tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74266352024-03-07T00:49:29.949-07:00Cynthia Hickey's Rambling Writing Journey of Historical, Suspense, and Mystery RomanceJoin me on this crazy, topsy turvy journey called publishing.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.comBlogger296125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-16576452422435388532014-07-24T06:27:00.002-07:002014-07-24T06:27:37.775-07:00A Cover Reveal for Stephanie Greenhalgh
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v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1" width="182" /></span><span style="color: #333333;">Release
Date: Coming October 2014 </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">Synopsis: In the small town of
Woodsville, Ruby Hood it settling into her role as Guardian of the Wood. In the
blink of an eye, her monumental high school graduation comes and goes without
her attendance. There are too many other things on her mind. Her mom, Christine
Wood, has just returned from caring for Ruby's ill grandmother. Kent Wolf
finally gets released from the hospital and Kayla Wolf is desperate to make
amends, while Dylan Hunter works to hone his Huntsman skills. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">Everything seems like it’s going
to work itself out, until Ivy Snow shows up on Ruby’s front porch with an RV
filled with seven dwarves. As a new darkness casts a shadow over Woodsville,
Ruby is unsure where to turn when turmoil erupts in the Wood, and finds herself
aligned with an unusual cast of characters. One she is certain is lying to her.
As time progresses, she wrestles to uncover the truth and save innocents. And
as Guardian of the Wood, Ruby worries that she can’t save everyone, but what if
she is the one who needs saving?</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-30331797979765713742014-07-23T12:14:00.001-07:002014-07-23T12:14:26.876-07:00WHAT'S HAPPENING!Well, it's going to be a busy year, and one that I am grateful for.<br />
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I've signed a 6-book contract with Harlequin Heartsong Presents and am signing a novella for Barbour's "Eligible Bachelor" collection to release May 15.<br />
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The Nosy Neighbor Mystery series is selling well, and I am working on the third in that series. God had blessed me beyond measure in my writing this year, and for that, I Praise Him!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-47833947635576578582014-06-16T10:51:00.003-07:002014-06-16T10:51:31.002-07:00Genesis 2014 Finalists<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The finalists for the 2014 Genesis Writing Contest for Unpublished
Writers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">These finalists will now move
on to the final round of judging, and the winner of each category will be
announced during the gala at the 2014 ACFW National Conference in St. Louis this
coming September.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">All semifinalists who are not
moving on will receive their first and second round judged entries within the
next week. Please be patient, as we get these out to you as fast as we
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finalists and thank you to all who entered Genesis 2014 this year.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-46672190618637177342014-05-12T03:00:00.000-07:002014-05-12T03:00:08.664-07:00Christian Retailing's Best Awards finalists<div>
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The following contests recently announced their finalists. Note and
celebrate with us the ACFW members represented in the fiction categories of the
following awards programs:</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Christian Retailing's Best Awards
finalists</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><b>Fiction:
Amish</b></span></div>
<i>The
Guardian,</i> Beverly Lewis (Baker Publishing Group)<br /><i>The
Letters,</i> Suzanne Woods Fisher (Baker Publishing Group)<br /><i>The
Outcast,</i> Jolina Petersheim (Tyndale House Publishers)<br />
<div>
<h4 style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 1.33em 0px;">
Fiction:
Contemporary</h4>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 1em 0px;">
<i>Damascus
Countdown,</i> Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale House Publishers)<br /><i>Grace
Unplugged,</i> Melody Carson (B&H Publishing Group)<br /><i>Unspoken,</i> Dee
Henderson (Baker Publishing Group)</div>
<h4 style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 1.33em 0px;">
Fiction:
General</h4>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 1em 0px;">
<i>Iscariot,</i> Tosca
Lee (Howard Books)<br /><i>Outlaw,</i> Ted Dekker (Hachette Book Group)<br /><i>When
The Morning Glory Blooms,</i> Cynthia Ruchti (Abingdon Press)</div>
<h4 style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 1.33em 0px;">
Fiction:
Historical</h4>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 1em 0px;">
<i>Flight
of The Earls,</i> Michael K. Reynolds (B&H Publishing Group)<br /><i>Return to
Me,</i> Lynn Austin (Baker Publishing Group)<br /><i>The Dancing Master,</i> Julie
Klassen (Baker Publishing Group)<br /><i>What Once Was Lost,</i> Kim Vogel Sawyer
(WaterBrook Multnomah)<br /><i>When the Clouds Roll By,</i> Myra Johnson (Abingdon
Press)</div>
<h4 style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 1.33em 0px;">
Fiction:
Mystery and Suspense</h4>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 1em 0px;">
<i>Dark
Justice,</i> Brandilyn Collins (B&H Publishing
Group)<br /><i>Invisible,</i> Ginny L. Yttrup (B&H Publishing
Group)<br /><i>Shattered,</i> Dani Pettrey (Baker Publishing
Group)<br /><i>Vanished,</i> Irene Hannon (Baker Publishing Group)</div>
<div>
<h4 style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 1.33em 0px;">
Young
Adult Fiction</h4>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 1em 0px;">
<i>Captive
Maiden,</i> Melanie Dickerson (Zondervan)<br /><i>Fairest Beauty,</i> Melanie
Dickerson (Zondervan)<br /><i>Past Darkness,</i> Laurel Woiwode (Crossway)</div>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 1em 0px;">
<b><span style="font-size: medium;">AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association) Golden Scroll Awards
finalists</span></b></div>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin: 1em 0px;">
<span style="color: #393939; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Novel of the Year: </span></span></div>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin: 1em 0px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><em style="border: 0px currentColor; color: #393939; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Slow
Moon Rising </em><span style="color: #393939; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">by
Eva Marie Everson(Revell), </span></span></div>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin: 1em 0px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><em style="border: 0px currentColor; color: #393939; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The
Ohana</em><span style="color: #393939; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> by
C. W. Schutter (River Ranch Publishing), </span></span></div>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin: 1em 0px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><em style="border: 0px currentColor; color: #393939; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On
Distant Shores</em><span style="color: #393939; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> by
Sarah Sundin (Revell), and </span></span></div>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin: 1em 0px;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><em style="border: 0px currentColor; color: #393939; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The
Survivor</em><span style="color: #393939; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> by
DiAnn Mills (Zondervan)</span></span><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></b></div>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin: 1em 0px;">
<b><span style="font-size: medium;">CAN (Christian Authors Network) Golden Scrolls Award
finalists:</span></b></div>
</div>
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<div>
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<div>
Fiction Book of the Year finalists:</div>
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<br /></div>
<div>
<em style="border: 0px currentColor; color: #393939; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Catherine’s
Pursuit</em><span style="color: #393939; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> by
Lena Nelson Dooley (Charisma House Book Group), </span></div>
<div>
<em style="border: 0px currentColor; color: #393939; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">All
My Belongings</em><span style="color: #393939; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> by
Cynthia Ruchti (Abingdon Press), and </span></div>
<div>
<em style="border: 0px currentColor; color: #393939; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On
Distant Shores</em><span style="color: #393939; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> by
Sarah Sundin (Revell).</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #393939; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #393939; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">SELAH Awards (Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers' Conference)
finalists:</span></b></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #393939; font-family: Cabin,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Young
Adult Fiction</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Elaine
Marie Cooper—Fields of the Fatherless (Lighthouse Publishing of the
Carolinas)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Tessa
Emily Hall—Purple Moon (Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Eddie
Jones—Dead Low Tide (Zonderkidz)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">First
Novel (Tie for Third)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Dianna
T. Benson—The Hidden Son (Ellechor Publishing House)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Carole
Brown—The Redemption of Caralynne Hayman (Lighthouse Publishing of the
Carolinas)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Aaron
D. Gansky—The Bargain (Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Tessa
Emily Hall—Purple Moon (Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Fiction:
