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Winner of Horoscopes for the Dead and Other Good News
I’m delighted to begin 2013 by announcing a contest winner. Wanda, also known as commenter #14 on my Sunday Poetry blogs, just won an autographed copy of Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins, an ongoing contest for the read-poetry-along-with-Emilie crowd. Wanda’s comment: “Emilie I love this weeks poem. It says play! Have fun and…
Read MoreA Sneak Preview of One Mountain Away
Shhh. . . Don’t tell anybody, but I’ve just updated my website and added all new pages about the upcoming release of One Mountain Away. You can find an overview, my inspiration, praise from fellow authors and reviewers, an excerpt, book discussion questions, even a recipe. We had hoped to have an entirely new website to launch…
Read MoreJune: What Busy Feels Like
I’m always busy. You probably are, too. We zip from project to project, destination to destination. We multi-task and feel guilty we can’t do three things at once instead of two. We put memo pads beside our beds in case we remember something else we need to do in the middle of the night. We…
Read MoreMy Seventy Book Latest and Greatest Giveaway
My best novels happen when ideas collide. Take two seemingly unrelated but interesting situations, then watch them tango warily around each other until suddenly they’re dancing cheek to cheek, and the plot for a book has begun to form. Today, as I was handling papers and packing books for my move to somewhere this week,…
Read MoreContests and Giveaways: Bonuses for Readers
I’m back from two weeks of searching for a new place to live. We “think” we may have found the right spot, but so far, no house, so no announcement. Having the freedom to move anywhere we can afford is daunting and exhilarating at the same time. All those options! Meantime, my wonderful friends are…
Read MoreOur Grand Prize Winner in the Great Pie Prize Giveaway
First a big thank you to all who emailed or contacted me through my Facebook page to say that you had bought your copy of Sunset Bridge or were on the way to the bookstore to do so this week. It was so gratifying to get that wonderful response, and I’m delighted so many of…
Read MoreOur Fourth Winner in the Great Pie Giveaway
Today our fourth and final pie prize box heads off to one lucky contestant, and it includes the pictured cookbook from one of my favorite Shenandoah Valley restaurants among many other goodies. Find out who won at the end of this post. Sorry you missed the contest? You didn’t. Don’t forget there’s still the grand…
Read MoreThird Winner in the Great Pie Giveaway
Giving away prizes? Almost as much fun as the entries I’ve gotten. Today’s winner (you have to read to the end) receives the third of four boxes. Inside? A porcelain pie bird (for venting pie crusts) and a pewter pie charm. A signed copy of Sunset Bridge, a pie top cutter, a Wanda’s Wonderful Pies apron, Key…
Read MoreSecond Winner in the Great Pie Giveaway and More
Another winner in the Great Pie Giveaway today. But once again, you’ll have to read to the end to find out who the lucky winner is. There are two more gift boxes to give away this month. The photos are just some of the prizes I’m giving away, along with pie cookbooks, pie servers, pie birds,…
Read MoreFirst Winner in the Great Pie Prize Giveaway and Pie Recipes, too.
We have a winner in the first week of the Great Pie Prize Giveaway, but you must finish the blog to discover her name (and yes, it is a her) and entry. If you haven’t yet entered, why not? You can find details on rules and prizes here and here, and it’s both simple and fun.…
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