Fun Book Updates in the New Year

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Fun Book Updates in the New Year

Haven’t done this in a while, so I thought I’d post some of the more enjoyable Book Updates that have happened so far in the New Year. Most of these appeared on my Facebook Author Page. Click Here if you’d like to see them as they happen. All you have to do is Like the page and I think Like one of the posts, to make sure they start showing up in your Newsfeed (I mention the 2nd thing because FB is tricky…I’ve noticed some of the pages I’ve liked don’t show up in my Newsfeed unless I actually interact with the page).

Onto the Updates…

The Discovery Hits #1 on Amazon

Early in January, my publisher did a 1-day Free giveaway for The Discovery. The day after that it went back to its regular $3.99 price. But even then, here it is ranking #1 in Contemporary Christian Romance. It’s in some very good company, too. And it stayed in the Top 5 for almost 2 weeks.

Since then, dozens of 5-Star customer reviews came in. It now has 225 Total Reviews (the most of any of my novels) with 181 of them being 5-Stars. Click Here and scroll down if you’d like to read some of them (or order the book if you haven’t read it yet).

Booksigning with Suzanne Woods Fisher in Orlando

A few Saturdays ago (Jan 18th) Cindi and I drove 1-hour west to Orlando to do a booksigning with good friend and fellow Revell author, Suzanne Woods Fisher at the Lifeway Store. Suzanne’s is a bestselling Amish author and a wonderful lady. She lives and writes in California, but was doing a mini-book tour through Florida and Georgia promoting her newest novel.

We had a great time, signed a bunch of books and chatted with readers. Here we are in this pic with Chris Johnson, the Editor of Christian Retailing Magazine. She stopped by for a chat. My wife Cindi took the pic.

Speaking at Oregon Christian Writer’s Conference In August

I know it’s cold out now, but summer will come. If you’re a writer, consider this excellent coaching conference in Portland, OR. I’ll be teaching fiction classes there and sharing the keynote duties with my friend Allen Arnold, former VP and Publisher with Thomas Nelson (and one of my favorite people in the world of publishing.

This year the OCW Summer conference has an an amazing faculty team, including: James L. Rubart, Susan May Warren, Susan Meissner, Randy Ingermanson, and many others.

A little sooner, and a little closer to home…I’m also part of the teaching faculty at the Florida Christian Writer’s Conference in Lake Yale, FL, which will be held Feb 26th through Mar 2nd. Click on the link to read more about it.

The Promise Available Now in Hardback

Just before the weekend, my publisher sent me a large-print, hardback edition of my latest novel, The Promise. I don’t know why, but I LOVE hardbacks. They offer such a sense of permanence (like the books may stick around long enough for my grandkids to see them). Now both books 1 & 2 in the Restoration series are available as hardbacks.

Book 3 of the series, called The Desire, releases in September. I’m just finishing up Book 4 right now.

The Reunion an Editor’s Pick in National Woman’s Magazine

My 6th novel, The Reunion, was selected as an Editor’s Pick in the Feb 17th issue of FIRST for Women magazine. FIRST has a huge circulation (1.3 million). My daughter picked up this copy at our local WalMart checkout stand. Honored to be the Christian Fiction selection and LOVED what the editor said about how the book affected her.

If you click on the pic, I think it opens in a bigger window. The Reunion ties with The Discovery as my highest customer-reviewed novel (It has 175 5-Star reviews on Amazon at the moment).

Well…those are the highlights for the first 4 weeks of 2014.