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Song of the Meadowlark.</i>
It is a Contemporary Inspirational Romance full of hope, forgiveness, and
second chances at life and love set in South Georgia on a ranch with an ornery
cowboy. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Song of the Meadowlark</i>’s synopsis: When
trusting others only leads to pain and rejection, and loving ends only in loss,
what will it take to restore hope again? Shunned by the uncovered truth about
her missing husband’s secret life, Cora Buchanan sets out on a road trip for
home to mend her broken relationship with her parents. When her car breaks
down, she’s stranded in a small Georgia town. While staying at the struggling
Southern Hope Ranch, she meets little Susie O’Reilly, who unexpectedly fills a
void in Cora’s heart. But Rex, Susie’s rugged cowboy father who lost his wife a
year earlier, seems to go out of his way to either confront or avoid Cora. It
doesn’t help her comfort level that the news continues to report missing and
murdered women in the area. Cora has no idea just how close to home the crimes
will hit…or how much the sweet sound of the meadowlark’s song at the ranch will
impact her future. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sneak peek
at the first chapter! </span></span><a href="http://sherriwilsonjohnson.com/sherris-books/song-of-the-meadowlark/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://sherriwilsonjohnson.com/sherris-books/song-of-the-meadowlark/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How can
readers find you on the Internet?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<a href="http://sherriwilsonjohnson.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://sherriwilsonjohnson.com</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
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</span></span><a href="http://nicoleodell.com/sherri-wilson-johnson-on-inspiring-purity"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://nicoleodell.com/sherri-wilson-johnson-on-inspiring-purity</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
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</span></span><a href="http://www.bookfun.org/profile/SherriWilsonJohnson"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.bookfun.org/profile/SherriWilsonJohnson</span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanks for having me!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And thank you Sherri for visiting. Hope you'll be a guest again soon :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Drawing will be held November 23</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-22737760747909793302013-11-11T03:16:00.003-08:002013-11-22T02:55:51.296-08:00Marjorie Hill's "Xeno Oaks" interview & book giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey All! Please join me in welcoming Marjorie Hill to my blog. She's here to share with us a little about herself and her boo, "Xeno Oaks."<br />
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JOYE, please contact me ASAP. You're the winner of Marjorie's book, but I can't contact you through the email address you left in with your comment. Thanks.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Tell us a little about yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I live in the small
town of Walterboro, South Carolina, the front porch of the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">low country. Huge oak
trees draped with Spanish moss, old plantations, swamps </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">with alligators, sand
gnats, that sort of thing. We’re about an hour from </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Charleston, South
Carolina, and an hour from Savannah, Georgia. We have four </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">wonderful children:
Three daughters and one son and have been blessed with </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">seven grandchildren.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I write what I enjoy
reading. My mother was not a reader (except for cookbooks. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">She would curl up
with a new cookbook as I would with my fiction) but she was </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">a great storyteller.
Her specialty was fantasy tinged with the supernatural. She </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">would entertain my
friends to the point that we would have to follow them </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">home and be sure they
were safe inside with their door closed.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">My books are a type
of coming of age with a dash of fantasy added for good </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">measure. I have
always enjoyed the novels of George MacDonald, also C. S. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Lewis. So many times
folks will listen to fantasy and the Truth can be told in </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">and through the lives
of the characters. The characters will often ask questions </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">that need to be
answered not only for the character but for the reader.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Most of all, I find
that the vital message of my writing must be redemption. We </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">are constantly making
choices. I pray that my readers can find hope and healing </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">as they live with my
characters and watch them make their choices and the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">consequences that
follow.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Besides writing, what are some of your favorite hobbies?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Reading goes without
saying. I usually have at least three novels I am reading: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">one in my purse, one
on my bedside table and one by my favorite place in my </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">sitting room. Also I
enjoy gardening. There is something wonderful about s</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">eeing a new plant
sprout and grow. I find gardening therapeutic. The weeds </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">represent my problems
as I pluck them out of the ground and dispose of them.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I spend a great deal
of time at the Veteran’s Victory House Nursing Home where </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">my husband of fifty
three years is a resident diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. There </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I try to reach out to
some of the other residents. Its rewarding to see them </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">smile.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Have you always wanted to be a writer?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I have always made up
stories in my head. I thought everyone did that. They do, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">don’t they? So, yes,
I have always wanted to write.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">My parents as well as
my grandparents were storytellers. They wrote the stories </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">on my mind as I
imagined the characters and their fights and victories. So in a </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">way, I have always
written. Also I kept diaries, notes, and whatever is at hand. I </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">find words
fascinating as they string together like pearls in a treasured </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">necklace.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We (my grandchildren
and I) have had an unending story going on for years. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">They volunteer their
ideas as the story evolves. One morning, we were waiting </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">for our breakfast in
the Airport Restaurant in Sedona, Arizona. As the two five-year-</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">old cousins became
restless, we continued our story.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In the midst of the
telling, my husband said, “Shhhh. Everyone’s listening.” The </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">kids and I turned to
see a man with chin propped in one hand, and coffee cup </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">in the other.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“Don’t stop,” he
said. “I want to hear the ending.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Five-year-old Joe
answered in his drawl, “It never ends.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">And so go the stories
in my mind...they never end.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">What advice would you give to a beginning writer?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Don’t give up. Keep
on writing. I know how difficult it can be...especially when a </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">story you have loved
and slaved over is rejected. But that is just one person’s </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">opinion. Learn to
look at your work with fresh eyes. Get someone you trust to </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">read your material.
Keep on keeping on. Do keep a notebook handy so you can </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">jot down your idea
before it escapes.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">What book are you currently working on?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">At present, I am
working on a sequel to Xeno Oaks about Penny, the oldest of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">the four Britton
children. I am in the initial stage of gathering information, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">making notes and
jotting down ideas as they present themselves.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Please tell us a
little about your book.</strong></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Xeno Oaks is a coming
of age book. Eleven-year-old Molly thinks her life is </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">perfect until a
series of events which begins with her mother’s death in </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">childbirth causes her
to take a serious look at life. She is sent to live with her </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">evil Aunt Tess and
Grandpapa Britton at Xeno Oaks, a lovely old plantation in<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">the lowcountry of
South Carolina. The problem is: the other three siblings are </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">sent to live with
their maternal grandmother. As she struggles with her </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">problems, she is
befriended by her grandfather, a raccoon named Sassy, and a </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">young girl, Melody.
