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The Innocent is Ready for Readers
The Innocent is going out to readers. The internet sites are shipping the paper copy of the book already. It’s about three weeks before the official release date, but if the book is out there, that date doesn’t mean much. I haven’t seen it on a store shelf but where I live, don’t many stores have bookshelves. Just our local WalMart Store, but they don’t always carry my books. Local connections don’t mean much in the corporate world.
First Review Spotted
But I did just see the first review of The Innocent online and I was happy to see that the reviewer highlighted the spiritual thread in the story. Here’s a bit of the review from Jeanette’s Thoughts “Keep praying. When you feel like giving up…keep praying. When you are hopeless and scared…keep praying. This book had such a powerful message. Keep praying.”
Pray Anyway
My character, Carlyn, did find out that no matter the circumstances in her life, prayer could help. Perhaps I zeroed in on that theme in this book because I was writing it during those last hard months of caretaking for my mother who suffered from dementia before she passed away. Prayer got us through some tough days. Not only my prayers, but many of you and also my Facebook friends lifted Mom and me up in prayer then and also later when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Now I have a niece going through cancer treatment and she has prayer warriors making her difficult path of treatments easier. Prayer is powerful.
So it was good seeing that the reviewer appreciated the prayers or need for prayers through my new Shaker story.
Yellow Flower Contest – Maybe Win a Book
I did finally figure out a contest to use my yellow flower pictures. For those of you who don’t join the conversation on my Facebook Page, let me explain. For thirty days in May I spotted and posted a different yellow flower every day. Then the thirty-first day came and I hunted but couldn’t find a new yellow flower. Since then a few more yellow flowers have popped up for me to spot. The game is to guess which photo of the three above is a new yellow flower that wasn’t posted on my FB page. Flower 1, flower 2 or flower 3.
Every guess gets an entry, but if you guess the correct new flower (the one that wasn’t posted on my FB page during the thirty day run), you’ll get two entries. One winner, chosen by random drawing, will win his or her choice of one of my books. That includes the new one, The Innocent, if that’s the one the winner wants. Your comments have to be on here by 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 17 when I’ll draw and post the winner on my next blog post. Then I’ll put up a new set of flower pictures to play again with the winner posted on the next Sunday. Two winners this week and two winners next. Open to all readers over eighteen.
So I hope some of you will play my flower guessing game. Thanks for reading.
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I am going with number 2. Yellow is such a bright, happy color. My colors were yellow and peach at my wedding so my bouquet had beautiful yellow flowers in it.
mauback55 at gmail dot com
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I like yellow too. Especially in flowers and I once painted my kitchen a light yellow. My mom who did not like yellow thought I'd lost my mind, but the color was cheery.
Yellow is one of my favorite flower colors! I even had yellow flowers in my wedding almost 34 years ago. I'm guessing #2 just like everyone else.
tumcsec(at)gmail(dot)com
Not guessing anymore, I know, ha!
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Seems most of you do know, Gail. But that's okay. Good, in fact. Even so, I'm thinking about how to make Wednesday's flower game harder. LOL. You and Melanie both had those yellow flowers in your wedding bouquets. Started you out on a happy road, sounds like.
Flower #2, but they are all beautiful!!!!!
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Thanks for dropping by with a guess, Alla. Always fun to hear from you.
They are beautiful.
I'm not a fan of FB, so even though the answer is probably 2, I'm going to say #3 because it caught my eye first.
marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com
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Facebook isn't for everybody, Mary. I enjoy posting on my page and hearing what others have to say. That number 3 is a beautiful flower. It's a Yellow Poplar tree bloom.
I think it is #2 also!! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity, Ann – would love to read "The Innocent". Yes, prayers are so powerful – I am so thankful for, and blessed by, the many prayers that have been offered for me during my health issues; grateful that He hears and answers my prayers, also!! It would be so much harder to endure
life's trials without knowing He has everything under control, and a plan for my life.
P.S. Forgot my email addy: bonnieroof60(at)yahoo(dot)com
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I'm going to have to make Wednesday guessing part harder, Bonnie. LOL. Thanks for dropping by.
Flower #2 angelachesnut246@gmail.com
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Thanks for dropping by with a comment, Angela.
Flower 2 is new ~ but now I have told everybody! Kathleen ~ Lane Hill House
lanehillhouse[at]centurylink[dot]net
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Good guess, Kathleen. And guess you won't have to worry about everybody else copying your guess. This contest game doesn't seem to be drawing the guessers in. Odds are looking real good for you right now. LOL.