Special giveaway through Sunday only! Win an autographed non-fiction book!

How do you enter for a chance to win this book? Simply answer the question... How open are you?


Or... you can take the cool quiz below and post a comment saying you took it.

 

About the author: Craig Gross is an author, speaker, pastor, and revolutionary. He shot to prominence in 2002 when he founded the website XXXchurch.com. Craig is the author of nine books. He currently resides in Los Angeles, CA, with his wife, Jeanette, and their two children, Nolan and Elise.

"Open" is for families because "Open" is for everyone. Yes, accountability is helpful for individuals; it can help men become better husbands and fathers and women become better wives and mothers, and accountability can help young believers grow into a more mature faith. But beyond showing the individual benefits of accountability, "Open" shows that an honest, forgiving, caring, consistent, and respectful dialogue within a group dynamic--including families--serves only to make that group stronger and closer together. Your family relationships are forever and will outlast all others--why not make them open?

- Craig Gross, author of Open

Endorsements Received for Craig Gross's book, Open: 

"I don't say this often, but this book is a must read."

 Jefferson Bethke

"Open is one of the most relative and practical books on accountability I've ever read. Craig takes many routes, through stories from pop culture and his personal journey to help lead you to a life thats Open."

 Josh McCown NFL Journeyman

Win a kindle from Shawna K. Williams to celebrate her latest release, The Good Fight!!

ALRIGHTY, so here's the big news. To promote my newest release, THE GOOD FIGHT, I'm giving away a $25 Amazon gift card. And... a KINDLE! (or equivalent Amazon gift card. Winner's choice.)

I want to make this worthwhile for me and my readers so there are lots of ways to participate. I'm running two contests: a 'most points' and a random drawing.

The drawing is for the gift card and for every time I see your name in response to a blog interview, a facebook post, like or share, a tweet or retweet, or a recommendation to a friend, I write down your name and throw it in a jar. Yes, my hope is to spend a lot of time writing names. I'm going to need a way to contact you, so if you want to participate, email me at author.skwilliams@yahoo.com. I will send you updates as to how many entries I have for you so as to be sure I'm not missing anything. I will NOT use this information to spam your inbox with any future advertisement or to contact you in any way not unrelated to this contest.

THE KINDLE GIVEAWAY (or gift card equivalent)

This is going to be a 'most points' contest. Not only might you win a Kindle, but you'll be helping me by creating a buzz about the new book. So here's how it works

Follow me on twitter, facebook, or my blog and get a point. For every friend you recommend who mentions your name and follows, you get another three. If they mention you on all three places, that's nine (per friend!). Plus your friends are accumulating their own points in the process. Here are the addresses:

http://twitter.com/#!/shawnakwilliams

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shawna-K-Williams/236629884245?ref=ts

http://shawnawilliams-oldsmobile.blogspot.com/

For every time you mention this contest or one of my books, whether it be on your facebook page, someone else's, twitter, your blog, someone else's blog, newsletter, whatever... email me the link. author.skwilliams@yahoo.com and that's another five points per mention. I'll be emailing you back to let you know that I received it.

If you post the cover of my newest book, that's ten points. If you include purchase links, that's another ten points per posting.

If you buy one of my books, email me proof of purchase and I'll quadruple all your points for every purchase. If someone contacts me and tells me they bought one of my books based on your recommendation, then I'll triple all of your points, and they'll get the quadruple. Gifting the book to a friend counts as a purchase and quadruples your points. I'll send out periodic emails to let you know your number of points and where you stand in the competition.

So, as you can see, it's complicated, but it's also in your hands if you really want it. So help me make this a great book launch and let's have some fun. (The book is pretty darn good, if I may say so.)

THE GOOD FIGHT releases on Nov. 1^st, but the contest begins now. Winners will be announced at 5pm Central on Dec 7^th 2011. (Kindle shipping applies to U.S. addresses only, but not the gift certificate.)

I've got some nice bookmarks for anyone who wants to help promote Letting Go!

The crazy thing about these bookmarks is this -- because of financial constraints I was determined to design them myself, and they aren't bad at all (they are much prettier when you see the actual bookmark.) All I had to use to help me design them was Microsoft paint - yeah, the kind everyone has on their PC. So I guess this proves you don't have to be tech saavy to do this, or have a fancy design program, you just have to be determined to figure it out.

Do you like helping promote other authors books? When was the last time you got something for free? I have some really nice bookmarks to share with anyone who wants them. If you are interested in getting some to pass out to friends and people at your church let me know by writing me at michelle@michellesutton.net and I'll send you a little stack of them. :)

Only 7 days 'til Sand in My Eyes: Great Beach Bag Giveaway!

 
Between today and July 1 when Sand in my Eyes releases, Christine is giving away some of the best beach books of summer!

Pre-order Christine Lemmon's new book, Sand in my Eyes, from Amazon now, email your receipt to jclemmon@gmail.com with subject line Beach Bag Giveaway, and you'll be entered to win a beach bag full of 7 fabulous new summer beach reads including Seven Year Switch by Claire Cook, The Island by Elin Hilderbrand, Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner, The One That I Want by Allison Winn Scotch, The Opposite of Me by Sarah Pekkanen, The Nobodies Albumby Carolyn Parkhurst and Thin Rich Pretty by Beth Harbison.
 
Added bonus: Christine is throwing in a sweet pair of women's Oakley sunglasses and a $50 Amazon gift card for even more reading fun.
 
Thanks for your support of Sand in my Eyes!

It's Not abut Me is now available on Kindle for only $4.99!