When strange happenings occur, Molly must make a choice.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Will she choose
healing and happiness?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">How can readers find you on the Internet?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Amazon author’s page:
</span><span style="color: #00009a; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">www.amazon.com/author/marjoriehill<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Website: </span><span style="color: #00009a; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">www.xenooaks.tateauthor.com<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Weekly devotional
blog: </span><span style="color: #00009a; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">www.indieauthors.com/blog/MarjorieBHill</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">’s
blog/<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Facebook author’s page:</span><span style="color: #00009a; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">www.facebook.com/xenooaks/marjoriebhill</span><br />
<span style="color: #00009a; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><br />
<span style="color: #00009a; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;">Drawing will be held, November, 16</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-61148768740939073012013-11-03T19:41:00.001-08:002013-11-03T19:49:14.869-08:00Malo Bel's "Four Given" interview & book giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey all! Please join me in welcoming Malo Bel to my blog. He's here to tell us a little about himself and his book "Four Given."<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tell us a little about yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Full On Life
– I suppose those would be the three words that define me and the life I like
to live. Words taken from Jesus’ offer – “I have come that you may have life
and have it abundantly (full on)”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- John
10:10. And so in everything I seek, in Jesus’ power, to live a life of
abundance. So whether physical – such as having run many 56 mile marathons, or
mental – such as completing a PhD – whether at home with my awesome wife and
children or in front of a thousand people, I give my all, through him who gave
me all. Yet all of this is so unimportant compared to whom I am related. My dad
wrote the world’s best selling book. He also made the originals that everyone
from DaVinci to Michael Angelo copied. And in case that is not enough, he
breathed and the stars came into being. He. “…merely spoke, and the heavens
were created. He breathed, and all the stars were born.” (Psalm 33:6). I am a
child of God. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Why do you write the kind of books
you do? </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wow. Jesus was
different. He did things in a way that shook up society, and now is shaking up
the world. He thought, taught and touched in ways never heard of - never
imagined. And so too, led by his incredible Spirit, I seek to write books that
inspire, that touch, that teach – but in a way that is different.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> am
passionate to share what it means to live the life that Jesus offers. All too
often we as Christians are burdened by sin, or by trying harder, or doing more.
Yet we never come to him that we may have life. His message is so simple that
we miss it, it is so life-changing that we think it cannot be true. And so I
seek to share my own experiences and those I have met in a way that is easy to
follow, yet contains the deepest of truths, the most important of messages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quite simply I am obeying what Jesus said
-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Go home to your own people and tell
them how much the Lord has done for you.” (Mark 5:19) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Besides writing, what are some of
your favorite hobbies?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">T3 – The
Three T’s - I am passionate about teaching, technology and travel – I love
teaching, especially the youth. I love technology – and my PhD brings these
first two areas together as it is in Educational Technology. Thirdly I love
travelling. I love God’s beautiful canvas upon which he has painted such a perfect
world. And I love marveling in what he has made and meeting the people who live
in so many different places around the world. Terrific…Ok, too many T’s now </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Have you always wanted to be a
writer?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have
written several technology books – but I have always had a passion to write
Christian books. Even in my technology books I pushed the boundaries. They are
never “normal”. I always looked for new an innovative ways to communicate what
might be deemed complex content in a simple and inspiring way. I took this
love, and inspired by some awards for this work, and wrote books on running,
living outdoors, etc. – all different but motivating. But none of these were
important. There is really only one story that needs to be told. The story of
Jesus at work in my life – a story that we all must experience, because living
his eternal life is beyond words. And so I think we all need to be writers –
every single one of us -– “Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story.”
(Psalm 107:2) <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What advice would you give to a
beginning writer?</span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Write
passionately – Edit precisely – Market persistently<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Start with
passion. Write what is in your heart. Don’t over think it. Of course you need
to plan, to some extent, but let the story write you. I believe this is really
true when we write for our Lord. We can open to him and let him direct us. It’s
so exciting to see what will happen next as the chapters unfold. I was as much
surprised by the twists in my story as you will be, and I was right there as it
was happening. Amazing.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Then edit
and edit and edit. Did I say “edit”? There is nothing worse than a book that is
full of editing errors. We are all human and these errors are always there.
However, while one or two grammar errors will be overlooked, a book full of bad
grammar – no matter how good the story – will be seen as unprofessional and
will not succeed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And then the
hardest part of all – marketing. Here is the true test of an author. This is
the test of whether you really love what you are doing. It may take you 6
months, a year, two years to write your book. Marketing will take 2, 3, 5, 10
years. On and on it goes. Something I have learned from running – if you don’t
enjoy it, if you are not motivated, you will never continue to put one foot in
front of another when you hit 7 hours, 9 hours, 11 hours…and still you have not
reached the end. However if you love God, if you love sharing his message, it
will seem “as a few days” because you will be doing what you love, as you blog,
share, post, tweet, and do whatever is needed. It’s just awesome to tell your
story, wherever you can, to who ever will listen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What book are you currently working
on?</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This book
“Four Given” is the first part of a beautiful journey to bring us to life
eternal. A life beyond comprehension, a life accessible now. I have already
been blessed with a glimpse at three other books that could follow this one.
However while the seeds of each of these are in my head, at the moment I have
not started them. I am enjoying Four Given, rejoicing in the gift of those I am
connecting with online. And so I am currently continuing my desire to write
though my blogs and also sharing the message of God through my new
micro-message ministry, 10 second videos. It’s all so </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">exciting;
I just wish I had more hours in the day.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please tell us a little about your
book.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s
different.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As I said, I
like to do things different – and never was it more important than with this
book. Let me begin with how it began.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It started
on a beach. Near the end of a great, relaxing vacation I was walking by myself
towards the beach showers. As I walked I was thinking about my life. Sure it is
great in so many ways - after all I was on vacation - but somehow it always
seems to be about me. What I want. What I do. And so I asked God - isn't it awesome
how we can talk to Him anywhere, anytime? - well, I asked him, "Lord, how
do I let go of me and take in more of you?" However, rather than an answer
I got a question back - "How do you let go?" For a moment I wondered,
"What? How do you let go?" And then I realised and responded, it's
obvious - "If you have to let go something you have to open your
hand." It seemed logical to me. I sort of imagined me hanging and holding
on a branch - an illustration that would return later when I wrote the story.
