Unlike basketball, it is not a flagrant foul. It is flagrant self-pormotion for the start of a whole new Love Inspired series "Shepherd's Crossing"...
SHEPHERDS CROSSING MEME HERE. IF I GET ONE MADE!!!
And a whole block of new Westerns that I've written!
SO WE MUST CELEBRATE!!!!!
COFFEE!!!! (done, coffee and tea bar is set up to the left of French doors)
MIMOSAS!!!!! (what exactly is a mimosa???)
HOBNOBBING ON THE PATIO!!!! (do we have a patio?)
LIVE MUSIC!!! (Pandora....)
CAPTAIN JACK FROM OLD SEEKERVILLE DAYS!!!! (Oh, Captain Jack! You rogue!)
AND FOOD, FOOD, FOOD! (now that part I can handle!)
We've gotten a little blase about releases over the past few years. Once we all got published with traditional publishers, we kind of expected releases and forgot to celebrate the absolute amazement of being published authors, of having regular contracts, of being part of the group we worked so hard to join....
How silly of us! With so many folks striving toward that same goal, how frightfully thin of us to treat it like casual news. I'm here to say there is nothing casual about it.... so today we celebrate a new book... a new series... a new setting in western Idaho and a whole new cast of characters.
The Bible tells us to celebrate good times.
The Lord wishes his people joy. That joy, joy, joy, joy down in their hearts.
And celebrating things like this isn't lauding... it's recognizing that we should never take success or opportunity for granted.
It should be worked for and attained... but not casually expected.
So today there is no big writing lesson to be learned. Today there is simply time to have fun. To realize that some rewards take longer than others (yes, I wrote for seven years before I got The Call)... and that with those rewards comes humility and a paycheck.
BOTH ARE GOOD!!!
And the fun of writing westerns and cowboys and cattle, sheep, donkeys, horses, dogs, cats, kittens, puppies, birds.... There is something so refreshing about being part of the land in these stories. And while Shepherds Crossing (the town) needs a fair share of work, the people coming to town-- and staying-- have some great ideas.
I think you'll love book one, a great reunion romance... and book two is a Christmas novella that is packaged with the very most wonderfully engaging and delightful Linda Goodnight. What an absolute joy to work with her!
And following right on the heels of that is "A Cowboy in Shepherd's Crossing" a beautiful story of living a lie.... only the hero didn't know he was living a lie. And when the truth comes to light, there's a lot of reckoning going on. But here's the heart of reckoning on a farm or ranch....
You're too busy to sit around moping.
Way too busy.
So the mopes go away eventually because there's work to be done and there's only so many people to get it done...
We'll have more reasons to celebrate this year, for lots of us, but today, if you're looking for a beach read, or a nighttime read, or an afternoon on the porch read.... Well, shucks, ma'am.
Here it is. LINK TO AMAZON, DARLINGS....
32 Comments on Seekerville: The Journey Continues: Her Cowboy Reunion Release Day!!!
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And he might just be THE HERO IN "A COWBOY IN SHEPHERD'S CROSSING"!!! releasing in mid December, Kavalicious!!!!!! :)
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I am so blessed to have these opportunities, Richard, and that includes hosting nice folks like you in Seekerville!!!!"
Because we've got to celebrate good times! :)
Thank you, Sandy!"
I don't guess you want me to share the Beet Burgers I made for Yankee Belle for tomorrow, eh, Ruthy? Okay, we'll stick with the brownies for tonight."
I sure hope there are some of Kav's brownies left, because. . . chocolate! "
Beets with butter and salt. I love 'em. I can't envision a burger with beets, but I live to be surprised!!!"
WHAT????? :)
Of course the three re-issues help with that, and I'm so glad folks are loving them.
Pass the brownies, darling!"
I made sure to post my review to get your 5 star rating going!
Enjoyed Her Cowboy Reunion thoroughly! And I have been known to eat leftover celebration goodies for breakfast so I hope there are brownies left. If not I'm going to have to dip into those volunteer cookies or maybe a smidge of that Abbott Custard."
Flagrant assumes the information is unwanted! I come to Seekerville to get news of new Seeker releases.
I'll tell you what is FLAGRANT: coming to Seekerville every day and then finding out somewhere else that a Seeker has had a new book out for the last two months and I never heard about it!!!
That's flagrant!
Story to Point
A young saleman tried for a year to get in to see the CEO of an important potential client company. After speaking to the esteemed executive for about two minutes, the CEO spoke up: "Son, are you trying to sell me something?"
"No sir," the young salesman said.
"Then what are you doing in here? What are you a professional visitor?"
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BTW: Usually when you read about cowboys being released they are getting out of the drunk tank. :)
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I hope I never take a new contract or new release for granted! Because in this world, nothing is a given. So pass the chocolate!
Oh, come on, I KNOW it isn't all gone. I KNOW you've got a secret stash. :-)
And it's so good to see Captain Jack again!"
Congratulations Ruthy! What an exciting celebration! If there's any tea left, I'd love some, especially Peach Tea, or an Arnold Palmer! Do ya'll have Arnold Palmers?
On my way to order the book now!
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Thank you, sweet Karen!"