Better Late Than Never....Twisted True Tales From Science by Stephanie Bearce

And the winner is....drum roll...Hilary Melton-Butcher!

And the Winner of George Green's Book Out of the Spotlight is...and Journal Your Way Through Troubled Times

 Sorry, if you didn't win a copy of George's book OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT, you can still purchase it in paperback or Kindle versions on Amazon.

But....

Could you hop over to our (I'm speaking in a universal manner because everyone loves her) dear Robyn Campbell's blog and tell her she's a lovely woman, an amazing mother, an awesome writer, and a winner?

George's book is such an inspiration. Think about how your life has changed over the years. Have you had dramatic changes? Taking you from one extreme to another? How can you use that to make you or your writing stronger? How can that make you more compassionate? Or your character more compassionate? Your life experiences are things you can build on in your manuscripts. Yes, listening on other people's conversations is a great way to get dialogue and ideas, but your life is FULL of gems.

When I struggle with something I journal, to help me get through it. I'm struggling with something right now. I haven't been sleeping or eating well. I've been exercising a lot, but I think the only way I'm going to get through this is to write it out.

So please, pop over to Robyn's blog and then start journaling your life experiences so you have things for your characters to fall back on....and perhaps it will even help you through a tough spot.

((((HUGS))))

And The Winner of Learning to Read is a Ball is...

Thanks to random.org the winner of expert Kim Scanlon's book is 

Anne Lee Rhoades!

Please email me your address and I will send it to Kim.  If you don't know Kim, please go back to my post about her and her qualifications. She is one brilliant writer, educator and mother!

(Thank you Kim for offering up a signed copy of your book for the giveaway on my blog.)

Happy Thursday!

And The Winner Is...

Thanks so much to everyone who shared or read my last post. I can't stress how important it is to do your research on agents and publishing houses before you commit to them.

Drum roll....

The winner of the 2015 Guide To Literary Agents is (chosen by random.org) Carrie Charley Brown! Congratulations, Carrie and please email me your address.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner! (Snatched in Gullybrook by Kim Van Sickler)

 And the winner...

Chosen by random.org...

Is...

Brian! (Please email me your address.)

Thanks for everyone who showed Kim some extra love by voting for her story or tweeting about her book.

I'm going to be absent from Blogland until November. Our lives have been topsy turvy since June. Our daughter started college in August. It has and continues to give us some serious challenges, as she is eight hours away. The same week we took her to college my brilliant husband was transferred, so I'm in the middle of buying and selling a house too. Last month I began working on a project that is going to fill my heart with joy, but all the challenges in our lives right now made me realize I can't manage it right now. Once our house is listed and a new one is purchased I'll have more freedom and be able to share my cool news.

Hugs...

From...

Me...

To...

You!

And...the winner is:

And the winner is...Robyn Campbell! (according to random.org)

If you haven't checked out Janna's art...please visit her on etsy.  :)

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I've been really struggling with my WWII story.  So many people suffered so much.  Watching Schindler's List really put that suffering in perspective.  If you or your family has suffered persecution because of your faith, race, sex or other reasons I really want to know about your struggles.  The only way we can move forward as a society is to NEVER FORGET the struggles of individuals and groups....  Please email me at sharonkmayhew at gmail dot com so I can tell you or your families struggles to the world...so they will NEVER FORGET.

Hugs to all....

The Winner is...

The winner of Connie's signed poetry book is...Carolyn V.

Congratulations, Carolyn!  Thanks to everyone for stopping in and meeting Connie.  Don't forget to stop by Connie's poetry blog tomorrow to see if you were a winner on her blog tour give away.

Have a safe and happy weekend!

Worms and Winners

 No my friends, those are not sticks...

 They are worms and they are all over the streets in my subdivision.  (GROSS)  It smells like worms outside. (This one was at least 15 inches long!)

 Has this ever happened where you live? 

 I have to say walking to the mailbox is rather creepy...

The winner of Tammi Sauer's book is (drum roll)....

number 12...

Lenny Lee

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

The Winner Is...

OMGoodness I missed you guys!  I've been working on myself and my writing like crazy this month.  I'll give you a progress report on Thursday.  Without further any further delay... (drum roll)...

The winner is Stina Lindenblatt . 

(Thanks to random.org.) 

If you don't know Stina, you need to pop over and get to know her.  Not only does she have a great blog, but she is also a contributor to Querytracker's site.

What have you been working on over the past few weeks?

Hugs to all....

Th Winner Is...

Thanks for stopping in today! 

 I hope you are having a lovely week...full of writing and fun. 

 Random.org selected my winner.

Marcia Hoehne

(Please email me your address, Marcia.)

If you haven't met Marcia, I recommend you pop over to her blog.  Marcia is a writing instructor and once a month, she gives away a free critique!  She also does great book reviews and posts about writing.

Thanks for entering and reading my blog.

Have an wonderful rest of the week.  Thursday I will be posting some photos from London.

Hugs to all!