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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0983023891/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ldfi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0983023891">Arizona Guy</a> by <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/raymondlspitzer/">Raymond Spitzer</a></span></b><br />
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He didn't know he was an Arizona guy until someone called him a
California guy.<br />
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Ted White, a high school band director comes to Ajo to
house sit for his aunt and uncle, and to get far away from a broken
engagement. But the relatives are missing.<br />
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In the process of unraveling
the mystery of their disappearance, this small desert town comes to mean
more to Ted than he ever could have imagined.
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<b><a href="http://celerytree.com/component/mtree/authors/raymond-spitzer" target="_blank">Raymond Spitzer</a> </b>was born in California and resided in Japan and Montana
before his parents saw the light and brought him to Arizona. He grew up
in Nogales from the age of three and completed high school and college
in Tucson. He taught school in Ajo and Gila Bend for sixteen years
before becoming a public safety telecommunicator with Pima County
Sheriff's Department in Ajo. <br />
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<i>Arizona Guy</i> is his first published
book, but Spitzer is hard at work on the next book in the series.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0979607043/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ldfi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0979607043">The Frozen Trail</a> by <a href="http://celerytree.com/component/mtree/authors/lisa-dayley" target="_blank">Lisa Dayley</a></span></b><br />
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Based on a true story THE FROZEN TRAIL details Emma Girdlestone's 1856
trek across the United States with the ill-fated Willie Handcart
Company. It tells of a remarkable young woman of faith, who endured a
journey wrought with peril to join her fellow Latter-day Saints in the
Salt Lake Valley of the Utah desert.<br />
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The Mormon pioneers moved across
the Great Plains in wagon trains and pulling handcarts to seek a new
home safe from persecution. THE FROZEN TRAIL is the story of one woman,
eighteen-year-old Emma Girdlestone who, along with her fellow
travelers, faced starvation, frostbite, and death on the trail to Zion.<br />
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This work of historical fiction is dedicated to the members of the
Willie Handcart Company. These courageous pioneers showed heroism and
devotion in the face of unbelievably harsh and brutal conditions. It is
especially dedicated to Willie Handcart member Emma Girdlestone who
left behind a legacy of bravery, fortitude, and faith; and who, 155
years later, managed to change the life of her
great-great-granddaughter Lisa Dayley, the author of this book.<br />
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<b><a href="http://celerytree.com/component/mtree/authors/lisa-dayley" target="_blank">Lisa Dayley</a></b> graduated from the Metropolitan State College of Denver
with a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications and Creative Writing.
An award-winning writer and photographer, she has written for both
newspapers and magazines. Dayley lives in Burley, Idaho with her
husband Darrell. They have three children and one grandson. You can read more about her in an <a href="http://karenjonesgowen.blogspot.com/2012/02/working-through-tough-times-to-find.html" target="_blank">interview with Karen Jones Gowen</a>. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://deseretbook.com/Heirs-Southbridge-Jennie-Hansen/i/5077794" target="_blank">The Heirs of Southbridge</a> by <a href="http://jennielhansen.com/" target="_blank">Jennie Hansen</a></span></b><br />
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When tragedy strikes Southbridge plantation, young Clayton and his
brother, Travis, are forced from the only home they’ve ever known.
Fleeing the drunken rage of their grandfather, with bounty hunters and
horse thieves thick on their trail, the boys and their father try to eke
out a lonely life as fugitives and cowboys.<br />
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As Clayton nears adulthood,
his greatest desire is for a strong and stable family, but his father’s
death and his brother’s departure leave him more alone than ever.
Seeking for roots, Clayton visits Southbridge en route to college and
kneels on his mother’s grave, only to be accosted by a gun-wielding girl
named Lucy, whose father will stop at nothing to make the plantation
his own.<br />
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Can Clayton realize his deepest desires of marrying the woman
he loves, having a family, and reclaiming the plantation that is his
rightful heritage?<br />
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<b><a href="http://jennielhansen.com/" target="_blank">Jennie Hansen</a></b>
was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She lived in many farming and ranching
communities in Idaho and Montana. Her family moved more than 20 times
as she grew up. Born the fifth of eight children, Jennie had a ready
supply of playmates during her childhood. Her brothers and sisters are
still among her closest friends. She married Boyd Hansen of Rexburg,
Idaho, and over the next ten years they became the parents of five
children. They have made their home in Utah since their marriage.<br />
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Jennie
graduated from Ricks College in Idaho then continued her education at
Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah. She has been a
receptionist, a model, a Utah House page, freelance magazine writer,
newspaper reporter, editor, library circulation specialist, mother and
grandmother. She has over twenty published books to her credit. Jennie also writes a monthly review column for Meridian Magazine.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193521795X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ldfi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=193521795X">Identity</a>
by <a href="http://sweetbetsylove.blogspot.com/">Betsy Love</a></b></span>
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While vacationing in Mexico, two similar-looking young women find
themselves caught in a chain reaction of mistaken identities. Amelia is a
wealthy heiress and business owner, and Savannah is a sweet Mormon girl
deciding whether or not to serve a mission.<br />
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When they end up on the
same flight to Phoenix, Savannah and Amelia unravel the sequence of
events that wreaked havoc on their trips, and they make plans to resolve
the subsequent misunderstandings. But their flight is cut short when
the plane crashes, killing one of the young women and plunging the other
into a world of intrigue and deceit where identity means everything.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3s_H2MlJxi4MxVN6wOzrxmtLXrEu6lJ4cClgJjVfUMtFYFsTtMcrqRIHNpsfn7YTdutgi1QXkaEjulxXCeFt8Pbg9DVsA7z2bRbOLD8ATFtaDWba_TRYyrtwGuEeceXxtEWjC/s1600/Love_Betsy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3s_H2MlJxi4MxVN6wOzrxmtLXrEu6lJ4cClgJjVfUMtFYFsTtMcrqRIHNpsfn7YTdutgi1QXkaEjulxXCeFt8Pbg9DVsA7z2bRbOLD8ATFtaDWba_TRYyrtwGuEeceXxtEWjC/s200/Love_Betsy.jpg" width="173" /></a><b><a href="http://sweetbetsylove.blogspot.com/">Betsy Love</a>:</b> Writing has been a passion since I was a little girl. I first discovered the art of pen to paper watching my mother make out her grocery list. It did not take long for me to discover that those indecipherable squiggles meant words, and words have power. What joy I experienced as a first grader learning to write my name. Now the stories dancing in my head would find a home on paper. I hope you will follow me in my journey to share what I have written.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599928442/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=officegoddesbookstore-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1599928442" target="_blank">The Keeper's Calling</a> by <a href="http://kellynelsonauthor.com/" target="_blank">Kelly Nelson</a></span><br />
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They come from two different worlds. One fateful discovery will bring
them together. Neither of their lives will ever be the same.<br />
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Chase Harper's to-do list for senior year never included fall in love and fight for your life, but things rarely go as planned. Tarnished gold and resembling a pocket watch, the counter he finds in a cave during the summer of 2011 will forever change the course of his life, leading him to the beautiful Ellie Williams and unlocking a power beyond his wildest imagination.<br />
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In
1863, Ellie Williams completes school in Boston and returns to the Utah
Territory only to discover that her grandfather and his counter, a
treasured family heirloom, are missing. When Ellie is abducted and told
she must produce the counter or die, an unexpected rescuer comes to her
aid.<br />
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<b><a href="http://kellynelsonauthor.com/" target="_blank"> Kelly Nelson</a></b> was raised in Orem, Utah, and now resides in Cornelius,
Oregon, in the heart of the beautiful Pacific Northwest. She enjoys life
on a ten-acre horse property with her husband, four children, and, of
course, lots of horses. Kelly has a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young
