Saturday, December 15, 2018

Weekend Edition


  



If you are not familiar with our giveaway rules, take a minute to read them here. It keeps us all happy! All winners should send their name, address, and phone number to claim prizes.  Note our new email address and please send your emails to Seekerville2@gmail.com







Monday:  Missy Tippens talked about Advent and how to focus on the true reason for the season. The winner of an original angel painting by Missy is Connie Porter Saunders!

Tuesday: Julie Lessman, our forever CDQ (caffeinated drama queen) shared a lovely poem of the ups and downs, joys and doubts of her Christmas story - told only as Julie can! A signed paperback copy of any of her books goes to Trixi. And additionally, she's giving away 4 e-copies of her latest Christmas novel, A Dream Fulfilled. The winners are Anne Rightler, Naomi C, Jackie Smith, Sharon Timmer.

Wednesday: Ruth Logan Herne makes Advent come alive for us today! She's also offering books and chocolates in a prize pack. The winner is Paula Schreckwhise. Congratulations, Paula!

Thursday: Sandra Leesmith shared her visit with Mrs. Claus and how changes had been focal points of their year. We had two winners of Sandra's book, Love Heals: Mindy and Wilani.

Friday: Annie discussed Christmas traditions and encouraged us to re-read the Christmas books we hold dear! The winner of a surprise box of books is ainnirbard.



Monday:  Jan Drexler Is our hostess. We'll be talking about a simple Christmas...and there will be a giveaway!

Tuesday: Welcome Janet Dean back to Seekerville as our guest today! She's talking about 'keeping Christmas' and has a Two-For-One book to give away!

Wednesday: Debby Giusti provides an Advent reflection and giveaway! Be sure to stop by and leave a comment to be entered in the drawing!

Thursday: Carrie shares a very special Christmas tradition in her family - and on her parents' tree every year! She's giving away a book that will help in those lists we're making this season.
  
Friday: Winnie Griggs is our hostess







In case you missed Mindy's post last week, here's a glimpse of the cover for her April Love Inspired book, Her Colorado Cowboy.

Preorder your copy here.


And Ruthy wants to remind you that her friends at Harlequin.com and Love Inspired Books are giving you a FREE RUTHY READ online! Yes, a lovely Christmas novella set in Shepherd's Crossing (her new series!!! THE NEWEST OF THE NEW!!!!) is free online like an old-fashioned serial... one chapter a day, Monday through Fridays. There are 20 chapters... and ten are online now! Then five this week... and five Christmas week. Oh, how sweet it is!

Here's the link: LINK TO RUTHY'S STORY



LOVING THE TEXAS STRANGER

An assassin takes a shot and hits two people with one bullet.
Natalie Brewster, a deep undercover agent for a group that doesn’t officially exist, saw the gunman aiming. He definitely waited, lined up the shot, and tried to kill both of them. Nat and Case Garrison hit the ground bleeding. They both come up shooting and kill the assassin—but that just makes him mad.
Now Case and Nat, who have never before met, have to figure out what they have in common to make them prey for a killer.
And they have to do it while running for their lives because, despite the two of them being highly skilled at keeping a low profile, the killer keeps finding them. They are running at break-neck speed, hiding with all the skill of long-time undercover agents, and falling in love with a passion that might be part of what brought a killer down on them.


Jan invites you over to Amish Wisdom, where is sharing about simplifying Christmas...is there a theme here? Stop by and enter for a chance to win a copy of "The Sound of Distant Thunder!"


Here's the link!



AMISH SAFE HOUSE
By Debby Giusti
Hiding in Plain Sight 
The second thrilling story in the 
New Love Inspired Amish Witness Protection continuity!

After Julia Bradford’s son witnesses a gang shooting, hiding in witness protection on Abraham King’s Amish farm is the only hope the Englischer and her children have. Even as danger closes in, Julia is drawn to the community’s peaceful ways—and the ex-cop turned Amish protector. But when their location is discovered, can Abraham protect her family…and possibly have a future by her side?

Pre-order HERE!

The perfect stocking stuffer!