Novella</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Paula
Mowery—Be the Blessing (Pelican Book Group)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Linda
Wood Rondeau—A Christmas Prayer (Lighthouse Publishing of the
Carolinas)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Gina
Welborn—Mercy Mild (Barbour Publishing)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Fiction:
Speculative</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Ian
Acheson—Angelguard (Lion Hudson)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Lisa
Belcastro—Shenandoah Crossings (OakTara)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Lisa
Belcastro—Shenandoah Nights (OakTara)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Fiction:
Suspense</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Richard
L. Mabry, M.D.—Stress Test (Thomas Nelson)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Linnette
R. Mullin—Finding Beth (CrossRiver Media Group)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Jordyn
Redwood—Poison (Kregel)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Fiction:
Historical</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Vikki
Kestell—Joy on This Mountain (Faith-Filled Fiction)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Ann
Tatlock—Sweet Mercy (Bethany House Publishers)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Liz
Tolsma—Snow on the Tulips (Thomas Nelson)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Fiction:
Romance</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Rachel
Hauck—Once Upon a Prince (Zondervan)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Maureen
Lang—All in Good Time (Tyndale Publishers)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Davalynn
Spencer—The Rancher’s Second Chance (Love Inspired / Heartsong
Presents)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Fiction:
Contemporary Women</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Normandie
Fischer—Sailing Out of Darkness (WhiteFire Publishing)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Anita
Higman—Winter in Full Bloom (Moody Publishers)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Cynthia
Ruchti—When the Morning Glory Blooms (Abingdon Press)</span></div>
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ACFW's hat is off to these authors. Congratulations!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-76505201080038217822014-05-09T07:47:00.002-07:002014-05-09T07:47:48.558-07:00SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTERSign up for my newsletter and keep up to date on news and new releases. <a href="http://cynthiahickey.com/sign-up-for-my-newsletter-to-keep-uptodate-on-news-and-new-releases/">http://cynthiahickey.com/sign-up-for-my-newsletter-to-keep-uptodate-on-news-and-new-releases/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-18386378231151959702014-05-08T09:05:00.001-07:002014-05-08T09:05:46.292-07:002014 Golden Scroll Awards<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">AWSA
(Advanced Writers and Speakers Association) announces finalists </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">for
the 2014 Golden Scroll Awards for Publisher, Editor, and Fiction </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Editor
of the Year as well as their finalists for their Novel and
Nonfiction </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Books
of the Year. The winners will be announced at the 2014 Golden
Scroll </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Awards,
now a CBA sanctioned event, to be held </span><span class="yiv8444692727class" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span class="yiv8444692727class">Sunday, July 22nd from 12:30</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"> to </span><br clear="none" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;" /><span class="yiv8444692727class" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span class="yiv8444692727class">3 p.m.</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"> at
the World Congress Convention Center in Atlanta, GA. </span>
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<br clear="none" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Honored
for outstanding ministry partnerships with their authors, the </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Golden
Scroll Publisher of the Year finalists are Abingdon Press, New Hope </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Publishers,
and Thomas Nelson Publishers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Editor
of the Year finalists are <br clear="none" />Liz </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Heaney
of Liz Heaney Editorial Services, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Cindy
Lambert of Somersault Group </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">and
Lambert Editorial, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">and
Katara Patton of Tyndale House Publishers. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">The </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Fiction
Editor of the Year finalists are Stephanie Broene of Tyndale House,</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Joyce
Dinkins of New Hope Publishers, </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">and
Pam Pugh of Moody Publishers.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<br clear="none" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">AWSA
Nonfiction Book of the Year Award finalists include</span>
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Standing
Tall <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">After
Falling Short by Emily Parke Chase from Wingspread, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Unexpected
Love: </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">God's
Heart Revealed in Jesus' Conversations with Women by Julie Zine
Coleman </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">from
Thomas Nelson, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Ragged
Hope: Surviving the Fallout of Other People’s </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Choices
by Cynthia Ruchti from Abingdon Press, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">and
Wounded Women of the Bible: </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Finding
Hope When Life Hurts by Dena Dyer and Tina Samples from Kregal </span><br clear="none" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Publications.</span><br clear="none" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;" /><br clear="none" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">The
Novel of the Year Award finalists include</span>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"> Eva
Marie Everson for Slow </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Moon
Rising: A Cedar Key Novel from Revell,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"> The
Ohana by C. W. Schutter from </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">River
Ranch Publishing, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">On
Distant Shores by Sarah Sundin from Revell, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">and </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">The
Survivor by DiAnn Mills from Zondervan. </span></div>
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<br clear="none" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Other
awards to be presented at the Golden Scrolls Award Banquet will </span>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">include
CAN (Christian Authors Network) Nonfiction and Novel Books of the
Year </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">awards.
The CAN finalists for Nonfiction Book of the Year include</span>
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:</div>
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I
Don’t <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Chase
the Garbage Truck Down the Street in My Bathrobe Anymore by Dianne </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Barker
from CrossBooks, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Partly
Cloudy with Scattered Worries by Kathy </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Collard
Miller from Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">I
Believe in Heaven – </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Real
Stories from the Bible, History and Today by Cecil Murphey and Twila </span><br clear="none" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Belk
from Regal. </span><span style="color: #000099; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<br clear="none" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">CAN
finalists for Fiction Book of the Year include</span>
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:</div>
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Catherine’s
Pursuit by <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Lena
Nelson Dooley from Charisma House Book Group, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">All
My Belongings by </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Cynthia
Ruchti from Abingdon Press, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">and
On Distant Shores by Sarah Sundin from </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Revell. </span></div>
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<br clear="none" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">In
addition, the AWSA Member of the Year, the Beyond Me Award, as well
as </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">the
prestigious 2014 Golden Scroll Lifetime Achievement Award will also
be </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">presented
at the Golden Scroll Banquet. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Jerry
Jenkins will be the keynote speaker with Stacy Hawkins Adams as </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">emcee.
Authors Carol Kent and Pam Farrel will present awards. Recording
artist </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Gwen
Smith will perform a parody written by Martha Bolton dedicated to </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">editors
and publishers</span>
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<br clear="none" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">The
Golden Scroll Awards banquet are open to all authors, editors, </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">publishers,
agents, booksellers and other CBA industry professionals. Tickets
are </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">$54.99.
