Tag: The Christy Award

First Line Friday (week 368): The Christy Award 2023 winners

First Line Friday (week 368): The Christy Award 2023 winners

Posted November 17, 2023 / 23 Comments

Happy Friday & welcome to the First Line Friday link-up! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. Today, it is my absolute joy to share with you the first lines of all The Christy Award 2023 Winners! I love so […]


The Christy Award 2023 Finalists (and a Giveaway!)

The Christy Award 2023 Finalists (and a Giveaway!)

Posted October 27, 2023 / 8 Comments

Welcome to the Blog Blitz for The Christy Award Finalists 2023 organized by ECPA and hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! We extend our sincere and enthusiastic congratulations to The Christy Award 2023 Finalists & Winners (announced on November 16th)! YOU ARE INVITED The Christy Award Gala 2023 Via webcast November […]


First Line Friday (week 365): A Return to Hawthorne House

First Line Friday (week 365): A Return to Hawthorne House

Posted October 26, 2023 / 11 Comments

Happy Friday & welcome to the First Line Friday link-up! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. Today I’m featuring the first line of the A Return to Hawthorne House collection by Kristi Ann Hunter, specifically “Always a Lady” which […]


Event Spotlight (and a Giveaway!): Art of Writing Webinars 2023

Event Spotlight (and a Giveaway!): Art of Writing Webinars 2023

Posted September 21, 2023 / 4 Comments

I’m delighted to be teaming up with JustRead Publicity Tours today to tell you about the Art of Writing 2023 webinars! This is one of my very fave writing conferences, and I’ve been attending it since its very first year, whether it’s in person or virtual. This year, I’m excited to […]


Register Now (and a Giveaway!) for JustRead Rendezvous

Register Now (and a Giveaway!) for JustRead Rendezvous

Posted September 13, 2023 / 14 Comments

Welcome to the Takeover Blitz for JustRead Rendezvous, hosted, sponsored, and organized by JustRead Publicity Tours! I shared with y’all back in July about this reader-author event, and I’ve been spotlighting the THIRTY AUTHORS (yay!) every week in my First Line Friday & Weekly Update posts. But I wanted to […]



First Line Friday (week 316): The Christy Award 2022 winners

First Line Friday (week 316): The Christy Award 2022 winners

Posted November 18, 2022 / 9 Comments

Happy Friday & welcome to the First Line Friday link-up! It’s still Friday, right? I apologize that this wasn’t up on time today but I was out of town for the Art of Writing conference & Christy Award gala and my laptop refused to be cooperative last night after the […]


The Christy Award 2022 Finalists & Gala Invitation

The Christy Award 2022 Finalists & Gala Invitation

Posted November 3, 2022 / 15 Comments

Welcome to the Blog Blitz for The Christy Award Finalists organized by ECPA and hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! We extend our sincere and enthusiastic congratulations to The Christy Award 2022 Finalists! The Christy Award Finalists 2022 CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE All That Really Matters by Nicole Deese (Bethany House/ Baker Publishing […]





The Art of Writing Conference Spotlight (and a Giveaway!)

The Art of Writing Conference Spotlight (and a Giveaway!)

Posted October 10, 2022 / 4 Comments

Welcome to the Takeover Blitz for the 2022 Art of Writing Conference organized by ECPA, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! I’m so honored to be one of the co-directors of this year’s conference, as well as a panelist. I would LOVE to see you there! A QUICK NOTE ABOUT THE […]


First Line Friday (week 262): The Christy Award 2021 winners

First Line Friday (week 262): The Christy Award 2021 winners

Posted October 28, 2021 / 16 Comments

Happy Friday & welcome to the First Line Friday link-up! Without further ado… it’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. Today, I’m featuring the first lines of all The Christy Award 2021 Winners! I love so many things about the […]




2021 The Christy Award Finalists: Kara Swanson & Dust

2021 The Christy Award Finalists: Kara Swanson & Dust

Posted October 27, 2021 / 7 Comments

Hello again! Continuing until tomorrow (culminating with a list of winners), I have the privilege of featuring all of the 2021 The Christy Award Finalists! Today I’m featuring Kara Swanson and her young adult fiction Christy Award finalist book Dust! You can check out a list of all the finalists […]