University. She worked as a certified public accountant for several
years before opting to stay home and raise a family. As a young girl,
she was an avid reader and had a passion for creative writing. Her
travels to England, France, Egypt, Israel, West Indies, Mexico, and
across the United States sparked a love of history, adventure, and
exotic places. This led to the inspiration behind her debut novel, <span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><i><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT;">The Keeper’s Calling, </span></i><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">the first book in The Keeper’s </span></span>Saga. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0983829314/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ldfi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0983829314" target="_blank">Northanger Alibi</a> by <a href="http://authorjennijames.com/">Jenni James</a></span><br />
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Sometimes a guy is even better than you imagined...<br />
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The Russo
family and Seattle, Washington, are no match for Claire Hart and her
savvy knowledge of all things vampire-related. Thanks to her obsession
with the Twilight series, if there is anyone who would know a vampire
when she saw one, it's Claire. And she's positive totally hot Tony Russo
is a vampire - she just has to prove it!<br />
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In this modern
retelling of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, follow Claire's hilarious
journey on her first summer adventure away from home, where she learns
everything isn't what is seems, and that in some instances, reality is
way better than anything she'd ever find in a book.<br />
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<b><a href="http://authorjennijames.com/">Jenni James:</a>
</b> I'm married to a totally hot, redheaded Air Force Recruiter, named
Mark. Together we have 10 kiddos (7 ours, 3 fostered). We have just
moved back to the States after living 9 awesome years in the Azores
Islands of Portugal and England! Our kids love the USA!<br />
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When I'm
not writing up a storm, I enjoy reading, acting, portrait painting,
directing plays, cooking, planning eleborate parties and chasing my
kids around the house. Oh, and before you ask--I haven't been to
college, YET! But I've always been able to write one mean essay when I
needed to. *wink*<br />
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Learn more about Jenni and her upcoming books at <a href="http://authorjennijames.com/">her website</a>.<br />
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<span itemprop="description">Jason Vanderholt is the hottest actor under
thirty with legions of screaming fans. </span><br />
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<span itemprop="description">Chloe Winters is a college
student who hasn't gotten around to watching most of his movies and
doesn't follow Hollywood gossip. </span><br />
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When they meet by chance, he is smitten and she becomes the woman every
other woman in America is dying to be, but it just isn’t her fairytale.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.emilymah.com/" target="_blank">E.M. Tippetts:</a></b> I write chick lit as E.M. Tippetts and science fiction as Emily Mah. I
got my start in writing at the Clarion West Writer's Workshop for
Science Fiction and Fantasy.<br />
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I am originally from New Mexico, have a bachelors in philosophy,
politics, and economics from Oxford University, and a juris doctorate in
business law from UCLA. I also design jewelry (and no, that doesn't fit
in with any of the other stuff I've listed here.) Currently, I live in
London while my husband does his PhD. <br />
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Secret Sisters Mystery #4!<br />
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After two long years, Ren's mission is finally over, and it's time for
Ida Mae, Arlette, and Tansy to travel to Mexico to pick him up. They
have their itinerary all planned out visiting the ruins in the Yucatan,
shopping, playing in the sand and surf and then they'll head to Ren's
mission home and be reunited with that dear boy.<br />
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But a wanted
antiquities thief crosses their path, and soon the ladies find
themselves tangled up in a web of lies, intrigue, and costly jewelry.
Held hostage by men desperate for riches, they do what only they can do
keep their heads about them, plan their escape, and discuss the proper
making of tortillas.<br />
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Will they survive their most harrowing adventure
yet?<br />
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With her crisp writing style and attention to detail, <a href="http://tristipinkston.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Tristi Pinkston</a>
pulls her readers into the pages of history and helps them feel the
emotions that fueled the events of that time. She has been hailed as
one of the most talented historical fiction writers currently on the
market.<br />
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Jeff Needle's review for AML, said, <span style="font-style: italic;">"This
kind of writing can only come about when the author has thoroughly
researched her subject and worked very hard to put herself in the place
of her protagonist."</span><br />
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<i>Targets in Ties</i> is Tristi's ninth book.<br />
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When considering self-publishing on Kindle, there are four things you must
do (“Must”y writing – get it? Ha!). They are like the mustard on my
hot dog: a non-negotiable element. Without it, you may as well not even
try. ‘Cause I won’t bite.<br />
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Now, before I dive into what those elements <i>are</i>, I should
probably tell you how I know about them. So y’all know I’ve got street
cred. And mad skillz (part of having street cred is always spelling
“skillz” with a z).<br />
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I’ve been writing for most of my life. I sold my first paying work
when I was fifteen. Going to college, I won a bunch of creative writing
scholarships and awards. Then I became a lawyer, where my job involved
mostly (wait for it!) writing.<br />
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Oh, yeah, and somewhere along the way I became a produced
screenwriter, member of the Writers Guild of America (which is
statistically harder to do than it is to become a professional baseball
player), and a published novelist. Throughout all this, I had a book
that I really liked, called <i>RUN</i>. And though I had done all the above, no book publisher would touch <i>RUN </i>with
a ten foot cattle prod. Largely, I suspect, because it was very hard
to figure out how to market it: it was a
sci-fi/suspense/horror/thriller/apocalyptic novel with romantic
elements. There is no shelf for that at Barnes & Noble.<br />
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<a href="http://lindafaulkner.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/carousel_pic1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-355 alignleft" height="300" src="http://lindafaulkner.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/carousel_pic1.jpg?w=231&h=300" title="carousel_pic1" width="231" /></a>But I believed in the book, dangit! So I researched around, and
discovered self-publishing through Amazon’s Kindle service. I decided I
didn’t have much to lose, since <i>RUN</i> was just sitting on a shelf anyway, so decided to try my hand at self-publishing an e-book on Kindle.<br />
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Within a few months, <i>RUN</i> became a bestseller, topping
Amazon’s sci-fi chart, and eventually becoming the #61 item available
for Kindle, out of over ten million books, games, puzzles, and blogs. I
also published a young adult fantasy called <i>Billy: Messenger of Powers</i>
which has hovered on various genre bestseller lists on Amazon for the
better part of a year now. And followed those up with another e-book,
and another, and another. Some of the others became bestsellers, some
didn’t. But all have made money, and all have increased my fan base.<br />
<br />
Now I don’t say this to brag, but I want you to understand I know a
bit whereof I speak. Through the process, I have learned the ins and
outs of Kindle publishing (and e-publishing in general), learning as
much from what <i>didn’t</i> work as from what did. And that’s why I’ve come up with these four important things to do:<br />
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<b>1) Make a kickin’ cover</b><br />
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This is one place where approximately 99% of self-published authors get it wrong. Look at most self-published books, and they <i>look</i>
less professional. And like it or not, a lot of people go strictly off
the cover. You have about ten seconds to wow them with your cool cover
before they click the button and move on to another book. For the
Kindle edition of <i>Billy: Messenger of Powers</i>, I spent days upon
days designing the cover. Everything from the cover image, to the
typeface, to the composition of the elements. It was critical. And it
paid off. Same for <i>RUN</i>, and another of my books, <i>Rising Fears</i>,
all of which have been praised for the fact that the covers are
interesting enough to “hook” readers. Some of my other covers aren’t as
effective, or as professional looking, unfortunately. And guess what?
