Chesapeake Weddings is being featured on the Let Us Bear Fruit blog! I also encourage you to scroll through some of the other posts on Let Us Bear Fruit. Dr. Linda Beed posts insightful things about writing, and she encourages other authors.
If you’re looking for a nice gift for Mother’s Day, I’d be more than happy to make a suggestion! Stop by Walmart or your local bookstore and pick up a copy of Chesapeake Weddings to give to your mom! It’d be nice to present her with a bunch of roses, a nice hot meal, and a book to read on her day off! The stories in Chesapeake Weddings are appealing to women of most ages, and I think moms and grandmoms alike will enjoy reading the book!
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Lena Nelson Dooley is hosting me on her blog today with an interview and a book giveaway! You have to leave a comment on THIS BLOG POST in order to be entered into the drawing! Be sure to read the interview before commenting!
I recently went on another book-finding field trip again! First I went to Family Christian in Bowie, Maryland, but my book was not there. Apparently, they don’t carry the 3-in-1s at that Family Christian location. I then went to Barnes and Noble in Bowie. I didn’t see my book there, either, but when I was in the Christian fiction section, a customer started talking to me. She asked, “What do you like to read?”
The floodgates opened and I told her about my being an author and that I had a book out now, but it wasn’t in the Barnes and Noble in Bowie! I did encourage her to purchase my book elsewhere or online. While there, we chatted about the books on the shelves…actually, I did most of the chatting. I pointed out authors like Claudia Mair Burney, Stacey Hawkins Adams, Tracie Peterson, Ted Dekker, Debbie Macomber, Francine Rivers…I went on and on about the books I’d read that were populating the shelves. She said, “When do you find time to read all these books and write too?”
I said, “I don’t know!”
When I finally got back to the car (I’d left hubby in the car) I told my husband about my conversation in the bookstore and he said, “You should open a bookstore.”
I think I’d like that! Can you imagine, my own bookstore? After Barnes and Noble, we traveled to Borders in Bowie and we found the book on the shelf! Here’s the pic:
We then traveled to the Walmart in Bowie and we didn’t see the book there. They didn’t carry Barbour’s 3-in-1s there. 🙁
But, one of my blog/Facebook friends did email me a couple of pics of my book on the shelf in Toronto, ON, Canada at Faith And Family Books! How exciting!
If I were to own my own bookstore, it would be comfy and cozy! There would be shelves and shelves of great books for people to read!
There would also be lots of comfy chairs for people to sit in while reading a book. I’d also have coffee, and plenty of places for writers to plug in their laptops while they type, creating stories while sipping their brew!
I’d also have cookies, cupcakes and muffins to munch on while sipping your coffee! 🙂
I don’t know what I’d call my bookstore, though. I’m just dreaming! I wouldn’t think about opening a bookstore when I sense that they’ll be out of business within the next ten years because of people buying most of their books from the internet. But I can dream, can’t I? Can you think of a great, comfy, cozy, insightful name that I could call my make-believe bookstore?
~Cecelia Dowdy~
I’ve been going fishing with this project off an on for about a couple of years now. Although the project was not completed initially, I searched for an agent, anyway. I completed it last November and I continued my agent search. I’ve also been able to submit to a few publishing houses (The publishers took agented submissions only, I was able to submit because I’d met the editors at a writers conference). Anyway, I received the rejection from one of the publishers today! Bummer! They said (I’m paraphrasing):
We haven’t had success in presenting stories that have a main character who is blind, so I don’t think we’ll be pursuing this.
But, there’s still hope! I do have it elsewhere, so I just need to wait and hear what they say about the project!
On a lighter note, I did manage to go to the Walmart in Laurel, Maryland and I saw my book on the shelf!
There were two copies! I “sold” both of them. One lady started browsing in the book section shortly before I took my pics. I told her about my book and she said she would purchase it for her sister! She also said she was an aspiring author and she wanted advice about how to seek publication. We talked books, authors, writers organizations, etc. for close to a half hour!
Another woman came into the book section and I boldly told her about my book, presenting it to her from the shelf. She said, “Did you really write this book?”
I said, “Yes!” I flipped to my bio page. “See, that’s my picture right there.”
She said, “That is you!” She asked me to sign the book and she said she would send it to her preacher sister in South Africa.
Am I kooky or what? I think the exhileration of having a book in stores and in Walmart is going to my head! If I have time and energy, I’ll continue to visit stores when possible and take pictures of my book on the shelf! Also, if you have time, and if you’re in Walmart, Barnes And Noble, Family Christian, Borders, or any other bookstore and happen to see my book shelved, I’d appreciate your taking a picture with your camera and e-mailing it to me so that I can share with other blog readers!
One of my Facebook friends took this pic at the Woodland Texas Walmart:
As I promised in an earlier post, I’ll be back to blogging about regular stuff soon. I recently finished Mom’s The Word by Marilynn Griffith, and I’m almost finished with Plain Perfect by Beth Wiseman. I also have The Manual by Sherryle Kiser Jackson in my TBR pile, and I just received This Fine Life by Eva Marie Everson in the mail today (this book has a very appealing cover!).
Chesapeake Weddings was featured as a top pick on Dee Stewart’s Blog!
Thanks, Dee! 🙂
Also, on the Amazon.com link there are eight customer reviews so far! Check them out and order yourself a copy!
Chesapeake Weddings is now in stock on Amazon.com! I contacted my publisher, wanting to order more copies for myself (for close friends and family members and a few other folks). I was told that they had very few copies left in stock! They said the book is disappearing quickly from pre-orders! I’m surprised!
Received my box of author copies for Chesapeake Weddings last night! The book should be in stores within the next couple of weeks! It should also be in Walmart!
I’m getting kind of anxious since my book is about to be released. I still haven’t received my author copies, but I’ve been visiting bookstores, trying to determine when my book will be released. I’d thought it was April 2010, but discovered that Borders shows a date of March 15…that’s only four days away!! I did visit Books A Million during my lunch break and they said they show a date of April 1, 2010. I just want to see my book on a shelf! If you happen to visit a bookstore and see my release, Chesapeake Weddings, be sure to take a picture and email it to me so that I can share it with other blog readers!