Hope Tour: St. Louis

The Hope Tour 2012 Kickstarter campaign is now full swing! Be sure to drop by our page, make a pledge, and get involved!


For the next 30 days, we're going to feature many of the towns on our tour. We're giving away a fun Hope Tour Gift Basket, so be sure to answer our questions for your chance to win!

When we leave Kentucky, we'll head to St. Louis. I'm excited about this town for several reasons and one of those is personal. My best friend in high school now lives in St. Louis, and she is one of our publishing company's biggest fans. She's already making plans to introduce our books to a special group in her town - the Scooter Club! I keep up with these fun people on Facebook, and this stop will prove to be one of the most exciting, I'm sure!

While we're there, we'll also be meeting with local author Diana Lesire Brandmeyer. Now I just have to find out if she rides a scooter!

Now we need to hear from St. Louis residents. Leave your answers in the comments below for a chance to win a special Hope Tour gift basket.

1) Who is your favorite local author and what does he/she write?

2) What ONE restaurant would you recommend for our Best Bites on Tour book? Remember, we don't want fancy-schmancy - just good food and hopefully a fun atmosphere, too. Be sure to tell us what kind of food it is, too.

3) What's ONE thing in your town we should not miss when we get there? This can be something touristy, or something off the beaten path - but something that represents your town like nothing else. If we took photos there, folks would know it could only be from your town.

4) Name THREE fun facts about your town. We may use these in a later post, but it will also help us get acquainted with your area.

5) BONUS QUESTION - Are you a scooter rider?

Leave your answers in the comments below, and be sure to provide us with your e-mail address so we can contact you if you're a winner.

Be sure to stay tuned for events planned in your area.

Thanks for your help.

Check the Kickstarter page for all the different reward levels and pledge your support! We could hold a party in your honor (S'mores, pizza, or wienie roast, anyone?) If we make our goal, Kickstarter collects the money and we go on tour. If we don't make our goal, you won't lose a penny! 

Hope Tour: Lexington, KY

The Hope Tour 2012 Kickstarter campaign is now full swing! Be sure to drop by our page, make a pledge, and get involved!


For the next 30 days, we're going to feature many of the towns on our tour. We're giving away a fun Hope Tour Gift Basket, so be sure to answer our questions for your chance to win!

From Rockville, we begin our trek west, with our first stop in Lexington, KY. Some of the authors we'll meet and greet while we're in the area include Lynn Mosher, Rose McCauley, and editor Marilyn Anderson.

Now, we need to hear from Lexington residents. Leave your answers in the comments below for a chance to win a special Hope Tour gift basket.

1) Who is your favorite local author and what does he/she write?

2) What ONE restaurant would you recommend for our Best Bites on Tour book? Remember, we don't want fancy-schmancy - just good food and hopefully a fun atmosphere, too. Be sure to tell us what kind of food it is, too.

3) What's ONE thing in your town we should not miss when we get there? This can be something touristy, or something off the beaten path - but something that represents your town like nothing else. If we took photos there, folks would know it could only be from your town.

4) Name THREE fun facts about your town. We may use these in a later post, but it will also help us get acquainted with your area.

Leave your answers in the comments below, and be sure to provide us with your e-mail address so we can contact you if you're a winner.

Be sure to stay tuned for events planned in your area.

Thanks for your help.

Check the Kickstarter page for all the different reward levels and pledge your support! We could hold a party in your honor (S'mores, pizza, or wienie roast, anyone?) If we make our goal, Kickstarter collects the money and we go on tour. If we don't make our goal, you won't lose a penny! 

Hope Tour: Rockville

The Hope Tour 2012 Kickstarter campaign is now full swing! Be sure to drop by our page and get involved!


For the next 30 days, we're going to feature the towns on our tour. We're giving away a fun Hope Tour Gift Basket, so be sure to answer our questions for your chance to win!

After Virginia Beach, we'll head to Rockville, Maryland.

