Patricia Sands

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Ta daaaaa – we have a winner!

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If it’s Friday, it must be France …

As promised, today I am thrilled to announce that the winner of my giveaway prize, the book entitled The Most Beautiful Country Towns of Provence, is Lynn Rettig. CONGRATULATIONS!

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The name of each person who contributed a comment to my post about girlfriends was entered into Random.Org and Lynn’s name was in first place when the results were generated.

The winner of the iPad Mini from the Rafflecopter draw was Linda Hendrickson, so congratulations to her as well. Check out each participating website to see who won the other special gifts and we will be contacting the winners of the free books shortly to see which titles they would like.

Thanks so much to everyone who participated. We had an amazing number of entrants and such positive comments all around. It truly was wonderful to read the thoughts expressed by all of you and the meaningful way you spoke of  the influence and importance of special women in your life.

Your enthusiasm was contagious and you might have convinced us to do it again some time!

Click on the links here to connect with our other HerBooks/Celebrating Women authors: Christine Nolfi, Bette Lee Crosby, Karla Darcy, Rachel Thompson and Steena Holmes.

And the winner is …

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If it’s Friday, it must be France …

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Just a reminder that the book shown below is the prize to be won by one lucky person who leaves a comment about friendship on my blog this week!  All the comments will be numbered and entered into random.org and … voilà … we will have a winner. I’ll make the announcement in next Friday’s post.

If you haven’t already done so, just go to this link and see all the great books and other prizes including an iPad Mini in our fabulous Celebrating Women event. This is where you need to leave your comment for me. Just do it!

You have  three more days … I mean, who wouldn’t want to win this beauty?

You can see a little more info about the book by clicking here.

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Celebrate Spring right here!

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To celebrate the arrival of spring tomorrow and the publishing of my next novel, The Promise of Provence, in just a few more weeks, I’ve decided to have a sale!

The fabulous ladies of The Bridge Club TBC Kindle coverare hanging out on Ebook Impresario today and tomorrow at a very special $.99.  You can also find them at the same price lounging in their comfy spots on Amazon (.com, .ca or .co.uk).

If you have already met these women, you know they leave you with a lot to talk about!  A favourite with book clubs, I keep hearing that the debate rages on long into the night! Which character do you think did it? What would you have done?

When readers e-mail me or when I am invited to hang out with book clubs, you can almost bet the first question I hear is this, “Okay, tell me, was it __character name_____?”

What do you think think the answer is?

Oh, and by the way, I love visiting with book clubs, either by Skype or in person, so don’t hesitate to get in touch! If your book club hasn’t added The Bridge Club to its reading list yet, this might be just the time to pick up your copies.

Release date-early April 2013Everyone involved is excited about the upcoming release of The Promise of Provence! (The other team members are thrilled that they  won’t have to listen to me dither over  … er, calmly discuss details any more.) We are just finishing the back cover design for the print version. Decisions, decisions … but it’s all good fun!

Isn’t Spring the perfect time to take a trip to the south of France? And you can do it in your p.j.’s! Get ready!

The e-book should be available on Amazon by the first week in April with the print version following in May.

A big thank you to all the readers who have entered in the giveaway for two free e-books and a signed print copy. Three names will be drawn on March 31, so there is still time to enter. Thank goodness you don’t have to worry about bumping into each other or standing in line …

Just click on this link to send me your name and e-mail address and join the crowd! The announcement party will be a blast!

Not just one, but TWO promises …

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2013 Theme: THE GENDER AGENDA: GAINING MOMENTUM
“Over time and distance, the equal rights of women have progressed. We celebrate the achievements of women while remaining vigilant and tenacious for further sustainable change. There is global momentum for championing women’s equality.”

Here’s the first promise: To help accomplish this simple task today … right now … I promise that as many people as I can reach and those who visit here today … men or women … will  “Like” the International Women’s Day Facebook Page. Click right here and then hang around there for a while following up on some of the extraordinary links. Be that woman or that man. Then pass the message on. Do it for our girls. Do it for their future. Do it. Thanks!

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If it’s Friday, it must be France …

Now for the second promise … well … forgive me …  I guess that’s kind of a corny segue … but I’m excited to share this with you for the first time. I feel it’s an appropriate day to talk about this promise because my next novel is a woman’s story and it’s about hope and change which is something we should encourage in each other all the time. N’est-ce pas? It’s also partially set in …  where else would you expect from me … the south of France.

Drum roll please ~~~~~~TA DAAAAAAAAAA ~~~~~~~ the cover of my next novel!

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I’m also absolutely delighted to have my new novel featured on my friend Bette Lee Crosby’s blog today as part of her March Treasure Hunt. She lets a few details about the story slip, so be sure to bette-insert-2drop over there! You can sign up for the great giveaway she has going too. Do take a look at the fabulous collection of novels Bette has written with that inviting, humorous and touching Southern voice of hers, and decide which one you want to read first. I have loved every one of them.

To add to the celebrations of this special day, I am going to give away two free ebooks of The Promise of Provence as soon as it is available around April 1st. If you don’t mind waiting until the end of April, I will also give away one signed print copy. Click right here to leave your e-mail address – sorry about the Captcha – but you know that just means spammers won’t get in to spoil the contest for you! You can tell me in the comment box there if you want an e-book or print. We will do the draw on March 31.Thanks!

I’m excited about the upcoming launch of this novel and I hope you are too.  Take a minute and let me know if you did something special for International Women’s Day  … besides liking their Facebook Page, of course!