And then He said, "That is how your journey to me begins, by opening your
hand." By this stage I was at the beach showers, and was waiting for two
girls to finish. I stood there staring out at the sea thinking upon what He had
said. I must begin by opening my hand. What does that mean? An open hand is a
hand that gives. My journey must begin by giving. Is that not the defining
activity of love - "God so loved the world that he GAVE his only
son..." And then it really hit me - the hand, it's the Hebrew letter Yod -
and it is the letter that begins the most divine of names. Is it a message to
us, a journey we should take? I could feel the overwhelming sense of God's
presence wash over me as I stood there lost in my communion with him. An
overwhelming joy, a peace, an excitement - there was a discovery, a journey
that God was calling me on. But then doubt crept in...or was it just the vain
imaginations of my mind? At that exact moment one of the girls at the shower
said, "Excuse me." I turned around assuming they were finished, but
she continued and asked, "What are you thinking about?" I was blown
away. Why would a complete stranger ask someone they don't know what they are
thinking about? How did she even know I was thinking anything and not just
staring at the beautiful sea? And so I shared my conversation with her. I was
forced to give voice to the conversation in my heart. She smiled and said that
it sounded really deep and meaningful. I was left with my doubt washed away,
for no sooner had it crept in than God answered me with a voice that I could
hear, knowing that my limited faith needed it. And so began my journey, and my
calling to write this story, and the beginning of many more miracles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The main
message is that Jesus is offering us the most beautiful life possible - "I
have come that you may have life and have it abundantly" (John 10:10) - it
is a life filled with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness etc. Yet sadly many
of us are missing out on this for a number of reasons. Firstly because we don't
know how to enter this life. We need to realise that entry is nothing to do
with our efforts and everything to do with Jesus. Secondly many of us
misunderstand what the "abundant life" Jesus offers is. We are often
led to believe it is either only something we can enter in the future, or it is
a life of happiness defined by money, good health, and worldly success. Yet is
it neither of these - it is much more. It is a life we can enter now, a life
that far exceeds our vain human understanding of "happiness" - it is
a joy despite sadness, a peace despite worldly worries, a love despite a world
of hatred. It is a life that transcends human experience. It is a life we can
live now - the life of eternity.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Four Given
is a story about the mystery of Godliness and life eternal, a mystery that I
discovered is hidden in the most sacred place of all, in the holy letters
that define God. A mystery so divine, so life-changing, so real it is embedded
in the essence of every human being. A mystery that charts a divine path to
God, a journey that once undertaken will bring you to a place called Eternity,
a place where you will see “inexpressible things”.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">How can readers find you on the
Internet?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As one of my
T’s is technology, I love connecting with people online and would love to share
my story with anyone who love to hear it. I can be found in the following
places: </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: xx-small;">Website – </span></span><a href="http://www.malobel.com/"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: xx-small;">www.malobel.com</span></span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Blog – </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.malobel.com/blog">www.malobel.com/blog</a></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Would love you to subscribe </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">YouTube – </span></span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/4giventv"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: xx-small;">www.youtube.com/4giventv</span></span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: xx-small;"> - </span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: xx-small;">See my book trailers and the micro message ministry<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Twitter – </span></span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/malo_bel"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: xx-small;">www.twitter.com/malo_bel</span></span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Google+
- </span></span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/malobel"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: xx-small;">http://bit.ly/malobel</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There are
other places too (Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram) and they can be seen on my
website.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Drawing will be held November, 9</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-33945461913142867182013-10-27T16:32:00.001-07:002013-11-01T02:52:57.716-07:00Robin Fuson's "Rosita Valdez and the Giant Sea Turtle" interview & book giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello All! Please join me in welcoming Robin Fuson to my blog. She's here to tell us a little about herself and her book, "Rosita Valdez and the Giant Sea Turtle." <br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tell us a little about yourself. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I have been teaching and a storyteller for
over 30 years. As an AWANA missionary with my late husband, I trained teachers
in Colorado, Ukraine, and Russia. I have a children’s book published, <u>Rosita
Valdez and the Giant Sea Turtle</u>. My articles have been published in various
online magazines and blogs. Robin is a member of ACFW, John316 Marketing
Network, Author Marketing Club, and a critique group. I am married and between
the two of us we have 15 grandchildren. Family is important to us and keeps us
busy. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why do you write the kind of books
you do?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k56AFr-fuWo/Um2hm6Jy8zI/AAAAAAAABQs/-15f--gVUkM/s1600/f-140x210.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k56AFr-fuWo/Um2hm6Jy8zI/AAAAAAAABQs/-15f--gVUkM/s1600/f-140x210.jpg" /></a><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love to tell stories and my audiences
for the most part have been children. I feel that stories should be
entertaining, but need to have a reason or point to them. I feel strongly that a
person can learn important truths through stories. My book is an out flow of
that passion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Besides writing, what are some of
your favorite hobbies?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love to read. Redecorating or remodeling
my house is always fun. I like to have and work in a garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, I like to do crafts, especially
preparing them for my grandchildren. Watching them create them is very
rewarding. I sing in two community choirs. I have been singing since I was a
child. I don’t think about it as a hobby, but as part of who I am.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Have you always wanted to be a
writer?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I have always been a storyteller that is
what I love to do. Writing is a way to get my stories to thousands more people.
I find it almost as rewarding as face to face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What advice would you give to a
beginning writer?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;">It takes work but keep
working. Be open to instruction and criticism. Learn from others and have your
work read by others. Don’t be afraid to try new things or go to places that are
only in your dreams.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What book are you currently working
on?</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My
Rosita book is a series. I have book two and three written. I am polishing up
book two, getting it ready for readers and then the editor. I just wrote a fast
fiction for a contest and am working on a hi/low Christian Historical Romance
also for a competition. The hi/low means: high interest but low reading grade
for people new to English. I write in that grade level already. It is fun to
stretch into a different genre.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Please tell us a little about your
book.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Rosita Valdez and the Giant Sea Turtle </span></u><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">is about a young girl who
lives on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Her family has Spanish roots and owns
a plantation. She has a large family and two best friends. During a game of
hide and seek in the cove she encounters a giant sea turtle, who takes her on
adventures. She is the only one who sees him which causes doubt and jealousy.
The question of is he real or make believe brings Rosie to a crisis of honesty.