For more information or to register for the banquet, go to </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.scrollawards.com/" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">www.ScrollAwards.com</a> (</span><a href="http://www.scrollawards.com/" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;" target="_blank">http://www.scrollawards.com/</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">)
. </span></div>
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<br clear="none" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">AWSA,
the sponsors of the Golden Scroll Awards Banquet, is an outreach of </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">Right
to the Heart Ministries and consists of over 400 top ICRS women </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;">authors
who both publish and speak nationally. See _www.AWSA.com_ </span><br clear="none" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;" />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-87787845998379976972014-05-05T11:26:00.003-07:002014-05-05T11:26:20.202-07:00ACFW Genesis Semi-finalists 2014<h1>
2014 Genesis Semi-Finalists</h1>
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<br /> Here are the semi-finalists for the 2014 Genesis Contest. <br />
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<b><em>Contemporary</em></b><br /> Robin Archibald<br /> Sally Bradley<br /> Kimberli Buffaloe<br /> Lindsay Harrel<br /> Brandy Heineman<br /> Tanara McCauley<br /> Holly Michael<br /> Carrie Padgett<br /> Linda Sammaritan <br /> Jennifer Sienes<br />
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<b><em>Historical (Through Vietnam Era) </em></b><em><br /> (Because of a three-way tie, Historical has 12 Semifinalists)</em><br /> Heidi Chiavaroli (double semifinalist)<br /> Pat Jeanne Davis<br /> Mark Fisher<br /> Kathleen Freeman<br /> Jennifer Lamont Leo<br /> Dana McNeely<br /> Joanna Politano (double semifinalist)<br /> Cynthia Roemer<br /> Terri Wangard<br /> Lora Young<br />
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<b><em>Historical Romance (Through Vietnam Era) </em></b><br /> Misty Beller<br /> Paula Bicknell<br /> Patricia-Riddle Gaddis<br /> Kristi Ann Hunter<br /> Robert Kaku & Gail Kaku<br /> Elizabeth Lukinuk<br /> Rachel Muller<br /> Marilyn Rhoads<br /> Delores Topliff<br /> Abigail Wilson<br />
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<b><em>Mystery/Suspense/Thriller</em></b><br /> Janice Boekoff<br /> Andrew Huff<br /> Mary McCay<br /> Marion McNair<br /> Timothy Moynihan<br /> Dena Netherton<br /> Deb Read<br /> Dennis Ricci<br /> Chris Storm<br /> Bob Sweet<br />
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<b><em>Novella</em></b><br /> Renee Blare<br /> Nicole Deese<br /> Beatrice Fishback<br /> Sarah McDaniel<br /> Grace Olson<br /> Crystal Ridgway & Destanie Ridgway <br /> Craig Savige<br /> Christine Schimpf<br /> Chandra Lynn Smith<br /> Peggy Trotter<br />
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<b><em>Romance</em></b><br /> Jennie Atkins<br /> LeAnne Bristow<br /> Ashley Clark<br /> Susan Crawford<br /> Tari Faris<br /> Laura Hodges Poole<br /> Sherri Murray<br /> Dena Netherton<br /> Laurie Tomlinson<br /> Andrea Michelle Wood<br />
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<b><em>Romantic Suspense</em></b><br /> Nancy Blosser<br /> Loretta Eidson<br /> Emilie Hendryx<br /> Jackie Layton<br /> Michelle Lim<br /> Sara Luther<br /> Carolyn Miller<br /> Linda Rodante (double semifinalist)<br /> Chris Storm<br />
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<b><em>Short Novel</em></b><br /> Meghan Carver<br /> Peggy Miracle Consolver<br /> Candee Fick (double semifinalist)<br /> Nicole Jarrell<br /> TC Larson<br /> Kelly Anne Liberto<br /> Sally Pitts<br /> Crystal Ridgway & Destanie Ridgway <br /> Preslaysa Williams<br />
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<b><em>Speculative</em></b><br /> T.J. Akers<br /> Carol Eaton<br /> Megan Ebba<br /> Jennifer Gallagher<br /> Clint Hall (double semi-finalist)<br /> Margaret Hamlin<br /> Lauricia Matuska<br /> Don Palmer<br /> Luke Scott<br />
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<b><em>Young Adult</em></b><br /> Erica Collins<br /> Jennifer Dyer<br /> Carol Eaton<br /> Jessica Edgerton<br /> Sara Ella<br /> Glenn Haggerty<br /> Karley Kiker<br /> Ashley Mays<br /> Sarah E. Morin<br /> Kristen Joy Wilks<br />
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Finalists will be announced around mid-June. The awards for the Genesis Contest will be given during ACFW’s national conference gala in September in St. Louis. <br />
Congratulations to all!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-81976077626045247762014-01-22T10:15:00.001-07:002014-01-22T10:15:49.477-07:00A NEW YEAR AND REFLECTIONS ON THE OLDIn 2013, I published 21 books counting indie ebooks and traditionally published print books. That gave me a total of 34 publications since I started writing seriously in 2007. My goal was to quit the day job and become a full time writer. I met that goal in May of 2013 and published the 34 book on the last day of December. The book which squeaked in at the last minute was Mistaken Assassin.<br />
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Marilu wakes one morning to the realization that the man next to her is not her husband. That awareness is the beginning to ten year's of memories returning. One of which leads her to believe she is a paid assassin. As she struggles with the realization of who she is and what she was, she begins a search for her daughter. Things are complicated when she runs into Brad Morrison, the undercover agent who is the brother to the man Marilu had been hired to kill. Together, the two go on the run to prove that all is not as it seems and Marilu is nothing more than a Mistaken Assassin. Can she let go of her fear and uncertainty to let God's will prevail? <br />
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I signed a five book contract with Harlequin, two of which released in 2013, with three releasing in 2014. I published two novellas with Barbour publishing. A Pioneer Christmas collection made the CBA best-sellers list at #8.<br />
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God has richly blessed my writing and I am looking forward to many more blessings in 2014. In addition to my sporadic blog here, I am also a contributor to Cozy Mystery Magazine, Suspense Sisters, and Christian Historical Fiction Society. <br />
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I hope you stick with me on this crazy life of a hybrid author.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-66157807100171358012013-11-25T11:54:00.000-07:002013-11-25T11:54:32.313-07:00SIXTEEN REASONS TO GIVE THANKSHere are 16 more reasons to give thanks this Thanksgiving, sixteen Christian ebooks for 99¢ each. They will be on sale from November 27, 2013 through Monday, December 2, 2013. Click the links below the graphic to "look inside" each book on Amazon and download your digital copies!
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<strong>Shadows of Doubt</strong> by <a href="http://www.susettewilliams.com/index.html" target="_blank">Susette Williams</a></h3>
Raffealle Gellermine has a very protective uncle and two protective brothers. They never like the men she brings home. Mathew Flannigan has a past, but for the life of her, she can’t figure out why Uncle Rob and her brothers are trying to encourage a relationship between them. Could her brothers be right? Does she unconsciously choose the wrong type of men as an act of rebellion? Can she trust Mathew? Especially with her heart?
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Have you ever wished you had a second chance with someone?
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Tate Stephens, the high school principal, begrudgingly agrees to play Scrooge in the school Christmas play. Tate is irritated that Charity Fletcher, his nephew’s teacher and director of the play, chose his handicapped nephew for the part of Tiny Tim. Didn’t she find it cruel to typecast his nephew that way? Can the school play be a success, or will Tate become the Scrooge who wouldn’t change and spoils Christmas?
