Welcome to week THREE of our 10th birthday celebration. That means Seekerville is starting year 11! Every single day in October there is a giveaway!
Every comment you make goes into the drawing for a $50 Amazon gift card given away every weekend and at the end of the month, we'll draw a name for a Kindle Fire with Alexa.
If you are not familiar with our giveaway rules, take a minute to read them here. It keeps us all happy! All winners should send their name, address, and phone number to claim prizes. Send to Seekers@Seekerville.net
The $50 Amazon gift card winner of the week is Jeanne T!
Monday: Bethany House Publishing's fiction publicist, Amy Green, was our special guest on Monday! Her winners are:
Tara Johnson -- Counted With the Stars by Connilyn Cossette
Patti Jo (CatMom) -- A Note Yet Unsung by Tamera Alexander
Suzanne Baginskie -- Her One and Only by Becky Wade
Lyndee -- King’s Folly by Jill Williamson
Vince -- From This Moment by Elizabeth Camden
Amber Schamel -- The Mark of the King by Jocelyn Green
Patti Jo (CatMom) -- A Note Yet Unsung by Tamera Alexander
Suzanne Baginskie -- Her One and Only by Becky Wade
Lyndee -- King’s Folly by Jill Williamson
Vince -- From This Moment by Elizabeth Camden
Amber Schamel -- The Mark of the King by Jocelyn Green
Wednesday: USA Bestselling author Susan May Warren discussed the "One Question That Will Unlock Your Entire Story," and the winners of their choice of a copy of The Story Equation: How to Plot and Write a Brilliant Story with One Powerful Question OR A Matter of Trust are Brenda and Natalya Lakhno.
Thursday: Ruthy Logan Herne celebrated 10 Years of Seekerville and the release of her 20th Love Inspired Book The Lawman's Yuletide Baby. Three winners (yes!) of "The Lawman's Yuletide Baby" are Kathy Eberly, Becky and Amy Grochowski! The winner of the $20 Amazon gift card is Kav!
Friday: Stephanie Karfelt was today's birthday guest. Winner of her giveaway package is Jan Drexler. Winner of an extra copy of "Nobody Told Me!" Love in the time of Dementia being given away by Ruthy is Karen Sargent.
Saturday: Seekerville's own marketing guru, Vince Mooney returned to Seekerville with "The Ten Most Effective Ways To Reward Readers for Reading Your Novel." Winner of a Seeker ebook of choice is Glynis.
Monday: Janet Dean is hosting ten plus a bonus of two, so make that twelve wonderful authors who are sharing the best craft tip they ever received. Janet is giving away two $10 Amazon gift cards, one to a reader and one to a writer. In order to win, leave your best tip in the comments.
Tuesday: Pam Hillman is your hostess on day 16 of our Birthday Celebration with 10 writerly things she wasn't doing 10 years ago. Grab bag gift including a signed copy of Pam's latest, The Promise of Breeze Hill.
Wednesday: Debby Giusti brings you today's post. She'll be talking about her 10-year journey since publication. Stop by to say hello and enter the drawing for a copy of Undercover Amish, the second book in her Amish Protectors series that just hit the Publishers Weekly Bestsellers List!
Thursday: Orly Konig is our special guest today. She is the founding president of the Women's Fiction Writers Association and an active member of the Writers in the Storm blog. Her post is "The Mystery of Women’s Fiction." Stop by to chat and you could win a copy of The Distance Home, her debut release from Forge and a SPECIAL mid birthday celebration surprise!
Friday: Seekerville welcomes back Raela Schoenherr, Fiction Acquisitions Editor, Bethany House Publishers. She brings a fantastic post, "5 Ways to Make an Acquisitions Editor Say Yes," and we have a fantastic birthday giveaway in her honor!
Saturday: Glynna Kaye is sharing reflections in "A Decade of Dreams (and FEARS) on the Writing Journey" and welcoming you to share yours as well. There will be a drawing for one lucky winner to win a $25 Amazon gift card as well as a Kindle copy (winner's choice) of one of her books!
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| Pam Hillman will be at the Winston County Library in Louisville, MS on Tuesday signing her latest The Promise of Breeze Hill. She'd love to see you there! |
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| Join Julie Lessman for the video of her latest FACEBOOK LIVE and get a WHOLE new take on "Herb Therapy"! JULIE'S FB LIVE VIDEO |
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| Myra Johnson announces the re-release of her "Horseman" romances in a new 3-book collection available now for Kindle! |
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Are you missing those summer days of reading on the
beach or by the pool? This Fall, relive the dog days of
summer with a FREE sampler of seven of Tyndale's
#Crazy4Fiction Summer 2017 releases.
