Black Friday #Surrogacy Books Giveaway and Sale

Giveaway- 

The Baby Chase plus Once Upon A Surrogate: The Stork's Helpers.

(And 25% off my book Once Upon a Surrogate: The Stork's Helpers!)

I let you sleep in for this Black Friday deal. Giveaway ends December 6th, 2013!

I have 2 surrogacy books up for grabs-

The Baby Chase by Leslie Morgan Steiner

Book Description

Publication Date: November 5, 2013

From the New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Love comes a riveting new narrative about surrogate pregnancy from both sides of the equation—the parents and the gestational carrier.Once considered a desperate, even morally suspect option, surrogacy is now sweeping headlines, transforming the lives of celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker, Nicole Kidman and Elton John, and changing the face of the American family. But how much do we really know about it? And is it really as easy and accessible – emotionally, financially, legally and physically – as magazines make it out to be? We often hear about successful outcomes, but little about the journey – about the precious hope that starts it all, the ups and downs of finding a surrogate, the heartache and obstacles, the risks and expenses at every step, or the unbelievable joy when years of determination pay off. In The Baby Chase, acclaimed writer Leslie Morgan Steiner weaves three stories together — of a nurse, a firefighter, and the Indian gestational carriers and doctors who helped them — to provide one intensely personal look at what makes surrogacy so controversial, fascinating, and in some cases, the only ray of hope for today's infertile parents-to-be.

Rhonda Wile and her husband Gerry struggled for years with infertility. With perseverance that shocked everyone around them, they tried every procedure and option available – unsuccessfully – until they finally decided to hire a surrogate. While surrogacy was being touted as a miracle for hopeful parents, for Rhonda and Gerry, it seemed an impossible and unaffordable dream. Until they came across the beaming smile of a beautiful Indian woman on the internet… and, within a few short months, embarked on a journey that would take them deep into the emerging world of Indian carriers, international medical tourism, and the global surrogacy community.

Moving, page-turning, and meticulously researched, this complex human story is paired with an examination of the issues—religious, legal, medical and emotional—that shapes surrogacy as a solution both imperfect and life-changing.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Baby-Chase-Surrogacy-Transforming-ebook/dp/B00DA6XKF8/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_i
(I noticed Amazon is offering 30% off books until December 1st. Enter code BOOKDEAL at checkout. Restrictions apply)

Once Upon a Surrogate: The Stork's Helpers by Jill Hancock Reeder (aka ME)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9887291-once-upon-a-surrogate

4.45 of 5 stars 4.45  (stars out of 5)·   rating details  ·  11 ratings  ·  10 reviews

Have you ever wondered what is like to be a surrogate mom? Jill Hancock Reeder describes what it is like to be a “helper”- a stork if you will in children’s terms. Jill has been a surrogate before. She knows what it is like. Illustrations for the book are created by none other than her own children! It is simply beautiful!

If you or your children have ever wondered what is like to be a surrogate, I would highly recommend this book. You can catch a small glimpse of what it is like to be an incubator to someone who can’t have any children of their own. You can teach your children there is more than one way to have children.
And if you yourself are struggling to have children perhaps surrogacy might be the answer for you!

Order your copy or learn more including reviews and blog posts at http://surrogacybooks.blogspot.com

At this time, the book can only be ordered directly through the author at the above address. If requested, you can receive a signed copy. Thank You.(less)

Learn More about Once Upon a Surrogate: The Stork's Helpers-

http://surrogacybooks.blogspot.com

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Surrogacy-Books/164401093599033

https://twitter.com/SurrogacyBooks

www.cafepress.com/storkhelpers

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Finding the Baby Jesus by Kimball Fisher (Book Blast)

Finding the Baby Jesus by Kimball Fisher

After being forced to wear lederhosen for the annual holiday card picture, twelve-year-old Chris thinks that the least his parents can do is get him the Tony Hawk skateboard he wants for Christmas. But when he recovers the hand-carved Baby Jesus that everyone thought had been destroyed in a fire the year his Grandma died, Chris realizes that some gifts are even more important than skateboards.

When the author had to discontinue a cherished tradition of reading Christmas stories out loud with his family and holiday guests each week in December, he wrote Finding the Baby Jesus. He had been unable to locate enough meaningful stories that could be read in a single sitting with wiggly children.



Praise for Finding the Baby Jesus:
“Tender and true, this warm Christmas tale brought tears to my eyes.”