In Rockville, we'll meet with one of our sponsors: award-winning, best-selling author Melissa Foster!

Melissa founded World Literary Cafe and spends much of her non-writing time promoting other authors. She has built an incredible platform that helps thousands of writers all over the world.

Now, we need to hear from Rockville residents. Leave your answers in the comments below for a chance to win a special Hope Tour gift basket.

1) Who is your favorite local author and what does he/she write?

2) What ONE restaurant would you recommend for our Best Bites on Tour book? Remember, we don't want fancy-schmancy - just good food and hopefully a fun atmosphere, too. Be sure to tell us what kind of food it is, too.

3) What's ONE thing in your town we should not miss when we get there? This can be something touristy, or something off the beaten path - but something that represents your town like nothing else. If we took photos there, folks would know it could only be from your town.

4) Name THREE fun facts about your town. We may use these in a later post, but it will also help us get acquainted with your area.

Leave your answers in the comments below, and be sure to provide us with your e-mail address so we can contact you if you're a winner.

Be sure to stay tuned for events planned in your area.

Thanks for your help.

Check the Kickstarter page for all the different reward levels and pledge your support! We could hold a party in your honor (S'mores, pizza, or wienie roast, anyone?) If we make our goal, Kickstarter collects the money and we go on tour. If we don't make our goal, you won't lose a penny! 

Hope Tour: Virginia Beach

The Hope Tour 2012 Kickstarter campaign is now full swing! Be sure to drop by our page and get involved!


For the next 30 days, we're going to feature the towns on our tour. We're giving away a fun Hope Tour Gift Basket, so be sure to answer our questions for your chance to win!

From Concord, our next stop is Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Here, we'll be dropping in at my campus, Regent University, and meeting with some of my professors and classmates. We'll also possibly be meeting with some writers who may eventually be sharing their stories with us, so stay tuned for updates!

Now, we need to hear from Virginia Beach residents. Leave your answers in the comments below for a chance to win a special Hope Tour gift basket.

1) Who is your favorite local author and what does he/she write?

2) What ONE restaurant would you recommend for our Best Bites on Tour book? Remember, we don't want fancy-schmancy - just good food and hopefully a fun atmosphere, too. Be sure to tell us what kind of food it is, too.

3) What's ONE thing in your town we should not miss when we get there? This can be something touristy, or something off the beaten path - but something that represents your town like nothing else. If we took photos there, folks would know it could only be from your town.

4) Name THREE fun facts about your town. We may use these in a later post, but it will also help us get acquainted with your area.

Leave your answers in the comments below, and be sure to provide us with your e-mail address so we can contact you if you're a winner.

Be sure to stay tuned for events planned in your area.

Thanks for your help.

Check the Kickstarter page for all the different reward levels and pledge your support! We could hold a party in your honor (S'mores, pizza, or wienie roast, anyone?) If we make our goal, Kickstarter collects the money and we go on tour. If we don't make our goal, you won't lose a penny! 

Hope Tour: Concord, NC

The Hope Tour 2012 Kickstarter campaign is now full swing! Be sure to drop by our page and get involved!


For the next 30 days, we're going to feature the towns on our tour. We're giving away a fun Hope Tour Gift Basket, so be sure to answer our questions for your chance to win!


From Wilmington, we'll head inland to Concord, NC.


One of our own Write Integrity authors lives in Concord: Jennifer Fromke. We're so excited about Jennifer's news - her debut novel officially releases March 23rd, but as of Friday, it's now available on Kindle and Nook! A Familiar Shore is a beautiful women's fiction you don't want to miss!

Here's the back cover blurb:

Meg Marks is a young lawyer raised off the coast of the Carolinas. An anonymous client hires her to arrange his will, and sends her to meet his estranged family at their lake home in northern Michigan. After a shocking discovery, she finds herself caught between his suspicious family and a deathbed promise her conscience demands that she keep. Will she sacrifice her own dreams for revenge? Or will she seek something more? 

