Showing posts with label giveaway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label giveaway. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

New Release Fun, Games and #giveaway - 12 Sisters Who Changed History

Raise your hand if you love new releases!


I do too. :D And since this week is special, I've got some fun games and giveaways lined up.

Wanna know why this week is so special? 
It is the release week of my very first EVER non-fiction title, 12 Sisters Who Changed History. This book tells the remarkable tales of 6 pairs of sisters who ended up changing the course of history. It was so much fun to research the history behind each of these women, and all of them have so much that we can glean from their lives.

Who is my favorite pair of sisters?
It's really hard to pick a favorite pair of sisters, but I really, REALLY enjoyed researching Rachel and Leah. In fact, my research for this book changed my opinion of them. I used to think of Rachel

Where did the idea come from?
Since I come from a family of 12 children, siblings are a favorite subject of mine. So when I was looking for a new blog series, I was intrigued by the thought of Sisters who changed or impacted history. That blog series went so well, and I had so much fun that I decided to expand it into a book.

Ready to see the cover?!!! Here's a jigsaw puzzle of the book cover, just for fun.

 
What do I hope readers take away from the book?
12 Sisters is so much more than just a biography of 12 women. It shares the main events in these sisters' lives, how they related to each other, and how they impacted the world. Besides being inspired by these amazing characters and the fascinating history readers will encounter, I hope they also walk away thinking about what they can do to change the world for the better.

While we're on the subject of sisters, Share with me your fondest memory with your sister to get your name in the drawing for an ebook copy of 12 Sisters Who Changed History!

 About the book:
The remarkable lives of twelve sisters who changed the course of history.
Historians paint pictures of amazing men and women who influenced the world, but seldom do we hear about sister duos that forever altered the course of history. Whether fighting together—or against each other—these twelve women set armies to flight, guarded homelands from invasion, transformed countries and religious systems, and begat nations. From mythical Athena and Artemis, to the English thrones of Mary & Elizabeth Tudor, the influence these women left behind is taken for granted. Join us on an inspirational journey through time as we explore the extraordinary lives of Sisters Who Changed History.
*Athena & Artemis (Ancient Greek Mythology)
*Rachel & Leah (Ancient Palestine)                                                                   
*Tru’ng Trac & Tru’ng Nhi (Vietnam)
*Mary & Anne Boleyn (England)
*Mary & Elizabeth Tudor (England)
*Angelina & Sarah Grimke (United States) 

Ebook only $2.99 on Amazon or Smashwords

Monday, July 2, 2018

Weekly Windup: Comment to Win Dawn of Liberty by Amber Schamel

Welcome to the Weekly Windup! We have a winner to announce!

Winner of The Wedding Barter by Alice Arenz is...Kim Hansen!









  If you are a winner, please Contact Us to claim your prize.

This Week's Giveaway:

  Dawn of Liberty (ebook) by Amber Schamel

The perfect 4th of July read with short portions that are easy to read during holiday free time.

2017 Indie Award Winner!

Liberty comes with a price. Can a fledgling nation bear the cost?

British forces advance upon a struggling colonial army. The time of decision has come. Declare independence, or give up the fight. The weight of a nation rests on Samuel Adams' shoulders as he joins the delegates of the Second Continental Congress. Can he raise the cause of Liberty above the fear of the King's wrath in the hearts of his countrymen?
Three inspirational short stories follow Samuel Adams as he struggles through the events surrounding the Declaration of Independence in early America and evokes the Dawn of Liberty. If you love Christian historical fiction, you will love this collection.

Check it out on Amazon

Comment on any post now through July 10th to get your name in the drawing! Winner will be announced in the July 11th issue of the Weekly Windup.

 Paperback giveaways are for U.S. residents only.

