Monday: Missy Tippens brought us some new as well as some tried and true tools for productivity. She also brought us news of her new novella release, Her Valentine Reunion!
Wednesday: Ruthy Logan Herne was here on Wednesday, talking about history, women's rights and writing historicals... and just how much fun that is! Winner of a Kindle copy of her historical anthology "The Sewing Sisters' Society" is Ann707! I hope you love these great stories!
Thursday and Friday: Happy Valentine's Day in Seekerville! We have winners!
Missy Tippens's novella, Her Valentine Reunion: Lila.
Ruthy's $10 Amazon Gift Card goes to Laurie Wood
Audra's $10 Amazon gift card goes to Tracey Hagwood
Jan's book, Convenient Amish Proposal goes to Kim Hansen
Monday: Jan Drexler will be sharing Part 2 of Reading as a Writer: The Great Adventure!
Tuesday: Lisa Jordan will be paying us a visit to celebrate the release of her book Season of Hope!
Wednesday: Publishers Weekly Bestseller Debby Giusti will be our blog hostess so be sure to stop by Seekerville. Debby's talking about "Writing Internal Conflict in a Broken World." Plus, she's giving away a copy of AMISH SAFE HOUSE to one lucky winner!
Friday: Stop by and see what Pam Hillman is up to!
LAST CHANCE - SALE ENDS TOMORROW!
***SOFTCOVER SALE - just $5.00!***
Book 3, The Crossing at Cypress Creek, coming in June!
Also, orders of $35 or more receive free shipping, so check out all the Tyndale softcover romance fiction for just $5.00 here: https://www.tyndale.com/l/
Missy Tippens has a newly released novella! Book 3 in the Home to Dahlia, Georgia, Series. She has also put Books 1 and 2 on sale. Book 1 is only 99 cents right now!
From Romance Writers of America RITA® Award finalist author Missy Tippens comes the Home to Dahlia, Georgia, series of novellas.
Former sweethearts get a second chance in this novella-length inspirational romance (Christian romance) Book 3!
What happens on the very day Abbie Rogers makes a preemptive strike against Valentine’s Day funk by declaring herself content to be single? Why, Victor Wallis, the man who broke her heart, comes crashing back into her life, of course. Not only that, he declares himself a changed man, and he truly seems to be. She even finds herself falling for him again. But when he makes a move to take over her family’s business, Abbie’s not certain she’ll ever be able to trust the only man she’s ever loved.
THIS IS YOUR LINK TO PREORDER!
How cool to see Tina Radcliffe's book featured on "The Great Love Inspired Author Search", a new Love Inspired promotion being offered to writers right now! Here's the link:
Great Love Inspired Author Search
And congratulations to Tina!
AMISH SAFE HOUSE
By Debby Giusti
Hiding in Plain Sight
The second thrilling Amish Witness Protection novel
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?
AMISH SAFE HOUSE
released in digital form on Friday and
the print version will be available on Feb 5.
Walmart should have copies on that day as well!
Check out The Suspense Zone,
Featuring an interview with
Publishers Weekly Bestselling Author
Debby Giusti
Goes live Feb 4, 2019 and runs throughout the month.
Enter the Suspense Zone Contest to win a copy of
AMISH SAFE HOUSE.
Be sure to read the February issue of
for a great interview with Debby Giusti!
And Jan has a cover reveal!
This collection of Christmas novellas from Bethany House will be released September 3rd! Click Here to pre-order your copy!
"I've Interviewed 300 High Achievers About Their Morning Routines. Here's What I've Learned." by Benjamin Spall at the New York Times--Smarter Living blog.
How To Advance Your Plot with Careful Scene Design-5 Steps by CS Lakin at Live Write Thrive
Rants & Raves with Amanda Cabot: Compounds Sentences and Conjunctive Adverbs by Amanda Cabot at An Indie Adventure
FAQ on Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) by the National Writers Union
Congratulations to all of the winners.
ReplyDeleteWould you believe I am back in the hospital. The broken knee cap developed a new separation from the knee and I am having a repeat surgery sometime today Saturday.
Trusting the Lord in all of this
Wilani, I am so sorry to hear that but glad they're fixing it! And falls can be terrible things. Praying for your full recovery!
