Winners!!

Happy Saturday, BB fans! Thanks to everyone who participated in our "puzzling" Friday giveaway! Keep all those facebook and Twitter notifications, coming! This week's winner is: Melissa Lemon - After All by Deb Raney! Congratulations, Melissa! Please use the button in the upper right side of this page to email me with your email address. Then, sit back and wait for your book to arrive. Thank you all so much for stopping by The Borrowed...

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Weekly Drawing

It's fun Friday at The Borrowed Book! . To enter: Follow Us! Followers are automatically entered. Or... Leave the time it took you to complete the puzzle in the comments section. Winners will be drawn from ALL of the times, so the person with the fastest time may not be the actual winner, but by leaving your time, you double your chances. Want another entry? Tweet your puzzle time and mention The Borrowed Book, get another entry. RETWEET our...

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Write Right~Phone Call Prices in 1957

An author or history buff can mine a wealth of information from the media of the time period in which they’re interested. I happen to be interested in all time periods, and I collect vintage books, magazines, and newspapers whenever I can. Recently I bought a Woman’s Day magazine from April, 1957—the year and month I was born. (Yes, now our readers know how old I...

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Layering in the Six Senses to Bring Your Story to Life by Deb Raney

One of the final things I do with every first draft before I send it in to my editor is to go through each page to make sure I've layered in the six senses. I believe this one thing enriches the novel more than anything else I do as a writer. I'm (finally) learning to weave more of the senses in as I lay words down for the first time. But even so, that final pass through...

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Book Spotlight: Veil of Pearls

About the Book: "An Epic Romance of the Old South It is 1811, and the prosperous port city of Charleston is bustling with immigrants like Adalia. But she has a secret: her light skin belies that she is part black and a runaway slave from Barbados. She lives in terror that her owner will come looking for her. Instead Morgan, the son of a plantation owner, finds her. He...

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Weekly Drawing

It's fun Friday at The Borrowed Book!. To enter: Follow Us! Followers are automatically entered. Or... Leave the time it took you to complete the puzzle in the comments section. Winners will be drawn from ALL of the times, so the person with the fastest time may not be the actual winner, but by leaving your time, you double your chances. Want another entry? Tweet your puzzle time and mention The Borrowed Book, get another entry. RETWEET our Tweet,...

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A Simple Act of Gratitude

Today I'm taking a rest from author interviews to tell you about a book that I recently read. The title is A Simple Act of Gratitude How Learning to Say Thank You Changed My Life. The author is John Kralik who is now a judge in California, and the message is one that we all should take time to include in our lives. On December 22, 2007, John's life was at a low point....

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Author Karen Witemeyer: Using Fresh Comparisons to Deepen POV

Two-time RITA® Finalist and winner of the coveted HOLT Medallion, CBA bestselling author, Karen Witemeyer, writes historical romance fiction for Bethany House, believing that the world needs more happily-ever-afters. She is an avid cross-stitcher, shower singer, and bakes a mean apple cobbler. Karen makes her home in Abilene, TX with her husband and three...

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Where the Past Meets the Present: Guards! Guards!

Let's rewind the clock to 1989. Any "Discworld"/Terry Pratchett fans out there? That year was the year Guards! Guards! was first published. Now, I may have lost some (or most) of you already, but even if you've never heard of this series, I hope to share some writing advice from my (so far) limited experience with this rather hilarious fantasy book. A dear friend...

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Winners

Happy Saturday, BB fans! Thanks to everyone who participated in our "puzzling" Friday giveaway! Keep all those facebook and Twitter notifications, coming! This week's winner is: Linda Yezak - Submerged by Dani Pettrey! Congratulations, Linda! Please use the button in the upper right side of this page to email me with your email address. Then, sit back and wait for your book to arrive. Thank you all so much for stopping by The Borrowed B...

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Weekly Drawing

It's fun Friday at The Borrowed Book! To enter: Follow Us! Followers are automatically entered. Or... Leave the time it took you to complete the puzzle in the comments section. Winners will be drawn from ALL of the times, so the person with the fastest time may not be the actual winner, but by leaving your time, you double your chances. Want another entry? Tweet your puzzle time and mention The Borrowed Book, get another entry. RETWEET our Tweet,...

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Top 5 Reasons to Join the Romance Writers of America

I joined the Romance Writers of America recently, mostly because my editor asked me to, but also because RWA, as it is affectionately known, is one of the largest, most widely recognized conglomeration of authors and industry professionals in the country. The association represents more than 10,250 members in 145 chapters offering local or special-interest networking and education. Cool, huh? Right away, I realized I'd made a good move by...

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Write Right~Keeping Your Hair in Good Condition in 1888

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Twitter Party: Spyglass Lane Authors

Spyglass Lane Cozy Mystery Authors are having a Twitter Party 6/15, 6-8 pm EST. Lots of free books and gift card giveaways! Meet and interact with cozy mystery authors. Hickey, Cynthia6:00 Sowell, Lynette6:15 Connealy, Mary6:30 Moore, S. Dionne6:45 Prentice, Candice Speare7:00 Sleeman, Susan7:15 Kozar, Linda 7:30 7:45-8:00OPENbr div=""...

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