Coming up this week:

Monday, 7/2: Happy birthday, America by Carole Brown
Tuesday, 7/3: TBA
Wednesday, 7/4: Happy 4th of July!
Thursday, 7/5: ACFW New Releases
Friday, 7/6: A book review by Heidi Main
Saturday, 7/7: TBA

Monday, March 12, 2018

Weekly Windup: Comment to Win A Flute in the Willows by Carole Brown!


Welcome to the Weekly Windup!

We have a new giveaway to announce.




The winner of book of choice by Amber Schamel from January's giveaway was...Connie! We hope you enjoy Solve by Christmas.


  If you are a winner, please Contact Us to claim your prize.

 

This Week's Giveaway:

A Flute in the Willows by Stitches Author Carole Brown




Both rebels in their own way, Josie and Jerry Patterson must figure out how to keep the other's love...and keep the German enemy at bay.

She has two loves—her skating and Jerry, her husband. But when he returns home looking like a skeleton trying to return to life, she's scared. What happened in Germany to change a man so much? Has another woman captured his heart?

Jerry has vowed to let Josie live her own glamourous life...especially after what happened in Germany. But when his wife's life is threatened, Jerry realizes he can't stand by and do nothing. Jerry has to risk all for the very soul and life of himself—Josie.

These two damaged, rebellious people learn the hard way that leaning on God instead of their own selves and abilities is the only true way to love and happiness.

 Comment on any post now through March 25th to get your name in the drawing! Winner will be announced in the March 26th issue of the Weekly Windup. Paperback giveaways are for U.S. residents only.

Coming up this week:

Monday, 3/12: Saving Time by Carole Brown
Tuesday, 3/13: The Award Winning Mrs. Miniver
Wednesday, 3/14: Elaine's Vegetable Garden
Thursday, 3/15: Book Review: A Borrowed Dream by Amanda Cabot
Friday, 3/16: Book Review by Jenn Fromke
Saturday, 3/17: Interview with Courtney Hilbert

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Weekly Windup: Comment to Win Handmade Dish Clothes by Gail Kittleson!


Welcome to the Weekly Windup! We have a winner to announce!

Winners of The Prescience by Lorilyn Roberts (ebook) is...Mindy H!








   If you are a winner, please Contact Us to claim your prize.

 

This Week's Giveaway:

Handmade Dish Clothes by Gail Kittleson!

This week we have a special treat! Author Gail Kittleson is giving away a pair of dish clothes handmade with love by the author. Thank you so much for such a special gift, Gail!

You can find Gail and all of her wonderful books by visiting these links:

Comment on any post now through December 10th to get your name in the drawing! Winner will be announced in the December 11th issue of the Weekly Windup. Paperback giveaways are for U.S. residents only.

Coming up this week:


Tuesday, 12/5: In Search of Christmas Past with Guest LeeAnn Betts
Wednesday, 12/6: Catherine Castle
Thursday, 12/7: ACFW New Releases
Friday, 12/8: Reveal! The Flute in the Willows by Carole Brown
Saturday, 12/9: TBA

Monday, July 31, 2017

Weekly Windup: Birthday Bash Announcement!

Weekly Windup

Guess what?! Tomorrow is AUGUST already, which happens to be our BIRTHDAY MONTH!

Happy birthday to us!

Somebody hire an orchestra, grab Chickfila to cater, bake a cake and throw out the streamers, 'cause we're gonna celebrate 4 YEARS of blogging here at Stitches Thru Time.

 

We've got some really great stuff in store for you including special guests, fun celebration posts, and GIVEAWAYS!

 

And of course this blog would be NOTHING without our wonderful readers, so we'll be giving away a LOT of birthday presents. 

Birthday Presents!
There will be special giveaways every weekend, with a few thrown in for good measure. PLUS we have a grand prize of a $50 Amazon gift card & two runner up prizes of these fantastic Bookish necklaces!



How to enter
 Leave comments throughout the month to get your name in the drawings for the Grand Prize and Runner-Ups. Individual giveaways will be announced in the individual posts.

