Winners!

The November Blog Hop has rolled to a close! Thanks "I Am a Reader, Not a Writer" and Tristi Pinkston for hosting. Since everything was so successful over here, we have two winners to announce. The blog hop contest winner and the followers winner.

November Blog Hop contest winner:

Jesica H.

And the followers winner:

Liz @ Fictional Candy

Congratulations guys! I'll be contacting you via email with your prizes. Thanks so much for participating and hanging out with me here. Stay in touch! I'll have reviews, interviews, more contests, writing excerpts and more all around fun coming.

LYMTP :)

A Georgette Heyer Moment

Georgette Heyer books are like my sherbet. When I've read something heavy, or that requires me to think, or something out of my usual likes, I turn to Georgette to cleanse my reading palate. And her books are just so sweet!
The final pages are usually my favorite, when the roguish but still honorable and totally charming hero convinces the flighty, frivolous, but deeply witty and wise heroine that he is actually in love with her. They always contain the sweetest lines, like these from "These Old Shades":
Hero: "Leonie, you will do well to consider. You are not the first woman in my life."
Heroine: {She smiled through her tears.} Monseigneur, I would so much rather be the last woman than the first."

Me: *long, contented sigh* Awwww ...

Woo-Hoo! 100+ Followers!

Well, what do you know. I tuck myself away in the mountains for a week with my husband and sporadic service and my following explodes!! This calls for a celebration right? So here it is. All the followers will be automatically entered in a $10 Amazon gift card tonight at midnight. (So if you're not already a follower, better get on that!)
So a big {Thank You} to all my fans (yes, I'm going to call you that.) I hope you all stick around!

November Blog Hop!

Time to win prizes again!

And it's ridiculously easy to do it. On this blog you only have to do 2 things. 

1) Become a follower. (If you already are one, you're halfway done already!)

2) Post a link somewhere like Facebook, Twitter, or just your blog. 

To insure that you get an entry, leave a comment below stating you're a follower and a link to your link. :D

So what are the prizes, you ask? Well, until I manage to get a book published, it is a $20 gift card to Amazon so you can buy whatever books you want! ;)

Make sure you have your comment in by midnight on November 11th. 

And check out the rest of the blog hops, where you can get a chance to win TONS of other prizes.
Hosted by: I am A Reader, Not a Writer and Tristi Pinkston

Other blogs participating:

In Celebration of NaNo: From my 2009 NaNo Novel

As I began editing and rewriting "Bloom" and its sequels -- The original version of "Bloom" was my first NaNo Novel, although I didn't complete it during November -- I knew I needed some background for my characters. Since I had so much story in my head, I thought, Why not kill two birds with one stone? I'd flesh out my back story and write my NaNo novel all in one, and maybe someday I'd release it as a prequel if "Bloom" ever gets published. Without further adieu, and excerpt from the still untitled 2009 NaNo Novel: (remember, it's still rough)

NaNo Excerpt Blog Hop

Who's brave enough to showcase excerpts of their NaNo Novels this month? I'm hosting a blog hop throughout the month. Sign up with the linky below and post excerpts throughout the month. I can't wait to see all your mad-month of work! (If you sign up, please post a link back to this post in your excerpt posts email me for the linky code.)

NaNo Eve

It sort of feels like Christmas, right? I probably won't be able to sleep tonight. I'm guessing characters will run through my dreams and wake me up every hour or so. And tomorrow morning everything will go crazy, and I won't actually end up writing until the afternoon.
Have you dropped by Mommy Authors lately? I've been blogging there about preparing for NaNo WriMo. I'll continue to blog about it throughout the month, so you may not see a lot of NaNo content on this end. Except for ... drum roll .... samples of my past NaNo Novels in honor of one of my favorite months. (Come on, when you add in Thanksgiving it is a truly awesome time of year.) So check out the blog throughout the month to get samples of past (and present if it's not to awful) NaNos.
If you're doing NaNo this year, come join our Facebook support group. It's sure to be a blast!
Under four hours and counting ... maybe I should stay up 'till midnight. ;)