Now, we need to hear from Concord residents. Leave your answers in the comments below for a chance to win a special Hope Tour gift basket.

1) Who is your favorite local author (in addition to Jennifer - if she's not your favorite author, she soon will be!) and what does he/she write?

Courtesy of Historic Downtown Concord

2) What ONE restaurant would you recommend for our Best Bites on Tour book? Remember, we don't want fancy-schmancy - just good food and hopefully a fun atmosphere, too. Be sure to tell us what kind of food it is, too.

3) What's ONE thing in your town we should not miss when we get there? This can be something touristy, or something off the beaten path - but something that represents your town like nothing else. If we took photos there, folks would know it could only be from your town.

4) Name THREE fun facts about your town. We may use these in a later post, but it will also help us get acquainted with your area.

Leave your answers in the comments below, and be sure to provide us with your e-mail address so we can contact you if you're a winner.

Be sure to stay tuned for events planned in your area.

Thanks for your help.

Check the Kickstarter page for all the different reward levels and pledge your support! We could hold a party in your honor (S'mores, pizza, or wienie roast, anyone?) If we make our goal, Kickstarter collects the money and we go on tour. If we don't make our goal, you won't lose a penny! 

Hope Tour: Wilmington, NC

The Hope Tour 2012 Kickstarter campaign is now full swing! Be sure to drop by our page and get involved!


For the next 30 days, we're going to feature the towns on our tour. We're giving away a fun Hope Tour Gift Basket, so be sure to answer our questions for your chance to win!


From Myrtle Beach, we'll travel to Wilmington, NC.

One of our own Write Integrity authors lives in this area: Ann Knowles.

Now, we need to hear from Wilmington residents. Leave your answers in the comments below for a chance to win a special Hope Tour gift basket.

1) Who is your favorite local author, and what does he/she write?

2) What ONE restaurant would you recommend for our Best Bites on Tour book? Remember, we don't want fancy-schmancy - just good food and hopefully a fun atmosphere, too. Be sure to tell us what kind of food it is, too.

3) What's ONE thing in your town we should not miss when we get there? This can be something touristy, or something off the beaten path - but something that represents your town like nothing else. If we took photos there, folks would know it could only be from your town.

4) Name THREE fun facts about your town. We may use these in a later post, but it will also help us get acquainted with your area.

Leave your answers in the comments below, and be sure to provide us with your e-mail address so we can contact you if you're a winner.

Be sure to stay tuned for events planned in your area.

Thanks for your help.

Check the Kickstarter page for all the different reward levels and pledge your support! We could hold a party in your honor (S'mores, pizza, or wienie roast, anyone?) If we make our goal, Kickstarter collects the money and we go on tour. If we don't make our goal, you won't lose a penny! 

Hope Tour: Myrtle Beach

The Hope Tour 2012 Kickstarter campaign is now full swing! Be sure to drop by our page and get involved!


For the next 30 days, we're going to feature the towns on our tour. We're giving away a fun Hope Tour Gift Basket, so be sure to answer our questions for your chance to win!


From Charleston, we'll head to Myrtle Beach, SC.

One of our own Pix-N-Pens authors lives in this area: Phee Paradise.

Now, we need to hear from Myrtle Beach residents. Leave your answers in the comments below for a chance to win a special Hope Tour gift basket.

1) Who is your favorite local author, and what does he/she write?

2) What ONE restaurant would you recommend for our Best Bites on Tour book? Remember, we don't want fancy-schmancy - just good food and hopefully a fun atmosphere, too. Be sure to tell us what kind of food it is, too.

3) What's ONE thing in your town we should not miss when we get there? This can be something touristy, or something off the beaten path - but something that represents your town like nothing else. If we took photos there, folks would know it could only be from your town.

4) Name THREE fun facts about your town. We may use these in a later post, but it will also help us get acquainted with your area.

Leave your answers in the comments below, and be sure to provide us with your e-mail address so we can contact you if you're a winner.