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Damian Karlsson has decided it’s time to settle down and have a family. He has set his sights on Rachel Perkins, but can’t figure out why she won’t even give him a chance. It seems to Damian she feels something for him, but still she resists. Damian is determined to find out why. Though she is attracted to Damian, Rachel is equally determined to keep her secrets close to her heart. Men she loved have betrayed her in the past, and she isn’t prepared to take that risk again. But when her secrets are forced out in the open, will Rachel discover that forgiveness and trust are worth the risk when it leads to love?
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After a year that involved a box office flop and a spectacular break-up, actor Jackson Wyatt returns home to fulfill a promise to his sister to act in a play at her community theater. What he didn’t count on was his sister casting his ex-girlfriend as the female lead opposite him. Returning to his roots has Jack taking a hard look at his life, and he finds himself wanting the things he gave up so many years ago.
Natasha can’t believe she agreed to play opposite her ex in the play ‘The Gift of the Magi’ at her best friend’s theatre. But she feels a certain kinship to the main character, Della, and it’s not just her long hair. As if facing a Christmas where she barely has the money to make ends meet, let alone buy presents for those she loves wasn’t hard enough, now she’s having to deal with Jack’s reappearance in her life.
Through Natasha, Jack sees a side of life he’s missed out on. With love as her currency she gives more to others than he ever could with all his money. But would she be willing to give him a second chance at love?
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The last thing Eden Riske expected when she came home was the discernment of fellow teacher Austin Lowell. Football coach, history teacher, fitness buff, Austin is strength and patience in a handsome package. However, it seems even his presence can’t stop the rumors swirling around her or the hatred of someone determined to do her harm. But this job is supposed to be her salvation, her way out of her troubled past. Except now, everything is falling apart, and the one thing that might destroy her is the very secret she’s held inside for so long.
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Montana native, Rachel Saunders, is looking forward to her all-expense paid weekend trip to New York. But, when her luggage is lost and she is accosted by an infuriating Homeland Security agent named Dawson Tate, events take a dangerous turn. Now, can she and Dawson elude their enemies and prevent a terrorist attack before the bomb in their possession is detonated in the center of Manhattan--all while keeping their obvious attraction to one another in check?
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It was time for Hailey Rhodes to admit the truth: things were not going well. After losing her job as a teacher, she finds herself broke, unemployed, and tricked into accepting a date from a department store Santa Claus. When new opportunities and new love interests present themselves, will Hailey choose a career and a man she's always admired, or will she wait for the identity of her Secret Santa to be revealed?
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After one last performance, Calyssa Durant will be trading in her ballet slippers for an uncertain future.
Having sacrificed so much of her life to become a ballerina, Calyssa has met her goals only to long for something more. She will dance the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in the 'Nutcracker' one more time before quitting her traveling ballet troupe.
But, when a late-night rehearsal ends with surprising danger, Calyssa and theater owner, Nikolas Clauson, are caught in a battle with an unexpected villain. As the smoke clears, Calyssa finds herself on a journey to her own, real-life 'Land of the Sweets'. Will she also find her own Nutcracker Prince, or will his stormy past and current secrets be more than this ballerina can overcome?
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Do Christmas wishes really come true?
Lacey Cooper dreams of directing plays. When the manager at the local theater company falls ill, she gets her chance to direct the annual Christmas play, A White Christmas. Then, the lead role is injured in an accident and Lacey must ask the man in charge of stage setup to step in.
Dillon Marks is growing tired of his job as probation officer, but volunteers on a regular basis at the local theater company, bringing several of his clients with him. When Lacey begs him to step into the leading role, he initially says no. He can sing, but can't dance at all. She finally convinces him to step into the role.
When Lacey makes it clear that she isn’t interested in a man with a dangerous profession, the two try to squelch their growing attraction for each other. Then, they are snowbound in the theater with a mad man and their feelings come to the surface. Can these two find love among the lights and action of a White Christmas?
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A family of secrets is no family at all. Jaiyl only wanted to escape, until she learned the truth. Finally she must face the hardest decision of her life - either fight for the freedom of those she loved, or be safe, and alone forever.
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Widowed and broke, Rachel Kent collects her two children, packs up their belongings, and heads across the Ozarks to stay with her parents. They stop for the night at a newly opened campground, then take a short hike. The three return to find the other occupants of the campground murdered. They flee the campsite and stumble upon a ranger’s cabin, where they enlist the help of handsome, former-Army Ranger, Wesley Ward, who informs them a survivalist group laid claim to the mountain. Can a man who wants only to escape his past and be left alone and a woman damaged by life forge a love that survives a flight through the Ozark Mountains?
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She’ll do everything it takes to save her son, even marry a stranger. Jocelyn Nielson is on the run from a man involved in selling children. When a man shows up on her doorstep, claiming to be her knight in shining armor, she’s reluctant to trust him. After all, memories are returning, and they are exposing things best left buried in the past. Conley Hook, private detective, is determined to protect Jocelyn and her son at all costs. Even if it means his life. Together, the two must learn to trust God and each other in their quest to save the Captured Innocent.
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Mari Tatum has a secret. Forced to be Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the church play, she finds herself working alongside Shay McNab, the very boy she’s keeping a secret from. Yet in the story of Christ’s birth, she finds that in God’s hands her fall from grace can become a miracle.
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MOUNTAIN OF FEAR 4 1/2*<br />
Widowed and broke, Rachel Kent collects her two children, packs up their
belongings, and heads across the Ozarks to stay with her parents. They stop for
the night at a newly opened campground, then take a short hike. The three return
to find the other occupants of the campground murdered. They flee the campsite
and stumble upon a ranger’s cabin, where they enlist the help of handsome,
former-Army Ranger, Wesley Ward, who informs them a survivalist group laid claim
to the mountain. Only God can help them now. Can a man who wants only to escape
his past and be left alone and a woman damaged by life forge a love that
survives a flight through the Ozark Mountains?<br />
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shining armor, she's reluctant to trust him. After all, memories are returning,
and they are exposing things best left buried in the past.<br />
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grandmother. Can Shelby and the town let bygones be bygones? Can Shelby trust
that God knows what is best for her as she is drawn back into caring for her
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all they hold dear? <br />Phoebe Lillie grows worried when her Pa doesn't
return after what she thought was a routine hunting trip. Then, the new handsome
school teacher arrives in Pine Ridge and starts wanting to make changes with his
city ways. She resents his attentions, wanting only to find her Pa. When her and
the teacher stumble across an illegal whiskey still, they are thrust into a feud
that threatens to tear them, and the Ozark mountain hollow, apart. Then Phoebe
is subjected to a horrible attack. Revenge fills her soul. Can God bring her out
of her suffocating need for revenge before she loses Jacob's love? <br />Jacob
Wright, takes the job of school teacher in Pine Ridge, after his job in law
enforcement results in an innocent woman's untimely death. He's sworn never to
draw his gun on another living person. He doesn't expect his new job to put him
in the middle of a feud straight out of the wild west. Jacob must choose between
his resolve and the life of the woman he loves. <br />Set during the
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promise concern for others, and a willingness to help those in need,” Jeff
Taylor said as he stood, hands clasped behind his back, shoulder-to-shoulder
with 28 of Houston’s finest. His chest swelled with the words he had committed
to memory in anticipation of this very moment more than ten years before. “I
promise strength… strength of heart to bear whatever burdens might be placed
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Shaw gritted her teeth as she jerked the harvest-gold range forward on worn
linoleum. There it was again. That incessant scratching could only be from one
source. Mice. Of course the old trailer would have the despicable creatures.
