Still Have a Year, right?

Well, I had posted on my FB page that I was planning on posting more over here... Book reviews, author interviews, giveaways, etc. Well, that hasn't happened for January, but I still have 11 months to make good on that promise! =D

I still plan to. However, January was a little busier than planned (isn't that normal), and I wasn't able to get interviews set up as quickly as I would have liked.

However, I'm still planning on doing those posts. So keep your eyes peeled! Because not only will I be doing an 'author spotlight' every so often to help out upcoming authors get their name out there, I also plan on doing some fabulous giveaways that writers and readers will love.

Until then, happy writing!

Tidbits and Updates

I feel that I have sorely been neglecting my poor blog here. Of course, I suppose that it has really moved from simply feeling it to actually knowing it. In any case, I do apologize for the lack of posts. The last couple of months have been teaching me that I do have a life outside of being an author and sometimes that life takes precedence over my writing. However, our crazy hectic schedule should soon come to... Well, maybe not a complete halt, but a more orderly sort of crazy hectic. The new school year is about to begin, schedules are finally getting ironed out, and the office is getting put back together again. So, hopefully, you'll be seeing more posts from me!

In case anyone is wondering, or cares to know what's been going on, I'll give a quick sum up. 

I recently got another nannying job, so I'm now working 2 days a week. Huge blessing for me and I was just praising the Lord when I found out I had gotten the position. New and upcoming authors really don't make enough to support themselves, so I needed another job. However, I do still have activities throughout the week that I help out with, so I was hoping for something that was part time. A second nanny position was perfect. So I now have specific days set aside for 'office work' to do ranching paperwork and writing. Plus I have days set aside for volunteer things and teaching fiddle and nannying. Needless to say, I'm very glad to be getting in a set schedule (although, I say 'set' very lightly because we all know how schedules go...) =) 

Other news would just be that ranching has also been something going on. However, that is always going on, so it's nothing new. However, the newest projects have probably been the landscaping of our front yard and putting in a volleyball court. After living here for 8 years and realizing that growing grass just wasn't going to happen, we finally just put in some pretty rock and landscaped it a bit. It has definitely cut down on the amount of dirt blowing around! The volleyball court is like the family treat. We all love playing volleyball, so we saved up corn market money from last year and are putting it to use. =) It will be nice to have something the whole family can participate in for the lovely fall evenings we've got coming up. 

Also, I've got a fun writing challenge planned.. so be checking out my FaceBook page and Google+ to find out more details!

Now, to close this up, I shall post a little tidbit of a book I'm slowly working on. 

When she got to the little stream that ran through the hills, Nareena sat down on a large rock and pulled her knees up close to her chest. She watched as the water tumbled over its bed. Pebbles beneath the surface made the water swirl in different patterns as it continued on its merry way. Nareena listened as the stream seemed to laugh as it bubbled and trickled. 

Giveaway!

I'm very excited to announce that, in honor of the CAPE Homeschool Convention (happening this month), I'm doing a giveaway!

I'll be part of the convention again this year selling books with several other local authors (You might recognize one from an interview I did here). I'm really looking forward to this year. It is exciting to think that a whole year has passed and so much has happened in that time.
Check out the website and come participate! We'll have free chocolate at our table, too... Not that I'm trying to get you to come or anything....

Onto the giveaway. I will be giving away a free, signed copy of "On Grandpa's Knee". All you need to do is follow my blog to enter.

For extra entries:
~"Like" My Facebook Page
~Add me to your circles on Google+
~Spread the word by linking to this post on either blogger, Facebook, or G+

Giveaway ends Sunday, April 20th at midnight (MT timezone)

Social Media

I have finally decided that I needed to get out in social media. Well, I should actually say that I have thought a lot about it and knew I needed to, but time just never seemed to work or else I kept forgetting. Not to mention that there was never a chance to sit down with my parents and discuss which sites were ok and whatnot.

So after talking it over and deciding, I have set up a page on FaceBook. Woohoo. ;-) Actually it is quite exciting, having already reached quite a few likes.

I'm also on Amazon as an Author, which means that you can check out and follow my 'author page', in a sense. And, as most of you know, I'm also on Google+. G+ is more of my interaction social site, whereas FB and Amazon are strictly business and not personal.

So, links to these sites:

FaceBook Page
Google+ Profile
Amazon Author Profile

Please feel free to 'like', '+1', or follow!