Monday: Erica Vetsch shared with you the advice of rugby great Richie McCaw...and applied that advice to writing.
Wednesday: Melanie Dickerson was in the house talking about hidden identity stories. Winner of a hardcover copy of her Mulan/hidden identity story, The Warrior Maiden, is Hannah Johnson!
Friday: Pam Hillman asks the question "Who are you? No, really...who are you?" She's hosting a giveaway at her website and invites you to click on the link and join the fun!
Monday: Guest Amy R Anguish will be joining us! She'll bring us "Writing the Hard Stuff" and will be giving away a copy of her new release, Faith and Hope!
Wednesday: Mindy Obenhaus can't wait to discuss The Hope of Christian Fiction.
Friday: Guest Sherrinda Ketchersid shares curiosities along An Unexpected Journey.
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| In anticipation of the release of The Crossing at Cypress Creek, book #3 in Pam Hillman's Natchez Trace Novel series, the first two ebooks are on sale for the entire month of April! Click here to get The Promise of Breeze Hill! |
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Mindy Obenhaus turned in the final manuscript in her Rocky Mountain Heroes series. The yet untitled release is tentatively scheduled for February 2020 release. But first, book four, Reunited in the Rockies, will be on store shelves August 19th.
Missy Tippens has signed a new contract for more devotionals with Guideposts! The current volume, All God's Creatures, is still available. It's a year long devotional book starting in May 2019, so get yours now!
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In anticipation of the release of The Crossing at Cypress Creek, Pam Hillman is hosting a giveaway. Click Here To Enter! |
Winnie Griggs is excited to announce the upcoming release of her book The Unexpected Bride. It's a revised version of Something More, the second book she published way back in 2001. It's been out of print for a looooonngg time and was never made into an eBook. So now readers will have a chance to read Caleb and Elthia's story again. (It's available for pre-order now - just click on the image to check it out)
And Ruth Logan Herne is featured in this current BookSweeps contest/giveaway featuring her award-winning "Refuge of the Heart" and 29 other Women's Fiction stories... Follow the link, no purchase necessary, just follow your favorite authors on BookBub and you're in to get updates on the authors you love... and entered in the drawing for 30 great books and an e-reader!
The Secret to Getting Reviews BEFORE Your Book Launch. From Ricardo in the Reedsy newsletter.
If Your Room Has a View but also Wifi, Will You Ever Notice More Than a Screen? A Challenge for Today's Writer by Julianna Baggott at Writer Unboxed.
Writing to Heal: The Benefits of a Cathartic Novel by at Fiction University
6 Destructive thoughts That Stop You From Writing - And How To Slay Them by Dan Brotzel at Live Write Thrive.
Helping Writers Become Artists by K.M. Weiland at Helping Writers Become Authors
Happy Weekend, Seekerville! It's a working weekend here, with a splash of snow and cute grandkids... so Situation: Normal!!!!! Have a great weekend, all!
ReplyDeleteSnow! I'm sorry, Ruthy. Hope your flowers survive!
DeleteThat's crazy to have snow when it's almost May!!
DeleteI watched baseball games get "snowed out" not rained out. Spring sports up here are a real mercurial kind of thing!!!!
DeleteMust read the article about writing fast that mentions "The Spock Brain!" I'm clueless as to what that means.
ReplyDeleteI'm working on AAs, the final step in a book's journey on the writer's end. It's always exciting to see the story come to life.
Happy Spring to all of us, except Ruthy! We have the AC on in GA!
Have a delightful weekend, dear friends!
Debby, I hope the last read-through goes well!!
DeleteWe actually turned our heat on briefly this morning! But it should end up a really nice day. :)
I should have said our AC is on but not running. :) Cool nights are nice for sleeping!
DeleteOh my stars, true words!!!! 37 degrees and sleeting!!!!
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ReplyDeleteHas anyone ever encountered a "Marriage of Convenience" romance that didn't work out?
I haven't in over 1,500 romances!
Does Convenience Trump Love?
I think Janet Dean's, "The Substitute Bride", was the most unsuited bride ever: a fake mail order bride, married for her convenience who had no homemaking skills and took the place of the real mail order bride, (who got cold feet on the train to the farmer) as she was running away from her rich family to avoid a forced marriage. Not only was she totally unfit to be a farm wife, she was not even the wife the farmer ordered! This story was fun to read on every page because the heroine had no skills and yet she made a perfect wife for a farmer in the middle of nowhere. Loved it!
Vince
I loved that story as well, Vince! Janet is a talented writer! I long for her to pen more stories!
DeleteVince, you're so sweet to say you loved The Substitute Bride! The fish out of water heroine was fun for me to write! Though a few readers disliked Elizabeth because she clung to her insecurities and refused to allow herself to love Ted, most understood how the wounds of her past had harmed her. I'm excited that The Substitute Bride is re-releasing July 2 in a Two for One Classic with Carla Capshaw's The Gladiator. It's such a blessing to see these stories make the shelves again!
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Debby, thank you so much for those kind words from you, a most talented writer! I've got to say, retirement is pretty nice. :-) Now if I had your drive, I'd still be writing!
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Hi Janet:
DeleteHow wonderful from a marketing POV to have a 2 in 1 book with Carla Capshaw! You will both draw in very different prospects…way different in a an important way! I've read fiction about the Roman Empire all my life. When "The Gladiator" came out I had discussions with Carla to encourage her and to praise her excellent knowledge of Roman history. She was worried her other two books might not be published as there were no other such books in house. Well, Harlequin did publish "The Protector" and "The Champion" but then the publisher wanted more popular Regency and post Regency type romances. I'm sorry Carla could not go on writing about the Roman period as she is very good and she loved doing it.
I just know that the two of you will generate the kind of synergy that marketing people love. Bona Fortuna!
Pam, those are GREAT DEALS!!!! I meant to say that yesterday, and forgot... SWEET!!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Ruth:
DeletePam's Limited Time Special books are not only at great sale prices right now, they are also big 400 page luxury reads!
Vince, that's so true! Pam's stories are wonderful, rich reads!
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Keep on posting!
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Hi Winnie:
ReplyDeleteSurprised to see the heroine of your,"The Unexpected Bride," is wearing eyeglasses. I commented a few years ago when another romance heroine also wore eyeglasses how rare that was. Do those eyeglasses pay an important part of the story? Also, were eyeglasses shown on the cover of the 2001 edition? So many people wear eyeglasses, even beautiful women, it just seems strange that eyeglasses are so very rarely seen on romance covers.
Vince
Hi Vince. Yes, the eyeglasses, or "spectacles", help define who she is. And no, the 2001 cover did have that which disappointed me at the time.
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I saw the cover on that 2001 book and it has a 1970's style reverse bodice ripper cover! I sure like your new cover much better! Now I am super curious above the new edition. Can't wait.
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