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Traditional Publishing vs. Self-Publishing - *by Donna K. Weaver* It's interesting as I look back over the past year. I know a lot more than I did a year ago and so much more than I did two years ago...
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Sharing Beyond Books #51 Comment Giveaway June 2, 2012 - Welcome to SBB! I hope everyone is doing well as we head toward summer! I spent the day working on clearing my desk so I'd be ready to go on a cruise this ...
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A Miracle Came Our Way - What a week this has been! A week ago Friday we made turning our son and daughter-in-law's office into a nursery a family project. This involved removing...
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What have editors bought lately?? - This is what editors have bought lately, according to *Pub Rants*: *1) A young adult thriller 2) Gothic retelling of a classic--in this case, The Island of ...14 hours ago
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5 Heart Reviews for Kill Shot & Trespasses - Five Hearts from The Romance Studio - "Although I'd read book two of this series first, I couldn't wait to read this one and I've got to say it didn't d...
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Cover Reveal for When The Butterflies Came a 2013 middle grade book with Scholastic and a 9 book giveaway in celebration! - Here is the cover of Author Kimberley Griffiths Little's new middle grade book, coming out in 2013. Isn't it beautiful? I love Kimberley's books and I am ve...
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Review: The Last Bastion of the Living - (from Goodreads) A walled city surrounded by lush land, protected by high mountain summits, and fortified by a massive gate to secure the only pass into th...
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Lucky 7 Meme - I was the recipient of The Lucky 7 Meme, tagged by Suzanne Drazic at Putting Words Down on Paper. I don't usually do tags or memes or awards anymore but t...1 day ago
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Sweet Saturday Samples - June 2, 2012 - Welcome back to Sweet Saturday Samples! Today I'm offering merely a teensy little bit of a scene I wrote this week. This is because I inserted the names of...1 day ago
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Deep Clean Tub/Shower - get.be.stay.ORGANIZED. Today: Clean children's bath tub/shower. Update children's toys and shampoo holder. *©Marie Calder Ricks/www.houseoforder.c...
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PASSAGE DVD on MEGA-SUMMER-SALE!! - Hey Tennis Shoes Fans! Great new summer reads now available. BEST OF ALL, *Passage to Zarahemla*--The Movie/DVD--is now on MEGASALE!! ALONG WITH *Escape F...
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BROKEN - Official Release Date Announced - *Hey, everyone!* I've had an overwhelming response to BOUND going FREE on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. My inbox is packed full of emails from readers lovin...
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Dance Walk Baby - Okay, I stole this from my sister's facebook post. But, I love it. So funny. But who has the guts? I could totally see myself doing it. Oh, I mean, ...2 days ago
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IT'S 'OPEN HOUSE' AT THE ROAST - Hello lovely Roast and Toast visitors. Due to a certain amount of shuffling and rescheduling we find we have a 'free' day today - so we're inviting every...
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All the Fear - Okay, so it's the last blogging day before launch week of SURRENDER. There are so many things that have been different about this launch than the release o...
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The Most Important Catch Blog Tour and Giveaway - We have an awesome blog tour post today with an author guest post and giveaway for The Most Important Catch The Most Important Catch by Jac...
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My Favorite Reads Giveaway Hop - Happy June! I'm excited for summer reading time in the sun and I've teamed up with Kathy from I am a Reader, Not a Writer for another of her fabulous blog ...
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My Favorite Reads Giveaway Hop - My Favorite Reads Giveaway Hop, hosted by I Am a Reader, Not a Writer and Rachelle Christensen, is such a fabulous opportunity to win some of your favori...
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My Favorite Reads Giveaway Hop - Welcome to *My Favorite Reads Giveaway Hop*, sponsored by I Am a Reader, Not a Writer and Rachelle Writes. I'm excited about this giveaway, because I ge...
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Oregon, I'm headed your way. - I'm leaving for Portland today, and then for The Dalles tomorrow for the amazing GOT BOOKS? event at Klindt's Bookstore. Check out the books whose authors...
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Making Money By Giving Free Books Away - www.TrinaBoice.com How would you like to get paid to give your books away for free? Amazon...
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BRING OUT THE CHICKEN! - Coon Bluff My niece Lisa sent out invitations for friends and family to go rappelling at Coon Bluff off of the Salt River north of Mesa. I’ve never been ra...
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event in nyc, and the scoop on bea 2012 - Hey all! So I’ve been having a lot of people ask if I’m going to BEA this year, what I’m signing, etc. Here’s the scoop. Yes, I am going to BEA. Here’s whe...3 days ago
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~Regency Wednesday~ Miles vs. Kilometers - *The following is a crossover post (July 31, 2011) from my *Heartless* blog* *: * [image: Usage des Nouvelles Mesures 1800]One of my beta readers questione...4 days ago
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Daughters of Jared by H.B. Moore PLUS a Giveaway - Naiva, daughter of the dethroned King Jared II, lives in the shadow of her privileged elder sister, Asherah. But when Asherah develops a secret plot to r...
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Tomb of the Unknown - It is Memorial day. It is a day that we honor those who have passed on before us. These men are an amazing example because they honor the unknown soldiers ...6 days ago
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Villains We Love to Hate - Like a great many other people, I've been watching *Downton Abbey*recently. Well, not so much watching it as inhaling it. Sure, it has some soap opera elem...