(Includes Seeker Pam Hillman's The Promise of Breeze Hill)
Download Your Free Sampler!
 Congrats to Debby Giusti! Her latest book, Undercover Amish made PW's Bestseller List! |
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Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing: Beta Readers Help You (Dean Wesley Smith)
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Writing Insights Part One: Becoming a Writer by Hugh Howey (Amazon Author Insights)
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Getting Jiggy with the Nitty Gritty, or, Improving Your Sentences (Writers Helping Writers)
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Thanks for the link love!
The great debate. Birthday cake, or birthday cupcake?
What's your favorite?
What's your favorite?
In the meantime, enjoy more of our fun birthday videos.
You are welcome to submit your ten to fifteen-second videos toseekers@seekerville.net for use in October,
on our blog and/or Facebook as space allows. Deadline is October 28th.
Lyndee Henderson
Carrie Turansky
Dianna Shuford
Trixi Oberembt
Let's throw in one more birthday present.
An ecopy of Debby Giusti's release,
Undercover Amish
to one commenter who lets us know they want an ecopy.
Winner announced in the next Weekend Edition!
Okay, I'm beat and I was heading to bed when I checked over here. I am so blessed to have won the $50 gift card. THANK YOU GUYS. You bless me so big.
ReplyDeleteI am really looking forward to reading each post this coming week, but especially the one about women's fiction. And for birthday dessert, I think my new favorite is the gluten free Nothing But Bundt bundt cake personal size. :)
I hope to stop by later this weekend, as you have included some fabulous links, Tina. Thank you for all you ladies do. Taking my teary eyed self to bed now. ;)
Jeanne, congratulations!
DeleteI don't do Bundt cake. Not enough frosting.
Give me carrot cake with cream cheese frosting....
Or yellow cake with dark chocolate frosting...
Or Cannoli Cake! Done with cannoli filling, whipped cream frosting and a fresh cannoli on top!
Mmmm... now I have cannolis on my mind!
All of your cake choices sound decadent, Ruthy. I love frosting too. I admit. Unfortunately, I haven't yet met a gluten-free cannoli cake, so I haven't tried one . . . yet. I'll have to see if I can find one somewhere. :)
DeleteNever heard of nothing but Bundt cake. Sounds yummy, but do love Ruthy's cakes also.
DeleteI love Nothing Bundt Cake. They are located way too close to my house. They send me coupons. They are sort of evil.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, Tina. There's a Nothing Bundt Cakes opening up about 2 miles from my house. NOT a good thing for my waistline . . . Or maybe I should say I'll have to exercise a lot more self-control now. Sigh.
DeleteNever heard of it. Wonder if there is one by me.
DeleteCongratulations, Debby Giusti. And gee Pam, that sampler looks good. I already downloaded it. :)
ReplyDeleteHerb Therapy? Is it a guy named Herb?
Myra, love the boxed set!
I adore cupcakes. There is something so special about a cupcake that a cake just doesn't have. It's personal, it's small. It's yummy.
I love cupcakes, too! They're almost guiltless.
DeleteAnd it's fun to see them in all kinds of new ways with new fillings and toppings. But I did notice the last time I was in Manhattan that the cup cake craze seems to have fallen the way so many do...
But NY Bagels are alive and well!
Thanks, Tina!
DeleteThanks, Tina! It was fun to give these books a second life!
DeleteOops. Having an identity crisis! GQ, get back in the closet!
DeleteHa ha ha. I'll take the cake so I can have a BIG helping. And sneak seconds later.
DeleteI'm ducking in early before the pumpkin craze begins here on the farm... and waving to all winners! HOORAY FOR YOU!!!!!
ReplyDelete:)
BIG RUTHY GRIN HERE!
We've got two busy weeks of sales still to go before my life ebbs back to normalcy, but in the meantime I'm blessed to have pumpkin-mania alive and well, my summer 2018 LI is almost done, my second mystery for Guideposts is complete and Wishing Bridge 2 is begun...
Sneaking into the computer in the wee smalls is my current road to sanity.
