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Win a Kindle...Catch a Ghost

To celebrate the release of my new book In the Manor of the Ghost  out this month from Desert Breeze Publishing,  

     

Note - picture may not depict actual model of prize

 

I will be giving away 2 Kindle eBook Readers

and 10 free copies of my e-book In the Manor of the Ghost

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No purchase is necessary. From Now through June 30th you can enter your name for a chance to win one of 2 Kindle Ereaders by filling in the blanks of the following sentence.

Though not inclined to believe the dead can walk the night laden corridors, _____________ can see them clearly in the eyes of her husband ____________. 

Find the answers by going to Desert Breeze Publishing. 

Then send an email with your answer, including your name and address, to  tpins313@gmail.com to enter.  2 Winners will be drawn from the emails received by June 30th 2010. Later entries and any coarse languaged entries will be disqualified.  One entry please. *** See way for extra entries below. Please Put Question IMOG in the subject line of your email.

For Extra Entries...

***If  you have purchased my book, In the Manor of the Ghost you can mail a copy of your receipt with your name, address, phone number and email address, Handwritten on the sheet to  Win A Kindle... Catch a Ghost,  P.O. Box 40018, Grand Junction, Colorado, 81504 for an extra entry. Entries must be postmarked no later than June 30 and received by July 7th to qualify.  Only one per purchase.

***By promoting my contest or book In the Manor of the Ghost on your sites, you can get another entry. Let me know by sending me an email with a link to where you're promoting the book or contest. Please put Promotion IMOG in your email subject line.

****Disclaimer.... entering this contest is considered a confirmation of eligilbility on behalf of the enterer in accord with rules and any pertaining local/federal/international laws and is void where prohibited. Contest is open to U.S.  and  Canadian Residents only.  Odds of winning dependent on number of entrants.****  Kindle and Desert Breeze Publishing are  not responsible for this contest in anyway.

Headlines May 20, 2010

Share some of the headlines from your part of the world...

Obama: Immigration an issue for Feds.

Parties sifting through primary rubble-- (GOP, Dems alike try to intrepret results of wild and woolly elections)

Parents have had enough of 'politicized' science

Welcome, Cabela's, to Grand Junction

The Value of Water.

Liberal unease over Kagan really stems from uncertainty about Obama

City built it, but will they come park?

Thai capital smolders after protests quelled

North Korea threatens war if South retaliates for sinking of naval ship. 

And Now for the Winners...

Congratulations to Carolyn O, Anne Patrick, Deborah M. and Regan Taylor--they are the winners of the $20.00 gift certificates to Desert Breeze Publishing. If you would email me at tpinson.co@netzero.net so I can make sure I have your proper email, I can get your certificates to you.

Thanks again for everyone who entered the In the Manor of the Ghost Contest Part 1.

REMEMBER ... Part 2 of the contest will be coming soon.

Stop by my Write Where I Want to Be blogsite for the following interviews. 

Monday-May 10th Author K. Dawn Byrd stops by to tell us a bit about herself and share about her new book Queen of Hearts . Available through Desert Breeze Publishing. Be sure to come by.

  

Wednesday- May 12th Author Shawna K. Williams stops in to share about her new release No Other, available now through Desert Breeze

Thank you...

My sincere Thanks to everyone who signed up during this first part of the In the Manor of the Ghost Contest.

Winners will be announced this week, so don't forget to check back.

Also, keep your eyes open for Phase Two of the contest, prizes will be bigger and better.

Visit my Write Where I Want to Be blogsite for the following interviews.

 

Monday-May 10th, Author  K. Dawn Byrd stops by to tell us a bit about herself and share about her new book Queen of Hearts. Be sure to come by. Available through Desert Breeze Publishing. Be sure to come by.

 

Wednesday- May 12th Author Shawna K. Williams stops in to share about her new release No Other, available now through Desert Breeze Publishing.

In the Manor of the Ghost Contest (Part 1)

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY ... Don't forget to sign up

To celebrate the release of my new book In the Manor of the Ghost this June 2010 through Desert Breeze Publishing, I am giving away (4) $20.00 gift certificates to Desert Breeze Publishing. 

For a chance to win one, simply become a follower at this blog site or one of the sites listed below by May 1st, 2010. Winners will be chosen from the follower lists of my Blog and Twitter sites and announced by May 7th, 2010.

 

http://tinapinson.blogspot.com/

http://twitter.com/Tina_Pinson

Details for In the Manor of the Ghost Contest (Part 2)... coming soon

****Disclaimer.... entering this contest is considered a confirmation of eligilbility on behalf of the enterer in accord with rules and any pertaining local/federal/international laws and is void where prohibited. Contest is open to U.S. Residents only.  Odds of winning depend on number of entrants****

In the Manor of the Ghost Contest

My new book In the Manor of the Ghost will be available June 2010 from Desert Breeze Publishing.  In celebration, I will be holding a contest to kindle some excitement.  Details coming soon.

Does Anybody Hear Me?

I wonder...

Has anyone ever really heard my voice?

Has anyone truly read and understood the words I've written?

Has my life made a difference in the smallest way?

When I draw my final breath and am removed from life, will pieces of my story remain in the annals of times?
Or given the time of my life and the way I spent it, will anyone even know that I existed?

I wonder... Oh Lord.

Have I truly heard your voice?

Have I truly read and understood the words you've written?

Have I allowed you touch my life, and touch others through me in the smallest way?

When I draw my last breath, when I reach for eternity, will it be said of me that I lived for you?
Or will anyone even know that you existed in me?

I wonder... Oh Lord what is the measure of a life?

That I sold a million copies of a book?

That I made a million dollars?

That I lived a million lifetimes in a million seconds?

That I touched a single life?

I wonder...

Lord, make me to know my end.
And what is the measure of my days.
That I may know how frail I am

Indeed, you have made days as handbreadths,
and my age is as nothing before you.
Certainly everyman is but a vapor.  Selah

Surely every man walks about like a shadow;
Surely they busy themselves in vain;
He heaps up riches,
and does not know who will gather them.

And now Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in you.  Psalm 39: 4-7

also posted at http://tinapinson.blogspot.com/

Putting Christmas Away...

Took down the Christmas Decorations today. Plucked the ornaments from the tree, which thankfully came with it's own lights so I didn't have to unstring those. I gathered the tree skirt and gave it a shake. Then pulled down the swags of garland that had graced my tree and the windows and packed it all nicely and neatly, (I might have crammed a little but not much) into my five red and green Rubbermaid containers. Then I broke down the tree and pushed all it's beautiful fake limbs into the cardboard box that should last another year with enough duck tape. A couple forgotten ornaments dropped to the floor while I was folding the tree so I tossed those in the nearest container. Then carried it all out to the shed to wait for the passing of another year, so I can go through the time tested ritual of taking it all out again.

Okay so I left the lights on the house, but I know they will only go back up next year and I wanted to conserve my hubby's energy. But the house is back to it's old, normal, kind of blah without the lights now, self.

With all the colors and lights gone, it's kind of a bummer.

As I stare at the empty place where the tree with lights and colors sat, where it will probably sit next year. I wonder if I'm back to my normal self. When I tucked Christmas away, did I pull out the old me and set it all back in place. Or, now that the year has past, and carried me into another year, another decade, have I come with new set of dreams? Have I arrived with a new passion to touch this year and make it the best yet?

That is my prayer.

Follow the link for more on my thoughts concerning the new year.

  http://tinapinson.blogspot.com/

Trying to figure out a new blog page, when your techno challenged is grand. I have a hard enough time keeping one blog going. What in the world am I doing?