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A Growing Up Neighbors Makeover

Posted on by Frances Hoelsema - Author

When I first published Growing Up Neighbors, I have to be honest that I didn’t think things through. I kind of self-taught the process and went with what I thought would be just fine. Let’s just say I was naïve when it came to selling books 🙂

Having now been a part of a wonderful, extremely supportive group of authors, I have learned SO much. And that’s an understatement!

Taking into account what I’ve learned, I knew that Growing Up Neighbors needed to be redone a bit. The past few weeks I have been working on just that.

What can you expect? Continue reading “A Growing Up Neighbors Makeover” →

12 Days of Giveaways DAY ELEVEN – My Christmas Gift to You!

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Giveawys

Welcome to Day 11 of our 12 Days of Giveaways! Today is a giveaway from Angela Carling and yours truly!!

First: Angela Carling. Angela Carling is an amazing young adult author with various novels to choose from. I love her giveaway because she is letting the winner choose their prize! You can pick one of these four novels: Shackled, Becoming Bryn, The Secret Keeper or Unbreakable Love. Whichever you choose, you won’t be disappointed. To enter, please visit her FB page at: https://www.facebook.com/angelacarling/app/228910107186452/?hc_location=ufi
You can also visit her blog at: http://angelacarling.blogspot.com/ Continue reading “12 Days of Giveaways DAY ELEVEN – My Christmas Gift to You!” →

12 Days of Giveaways DAY NINE!

Posted on by Frances Hoelsema - Author

Here we are on Day 9 of our 12 Days of Giveaways! Two amazing authors are giving away some great prizes today.

Anna del C. Dye is going to award THREE winners with her young adult medieval romance novel, Once Upon Two Kingdoms! All you have to do is visit her blog and leave a comment with email address to be entered to win. Her blog can be found at: http://annadelc.com/blog/?p=3944 Continue reading “12 Days of Giveaways DAY NINE!” →

12 Days of Giveaways DAY SIX!

Posted on by Frances Hoelsema - Author

It’s so hard to believe that we are now half way through our 12 Days of Giveaways! Even so, there is still a lot of good stuff being given away yet so make sure to keep on checking!

On Day 6 we have giveaways from authors Kari Trumbo and Jennifer Kibble.

Kari Trumbo is a historical Christian author and freelance editor. On her site you can enter for a chance to win a SIGNED print copy of her book To Honor and Cherish, a novel about listening to God’s will over what others say is right or wrong. To check this out, please visit: http://theeditorsnote.com/ Continue reading “12 Days of Giveaways DAY SIX!” →

Author Firsts

Posted on by Frances Hoelsema - Author

In honor of writing my first novel, I thought it would be neat to share first novels from fabulous authors I’m getting to know! Every first book could use some loving 🙂  These books/authors are in no particular order, and span different prices and genres. At the very end I will list my book again as well!

So please give this list a look through. I have the title, author, small blurb and where to buy displayed. And, as always, I appreciate you taking the time to view these! Continue reading “Author Firsts” →

Blog Feature

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I wanted to share with everyone that recently I got the spotlight on a blog by C.L. Wells. She’s an amazing person, a Jane-of-all-trades if you will. She’s literally dabbled with everything. My favorite part?!? She has a passion for animals!! Having a heart for animals myself, this makes this blog feature more special.

C.L. Wells had the idea of posting Continue reading “Blog Feature” →

In The Beginning….

Posted on by Frances Hoelsema - Author

So this is where it all begins….

A few years ago I was deeply inspired to write my first novel. The words came freely, the pages filled quickly, and before you know it, the first draft of novel number one was done. After months of editing and re-reading my story again and again, I felt everything was ready to go. I had Continue reading “In The Beginning….” →