It’d been vacant for how long? The beam of her flashlight found half a dozen
naked newborns sheltered in a nest of insulation and wood chips. A full-grown
rodent shot through the gap she’d created and scuttled right over her foot. Jo
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Marlow had never held a job as a cook before but had always cooked for her
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light tap on the window startled her, bringing her cascading back to reality.
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threw her phone across the room, sank down to the floor of the apartment she had
moved into just days before, put her face in her hands, and cried. How could he
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for God, but to find a killer. My prey stood in the corner of the foyer,
lurking in the shadows. With narrowed eyes, I intended to face him. Instead,
the delicious aroma of coffee wafted in the air, beckoning me like a siren’s
song. I glared at the one I pursued long enough to let him know I meant
business and switched my course across the tiled narthex of the large church to
the fellowship wing. I needed caffeinated reinforcement before confronting the
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Desiree woke up that day, she talked to her lover as she used to do every
morning. Talking to him used to set the tone for the rest of her day. He had
something important to tell her that day. He revealed to her that He would come
to take her home with him that day if the conditions were favorable, but she
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The passageway was dark, narrow. A faint beam of light flickered at the end.
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<strong>Contemporary Romance</strong></h1>
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<strong>Raspberries and Vinegar</strong> by
<a href="http://valeriecomer.com/" target="_blank">Valerie Comer</a></h3>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Josephine Shaw: complex, yet singleminded. A tiny woman with big ideas
and, some would say, a mouth to match. But what does she really know about
sustainable living as it relates to the real world? After all, she and her two
friends are new to farming. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Zachary Nemesek is back only until his dad recovers enough to work his
own land again. When Zach discovers three helpless females have taken up
residence at the old farm next door, he expects trouble. But a mouse invasion
proves Jo has everything under control. Is there anything she can't handle? And
surely there's something sweet beneath all that tart.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E6TC2RU/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb" target="_blank">BUY <strong>Raspberries and
Vinegar</strong> HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><h3>
<strong>To Protect and Serve</strong> by <a href="http://www.stacistallings.net/" target="_blank">Staci Stallings</a></h3>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Jeff Taylor is a fireman's fireman. No situation is too dangerous to
keep him on the sideline if lives are at stake.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Lisa Matheson runs a semi-successful ad agency that's on the brink of
falling apart. When she falls for a handsome but shy firefighter, it's possible
that life might just be going her way for a change. The only problem is she
can't control Jeff and the death wish he seems to have... <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008391QB2/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb" target="_blank">BUY <strong>To Protect and
Serve</strong> HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><h3>
<strong>Patient Love</strong> by <a href="http://rmstrongbooks.weebly.com/" target="_blank">R. M. Strong</a></h3>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Jasmine Williams is trying to put her life back together after her
fiancé dumps her hours before their wedding. Returning home to her parents'
beachfront B&B she begins to realize how much Philip had insisted on
controlling--everything from her hairstyle to her opinions of her home church;
even how she viewed God's love. Just as she regains her identity, a summons
from Philip demands she take him back. Will this time be different?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EVJAV32/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb" target="_blank">BUY <strong>Patient Love</strong> HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<strong>Something about Sam</strong> by <a href="http://susettewilliams.com/" target="_blank">Susette Williams</a></h3>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Having lost the family ranch due her parents untimely death and their
past debts, Samantha Marlow is forced to look for a job for the first time in
her life. Accustomed to using her nickname, Sam, she is hired as a cook, based
off of her resume, site-unseen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Jake Dampier needs someone to manage his household while he manages
his ranch. He never anticipated his foreman would hire someone without
interviewing them in person, especially someone as young and beautiful as Sam.
The last thing he wants is a distraction—but it may turn out to be just what he
needs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><a href="http://ow.ly/pigW6" target="_blank">BUY <strong>Something About
Sam</strong> HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<strong>Historical Romance</strong></h1>
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<strong>A Time to Say Goodbye</strong> by <a href="http://jmdowneysouthernrosepress.weebly.com/index.html" target="_blank">J. M. Downey</a></h3>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Cotton plantation daughter, May Lynn Whitley sees nothing wrong with
owning others. After all how would they fend for themselves if it wasn't for
gracious people like her family? But a handsome young preacher’s probing words
and mesmerizing blue eyes unlock a new sense of justice and lead her on a
journey that will change her life and soul. But she is betrothed and May Lynn’s
controlling fiance’ will do anything to make sure they wed. Anything including
destroying all that she holds dear. Set in Antebellum America, May Lynn’s
adventure spans the Eastern Seaboard as she joins a movement she once scorned.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Goodbye</strong> HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<strong>Mystery/Suspense</strong></h1>
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<strong>Fudge Laced Felonies</strong> by <a href="http://cynthiahickey.com/" target="_blank">Cynthia
Hickey</a></h3>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">While transplanting the rosebush her church's handsome greeter, Ethan
Banning, inadvertently killed, Summer and Ethan discover a hidden stash of diamonds,
a rusty can full of cash, and a bloody-gardening glove. This discovery sets
Summer and her candy-making aunt on a search for a killer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">As Summer gets closer to the truth-not only of the theft but of her
true feelings for Ethan-the diamond thief hatches a plan to hush the feisty
sleuth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005UHJ04U/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb" target="_blank">BUY <strong>Fudge Laced
Felonies</strong> HERE</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<strong>Out of a Dream</strong> by <a href="http://rosemaryhines.com/books" target="_blank">Rosemary Hines</a></h3>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Newlywed Michelle Baron should be enjoying life in the quaint coastal
community of Sandy Cove, Oregon. Her husband has joined his uncle’s law firm,
and they have a cozy new home ~ what more could she want? But a series of
nightmares leads her on a spiritual journey that challenges her Christian
heritage as well as her marriage. Where will she find answers to her disturbing
dreams? And how will those answers impact her life?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<strong>Women's Fiction</strong></h1>
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<strong>Rain Dance</strong> by <a href="http://booksbyjoy.com/" target="_blank">Joy
Dekok</a></h3>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">What happens when a Christian woman facing a childless future and a
woman seeking an abortion are waiting to see the same doctor? What if after
that "chance" encounter they are unable to forget each other? What if
they find themselves drawn together in spite of their drastic differences by
their surprising similarities? What if they somehow find the courage to become
friends? Rain Dance takes the reader into the hearts of these two women as they