At the end of the story, the sea turtle helps her divert a disaster. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How can readers find you on the
Internet?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
<a href="http://rositavaldezbook.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://rositavaldezbook.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.kidbiblelessons.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.kidbiblelessons.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.robindensmorefuson.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.robindensmorefuson.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/AuthorRobinDensmoreFuson"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">https://www.facebook.com/AuthorRobinDensmoreFuson</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/RobinLFuson"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">https://twitter.com/RobinLFuson</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Drawing will be held November, 2Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-47136949275773052792013-10-20T19:29:00.000-07:002013-10-29T02:57:12.495-07:00Carole Brown's "The Redemption of Caralynne Hayman" interview & book giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey, All! Please join me in welcoming Carole Brown to my blog. She's here to share with us and a little about herself and her book, "The Redemption of Caralynne Hayman."<br />
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Winner alert! Congratulations goes to... <span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">AMY C.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tell us a
little about yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I live in SE
Ohio, full of rolling hills and lots of beautiful woods. Our country and small
town life consists of flower gardens for me, walks in the woods, too many cats,
three dogs and one horse. We’ve had cattle before (and don’t ask me about the
bull we had that hated me!), a potbellied pig, and chickens. But we’re not
farmers! I always said I’d never marry a farmer (for some reason! Lol). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--138t57XJK0/UmSPzQvoEXI/AAAAAAAABQQ/wJnS68utIEY/s1600/carole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--138t57XJK0/UmSPzQvoEXI/AAAAAAAABQQ/wJnS68utIEY/s200/carole.jpg" width="133" /></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Seriously,
we’ve traveled a lot and enjoyed many of the states, met lots of friends, and
experienced tons of thrilling things including gold panning in the mountains
out west with a real live mountain man, eating fried sheep’s intestines and
ministering to a “Bonnie and Clyde” couple. Less you think us really
unsophisticated, we also enjoy several times a year, dinners and shows at
theaters and take in other interesting events too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our best
experience in the last two years was gaining three grandsons! Two are adopted
and now eight and ten, and we love them dearly! The third is a birth grandson
and the light of our eyes. I never get tired of talking about them. </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why do
you write the kind of books you do?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Suspense and
mysteries have always been my favorite genre from a child up. In my current
book, I not only employ suspense but added some romance and a real, today’s-world-topic
of abuse. Throw that mixture into an evil cult and you have suspense multiplied
several times over. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">B</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">esides
writing, what are some of your favorite hobbies?</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Besides
enjoying our grandsons? Reading together, walking, working in our gardens and
fruit trees, family time with out two sons, boating and fishing occasionally,
some traveling and keeping up with our friends and relatives. We’re never NOT
busy. My husband’s dream is to retire early and travel extensively throughout
the country. He’s not quite got me convinced; not sure if I could do without
seeing my grandsons that long. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ave you
always wanted to be a writer?</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m not sure
when I consciously realized I would be a writer/author some day. I’ve written
all my life and still remember in grade school the class clapping after one of
my readings. I’ve dabbled with short stories, articles, poems and research
papers until one day I knew it was “the time.” Now or never, and I hit the
re-learning hard: conferences, critique groups, agent and finally, publisher. A
long journey, but worth it.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What
advice would you give to a beginning writer?</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Never, ever
quit. If you have a desire in you to write, then write. Of course, you’ll run
into obstacles. Of course, you’ll become discouraged. But don’t give up.
Discover where you need to go with your writing and aim for that goal. There
are too many possibilities in the world today to give up. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What book
are you currently working on?</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’ve been
focusing on marketing, editing two books and working on a Companion book for
The Redemption of Caralynne Hayman. That’s more than enough to keep me busy.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But when I
can I want to get back to a historical (with a little suspense) I’m writing--a
fun, lighter novel and have second books in a couple series I’m working on when
I can. I never run out of ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If I do a
sequel to The Redemption of Caralynne Hayman, this is a brief blurb of what it
will be about: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;">It begins with a baby kidnapping. Elder
Simmons, the antagonist, will not let go. He is determined to wreck vengence
upon the MacFarlands, even if he has to do it from prison.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;">Cara and Dayne, now happily married, go
through trials that will shatter their self-complacency and test their love.
Dayne will be lied about and like Joseph in the Bible must hold steady for God’s
timing. Cara has suffered hurts and abuse from her former marriage. With Dayne
she thought everything would be smooth sailing. But when the lies surface, can
she trust him, does she love him enough to stay strong for his sake? Will her
mustard seed faith grow or be uprooted?</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;">Please
tell us a little about your book…</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
Redemption of Caralynne Hayman: <o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How far
would YOU go to avenge the murder of a daughter?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Caralynne
Hayman is angry and bitter over the abuse and death of her eleven-year- old
daughter from the hands of her religious group, The Children of Righteous Cain.
When her husband suffers a sudden heart attack, she does nothing to help him.
In her eyes someone needs to pay, and if that means all of the men in the group,
then so be it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dayne
MacFarland is sent away to college by the senior elder of the group to learn
ministry. When he returns after finding salvation, determined to bring the
truth to the people he’s known all his life, he rediscovers Cara and realizes
the love he once felt for her is still deeply embedded within his heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dayne
faces men unwilling to turn their backs on the cult training he despises. Cara
faces men who follow their leader in abuse toward their wives and the young
girls of the group.<b> </b>Cara is considered rebellious and inappropriate to
befriend. Dayne is the apple of Elder Simmons’ eye—until he takes a stand
against their teachings. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Can Cara
overcome the feelings that have governed her most of her life? Can she learn to
trust </span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dayne, and most of all a God whom she sees as uncaring—if he’s really
there at all? Only Dayne’s prayers and love can reach Cara and show her the way
to redemption, and Cara must recognize and accept God’s love and forgiveness
before she goes too far.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How can
readers find you on the Internet?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>I’d love to
connect with readers at:</strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Facebook:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CaroleBrown.author"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/CaroleBrown.author</span></a></span></u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">T</span>witter:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://twitter.com/browncarole212"><span style="color: blue;">https://twitter.com/browncarole212</span></a></span></u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Goodreads:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 114%; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5237997-carole-brown"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5237997-carole-brown</span></a></span></u><span style="line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Website: <u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://carolebrownauthor.com/"><span style="color: blue;"></span></a><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://carolebrownauthor.com/I">http://carolebrownauthor.com/</a></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null"></a></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null"></a></u></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null"></a></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null"></a></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null"></a><span style="line-height: 114%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null"></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null"></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>I also
