Monday, October 3, 2011

Giveaway and Author Interview: Christmas Belles of Georgia

Welcome to Writing for Christ Rose McCauley, it is great to have you here!

Thanks so much for hosting me, Casey.


Do you have an interesting fact about yourself the average reader probably doesn’t know?

I love to read and collect Christmas books, so I am very happy my first fiction published is a heart-warming Christmas story—Christmas Belles of Georgia!


Do you have a favorite genre to read/write?

I like to read many genres, but find myself most drawn to contemporary women’s fiction because it can include other genres like romance and mystery. And I can always get a spiritual uplift from Christian WF when I see how God solves the problems of the characters. I also love books set in small towns like the Mitford series. In fact, my tagline is “Stories from small towns with huge hearts.” That is true of the small town of Monticello Georgia where this book is set.



Do you have a nugget of writing advice that has completely changed how you view writing? Something I learned from the Bible study Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby—pray and discern what God is doing and join him in those purposes instead of asking Him to bless what you want to do! So whether I am working on a writing project or something around the house or neighborhood, I need to follow that wisdom. That’s something I am still learning. Probably will be til the day I die!



What do you enjoy most about being a published author?

Although I do have selections in several non-fiction books, it has been my dream for over a decade to be published in fiction, so I am enjoying watching my dream come true. And I got my first email from a reader just last week who told how a devotional I wrote in one of the non-fiction books blessed and encouraged her. I hope and pray that my fiction stories will do the same.



Places for readers to learn more about you?

My revamped website, thanks to Gayle DeSalles, is www.rosemccauley.com where you can click to order the book, and my blog is www.rosemccauley.blogspot.com where I have book reviews and posts from other authors, too, and a monthly book drawing. I hope you will visit my sites and click to become a follower of my blog.



Thank you for being with us today! Thank you and all your readers for taking the time to let me visit with you.

Readers here is your chance to enter to win Rose's novel!Please leave an email address. If I draw your name and there is no email, you will not win!

For extra entries:
~Be a follower
~Be a subscriber
~And an EXTRA one:
Become a follower of Rose's blog here (to do this, click on the word FOLLOW at the very top of the blog page next to the white search box. :-))

 
Contest is only open in the U.S. and void where prohibited. Chances of winning are based on the number of entries and winner is draw from a non-biased third party- Random.org. I am not responsible for any lost or damaged items for said prize.

Thanks for coming by to enter! Contest ends on October 14th.

45 comments:

  1. Thank you for this great interview.

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  3. Thank you for hosting the giveaway, I am a follower.

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  4. I am a subscriber.

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  5. I am now following Rose's blog.

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  6. Thank you for the giveaway. Please enter me in contest. I would love to read this book. Tore923@aol.com

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  7. Thank you so much for the chance to win this. This book looks amazing. I would love to win this.

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  8. This sounds really good. Would love to read it.

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  9. I subscribe by email.

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  10. I am a subscriber. Thank you for the giveaway.

    Blessings,
    Jo
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  11. I love reading Christmas stories and thank you for the opportunity of winning this book.

    Blessings,
    Jo
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  12. please enter me in the contest to win "Christmas Belles of Georgia."

    my email address is maryeellis@yahoo.com

    thanks.

    Mary

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  13. always love Christmas books.

    Doreen
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    I'm also a follower and a subscriber.

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  14. Hi Casey and all your followers who commented, this was a nice surprise to get home from town and have all these posts awaiting me! I hope all of you will visit my blog and leave a comment and get another chance to win a book also. And I just follwed your blog, too, Casey. You have lots of interesting guests and info.

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  15. I would live read this book. Please enter me into he contest.
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  16. Would love to win! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  17. Follow on GFC.

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  18. Email subscriber

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  19. This book looks great..would love to win it!
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  20. I am a follower
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  21. I'm an email subscriber
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  22. I follow Rose's blog
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  23. Hi Casey & Rose,

    Just visited Rose's blog and here she is on yours!

    Like I said on your blog, Rose, it was wonderful to meet you in St. Louis. I bought a copy of your book which I can't wait to read!

    Wishing you many sales and wonderful readers!

    Cheers,
    Sue
    P.S. And great to meet you, too, Casey!

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  24. Would love to read Rose's book..please enter me. Thanks
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  25. I subscribe via E mail.
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  26. I love these books and I love Christmas stories. Please include me in this giveaway and thanks for the wonderful interview.

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  27. email subscriber

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  28. gfc follower

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  29. follow Rose's blog too

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  30. I love Christmas stories and even better, it's in the south! It doesn't get much better than that! Thanks for the giveaway and a great interview.

    I'm a follower, subscriber and I'm following Rose's blog.

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    God Bless,
    Liz R

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  31. Sounds like a good read. Thanks for the chance to win it!

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  32. GFC follower

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  33. email subscriber

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  34. follower of Rose's blog :)

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  35. Thanks, Casey for introducing me to Rose's book. I love Christmas stories and this sounds like a good one.

    +1 I'm a follower
    +1 I'm a subscriber

    +1 I'm a follower of Rose's blog

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  36. I LOVE Christmas books!
    Thanks for the chance to win it.

    Charlotte Kay
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  37. I follow:)

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  38. I subscribe:)

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  39. I follow Rose's blog:)

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  40. To read a Christmas book about my husband's birth state of Georgia would be amazing!
    Thanks!
    Rebecca
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  41. I love finding good Christmas stories this time of year! Thanks!
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  42. I am a follower!
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  43. I am an email subscriber.
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  44. I would love to win a copy of Christmas Belles of Georgia.

    Blessings!

    Judy B

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  45. I am a subscriber!

    Blessings!

    Judy B

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