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Showing Off The (Portland) House

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As part of my book promotion, I run a giveaway contest that encourages people to send me photos of themselves with my book,  The Portland House . I had a lot of fun with the same contest for Dirty Shirt , so thought I would do it again with this book. The prize for a couple of randomly drawn winners is a signed copy of the book. Social media has made people much more willing to share photos of themselves, so doing it with the prospect of maybe winning something garnered some creative photos. A House on the Beach Quite possibly the most creative one was by Jody Morris, who owns a goat farm in Upstate New York. She showed that goats are more intelligent than we give credit for. Here's one of her goat pictures. Then, there were a fair number of people posting pictures from warm places. Florida, California and Mexico were a few of the favorites. As hard as it was to know that they were somewhere I wanted to be, it was still great to see that they were reading my book on...

Gift Ideas and a Giveaway

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Gift Ideas and an eBook Giveaway Unfortunately, it's that time of year for shameless self promotion. Below are all of the books that feature my writing in one spot for the readers on your Christmas lists. Click the links to purchase them in time for Christmas. For putting up with this shameful blog post and to help me celebrate a great year in writing, I am hosting an eBook giveaway! The prizes are eBooks of: Memories from Maple Street, USA: The Best Christmas Ever   (1 eBook) and Memories from Maple Street, USA: Leaving Childhood Behind   (1 eBook) Here's how it works. To enter the drawing, you just need to: 1. Like this post on Facebook (Earns one entry) or, 2. Share this post on Facebook (Earns two entries) or, 3. Like my Author page (Earns one entry) (New followers only) or, 4. All three of the above. (Entries are cumulative) Then, on Saturday, December 5th, I'll draw two winners and send them the information on how to get their free eBook...