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Happy Valentine’s Day ~ Bonne Saint Valentin ~ One Billion Rising

February 12, 2022 by Patricia Sands Leave a Comment

Join us on Valentine’s Day!
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Six of the Blue Sky Book Chat authors on Facebook are getting together to read some romance – from their own workπŸ₯° Click this link to be part of the fun!

Join us at 3 PM ET/2 PM Central/12 PM Pacific to hear me and my good friends, Bette Lee Crosby, Soraya Lane, Aimie K. Runyan and Marilyn Simon Rothstein ~ with host Lainey Cameron~ read brief excerpts from our work and chat with you about romance.
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Special Valentine’s Day sale! Click here for your copy.

And now for a message I feel is important to share every year at this time. I hope you agree and share it yourself.

Of course there’s always a place for hearts and flowers and chocolate and mushy love songs, but there are many girls and women around the world who receive none of those. Not on February 14th. Not ever.

Have you raised your voice? β€œEvery February, we rise – in countries across the world – to show our local communities and the world what one billion looks like and shine a light on the rampant impunity and injustice that survivors most often face. We rise through dance to express joy and community and celebrate the fact that we have not been defeated by this violence. We rise to show we are determined to create a new kind of consciousness – one where violence will be resisted until it is unthinkable.”

This year, once again, One Billion Rising is set to escalate RISINGS against all forms of violence against women and will continue to highlight where all these issues interconnect.

Here’s a song we should all add to our repertoire. This infectious anthem shares a message that is universal. Share it everywhere you can. Help break the chain of violence towards women and girls.

Β BREAK THE CHAIN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL5N8rSy4CU

Click here to see V-day events happening around the world today.

β€œLike” the Facebook page.  Follow V-day on Twitter. Let’s all do our part β€¦

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Filed Under: Blog, France, Social issues, Writing Tagged With: A Season of Surprises at the Villa Des Violettes, Blue Sky Book Chat, Bonne Saint Valentin, Kindle sale, One Billion Rising, Patricia Sands, Romantic Reads, V-day, Valentine's Day

Join us for an entertaining chat!

March 20, 2021 by Patricia Sands Leave a Comment

A quick reminder that on Sunday we are inviting a special guest to join us in Blue Sky Book Chat to talk fried chicken, sisterhood, and the south!
Patricia Sands, Soraya Lane and Lainey Cameron will be hanging out with K.J. Dell’Antonia, New York Times bestselling author of The Chicken Sisters. It’s a fun and poignant novel about duelling sisters in charge of competing fried chicken restaurants in Kansas – who are invited to compete on a food reality show. Lainey has read it (5 stars!) as well as interviewed KJ before, and guarantees there is fireworks and fun!
Don’t miss it HERE https://www.facebook.com/groups/BlueSkyBookChat at 7pm ET this Sunday!
HOPE TO SEE YOU!

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Filed Under: Author Promotion, Blog, Uncategorized, Writing Tagged With: Blue Sky Book Chat, KJ Dell'Antonia, Lainey Cameron, Patricia Sands, Reese Witherspoon, RessesBookClub, Soraya M. Lane, The Chicken Sisters

THERE’S A NEW GIVEAWAY IN TOWN!

October 18, 2020 by Patricia Sands 2 Comments

DON’T MISS THIS ONE! JOIN OUR BLUE SKY BOOK CHAT GROUP, SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER AND BE ENTERED IN THIS FABULOUS DRAW!

Now through November 8, 2020, join the Blue Sky Book Chat mailing list by filling in the form below, then join the Blue Sky Book Chat Facebook Group at the button below, and you will be automatically entered for a chance to win a signed copy of Dignity & Grace, by Alison Ragsdale, The Beantown Girls, by Jane Healey, The Exit Strategy, by Lainey Cameron, A Million Little Lies, by Bette Lee Crosby, Wedding at the Lakeside Resort, by Susan Schild, The Ruby of the Sea, by Peggy Lampman, Drawing Lessons, by Patricia Sands, Every Thing You Are, by Kerry Anne King, Lift and Separate, by Marilyn Simon Rothstein, and Home At Last, by Judith Keim!

The link for the giveaway is here. Click on it and enter … wishing you good luck!

And here’s a reminder that all three ebooks of the Love in Provence trilogy are on sale!

Click here for your copies. Happy reading! Bonne lecture!

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Filed Under: Blog, Contests, News, Uncategorized, Writing Tagged With: 10-book giveaway, Blue Sky Book Chat, Kindle sale, Patricia Sands

December 5th ~ Book Party!

December 3, 2019 by Patricia Sands Leave a Comment

SAVE THIS DATE AND JOIN US FOR SOME FUN! THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5TH ~ ALL DAY AND EVENING!

The holiday parties are happening and you don’t want to miss this one with me and my Blue Sky Book Chat author besties!

JOIN the party on our Facebook site with a different author every hour from 10 AM to 10 PM on Thursday, December 5th. Each hour will bring its own unique chat and giveaways.

Over 30 fantastic giveaways from our amazing Blue Sky Book Chat Authors, including a Grand Prize Giveaway you won’t want to miss!

You must have joined our Blue Sky Book Chat page to participate and it’s easy to do by clicking on this link #blueskybookchat. All you need to do is answer two simple membership questions. See you there!

THE GRAND PRIZE ~ A FREE BOOK A MONTH FOR A YEAR! All signed books by Blue Sky authors.

Watch the video. πŸ™‚ Hope to see you there!

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Filed Under: Author Promotion, Blog, Uncategorized, Writing Tagged With: Blue Sky Book Chat, book chat, book party, giveaways, womens fiction

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