The Seekerville Second Annual SpeedboStarts on Friday!Sign up NOW! All Speedbo FAQs can be found under the Speedbo 2013 tab above!
Comment Friday and Saturday
to be entered in Speedbo Week 1 drawing for
- First chapter critique -up to 20 pages
- First 5 pages critique
- One page synopsis critique
- Phone chat
- First page hook critique
All you have to do is comment!
We Have Winners
Please see our rules for giveaways in Seekerville. Be sure to contact us with your snail mail address if you are a winner at seekers@seekerville.net Don't be shy. Remind us if we get behind per our rules.
Tuesday we welcomed Seeker friend Susan Codone with "Don’t Stop at the Intersection: Finding Your Call to Write." Winner of a ten-page critique to get you started on your road to your calling is Carol Moncado.
Love Inspired Suspense author Debby Giusti was your hostess Wednesday with her post "Are You a Writer?"Winner of their choice of one of Debby's books books, along with a surprise gift is Jackie L.
Thursday Seekerville welcomed Susan Reichert, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Writers Magazine—the “author’s magazine" shared "E-Help for Writers." The winner of his choice of Julie Lessman's books including her upcoming release Love at Any Cost or a paper version of A Light in the Window is Walt Mussell. The winners of 5 subscriptions to Southern Writers Magazine are Melissa Jagears, Tina Pinson, Christina Rich, Annie Rains and Mary Preston. (THANK YOU, SUSAN!)
Just to keep us out of trouble, Thomas Nelson author, Cara Lynn James talked about "How to Disguise Characters and Avoid a Law Suit"on Friday. Winner of a package of Heartsong Present romances is Dawn Janis.
Next Week In Seekerville
Monday:With Speedbo just around the corner, Heartsong Presents and Abingdon Press author Myra Johnson blogs about developing a professional, businesslike approach to your writing. Take the self-test and then let's talk about strategies to improve both your attitude and your productivity.
Tuesday: Montlake author Sandra Leesmith is your hostess. She'll be sharing some news from two friends. Great surprise giveaways to go with the news!
Wednesday:Join Love Inspired author Charlotte Carter for "Look Who's Talking" as she shares tips on how to manage a scene where more than two characters are "on stage" at the same time. One lucky commenter will win a copy of her latest release, Home to Montana.
Thursday: Today we're delighted to welcome Love Inspired debut author, Jessica Keller to Seekerville with her post "Writer Acrobatics." Stop by and chat for a chance to win a MEGA MONTANA PRIZE PACK, that includes her release Home for Good.
Friday: SPEEDBO BEGINS! This is the starting line! Join Love Inspired author Tina Radcliffe for "Welcome to Writer Rehab: Overcoming Goldilocks Syndrome." We discuss how to eliminate the internal editor and WRITE ON!
Saturday: Time for the March Contest Update. We're working on Saturday this week only, to give you more chances to get revved up for Speedbo and opportunities to win our Speedbo Week 1 prizes. The Contest Update has its own share of giveaways as well and we'll announce the March Contest Diva.
The Yankee Belle Cafe Cooks For Speedbo
Don't miss this feature for the month of March!
Friday: Join Missy Tippens (THE BELLE) as she cooks up Quick and Delicious Shrimp.
Saturday: Ruth Logan Herne (THE YANK) will hit the ground writing with a list of quick and delicious recipe links from the Cafe Archives along with tips and ideas on how to spend the least time cooking for maximum (and quick!) enjoyment.
Seeker Sightings
Debby Giusti has been featured all week in Bringing You More To Life Magazine. Check out the interview and information about her latest release, The General's Secretary.
DON’T FORGET — FREE DOWNLOAD!!! A Hope Undaunted, Julie Lessman's book 1 in the “Winds of Change” series AND listed on Booklist's Top Ten Inspirational Fiction for 2010 is now available for free download on Amazon, B&N, and CBD, so Julie is asking Seeker friends to spread the word via e-mail or FB or Twitter or Pinterest or whatever means possible. ALSO ... ALL of her O'Connor saga books (except the last one, A Love Surrendered) are ON SALE for $5.38 or $5.79, so TAKE ADVANTAGE!!
HALF-PRICE SALE!!! In honor of Valentine’s month, Julie's Irish love story, A Light in the Window, has also been reduced by almost half, now available for $3.99 for a limited time only, so if you haven’t had the chance to read Marcy and Patrick’s prequel love story, this is a great opportunity!! Here are the links: Amazon and B&N.
Mary Connealy is on Lena Nelson Dooley's blog on Sunday, February 24th, doing a giveaway of a signed copy of Swept Away. Mary is also on a panel at the Norfolk Public Library, February 25th from 6:30-8:00 p.m
308 Prospect Ave, Norfolk, NE 6:30 The event is called "Plain Talk: Publishing Secrets Revealed". If you can't get to the presentation, just ask her the secrets in today's comment section and she'll tell you every single secret.
Check out Pam Hillman's current giveaways on her Author Events page on Facebook, and her blog tour continues this week. A complete list of Pam's blog stops for this week can be found on her website.
Here's an interesting conundrum for you. Photobucket has migrated to a new version. Except they forgot to migrate all their features. There is currently no way to update the slide show. So until we move to another photo gallery we don't want you to miss an opportunity to pre-order Ruth Logan Herne's May release, The Lawman's Second Chance.
Random News & Information
Amazon Publishing Shares Some Sales numbers in Email to Agents (Paid Content)
Read Any Good Web Sites Lately? Book Lovers Talk Online (NYT)
Killing the “Pay First, Read Later” E-bookselling Model (Publishing Perspectives)
Give Yourself a Celebration (Writer Unboxed)
I Can't Let You Do That, Dave by Corey Doctorow (PW Opinion Column)
A World Where All Escalators Go Up – Part 1 and Part 2 (Publishing In the 21st Century)
Reaching Your Readers Online by Brittany Geragotelis (Indie ReCon)
Harlequin Series Digital First (eHarlequin)
Should Consumers Be Able to Buy and Sell Used E-books? (Nathan Bransford)
How To Be Creative When Your Brain Doesn’t Want To Play (WriteToDone)
8 New Punctuation Marks We Desperately Need (CollegeHumor)
Authors Guild Connects Readers & Writers with Virtual Tool (GalleyCat)
Grand Central Publishing to Expand Forever Imprint’s List (GalleyCat)
Before we go...guess what we spotted? Seeker friend Jan Drexler's debut release, The Prodigal Son Returns.
That's it for this week. See you on Friday at the Starting line!
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