Congrats to the ten winners of a customized e-greeting card:

acvermen
chocolatetwin2
ginahamm
flyhoney20
dmscott428
rachelcorkle
sofasapillow
missyt26
thestormis
mcgreen04

You have 24 hours to respond to the email I sent out (check your spam folder just in case).

Thank you all for reading my books and blog.

Next contest–sponsored by Simply Said Reading Accessories. More info coming shortly.

I’m taking a break this week from blogging so just in case I don’t chat with you beforehand, Happy Thanksgiving.

The last contest went over well, so I’m doing it again. This time, I will be personalizing TEN Holiday e-Greeting cards for ten members of my mailing list.

If you’re already signed up to my mailing list, do nothing now. Just be sure to look at your email on November 30th to see if you’re one of the ten winners. You will have 24 hours to return my email to let me know you got it. If I don’t hear from you within 24 hours, the next person’s name will be pulled.

If you’re NOT on my mailing list, to enter, sign up now. To sign up, click or paste the following link: http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=498262

You must be a member before 11/29/09 in order to win.

Example of the e-cards:

One of my hobbies is making graphics. Here are a few images I made just for fun:

Are you a book diva? If so, leave a comment and right-click and save this image as a gif.

Below is an image I made for author Michelle McGriff’s new book West End Girls.

Below is an advance view of one of my upcoming banners.

Be sure to visit blog during the week of Thanksgiving for the 2nd customized e-greeting contest announcement.

Congrats to the five winners:  pwriter1, flyhoney20, rhondamcknight, k_obannon, rayvaleric. You have 24 hours to respond to the email you will be getting from sheliagoss at aol dot com. A winner will get one of the customized e-greeting cards I made below (with your name of course…smile):

If you didn’t win this time, I might be making 5 more, so be on the lookout for the announcement.

Last week I was a guest blogger over at Princess Dominique’s fashion blog.

If you would have asked me five years ago about wearing wigs or hair weave, I would have looked at you crazy. It only took one bad experience at a hairdresser and my mind changed. Now that I am trying to grow my hair out and not use a curling iron on it on a daily basis, I’m an advocate for wigs. Wigs are a great fashion accessory.

Reasons why I love wearing wigs: Click on the following link to read the rest of my post:  http://www.princessdominique.com/fashionblog/2009/11/hair-wigs-are-a-great-fashion-accessory/

A Change Had to Come book cover

Gwynne Forster is a national best selling author of forty-two works of fiction, including her latest of eight mainstream novels, A CHANGE HAD TO COME. Gwynne is author of thirty-four romance novels and novellas, of which the latest novels are FINDING MR. RIGHT and HOLIDAY KISSES. She has won numerous awards for fiction writing, including the Romantic Times 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award, the Romance In Color Author of the Year award, the Gold Pen Award and has been inducted in the Affaire de Coeur Hall of Fame. Ms. Forster knows a lot about romance. Read more as she shares her thoughts on romance.

How do I keep romance alive in my present relationship?

To read her response to this question and more, click on the following link: http://www.examiner.com/x-28527-Dallas-Romance-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Romance-author-spotlight-on-Gwynne-Forster#

Single women everywhere are wondering where are the single men. One place they are not is under your couch. So what is a single woman to do? Well, here is one tip from a romance author’s post called the 5 B’s: Be Friendly. Nothing says…

To read the rest of this article, please click on the link below:

http://www.examiner.com/x-28527-Dallas-Romance-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Where-are-the-single-men?cid=email-this-article

I will be making FIVE new personalized Holiday e-Greeting cards for five members of my mailing list (see examples from 2008 below).

If you’re already signed up to my mailing list, do nothing now. Just be sure to look at your email on November 16th to see if you’re one of the five winners. You will have 24 hours to return my email to let me know you got it. If I don’t hear from you within 24 hours, the next person’s name will be pulled.

If you’re NOT on my mailing list, to enter, sign up now. To sign up, click or paste the following link: http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=498262

You must be a member before 11/15/09 in order to win. Several winners will be chosen at random.

EXAMPLES OF CUSTOMIZED EGREETINGS FROM 2008

Contest ends at 11:59 p.m.  November 15, 2009. Void where prohibited by law. The winners will be notified via email. If the winner hasn’t responded within 24 hours of the initial email, the next name pulled will be the winner.

Enter for a chance to win a copy of Damaged by Kia DuPree.

If you’re already signed up to my mailing list, I just need you to LEAVE A COMMENT on this blog post.

If you’re NOT on my mailing list, to enter, just sign up AND leave a comment on this post to let me know you’re interested in the Damaged

contest. To sign up, click or paste the following link: http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=498262

All entries must be in between now and 11:59 p.m est 12/20/09.

Several winners will be chosen at random.

ABOUT THE BOOK
Camille Logan feels trapped. After she is sexually and emotionally abused by her foster parents, she turns to the one person she knows she can trust–her boyfriend Chu, a mid-level drug dealer. But when life finally starts looking up for Camille, Chu is brutally murdered. Again feeling abandoned and helpless, and refusing to return to the system, Camille finds herself living with a stable of women in a tiny run-down apartment building in Washington, D.C., working for Nut, a deranged pimp. Fed up with her life, Camille is forced to right her wrongs, and slowly learns that her past does not necessarily determine her future.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kia DuPree, a former assistant editor at St. Martins Press, received the Fiction Honor Book Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association for her debut, self-published novel, Robbing Peter, in 2005. Kia’s short story, Lost One, was recently included in #1 Essence bestselling author Shannon Holmes’ anthology HOOD 2 HOOD, which was released in March 2008. Kia holds a B.A. in Mass Media Arts from Hampton University, as well as an M.A. in English from Old Dominion University. Kia currently resides in Washington, DC.

Contest open to US residents only. Contest ends at 11:59 p.m. December 20, 2009. Void where prohibited by law. The winners will be notified via email. If the winner hasn’t responded within 48 hours of the initial email with their shipping address, the next name pulled will be the winner.

You have a chance to win a copy of Searching for Tina Turner by Jacqueline E. Luckett.

If you’re already signed up to my mailing list, I just need you to LEAVE A COMMENT on this blog post.

If you’re NOT on my mailing list, to enter, just sign up AND leave a comment on this post to let me know you’re interested in the ON THE LINE contest. To sign up, click or paste the following link: http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=498262

All entries must be in between now and 11:59 p.m est 12/20/09.

Several winners will be chosen at random.

ABOUT THE BOOK
On the surface, Lena Spencer appears to have it all. She and her wealthy husband Randall have two wonderful children, and they live a life of luxury. In reality, however, Lena finds that happiness is elusive. Randall is emotionally distant, her son has developed a drug habit, and her daughter is disgusted by her mother’s “overbearing behavior.” When Randall decides that he’s had enough of marriage counseling, he offers his wife an ultimatum: “Be grateful for all I’ve done for you or leave.” Lena, realizing that money can’t solve her problems and that her husband is no longer the man she married, decides to choose the latter.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jacqueline Luckett is a former sales representative for Xerox. After leaving the corporate world, Jacqueline took a creative writing class on a dare (from herself) and began writing short stories and poetry and never looked back. Jacqueline loves living in Oakland, but travels frequently to nurture her passion for photography and learning to cook exotic foods. She is currently hard at work on her next novel.

Contest open to US residents only. Contest ends at 11:59 p.m. December 20, 2009. Void where prohibited by law. The winners will be notified via email. If the winner hasn’t responded within 48 hours of the initial email with their shipping address, the next name pulled will be the winner.