But having said that, I'm grabbing TWO CUPCAKES and loving them!!!!!
Happy Sunday, Seekerville!!!
Best wishes on those pumpkin sales. How fun. Can't believe its that time of year already. Have fun.
DeleteThe month is passing too quickly!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all the winners. Love the videos. Love seeing all our sweet friends on camera. We should have done this years ago...although did we have the technology years ago?
Happy Sunday and Happy Birthday, Seekerville.
Super congrats to you Debby. PW best seller. Whooo hoooo
DeleteI was thinking the same thing, Debby. Wish October could slow down a bit.
DeleteThanks, Sandra!
DeleteCongrats to all you great writers. I just sent off my nomination for Seekerville to be part of 101 best websites.
ReplyDeleteWe just fixed gluten free low carb biscuits and gravy that actually tasted like the real deal. Here's a taste for everyone.
My First Impressions entry is on its way. Gulp. Pray. Let it go and get ready to head for church for a time to worship.
YAY you, Bettie! Best wishes for your First Impressions entry!
DeleteThank you for doing that, Bettie! And yes, tooting the horn for you entering First Impressions. Way to go!
DeleteThanks Bettie for the referral and best wishes on the entry to First Impressions. The biscuits and gravy were yummy.
DeleteYay, Bettie!!! Congrats on your submission!
DeleteCongratulations to all of the winners!
ReplyDeleteAnd BIG Congratulations to Debby!!!!!
Seekerville knows how to throw a birthday party!
We do love to party, especially if cake and/or chocolate are involved. smile
DeleteCongrats to all the winners. I love both cake and cupcakes especially if Red Velvet.
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed Sunday.
Blessings to you also Wilani.
DeleteCongratulations to all of the prize winners and to Debby's new book making the bestseller list. I would love to win an e-copy of that book. Thanks for all of the excitement. This celebration just keeps getting better!
ReplyDeleteBlessings!!
Thanks, Connie!
DeleteCongratulations to ALL the winners! Enjoy your SON-day!
ReplyDeleteLOL, Lyndee, love the painting of your dog!
ReplyDeleteAnd Ruthy, you've been threatened to bring cake. Love It!
I vote cake, but the frosting on either is fine by me!
Everyone enjoy their Sunday and congrats to the winners!!!
Congratulations to the winners!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win an ecopy of Debby Giusti's release, Undercover Amish.
Yum to the Cupcakes!
Ditto, esp on cupcakes. LOL
DeleteThanks, dkstevens!
DeleteDebby, I forgot to mention last night. CONGRATULATIONS! I was thrilled to read your book hit the bestseller's list!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jeanne! I was thrilled too! :)
DeleteCongratulations to all of the winners.
ReplyDeleteBig congratulations to Debby for making the Publishers Weekly bestsellers list!!
I love all the videos. It's so great seeing everyone.
I love those videos also.
DeleteThanks so much, Rhonda!
DeleteCongratulations to Debby for making PW bestseller list! Way to go! And congrats to this week's winners!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great links and thanks for another great Seekerville WE.
Thanks, Jackie!
DeleteTina, thanks for an awesome Seekerville WE, you sure know how to show us a good time!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all the winners, and to the biggest winner, Debby Guisti...well deserved...and I have it on my bookshelf!
Happy Birthday, Seekerville!!!!
Sunday Blessings,
Marcia
Thanks Marcia. We do have fun celebrating.
DeleteCongratulations for hitting the bestseller list again, Debby!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd congrats to all this past week's winners! Looks to be another fun birthday week ahead. But I can't believe we're halfway through the month already. The beautiful autumn days are flying by -- here in the Arizona mountains, the maple tree in my yard that was brilliant red from top to bottom last week is almost leafless and it's about time to cut back and winterize my few remaining flowers. It's been a beautiful time of year!
I'd LOVE to visit your pumpkin farm, Ruthy! And during this season I'm always nostalgic for the Midwest--the small-town Iowa and Missouri I grew up in.
Yikes, Glynna, did you check the temps this morning? Our thermometer dropped to 12 degrees just at dawn. Goodness, time to fly south. But the days are so warm. It is really incredible.
DeleteThank you, Glynna!
DeleteCongratulations to all the winners this week! Wow, I can't believe we're at the halfway mark of our birthday month. So many wonderful guests and so many left to visit with us. What a party!