participate on:</strong> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Barn Door
Book Loft <u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.barndoorbookloft.net/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.barndoorbookloft.net</span></a></span></u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Geezers Gals and Guys: <u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://geezerguysandgals.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://geezerguysandgals.blogspot.com/</span></a></span></u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stitches in Time: <u><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://stitchesthrutime.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://stitchesthrutime.blogspot.com/</span></a></span></u><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Thank you
for hosting me, Debra! I really appreciate it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you, Carole for visiting with us this week. I really enjoyed it!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 114%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Drawing will be held October, 26</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-36852102587354971842013-10-13T19:52:00.002-07:002013-10-21T17:24:22.165-07:00Paulette Harper Johnson's "The Sanctuary" interview and ebook giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello, All! Please join me in welcoming Paulette Harper-Johnson to my blog. She here's to share with us a little about herself and her book "The Sanctuary." And she's going to be giving away a Modi format copy of her book.<br />
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Congratulations goes to . . .<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: red;">LINDA</span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Tell
us a little about yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Paulette Harper is
an award-winning and best-selling author. She is the owner of Write Now
Literary Virtual Book Tours and is passionate about helping authors succeed in
publishing and marketing their books. Paulette has been writing and publishing
books since 2008.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paulette is the author
of That Was Then, This is Now, Completely Whole and The Sanctuary. Her articles
have appeared on-line and in print. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uxb_W6y9eDg/UltbjRmlRRI/AAAAAAAABP0/V4TtbqMhtpk/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uxb_W6y9eDg/UltbjRmlRRI/AAAAAAAABP0/V4TtbqMhtpk/s1600/1.jpg" /></a><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Why
do you write the kind of books you do?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I write to encourage and inspire readers. Although
my latest books are fiction, finding stories relatable to everyday lives is a
joy to me. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Besides
writing, what are some of your favorite hobbies?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Besides writing, I enjoy walking alone the ocean,
playing spades, listening to jazz and shopping for the latest Dooney and Bourke
purse. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Have
you always wanted to be a writer?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">To be totally honest, I would have to say
no.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I actually started my publishing
journey in my mid-forties. It was during a major transition in my life that the
passion and desire to write became apparent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I wrote my first non-fiction book in 2007, and it was released in 2008;
and I have continued to release a book each year thereafter. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What
advice would you give to a beginning writer?</span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Promote, promote,
promote. I would suggest they start early. Contacting everyone that could
possibly help with the finances and marketing. Looking on the internet for ways
to reach your readers, getting a web site, flyers and if you could afford it,
hiring someone to help promote.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What
book are you currently working on?</span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Currently working on Mending My Heart, the sequel to
The Sanctuary<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Please
tell us a little about your book.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">The Sanctuary</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> will make you laugh, cry, and get
caught up in the drama-filled lives of the saints in Trinity Lakes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Watch God take the lives of ordinary people
and transform them through their unyielding faith in Him. The Sanctuary, a
gripping Christian Fiction tale of unyielding faith, dark secrets, and the
difficult road to redemption.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">How
can readers find you on the Internet?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Facebook<u> : </u></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/PauletteHarperAuthor"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">https://www.facebook.com/PauletteHarperAuthor</span></a><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Amazon Author Profile and Full Book List<u><span style="color: blue;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u></span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/mvzj65j"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">http://tinyurl.com/mvzj65j</span></b></a><b><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Twitter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/pauletteharper"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">https://twitter.com/#!/pauletteharper</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">LinkedIn:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paulette-harper-johnson/7/a29/8a7"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"></span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paulette-harper-johnson/7/a29/8a7">http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paulette-harper-johnson/7/a29/8a7</a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null"></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null">Pinterest</a> : </span><a href="http://pinterest.com/pauletteharper/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">http://pinterest.com/pauletteharper/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Website: </span><a href="http://www.pauletteharper.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">www.pauletteharper.com</span></a><br />
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Thank you so much, Paulette, for visiting with us this week!<br />
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Drawing will be held October 18Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-16924024097838018022013-10-06T14:31:00.000-07:002013-10-14T03:20:37.561-07:00Melanie Dickerson's "The Captive Maiden" interview & book giveaway<div style="text-align: left;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ws8TeLc3b9o/UlHSTpjyOqI/AAAAAAAABPU/ZxN249l6Pvg/s1600/c8e5f463cbe50a7e9d9aa1_L__V385902051_SX200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ws8TeLc3b9o/UlHSTpjyOqI/AAAAAAAABPU/ZxN249l6Pvg/s1600/c8e5f463cbe50a7e9d9aa1_L__V385902051_SX200_.jpg" /></a>Hello All! Please join me in welcoming my dear friend Melanie Dickerson to my blog once again. She visiting this week to tell us a little about herself and her book "The Captive Maiden."<br />
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Winner alert! Congratulations goes to...<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">NATALIE MONK</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tell us a little about yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hi, Debra!
Well, I live in north central Alabama, and I’m originally from L.A.—Lower
Alabama, that is. I have two daughters and a husband, and we are a pretty
boring family. </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> We all like to read and watch old episodes of Psych and Duck
Dynasty, both of which we recently discovered, and Jane Austen movies. Well, I
should clarify. My daughters and I like to watch Jane Austen movies. My husband
gets tired of them after once or twice. He actually prefers football.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why do you write the kind of books
you do?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hm … well,
since my books are several different genres in one, I will make this a
multi-faceted answer. </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I write romance stories because romance is the genre I most
enjoy reading and watching myself, and I write Medieval stories because that
time period has always fascinated me, and I write fairy tale retellings because
it is so fun to take a familiar story and twist and change and embellish it and
make it as romantic as I can, and I write Christian stories because God is the
agent of change in my life and my characters’ lives, and novels are all about
characters who change and grow and become better people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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your favorite hobbies?</span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hobbies?