This Week's Giveaway:

Under Fire by our very own Linda Shenton Matchett


Small-town journalist Ruth Brown's sister Jane is pronounced dead after a boating accident in the Spring of 1942. Because Jane's body is missing, Ruth is convinced her sister is still alive. A series of events and discoveries raise Ruth's suspicions about Jane's work at the local manufacturing plant, then additional clues send Ruth to war-torn London. By the time their brother contacts her with the devastating news that Jane's body has been found, and evidence suggests she was murdered, Ruth has stumbled on black marketers, resistance fighters, and the IRA-all of whom may want her dead.

Releasing on July 25th!

 

 

 Comment on any post now through August 6th to get your name in the drawing! Winner will be announced in the August 7th issue of the Weekly Windup. Paperback giveaways are for U.S. residents only.

Coming up this week:

Monday, 7/31: The Heart of the Artist, by Catherine Castle
Tuesday, 8/1: Linda Shenton Matchett's Under Fire, by Terri Wangard
Wednesday, 8/2: Special Birthday Bash Post
Thursday, 8/3: STT Book Birthdays
Friday, 8/4: The Cowboy's Baby Blessing by Deb Kastner, Review by Heidi
Main
Saturday, 8/5: Birthday Bash Interview and Giveaway, Laurie Alice Eakes

Monday, May 29, 2017

Weekly Windup: Comment to Win The Duke's Dilemma by Elaine Manders

Weekly Windup

Welcome to the Weekly Windup! We have a winner to announce!

Winner of Cinderella's Boots by Darlene Franklin is...

 

 

 

 

  If you are a winner, please Contact Us to claim your prize.

 

This Week's Giveaway:

Elaine Mander's Brand spankin' new release, The Duke's Dilemma!



Should he wed the perfect match—or the one he loves?

Edward Dalton, the new duke of Langsdale, must soon take a wife to ensure the hereditary line. A young war widow seems the perfect choice. She is charming, well respected with impeccable character, and her connections to the Ton’s most important people is an asset he can’t ignore. But Edward is intrigued by another widow. The mysterious, hauntingly beautiful Lady Wayte.

Cassandra Wayte could not be a more unsuitable match. She isn’t received by polite society, and her notorious dealings with London’s underclass is the talk of nobility from White’s patrons to the most fashionable hostesses. It’s even whispered she murdered her elderly husband. But Edward sees a different side of the tragic lady, and he determines to discover the secrets tormenting her. As he peels away the layers of her resistance, he discovers a malevolent adversary stalking Lady Wayte and exposes a level of depravity that shocks even his war-hardened sensibilities. Can he win her trust and her heart? And at what cost to the dukedom?

As Cassandra’s relentless search for her husband’s murderer exposes both her and Edward to unseen dangers, all they can rely on is their love for each other and their faith in God.

 Comment on any post now through June 4th to get your name in the drawing! Winner will be announced in the June 5th issue of the Weekly Windup. Paperback giveaways are for U.S. residents only.

Coming up this week:


Tuesday, 5/30: Stubby, the Hero Dog of WWI, by Shirley Raye Redmond
Thursday, 6/1: ACFW New Releases!
Friday, 6/2:  Heidi Main's book review of "Behind the Scenes"
Saturday, 6/3: Author Interview with Kimberly Rose Johnson 






Monday, April 3, 2017

Complaining or Counting? What’s Your Choice?


Oh dear, sometimes I can be so cantankerous and crabby, complaining about all sorts of things that the devil throws at me trying to kill my joy, steal my peace, and destroy my witness in my effort to love! It’s such an easy route to ride. Our enemy gives us so much to fuss about! But if we’re complaining, perhaps we should remember this Word:

Numbers 11:1 “And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.”


Paul reminded the Corinthians about how the Children murmured in the wilderness, saying “Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” I Corinthians 10:10-13

What a great lesson! He reminds us of their example and admonishes us to be careful! No thinking we’re doing good and standing tall, or we might just fall. I d find a comfort in knowing #1 that I'm not alone going through tough times #2 God is faithful (that ALWAYS comforts me!) and #3 There's a way of escape. So . . . what’s the way?