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Debby on the PW nod!! Awesomeness to be celebrated.
We're in the midst of Indian Summer here along the front range of Colorado. Very windy yesterday, but today looks absolutely gorgeous. Planning on spending time in the beautiful outdoors before blustery days hit us again.
Ruthy, I love pumpkin patches! The farmers around here were scrambling a week ago when snow showed up in the forecast! Still, there's plenty of the orange globes nestled in green to compliment the drying cornstalks and wheelbarrows filled with squash :)
I love fall.
Wow, you're lucky Audra. We were in Flagstaff this morning and it was 12 degrees. Yikes. I'm a wuss. That is way too cold. Although the fall leaves are really pretty.
DeleteWaving to Audra! Thank you, dear!
DeleteCongrats to all the winners! It's been such a fun month here!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Debby; and YES, I would like to be entered for the E copy of her book!
Seekerville knows how to throw a party! :) Thank you, Ruthy, for giving away a copy of Nobody Told Me. I look forward to connecting with Stephanie's story. I know it's going to touch tender spots in my heart left from our family's experiences with dementia. -- Thank you to everyone who posted this week...so much great stuff...and more ahead next week. I'm looking forward to Orly's post, a fellow debut author from '17 Scribes. To celebrate...sea salt caramel cupcakes for everyone!
ReplyDeleteYum—those cupcakes sound sinfully delicious, Karen!
DeleteOh boy, those cupcakes sound marvelous. I'll take one please. Thanks for bringing them Karen.
DeleteCongratulations to all of the winners!
ReplyDeleteA special congrats to Debby...that's awesome!
I agree.
DeleteThanks, Jill! Hi to Dad!
Deleteyay Debby! Undercover Amish sounds great
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cindy!!!
DeleteMyra -- I LOVE the cover of your re-release of the Horsemen books!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Glynna!
DeleteMe too. They sound very exciting.
DeleteYes, to Myra's re-releases! So glad those stories are available again!!!
DeleteMore fun videos—YAY!!! Great to put faces AND voices with our Seekervillagers!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to this week’s lineup! Hard to believe birthday month is half over, but there’s still a lot of celebrating to do!
Love the Seekerville birthday party! The videos are such fun! Congratulations Jeanne T and all the winners!
ReplyDeleteGreat news about Debby's PW best seller status! Why, yes, I'd love an ecopy of UNDERCOVER AMISH.
I'm a cupcake gal....chocolate, caramel, mocha, or any flavor with lots of icing. Party on..,
I love those videos too, Sherida. So fun.
DeleteThanks, Sherida! Party on is right! :)
DeleteOh wow, I love birthday months. Much to my hubby's eye rolling sighs, I celebrate my birthday for a whole month also. chuckle. Why not? My favorite is carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. My mom used to make the best. Now my friend Diane (In SunRiver, Oregon) makes really, really yummy homemade carrot cake. Thanks Diane.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday. Congrats to all the winners.
Carrot cake and tiramisu. My favs.
DeleteDebby, Super congrats on PW. Yay!!!! You so deserve it.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sandra!!!
DeleteLyndee may be able to hold three pommies but can she juggle them???? Bwahahaha! And I'm impressed they were so quiet...though it would have been fun if they sang 'happy birthday.'
ReplyDeleteSuper congrats to Debby -- awesome book and very well deserved.
And woohoo -- thank you for the Amazon gift card. (I always have to triple quadruple check 'cause I can't believe it's really me when I win...so I hope it is...but even if there's another Kav out there and she's the winner, I'm still a happy camper visiting Seekerville.
Oh and one of each please -- cupcake and cake. You're a decade old after all.
Hey, Kav, I cheated! One of those Poms was printed on my shirt! hahaha....I was only holding two. Easier to juggle two. ;)
DeleteI thought I saw three pups too! Must watch the video again.
DeleteThanks, Kav, for your kind words.
One on her shirt and one on the wall. hahahahahaha
DeleteOh my gosh, Lyndee, that's hysterical. Snort. I thought the pom in the middle was awfully well behaved not moving like the other two. Bwahahahaha! So you are a pomlusionist too! And, yes, I noticed the picture on the wall. I sense a decorating theme at Lyndee's house.
DeleteOh wow! Thank you! Ruthy, I am truly looking forward to The Lawman's Yuletide Baby. 😊 I'm one of those Christmas story fans who get in the spirit early. And you've inspired me to bake a loaf of pumpkin bread to go with it.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Seekerville!!! Such fun to see the video wishes!!