DeleteOh, no! I'm so sorry to hear that, Wilani. We'll be praying you through this today!!
DeleteWilani, contact me off Seekerville with your address, want to send a card. ampie86@comcast.net
DeleteKeeping you in my prayers, Wilani!
DeleteOh, no! I hate to hear that, Wilani. Praying for a speedy recovery.
DeleteHi Wilani:
DeleteYou have our prayers for your successful recovery. My wife and I have had two knee replacements between us along with major leg and knee surgery and thankfully we have enjoyed prayer support from Seekers many times. Get well and please, please, please, faithfully do your physical therapy as requested. The more you hate it, the quicker your knee will get better. If you don’t have to do PT for your recovery, Praise the Lord!
Praying you through that surgery, Wilani. Also praying for your fast recovery!!! Hugs and love!
DeleteI hope you all have a blessed weekend!
ReplyDeleteCograts to all the winners this week!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed all the Valentine's stories.
I'm thrilled to win the amazon gift card, thank you Audra!
Happy reading and writing weekend :)
Not much news here, finishing a Christmas novella for my publisher, plotting and researching the third book in "Western Dreams," and just got my galleys for the first book, "Westward Hope." Galleys! Got my work cut out for me, but it's a good kind of busy. Looking forward to the posts and discussions this week.
ReplyDeleteYour one, your only Kaybee
Galleys! One of my favorite parts of writing!
DeleteI love that part too.... revisions are always a test, but edits and galleys are like "TA DA!!!!" :)
DeleteHappy Saturday, Seekerville!
ReplyDeleteWe're cold and snowy here in the Black Hills today, so I'll be sitting in my recliner with a fire in the stove and my computer on my lap.
Have a great weekend, everyone. And congratulations to the winners!
Jan, I am in love with that novella collection! It's gorgeous!!! Congratulations on that!!!!
DeleteHappy weekend, Seekerville, and congratulations to all the winners!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to the winners!
ReplyDeleteJan, love your cover. Yours too, Ruthy! Congrats on the upcoming release!
It's sunny in GA! Hope the sun continues to shine. We've been gray and gloomy for too long!
Enjoy the weekend!
Debby, I am putting in my order for Amish Safe House now...and not on my Kindle, it's moving away from me next week so I'll be getting a new one when they go on sale, but I'll order my very own PAPERBACK copy!!! And I will love it!
DeleteThank you, Ruthy!
DeleteQuestion of the Weekend
ReplyDeleteHow is "A Most Inconvenient Love" like a Regency?
Hi Ruth:
I've read about 200 Regencies and I'm at a loss as to how an American story out west and not during the Gilded Age could be like a Regency.
Now, I tried to find out on my own but there is no "Look Inside" feature on your Kindle ad! It's important to have one, btw.
I do love Regencies but there are not that many really good ones once you've read over 100 of them. Regencies are so regimented while true Regency fans are such absolute sticklers for getting every detail right; it just makes me wonder.
The Regency author needs to know everything about Regency etiquette, dresses, food, and the many different types of carriages! The carriage tells a lot about the family and often the destination. And an author better know how to 'cut' people with style like the genuine Regency citizens. Readers also need to know how long a heroine has been on the shelf and what season she is in. And don't forget the story is about the ton and not the common people. In other words, we don't need to know what Napoleon is up to.
I've pre-ordered the book, "A Most Inconvenient Love", and I bless you for the very reasonable $3.99 price point for a full length historical novel. That's outstanding. I hope you sell a million of them.
However, I also do wonder about this phrase, "Her first full-length historical novel, due to release on February 26th for Kindle and March 5th for paperback". That does not sound good. "First full-length" makes it seem like a marathon runner who just now has actually finished her first full 26 miles! What about those not full length novels? Were they never finished? Do they just end like Kafka's novels: unfinished but still great enough to publish?
I'd rephrase that 'first full length' to something like, "Her long awaited, premier, over 400 page, historical saga which begins with, "A Most Inconvenient Love"." (Think of how Louis L'Amour's "Sackett Saga" books relate to his regular non-series, novels. It's comparable to how your regular novels compare to "A Most Inconvenient Love"." Mary would get this right away. :) )
It was fun to talk about Regencies. Have a productive weekend.
