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Reviewers Needed for WOMEN OF THE BOOK OF MORMON

You guys convinced me. I'm going to do a blog tour for my upcoming non-fiction book, Women of the Book of Mormon. I'm looking for about 20 reviewers who are willing to post a review on their blog between the dates of March 15 and April 30th.

If you'd like to participate, please send me an email here: heather at hbmoore dot com

WOMEN Blog Tour:
1. I'll be emailing a PDF for you to read and write your review from. The book is not very long--about 90 pages, and it does have pictures! (if that...

Whitneys & Upcoming Marketing Ideas

Those of you who are following the Whitney Award Nominees will know that ALMA was nominated as a finalist in the Historical Fiction category. I'm very honored! I'm glad that I forgot about the pending announcement and slept in that morning (my kids were out of school on Friday). I checked my phone for emails and saw something about the finalists being announced, so I had to, of course, go on my computer to discover who had made the cut. The small screen on my phone wouldn't suffice. Since...

Sneak Peak: New Cover

Just finished proofing the final galleys for WOMEN OF THE BOOK OF MORMON. Release date: April 2010 (just in time for Mother's Day. Hint. Hint.) And . . . if that weren't enough, I also have a jpeg of the cover. Check it out! By the way, do you notice anything different about my name versus my other books?

Reading, reading

I've been putting off posting because I'm expecting a cover for Women of the Book of Mormon soon. It's not quite ready, so I'll update you on everything else.

Made it through the holidays (my son had pneumonia, so we were moving slower than usual) and through my birthday (still in my 30's, though just barely), and through edits on Women.

I've been doing a lot of reading. It seems I go in cycles. I read a ton of books in September, and now that I'm not actively writing anything new, I'm back to...

Big Announcements!

I usually don't have so much to announce, and it's not that I haven't posted for awhile (which is true as well), but that everything seems to happen in the same day! All good, though.

First, I'll be signing at 2 stores this weekend:

December 18, 2009 - Orem Seagull Book 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., Friday. I'll be signing "Alma" and "All is Bright" (Christmas Story Compilation) during Friday Lunch Hour: 111 South State Street, Orem, Utah

December 19, 2009 - Spanish Fork Seagull Book 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.,...

2009 Christmas Book List

First, to kick off the Christmas season, I'm signing books on Friday, December 4, at the Lindon Seagull Book: 1:00 p.m.
Also, for those who live in St. George, over the weekend I stopped in the Seagull Book (Washington) and Deseret Book (St. George) and signed all of their stock.
Heather's 2009 Book Recommendations

With the gift-giving season upon us, everyone on my list will be getting a fantastic book. Problem is, there are so many to choose from. Below I've included books that I highly...

Alma the Younger--TURNED IN

It's done. At least one of the many steps in the multi-layered process of taking a book from the first word to publication. I turned in Alma the Younger to my publisher, and now the wait begins :)

I copied my cover letter below so that you can catch a glimpse of the submission process.

Dear [Editor:],

In the book of Mosiah, we learn that Alma the Elder has been made high priest over the land of Zarahemla. Life for Alma and his people is bliss compared to the previous years of near slavery in the ...

Book Drawing Winners & Upcoming Signings

Congrats to the following Fab Five who won copies of Land of Inheritance!Krista of Wyoming
Mary of Arizona
Karen of Utah
Danyelle of Kansas
Alex of Utah
You know who you are--I'll be emailing you separately.
Upcoming Book Signings:
December 4, 2009 - Lindon Seagull Book 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., Friday. I'll be signing "Alma" and "All is Bright" (Christmas Story Compilation) during Friday Lunch Hour! 677 North State Street, Lindon, Utah

December 11, 2009 - Sandy Seagull Book 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., Friday. I'll b...

FIVE Book Giveaway!!

FIVE BOOK GIVEAWAY!! Extended through Monday! The holidays are coming and what better gift than a book? So to get everyone motivated I'm giving away FIVE copies of Land of Inheritance --hardcover edition. This is the 4th in the Out of Jerusalem series and won the 2007 Whitney Award for Best Historical. How to enter the drawing: Go to my website and sign up for my newsletter here. On Tuesday, November 24, I'll draw five names from those who signed up between November 19-23. I'll announce the w...

Editing & More Editing

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Since I'm taking the day off from editing, I thought I'd update.

Alma the Younger is finished! At least as far as I can get it without extra eyes. On Friday I sent it off to the alpha readers. Soon I'll be back to working on revisions to get it into shape for submission. So far, I've received great advice from the alpha readers, and the most important news is that the story works. Yes, there's some fine tuning to be done, but overall, no major changes.

As I'm waiting for final verdicts, I've...