journey closer to the heart of the One who offers hope and healing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0081G0EPG/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb" target="_blank">BUY <strong>Rain Dance</strong>
HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><h3>
<strong>The Road Home</strong> by <a href="http://therisingmuse.com/" target="_blank">Naty
Matos</a></h3>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">He was finally coming. He told Desiree that once her task was
complete, he would be there to pick her up. And they could finally be together
forever. Desiree was finally going to be with the one she loved. But what did
she need to do? And how was she going to figure out what it was?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008A7IJE4/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb" target="_blank">BUY <strong>The Road Home</strong>
HERE</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-68084496250329703942013-09-17T08:42:00.000-07:002013-09-17T08:42:01.506-07:00ACFW Conference 2013It's a very surreal experience when people you don't know, recognize your face and/or your name. When folks come up and say, "I read your book and loved it!" When fellow writers exchange business cards vowing to be friends for a very long time. When you hit it off with that one special someone! Oh, I made so many new friends. And there were many highlights this year. <br />
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Friday night was the genre dress up night. I went as a Harvey Girl with writer Sharon Lavy. She made the aprons, thank you so much. I'm not near the seamstress she is. One person actually recognized our characters.<br />
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Saturday night the Harlequin Heartsong authors in attendance went to dinner together and I got to meet my editor, Kathy Davis. What a sweetie, and a great sense of humor!</div>
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Best-selling author, Frank Peretti, was awarded the life-time achievement award, but the line was too long for me to get a picture with him. So here you go ... from a far.</div>
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It's always a special time to meet one-on-one with my agent, Chip MacGregor. Here he is with one of the other agents from his agency, Amanda Luedeke. I borrowed this off FB, hope Amanda doesn't mind.<br />
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I sat and talked with best-selling author, Brandilyn Collins for forty-five minutes. She truly has a heart for God. A very special woman.</div>
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I met so many wonderful people, but here are me with a few I could actually tie down. The gala was a riot with Gina Welborn and Bonnie Calhoun.<br />
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Here's me and Rachel Smith and new friend, author Beth Goddard.<br />
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Here is me and Michelle Ule, one of the other authors in the A Pioneer Christmas collection. So nice to meet her!<br />
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I finally got to hang with author Kaye Dacus, after hearing what a riot she is. All the rumors were true. Here's Rachel Smith and Kaye Dacus.<br />
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I met so many other wonderful people and made friends I'll treasure forever. Someone also told me that I'm one of the biggest ebook sellers in the CBA, but I'm not sure that's true. Either way, I'll thank the Lord and enjoy the experience. I can not wait until next year when conference will be in St. Louis.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-87253096262432321512013-08-27T06:39:00.004-07:002013-08-27T06:40:24.705-07:0012 Days of Pioneer Christmas: Uncommon Romance<h1 class="post-title">
12 Days of Pioneer Christmas: Uncommon Romance</h1>
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<em><a href="http://michelleule.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/12daysTeaser4.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="12 Days of Christmas promotion" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4532" height="211" src="http://michelleule.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/12daysTeaser4-300x211.jpg" width="300" /></a><strong>A Pioneer Christmas</strong></em> is the third
inspirational romance collection for which I’ve written a story. As is my
custom, I’ve read the stories written by my co-writers to get a feel for the
book. This beautiful fat book with nine tales feels just a little different from
your average Christmas romance novella.<br />
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The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_%28heroic_literature%29" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Romance (heroic literature)">romance genre</a> has specific elements that make it
a romance: the point of view alternates between the hero and the heroine; the
couple traditionally meet in the first chapter and don’t like each other; the
stories end with a wedding.<br />
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Wikipedia notes: “novels in this genre place their primary focus on the
relationship and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_(love)" target="_blank" title="Romance (love)">romantic
love</a> between two people, and must have an “emotionally satisfying and
optimistic ending.”<br />
Most people translate that into a shorthand: boy meets girl; girl doesn’t
like boy; boy loses girl; girl recognizes the boy’s finer qualities (perhaps he
saves her); they marry and live happily ever after<br />
But in <em>A Pioneer Christmas,</em> several writers–including me– tweaked
the genre for a different angle on pioneer romance. I found them delightfully
satisfying and a bit bemusing, wondering more than once, “how is this one going
to end?”<br />
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Fully a third of these stories begin with a married couple–the romance is
young and passionate, but the marriage already has been consummated.<br />
So, where’s the romance in that?<a href="http://michelleule.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/kissing.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="kissing" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-4653 alignleft" height="150" src="http://michelleule.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/kissing-150x150.jpg" width="150" /></a><br />
I’m not giving away any spoilers . . .<br />
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It’s helpful to remember that life on the prairie was difficult and widow and
widowerhood was a frequent occurrance. Marriages sometimes had to be made for
convenience and “falling in love,” often was not practical when stock needed to
be tended.<br />
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Cynthia Hickey’s <em>A Christmas Castle</em> is upfront about marital
challenges between virtual strangers: her heroine is a mail order bride. Or, in
this case, a mail order widow upon arrival in a small Arizona ranch town riven
with controversy.<br />
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She takes to her inheritance with dash and aplomb, not to mention instant
motherhood. She displays the deering-do necessary to survive, particularly when
the neighbors are out to get you.<br />
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<em>The Christmas Angel</em> by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauraine_Snelling" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Lauraine Snelling">Lauraine Snelling</a> features an anxious pregnant woman whose
husband is long overdue from town with the necessary supplies. What will happen
to her out on that prairie they’ve fought so hard to “own up” if he does not
return?<br />
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Her cheerful example in the face of tragedy, a determination not to give in
to despair, resonated with me and I marveled at her strength.<br />
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Anna Urquhart’s <em>A Silent Night </em>begins with a young couple fully in
love but facing a voyage across the Atlantic to a new life. When her husband
goes missing with blood left on the ground, the heroine is forced to consider
the unthinkable: marriage to an older neighbor.<br />
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But how else is she to survive in a half-built cabin with a small child to
protect?<br />
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<em><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gold_Rush" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="The Gold Rush">The Gold Rush</a> Christmas</em> displays tension between the
heroine and the would-be hero–even though he doesn’t appear until chapter two.