–Heather Vogel Frederick, author of the much-beloved Mother-Daughter Book Club series and Oregon Book Award winner for The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed

“A touching story that speaks to the importance of family, giving, and the true spirit of Christmas.”

–Matthew Kirby, author of Icefall, winner of the Edgar Allen Poe and the Pen Center USA Literary Awards for Children’s Literature

“Deeply moving. Poignant.”

–Deborah Halverson, former editor at Harcourt Children’s Books and author of Honk If You Hate Me, a Gayle McCandliss Literary Award Winner

"The perfect little book to tuck away with your Christmas things and bring out year after year to read with family. As mother to three boys, I can't imagine a better protagonist than Chris. His typical teenage attitude followed by the softening of his heart towards a friend teaches a poignant and very relatable lesson on the true meaning of Christmas."
–Amazon review

"After I read this short story I felt like I had read a novel--every sentence is packed with action and imagery. I was emotionally connected to the characters, and the story is touching. I didn't see the plot twist at the end coming! A great story to read every Christmas."
–Amazon review

Purchase

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Author Kimball Fisher


Kimball Fisher writes novels for young readers. He is also a best-selling business author, professional speaker, and management consultant. Some of his past jobs include: sailboat builder, ghost writer (not as scary as it sounds), illustrator, and factory manager (more scary than it sounds). For fun he builds furniture, stained-glass windows, and writing pens.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Humanities (with minors in English, Asian Studies, and Japanese), and a Master of Organizational Behavior degree from Brigham Young University. He and his amazing wife Reenie live in Portland, Oregon, where they have seen pheasants, coyotes, and a bobcat in their own backyard.

Links

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November 23rd to December 21st

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$50 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash

Ends 12/21/12

Open to anyone who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code or Paypal Cash. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent's permission. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

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Celebrating the 2 year anniversary of Once Upon a Surrogate: the Stork's Helpers

To celebrate the 2 year anniversary of my book Once Upon a Surrogate: The Stork's Helpers, (released 10/10/10) I am hosting a giveaway. And/or you can order your own copy at a discounted price, right here, right now)

Once Upon a Surrogate: The Stork's Helpers 

ISBN: 978-1-4507-3642-8

Order now at a Very Special Discounted Price!

Order safely and securely right here through:

Please add a note including your name if you want a signed copy.

I apologize, my 10% off button wasn't working. I'm not sure if it ever worked. This button should work just fine. I have discounted my book even further to make up for this. Instead of $16.95, you can order a copy for $13.01. With shipping/handling  ($3.99) this makes an even $17.00 total. I will leave this special pricing available through Christmas. Sorry for the inconvenience! Now is a great time to stock up to give to surrogates, intended parents and children.

Up for grabs I have 2 copies to giveaway as well as 1 child t-shirt. ( Ash Grey M 10-12) 

   

If you are an intended parent and not sure how to tell your child about their surrogate mother, this book is a wonderful tool. It is also wonderful for surrogates to show the love they experience as a surrogate with their own children or as a gift to their surrogate children.

What others have to say about the book:

Have you ever wondered what is like to be a surrogate mom? Jill Hancock Reeder describes what it is like to be a "helper"- a stork if you will in children's terms. Jill has been a surrogate before. She knows what it is like. Illustrations for the book are created by none other than her own children! It is simply beautiful!

If you or your children have ever wondered what is like to be a surrogate, I would highly recommend this book. You can catch a small glimpse of what it is like to be an incubator to someone who can't have any children of their own. You can teach your children there is more than one way to have children. And if you yourself are struggling to have children perhaps surrogacy might be the answer for you! 

Snyopsis by Alexes Covington
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2010

First Review for Once Upon a Surrogate: The Stork's Helpers

This book is fantastic! It was great to be able to read it to my children and see that them realize what surrogacy is. They really enjoyed the story and so did I, I think that it really helped them to understand the whole concept of surrogacy.

I have two boys who are young (6 & 4) and they loved this book and have asked me to read it to them several times since we received it and I am more than happy to do it!

I would recommend this book to surrogates and intended parents alike, this is a great way to teach your children what you do for other people or to teach them about their beginning. Thank you Jill for writing such a lovely book, I have been looking for something like this since I started my first journey and finally my search is over!

-Sarah 

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Once Upon a Surrogate: The Stork's Helpers

Wed, 11/17/2010 

Submitted By :

Maryann507

For most of us, when we're sick or when something unexpected comes up, we can take a personal day from work. But what happens when the Stork gets sick? I mean, babies still need to be delivered, right?