They also don’t sell as well.<br />
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<b>2) Market yourself</b><br />
<br />
Here’s a fact of life in general: people generally don’t give you
things for free. You have to earn them. And that includes getting
people to read your work. When I wrote <i>Billy</i>, I spent over a month designing a website (<a href="http://www.whoisbillyjones.com/">www.whoisbillyjones.com</a>)
that was interesting, conveyed a message about the book, and had a look
and feel that I felt would intrigue people and make them want to find
out more. Same with the website for <i>RUN </i>(<a href="http://www.seehowtheyrun.net/">www.seehowtheyrun.net</a>). And my own website, <a href="http://michaelbrentcollings.com/">michaelbrentcollings.com</a>,
took even longer. But that was only the start. I also had a Facebook
“fan” page, a Twitter feed, and did the rounds of book and genre
conventions. Not to mention doing interviews, podcasts, guest blogs,
and generally talking to anyone and everyone who would listen. You have
to do more than write a book. You have to create an event.<br />
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<b>3) Have a grabby description</b><br />
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”What do you do when everyone you know – family, friends, <i>everyone</i> – is trying to kill you? You <i>RUN</i>.”<br />
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That is the description on <a href="http://amazon.com/">amazon.com</a> for my book <i>RUN</i>.
Two sentences that I spent an extremely long time writing. Like the
cover of your book, the production description is something that has to
grab people, reel them in, and not let them go. Some self-published
authors think the best way to get someone to read their work is to
describe every jot and tittle. But in reality, the secret isn’t <i>information</i>, it’s <i>captivation</i>.
You have to intrigue your (prospective) readers. You have to leave
them with serious questions that they want answered. Describing what
your book is about is less important than creating a specific feeling in
the mind and heart of your audience: the feeling that they will be
better off reading your book than not.<br />
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<b>4) Write something worth reading</b><br />
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This may seem obvious, but the fact of the matter is you have to
have something pretty darn special. I’m not saying this to depress
anyone: I firmly believe that most people have great stories in them,
and have the potential to learn how to tell them. But make no mistake,
it is something that takes practice, dedication, and perspiration.
Writing is a skill. It is a discipline. Anyone can knock out a
sentence or two. But getting those sentences to grab a complete
stranger to the point that he or she is willing to fork over hard-earned
cash to read them is another matter. Let alone getting them to like
the sentences enough that they want to tell their friends to spend <i>their</i>
hard-earned cash on them. Again, I really do believe that most people
have it in them to do this. But I also believe just as stridently that
to get to that point takes practice, practice, and more practice. I
have spent thousands of hours learning how to write … and I continue to
learn. Any author who wants to charm people into buying his or her work
has to be willing to put in the effort to make it happen. Because
without the skill to back up your work, no matter how good your basic
ideas are, they probably won’t sell. There are exceptions (that’s
right, <i>Twilight</i>), but for the most part a book has to be extraordinarily well-written in order to get people to buy it.<br />
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<a href="http://lindafaulkner.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/carousel_pic2.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-356" height="300" src="http://lindafaulkner.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/carousel_pic2.jpg?w=231&h=300" title="carousel_pic2" width="231" /></a>That’s not to say that everyone will like your book. Some people don’t like <i>RUN</i>, or <i>Billy: Messenger of Powers</i>. Or <i>Harry Potter</i> or anything by Stephen King or even the bestselling book of all time (the Bible). But if you
don’t care enough to develop your writing skills in service of your
storytelling, you can bet that few (if any) will like it at all.<br />
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<b>And so…</b><br />
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… there you have it, folks. Again, I think most people have
interesting stories to tell. But without doing the four things above,
the great story will probably sit quietly in a dark corner of your
closet. And that, my friends, is no fun at all.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Michaelbrent Collings is a bestselling novelist whose books </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Run-ebook/dp/B003PPD9NM/" style="font-style: italic;">RUN</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> and </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Billy-Messenger-of-Powers-ebook/dp/B003K16OMY" style="font-style: italic;">Billy: Messenger of Powers</a><span style="font-style: italic;">
have been amazon.com bestsellers. He is also a produced screenwriter
and member of both the Writers Guild of America and the Horror Writers
of America. His blog is at </span><a href="http://michaelbrentcollings.com/blog2.html" style="font-style: italic;">http://michaelbrentcollings.com/blog2.html</a><span style="font-style: italic;">, and you can follow him on Facebook at </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michaelbrent-Collings/283851837365" style="font-style: italic;">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michaelbrent-Collings/283851837365</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> or on twitter @mbcollings.</span></span>LDS_Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15053645600240124892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-56120962209285784872012-02-27T10:45:00.000-07:002012-02-27T10:45:35.697-07:00You Have Nothing to Fear But That Big Hairy Spider Crawling Up the Back of Your Neck by Tristi Pinkston<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>The Top Ten Fears of Unpublished Writers:</strong><br /><br />10. What if my book doesn't sell?<br /><br />9. What if the stores won't stock my book on their shelves?<br /><br />8. What if no one will publish me?<br /><br />7. What if no one likes what I've written?<br /><br />6. What if I can't get this ending/plot/scene right?<br /><br />5. What if I used <em>lay</em> when it should have been <em>lie?</em><br /><br />4. What if the computer crashes and erases all my work?<br /><br />3. What if I can't write more than 40,000 words?<br /><br />2. What if this is the stupidest story ever known to man?<br /><br />1. What if I'm not really a writer?<br /><br /><br />I'd
wager these fears sound familiar, if you're an aspiring author. You
might have put them in different order, and perhaps have thrown in some
things like "finding time to write," etc, but by and large, I think
every new writer has these fears.<br /><br />Now, let's look at the other side of the coin.<br /><br /><strong>The Top Ten Fears of Published Writers:</strong><br /><br />10. What if my book doesn't sell?<br /><br />9. What if the stores won't stock my book on their shelves?<br /><br />8. What if no one will publish me?<br /><br />7. What if no one likes what I've written?<br /><br />6. What if I can't get this ending/plot/scene right?<br /><br />5. What if I used <em>lay</em> when it should have been <em>lie?</em><br /><br />4. What if the computer crashes and erases all my work?<br /><br />3. What if I can't write more than 40,000 words?<br /><br />2. What if this is the stupidest story ever known to man?<br /><br />1. What if I'm not really a writer?<br /><br /><br />Notice
anything? Yep—the published author has pretty much the same fears as
the unpublished author. If you're published, you may feel a little
more confident over the whole lay/lie thing (I don't) and you may feel
that you've got a better handle on your scene structures, but deep down,
we're all the same. We all want people to like us, we all worry that
our readers won't like this new book as much as they did the last, and
we wonder if our publisher will or will not accept our latest
submission. A published author feels nervous while waiting for that
acceptance/rejection letter, and it makes our day when we hear that
someone liked our book.<br /><br />I'm not telling you this to depress you
-- I'm telling you this so I can lead up to one simple, fundamental
truth: getting published is not like waving a magic wand that will make
all your problems go away and all your dreams come true. It will not
make you more attractive, it will not make you an instant public
speaker, and it will not ensure popularity. It will not boost your
confidence. It will not make you a fabulous promoter.<br /><br />You must work on all these things yourself.<br /><br />You
make yourself a better speaker. You make yourself good at promotion.
