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Announcing the Winner of the Giveaway for The Fragrance of Geraniums!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!



 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.



Psalm 136:1 kjv


And we have the winner of a copy of 

THE FRAGRANCE OF GERANIUMS!*







a Rafflecopter giveaway

AAAAAND...






The Regency Adventure of Jemima Sudbury: Book One - The Mystery of the Missing Cufflinks officially releases TODAY! :-)



Click here to find it on Amazon in

Another Book?! Surprise!!!

Some of you who follow me on Facebook have been wondering what I've been working on this past week -- I've been dropping hints, teasing away, and just plain having fun with you as I prepared for this announcement! :-)

You might recall a few posts last spring/summer about how I was working on a Regency (think early 19th century/Jane Austen) book for middle-grade {9-12-year-old} girls. Well, it's

Release Day! THE FRAGRANCE OF GERANIUMS Hits the {Virtual} Shelves!

Here it is, in all its God-given glory! Today is the official RELEASE DAY for The Fragrance of Geraniums!

May you enjoy it, be edified, and may our Lord be loved and worshipped more fully through this novel.



 


This book is available on Kindle and in paperback on Amazon.

Kindle: http://amzn.com/B00P4PB7W6

Paperback: http://amzn.com/1503022056

 

AND...

There's a Giveaway!
Feel free to

To Whet Your Appetite: An Excerpt from The Fragrance of Geraniums

The Fragrance of Geraniums releases on Kindle and in paperback in precisely one week, folks! Thanks for all the encouragement many of you send my way via e-mail and messages - Your words are truly refreshing as I persevere through the work necessary to turn this story into a book. :-)

I thought you might enjoy a taste-test today... I'm posting an excerpt to whet your appetite. Enjoy, and I'll be

Cover Reveal for The Fragrance of Geraniums

And it's here!

Sharing with you all today the beautiful, oh-so-fitting cover for The Fragrance of Geraniums... My thanks to Rachel Rossano of Rossano Designs for her lovely, meticulous work.

 

 



 

 

You may also wish to head over to my author Facebook page today... I'm giving away a paperback or Kindle copy (your choice!) to one randomly-selected person who shares my cover reveal

Release Date, New Pinnables, and Lots of Thanksgiving!

Well, friends, I have been busy as a proverbial beaver this week, plugging away steadily to get this book out to you this fall.



This past week, I've formatted, proofed, re-formatted, re-proofed, re-formatted, and... I can safely let you in on the RELEASE DATE for THE FRAGRANCE OF GERANIUMS! I'm so thankful to the Lord for giving me a tremendous family who encourage and enable my writing...

How the Novel Found its Name, Part 2

As I related in my last post, the phrase, "scent of geraniums," has long held a place in my mind... and I was pretty certain that someday I would write a book with just that title: The Scent of Geraniums.

Images usually come first for me when I'm thinking of a new story to write, and this time was no exception:




Geraniums, hanging on a white-beamed porch in the autumn sunlight.

Geraniums,

How the Novel Found its Name

My stories usually have titles before they possess a fully-fleshed-out plot. That certainly was the case for this latest one: The Fragrance of Geraniums, releasing in mid-November, Lord willing! :-) Yet that title has evolved since the story's inception...


Do you know what geraniums smell like?





When I was a very little girl, my mother worked part-time as a nurse's assistant for a very

Title Reveal! And the Name is...

And the name of the new novel is...





Please feel free to SHARE and PIN so that more readers will have this novel to look forward to this harvest season. Thank you!

Coming up on this blog in the weeks ahead: How the novel found its title; a sneak-peek at the characters you'll meet in its pages; a giveaway; more pinnables... :-) This is a blessed and exciting, full-of-work time as this novel

Pitying the Villain | For Other Writers | And for Interested Readers, Too!

An early reader (one of those Beta readers you hear me talk about from time-to-time) talked to me about her impressions of "The Geranium Story." I asked her how she liked "the villain" ... whether he was a good one or not. She hesitated, then said, "I kind of pitied him."




 
Smiling, I knew I had succeeded in creating the right sort of "bad guy." :-) For my own stories, I've found that my best