I stumbled upon this post on the Sunny Island Breezes Blog. I told the blogger that I currently am not under contract for any more books. I do have projects for which I’m searching for a home, but so far, no takers! Plus I told her that Barbour rejected my last proposal.
So, if you’ve read my any of my Heartsongs and enjoyed them, then could you please let the publisher know via this link? Just mention that you liked my books and you’d like to see more!
I hope everyone has a blessed day!
Ms. Sylvia Van, one of my blog readers and one of my Facebook friends, informed me that she left the following anonymous comment about John’s Quest on this post:
I ordered your book John’s Quest from the website and was pleasantly surprised. Each word was like eating your favorite dessert without worrying about the calories. I found myself enjoying it more and more and never wanting it to end. I love it that you continued the book going in doing storylines of each the characters in each of your other books. If there is someone who doesn’t like to read but is willing to start I would highly recommend this book. You will not be disappointed.
Just reading those words warms my heart! What a great way to start my Saturday! 🙂
I received a nice review of my novel, John’s Quest, book one in the Chesapeake Weddings collection. Here’s what Molly had to say about my novel:
Cecelia Dowdy’s writing abilities are outstanding! She knows how to make God’s light shine through the pages of John’s Quest, a book that will be in her upcoming release, Chesapeake Weddings. Cecelia brings Monica and John, two very different people, together in an unexpected way to help each other out and through these two very different people, she teaches us about the importance of completely relying on and surrendering ourselves to God and His will for us. And in doing that, we might just find out that our dreams will come true. In my opinion, Cecelia Dowdy is an author worthy of many praises for writing a wonderful, inspiring five star book. Highly recommended!
If you’re a member of Good Reads, you can also see and comment about Molly’s review here.
Chesapeake Weddings is about to go to press! I have to read through the galley and it’s due back to Barbour Publishing by January 6th. And, if you’ve read any of my Heartsong Presents titles – John’s Quest, Milk Money or Bittersweet Memories, feel free to leave a review on the link above! Chesapeake Weddings is a re-release of all three of those titles!
On another note, on this blog post, I wrote about the new Coach purse I’d received for my birthday. Since I carry the same purse around for years, I usually use a Coach since they are a high-quality handbag. Well, Coach comes with a life-time warranty. If your Coach purse becomes damaged from natural wear and tear, you can send it to the Coach factory and they’ll fix it. This used to be free, but, in recent years, you have to send a check for $20.00 to cover postage.
Well, the reason why I wanted a new Coach purse is because my old one had a broken zipper. The zipper was worn, right where the teeth of the zipper are located. I didn’t think they’d be able to fix my zipper because Coach zippers are stitched right into the leather. I couldn’t imagine them taking the stiches out of the leather, removing the old zipper, and replacing it with a new zipper while allowing the purse to still look the same.
Well, awhile back, Coach sent me a letter, stating that they couldn’t fix my purse, BUT they were offering me any item in their catalog for 40% off. I was telling my coworker about it, and I mentioned that I’d rather have a free small item, like a wallet or a change purse instead of getting a new item at 40% off. After all, I’d just gotten a new Coach purse, and I don’t switch purses, thus I didn’t really need another item just to use the 40% off offer. My coworker suggested I call Coach and explain that I already got a new purse and I didn’t need another one, so, might they give me a small item for free instead?
So, almost a week ago, I called them, stating my dilemma – I was sure to let the Coach employee know that I’d recently gotten a new Coach purse and didn’t need another. The lady put me on hold for a LONG TIME. She then asked for the reference number on my letter. She said that they were going to refund the $20.00 I’d paid for the repair, and they would send me a gift card for $107.20! I was excited! My coworker gave me a high five!
I just used my gift card a couple of days ago! I was able to get 3 small Coach items:
This wristlet was $58.00, and it matches the purse I received last summer!
This Skinny Mini was $38.00!
This pack of paper was $10.00
$58.00
$38.00
$10.00
$106.00 = total
With tax, I ended up spending only five or six bucks of my own money. The shipping was free since the order is over $75.00. And…my refund check from Coach for $20.00 came in the mail today!
Isn’t that great?!
I removed Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer from The Christmas Box and placed it into the DVD player tonight for my four-year-old son to enjoy. He watched Rudolph for awhile and then came upstairs whining and upset. He was afraid of the Abominable Snowman! How could he be afraid of The Abominable? He watched the movie over and over last year, we almost had to force him to put it away once Christmas was over. Now, how is he going to watch it this year and be scared? Did the scariness kick into his brain sometime between three and four?
On another note, if you’ve read any of my three stories: John’s Quest, Milk Money, or Bittersweet Memories and you enjoyed them, I’d appreciate it if you’d post a review for it on the Christianbook.com link for Chesapeake Weddings. Chesapeake Weddings is a re-released volume of all three stories, so, even if you’ve only read one of the three, you can still post your review for that story on this link under the Customer Reviews heading.
Hope the holiday season is going well for all of you!
I recently received a letter from a reader regarding my novel, Milk Money. The reader made the following comment in her letter:
I would have enjoyed the story more if you hadn’t continually commented to the color of people’s skin as though it was an oddity. I don’t see that in books about Caucasians.
Here was my response to this reader:
If you read a lot of books written by African-American authors, I’ve noticed we do tend to mention skin color more. Why? I suppose skin color is more of an “issue” with us, a way of life. Our skin color comes into play more often than with Caucasian characters simply because we are Black, living in America, and there are things that may happen to us (Blacks) that might not necessarily happen to Caucasians, because of the color of our skin. I know skin color has been a HUGE factor in my life – I lived in an all-white area and I felt ostracized a lot of the time because of my skin color. So, I guess I’m saying that with most Blacks, we’re probably going to mention skin color more frequently when we’re writing about African-American characters. I hope my explanation helps!
Do any of you read novels written by African-Americans? If so, do you think we mention the color of people’s skin more than Caucasians? I know when I do it, it’s not intentional, that’s just the way that I write! I also notice we use food as adjectives to describe people’s skin: mocha-colored, chocolate, toffee, caramel-colored, etc.
Feel free to share your thoughts!
My editor at Barbour sent me the high resolution jpeg of my next book cover! Here it is! You can also pre-order this book on Amazon.com!
I accidentally found my bookcover while browsing the internet the other day. It’s the cover for Chesapeake Weddings, the re-release of John’s Quest, Milk Money, and Bittersweet Memories. Only problem is, the only place I can find it is on Christianbooks.com and I’m not able to copy, enlarge, or paste the cover listed on Christian books. I’ve already emailed the editor at my publishing house, asking for a high-resolution jpeg of my cover to post on my websites. So far, I haven’t heard back. Let me know if you see it elsewhere. If you do see it someplace else please forward the link to me.
Also, if any of you have a blog, maybe you can help me out again. My followers have disappeared. The Followers gadget no longer shows on my blog and all you see on the Followers gadget is a white block stating that the website cannot be found. I’ve posted this question on my writers loop and a few people gave suggestions, but, so far, nothing has worked. If this has ever happened to you, could you let me know what you did to correct the problem? I already contacted Blogger about it and, so far, I’ve heard nothing.
My re-released 3-in-1 book, Chesapeake Weddings, is available for pre-order on Amazon.com! I wish I had a cover for it, but I don’t! Once the publisher provides the cover, I’ll be sure to post on my blog! Chesapeake Weddings contains the following three Heartsong Presents novels:
John’s Quest
Milk Money
Bittersweet Memories
Here’s another blog review for my novel, John’s Quest. Stop by Aik’s blog and read the review and leave a comment!