You build your own confidence. And there is no reason on this great
green earth why you should wait until you're published to start working
on these attributes.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Tristi
Pinkston is the author of nine published books, including the Secret
Sisters mystery series. In addition to being a prolific author, Tristi
also provides a variety of author services, including </span><a href="http://www.tristipinkstonediting.blogspot.com/" style="font-style: italic;">editing </a><span style="font-style: italic;">and </span><a href="http://www.tristipinkstonwi.blogspot.com/" style="font-style: italic;">online writing instruction</a><span style="font-style: italic;">. You can visit her at </span><a href="http://www.tristipinkston.blogspot.com/" style="font-style: italic;">www.tristipinkston.blogspot.com</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> or her website at </span><a href="http://www.tristipinkston.com/" style="font-style: italic;">www.tristipinkston.com</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span></span>LDS_Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15053645600240124892noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-24806198462564959572012-02-24T07:00:00.000-07:002012-03-01T08:51:46.668-07:00Upcoming Events<div style="color: #0b5394;">
<b style="color: red;">*updated info* </b><b></b><br />
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<b>(This was soooo totally NOT supposed to go live this morning. I was still putting it all together. So if you read it already, skim through it again.)</b></div>
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It's the last Friday of the month, so it's time for the monthly post of upcoming events.<br />
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Do you know of a writing conference in your area or an open call for
submissions that would would be of interest to LDS writers? If so, <a href="mailto:ldspublisher@gmail.com" target="_blank">please email the information and link(s) to me</a> to be included in next month's post.<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Writing Conferences</b></span> </div>
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<b>Teen Author Book Camp, March 10, 2012</b><br />
Utah Valley University, Orem, UT. Teens only. <br />
More info at: <a href="http://teenauthorbootcamp.com/">http://teenauthorbootcamp.com/</a><br />
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<b>Writing for Charity, March 17, 2012</b><br />
Provo City Library, Provo, UT<br />
More info at: <a href="http://writingforcharity.blogspot.com/">http://writingforcharity.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<b>"Write Here in Ephraim," <span style="color: red;">April 14, 2012</span></b><br />
Greenwood Student Center<br />
Snow College, Ephraim, UT<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: red;">More info at: </span><a href="http://www.shirleybahlmann.com/" style="background-color: white; color: red;" target="_blank">www.shirleybahlmann.com</a><br />
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<b>LDStorymakers, May 4-5, 2012</b><br />
Provo Marriott Hotel, Provo, UT.<br />
More info at: <a href="http://ldstorymakers.com/conferences/2012-conference/" target="_blank">http://ldstorymakers.com</a><br />
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<b>Writers@Work Conference, June 6-10, 2012</b><br />
Alta Lodge, Alta, UT.<br />
More info at: <a href="http://www.writersatwork.org/">www.writersatwork.org</a> <br />
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<b>Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers, June 18–22, 2012</b><br />
Sandy, UT<br />
More info at: <a href="http://www.wifyr.com/">http://www.wifyr.com/</a><br />
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<span class="post-author vcard"></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Call for Submissions/Writing Competitions</span></b></span><br />
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<b>Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Contest</b><br />
Essays that relate to the Latter-day Saint experience.<br />
<b>Deadline:</b> February 29, 2012<br />
More info at: <a href="https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/symposium/#" target="_blank">SunstoneMagazine.com</a><br />
(click on red box on calendar)<br />
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<b>Writers@Work Writing Competition</b><br />
For emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.<br />
<b>Deadline:</b> March 15, 2012<br />
More info at: <a href="http://www.writersatwork.org/wp/?page_id=6" target="_blank">http://www.writersatwork.org/</a><br />
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<b>Ender's Game and Philosophy</b><br />
Essays to be part of The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series<br />
<b>Abstract Deadline:</b> March 19, 2012<br />
More info at: <a href="http://andphilosophy.com/submissions/" target="_blank">And Philosophy</a><br />
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<b>Christmas Anthology (Michael Young)</b><br />
Short stories based on Christmas songs<br />
Deadline: March 31, 2012<br />
More info at: <a href="http://www.writermike.com/p/current-projects.html#.T0f__MzgJT5" target="_blank">http://www.writermike.com/</a><br />
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<b>Steampunk Short Story Anthology</b><br />
Looking for short stories in steampunk genre.<br />
<b>Submission period: </b>April 1, 2012 through ?<br />
More info at: <a href="http://blogginoutloud.blogspot.com/2012/02/new-antho-steampunk-spirit.html" target="_blank">Bloggin' Outloud</a><br />
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<b>Wilderness Interface Zone</b><br />
Looking for a guest bloggers and a variety of nature writing by LDS authors (and others).<br />
More info at: <a href="http://wilderness.motleyvision.org/submissions/" target="_blank">wilderness.motleyvision.org</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Miscellaneous</b></span></div>
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<b>Brenda Novak's Annual Auction for the Cure of Diabetes</b><br />
Donations wanted.<br />
<b> Deadline: </b>February 15, 2012<br />
More info at: <a href="http://brendanovak.auctionanything.com/">brendanovak.auctionanything.com</a><br />
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<br />LDS_Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15053645600240124892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-15711187580147748452012-02-21T12:54:00.001-07:002012-02-21T12:54:25.392-07:00Yikes!My template is malfunctioning again!<br />
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So I'll be changing everything over to a very bland Blogger template for now until my lovely assistant can get around to creating something awesome for me.<br />
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She says it might be awhile. For some reason, she thinks paying jobs should get higher priority than non-paying jobs.<br />
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Whatever.LDS_Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15053645600240124892noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-7718825472846231882012-02-17T07:05:00.000-07:002012-02-17T07:05:00.065-07:002011 Best Book Cover<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Winner of the 2011 Readers' Choice Best Book Cover</span></div>
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Author: <a href="http://www.laurabingham.com/">Laura Bingham</a><br />
Publisher: Cedar Fort<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005CA3ILQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ldfi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B005CA3ILQ">Gifts and Consequences</a> </div>
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Author: <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <a href="http://www.dcolemanbooks.com/">Daniel Coleman</a></div>
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Publisher: Daniel Coleman<br />
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Congratulations! I'm excited to see the covers 2012 will bring. </div>LDS_Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15053645600240124892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-42405775337092865382012-02-17T07:00:00.000-07:002012-02-17T07:26:48.749-07:002011 Genre Finalist AwardsBefore I announce the overall 2011 Best Book Cover Winners, here is a recap of the genre finalists and the awards. Authors, publishers and cover designers may download the award image and upload it to your own blogs and/or websites, if desired.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005CA3ILQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ldfi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B005CA3ILQ">Gifts and Consequences</a> by <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <a href="http://www.dcolemanbooks.com/">Daniel Coleman</a></div>
Genre: <a href="http://ldspublisher.blogspot.com/2012/02/2011-generalwomens-book-covers.html" target="_blank">General/Women's</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599558637/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ldfi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1599558637">The Assassination of Governor Boggs</a> by <a href="http://assassinationofgovernorboggs.com/">Rod Miller</a></div>
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Genre: <a href="http://ldspublisher.blogspot.com/2012/02/2011-cozy-mysteryromantic-suspense-book.html" target="_blank">Cozy Mystery/Romantic Suspense</a><br />
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Genre: <a href="http://ldspublisher.blogspot.com/2012/02/2011-romance-book-covers.html" target="_blank">Romance</a><br />
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Genre: <a href="http://ldspublisher.blogspot.com/2012/02/2011-romantic-comedy-book-covers.html" target="_blank">Romantic Comedy</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599555069/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ldfi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1599555069">Hope's Journey</a> by <a href="http://hopesjourneybook.com/">Stephanie Worlton</a></div>