ReplyDeleteAnd to watch Julie's Herb Therapy chat. Julie, fun to see how you use your real life experiences in your books, but more importantly to see when we obey, God works!
Debby, mega congrats on PW Bestseller list!!
Wow, oodles of good news.
Janet
Thanks, Janet!
DeleteAlready halfway through October. I want it to slow down a bit. I'm really enjoying the birthday month. Also enjoying the beautiful fall weather we are having. Our trees are so pretty right now.
ReplyDeleteHappy Weekend to all.
Happy Sunday, Seekerville!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great Sunday wrap-up. Thanks, Tina!
Mega-congrats, Debby! What a wonderful milestone.
Wish I could visit Pumpkinville, Ruthy! The photos are great.
Congrats to the weekly winners and I'm tickled to be among them. Thank you, Amy!
Blessings all for another lovely Birthday week!
Oh, and cupcakes of many flavors, all day, every day in my dreams! And Everything Bundt Cakes, yes please, Tina, if they are red velvet. I find they have PLENTY of icing, Ruthy!
DeleteThank you, Lyndee! Pats to your pups! So cute. Love the painting too!
DeleteI had a hard time separating the real poms from the art poms.
DeleteI have plenty of chocolate cake to share with you all. :) My daughter turned double digits today! #wheredoestimego
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all the winners, and to the SEEKERS with book news and updates - what a fun WE! Happy Birthday Seekerville - off to read the links!
ReplyDeleteHoookay! I didn't realize that Ruthy would take me so seriously when I told her to bring lots of cake....lol!!! It sparked all kinds-o-cake and cupcakes too, I'm in sugar high heaven....hahaha!!!
ReplyDeleteDebbie, congrats on the best seller list!!!! It doestn't surprise me one bit :-) Way to go you!!! Please toss my name in to win an ebook copy, I have the first one so you know I gotta have the second ;-)
Myra, I'm going to have to check out those horse book re-releases of yours. I have it on good authority (thanks, Vince) that they are not to be missed! He said something about you knowing how to create characters to relate too, even in horse form...lol!
Super congrats to this weeks winners!! But like I've seen others say, we're ALL winners here being part of Seekerville. Have a great rest of your weekend everyone....looking forward to another fun-filled, jam-packed birthday week with youse guys! (to use a Ruthy-ism)
Happy Weekend, Seekerville friends!!
ReplyDeleteCONGRATS to all the winners and also the authors with special book news!!
I'm thrilled to win one of Tamera Alexander's books!! Love her!!
What a GREAT PARTY you all are throwing this month!! Since I love birthday cake AND cupcakes, I can't choose just one, LOL. My favorite part is the icing---YUM!!
Thank you, Seekers, for being SOOOO WONDERFUL!!
Birthday Hugs, Patti Jo :)
Happy birthday month, Seekerville! Congratulations to all the winners. Great party. What a month it's been so far!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all the winners and authors!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Seekerville!
May God bless all of Seekerville!
Birthday cake or birthday cupcake? Which one has more frosting? This week I get to order a birthday ice cream cake so I'm happy. Congrats to Debby on Undercover Amish making the PW bestseller list.
ReplyDeleteIce cream cake..knees buckling...yum.
DeleteYou had me at ice cream cake!
DeleteCongrats Deb on making the PW list!! Whoot!! :)
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of cake, we had homecoming at church today with singing, preaching, and DINNER.
ReplyDeleteThe desserts... Oh My!
My MIL made a chocolate punch bowl cake. Chocolate cake, whipped topping, fudgy-stuff. Heath bar. Amazing. Yum!
Happy Tenth Birthday, Ladies! I was first here on your third birthday! Here we are at ten and so much has happened in all our lives! I love and appreciate you all so much! You were my writer family when I first moved to SC and I couldn’t have survived my first years here without you. Thank you for all you do for the writing community!!! 😘🌹💞 Congrats!!! 🎈🍾🎊🎉
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend! Congrats winners! I've got a long list of books I'm hoping to get to this week... gotta get reading!
ReplyDeleteHooray for another great week!!! Congrats to winners :) Still can't believe I am one of them...
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Debby! "Undercover Amish" sounds intriguing. I would like to be entered for the E-copy! Thank you!