Be sure to stay tuned for events planned in your area.


Check the Kickstarter page for all the different reward levels and pledge your support! We could hold a party in your honor (S'mores, pizza, or wienie roast, anyone?) If we make our goal, Kickstarter collects the money and we go on tour. If we don't make our goal, you won't lose a penny!

Hope Tour: Charleston

The Hope Tour 2012 Kickstarter campaign is now LIVE! Be sure to drop by our page and get involved!


For the next 30 days, we're going to feature the towns on our tour. We're giving away a fun Hope Tour Gift Basket, so be sure to answer our questions for your chance to win!

After we leave our home state of Georgia, the first stop on tour will be Charleston, SC.

Two authors from the Charleston area that we'll touch base with on tour include:

Charles J. Williams, Jr. and Shannon D. McNear.


Now, we need to hear from Charleston residents. Leave your answers in the comments below for a chance to win a special Hope Tour gift basket.

1) Who is your favorite local author, and what does he/she write?

2) What ONE restaurant would you recommend for our Best Bites on Tour book? Remember, we don't want fancy-schmancy - just good food and hopefully a fun atmosphere, too.

3) What's ONE thing in your town we should not miss when we get there? This can be something touristy, or something off the beaten path - but something that represents your town like nothing else. If we took photos there, folks would know it could only be from your town.

4) Name THREE fun facts about your town. We may use these in a later post, but it will also help us get acquainted with your area.

Leave your answers in the comments below, and be sure to provide us with your e-mail address so we can contact you if you're a winner.

Be sure to stay tuned for events planned in your area.

Thanks for your help.

We're Going on Tour!

Write Integrity Press is planning a summer book tour - Hope Tour 2012!

But we need your help!

Watch the video, then drop by our Kickstarter page to participate. We're going to post daily about the towns on our tour, and ask for your recommendations and input as far as food, fun facts, and one MUST SEE from your town, so stay tuned - and plan to leave some comments to help us make the most of this trip!

I hope we'll see YOU out on the road in a few short weeks!

A Familiar Shore ... Coming March 23rd

Coming Soon...

A Familiar Shore by Jennifer Fromke

Meg Marks is a young lawyer raised off the coast of the Carolinas. An anonymous client hires her to arrange his will, and sends her to meet his estranged family at their lake home in northern Michigan. After a shocking discovery, she finds herself caught between his suspicious family and a deathbed promise her conscience demands that she keep. Will she sacrifice her own dreams for revenge, or will she forgive and leave the door open for possible happiness?

Call for Submissions: Three Anthologies

We are currently seeking submissions for the following:

Life Lessons from MOMS
To be released May 2012


Life Lessons from DADS
To be released June 2012


Life Lessons from TEACHERS
To be released August 2012

We learn about life from many different sources, and WIP wants to honor and recognize folks who've taught us through the years. The Life Lessons series continues with three more books this year, and we'd love to read your stories.

Submit your 1000-word or less story by e-mail - attached to the e-mail as a Word document - by March 30th, 2012. You may include one photo per entry that may or may not be used as a black & white image within the book. Please attach photo as a jpeg image. 


Please put Life Lessons, along with the specific book you're submitting to (Moms, Dads, or Teachers), in the subject line of the e-mail. 


You may submit one story per book. 

Contributors will receive a $25 payment for their story, a complimentary copy of the book, a byline, and bio included at the back of the book.

We are currently planning some fun events for this summer, to include many of our authors. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter (in the sidebar) so you'll be in on all the announcements!

We may even award some contracts during these fun events - for manuscripts submitted to our HOPE series!

Hope for the Hopeless - Call for Submissions

Welcome back and Happy New Year!

During the holidays, I had an unusual experience that changed me. Normally, I'm a homebody, but during December, I was out with the masses, meeting and greeting people face-to-face, hours at a time. Looking into all of those precious faces, I noticed something alarming - too many of the faces looking back at me seemed to have no hope. In hundreds of eyes, I saw pain, sorrow, tears, shame - hopelessness.