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Genre: <a href="http://ldspublisher.blogspot.com/2012/02/2011-ya-speculative-book-covers-girls.html" target="_blank">YA Speculative (Girls)</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1561455954/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ldfi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1561455954">The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale</a> </div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599554968/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ldfi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1599554968">The Wise Man Returns</a> by <a href="http://www.kennykemp.com/" target="_blank">Kenny Kemp</a> (tie) </div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1608611469/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ldfi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1608611469">River Whispers</a> by <a href="http://www.kathiorampeterson.com/">Kathi Oram Peterson</a> </div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525421998/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ldfi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0525421998">Back When You Were Easier to Love</a> by <a href="http://www.emilywingsmith.com/">Emily Wing Smith</a></div>
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</div>LDS_Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15053645600240124892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-18761034746132565222012-02-16T12:26:00.001-07:002012-02-16T12:27:18.826-07:00Christmas Story Anthology UpdateWhile we're waiting to see the final winner of the 2011 Book Cover Contest (and my list of personal picks), here's an update on Christmas Book #2.<br />
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First a word about <i>Stolen Christmas</i> (anthology #1). As most of the authors already know, Rosehaven Publishing helped me put this book together, providing the typesetting and ISBN number. We have come to an agreement to have Rosehaven take over the business end of this book and any future books that I create from our contests here—including this year's second Christmas anthology.<br />
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Some time in the next few months, <i>Stolen Christmas</i> will become temporarily unavailable while Rosehaven corrects a few typos and moves it from my account to Rosehaven's accounts. <i> </i><br />
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<i>Stolen Christmas</i> is NOT going out of print. It will be back up and ready for more sales before the 2012 Christmas season. I'll let you know and provide links when the new version is ready.<br />
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Rosehaven is also sending out a one-time royalty to all the authors involved with <i>Stolen Christmas</i>. There are a few authors we've been unable to contact.<br />
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<b>If you are an author in <i>Stolen Christmas</i> and you did not receive an email from me in January about royalties, <a href="mailto:ldspublisher@gmail.com" target="_blank">PLEASE E-MAIL ME ASAP</a>.</b><br />
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Now for Christmas Book #2.<br />
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I've made the first decisions on the stories to be included in the new anthology which will be available for sale in time for the 2012 Christmas season. The following authors will be receiving an email from Rosehaven Publishing this week with the contract offer:<br />
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<li>Amie Borst</li>
<li>Angie Lofthouse </li>
<li>Brenda Anderson </li>
<li>Brian Ricks </li>
<li>Gussie Fick</li>
<li>Jennifer Ricks </li>
<li>Jennifer Shelton </li>
<li>Janice Sperry </li>
<li>Kasey Eyre</li>
<li>Melanie Marks </li>
<li>Michael Young</li>
<li>Rob Smales</li>
<li>Teresa Osgood</li>
<li>Wendy Elliott</li>
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I'm posting this list so that when you get the email, you'll understand what it is.<br />
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There will most likely be additional stories/authors included later on, for editorial reasons—balance of story content and styles, length of book, or if any of the authors listed above decline the contract offer. I won't know this until Rosehaven has collected all the contracts and determines what else is needed.<br />
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Congratulations to the authors listed above—and I'll keep you posted on the progress.LDS_Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15053645600240124892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-79195012900701344832012-02-15T09:46:00.003-07:002012-02-15T09:48:45.352-07:00A Sermon and A $50 Amazon Gift Card ContestToday is the last day to vote for your favorite 2011 book cover. It ends at MIDNIGHT, Mountain Time, tonight. (<a href="http://ldspublisher.blogspot.com/2012/02/2011-best-cover-finalists.html" target="_blank">Click HERE to vote.</a>)<br />
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I'm seeing a lot of posts and tweets that say things like, "Yay, I made the finalists! Go vote for my book." And a lot of replies that say things like, "I hope you win! I voted for you like you asked."<br />
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While I'm grateful for the help in spreading the word, just a reminder, this should NOT be a popularity contest, as in "Because I'm your friend, I'm voting for you..."<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="color: #990000;"><b>Please, please, please...</b></i></span><br />
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As you spread the word, tell your friends to <i><b>vote for the cover they like best.</b></i> It may very well be your cover. But then again, it may not be.<br />
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I realize I can't control this and you may not be able to control it either. I mean, your mother is going to vote for your cover even if she thinks it's the most hideous thing she's ever seen. Just saying, please, encourage people to vote for the cover they find the most visually appealing.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Now for the Whitney Reading Contest... </span></b><br />
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LDS Women's Book Review is sponsoring their 2nd Annual "Read 'Em All" Challenge and I'm signing up! I didn't get all of them read last year, but this year, I'm on schedule!<br />
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(See my sidebar? I'm more than halfway done.)<br />
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Here's the post with the details:<br />
<a href="http://www.ldswomensbookreview.com/wordpress/2012/02/13/how-to-read-35-books-in-81-days/" target="_blank">How to Read 35 Books in 81 Days and a Challenge </a><br />
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Let me know in the comments if you've joined too. I want to know how steep my competition is.LDS_Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15053645600240124892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-11714102318470474992012-02-13T11:55:00.002-07:002012-02-13T11:59:31.057-07:002011 Best Cover FinalistsThe Readers' Choice in each of the genre categories are now going head-to-head for the 2011 Best Cover of the Year Award! They are listed below in alphabetical order. Use the poll at the bottom of the post to cast your vote.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599558637/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ldfi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1599558637">The Assassination of Governor Boggs</a> by <a href="http://assassinationofgovernorboggs.com/">Rod Miller</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.lorainescott.blogspot.com/">NYC: Murder Brooklyn Style</a> by <a href="http://www.lorainescott.blogspot.com/">Loraine Scott</a><br />
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Each of these books have won the Readers' Choice Award for their category. I will post the LDS Publisher Choice Awards for genre and overall cover winners after the voting is completed.LDS_Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15053645600240124892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-78147542289576999732012-02-10T09:20:00.004-07:002012-02-13T17:08:22.028-07:00Final Day to Vote for 2011 CoversToday is the final day to vote for your favorite 2011 Book Covers. There are 12 genre categories. If you haven't voted, please scroll back through the past several posts and vote in each of the categories using the polls at the bottom of the
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<span style="color: #990000;">What I liked about this one is the traditional illustrative look and feel of it. I love the nose-to-nose of the cat and mouse which brings the focus right there. I also like the curved type of the title and subtitle. And the illustrations on the inside are darling! (Click the link on the title to go to Amazon, then click the "Look Inside!" option.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">I love that creepy guy behind the children. That grabbed my attention right away. The cloudy eyeball totally freaks me out—in a deliciously hideous sort of way. This would be a book that I would have stored face down when I was in elementary school. The one downside to this cover, in my opinion, is it feels a little busy. There's too much going on for me to have chosen it as the best in this category. But still, it gives me the creepy shivers every single time I look at it, so it HAD to be a finalist. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">This cover would really have appealed to son when he was younger. I think the cartoony look to it grabs the attention of readers who want something fun, but not too deep. I like the illustration of the boy on the front. And I love those paint splats. Fun!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">I have really enjoyed all the covers in the Splurch Academy series. I think Sally Gardner does a great job illustrating these books. This one, however, has something special to it. I love the yellow that brings your eye right to the boy. I also love all those tentacles coming out of the pool. I think this cover hits the target reader perfectly. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">I haven't read this book so I don't know if the cover matches what is inside but the title and the cover design match perfectly! Everything about it evokes long and lazy summer days, walking barefoot, maybe splashing around a swimming hole or picking strawberries. I love the girl's face and that big floppy hat. I love the font choices for the title, the mountains in the background, the farm, the swirly stuff. Often when you have this many items on a cover to look it, it can feel crowded and busy but this one just worked for me. I love everything about it and that's why it's my pick for this genre.</span></div>
