I re-did my website a couple of months ago, but I don’t think I announced it here on my blog. Check it out! I changed the coloring from that dark burgundy to a light tannish color. I also added a floral arrangement at the top and I added a few other pages. Take a look around and tell me what you think!
Here’s the link!
I’m exhausted. I’m trying to finish up a manuscript that an agent requested awhile back. I’ll be posting another writing-related question and topic within the next week.
Thanks so much to all who are entering the Christmas Book Giveaway. As of this morning, there are 64 comments. Somebody mentioned that they didn’t see any rules for the giveaway, but they want to be entered. In order to be entered in the giveaway, you need to leave your email address in your comment, or your email address must be accessible through your blogger ID. If you comment, without leaving an email address, and your email address is not visible on blogger, then you WON’T be entered. If there’s no email address for me to access, there would be no way for me to contact you if you do win.
Several have said that it was generous of me to purchase these books and give them away. These books are brand new, and I did purchase them, but, I also want to build up my e-mail list from doing the book giveaways. Therefore, if you enter the drawing, you’re giving me permission to add your email address to my mailing list. I only send out mass emails via Constant Contact a few times a year, so, if you enter, you won’t have to worry about being bombarded with massive amounts of email from me.
I’ve noticed there are some who entered the Christmas Book Giveaway, but have unsubscribed from my Constant Contact email list. If you’ve been on my mailing list, then unsubscribed, then want to enter this giveaway, you won’t be entered. Reason being, you have to be willing to be a part of my mailing list in order to be entered into the drawing. Since I use Constant Contact, if a person unsubscribes, I can’t resubscribe that person myself – Constant Contact won’t allow that. I’m not sure if you can try and re-subscribe on your own on Constant Contact after you’ve unsubscribed?
Final “rule” is if you win, you automatically give me the right to post your first and last name on my blog, along with your city and state of residence, announcing you as the winner. I want to keep this contest honest, so I have to annouce the winner on this blog. In the past, I’ve had a few people to get disgruntled when they see their first and last name on my blog, then they’ll ask me to remove their last name from my blog post. I’ve started stating my intentions of posting the first and last name when I post the contest. If you don’t want your first and last name posted on my blog if you win, then don’t enter the contest!
And, last thing, even if you don’t win, I wanted to tell you about how I came across these great books at a reasonable price! If you don’t win the books featured on my blog, you still might have some spare change in your wallet to purchase these! Christianbook.com has some great sets of books for a cheap price – this is where I purchased the books for my giveaway:
Set of nine Christmas books for $9.99!
Set of four Christmas books for $7.99!
Set of four Christmas books for $7.80!
Set of six Christmas books for $9.99!
Notice that some of these sets overlap, so if you order more than one set, you might want to make sure that you’re aware that you may be purchasing some books twice! No, I don’t work for or represent Christianbook.com! I’m just being a nice gal and letting you know about these great deals! I don’t think I could have afforded such a large Christmas book giveaway if I’d had to pay full price for these novels! I’m not sure how long these books will be available at this low price!
Okay, I have a couple of things to blog about! First, the winner of the October Book Giveaway is:
Michelle Tuller – Salida, CA
Michelle, I should be snail mailing your novels to you sometime this weekend!
I’ll be posting a special Christmas Book Giveaway around the first of November. Be sure to check back later for details about that, or subscribe to my blog to ensure that you don’t miss any of these great blog posts!
Also, since I occasionally purchase books from Christianbook.com, they’ll send me
e-mails about different sale items in stock. I recently found out that the following two books are selling for only 99 cents each:
and
A Texas Legacy Christmas by Diann Mills
You still have to pay $3.99 for postage for these books, BUT, since they are only 99-cents each, you could always order several copies and use them as Christmas gifts or stocking stuffers! Think about it! From what I can see, you can order several and still pay the same amount in postage! I’m not sure how long they’ll be for sale, but I rarely see books this size selling for less than a dollar! You can’t beat that price!
I was talking to one of the parents at my son’s daycare today. He told me that he wanted to get his wife an e-reader and that she wanted a Kindle. However, he mentioned that Barnes And Noble just released their new e-reader today, and he wondered if he should get that for her instead.
The conversation got me to thinking…I’ve never tried an e-reader before! I love books, the feel, the smell, the look…I can’t imagine reading a book on a screen. I’m old-fashioned and I enjoy the actual, honest-to-goodness paper product in my hand. Maybe I’ll need to borrow someone’s e-reader one day just to see what all the hoopla is about!
Do any of you use an e-reader? Do you like it? Which one do you use and what are the benefits of the different e-book readers available? Do you miss the feel, smell, and look of a print book? Inquiring minds want to know!
Click on the image above to enlarge! I think it’s beautiful!
TV Land is hosting a Brady Bunch Marathon this weekend for the 40th anniversary of the show! I’ve been having a blast of a time looking at those episodes. Although I do recall seeing them weekly in the early seventies when I was like, five or six, (I recall it coming on either on Friday or Saturday night), I really grew to love the show watching re-runs over the years. I’ve seen them so many times that I can even recite the lines on a lot of the episodes. The show is corny, but I love watching it!
Pure nostalgia!
I was going to post a book review today, but, I’m tired, so I’ll do it another day. The book is called What The Bayou Saw by Patti Lacy. Excellent read! I’ll be posting a full review soon!
~Cecelia Dowdy~
My hubby and I celebrated six years of marriage today! Here’s pics of the roses that he sent to me! 🙂
Since we were away for church and child activities most of the weekend, we hope to celebrate more next weekend!
Take a moment to pray for those who lost loved ones on the anniversary of this horrific day.