And what’s the deal with her brother seeming to like the guy better than his
sister?<br />
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Even Margaret Brownley’s story <em>A Pony Express Christmas</em> features an
unusual twist: the hero is rescued from certain death by the matter-of-fact
heroine.<br />
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You can read more conventional genre challenges in Vickie McDonough’s
<em>Buckskin Bride</em>; Shannon McNear’s <em>Defending Truth</em>; Kathleen
Fuller’s <em>The Calling;</em> and Marcia Gruver’s <em>The Badlands
Christmas.</em><br />
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Christmas, of course, is featured in each story and most include at least a
promise of mariage to come, My take away, though, was honest admiration for
characters who overcame their circumstance to make a –mostly–realistic life in
harsh surroundings.<br />
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<em>A Pioneer Christmas Collection</em> is an unusual and satisfying
read–perfect for the winter when the snow is howling, the rain pouring, or the
animals just in need of a little tending. And each one provides a complete and
interesting night’s read.<br />
But I admit–I’m biased!<br />
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<strong>What do you look for in a good romance?</strong></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-22690578280107428292013-08-23T06:43:00.000-07:002013-08-23T06:43:07.926-07:00A GOOD PIONEER - Vickie McDonough
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Vickie McDonough is the author of numerous novels and
novellas, including the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Texas Trails:
Morgan Family</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Texas
Boardinghouse Brides</b>. Vickie discusses “Buckskin Bride”, her novella in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A Pioneer Christmas</b>. For more
information about Vickie and her books, visit her website: </span><a href="http://www.vickiemcdonough.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Cambria;">www.vickiemcdonough.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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novels, and that’s mostly what I write. I chose 1889 because it was the year of
the first Oklahoma land run, and I wanted my story to take place during the
winter after that. My hero won land in the land run, and that’s the setting for
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are all grown now, we still put up a tree and have lights and decorations all
over the living room. I hang stockings on the mantel but we no longer fill them
since our sons are grown. We eat cinnamon rolls for breakfast on Christmas
morning, then open presents, and later, have a big dinner mid-afternoon with
the whole family. Christmas has been even more fun the past seven years since
my granddaughter was born. I don’t know that my personal Christmas celebrations
had any bearing on my story, except that the families in my novella gather
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tipi (teepee). One of the criteria for this novella collection was that your
hero or heroine needed to live in an unusual type of home. I decided on a tipi
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been exciting to have ridden in one of the land runs, just like Tom Cruise and
Nicole Kidman did in the movie, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Far and
Away</i>. There was so much anticipation and expectations for the families
hoping to win free land. Many did but thousands of people did not get land. I
have friends who have family still living on the land their ancestors won in
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has dressed in buckskins most of her life. She’s comfortable in them, and it
makes riding horses, hunting, and doing chores easier. She has no desire to
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in Oklahoma, and have traveled much of the state. I don’t know that I’ve been
to the exact spot where my story takes place, though, because I was rather
vague about were it is located exactly. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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horses and have always been a tomboy and even dreamed of growing up and
marrying a rancher. But, I love my modern conveniences like my laptop, air
conditioning, kitchen appliances, and indoor plumbing and would hate to leave
them all behind.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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born in 1874 & 1876. I know that’s hard to believe but it’s true. I’ve
never been able to verify it, but my dad told me that my grandma rode in one of
the Oklahoma land rushes with her parents. I do know that my grandparents left
the Pennsylvania Dutch country and traveled to El Dorado, Kansas, where my
dad—the youngest of their ten children—was born. Then my grandpa got a job with
an oil company, and they moved the family to Oklahoma. I still have family in
Pennsylvania.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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your child ever wandered off or gotten lost? When our oldest daughter was a
toddler, she wandered off in a department store. Suddenly we were experiencing
every parent's worst fear. Then when we found her, her tone was accusing, “You
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in my own disbelief, “I… didn’t… leave you.” Then having to spend many years
trying to convince her that the way she ‘pictured’ things was not what she
thought. I’m not sure who needed therapy more. Our daughter, for feeling
abandoned, or us for her making us feel like we were horrible parents. She was
too young to realize the whole situation. Now that she’s older, and a school
teacher, she’s thrilled to find out I wrote a book inspired by those events.
Her students are anxious to read it, especially knowing it was inspired by
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newest picture book, The Day My Parents Got Lost, takes a look at getting lost
through a child’s eyes. While in the story, his parents are having fun, that
most likely wouldn’t be the case in real life. The story gives children the
opportunity to see how parents feel. I wrote this as a humorous story because
while getting lost is very real and scary, we don’t want to scare children. The
book gives parents and teachers the opportunity to speak with children about
what they should do if they get separated from parents or a group. If you
haven’t developed a plan with your children, or even your grandchildren,
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a tool to help you lead into this conversation with discussing the topic and
how to respond, I am offering The Day My Parents Got Lost for free August
20-22. Please download a free copy during these dates and leave a review on
Amazon so that other readers know how much you enjoyed the story.</span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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When I heard of Barbour Publisher putting together a Christmas anthology collection of pioneers celebrating Christmas in usual types of abodes, I thought of a dugout around the area of Tucson, Arizona. <br />
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During my research I learned that it does occasionally snow in the desert, which I would have had a hard time believing if I hadn't seen it once with my own eyes. So, of course not only do my characters live in a dugout, but they deal with snow and a ruthless man who wants their land.</div>
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In a Pioneer Christmas collection, some of the unusual dwellings are a tavern, a stagecoach stop, etc. Join nine award-winning authors as they help you experience Christmas as our ancestors did, and discover the true meaning for the holiday.</div>
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Releasing September 1, 2013, Journey along with American settlers who learn that despite where the trail takes them or how primitive their lodgings may be Christmas is all about the heart. Determined to honor Christ's birth, these pioneers find a way to make Christmas happen in places like a cave, a tipi, and a dugout. Modern readers will enjoy a peek into life before commercialism took over the sacred day, distracting us from the true blessings of faith, hope, and love. Enjoy nine original novellas of Christmas romance as penned from many of today's leading Christian authors, including Lauraine Snelling, Margaret Brownley, Kathleen Fuller, and Vickie McDonough.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-87979723707318034672013-07-26T06:52:00.000-07:002013-07-26T06:52:30.831-07:00Quitting the Day Job<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtiD_1IIycq6EGDXBEPUn1dAY5skN88n-r-kPf1od01bKB_80eKJO1qfrq8MDpM2o5-GyDbjZcMOnKgbsZFzk4Cywq65whBqdG79IjjSlTQ0xUPzCR3sgowDIayjSu8XOMRjlygQ/s1600/17401715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtiD_1IIycq6EGDXBEPUn1dAY5skN88n-r-kPf1od01bKB_80eKJO1qfrq8MDpM2o5-GyDbjZcMOnKgbsZFzk4Cywq65whBqdG79IjjSlTQ0xUPzCR3sgowDIayjSu8XOMRjlygQ/s320/17401715.jpg" /></a></div> A word of encouragement here: Yes, it can be done. But it takes a lot of hard work and commitment.
I received a contract for my first book in 2007 after winning a contest and obtaining an agent. Fudge-Laced Felonies and the other three books in the series are now released as ebooks and still my best sellers. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPEK5hcjAqVVJo1_a9eVdb3UlOMpYNgGEdlwOzmwvu71a9XankHtpWnxv10N1fpd7QxdSFRgXcVHSf0F3sgGB15oNTCuQPbOXoE0AejRlnki7tNxPinrmOifo6nGQTSJMgEF2dw/s1600/Fudge+ebook+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPEK5hcjAqVVJo1_a9eVdb3UlOMpYNgGEdlwOzmwvu71a9XankHtpWnxv10N1fpd7QxdSFRgXcVHSf0F3sgGB15oNTCuQPbOXoE0AejRlnki7tNxPinrmOifo6nGQTSJMgEF2dw/s200/Fudge+ebook+cover.jpg" /></a></div>
After their publication, I kept busy with other writing, some traditional contracts and others independently published ebooks. It's the ebooks that garner my monthly income, which allowed me to quit the day job, after nine years, in May. But...I must tell you, I wrote while at work, I wrote in the evenings, and I wrote on the weekends. I wrote whenever I had a spare minute.
If you're called to the writing world, then you can make it. You might not be rich like J.K. Rowling, but you can, quite possibly, make a living. It takes hard work, dedication, perseverance, and God's grace. Good luck with your writing.
