Michelle Connell's Blog, page 20
April 4, 2016
Spring Fling: Win a Giveaway! Part 1
Hello Readers, How about some free books? I’ve done some spring cleaning and found another stack of books left from my reviewing days. (New books, never read) So, how about a contest? I love contests with prizes! I have enough books for three prizes. One this week, one for next week and the following week. Spring Fling Prize […]
April 1, 2016
March Book Wrap Up
Hello Readers, For the month of March, I read 7 books. The novels I read were: Fatal Convictions by Randy Singer Through Waters Deep by Sarah Sundin The Survivor by Gregg Hurwitz Perfect Sins by Jo Bannister Booked for Trouble by Eva Gates The nonfiction titles I read were: And What About College? by Cafi […]
March 30, 2016
Writing Prompt Wednesday
Hello Readers, For this week’s prompt, use the words basketball, hotel, and walk. Mine is below. Have fun! All the hotels in town were full for the basketball tournament, and cars were everywhere. Luckily for me, it was a short walk to the stadium where I met my friends. ~~MichelleFiled under: creativity, daily life, inspiration, […]
March 28, 2016
Giveaway Coming Soon!
Hello Readers, I hope you all had a lovely Easter and didn’t eat too many rabbit ears. :) I’m getting the books together for the giveaway starting next week. I’m excited to give more books away, including signed copies of Cookie Encounter! Each winner will win 3-5 books, all new, but ones I didn’t have […]
March 25, 2016
Announcement! Free Books!
Dear Readers, As spring is upon us, I’ve done some organizing and spring cleaning, and came across some more new books; many romance, historical or mystery, left from my reviewing days. Guess what that means? Yep, free books for you! Keep checking your inbox for ‘Spring Fling’ Giveaway details in a couple weeks! Until then, happy […]
March 23, 2016
Writing Prompt Wednesday
Hello Readers, Today I’m doing the WPW a little bit differently. Since writing the other day about curiosity, I thought I’d expand on that. What kinds of things are you curious about? Do you have hobbies that you read about? Like new patterns or cookbooks if you crochet or cook? What kinds of groups or […]
March 21, 2016
My First Experience with a Library Book Club
Hello Readers, Here’s my follow up on my first library book club appearance. Thank you to those who wished me well last week. It went very well! What a great group of ladies! They were all gracious and kind and asked good questions. Some of their questions were about Nick and Natalie, or Mrs. John […]
March 18, 2016
Curiosity Killed the Cat Or…
fed the writer’s brain? I go with the latter. I am curious about a lot of things. This is good for a writer. Curiosity can feed my brain and give me plenty to write about. Some of the things I’m curious about: WWII, books (naturally), writing (of course!), scrapbooking, homeschooling, growing my faith, learning Greek, working from […]
March 16, 2016
Writing Prompt Wednesday
Hello Readers, For this week’s prompt, use the following words: spring break sunshine park Here’s mine: Clarise was looking forward to spring break and spending more time in the sunshine at the local park. She loves to play on the swings and feel the wind in her hair. Happy writing! ~~MichelleFiled under: creativity, prompts, writing […]
March 14, 2016
Tonight’s the Night!
Hello Readers, Tonight is my first author appearance at the local library’s book club. I’m a little nervous, excited, and hopeful. I’ve heard they laugh a lot. What could be more fun than getting together with a group of ladies who love to read and like to laugh? I’m looking forward to it. I’ll post […]
