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February 4, 2011 · 8:15 AM

I’ll be Blogging on Coffee Time on Monday

Join me on Monday over on Coffee Time Romance’s blog for the February Book Brew. As part of their Valentine’s Day celebrations, I’ll be chatting about all things love and romance with readers and authors and giving away one autographed copy of Whirlwind to one lucky commenter. To enter, comment on my posts over on Coffee Time’s blog.

I’ll also be posting a couple of excerpts from Whirlwind, so please stop by and join the fun!

The details:

Coffee Thoughts February Book Brew
http://coffeetimeromance/coffeethoughts

February 7th, 12 Noon to 8pm EST

One commenter on Coffee Time will win an autographed copy of Whirlwind!

Come chat with me! Remember, you must comment on Coffee Time’s blog on Monday to be entered in the giveaway.

Let the Giveaways Begin!

Can you believe it’s February already? Valentine’s Day is a couple weeks away, but romance is already in the air. Roses and candy fill the store shelves, and even here on the internet we’ve broken out the conversation hearts.

Speaking of which…there’s one special candy heart somewhere on my website. Find it, and you can enter to win enough romance to fill your bookshelf in the Lookin’ For Love Web Hunt.

To participate in the web hunt, all you have to do is:

Visit each of the Omnific author’s websites listed below between February 1-14, 2011
Find the “hidden” candy hearts (one per author website with a different saying at each site)
Match the sayings on the candy hearts to the correct author using this form by February 14, 2011

When you correctly identify all of the candy heart sayings, your form will be entered into a random drawing for prizes. Grand prize is the entire eBook collection of Omnific Publishing’s titles then in publication! The runner up will win eBook editions of five Omnific Publishing titles of his or her choice. Ten additional winners will each win an eBook of A Valentine Anthology.

AUTHOR WEBSITES:
Robin DeJarnett
Jennifer DeLucy
Nicki Elson
Jennifer Lane
Jessica McQuinn
Carol Oates
Susan Kaye Quinn
Lisa Sanchez
Sandra Wright

For more information, see the CONTEST RULES

If you don’t want to wait, during its anniversary celebration, Omnific Publishing is offering a special:

More giveaways are coming, so get ready to add all kinds of romance to your (reading) life!

Books with Love Hop

February 14th is coming fast

Can you believe Valentine’s Day is less than a month away?

The holiday commemorating love here in the US doesn’t seem to get quite the attention that Christmas does – I didn’t see a lot of red hearts and cupid decorations in the store two months ago. Maybe I missed them?

Since I’m all about celebrating love and romance, I’ve signed up to give away an autographed copy of Whirlwind through the Books with Love blog hop. Sites all over the blog-o-sphere will be linking together in February with recommendations, giveaways, interviews, and author appearances, all featuring books with love. As part of the festivities, I’ll be appearing as a guest blogger on onceuponatwilight’s blog , and you will be able to enter the giveaway there starting on the first day of the hop, February 14th. Be sure and keep an eye out for the lovely Books with Love logo (up on the right) where ever you go in internet-land until then.

And start dropping hints to your significant other now about flowers and chocolate. Right, dear husband? *wink wink*

Love, Don’t Hate – Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, pictured during the 'I Hav...

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From “Speeches that Changed the World,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

“Nonviolent resistance avoids not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. At the centre of nonviolence stand the principle of love. In struggling for human dignity the oppressed people of the world must not allow themselves to become bitter or indulge in hate campaigns. To retaliate with hate and bitterness would do nothing but intensify the hate in the world. Along the way of life, someone must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate. This can be done only by projecting the ethics of love to the centre of our lives.”

Wishing you love and peace (and a little romance, too),

Robin

Meet an Author Monday Blog hop

Click here for the Author hop

Authors! Have a book out? Are you under contract for publication? Come join the hop.

Don’t forget, the last Monday of the month, Cali Cheer Mom, along with the rest of the participating blogs in the author hop will be talking about, and possibly even sharing a pic of their workspace. Stay tuned!

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January 3, 2011 · 7:32 AM

A Prophetic Start to 2011

Today is the official end of the holiday season at the DeJarnett house. Vacation is over (we had a great trip down to Palm Springs to visit family) and school is now back in session. The holiday decorations will be boxed up this week and sent back into their dark corner in the attic. The parties are over (except for one 🙂 – be sure and check out the Events tab above) and I’m ready to get back into a routine again.

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We ended our time off last night with a round of take-out Chinese food from our favorite restaurant. Now, I don’t know about you, but I always get the fortune cookie that has a droll, generic fortune like “happiness comes to the quiet heart” or “fortune smiles on those with vision.” I never get the “you’ll be rich and famous” fortunes…my husband gets those. At least until last night.

Imagine my surprise when I cracked open my little cookie and read this:

A romantic mystery will soon add interest to your life.

I know, it could mean anything, and I’m not really superstitious, but as I tackle the next installment of Melissa’s Whirlwind affair with Jason, I couldn’t help but laugh. I hope that any “romantic mystery” I encounter will be on the screen of my computer, and will be on its way to your bookshelf this year!

I think we might have Chinese again tonight. Maybe I’ll get some plot advice in my next cookie!

Don’t forget…

…to check out the fabulous authors on the Meet an Author Monday Blog hop! There’s stories, laughs, and some great information to be found, and some great books, too!

Click here for the Author hop

Authors! Have a book out? Are you under contract for publication? Make sure you join in the hop.
This is a great way to network your blog and let readers know who you are!