Weekend Edition Super Bowl XLV

Super Bowl XLV is today, February 6, 2011, at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The game is between the
Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers.


It's a well known fact that Seekers love football,

but we're also very excited about today because it's the
National Day of Uninterrupted Writing.

We Have Winners

Please contact Seekerville through our new web email if you are a winner and if needed, provide your snail mail address. Please note our giveaway rules in the right lower column of Seekerville. We'd like to remind you that we allow 6-8 weeks to mail out prizes to accommodate our busy writing schedules. Thanks for your patience.



Seekerville was honored to have writing veteran Lyn Cote with us on Monday. Her post was called Powered Up Sentences in Seven Steps. Winner of Lyn's Love Inspired Historical Her Healing Ways is Dianna Shuford.



Tuesday we had a workshop in a post with our guest, marketing consultant and YA/MG writer Shelli Johannes-Wells. Her post was The Biggest Marketing Bang for your Buck. Winner of a marketing book is CatMom and winner of a $10 Amazon gift card is Jessica Lawson.



Wednesday A New "Kid" Visited Seekerville. Thank you to JoAnn Durgin for stopping by. Winner of her debut release from Torn Veil Books, Awakening is Pepper Basham.



Thursday Love Inspired author Audra Harders shared Are You Ready for Your Booksigning? Winners of Rocky Mountain Hero are Eva Maria Hamilton and KC Frantzen.



Friday was our February Contest Update. The winner of a Seekers Steeple Hill Love Inspired 3-pack, including Glynna Kaye's latest release, Second Chance Courtship is Cindy R Wilson.



Saturday Camy Tang was featured in The Best of Seekerville from the Archives with her post Some Deep Point of View Tips. Winner of an Anonymous Critique in our First Five Pages Critique giveaway is the very brave Jill W.




Next Week In Seekerville


Monday: Barbour author Mary Connealy's post is called Stephen King on Writing~A Memoir of the Craft.


Tuesday: Abingdon Press and Heartsong Presents author Myra Johnson shares in Seekerville today.


Wednesday: Revell author and Seeker Julie Lessman is your hostess with her post called “Stupid in Love." Stop by for a chance to win one of Julie's books!


Thursday:Love Inspired author Ruth Logan Herne says, "LET'S MEET THE MEN OF ALLEGANY COUNTY!" Come join us on Thursday to celebrate the upcoming release of Reunited Hearts ! Two lucky winners will receive promo copies of Reunited Hearts (once Ruthy receives copies, of course!!!), one to a reader and one to a writer.... and there just might be a little more action going on but ya' gotta come by and check it out.


Friday: Love Inspired author Tina Radcliffe has a special post called The Smartest Writing Advice I Ever Got, with words of wisdom from Seekers and Friends. Tina is giving away note cards from one of her favorite Etsy crafters, The Paper Mason. Check it out here.


Seeker Sightings




Second Chance Courtship Sighting in Colorado!













Check out Mary Connealy and her baby calf pictures over at On A Western Trail Blog...NOW!!


Mary will be on Words Seasoned with Salt, Monday, February 7th to launch a new series entitled: Love At First Thought. Because stories start from somewhere and sometimes in the most unexpected places.


You can also find Mary on Trish Perry's blog, February 7th, Reading, Writing, and the Stuff in-Between.


Join Mary February 12th from 1-3 at Crossroads Book Store in Sioux Falls, SD.

If you would like a signed book and can't get to Sioux Falls,
Phone Crossroads at Toll Free: 1-800-843-3715
And the nice people there will take your name (and your money) and get a book signed and mailed to you.

Crossroads will be hosting an Author booksigning featuring four nationally published authors on Saturday, February 12th from 1 - 3 pm. The Authors are: MARY CONNEALY - author of western romances including "Black Hills Blessing" and "Doctor in Petticoats." ROSE ROSS ZEDIKER - author of Christian romance novels including her latest "Lily of the Field." ERICA VETSCH - a Heartsong romance novelist featuring her latest work "The Marriage Masquerade." SUE SCHMIDT - a Sioux Falls author who will be signing her book "Finding Faith Through Fibromyalgia."







Audra Harders was interviewed by The Denver Post for their Valentine's Q & A section. A special feature: Valentine's Day from a Romance Author's point of view. It was fun and she doesn't want you to miss it, BUT, the link to the article won't go live until, Monday, February 7. So PLEASE check back on Monday for a direct hot link to the article. Until then you can find the Denver post here.

Here's the live link to Audra's interview, as promised.

Ruth Logan Herne will be on Words Seasoned with Salt on Friday, February, 11th as part of a new series. The theme is Love at First Thought, The Beginning of Stories.












Janet Dean's March Historical release, Wanted: A Family, is available for preorder. It releases on March 8.














Random News

• E-Book Royalty Math: The House Always Wins (Author's Guild)

• Four Reasons Why the Sales Growth of e-Books Will Be Slower Than Industry Executives Think (Michael Hyatt)

• Thomas Nelson Publishers launches “On the House” Sweepstakes. (CBA Industry Brief)

• NYT Unveils E-Book Best Sellers Lists (GalleyCat)

• How I Manage Twitter and Make It Work For Me (Alison Kent Blah Blog)

• 2011 More Than Magic Contest for Published Authors low on entries sensual contemporary series, romantic suspense, novella, romantic comedy and Single Title. Entry Deadline March 1. Grand Prize: $525.00 cash prize - equivalent to RWA National Conference registration fee.

• Visual Thesaurus for Writers (GallyCat)

• Why Writer's Conferences Are Rethinking Pitch Sessions (HuffPost)

• Super Bowl Ads (FanHouse)

That's it,

but what would National Day of Uninterrupted Writing be without snacks?
And I say we forgo the chips & dip and go for the good stuff.
Stuffed Strawberries from the gals at From Blah to Ta-Daah!