Admittedly, 2011 was a hard year for many of us, myself included. But even in the midst of all the trials, I never lost my Hope, because I know Who my Hope really is, and the true source of that deep abiding ever-flowing Hope.

I know I'm not the only one who knows that Hope, and I want to do something about it.

Write Integrity Press and Pix-N-Pens Publishing are seeking submissions for an entire line of books with a common theme - HOPE. If you have a book manuscript completed, or almost ready, that offers HOPE to a hopeless world, we want to hear from you. Fiction and nonfiction are welcome and encouraged - we're hoping to offer a good variety because we realize that not everyone can be reached in the same way.

It's time to let our lights shine. We should "Always be ready to answer everyone who asks you to explain about the hope you have" (1 Peter 3:15 NCV). Come, let us help you share your own message of hope to this hopeless world. Your words may make all the difference to someone.

Please follow our regular guidelines to submit your manuscript. Be sure to put HOPE for the Hopeless: Submission in the Subject line to route you in the right direction.

Merry Christmas!

WIP Launches 99-Hour 99-Cent E-book Sale!

At 9 a.m. this morning, Write Integrity Press launches their first "99-Hour, 99-Cent E-book Sale." To celebrate the event, we've invited the nine participating authors to share their "God Moments" with us over at Tracy Ruckman's blog during the 99 hours (from 9 a.m. today until 12 Noon on Tuesday, December 6th.)

The stories are quite special, so we hope you'll pop in and read them all!

Also, in case you haven't heard, Write Integrity Press is having a contest, giving away e-books for life! Any relevant comments left here, or on Tracy's blog anytime November 30-December 23 will receive one entry AND, for every purchase you make during our 99-Hour 99-Cent sale, you'll get an extra entry. Just leave a comment telling us which books you purchased, and we'll add an entry for each one.

One name will be drawn as winner on December 24th. The prize includes one digital copy of all books previously published by WIP, and digital copies of EVERY book we publish in the future - for life! You can read more details here.

Oh - and be sure to check out Naty Matos' informative post about how to give e-books for Christmas gifts! (And how to get them Kindlegraphed!)

Books for Christmas: Elizabeth Byler Younts

We've had such fun with a theme during the month of November, we decided to o another one for December. To kick it off, we're actually starting a day early, with a post by Elizabeth Byler Younts.

And don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win e-books for life!

A Bookish Christmas

by Elizabeth Byler Younts

Don'tcha just LOVE writing your Christmas list and adding your looooong list of books that you’re dying to read? Have you ever gone so far and provided links to where they can be purchased for the best price? Not that I would EVER do that. {clears throat}

Well, as much as I love getting books for Christmas, I love giving them. It’s always a tough choice on WHICH one to give when there are so many amazing books out there. What I’ve done lately is pick something that I read previous year.

Last year I sent my sister-in-law the first book in Allison Pittman’s Sister Wife series, For Time & Eternity. It was my favorite read last year and I couldn’t wait to give her the chance to enjoy it.

My other sister-in-law likes more action-oriented books so I gifted her a DiAnn Mills book , the 2^nd installment in her Call of Duty series Sworn to Protect. I’d given her book 1 the year before.

I always have books on my list and a few years back I asked for The Hiding Place by Corrie Tenboom and while I ended up listening to it audio when it was offered free, that has recently become a favorite of mine. I have listened to it twice this year and just love her story that displays such faithfulness from the Lord.

If you aren’t sure what books to pick up for the avid reader in your family here’s a list of some of the books I’ve read this year that I would definitely give as gifts!

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Book Theif by Markus Zusak

Lilies in Moonlight by Allison Pittman

Forsaking All Others by Allison Pittman

A Woman’s Place by Lynn Austin

Love’s Pursuit by Siri Mitchell

While We Were Far Apart by Lynn Austin

Circle Series by Ted Dekker

Beside Still Waters by Tricia Goyer

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Byler Younts is the author of Seasons: A Real Story of an Amish Girl, written about her Amish grandmother’s girlhood through the Great Depression. She is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers. She is an Air Force Officer’s wife with two young daughters and makes her home wherever her family is stationed. You can find her at her website http://www.elizabethbyleryounts.com.