Have you always wanted to read this book but now you have an Iphone, Ipad, Kindle, Blackberry, or laptop/PC with the Kindle application? Maybe you even have a Kindle. If that describes you check out this smoking deal!

http://www.amazon.com/Its-About-Second-Glances-ebook/dp/B002GP5YLM/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2

Smoking hot deal for pre-orders here! Spread the word...

I'm celebrating the incredible 4 star review for Never Without Hope from Romantic Times. For people who can't wait for the July release date, I'm doing a special offer from now until June 15th only. Free shipping on all orders (directly from me) of Never Without Hope. Plus, I'll autograph the book and toss in a few gorgeous bookmarks. So what are you waiting for? If you get two copies (one to keep and one to share) then it's only $25 and again, free shipping. But only for two weeks, so don't wait too long, or you'll miss out! :)
If interested e-mail me at joyfulhutch[at]msn[dot]com

Edgy Christian Fiction Lovers and Ning - we're here to stay!

Most, if not all, of my Ning groups that I participate in are shutting down when they start charging fees in July. This site will stay up and I anticipate it growing even more. We've got 650 member. None of the members have to pay the fee. Just the person who runs/hosts the site...me. But thanks to some generous people who have found it in their hearts to give (for whom I'll give some advertising space as a thank you) I'm halfway to the amount I need. If I don't get any more I'll still pay the rest. I am THAT invested in you all. Where else can you talk about stuff that most Christian loops will get on your case for bringing up? Where else can you tell people about your work, your self-published book, snag critique partners who won't be offended, and offer marketing support for each other? And we are clearly Christian. No question about that. So, if you haven't joined already and want to do so, click on this link and join. Just know that it sometimes takes me a day to get to approve your membership due to my job and church. Got to keep those weirdos out of our edgy little cyber support system.

Here is the link...    http://edgychristianfictionlovers.ning.com/

Contest to win free books April 14-30th. Let's celebrate!

Desert Breeze is celebrating their 1 year birthday this month and we have a fun contest for everyone to participate in on the blog.

The Contest starts on this Weds, April 14th and will run through Sun, April, 18th.  I'll announce the winner on Monday, April 19th.

Bookmark the Desert Breeze Blog because that's where the contest will be. Here's a link:

http://desertbreezepublishing.blogspot.com

The contest will ask FIVE questions about Desert Breeze books and authors.  Post Your answers to the blog anytime while the contest is OPEN.  You can find the answers on the Desert Breeze Publishing site. (http://www.desertbreezepublishing.com)

You have to get all FIVE questions right to get your name put in the "hat."  I'll draw a name out of a hat to be the prize winner.

The Prize:

A set of autographed postcards

A gift certificate to the Desert Breeze store

A mousepad of a Desert Breeze Cover of your choice

Magnets of "Be Mused" and "The Hungarian."

Remember the contest starts on Weds, 14 APRIL at the DB Blog.

It's Not About Him is #19 right on now of YA fiction on Amazon!

This is a first for me (to be this high on the list.) So if you plan to order a copy of my book PLEASE do it today. It'll keep me on the list a little while longer. I've moved up almost 20 spots since yesterday. We can do it!!! When I get back tonight from Phoenix (late) I'll check and see if it's moved. Love y'all!

Oh, and if you order a copy today let me know by emailing me at michelle@michellesutton.net and I will send you a couple of free bookmarks!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/17506/ref=pd_ts_pg_1?ie=UTF8&pg=1

You can now pre-order "It's Not About Him" at CBD

This is great, don't you think? Feel free to reserve a copy for yourself. I don't think they bill you until September. :)


Pre-order It's Not About Him HERE!


And if you want to tickle my fancy then write me or comment to let me know that you did. I could send you some free book marks to give away when they are done. :)

This could be your week to win something special!

What is that special item? You guessed right. It's a copy of my book. I know we all think our books are special. I kinda like mine. :) Anyway, I am looking for some new promotion ideas. I need to know if you have a private school library or church library that might benefit from a copy of my book. Or how about a youth group or a book club? If you have some effective way to help me keep getting the word out about my book I'll send you an autographed copy for yourself, or if you already have a copy I will send you one to share with a friend. The important thing is to write me with a great idea. The best ideas will all win a promo copy, unless I have so many I have to pare it down. In that case I'd put the best in a bowl and randomly pick a few. So don't be shy people. . . write me at joyfulhutch[at]msn[dot]com and tell me your idea privately to get a chance to win. You can post here that you are interested but that won't get you in the contest. Sending me your brief proposal (on how you can help me keep spreading the word) is how to get your name in to win a copy. I know there are a bizillion giveaways out there, but this one is special to me, so purty please, tell me what you can do and my book could be yours soon.

To find out more about my book or to read over 50 reviews, click on this LINK

Yay! My book is now available on CBD!

Before I started writing books I used to order all of my books from the CBD catalog. I loved scouring through the fiction catalogs when I got them in the mail. So seeing my book up there is a special treat! I am so excited! And the best part is their price is cheaper than both Amazon and Barnes and Noble. I'd love it if you would tell people who want to order it that it's now available on CBD. I want to sell out of the stock they have ASAP so they have to order more. Thanks! And here is my proof!

Click on this link to see my book!

Screenwriters...For a limited time only.

Printed with permission from Carole.

Tell your readers on all your websites that for a limited time, I am offering a free e-book of my screenplay September Dawn and the actual shooting schedule for the movie with the purchase of my book. Just have them e-mail me their shipping receipt or bookstore receipt through my website http://www.cwschutter.com and I will email them the screenplay. In any case, my offer is great for anyone who wants to try to write screenplays.

God Bless,

Carole Whang Schutter.