Seekerville Weekend Edition-Happy Valentine's Day

The Chocolate Winners from our Friday Valentine's Day Trivia Are:


Patty Smith Hall

Vince

Cathy Shouse

Jessica

Melanie

Debra Marvin

Rose

Patricia W

Rae

Micky & Minnie Mouse

Even if you have won before please send your name and address to tina@tinarusso.com


And the correct answers to the trivia:

1. Venus Chau/Drake
Lex Sakai/Aiden Young
Trish Sakai/Spenser Wong

2. Noblesville, Indiana

3. Hannah/Grant
Sophie/Clay
Grace/Daniel

4. Romancing Your Spouse

5. Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

6. City of Angels

7. 1936, 1939

8. Bud's Diner

10. Fitzwilliam Darcy

11. USAF Pararescue

15. Darcy, Wentworth, Knightly, Tilney


THIS JUST IN!!! Congratulations to Cathy Shouse, the winner of Amanda Cabot's book Paper Roses.

Next Week In Seekerville

Monday-Love Inspired author, Missy Tippens will be leaving Bud's Diner to be here.

Tuesday-Love Inspired author, Cheryl Wyatt will continue her plotstorming series.

Wednesday-Steeple Hill Suspense author, Debby Giusti posts today.

Thursday-Zondervan and Steeple Hill author, Camy Tang's posts on inexpensive writing retreat ideas.

Friday-Seekerville is delighted to have Nicole Young, as our guest. Nicole Young is the author of the Patricia Amble, including Love Me If You Must and Kill Me If You Can, books 1 & 2 in the Patricia Amble Mystery Series, published by Revell. The exciting conclusion to her taut romantic suspense series, Kiss Me If You Dare comes out this month.

Jordan Dane returns to Seekerville on February 24.
Be prepared to hide under the covers as this best-selling Avon HarperCollins author shares about the first release in her Sweet Justice series, Evil Without A Face. Hey, and guess what? There's a certain, Seeker's husband featured on the acknowledgment page of Jordan's new book. How cool is that?

Wendy is Coming!! Wendy is Coming!

March 3, 2009, Wendy Lawton, the award-winning, awesomely cool dollmaker, author, educator and now esteemed literary agent of Books & Such Literary Agency, is coming to Seekerville! Don't miss her presentation, Ten Near-Fatal Career Mistakes.

If you have specific questions for Wendy, either post them here or e-mail Ruth at loganherne@gmail.com.

March 4, 2009. Marlena Fortune is back, and she has promised to answer all your pressing contest and writing questions. Send your questions to tina@tinarusso.com, with Marlena Fortune in the subject line. Your name remains anonymous, however if you submit a question you will be entered into a drawing to win a Marlena Fortune surprise package (value undetermined), to further culture and sophistication in the romance writing community. Marlena is thrilled that we have a ton of questions that have already been sent in!

Seeker Appearances, Sightings and Such:

Myra Johnson will be appearing Thursday the 19th on the Romance Your Spouse blog.

Mary Connealy sightings: Tuesday, Mary will be at Writer at Random. Stop by for a chance to win a copy of Gingham Mountain. She will also be guest blogging at Wanna Be Published?

News from Cyberspace

Attention Writers!!! Postal rate increase coming in May. Check out Writer at Random for the full details!!


There's a great article on the Writer's Digest site: Get Messy With Your First Draft by Elizabeth Sims.


Kindle 2 or....Plastic Logic? Check out this article and video at Galley Cat.


Chicken Soup, True Love Stories. We all love stories about how love started and blossomed; stories about dating, romance, love, and marriage. We are looking for true stories and poems about your soulmate, your true love, the one that got away, and all the ups and downs of your love life. Stories can be serious or hilarious, or both. The deadline date for story submissions is May 31, 2009.