Learn how to gift e-books here.

CyberMonday: Gifting E-books

Books for Christmas Presents: Paper or Plastic?

by Naty Matos

Technology is moving so fast that even I, the gadget junkie, am falling behind. As I was working on publishing my first book Growth Lessons, I started to wonder the same thing any new author asks themselves, how do I make my book available to most people? I posted the question on my Facebook page wondering what would be more attractive to customers these days; a paper book or an e-book? Of course the answer was that there was market for both formats, but the truth behind my question was that I was the one resistant to the change from paper to electronic.

After seeing the enthusiasm for e-books I downloaded the Kindle application to my phone and found me a book to read. Not only I was fascinated with the fact that I was at the doctor’s office reading my book without adding any more weight to my already packed purse, but that it was actually fun to read from an electronic device. It truly didn’t take as much out of the experience as I thought.

Can E-books be gifted?

I went back to Facebook to consult my friends. Wait a minute there is a disadvantage to this thing. I give books to friends and family all the time and now I won’t be able. Once again I was wrong. Amazon has a way to gift e-books. You would simply need to choose the “Give as a Gift” option for any book in the Kindle Store, and then send the gift to anyone with an email address.

Here are the instructions on how to do this on Amazon.

Now sitting on the customer side I thought, what a wonderful idea! E-books are far less expensive than paper books. I’ll use Growth Lesson’s for example. Let’s say you read my book, loved it and thought ten of your friends should read this book.

If you bought the paperback, at $9.99 each, that’s $100 and I didn’t add shipping. I wouldn’t complaint about your purchase, but your pocket might. However, let’s use the same book, which will be on sale for 99 cents from today and throughout the whole month of December. You can now buy the book for the same ten friends for just $10 and no shipping costs. You can even buy 2-3 different books for each person in your gift list.

What about autographed books?

I still wasn’t satisfied in my battle between paper vs. electronic and came up with another reason why maybe paper was better. Well, I can’t get my book autographed by the author if it’s an e-book. Once again I was wrong. Actually you have a better chance to have an e-book personally autographed by the author than with a paper book. For the paper book you have to find out where the author will be hosting the book signing, stand in line and if the author never makes it to your city, it just may not happen. There’s this fabulous website called “Kindlegraph”  if the e-book is registered on Kindlegraph all you have to do is submit a request and the author will personally sign it for you, absolutely free! (Editor's Note: Naty's and Tracy's books are available on Kindlegraph, so be sure to look for them when you explore the site! They'd love to autograph a book or two for you!)

Yes, personally. It is not an automated signature that goes into each request. The author will be signing with their own hand and mouse (instead of pen) each request. You do need a twitter account to enter the request, but if you do not use twitter, you can make up the account just for this purpose, it’s free and who knows, it may get you tweeting!

So as this Christmas season approaches, and with our budgets a little tighter this year, think of gifting an e-book. Don’t worry if the person doesn’t have a Kindle reader per se. Remember that the Kindle app is free for anyone with an IPad, IPhones, Android phones, Blackberry and both Mac and PC’s.

Before you leave, one more question; what if the person who I’m trying to give an e-book doesn’t have a kindle or rather have books for other formats?

I have good and not so good news. The technology is so new that at this moment Amazon is the only provider that allows direct e-book gifting. But, the other formats like Barnes & Nobles (Nook), Smashwords, Sony, Apple (iTunes) and others have gift card options. You can buy a gift card for the person and let them know the title of the book you intended to get for them, that way they can choose the format that is convenient for them and still get that wonderful inspiring book that you wanted to share.

Let’s give the gift of reading uplifting books this Christmas season.

Merry Christmas!