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The Most Important Catch by Jaclyn M. Hawkes - by Cindy R. Williams The back blurb: *Run or die!* She knew too much, and she'd seen too much. And the police refused to help. Knowing that she was to be...
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Have you heard? - Have you heard the great things that have been said about some of our newest novels? Martha over at Marthasbookshelf gave *Dangerous Favor* a 4.75 out of...
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It's so Cherry Contest Winners! - We are excited to announce the winners of our Spring Kickoff Giveaway. Thanks to everyone who participated. We hope you will continue to follow us. We h...1 week ago
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How to Pack for a Trip to Hot Climates ... by C.L. Beck - St. George, Utah! Warm sunshine; cool, night breezes; frogs chirping. No, wait. Not frogs, it's the desert. Rattlesnakes rattling! And traffic signs, stre...
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The Most Important Catch by Jaclyn M. Hawkes - The Most Important Catch by Jaclyn M. Hawkes When I was asked to be a part of the blog tour for Jaclyn's new upcoming book, I wasn't sure that Lexie added...
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ONE MORE FOR THE HISTORY BOOK - It’s time to unveil the goings on of another Mother’s Day in the Still household. Experienced Mom’s all over the nation set their sights low on this day, ...
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Daisy – The Newport Ladies Book Club by Josi S. Kilpack - This is one of four stand-alone books, by four different authors. You will be able to participate in a virtual book club that features recommendations a...
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“A Pirate’s Myth” Rejected from Sword and Sorceress - So, right after I finished my Zelda fanfiction, I heard that the fantasy anthology “Sword and Sorceress” was open for submissions. I love Sword and Sorcery...2 weeks ago
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The little story that could - So I had this idea a long time ago to write a book using faries as the MC's. I'd dreamed about it for a long time, ever since my daughter was little. (She'...2 weeks ago
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I'm on the Radio! - So sorry for lack of posts recently. We're in middle of a drawn-out house move. Back to normal by summer's end, I hope. Thanks for your patience. Meanwhile...3 weeks ago
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My answers to your frequently asked questions - Hey all- I've been getting A LOT of questions lately via the blog, twitter, Facebook, and email. Even though many different people from all over the worl...3 weeks ago
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Thoughts on the Meaning of Education - It's difficult for me to encapsulate my definition of education because education is everywhere in everything. It is life. It's growth. It's improvement. ...
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Pepsi and Chocolate - Most of us out there have an addiction to something. Some people struggle with an addiction to a harmful substance, like drugs or alcohol. For others, it'...
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Whitney Award Gala Speech 2011 - *For the last two years I have served as president of The Whitney Awards, a genre fiction award for LDS writers both in the National and LDS specific mar...4 weeks ago
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Book Review: Motherhood Matters by Connie Sokol - I think I'm going to be a permanent fan of Connie and her books, which is a bit odd for me as I usually don't read non-fiction. The author has a way of ge...
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DESERT INTRIGUE The Adventures of John and Julia Evans by Linda Weaver Clarke - Mystery…Adventure...Romance...Humor...Intrigue! When Julia’s brother announces that his dude ranch is haunted, she believes that someone is trying to sabo...
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The Duke's Undoing by GG Vandagriff - Review by Heather B. Moore Award-winning historical novelist GG Vandagriff (Last Waltz, Foggy with a Chance of Murder, etc.) has turned her sights to th...
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The Winner of Connie Sokol's Motherhood Matters is . . . - . . . Bethany! I know who you are, Sedromom, so I'll get the book off to you. Stay tuned. I'm going to do another book giveaway the end of May so ...
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Dusting off this blog....and a question for YOU! - Yeah, I know, I know. I've been a slacker at blogging the past six months. But I'm getting ready to dust this thing off, and relaunch The Swivet. I'm getti...1 month ago
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William Levy as Talon - My Epic Fantasy, Chest of Souls, has been described as 'Lord of the Rings meets Hunger Games'. Perhaps it's because my main male-character, Talon, has ...
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Bound by C.K Bryant - *BOUND (#1 in THE CRYSTOR Series) * *by C.K. Bryant* *YA Paranormal Romance * * * *When a photo shoot ends in tragedy, Kira discovers her best friend, Lydi...
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I be Dragon! - I haven't been writing much anywhere lately--books, facebook, this blog, letters, journal, work-groups, ect ect. There's one more long year (and some) lef...
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Depth of Deceit, by Betty Briggs - http://www.bettybriggs.com/ Purchase Depth of Deceit here *Blonde and beautiful, fledging attorney Stephanie Saunders vows to protect the innocent even th...
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We've moved! And those blog posts weighed a ton... - In honor of *LDSWBR's five year anniversary*, we spent the weekend moving our blogger posts over to the podcast blog so we could combine the two sites int...
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...thanks...farewell - Simple. I need it to embrace the word and make it a way of life. This coming year I've decided to commit myself to only life's necessities . . . thus my po...1 year ago
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One day at a time - 12-13-09 It has been a while since I have written on Anne's blog. She is so talented and creative that I hardly know where to start. I want to post some p...2 years ago
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Reduce & Simplify - Yesterday a friend asked me why I have two blogs. You and I have had this discussion before; you might remember we talked about Cross Blogination. I though...
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The Sweetest Romance Authors - We are The Sweetest Romance Authors. We write inspirationals, historicals, mysteries...all the good stuff readers want to get lost in without all the other...2 years ago
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