AMISH CHRISTMAS SECRETS
By Debby Giusti 
Safe Haven for the Holidays
The thrilling Amish Protectors conclusion

Leaving the nursing home where she works, Rosie Glick’s accosted
by a man demanding incriminating evidence her murdered boyfriend
stole—until Ezra Stoltz scares him off. Now with a killer dead set on
silencing the Amish single mother, Ezra must hide Rosie and her baby
to keep them safe. But can he expose a sinister conspiracy in time
to save the woman he secretly loves?

Order here!





Learning From Fairytales: Storyworld Building by Rachel Hauck at Learn How To Write A Novel

Writers Beware of The Legal Pitfalls: Disclosures by Karen van den Heuvel at Thyme For Writers

Rants & Raves: Commas and Compound Sentences by Amanda Cabot at An Indie Adventure

Plot Gardening (complete with podcast!) with Chris Fox at The Creative Penn







20 comments:

  1. Congrats to the winners and Happy Advent to all! I need to mail some books today and am dreading the long line at the Post Office! :( Bless all of those who work there!

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    1. Debby, I was in one post office yesterday and actually left it to go to another one, which wasn't much better. I thought I had EVERYTHING under control, I mailed my packages before Thanksgiving, but there is Always Something to Trip Us Up.

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    2. Debby, I wish you the same luck I had when I went to buy Christmas stamps earlier in the month. There was no line and I walked right up. That never happens at our post office!

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    3. I prayed before I left the house and God blessed me with a short line! :)

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  2. Thank you and congratulations to all of the winners. Hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend as the countdown contimues!!

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  3. Congratulations to all the winners. I hope everyone has a great weekend. today I need to get all the visuals made for Children's Church tomorrow.

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    1. Wilani, what are you teaching? Some aspect of the Christmas story?

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    2. I love the Nativity!!! So special and the little children get "into" every detail!

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  4. Happy Weekend, everyone. I am glad to have some time off school after a week of subbing high school English for a maternity leave. I have one more week of that job. With my book store job some evenings, that is keeping me busy.

    I'm glad to get the reminder of Ruthy's story! I read 3 days then forgot all about it as I barely had time to look at the computer. I will catch up.

    I work at the bookstore a few hours each today and tomorrow. Tonight hubby and I are going to the community theater to see Nuncrackers. Should be fun.

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  5. I am enjoying Seekerville more than ever this December for two reasons: the Advent emphasis and hearing from the Seekers Emeritus. this site means a lot to me.
    Always Kaybee

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    1. Thanks for your sweet comment, KB. You mean a lot to us, as well!

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  6. Happy weekend everyone! Can you believe Christmas is SO close? I can't! I'm still trying to figure out where Spring and Summer went, lol!

    Congrats to all the new books coming out or are just out recently. Mindy, I LOVE your cowboy on the cover. What is it about them that we love so much? Debbie, I love the new series Amish Witness Protection! Looks and sounds like a good one :-)

    Congrats to all of our winners this week and thank you to all the authors who are so generous in giving. Have a blessed weekend everyone!

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  7. Christmas Eve Surprise Early!

    Seekerville's Own
    Tina Radcliffe
    Is in Woman's World,
    December 24, 2018,
    issue, with a romance,
    "The Sweetest Snowstorm"
    on pages 48-49!

    PLUS: a photo display of her newest release, "Christmas with the Cowboy"!

    This is like the Super Bowl of PR!

    Woman's World
    Audience 5.7 million
    95% women
    Medium age 56.5
    (2018 figures from WW Media kit)

    Way to Go Super Tina!

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    1. Vince, this is wonderful news. Thank you for sharing it. I wish she'd come back for our Advent Seeker Celebration, that would have been marvelous! We celebrate her every success. Thank you for being on top of things, as always!

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  8. Winners, congratulations! Happiest Third Sunday of Advent... "Gaudete" Sunday, which means "REJOICE"! Rejoice in the Lord always, again I say rejoice! :_

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  9. Trixi, thanks for mentioning the new Amish Witness Protection continuity. Maggie Black's story will release in Jan and start the three-book series!

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