The Weekend Birthday Edition

Welcome to week FOUR 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 Josee Telfer.

The winner of an ecopy of Debby Giusti's Undercover Amish is Connie (cps)

Monday: Janet Dean hosted twelve wonderful authors who shared the best craft tip they ever received. Janet is giving away two $10 Amazon gift cards. The reader winner is Trixi. The writer winner is Kara Isaac.  

Tuesday:  Pam Hillman was 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 goes to Jasmine A.

Wednesday:  Debby Giusti brought you today's post. She shared about her 10-year journey since publication. Lyndee H and Sandy Smith are winners of Undercover Amish, the second book in her Amish Protectors series that just hit the Publishers Weekly Bestsellers List! They'll also receive two other surprise gifts! Congrats, ladies!

Thursday:  Orly Konig was 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."  Winner of The Distance Home, her debut release from Forge is Linda Sammaritan and the winner of a SPECIAL mid birthday celebration surprise mug of choice goes to Jackie Layton.

Friday: Seekerville welcomed back Raela Schoenherr, Fiction Acquisitions Editor, Bethany House Publishers. She brought a fantastic post, "5 Ways to Make an Acquisitions Editor Say Yes," and we have a fantastic birthday giveaway in her honor! Winner of a book of choice from one of the books listed in the post is Janette Foreman.

Saturday: Glynna Kaye shared reflections in "A Decade of Dreams (and FEARS) on the Writing Journey" and welcomed you to share yours as well. Rhonda Starnes is the $25 Amazon gift card and the winner of a Kindle copy (winner's choice) of one of Glynna books!

Monday:  "Wikis and Glossaries and Timelines - oh my!" We're GEEKING OUT with Carol Moncado today in Seekerville! Leave a comment and you could win some terrific giveaways!

Tuesday:  Seeker Sandra Leesmith shares today! The title of her post is "Ten Reasons Not to Write.  WHAT??"  She addresses some of the circumstances that come into our writing lives that could possibly sabotage our dream and offers ways to make choices.

Wednesday: "A Chat with Love Inspired Senior Editor, Melissa Endlich." Seekerville celebrates 10 years and it's also Love Inspired’s 20th Anniversary! We have lots to talk about. Stop by and say hi, and you may go home with a Seeker author Love Inspired release- we have 20 to give away!

Thursday:  Erica Vetsch returns to Seekerville and she brought her writer friends. Stop by for this collaborative effort, "Ten Ways to Beat Writer’s Block," that also features insights from Cheryl St. John, Peter Leavell, Susan Page Davis, Amanda Barratt,  MaryLu Tyndall,  Liz Johnson and Michelle Griep. Leave a comment for a chance to win "A Child's Christmas Wish.

Friday: Seekerville is delighted to welcome author and editor, Barbara J. Scott, with her post, "10 Ways to Ignore Your Inner Editor and Listen to the Angel on Your Shoulder." And Barbara has a terrific giveaway package for one lucky commenter.

Saturday: Rachel McMillan is our special guest today!

Debby Giusti signs UNDERCOVER AMISH! Phone orders taken!

~Proceeds benefit Shepherds of the Meek~

A Peachtree City non-profit organization that aids forgotten and

cast aside women in Columbia, South America, especially

orphans and victims of domestic abuse and street violence. 

It's that time of year when we ask you to please consider nominating Seekerville for the 19th Annual Writer’s Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers Award. Send an email to writers.digest@fwcommunity.com with “101 Websites” in the subject line. We are an Inspirational Romance Writing Community.


Making the Most of Pitch Appointments (BookEnds Literary)

How to Keep Track of All Your Novel’s Details (Writer Unboxed)

How to Vary Your Sentence Structure (And Stop Boring Your Readers) (The Write Life)

Productivity Tools for Writers, Second Edition-Free (Gwen Hernandez)

9 Book Advertising Tactics I've Tried...And Which Ones Worked! (BookBub Partners Blog)

Protecting Your Heart for Writing (Thinking Through Our Fingers)

5 Self-Editing Essentials to Give Your Manuscript a Solid Foundation (The Creative Penn)

Plot Up a Storm with the Team from WITS (WITS)

Links to Happiness: Using Universal Links to Sell Your Ebook (The Book Designer)

Making Minor Characters Fresh (Romance University)

Sherrinda Ketchersid and the clock she won a few weeks ago
 in Seekerville!

We bring you more birthday videos!!

Josee Telfer and Katy Lee

Dana R Lynn and Beth Jamison