People think I have hobbies? Haha! Just kidding. Sort of. </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Actually, I used to be into
scrapbooking all my children’s photos, but that has sort of gone by the wayside
since I started writing novels. Hm. Hobbies. Does exercise count? I try to make
it to the gym three times a week. Although you wouldn’t know it to look at me! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Have you always wanted to be a
writer?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I wanted to
be a writer all through junior high and high school, but I put it aside when I
started college and didn’t pick it back up again until about 15 years later.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What advice would you give to a
beginning writer?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Read and
learn all you can from books on writing and writing blogs and websites. There’s
lots of great information on the internet. You can never know everything, so
keep reading! And practicing! Write as much as you can, and pray. God knows how
to bless your writing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What book are you currently working
on?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">am
currently working on my fifth fairy tale retelling, which is a Frog Prince
story about Margaretha, Gabe’s sister, who is also Rose and Wilhelm’s
daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also have been working on a
Regency series, but no official word on when that might be published. But stay
tuned to my facebook page and blog for any news!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please tell us a little about your
book.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Captive
Maiden is a Cinderella story, and it’s also the story of Valten, Gabe’s brother
from The Fairest Beauty. It’s kind of a cross between Cinderella and Ivanhoe,
since Valten is a knight and he competes in a jousting tournament in this
story. It’s quite exciting and romantic, if I do say so myself. </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> It seems to be a favorite with my
beta readers as well, including my two daughters. They like it even more than
The Fairest Beauty, but maybe I shouldn’t say that. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How can readers find you on the
Internet?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have a
website, </span></span><a href="http://www.melaniedickerson.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">www.MelanieDickerson.com</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, which includes my blog, and they
can watch my trailers there as well. And they can keep up with any breaking
news about my books, and interact with me, on my facebook page, </span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MelanieDickersonBooks"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">https://www.facebook.com/MelanieDickersonBooks</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. I like facebook, so I’m on there a
lot. </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I’m also on Twitter. @melanieauthor
is my Twitter name. I love hearing from my readers, so don’t hesitate to say
hello!</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanks so
much for having me on your blog, Debra! You’re a great friend!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I enjoyed having you on my blog again, Melanie. I absolutely love your books. I am so looking forward to reading this one too!! Love the cover :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now, because only one winner will be chosen, and you'd love to get your own copy of "The Captive Maiden" Here's the Amazon link : <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Captive-Maiden-Melanie-Dickerson/dp/0310724414/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_pap?ie=UTF8&qid=1377963503&sr=8-1&keywords=the+captive+maiden+melanie+dickerson" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1381094649156_2069" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">http://www.amazon.com/The-Captive-Maiden-Melanie-Dickerson/dp/0310724414/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_pap?ie=UTF8&qid=1377963503&sr=8-1&keywords=the+captive+maiden+melanie+dickerson</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Drawing will be held, October 12</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Hello Everyone! Please join me in welcoming Michael Webb to my blog. He's going to share with us a little about himself and his book "Infernal Gates."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Congratulations goes to ... </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">LINDA KISH</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tell us a little about yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G6wgTStZBRo/UkiKCwPapBI/AAAAAAAABO8/EX6mYSk3NGg/s1600/book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G6wgTStZBRo/UkiKCwPapBI/AAAAAAAABO8/EX6mYSk3NGg/s1600/book.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">I’m a storyteller at heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I love making people gasp, cry, laugh, scratch their heads, and think
about the world they live in--and the world they’re not quite certain is
real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m an eclectic reader, both
fiction and non-fiction, and I’m fascinated by the intersection of the Biblical
and scientific perspectives, especially as they relate to the study of
Light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m a history buff, including
ancient, modern, and forbidden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love
the mountains and enjoy the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
live in North Carolina with my wife, a Sun Conure, and our 120 gallon salt
water reef tank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorite food is
Mexican, I never met a soft chocolate chip cookie I didn’t like, and my
favorite music these days is either praise and worship songs or “oldies” from
the ’50’s-’70’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My all-time favorite
movie is a toss-up between Ben Hur and Jeremiah Johnson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The one thing I fantasize most about is where
I’d go first if Time Travel was real. </span><br />
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</span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Why do you write the kind of books
you do?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> write what I like to read—great stories that leave me
craving for more with fascinating, flawed characters, exotic locations around
the world, lots of action and adventure, a sense of mystery and intrigue,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>all woven together with a thread of
interesting, sometimes little-known historical information topped off with a
dash of romance.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> also want to engage my readers in ways they might not have
been engaged in before by getting them to think about the world they live in
from a very different perspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
are immersed in an unseen realm, the realm of the spirit, and it impacts our
lives dramatically every minute of every hour of every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is war going on in that realm, and it
spills over into the physical world we occupy in ways that few people truly
understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People perish every day
because they lack knowledge about this ancient battle for the souls of men and
women, children and adults, indeed, all of humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope in some small way to get my readers
thinking about “What if---”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Besides writing, what are some of
your favorite hobbies?</span></span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">My wife and I love to travel and we have quite a “bucket
list” of places we’d like to visit including Iceland, Chile, and Alaska.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our favorite place to escape and unwind is
St. Johns in the U.S. Virgin Islands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We love hiking, snorkeling, horseback riding, and visiting museums.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are also “foodies.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We love trying new, different, and
interesting places to eat and partaking of an eclectic variety of mouth-watering
cuisines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Have you always wanted to be a
writer?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I wrote
poetry through high school and the first couple of years of college then tried
my hand at short stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I realized
that the stories I wanted to tell wouldn’t fit into either of those molds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started thinking about writing novels as a
career in my late twenties, but didn’t begin working at the craft regularly
until 1984.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spent the next six years
researching and writing a novel that was longer than Moby Dick, War and Peace,
or Atlas Shrugged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I finished it, I
proudly sent it off to an agent and received an eight page, single-spaced,
typed rejection letter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had to pay
this NY Agent a fee to read the darn thing, so the rejection letter cost me a
little less than $100/page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, that
attempt at “The Great American Novel” eventually became a trilogy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I recently re-issued the entire trilogy as
E-books<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Oh, by the
way, I still have the rejection letter, and no, I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">didn’t </i>frame it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Too
long—just like my first attempt at a novel!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">What advice would you give to a
beginning writer?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Writers
write. We can’t help ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have
to write or we’ll explode.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have a
story burning in you, put it down on paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you decide it’s something others would enjoy, make certain you’ve
done your very best to make it excellent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t be afraid to fail, and don’t wonder if you’ll ever become
famous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just write--and repeat the
process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Be clear about why you write and who your
audience is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Become knowledgeable about
your craft and the market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be passionate
about your writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seek out those who
can help you succeed whenever and wherever possible (writing is ultimately a
