I’m going to be writing and sharing articles about blended families….whether it be foster, step children, mixed marriages, adoptions, etc. Even within the Christian community families and marriages are in need of help. My debut novel, The Other Daughter, deals with the issue of an unexpected blended family and all the varied emotions that can take place. We see a family and marriage almost derailed by the strong emotions and struggles that ensue when an unexpected addition to their family…

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The Fall Bloggy Tour/Give Away has ended and We have a winner!!! I’d love to have you still leave comments….if you do and I get at least 20 next week, I’ll do another drawing, so check back again if you didn’t have a chance to enter, or want to enter again. Otherwise….be sure to check out my book on Amazon. Go to this link, and you can find my book and read the first 7 pages to see if it’s…

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Alert!! I’ve gotten one comment so far with NO tie to a Google or blog account and no email. I MUST be able to contact you if you win. If you’re worried about leaving your email addy and you don’t have a blogger account, email me privately at miralee@gorge.net — Or if I draw your name, you won’t be able to claim your book! Click here to visit the Fall Bloggy Giveaway list! Here’s another Give Away! I’m linking my…

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The names have been drawn!! I’ve been gathering names for a drawing for over a year now on my web site and tonight closed it out. I’d planned on drawing one name, but after getting over 250 entries, decided to draw five instead. Here are the lucky winners …. Tammy Angel Marty VanDiest Lori Marques Tracy Wickett Dorothy Ballard I’ve sent an email to each of the winners….if they don’t respond within 5 days, I’ll be drawing replacements, so watch…

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I’ve posted little snippets from the Generous Wife site before and have another couple of excellent thoughts to share from there. But first…a quick update:Things are going well on my book, but I’d LOVE to get the word out to retail stores a bit more. If you’d like to help promote my book, it would be wonderful if you’d stop by your local Christian bookstore and see if they’re carrying it. If not, ask if they’d consider it? They might…

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Wahoo!!! Five Boxes of Books Showed Up Today! Yes, I ordered 100 besides my author copies, so I’d have plenty for my book signing in two weeks and my book release party the following week end. My books arrived at least three days early and I understand Amazon and CBD have their copies ready to ship. Anyone who’s placed a pre-order will get their book soon and if you haven’t ordered yet, now’s the time! Or…if you have a local…

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Tricia Goyer—Author of My Life Unscripted Man, am I enjoying this book! Tricia wrote it for teens, but there are lessons to be learned in its pages for us all. Here’s an excerpt from chapter two, titled Dialogue—The Way You Talk To Yourself— What do you say when you talk to yourself? No, I’m serious, What do you say? Whether we know it or not, there is a continual dialogue going through our minds. The dialogue occurs in two ways:…

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My Life Unscripted Blog Tour: Life Plotting 101 I hope you’ll join me here on October 16th when we talk about Tricia’s new book for teens. But first, here’s a contest she’d like to share with her readers. Their are two contests: 1. A teen contest2. A Blogger contest 1. The Teen contest: is open to teen girls. Three winners will win a $25 iPod gift certificate. The contest will end November 30, 2007. Here are the details: To enter…

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Wow!!! God is SO Amazing! I wanted to give you all a report on how my book is doing on the CBD ranks, as so many of you have helped get it where it is today. I hope you’ll allow me a bit of excitement and not think I’m bragging…I know God is doing this and I’m so thrilled and blessed to be a part of the journey. The numbers I’m going to list wouldn’t be that great for someone…

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Hi everyone and I hope you’re having a restful Sunday. This past week I’ve been playing catch up from an incredibly busy September and pushing to finish my second book, the sequel to The Other Daughter.I’ve not had the time I like to take in adding new marriage articles the past few weeks, but found something recently that I think will bless you. I know it did me. I’ve mentioned before that I’m on an email list for a daily…

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