Every comment you make goes into the drawing for a $50 Amazon gift card and a Fire with Alexa this week. Saturday, November 4 we'll announce our final gift card winner and the Fire with Alexa WINNER! Stay tuned!
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
This week's winner of a $50 Amazon gift card is Tanya Agler.
Monday: "Wikis and Glossaries and Timelines - oh my!" We GEEKED OUT with Carol Moncado in Seekerville! Vince is the winner of a Carol Moncado ebook of choice and Bonnie Lacy is the winner of a Starbuck's gift card.
Tuesday: Seeker Sandra Leesmith shared today! The title of her post was "Ten Reasons Not to Write. WHAT??" She addressed some of the circumstances that come into our writing lives that could possibly sabotage our dream and offered ways to make choices.Keli Gwyn and Lyndee H. are winners of the Kindle/Mini I Pad bags from Hawaii along with an autographed book and special birthday surprise.
Wednesday: "A Chat with Love Inspired Senior Editor, Melissa Endlich." Seekerville celebrated 10 years and Love Inspired Books' 20th Anniversary! We had lots to talk about when Melissa visited! Winners of Seeker author Love Inspired releases are:
1. Jackie Smith
2. Winnie Thomas
3. Walt
4. Rose
5. Amy Grochowski
6. Cindy Regnier
7. Wilani
8. Leslie McKee
9. Tiffany Hall
10. Darlene B
11. Cathy Shouse
12. Cheryl Baranski
13. Susan Snodgrass
14. Bonnie Roof
15. Loraine Nunley
16. Laura Conner Kestner
17. Natalya
18. Becky (Morning Mist)
19. Becky (OhioHomeSchool)
20. Suzanne Baginskie
Thursday: Erica Vetsch returned to Seekerville and she brought her writer friends. Stop by for this collaborative effort, "Ten Ways to Beat Writer’s Block," that also featured insights from Cheryl St. John, Peter Leavell, Susan Page Davis, Amanda Barratt, MaryLu Tyndall, Liz Johnson and Michelle Griep. Tracey Hagwood is the winner of "A Child's Christmas Wish. Cindy W is the winner of a second Seekerville copy.
Friday: Seekerville was 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." Sally Shupe is the winner of a terrific giveaway package that includes Barbara's novella, I’ll Be Home for Christmas, as well as a copy of her historical romance Dreams of My Heart that will release in paperback April 1.
Saturday: Rachel McMillan was our special guest today! The winner of a signed copy of The White Feather Murders is TBD.
Monday: "10 Reasons Readers Rave About Seekerville," with Keli Gwyn and friends of Seekerville who include, Trixi Oberembt, Tracey Hagwood, Jenny Blake, Caryl Kane, Connie Saunders, Dawn Leonard, Heidi Robbins, and Kav Rees. Stop by for this super special post and a special early Christmas giveaway that includes Their Mistletoe Matchmakers and much, much, more!
Tuesday: "10 Ways to Balance Your Writing Life" with guest Jill Kemerer. And Jill is giving away one signed True Large Print copy of The Rancher’s Mistletoe Bride to one US reader and an e copy to an international reader.
Wednesday: Sarah Bolme, Director of Christian Small Publishers Association (CSPA), is our special guest today. Don't miss her very informative post, "Three Things to Do Before You Publish a Book." We have a surprise giveaway in honor of her visit!
Thursday: Sherri Shackelford returns to Seekerville with her trademark charm and humor. Stop by for "Plotting a Novel with Two Protagonists." You could win one of three copies of Mail-Order Christmas Baby.
Friday: Best of the Archives returns to its regularly scheduled time slot. We share one of our vintage posts from the archives today. Comments are closed to catch up on our reading and writing.
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| Where are they now? – Golden Heart classes of 2005 & 2007 (The Ruby-Slippered Sisterhood) |
Anatomy of a Cover with Debby Giusti from the Love Inspired Facebook Page!
Thanks for the link love!
A double set from David Gaughran because he was JUST THAT GOOD THIS WEEK!
A Tale of Two Marketing Systems (Let's Get Digital)
NaNoWriMo Writing Prompts – Bad Boy Romance Edition (Let's Get Digital)
TEN Must Have Online Writing Tools (Just Publishing Advice)
5 Ways Writers Can Survive a Quake (WITS)
Chicken Soup for the Soul Story Callouts for 2018 (CSFTS)
Your First Writing Assignment (The Steve Laube Agency Blog)
Waking Up Early to Write (WITS)
This Twitter Guide Will Make You See What You’re Doing SO Wrong And How To Make It Right (BadRedheadMedia)
Ask BHP: What Are Some Tips for New Writers? (BHP)
Peanut Butter Plus Chocolate Equals Better Writing (Writer Unboxed)
4 Ways to Prevent Formulaic Story Structure (Helping Writers Become Authors)
And YES! We have birthday videos for this final Birthday Weekend Edition!
Audra Harders
Preslaysa Williams
Audra Harders
Julie Lessman
Myra Johnson
Deb H & Guppy
Myra Johnson
Deb H & Guppy
The last birthday weekend edition for celebrating our tenth birthday...EVER. EVER. EVER.