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<a href="http://deseretbook.com/Hazzardous-Universe-Julie-Wright/i/5060540">Hazzardous Universe</a> by <a href="http://www.juliewright.com/">Julie Wright</a><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">This is a fun cover. I like the font choice. I love the connecting lines that look sort of like alien circuitry. (Not that I really know what alien circuitry would look like, but it gives me that feeling.) I love the placement of the two kids in the center, and the stylized illustrations. I also love the two aliens. They're fun and add to the cover without taking away from the human children. The internal illustrations are great too. </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1606412264?ie=UTF8&tag=ldfi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1606412264">The Horn of Moran</a> by <a href="http://adventurerswanted.com/">M.L. Forman</a><br />
Publisher: Shadow Mountain<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">I love the colors on this one. I like the blue and purple together. I love the font choice for the title. I like the illustration and the way that face is sort of hidden in the black swoosh. (How many of you missed that? I did the first several times I looked at it.) I think this would definitely appeal to 9 to 12 year old fantasy readers. The series title, Adventurers Wanted, gets a little lost there at the top, but otherwise, this is really cool. </span></div>
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Publisher: Shadow Mountain<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Now this is one awesome cover! I think it's the best one by Brandon Dorman that I've seen. Great colors. Great illustration. It feels very 3D to me—those muscles just bulge off the page and the steam from the mop pot seems to flow right out at me. I love the title font and the way the "T" was done, but the author's name gets a little lost in the image. Otherwise, Totally Cool! This was almost a tie. I went back and forth for a long time between this cover and the one I finally chose, so I'm very glad it won the Readers' Choice award for the genre. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">This is my choice for the genre winner. Why did I pick it over Janitors? Because it gives me a little more information. The boy is running, as if he's being chased. That creepy tree and those creepy birds are pretty awesome. But the think that got it for me? The steampunk/clockworks imagery. I don't know if the story is steampunk at all (it's still on my To Read list) but the cover is fascinating and creates all sorts of questions in my mind: What's he running from? Is he the hunter or the hunted? What do those clockworks have to do with the story? And <i>Return</i> to Exile? Really? Why? The cover alone put it on my reading list—and that's what a cover is for. Great job.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">I love this cover. It, too, has a 3D feel to it. I like the dark red clouds (I'm assuming magma) at the top and the way the building gradually appears out of them and draws your eye down to the center of the image of the boy skipping rocks. I like how the rocks and the water are bigger, giving the image the feeling of depth. The only issue I have is that it's got an awfully long title that sort of takes over the cover. But given that, the the designer did a great job curving that top line of text down, then using the word Earth to almost point our eye down to the central image. Very well done. </span></div>
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</div>LDS_Publisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15053645600240124892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25573541.post-60675688931004980552012-02-07T07:10:00.000-07:002012-02-16T18:41:28.033-07:002011 YA Speculative Book Covers (Girls)<div style="text-align: center;">
And by "girl" I mean these covers totally appeal to girls.<br />
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& just a note...this was the hardest category for me to narrow down<br />
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<b>Voting deadline: Midnight, Friday, February 10, 2012.</b></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">As I said earlier, this was the hardest category for me to pick a winner. YA fantasy is the genre I read for pure pleasure, so I am the target reader here. It was hard to pick only five covers and of these five, it was really hard to pick only one winner. Every single one of these covers caused me to look again—which is what you want a cover to do. Every single one of them are on my To Read list because the covers were so intriguing that I had to read the promo/sample chapters. I'd already purchased four of them before this contest, and I plan to get the fifth one too. That is the power of a good cover.</span></div>
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Publisher: Ninjas Write Publishing<br />
Cover Design: Ali Cross/Fanye L.O.<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">I enjoy YA paranormal stories and this cover captures the feel of that genre. I love the central character image—beautiful, intriguing. The author's name stands out clearly but doesn't detract from the image. I love the purple of the title and the way it provides a bright contrast to the darker blue-green-gray image. The short, one-word title dominates the bottom of the cover but, again, doesn't distract from the central image. I'm not sure I would have chosen the title font. I like the swirlyness of the B, but the rest of it is pretty basic script. And the bevel or outline blurs it a bit. I do like the script of the subtitle. Adds to the intrigue of the book and balances the entire image as a whole.</span></div>
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Publisher: Dutton Juvenile<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">I loved the cover for <i>Matched</i> but I like this one even better. My eye goes right to that image of the girl breaking from the blue globe. So intriguing. </span><span style="color: #990000;">It has movement and power. </span><span style="color: #990000;">I like the way the fractured glass goes flying off the edges. The blue is a great color choice against the gray background, and the gradient adds interest. I like the </span><span style="color: #990000;">simplicity of the </span><span style="color: #990000;">title font, and that backwards R adds intrigue. Reminds me a little of some of the USSR imagery...(wonder if that was intentional). I like the Y and the I in the author's name. Her name is so small compared to the rest of the cover but the space around it makes it stand out. This is a book that I'd buy for the cover alone. So of course, it gets my pick for this genre. </span></div>
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Publisher: Shadow Mountain<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">This cover excels at fontage. First, there's the title. AWESOME! I love the way the letters are different sizes and how the K fits into the C. That entire word is fantastic. I like the way the author's name is handled too. It has the feel of the time travel of the story. (Oops. Spoiler. Sorry.) I love the locket itself. Beautiful. I'm not sure why we have to have the designation that this is a novel on the front of the book (LDS publishers do that a lot. Anyone know why?), but since it is there, it's done well, filling up the space in a font that you can choose to ignore if you want. I personally don't love the colors, but they fit the feel of the story. </span></div>
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Publisher: Cedar Fort<br />
Cover Design: Megan Whittier<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">This cover tells me everything I need to know about this story. There's the castle in the background, giving us the time period, as well as the fantasy feeling. The bird is stylistic with a magical feel, and looks like it is both burning and rising at the same time. Cool. The colors of the title and author's name seem to be filled with light that pull them off the page. I love the title font and the way the letters seem to move and fly, like the bird. To a fan of YA medieval fantasy, this cover rocks! I loved it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">This is another cover that speaks directly to the targeted reader. That face! Oh my gosh! Haunting, sad, beautiful. The locket/necklace she's wearing draws your eye straight to it. The thorns that seem to pull at her, trap her, add intrigue. I like the title placement and font choice—spectacular. But I'd have made it a little lighter so that it stood out a bit more. Not sure I like the placement of the author's name. It gets lost in her hair. Maybe I'd have put it on the other side. But still. This is a great cover that put the book on my To Read list. </span></div>
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And by "boy" I mean these covers are more masculine and straightforward, <br />
without a lot of the fluff you'll see on books targeted to girls.<br />
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Please vote for your favorite cover using the poll at the bottom of the post. </div>
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Remember, we're voting for the COVER, not the story or the author. <b> </b></div>