That's why he inlisted special helpers, called Surrogates! Although surrogates can't carry babies in their mouths, they can still carry them in their bellies!

One special surrogate is Jill Hancock Reeder, who received that very important call back in 2005. Jill grew up in Utah, where she currently resides with her Navy hubby and high school sweetheart, along with their three beautiful young children.

Her husband was an avid blood donor, but Jill wanted to do something more. After contemplating egg donation, she came across the idea of surrogacy. With extensive research and help from another online surrogacy community, Jill was able to make her dreams come true, and help other families who weren't able to have children. In fact, not only is she surrogate mom to a little girl, but also to twin boys! To read more about Jill and her decision to become a surrogate, please visit her blog, at http://mormonsurrogate.blogspot.com

Jill was inspired to share her experiences as a surrogate in her new book, Once Upon a Surrogate: The Stork's Helpers. I received a copy, and thought it was a great story to be told, even though I have never been involved in surrogacy. It is told from the perspective of her children, from how they handled the experience to how they were involved. Jill even involved her children as her illustrators for the book and her father as her printer and consultant!

Jill has even designed merchandise for surrogates and intended parents, using unique phrases and sayings. My personal favorite is "I'm not the mom, I'm just the stork"---I think it would be a whole lot easier when talking to inquisitive passerbys that always want to talk about your pregnancy! You can see her entire collection at http://surrogacybooks.blogspot.com

So if you've ever wondered what it would be like to be a surrogate mother, or to teach your children that there is more than one way to have a baby, this book would make a great addition to your bookshelf!

Back to the giveaway-
Each copy will be signed if desired and will include bookmarks and stickers.
I will continue the celebration for the rest of October offering my book at 10 percent off. (you can even order below)

To enter the giveaway please spread the word through Twitter (mention @surropepperbird or @surrogacybooks or link to http://surrogacybooks.blogspot.com or link to this very blog post)  or Facebook or your own blog and send me the link at pepperbird@gmail.com.

If you don't already follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you can do that as well, just let me know.

My Facebook Fan Pages:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mormon-Surrogate/129139433785474

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Surrogacy-Books/164401093599033


My Twitter Pages:

https://twitter.com/surropepperbird

https://twitter.com/surrogacybooks


Or leave the link here in my blog as a comment. Comments here will count as 1 entry, Facebook and Twitter activity will count as 2 entries. Whatever you do, please include a short sentence of why you are interested in the book.

http://www.cafepress.com/surropepperbird

Twelve Months by Steven Manchester (book review and giveaway)

I was recently sent Twelve Months by Steven Manchester to review. It sounded like a great book and I couldn't wait to dive in.

I absolutely loved this book. It was beautiful from beginning to end. I really got consumed in the story.

It is about a man Don DiMarco who finds out he has cancer. He decides that he better start living. He has a few adventures by himself and with his wife. Along the way he learns some important life lessons. It was a very touching story and it was well written.

From Amazon.com:


(You can't really click to look inside unless you go to Amazon, so if you want to, click on the link at the top)

Book Description

Release Date: August 14, 2012

Don DiMarco has a very good life – a family he loves, a comfortable lifestyle, passions and interests that keep him amused. He also thought he had time, but that turned out not to be the case. Faced with news that might have immediately felled most, Don now wonders if he has time enough. Time enough to show his wife the romance he didn’t always lavish on her. Time enough to live out his most ambitious fantasies. Time enough to close the circle on some of his most aching unresolved relationships. Summoning an inner strength he barely realized he possessed, Don sets off to prove that twelve months is time enough to live a life in full.
A glorious celebration of each and every moment that we’re given here on Earth, as well as the eternal bonds that we all share, TWELVE MONTHS is a stirring testament to the power of the human spirit.

If you're looking for the next great book to read, this is it. If you would like a copy for yourself just let me know and I will be happy to pass it on and share the joy. (although I'd be fine to hang on to it too)

* Only 1 lucky duck gets a copy

Leave comments here along with a way to contact you if you win. I will pick a winner soon.

Happy Reading!

Have I got a treat for you! A wonderful book giveaway, Dancing On Broken Glass by Ka Hancock

The giveaway is over, just wanted to add my review now that I've finished reading it....

This book actually took my breath away. I feel renewed and inspired. It was a book that I wanted to keep reading and not put down, yet as I drew near the end, I wanted to savor every last page and not let it end. Ka did a wonderful job with setting, characters, story-line, the whole 9 yards. She draws you into the book, into their lives and you feel emotions and it touches you. You think you might know what's coming up, but it's not what you think exactly, and then there's so much more. It's an amazing book and a beautiful story, every bit of it.