My latest book, Cooking Up Love, has just released through Harlequin's Heartsong Presents line. Happy Reading. This is the first in a four-book series.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAP8M-ow9SZd5-w1V2N7STbmsLMHrrqzJ6qjy6b_Q_U20s2rUd9SgfTWD1rWcqofAVaOhKulGKbXhkDpFlf2uJPPhjuHBkqrkm4cqjCeyFL6stWZ_QwWUNMKnygDqeuTAD8IAMqg/s1600/Harvey-1-cover-189x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAP8M-ow9SZd5-w1V2N7STbmsLMHrrqzJ6qjy6b_Q_U20s2rUd9SgfTWD1rWcqofAVaOhKulGKbXhkDpFlf2uJPPhjuHBkqrkm4cqjCeyFL6stWZ_QwWUNMKnygDqeuTAD8IAMqg/s200/Harvey-1-cover-189x300.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-40689131691930932872012-10-16T14:40:00.002-07:002012-10-16T14:40:49.664-07:00THREADS OF LOVEFinally, we have a cover for the novella collection releasing March 1. Myself, and three other authors have compiled four stories of love and forgiveness.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, once again, I've been lax about reporting on my writing journey. So, let's get caught up, shall we?
I finished, COOKING UP LOVE, Finding Love the Harvey Girl Way, and sent the completed manuscript to Harlequin's Heartsong Presents line.
I finished four proposals. Two for Harlequin's Heartsong Presents, One for Harlequin's Love Inspired Historical, and one for Love Inspired's romantic suspense line.
In addition to that, I've done a bit of marketing, not nearly enough, and ran one of my ebook historical romances, A Love for Delicious, free over the past weekend. Not as many downloads as I would have liked, but haven't given up yet.
Sales have slowed for the month of October but I'm hopeful that scores of people will run out and buy a Kindle for themselves and loved ones at Christmas then proceed to download ALL of my books. I'm optimistic :)
And I was one of the nine authors chosen for Barbour's Christmas anthology, A Pioneer Christmas due out for the holidays in 2013.
So far in 2013, I have releasing, <b>Unraveling Love<i></i></b>, a novella by Barbour, <b>Cooking Up Love<i></i></b>, Heartsong Presents, <b>SugarPlum Dreams<i></i></b>, a Christmas story through Heartsong Presents, and <b>A Cowgirl Christmas<i></i></b>, an anthology by Barbour. Whew!
When I comment on how busy I am, my friends all say, "Well, you asked for it." And, yes, I did. Thank you, God.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-83478465135880827532012-09-25T08:49:00.001-07:002012-09-25T08:49:57.773-07:00ACFW Conference 2012I don't have pictures yet, bummer, but didn't want to wait too long to tell you of my experiences at conference this year. If you are serious about writing, and have yet to make the commitment to attend writing conferences, I strongly urge you to do so. Attending a conference lets editors and agents know who is serious about their writing.
On Thursday, I had the priviledge of riding the shuttle from the airport to the hotel with Tina James and Melissa Endlich, editors of Harlequin's Love Inspired Line, and hopefully soon editors of mine! :)
Once at the hotel, I had the joy of meeting in the coffee bar with Gina Welborn and Laurie Alice Eakes. What fun they are! Then, later that afternoon, I met with my wonderful agent, Chip MacGregor, and we came up with a game plan for the rest of 2012 and 2013.
On Friday, I attended Susie May Warren's wonderful class on writing, had professional headshots done, and had an editor appointment with Tina James of Harlequin in which she requested a proposal. Yay!
That evening, I went into the cute little historical town of Grapevine with Rachel Fernandez and Melissa Smith to a seafood restaurant where I ordered fish tacos Texas style. Yum.
Saturday was more classes and then the wonderful Gala. I arrived home on Sunday totally and completely exhausted but feeling as if I'd finally "arrived" as an author. After six conferences, people now recognize my name and my face. In a good way, too!
God willing, I plan on attending conferences every year and maybe, sometime in the future, actually mentor up and coming authors.
If you're serious about writing, save your money, attend conferences, network, make appointments, make friends, have fun, and keep writing!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-71442695926216193182012-08-30T09:26:00.000-07:002012-08-30T09:26:20.651-07:00HARLEQUIN HEARTSONG PRESENTS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, as usual, a few days have passed since my last blog. Hey, at least it wasn't months!
But, my writing career just took a great big leap! I've signed a two-book contract with Harlequin's new Heartsong Presents line, with the option of signing for two more early 2013. The first book, <i>COOKING UP LOVE</i>, Finding Love the Harvey Girl way, is book one in a series focused on the Harvey Girls, women who served in restaurants along the Santa Fe Railroad, and is scheduled for a June 2013 release.
The second book is <i>SUGARPLUM DREAMS</i>, a Christmas historical romance. This is scheduled for a November 2013 release.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-63587117815632890612012-08-24T13:27:00.002-07:002012-08-24T13:27:55.381-07:00DAILY LOG - DAY 1 CAPTAIN HICKEYDon't get too excited, I seriously doubt I'll be able to keep up the post a day thingie. But, I did promise to give readers a view of my publishing journey.
I have 9 books posted on ebook. Check them out here www.cynthiahickey.com that I pubbed myself, then have the three cozy mysteries that were put out through my agent. Then....shhh, it's a secret but some traditional pubbed books are in the works. I've been writing seriously since 2006. So, can't complain too much about my progress, I suppose.
Except today, I've actually gone backward in word count. Yep, you heard me write, uh right. I did some editing and cut out words. Sigh. Good thing I'm ahead of my writing schedule overall.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-43110845735508625672012-08-22T19:04:00.000-07:002012-08-22T19:04:04.221-07:00BUBBLE BLASTERGood thing writing isn't like Bubble Blaster where one wrong move and you lose. In writing, you can backspace, delete, undo, etc.
I had all my plans laid out, one right after the other, and quite proud of the fact, thank you very much. I ebook pubbed all my poor manuscripts that couldn't find homes, put out a romantic suspense under my maiden name (for those of you who like just a little spice, but nothing too dirty). I had it all planned. Then WHAM! God gave me a delightful surprise regarding two stories I had all but given up on.
I still can't give you all the details, just know that next year, my readers will have something new to read. And the year after that. All in a genre I was actually getting ready to wave good bye too. God has a way of pointing us in the right direction, doesn't He?
Good thing my bubble didn't burst!
And oh, yeah. One of these days, I'm still going to start vlogging. Need to get on that.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7426635.post-67222499014605912362012-07-20T08:07:00.000-07:002012-07-20T08:07:48.350-07:00CHOCOLATE GRAVY RECIPE3/4 cup of water
3/4 cup of milk
1 cup of flour
1 cup of sugar
2 Tb cocoa
Heat water and milk (to touch, not boiling) must be careful not to scorch. Mix together dry ingredients. Add slowly into milk until thick, stirring the whole time. I use a whisk. If not thickening, slowly add small amounts of flour.
Is delicious over fresh buttered biscuits or biscuits and peanut butter. Enjoy Southern food at it's finest!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04089903053496930165noreply@blogger.com0