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<b>Voting deadline: Midnight, Friday, February 10, 2012.</b></div>
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Publisher: Red Rover Books<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Look at those arms. Every guy wants to have arms like those, and every girl wants a boyfriend with arms like those. Okay, my shallowness is showing, but still. Great cover image. I really like how the top of his head is cut off so I can imagine my own face. (That sounds sarcastic, but I'm serious.) I like the blue swirly smoke behind him. I love the font choice and the way the title pops in that dark black. Great cover. (And really, if you are the one making the decisions, please go back to this cover instead of the other one. Please.) </span></div>
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Publisher: <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Delacorte<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">At the risk of re-appalling some readers, this is totally a boy cover. My grandson thinks it's awesome! My granddaughter says, "meh." I tested it with some neighbor kids and got the same reaction every time. Which is really too bad because I think girls who actually read it will love the story too. What I like about this cover (even though I'm a girl) is the feeling that I'm about to be crushed. Those towers are so high, and the mountain so steep. And then the title and author's name are so solid and heavy. The fonts are solid too. I personally love it and think it's the best cover of the series.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">I like the clean and isolated feeling of this cover. It matches the subtitle. I like the I in Michael that mirrors the electricity coming off the figure. I like that the young man is in shadow. I like the blues and grays together. It feels sterile and electrical. Very good choices.</span></div>
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Publisher: Feiwel & Friends<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">I thought this cover was totally cool when I first saw it, even if I had no clue what the illustration actually was. I thought it was a spaceship at first. But when I picked up the book and studied it (yes, it was cool enough to get me to pick it up) I realized that's a dragon in there. Awesome! I like the font work for Slayers. I like the tag line at the top that you almost miss, but not quite. Sort of a whisper of a warning. Cool. Love it.</span></div>
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Publisher: HarperTeen<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">I'm not even sure I can verbalize what I love about this cover. When I first saw it, I thought, "What? Huh?" Normally, I don't go for the blurry stuff. And it's all blue-ish and sort of almost creepy. But. The red in the girls sweater caught my eye. That was kind of awesome. Then I noticed that the boy seems to be running, but the girl is looking behind, like she's afraid someone or some<i>thing</i> is after her. Intriguing. And where are they headed in that blurry forest? What's with that? And "Variant"? What does that mean? And the title is shadowy. You can see through it. It sort of blends, but not quite. That's cool. Is that a hint for the story? And then. And then. "TRUST NO ONE." That got me. Hook. Line. Sinker. The tag line pulled all the other items together for me in a way that I <i>had</i> to go get this book. I <i>had</i> to know what was going on in this story. Great, great job of reeling me in! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">I love everything about this cover! I love the colors—the hot pink and blue and green. I love the way the books are subdued and faded, while the illustration of the girl and boy legs pop. And the pink! I love the way the girl is up on her toe, with that one leg lifting behind her just a bit. I love those pink tennies. (I want a pair.) I love the little cloud in the middle with the title in a font that looks like a girls handwriting. I love the way the author's name is on the stool. Everything about this cover just speaks to me. Very appealing to the target reader. And pink! Did I mention the cute pink?! </span></div>
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Publisher: Cedar Fort</div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">This cover is just all sorts of awesome. It was a very close call for me between this one and the one above. I love the red and black together. It's strong and powerful. The girl's face is strong and powerful. I love the skull in the heart. And I love the way the title is done. The author's name is in the right spot to balance the rest of the cover. Very, very good. I bought it based on the cover. Yes, I did. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">The best thing about this cover is how it goes from very soft and romantic at the top to darker and more intense at the bottom. I love that. It's sort of like moving from the fantasy of being in love into the sometimes difficult consequences of real life. Good flow bringing your eye down to the central image at the bottom, without rushing past the title. I like the variation in the font for the title. It's pretty and it feels right. I like the image of the cover and the way the sun creates a halo around them. Good job. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">I like the main image of the girl being full color and solid. There she is, rooted in the present. I love the girl. I love the expression in her eyes, that deep in thought look. I like that whispery wagon wheel at the top, a faded reality that's already in the past. I like the torn journal page that frames the title and author name, and an image from the past is echoed at the bottom. I like the two font choices for the title, especially the "rock"—that is visually cool. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">This cover prompts questions in my mind. Her face is hidden, both by her hair and the cropping of the image, but her mouth is open that makes me think she's confused or in shock. I want to know why. She looks like a regular girl—not drop-dead gorgeous. Just plain and ordinary. But the title is <i>Miles from Ordinary</i>. Hmmm. Intriguing. I like that a relatively ordinary font was chosen for the title, but it's just a little different...a little rounder on the edges, a little taller. Not quite ordinary. All of that pulls me in and makes me want to know her story. (In this image, the author's name gets lost on the cover, but it pops just enough on the real cover.)</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616611006/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ldfi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1616611006">Embers of Atlantis</a> by <a href="http://www.trhickman.com/">Tracy Hickman</a><br />
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">What I like most about this cover are the colors. The top is a little busy for my tastes and the title feels like an afterthought. But the colors? They are really breathtaking. I could do without the super short outfit on the woman (personal taste) but that dragon behind her is really spectacular. Love it.</span></div>
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Publisher: Cedar Fort<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">I really like the colors in this cover too. Again, the top feels busy to me, and there are so many images shoved in there that my eye doesn't really know what to look at. But the swords pop out to me. I like that they almost seem to be the hands on the clock. I like that there's a the hint of dark wings. And I really like the way the title was handled. Intriguing. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">I love, love, love this cover. First, the title pops. Great color against the gray blue tone of the illustration. While I don't like to see those bursts on the front telling me how cool the author is, if you have to have one, this one is tolerable. I like the placement and type of the authors name. But the thing that really grabs me is that illustration. I love it! There's the wolf and the monster girl. And what the heck is that thing in the middle with the metal claws? COOL! I am so tired of sparkly, sexy vampires and hot, hot werewolves. I am thrilled to see the implied violence and animal rage depicted in these monsters. But even without the comparison to wimpy monsters, this cover still totally rocks. Awesome! Love it! Love it!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">I love this cover. It is just awesome. I have no idea what the book is about but it looks so cool that, yes, it's on my To Read list. Okay, where to start? I like that light at the top that reflects into the dark. Don't know what it is supposed to be but visually? Cool. I like that it repeats just above the center mark of the cover, but it overshadowed by the title. I love the change in fonts for the title. The red for Perdition. Awesome. And the white of Gateway. Cool. And then there's the figure there at the gateway. But are they coming or going? Good job. </span></div>
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Publisher: Wandering Leaf Publishing<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">This reminds me of some of the classic sci-fi covers from a few years back—but not in a bad, outdated way. I like it. You've got the planets and the star ship. Then the characters. I like the colors. Not sure I would use yellow for title and author, and I'd make the title a little more distinct and bold. I really, really like that the woman looks strong, like she can totally kick butt without even breaking a sweat. (Girl power!) Good placement of elements, nice balance, great colors.</span></div>
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<a href="http://deseretbook.com/List-Melanie-Jacobson/i/5060541">The List</a> by <a href="http://www.melaniejacobson.net/">Melanie Jacobson</a></div>
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Please vote for your favorite cover using the poll at the bottom of the
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Remember, we're voting for the COVER, not the story or the author.