ReplyDeleteParty it up.
Cupcakes and coffee are on me.
You DO know how to throw a fab paw-teeeee!
DeleteIt's been wonderful, with a few more days to go.
Congrats Tina, and alllll the Seekers! Y'all are the bestest!
Love all the things to celebrate. Always something positive in Seekerville. Thank you. Truly!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEEKERVILLE!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a GREAT party month!!
CONGRATS to all the winners and a HUGE THANK YOU to ALL the Seekers for being the BEST group of authors ever!!
Yummy cupcakes, Tina---thanks! This is my kind of bedtime snack, LOL. ;) Guaranteed sweet dreams, right?! And coffee is 24/7 for me, so I always sip it at night!
Birthday hugs, Patti Jo
Another fabulous week in Seekerville ~ CONGRATS to all winners!
ReplyDeleteLOVE all the videos and looking forward to another great week ahead!
Ongoing Happy Birthday, SEEKERVILLE!
Wow! I wasn't even thinking about prizes when I left my comment on Sandra's post. Winning that beautiful bag came as a big surprise. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI'm so looking forward to my post on Monday. The special Seekervillagers who helped me with it have some wonderful words to share with you.
And I have some mighty nice prizes. There's one in particular that made Tina gasp when I sent her a preview pic.
I can't wait to hang out with everyone, hear what you have to say in the comments and find out who I'll be sending my four fun prizes to.
I'm looking forward to your post tomorrow, Keli.
DeleteHappy Birthday!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnother fruitful week! Congrats to all winners!
What a wonderful and insightful month! Happy Birthday Seekerville and thank you for all you do.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Cindy W.
This celebration just keeps getting better and a big congratulations to all of the winners. Next week looks exciting and I am especially excited for Keli's post on Monday!
ReplyDeleteBlessings to all!!
Congratulations to all of the winners!
ReplyDeleteGosh, the month went fast, didn't it? Happy birthday, Seekerville!
Thank you, Jill!
DeleteCongratulations to all the winners!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe Seekerville's birthday month is almost over! The party has been a blast. I've especially loved seeing all the videos.
Thank you Seekerville for another fantastic line up of speakers this past Birthday week. Congratulations to all the winners. I look forward to the continued success of this special Seekerville community. Keep writing and reading everyone.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Suzanne... And yes, keep moving forward!
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ReplyDeleteHappy TENTH Birthday Seekerville!
ReplyDeleteIt's been an October full of fun!
I'm looking forward to all year ELEVEN has in store on this terrific blog of writer and reader friends!
Thank you, Tracey... :)
DeleteGood morning Seekerville! What an exciting week we've had! And how FAST the month has flown! Almost November! (Snow was in the mountain country Arizona forecast for next weekend--but it's switched to rain now and I hope it stays that way!)
ReplyDeleteLove the videos--and DebH, your 'guppy' is adorable. :)
I agree—Guppy is a cutie!
Deletethanks Ladies. I figured since he's received books from Seekerville, he'd want to wish you a happy birthday too. He's a bit of a camera ham too, so he was ready and willing. :)
DeleteCongratulations to all of the this weeks winners! Of which, I see I am one! Whoop, whoop, whoop!
ReplyDeleteWow, October has been soooo much fun at Seekerville!
ReplyDeleteAgain, Happy 10th! I so look forward to another year right here with such wonderful authors and friends!
YAY Seekerville!
Jackie, you have blessed us with sweet friendship for a long time. Thank you!
DeleteHappy weekend, Seekerville! Thanks so much and congratulations to the other winners as well. Can't wait to see what next week and next year hold!
ReplyDeleteSally... Thank you! And keep writing. Working. Don't let the talents slide!
DeleteCongratulations to all the winners! It's been so much fun celebrating 10 years with you!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Caryl!
DeleteAnother Great WE as always. Congratulations to all the winners. Needing to leave for church. Have a great Sunday every one!
ReplyDeleteThe videos make me smile.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all the winners!!!!
Congratulations to all the winners!
ReplyDeleteMay God bless all of Seekerville!
Thank you! He certainly has, hasn't he?
DeleteCongrats to all the winners. Yay! What a super birthday month this has been. I love birthdays. I love Seekerville. Have a wonderful weekend.
ReplyDeleteDeb H. How fun to see the Gupster and hear he loves books. Thanks for sharing that.
ReplyDeletewe HAD to show how much we love Seekerville. He knows all about the "book writing ladies" and threw that 'I love books!' line in. that had not been part of the video plan. *grin*
DeleteI really have loved all the videos. Its been a long time since I've seen many of my Seeker sisters so the videos were special. And then to see videos of Villagers. Some I've met so it was exciting to see their smiles again and hear their voices. But it was especially fun to hear the voices of those I haven't met yet in person, but feel I know because you are always making fun and interesting comments. Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteSo true, Sandra! The videos are priceless!
DeleteI agree, Sandra and Myra! Love the videos!
DeleteOn to year 11!
ReplyDeleteWTG Seekers!!! Congratulations to each of you - just look how far you've sailed from "Unpubbed Island" and where you are now.