very solitary habit).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last, but not
least, “Never, never, never, ever give up” (courtesy of Winston Churchill).</span></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">The rest
is up to God.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What book are you currently working
on?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">’m
finishing a follow-up story to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Infernal
Gates</b>, titled <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Devils’ Cauldron</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not really a sequel, however.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I fell in love with the characters while
writing <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Infernal Gates</b> and they kept
clamoring inside my head to tell the world more about them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I’m writing the story they’re dictating
to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of the action is set in
Antarctica, another place I’ve put on my “bucket list” to visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve also started thriller #7 that I’m really
excited about, tentatively titled <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ghost
Hunter</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></b></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Please tell us a little about your
book.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ethan Freeman wakes up one morning and discovers that he is
the sole survivor of a commercial airline plane crash that killed everyone on
board, including his wife and two teenage children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He becomes the FBI’s number one suspect in
what is believed to be an act of domestic terrorism and must find a way to
prove his innocence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is, he
was on the plane, sitting next to his wife, across the aisle from his children and
blacked out the instant of the fiery crash.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">As Ethan struggles to find out what happened to him and the
others on the plane and wrestles with his guilt and torment over the death of
his entire family, he is drawn into an ever-deepening, epic, and millennia-old
conspiracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An ancient evil has been
released-- from the prison it was sealed into during the time of the pharaohs--by
a mysterious and powerful cult of demonic monks known as The Nine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Nine have summoned the ancient evil with
the intent of prematurely opening the angelic prison spoken about in the Book
of Revelation and referred to as The Abyss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They seek to steal the Key to the Abyss from The Guardians and use it to
unleash a holocaust upon an unsuspecting world.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ethan is
thrown together with an eclectic mix of individuals, including the woman
heading up the crash investigation for the NTSB, a Black FBI agent who is a
descendant of Thomas Jefferson, a British astrophysicist, an orthodox rabbi who
survived Auschwitz, a Hmong warrior who wields a mysterious and unusual weapon,
and a South African wilderness guide who is a tenth generation shaman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Together, the seven companions must stop The
Nine and prevent the ancient evil from opening The Abyss, unleashing
unimaginable evil and enslaving humanity.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How can readers find you on the
Internet?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Connect with Michael
J. Webb</b>: Website: </span><a href="http://www.michaeljwebbfiction.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.michaeljwebbfiction.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">,
Amazon Author Page: </span><a href="http://amzn.to/P2CLn1"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: blue;">http://amzn.to/P2CLn1</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">, Facebook </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/MichaelJWebbBooks"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.facebook.com/MichaelJWebbBooks</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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I</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">nfernal
Gates:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Kindle</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Oldest Enemy: </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Book Video Trailer </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/WkK5dL"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">http://bit.ly/WkK5dL</span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Kindle </span></span><a href="http://amzn.to/RWyv4c"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">http://amzn.to/RWyv4c</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">, Nook </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/ZJhymL"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">http://bit.ly/ZJhymL</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">, Paperback </span></span><a href="http://amzn.to/Rolsf1"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">http://amzn.to/Rolsf1</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Master’s Quilt:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kindle </span></span><a href="http://amzn.to/Z2SJQS"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">http://amzn.to/Z2SJQS</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nook </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/17K2Qx4"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">http://bit.ly/17K2Qx4</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Nephilim
Parchments:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kindle </span></span><a href="http://amzn.to/10fON1N"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">http://amzn.to/10fON1N</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nook </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/15qcOnZ"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">http://bit.ly/15qcOnZ</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Song of the
Seraphim:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kindle </span></span><a href="http://amzn.to/11gUNTD"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">http://amzn.to/11gUNTD</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nook </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/11mLqS8"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">http://bit.ly/11mLqS8</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span></u></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <u>Non-fiction<o:p></o:p></u></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In
the Cleft of the Rock: Insights into the Blood of Jesus, Resurrection Power,
and Saving the Soul<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kindle</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://amzn.to/17S6Aze"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">http://amzn.to/17S6Aze</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Paperback
</b></span></span><a href="http://amzn.to/19V7CLM"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">http://amzn.to/19V7CLM</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Thanks so much, Michael, for visiting with us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Drawing will be held Oct. 5</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-56046364995311656312013-09-22T13:44:00.004-07:002013-10-06T14:46:06.878-07:00Fay Lamb's "Stalking Willow & Better Than Revenge" Interview and Book giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello Everyone! Please join me in welcoming Fay Lamb to my blog once again. She going to visit with us this week and share a little about herself and both of her books in the Amazing Grace series. "Stalking Willow & Better Than Revenge." And BOTH books goes to one winner!!<br />
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Congratulations goes to... <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">KAYM</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Tell us a
little about yourself.<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">I’m a lifelong resident of a small town on the East Coast of
Florida. Titusville is best known for the Kennedy Space Center. My husband and
I are two of those rare individuals that can claim we are native Floridians. We
have both lived in this town all of our lives. Both of our grandmothers were
born in this town as well. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">I’m a past-secretary for American Christian Fiction Writers. I also
served for four years as the moderator for ACFW’s critique group, Scribes. I
had to give up the moderation last year around this time to concentrate on my
writing career, but I one of my joys in life is working with authors. I miss my
Scribes’ friends, and I have every intention of getting back to work there as
soon as I can.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9aGjxso1e78/Uj9WFEtcosI/AAAAAAAABOI/hKMrGshX94Y/s1600/Stalking+Willow+FRONT+Cover+FINAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9aGjxso1e78/Uj9WFEtcosI/AAAAAAAABOI/hKMrGshX94Y/s200/Stalking+Willow+FRONT+Cover+FINAL.jpg" width="127" /></a>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Why do you
write the kind of books you do?</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This was asked of me in a
previous interview for another story, and my answer then hasn’t changed, but
there can be one answer to a question. Today, let me just say that I write the
kind of books I do because I feel that the Lord has always been directing my
path to write for Him. By His grace He has protected me from writing work that
would not bring glory to His name. What I mean by that is that before I began
to follow his leading, I would write stories that weren’t God-honoring or
God-centered. They were just stories. I cannot think of any better reason to
write than the fact that God created me to write. Of this I’m absolutely sure.
Now, how many He intends to be reached with my stories—that’s entirely up to
Him. I heeded the call. I’ve studied the craft, and I leave the outcome in His
hands, which are must more capable than mine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Besides
writing, what are some of your favorite hobbies? <o:p></o:p></strong></span></span><br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tT3Qe7Yb0Xc/Uj9XnZ3xQSI/AAAAAAAABOc/m-csKbCu1lg/s1600/Better+than+Revenge+Cover+FRONT+FINAL+jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tT3Qe7Yb0Xc/Uj9XnZ3xQSI/AAAAAAAABOc/m-csKbCu1lg/s200/Better+than+Revenge+Cover+FRONT+FINAL+jpg.jpg" width="128" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I have two hobbies I feel are a
bit unique. I tat—you know—tatted lace. I cannot crochet or knit. I couldn’t
sew on a button to save my life, but I can use a ball of thread and a teeny
little tatting shuttle and create beautiful little motifs by practicing an art
that has almost vanished today.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> I also collect salt and pepper
shakers. I got the love for the different types of shakers from my grandmother.
