Party-time in Seekerville!!!!

Six years ago fifteen unpublished inspirational writers banded together to support each other and to pray each other into publication. From this we formed Seekerville, a Web site devoted to helping other writers reach their dream.

Over the years, one by one the Seekers have left for the mainland. Today filled with gratitude, we're celebrating Pam Hillman's sale, the last Seeker to escape Unpubbed Island!!!

For chances to win a host of prizes, join the fun and leave a comment at:

www.seekerville.blogspot.com

Blessings,
Janet

Seekerville Kindle and book giveaway at Novak Diabetes Auction

I'm excited to participate in Brenda Novak's May fundraiser for diabetes. An important cause and a great opportunity to get wonderful books, gifts and tickets!

I'm part of Seekerville's giveaway that includes a Kindle and the books on the left. I donated an autographed copy of Courting the Doctor's Daughter and Wanted: A Family. Some of the Seeker's books are paperbacks, some are eBooks, but all are great reads!

Here's the link to register and bid when the auction opens May 1: http://brendanovak.auctionanything.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=2168958

I'm also donating another autographed copy of these books for the Love Inspired Authors' donation. http://brendanovak.auctionanything.com Scroll down to find Love Inspired Authors to click to see what we're donating for the auction.

The auction runs the entire month of May. Successful bids can be paid using Paypal. Don't miss out!

Blessings,
Janet

Spring is in bloom

I'm sorry I missed wishing you a blessed Easter. I hope your weekend was special! We enjoyed friends, family, dyeing eggs with grandkids and meaningful church services Good Friday evening and Easter morning. Praising God for His Son and the beauty of His world! The birds are singing. The days are longer. Our spring flowers, trees and bushes are loving the rain and cool weather. Everything in our neighborhood is either green, budding or blooming. Daffodils, hyacinths, forsythia, creeping phlox, bleeding heart, ornamental fruit trees, magnolia bushes are splashes of color, eye candy for those weary of winter. Enjoy!

Blessings,
Janet

Chance to win 23 prizes!!!

Come to Seekerville today, Wednesday April 20 to chat with Barbara Vey. Leave a comment for a chance to win one of 23 prizes given away throughout the day!

http://www.seekerville.blogspot.com/

How did Barbara Vey go from a ho-hum job in the insurance industry to being Publishers Weekly’s spokesperson for romance? Read her story on Seekerville (www.seekerville.blogspot.com), Wed, April 20. Learn what readers tell Barbara about the books they love to buy and how to get your story reviewed on Barbara’s Beyond Her Book blog, where she recently attracted more than 22,000 visitors in one week.

Thanks!

Janet

For a chance to win Wanted: A Family and a marketing consultation with Cathy Shouse!

Please visit Seekerville today and leave a comment. www.seekerville.com Blessings, Janet

For a chance to win Wanted: A Family visit these blogs

I'm at Petticoats and Pistols today talking about old Victorian houses and postcards. Leave a comment for a chance to win my March release Wanted: A Family.

http://www.petticoatsandpistols.com

Leave a comment at Mindy Obenhaus' blog this entire week, starting March 7.

www.mindyobenhaus.blogspot.com

Try again on Monday, March 14 when I post at Seekerville. I'll be talking about using character weaknesses and strengths to plot our books.

http://www.seekerville.blogspot.com

Blessings, Janet

My author copies arrived!

I was thrilled to find my author copies on my porch Monday. I ripped open the box and held my fourth book in my hands for the first time. And that means I'm able to mail out autographed copies to winners of the book.

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Love Inspired Historicals have gone to a matte finish cover and a narrower stripe across the top. Let me know how you like the new look.
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Wanted: A Family releases March 8 so be on the lookout for it in the Walmart, K-Mart or bookstore near you! It's also available online at eharlequin.com and Amazon.com on March 8.

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Sign up for a chance to win the book on http://www.goodreads.com/ I put a clickable link to the site right of this post.

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Shelter of Hope

The ramshackle Victorian house is all that widowed mother-to-be Callie Mitchell has left. But she’s going to make that house into a true home—a home where she and her baby will be safe and happy…and where women in need can find refuge. And if that means trusting stranger Jacob Smith to help with the repairs, then so be it.

Jacob came to town with a handful of old postcards and one goal in mind—to find the mother who’d abandoned him years before. He never planned to stay…and he certainly never planned to care for Callie. Yet as they rebuild the house together, Jacob and Callie also build the family they’ve always wanted.

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Blessings, Janet