AMAZING.
And you've thoughtfully taken so many of us along for the ride.
/waves to everyone from hills of TN/
God is glorified by what you do here. So thrilled to be a teensy small part of it.
Thank you!
And now, for a virtual cupcake. MMMMM.
Darlin', I couldn't have said it better!
DeleteWe're heading north through the beauty of Pennsylvania right now after a great few days of battlefields and cute grandkids and a wonderful party with them... Storms ahead, dark skies north of us. Should be an interesting trip through the mountains... thinking of you all and grateful for the time we've had. It's been a good ride! Happy birthday to all of you because you guys are Seekerville.
ReplyDeletePraying you home, Ruthy!
DeleteI love Seekerville and birthdays (except mine:)
ReplyDeleteDitto! Although I love the years of experience!!!
DeleteA very Happy Birthday to all of Seekerville! You ladies are so wonderful! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Beth!
DeleteIs October really almost over? What a great month of celebrating!
ReplyDeleteHad a FANTASTIC 500th anniversary of the Reformation worship service this morning. Great orchestra & chor, inspiring message—just amazing!
That should be “choir.” Fingers are feeling a bit stiff today with a cold front blowing in.
DeleteCongrats to all of the winners, and thanks for the great links!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great birthday month this has been. I'll need next month to recover. Congrats to all the winners.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Seekerville! You've been a blessing to me!
Blessings,
Marcia
Our Seekervillagers are a blessing to us, Marcia! And you aren’t the only one who’ll need some recovery time. Seems like we’re all looking a bit glassy-eyed after a month of partying!
DeleteAs so many have mentioned, it's hard to believe OCT is almost over, along with our 10th Birthday Bash! It's been so much fun!
ReplyDeleteSmiling at DebH's video with her adorable son, Guppy! So cute, Deb! Hugs heading your way...for both of you!
It's cold in GA! Oh my! I guess winter has arrived. Snuggling under a fuzzy lap throw, trying to keep warm. I'm ready for a cup of hot tea. Anyone want to join me?
Thanks Debby! Guppy saw me doing the phone video thing and wanted to join in because he has seen my excitement when I get books in the mail from Seekers.
DeleteYou all have been huge blessings to my whole family. God sent.
Congrats to all the winners.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Seekerville!
Congratulations on 10 years! Wow, that is a great accomplishment. Here's to the next 10.
ReplyDeleteHappy 10th birthday, Seekerville! Wow, those ten years sped by faster than a speeding bullet! That's for the Superman fans out there. :-)
ReplyDeleteDebH, thanks for sharing Guppy with us! He loves books and we love him in this adorable video!
Congrats to our long list of winners!
Janet
thanks Janet. The Gupster loves video face time. I'm hoping the loving books keeps going. He sees me reading Seekerville blogs and always likes looking at the pictures.
DeleteTina, thanks for sharing this 2005 photo of Julie, Myra, you and I as Golden Heart finalists! I'm so grateful for this contest bringing you ladies into my life and into my heart.
ReplyDeleteJanet
Me, I should've said, me. Oh, no, there's Grammar Queen barging in the door. Hide me!
ReplyDeleteJanet
We've got a great lineup this week, but only two more days to party!! I've brought cupcakes!
ReplyDeleteJanet
Missed not being able to comment on posts this week. The computers at work got upgraded and as a result, seem to not let me comment. I'm usually too busy once I get home.
ReplyDeleteIt has been fun this whole month to celebrate. you have been a HUGE blessing to me and my family.
I enjoyed "meeting" Guppy! He's cute.
DeleteHappy Weekend, everyone. I am just taking it easy today. I seem to have come down with another cold. Not happy about that.
ReplyDeleteCan't believe October is almost over and the birthday month is winding down. It has been such fun. I will continue to enjoy Seekerville even after the party is over, though.
Happy birthday, Seekerville! I’m going to miss the celebration videos...how fun to see and hear you all!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all the winners and thank you for the links. Fascinating to see Debby’s cover morph into stunning.
The Ruby-Slippered Sisterhood blog was fun to read. We’re all thankful you gals kept seeing each other contesting and decided to establish Seekerville. Thank you for the “giving back” you all do....and for writing inspirational books!
Blessings!
Say it isn't so? The birthday month is almost over...boo-hoo! But what a fab month it's been :-)
ReplyDeleteHere's to 10, 20, or 30 more years Seekerville!!
Oh my! Thank you for the prize!
ReplyDeleteThis month's posts have been awesome. Thanks again for all the inspiration and knowledge you all share here at Seekerville every week and every month of the year. It's been a terrific birthday celebration.
Congrats everyone. Happy birthday Seekerville. This month has gone so fast. I'm glad I found Seekerville several years ago.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all the winners, and thank you, Tina, for such a fun WE! Happy Birthday, Seekerville!
ReplyDeleteWow! It's been a fun birthday month and there are still two more days left! Thanks for everything, Seekerville! Looking forward to another great week.
ReplyDeleteCongrats, winners!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the book win, Seekerville, and for all you do for both writers and readers!! Love the birthday videos!!