Which direction do we head when the troubles and trials pile on top each other, and we need to escape?

May I suggest that we have a choice? Daily, even hourly, we can choose. Consider this: our 'escape' lies in those choices; that it all boils down to them. Philippians 2:14 says to “do all things without murmurings and disputings.” We either choose to bow up and complain, murmur, and remain cantankerous, making everyone around us walk lightly and be pretty miserable right along with us!

OR, we can choose to actually be glad about it! Like James tells us in his first chapter, second verse: “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.”

The latter choice will leave you skipping through the tulips all sweet and cheerful, as you choose to trust God and believe Romans 8:28 is true: “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” So we can sincerely count the temptations joy and “Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice!” Philippians 4:4



So tell me, have you had the opportunity to complain today? 
How did you choose?


Giveaway: 
Would you count it all joy to get a free book in the mail? Comment and I'll enter your name into a drawing! :) For VOW UNBROKEN, book one in my Texas Romance family saga! Book nine MIGHTY TO SAVE debuts in May!



Bio: Caryl McAdoo loves writing stories for all ages that glorify God and is thrilled Christian fiction fits her life purpose so well. Bold not bashful, she’s quick to share the Bible principles she lives by through her characters and hopes each title ministers His love, mercy, and grace. Known as the “Singing Pray-er”—with a YouTube channel to prove it—the prolific hybrid author also loves praising Him with new songs He gives her. Her high-school-sweetheart-husband moved the family from the DFW area—home for fifty-plus years—to the woods and seat of Red River County. After Ron, Caryl counts four children and sixteen grandsugars life’s biggest blessings. The McAdoos live a few miles south of Clarksville in the far northeast corner of the Lone Star State with two grandsons.

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Friday, January 6, 2017

2016's Stitch in Time - We've got things to celebrate!

Happy New Year everyone! We're so glad that you all have become a part of our little community here at Stitches Thru Time and we are looking forward to another amazing year. 

With it rolling over into 2017, I thought it would be fun to look back and see what news we have to celebrate for this past year. Turns out, we've had some great stuff! And how fun it is to see what all the ladies have accomplished. Next Friday I will be continueing the post with a summary of new releases from our group of authors (psstt...there'll be a great giveaway with that post as well.) So be sure to check back and celebrate with us.

First, a few fun stats. 

New Contracts Signed in 2016

  • Angela K. Couch signed a two-book contract with Pelican Book Group for The Tory's Daughter and The Return of the King's Ranger!

  • Jennifer Fromke signed with a new agent in 2016. She is now represented by Jessica Kirkland of Kirkland Media Management 

  • Jodie Wolfe signed a contract with Celebrate Lit Publishing for An Angel for the Cowboy releasing spring 2017

Awards & Bestsellers

  • Carole Brown's Sabotaged Christmas finalled in the Best Books Contest and in December shot to Amazon's top five in print and kindle, making it a best seller. :) 
Winner of 2016 Bookvana Award
for Religious Fiction


  • Norma Gail's debut novel, Land of My Dreams, released in 2014, received the 2016 Bookvana Book Awards Religious Fiction Award. 

  • Jodie Wolfe was a finalist in THREE contests!-Put Your Hear in a Book Contest 2016
    -Pages From the Heart Contest 2016
    -2016 Southern Magic's Linda Howard Award of Excellence Contest 
  • Amber Schamel's Christmas novella, The Swaddling Clothes climbed to #1 in the Christmas catagory on Amazon during a free promo in the month of December. 
 
 Congratulations to all of our fantastic Stitches Thru Time authors! I'm so proud to be one of you. 

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Okay, so we're going to wrap up this week's post with a giveaway. One commentor will win their choice of one of my ebooks! To enter the giveaway, please tell us what you are most proud of accomplishing or overcoming in 2016.