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<b>Voting deadline: Midnight, Friday, February 10, 2012.</b></div>
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I found a free word count widget that is easily adjusted to count the number of Whitney finalists you've read.<br />
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It's simple, elegant and you get to control a lot of the various options, like color, font, and size.<br />
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Just go to <a href="http://www.critiquecircle.com/wordmeterbuilder.asp" target="_blank">CritiqueCircle.com</a> and use their word meter builder. It's really easy and has instructions for each element of the widget.<br />
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Paste the code into an HTML widget box on your blog.<br />
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As you read, you'll need to open the widget box and adjust the first set of numbers in the code, but that's really easy to do.<br />
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Click <a href="http://storymakersconference.myshopify.com/collections/conference-options/products/whitney-awards-gala">HERE</a> to purchase tickets to the 2011 Whitney Awards Gala on May 5th at the Provo Marriott.</div>
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<img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-666 aligncenter" height="151" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_I_Say_Goodbye.jpg" title="Before_I_Say_Goodbye" width="100" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/EvoThomasHall_cover.jpg">
</a>
<a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Gifted.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-669" height="149" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Gifted.jpg" title="Gifted" width="100" /></div>
</a><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Gifted.jpg"> </a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Gifted.jpg"> </a><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/EvoThomasHall_cover.jpg"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-667 aligncenter" height="151" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/EvoThomasHall_cover.jpg" title="EvoThomasHall_cover" width="100" /></a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Miles_to_Go.jpg">
</a>
<a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/EvoThomasHall_cover.jpg"> </a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Miles_to_Go.jpg"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-671" height="151" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Miles_to_Go.jpg" title="Miles_to_Go" width="97" /></a></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/The_Wedding_Letters.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-670 aligncenter" height="149" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/The_Wedding_Letters.jpg" title="The_Wedding_Letters" width="96" /></div>
</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><em>Before I Say Goodbye<br />
</em></td>
<td>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<em>Gifted</em></div>
</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>The Evolution of Thomas Hall</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>The Walk: Miles To Go<br />
</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>The Wedding Letters<br />
</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Rachel Ann Nunes</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Karey White</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Kieth Merrill</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Richard Paul Evans</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Jason F. Wright</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h1>
Historical</h1>
<table cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/attachment_1.jpeg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-678" height="149" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/attachment_1.jpeg" title="attachment_1" width="100" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/images_1.jpeg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-680" height="153" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/images_1.jpeg" title="images_1" width="98" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/5063012_Letters_Jade_Box_product.jpg">
</a><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/attachment.jpeg"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-679 alignnone" height="150" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/attachment.jpeg" title="attachment" width="150" /></a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/images.jpeg"> </a><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/5063012_Letters_Jade_Box_product.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-677 aligncenter" height="145" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/5063012_Letters_Jade_Box_product.jpg" title="5063012_Letters_Jade_Box_product" width="96" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/attachment.jpeg"> </a><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/images.jpeg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-681 aligncenter" height="144" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/images.jpeg" title="images" width="96" /></div>
</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Daughter of Helaman<br />
</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Fires of Jerusalem<br />
</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Isabelle Webb: The Pharaoh’s Daughter</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Letters in the Jade Dragon Box</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Miss Delacourt Has Her Day<br />
</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Misty Moncur*</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Marilyn Brown</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">N.C. Allen</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Gale Sears</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Heidi Ashworth</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h1>
Romance</h1>
<table cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/BorrowedLight.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-682 aligncenter" height="164" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/BorrowedLight-179x300.jpg" title="BorrowedLight" width="99" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/CaptiveHeart.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-683" height="161" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/CaptiveHeart-200x300.jpg" title="CaptiveHeart" width="107" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/countdowntolove.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-684" height="153" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/countdowntolove-200x300.jpg" title="countdowntolove" width="102" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/NotMyType.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-685" height="151" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/NotMyType.jpg" title="NotMyType" width="106" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TheList.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-686" height="151" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TheList-200x300.jpg" title="TheList" width="100" /></div>
</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Borrowed Light<br />
</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Captive Heart<br />
</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Count Down to Love</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Not My Type<br />
</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>The List<br />
</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Carla Kelly</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Michele Paige Holmes</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Julie N. Ford</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Melanie Jacobson</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Melanie Jacobson*</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h1>
Mystery</h1>
<table cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Acceptable_Loss.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-672" height="152" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Acceptable_Loss.jpg" title="Acceptable_Loss" width="100" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Bloodborne.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-673" height="149" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Bloodborne.jpg" title="Bloodborne" width="100" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/If_I_Should_Die.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-674" height="148" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/If_I_Should_Die.jpg" title="If_I_Should_Die" width="100" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Rearview_Mirror.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-675" height="150" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Rearview_Mirror.jpg" title="Rearview_Mirror" width="100" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Smokescreen.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-676" height="148" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Smokescreen.jpg" title="Smokescreen" width="100" /></div>
</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Acceptable Loss<br />
</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Bloodborne</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>If I Should Die<br />
</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Rearview Mirror<br />
</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Smokescreen</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Anne Perry</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Gregg Luke</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Jennie Hansen</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Stephanie Black</td>
<td>Traci Hunter Abramson</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h1>
Speculative</h1>
<table cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/51zOwlWErrL.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-687" height="155" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/51zOwlWErrL-193x300.jpg" title="51zOwlWErrL" width="100" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/I-dont.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-690" height="154" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/I-dont-196x300.jpg" title="I-dont" width="100" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/no-angel.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-692" height="153" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/no-angel-195x300.jpg" title="no angel" width="100" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/The-Alloy-of-Law.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-691" height="156" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/The-Alloy-of-Law-191x300.jpg" title="The-Alloy-of-Law" width="100" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/9780765326577.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-689" height="151" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/9780765326577-205x300.jpg" title="9780765326577" width="103" /></div>
</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>A Night of Blacker Darkness<br />
</em></td>
<td><em>I Don’t Want to Kill You<br />
</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>No Angel<br />
</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel<br />
</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>The Lost Gate<br />
</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Dan Wells</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Dan Wells</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Theresa Sneed*</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Brandon Sanderson</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Orson Scott Card</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h1>
Youth Fiction—Speculative</h1>
<table cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/My_Unfair_Godmother.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-693" height="152" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/My_Unfair_Godmother.jpg" title="My_Unfair_Godmother" width="99" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Shifting.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-694" height="152" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Shifting.jpg" title="Shifting" width="100" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Slayers.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-695" height="149" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Slayers.jpg" title="Slayers" width="100" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Tuesdays_at_the_Castle.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-696" height="151" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Tuesdays_at_the_Castle.jpg" title="Tuesdays_at_the_Castle" width="100" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Variant.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-697" height="155" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Variant.jpg" title="Variant" width="100" /></div>
</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>My Unfair Godmother<br />
</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Shifting</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Slayers</em></td>
<td><em>Tuesdays at the Castle<br />
</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Variant</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Janette Rallison</td>
<td>Bethany Wiggins</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">C.J. Hill</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Jessica Day George</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Robison Wells</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h1>
Youth Fiction—General</h1>
<table cellspacing="0"><tbody>
<tr>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Girls_Dont_Fly.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-698" height="148" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Girls_Dont_Fly.jpg" title="Girls_Dont_Fly" width="100" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Miles_to_Go1.jpg">
</a>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Miles+from+Ordinary.jpg"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-736 aligncenter" height="149" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Miles+from+Ordinary-199x300.jpg" title="Miles+from+Ordinary" width="103" /></a></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pride-and-popularity.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-700" height="154" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pride-and-popularity.jpg" title="pride and popularity" width="99" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sean-griswold-2.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-701" height="147" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sean-griswold-2-211x300.jpg" title="sean griswold 2" width="102" /></div>
</a></td>
<td><a href="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/with-a-name-like-love.jpg">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-702" height="145" src="http://whitneyawards.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/with-a-name-like-love.jpg" title="with a name like love" width="100" /></div>
</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Girls Don’t Fly<br />
</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Miles From Ordinary<br />
</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Pride & Popularity<br />
</em></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><em>Sean Griswold’s Head<br />
</em></td>
<td><em>With a Name Like Love<br />
</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: center;">Kristen Chandler</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Carol Lynch Williams</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Jenni James</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Lindsey Leavitt</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Tess Hilmo*</td></tr>
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