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I am finishing up Stacy Henrie's debut Lady Outlaw ! The first things that drew me to this story were the cover and the premise. Stacy created a heroine who steals from thieves in order to make her ranch payments. But then along comes this handsome stranger in need of a job (read our Hero) and the heroine begins reconsidering how she supplements her living, especially when she finds out about the Hero's past. His gentle ways and faith in God affect her too. So far I'm enjoying the story. The premise is unique and I love that the heroine is so completely imperfect. I find internal sins a lot in Christian books (attitude, pride, etc) but rarely do I see such blatant external wrongdoing. It's a nice change and makes for a strong character arc. Stacy is a good writer and I'm looking forward to reading more of her books! Hopefully the covers will be as awesome too! Today Stacy is graciously offering a signed copy of her book. Leave a comment to be entered in the giv...

Currently I'm reading Lady Outlaw , which I'll be reviewing on Wednesday. What are you reading?

I'm so excited to announce the release of Cheryl Linn Martin's debut middle grade mystery series, The Hawaiian Island Detective club! Any kids who like mysteries in exotic settings are going to love this series. The first book is Pineapples In Peril . Cheryl's writing is crisp and suspenseful. Her characters are loveable. Leilani is the Nancy Drew of the series. She has a thirst to solve mysteries and lets nothing stop her, not even her pestering little brother, Kimo. I'm looking forward to reading all the books in Cheryl's series! You can find Cheryl at her website , her blog , Facebook and Twitter . Do you write or read Middle Grade fiction? Have any questions for Cheryl?

I learned a cool little trick the other day. I'm on a self-pub loop mostly for information's sake. Times are changing and it's good for authors to be aware of what's going on, what works, what doesn't work, etc. Writing for publication isn't just an art, but a business. Anyway, I found out Amazon likes to match prices, so when my book Love On The Range went on sale at Harlequin for $3.45, guess what I did? *grin* I told Amazon! And sure enough, about a week later, my Amazon price started dropping lower and lower. It was a fun experiment and good to know for the future. Have you learned any cool tidbits recently? Oh, and on Wednesday I'll be hosting my fabulous critique partner Cheryl Linn Martin . She's a middle grade writer whose first series is fixing to release. If you love Nancy Drew and have kids who like mysteries, Pineapples in Peril is for them!

Woohooo, the giveaway has ended and there are goodies to dispense! Godiva Winners: K. Victoria Chase Karen Lange B&N Gift Card Winner: Nick Wilford Sweet Caroline and Sweet Baklava Winner: Sandra Orchard Send your snail mail addys to me at jessica_nelson7590 AT yahoo DOT com and I'll get these out to you. :-) Thank you for participating!! Happy Labor Day!

Summer is almost over! Even though autumn is my favorite season, I'm sad because I'm going to have to start getting up early (I know, I know, don't throw a book at me!) So since I don't have anything new coming out yet, I thought it might be a good idea to have some kind of contest. I've never done the twitter/fb/post type of contest but I think it might be fun. Heeheee, especially since there's chocolate involved. So here are the deets (that's for you, Lindsay !): 1. If you want to be entered once to win a prize, let me know in the comment section. 2. Mention Love On The Range on Facebook OR Twitter, let me know in the comments, and you get two entries. 3. Mention Love On The Range on BOTH Facebook and twitter, let me know in the comments, and you get three entries. 4. If you have another cool promotional action that I don't know about, let me know in the comments. If it's combined with FB/Twitter, then that's four entries. :-) If...

First, congrats to the lovely Susan who won Katie Ganshert's Wildflowers From Winter ! I'll be contacting you to get your addy. :) Now for some news: Lady Scribes and author Lily George are interviewing me today. I'll be giving away a copy of my debut. :-) I read all your comments and think Monday sounds like a good day to blog, so I'll be changing things on that front. Also, I'm planning a completely rocking End of Summer contest to promote my book Love On The Range (which isn't available in physical stores but is still available online). There will be big prizes involved, including Godiva , books, gift cards and maybe some author critiques? I've never done a contest like this that will involve tweeting and stuff, but I've seen other writers do it and it seems to work for them? So I'll announce the deets next Monday and go from there. Summer is going by way too fast. My eight year old just told me the other day that he thinks this summer...