Vince
Wait.
DeleteTHERE ARE RULES FOR REGENCY?
Dagnabbit, I've gone and done it again, my friend! I HAVE BROKEN THE RULES!!!!
Okay, so that might be a misnomer, huh? In my head it works just fine, like stylistically, but you're absolutely 100% correct, I should go and change that drivel because of course an American prairie romance isn't regency-esque.... it's as American as apple pie and firewords on the fourth of July unless you talk to a displaced indigenous tribe who won't think too highly of how the West was won when in their eyes it was lost... all lost.
VINCE.
How do I fix this, my friend? How do I make it up to the regency world? And the world in general???
I shall go remove the Regency-styled tag....
AND I WILL SIGH because there is no "Ton" in Second Chance, South Dakota... and no fine linens or corsets or frumpish ways although there are some interesting folks.
YOU HAVE SAVED ME A MOUNTAIN OF IRATE MAIL.
And the Look Inside feature doesn't occur until books go live because we have the right to change the content until a few days before publication... then you should see the tag.
RUNNING TO CHANGE BLURB NOW.
Okay, I fixed it, Vince!!!! Thanks for keeping me honest... and gosh, I hope you love this story, I absolutely loved writing it. I am having a love affair with historical romance, they are crazy fun to write and they make me smile!
ReplyDeleteOkay, back to Vince's next point.... First full length motion picture...
ReplyDeleteFirst full-length historical novel....
This one I'm going to leave as is because youse all know what I mean.
And it was crazy fun delving deeper into small town prairie life and going full-length. Now I have to figure out time in a crazy busy 2019 schedule to get the second Prairie Brides novel done, but Wishing Bridge comes first... that's imperative.
And my traditional publishers really want me to turn stuff in on time, and I never, ever, ever disappoint them, so I'm going to be crazy busy between now and farm season, and then crazy busy for other reasons.
OY VAY, Vince, I need a few more hours in the day.
NO MORE SLEEPING.
That's it.
I'm done! ;)
Hi Ruth:
DeleteI'm honored and delighted with so many responses. You're the best!
I actually thought you did write in ways that made the book a regency-esque story. Liz Fielding actually did write a Contemporary romance which had all the Regency elements in it. It was an amazing bit of creativity. It was also a great inside joke the Regency fans loved.
So I intend to read "A Most Inconvenient Love" with a eye to how it is like a Regency. I think if anyone can find them, I can. It will be fun.
BTW, have we ever had as genuine Regency author as a guest? In over 10 years? (And I don't mean a Jane Austen parody author -- which I love and are great fun to read.)
Also, I did not know about the "Look Inside" feature having to wait until publication. That's good to know. And it makes good sense, too.
Now about 'first full-length' -- my concern was that of an advertising writer. Yes, people know what you mean. I knew what you meant too. However, in advertising you must check each sentence to make sure it only has the meaning you intended. If it can also mean two or three other things, then a given number of people will see those meanings. Think of the headline: "Hurry in while supply lasts! These chairs won't last long." Some people will visualize the chairs falling apart before their eyes because they were late getting to the store in time. It's also the same for fiction when there are two meanings and the wrong one pulls the reader out of the story. But, true, this is a copywriter's caveat.
BTW: I just called Walgreen's to refill some medicine and the phone said, "Walgreen's trusted since 1902" and the first thing I thought of was, "What did they do in 1901 that was so bad?" Well, think of "Wells Fargo" and how they are trying to regain trust. Something bad could have happened in 1902! :)
I wish I could get you more hours in a day without cutting down on your few hours sleep. I think the concept of 'highest and best use' might suggest something. Would it be better to pay someone to do some of the things you do because you are better rewarded for your writing?
In school we had the example of the lawyer who could type 130 words a minute but who still used a secretary who could only write 60 words a minute because a lawyer's time was worth so much more. (This was before computers. Now everyone is suppose to type their own work!!!)
Well, in a few days I'll be able to download your parries book. Did you know just north of Tulsa we have the largest 'tall grass parrie' reserve in the country. Yes, the buffalo do roam there! Next time maybe we can visit. :)