I believe the count is currently at 500 and climbing. Yet, I use a Morton Salt
box and a McCormick’s pepper tin for our meals—something that was pointed out
to me by my mother-in-law during a big family dinner.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">As an aside, I’m also in love
with music. Progress, alternative and mostly indie music are favorite. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Have you
always wanted to be a writer?<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Definitely. I can’t imagine life
without writing. Writing is the way that I deal with life’s difficulties. It’s
the greatest distress formula in the world. I was writing stories on the wall
of my brain even before I could write them on paper. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>What advice
would you give to a beginning writer?</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I love this question. I have a
lot of answers. Let me just say that studying the craft is a necessity in the
art of fiction. A musician cannot sit down and play a difficult piece of music
without practice. Yet, some writers believe they can create masterful prose
without so much as practicing the art of storytelling. That simply can’t be
done..<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>What book
are you currently working on?</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I’m working on the third book in
my The Ties that Bind Series. That book is Hope, and it will follow <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Charisse</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Liberty</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Please tell
us a little about your books in the Amazing Grace series.</strong></span></span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Stalking
Willow </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">was released in May of this year. The second story
in this series, which is romantic suspense and set in the mountains of Western
North Carolina, is entitled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Better than
Revenge, </i>which is actually a rerelease of my first novel, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Because of Me.</i> My first publisher is no
longer in business, and my current publisher contracted it. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Better than Revenge </i>has what I think of
as the “extra” like you’d seen in a DVD of a movie. The extra with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Better than Revenge</i> is a closer <a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>look at one of the antagonist and learning just how devious
the old biddy really was.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Here’s a little about
each novel:</span><br />
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<em><strong>Stalking Willow</strong></em>: Bitterness, a
stalker, and a neighbor to die for. What's a girl to do? Trailed by a stalker
in New York City, Willow Thomas, a young ad executive, scurries back to her
small North Carolina hometown and the lake house where ten years earlier a
scandal revealed her entire life had been a lie, and a seed of bitterness took
root in her soul. The cocoon of safety Willow feels upon her arrival home soon
unravels when she meets opposition from her and the stalker reveals he is close
on her heels.<br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Can
Willow learn to trust God to tear out her roots of resentment, reunite her
family, ferret out a deadly stalker, and to rekindle the love she left behind?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><strong>Better than Revenge:</strong> </i><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Michael’s fiancée, Issie Putnam,
was brutally attacked and Michael was imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit.
Now he’s home to set things right.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Two people stand in his way:
Issie’s son, Cole, and a madman. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Can Michael learn to love the
child Issie holds so close to her heart and protect him from the man who took
everything from Michael so long ago?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><strong>How can readers find you on the
Internet?</strong></span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I truly hope your readers will
connect with me online. My website is </span><a href="http://www.faylamb.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: blue;">www.faylamb.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">. There you’ll
see my blog Inner Source, which provides writers the opportunity to write about
the issues God brought to them in the writing of their novels and books.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I’m also The Tactical Editor on
Facebook. I offer daily editing advice and writing how-tos Monday through
Friday at </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/TacticalEd"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: blue;">www.facebook.com/TacticalEd</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">. And I love to
connect personally with friends on my page: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/fay.lamb"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: blue;">www.facebook.com/fay.lamb</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">. This is where
I have lots of fun.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I use Twitter for a lot of promo,
and sometimes I try to slip something funny into a post, and I can be found
there at </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/FayLamb"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: blue;">www.twitter.com/FayLamb</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Thanks so much, Fay!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Drawing will be held September 28</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075371309219148300noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9180771822028549273.post-43940367675346332062013-09-14T16:51:00.002-07:002013-09-14T16:54:52.772-07:00Emma Right "Keeper of Reign" interview & book giveaway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey All! Please join me in welcoming Emma Right to my blog. She's here to tell us a little about herself and her book "Keeper of Reign"<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Tell us a little about yourself.</span><o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Right after
college and before I had kids I worked in advertising writing print and Tv ads.
Some of my ads actually won awards. I don't even know where I kept those dust
collectors! But that was ages ago. Now I live in the Pacific West, and have
five children, ages nine to nineteen. I have four at home now whom I
homeschool. It gets really hectic at our home. We also have many pets, so
something is always happening. If it wasn't for the Lord I wonder how I ever get
anything accomplished! He is my constant source of strength and hope.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Why do you write the kind of books you do?</span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I like the Young Adult and Middle Grade Age
range. Maybe it's because I've done so many read-aloud with my kids throughout
our seventeen years of homeschooling. I remember I sometimes read to them till
I was hoarse. As for genre, I enjoy anything from mysteries to fantasy to
thrillers to historical sagas. I like to write stories with a subtle message.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Besides writing, what are some of your favorite hobbies?</span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">When I have
time, I like to go for walks, bike, go horse back riding, exercise, read all
sorts of books sitting on my rocking chair, drink coffee, watch movies, ahh…so
many thing I'd love to do, but alas, there are not enough hours in a day.</span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Have you always wanted to be a writer?</span><o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I've always like to tell
stories even as a young girl of eight. I<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>remember how my neighbor friends would sit around by our front porch and
keep pestering me to tell them one tale after another. I also recall being sometimes
annoyed by this--I mean how was a girl going to think up all the stories if she
had to keep spewing these out each time she had any moment away from school
work, right? As for writing, I joined an ad agency after college and was posted
to the copywriting department where I had to write print ads, radio and even
some 30 second TV blurbs. It was fun and I even won a few awards.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What advice would you give to a beginning writer?</span><o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Write a million
words, then, read, read, read, and write a great story that's been trying to
bust out of you. Read as many books as you can on crafting great fiction that
deals with all the elements of a great book. Writer's Digest has plenty and I
practically spent thousands of dollars trying to educate myself and soak in as
much<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as I could when I had to re-revise
Keeper of Reign--about 17 times. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And never give up on
your dream no matter how many problems life throws at you! If a person is
called to write she will know this in her bones, even if it's something she has
been pushing aside due to life's commitments. Don't give up. You'll eventually
get published if you keep trying.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What book are you currently working on?</span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I am finishing up preparing my marketing strategy for Dead
Dreams, a young adult psychological thriller mystery--putting the marketing
plan together is hard.</span><br />
<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Also, I am writing Keeper of Reign Book 2 which hopefully can be
out Spring of 2014. </span><br />
<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">No precise title for that Book 2 yet.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Please tell us a little about your book..</span><o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Keeper of Reign is an allegorical fantasy, a
story of struggles set in a fantastical setting in the Kingdom of Reign. One of
the things that helped me to hone in on the theme for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Keeper of Reign</i> is the song from Switchfoot. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When I first heard
their song , "</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meant to Live</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">" (for so much more) it got me thinking about how far
short so many of us fall from our true potential. The trials and troubles of
this world reduce us, and, at least for me, it feels that our troubled world is
so big. This is just like how it was for the Elfies living in the Kingdom of
Reign.</span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">How can readers find you on the Internet?</span><o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Connect
with Emma Right</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>http://www.emmaright.com/Home.aspx</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></span>Blog:
<a href="http://www.emmaright.com/Blog.aspx">http://www.emmaright.com/Blog.aspx</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KeeperOfReign">https://www.facebook.com/KeeperOfReign</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Thank you so much, Emma!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Drawing will be held, September 21</span></div>
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