About Naty Matos:

Naty Matos was born in the city of New York, from Puerto Rican descendant parents. She grew up in the beautiful Island of Puerto Rico and now lives in the city of Atlanta.

She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Clinical Psychology with a Minor in Mass Media Communications and a Master's Degree in Mental Health Counseling.

Naty writes Christian fiction and non-fiction. She’s the author of the live changing devotional Growth Lessons. She maintains a blog on Christian Living Topics at www.therisingmuse.com.

Growth Lessons on Amazon.
Growth Lessons Kindlegraph.

Naty Matos on Twitter @natycmatos

Naty Matos on Facebook.

Win Free E-Books for Life!

Write Integrity Press wants to celebrate! We're sponsoring our first 99-Hour, 99-Cent E-book sale December 2nd-6th, and to help kick that off, we're giving away a fun prize package!

Win free e-books for life! One winner will be chosen to receive a digital copy of every e-book WIP publishes - including all our previous books, and all our future ones - for LIFE! We publish 10-15 titles per year, so your library will grow quickly!

You can enter several ways:

For each e-book purchased during the 99-Hour/99-Cent sale, you'll receive one entry.

Every time you make a relevant comment on any blog posts appearing November 28-December 23, 2011, you'll receive one entry. The comments must be relevant to that post - any comment that just says "Great post" or "please enter me in the contest" will not earn an entry.

Any time you share one of our blog posts on Facebook, Twitter, or mention the contest or one of our posts on your own blog, you get an entry!

The winner will be notified December 24th by e-mail. If you're chosen as the winner, you'll have 30 days to claim your prize, so don't worry if you won't be around the computer during the holidays.



The fine print: The winner will be given a coupon code for one digital copy of every book that Write Integrity has published and for each book published in the future. The winner must provide a valid e-mail address for the coupon code to be delivered. The prize is not redeemable for cash. The prize can be transferred as a gift if the winner wishes. WIP is not responsible for invalid e-mail addresses provided by the participants. The prize package is valid the duration of WIP.

Fundraiser and Raffle - You Could Win

Several years ago, I made the acquaintance of author Sandi Rog. Sandi is now in a fight for her life, and we want to help her - but we need your help too. As Alison Strobel Morrow put it:

Imagine you're a mom of four, living with MS, still readjusting to life in the states after years spent abroad, and finally seeing a dream come true. The book you've researched for years and poured your soul into is finally, today, being released into the world. After all the struggles of moving, of helping children acclimate, of learning a new city, of juggling motherhood and family and writing, you get to celebrate the realization of a dream.

And on that same day, your doctor tells you to come in right away--you you have stage 4 T-cell lymphoma, possibly caused by the medication you've been taking for MS.

This is what happened to Sandi Rog on November 1, 2010. For the last year, Sandi has endured chemo, radiation, and a bone marrow transplant, with the hope of destroying this aggressive cancer. And then, just a few weeks before the release of her second book, new tumors were discovered near her spine that show the cancer has not succumbed the way we had all hoped.

So now, in the face of the holiday season, the Rog family finds themselves settling in for another year of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual battle as Sandi faces more treatments--one of which holds much promise but is not covered by insurance. As you can imagine, the financial cost of fighting cancer can be overwhelming, and that's why we're hosting this fundraiser.

The fundraiser raffle begins today. You can read about the fundraiser at the GiveForward.com website, and read this post to see how the raffle works.

Then, check this blog often for a list of all the prizes. Here's a list of packages that are being offered. There are books, gifts, games, services, and much more! So please pop over and participate! And please, help spread the word about the raffle and fundraiser. 

One of the prizes is a Game Basket put together by Write Integrity authors Amy Barkman, Debbie Roome, and Tracy Ruckman. Be sure to check it out!

Life Lessons from Grandparents: A Trip Down Memory Lane

Life Lessons from Grandparents: A Trip Down Memory Lane now available in print and digital versions.

Amazon

Kindle

Nook

Smashwords