I am lucky enough to be giving away 3 copies of a popular, new novel titled Dancing on Broken Glass by Ka Hancock. (Utah author)

Dancing on Broken Glass was recently released on 3/13/2012. (Gallery Books)

ISBN

1451637373 (ISBN13: 9781451637373)

"Hancock’s debut is an authentic tearjerker--an intimate and touching story that will remain in readers’ hearts." 

Publishers Weekly

About the book:
An unvarnished portrait of a marriage that is both ordinary and extraordinary, Dancing on Broken Glass takes readers on an unforgettable journey of the heart.

Lucy Houston and Mickey Chandler probably shouldn’t have fallen in love, let alone gotten married. They’re both plagued with faulty genes—he has bipolar disorder; she, a ravaging family history of breast cancer. But when their paths cross on the night of Lucy’s twenty-first birthday, sparks fly, and there’s no denying their chemistry.

Cautious every step of the way, they are determined to make their relationship work—and they put their commitment in writing. Mickey will take his medication. Lucy won’t blame him for what is beyond his control. He promises honesty. She promises patience. Like any marriage, there are good days and bad days—and some very bad days. In dealing with their unique challenges, they make the heartbreaking decision not to have children. But when Lucy shows up for a routine physical just shy of their eleventh anniversary, she gets an impossible surprise that changes everything. Everything. Suddenly, all their rules are thrown out the window, and the two of them must redefine what love really is.

To enter the giveaway, check out the following links to read more about DOBG and then let me know you'd like a copy and tell me why. You can comment right here on my blog post (below), or on my FB page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mormon-Surrogate/129139433785474.

Remember there are 3 copies to give away, so tell your friends, spread the word. Your mama taught you to share, right? The 3 lucky winners will be chosen on next Friday March 30, 2012 and announced shortly after.


You can learn more about Ka and Dancing on Broken Glass 
on Facebook: Ka Hancock/ Dancing on Broken Glass FB Page

Her website: http://kahancock.com/

Her blog: http://kahancock.com/blog/

You can read reviews here: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12245809-dancing-on-broken-glass
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/KaHancock1

Deseret News article: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/print/865551912/Book-review-Dancing-on-Broken-Glass-explores-heartwarming-journey-of-challenges-commitment.html

Interview: http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/952535/author-ka-hancock-on-dancing-on-broken-glass

You can order here: http://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Broken-Glass-Ka-Hancock/dp/1451637373/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332367233&sr=1-1

P.S. Not to brag or anything, but Ka is my sweet, dear aunt and is absolutely adorable. I have a signed copy of DOBG and will always treasure it. I'm on page 102 and loving it! Ka is awesome in so many ways and I'm so very proud and excited for her and her book. She has absolutely inspired me to pick up my pen and start writing again. (without knowing it)

Are you a Surrogate or Intended Parent? GIVEAWAY

I mentioned in my last post that I am celebrating the 1 year anniversary of my book Once Upon a Surrogate: The Stork's Helpers.

I am having a buy 2 get 1 free sale as part of the celebration until the end of October. It's as simple as you buying 2 and I'll send you the 3rd free. I am offering to sign the books if wanted and I will send bookmarks and stickers while they last.

In addition to the sale, I am offering a FREE copy of the book. This time is for Surrogates and Intended Parents only. So just let me know which you are and why you're interested and I'll enter you. (you can comment on my blog, FB, Twitter or e-mail)

Giveaway ends this Friday October 21, 2011.

Congratulations to @kootenaybcgirl on Twitter for winning the Giveaway!

Easter Weekend Giveaway (and book savings for the rest of the month)

What better time for a Giveaway than Easter Weekend? Enter now through Sunday night.

Let's celebrate Spring and Birth and The Resurrection.

Up for grabs:

• A signed copy of Once Upon a Surrogate: The Stork's Helpers by Jill Hancock Reeder (that's me actually) with stickers and bookmarks (the book will also be on sale for the rest of the month @ $3 off, plus buy 3 get 1 free)

• $10 to buy something Springy for your home from Scentsy (good through me only)

You can enter one or both giveaways. I will randomly select 1 winner for each.

How to Enter:

Please leave a comment about which giveaway you'd like to be entered in and why. You can comment right here on this post.

For additional entries (1 each):

Follow me on Twitter

Follow Surrogacy Books on Twitter

 Tweet about the giveaway on Twitter of course. (please add "courtesy of @surropepperbird" in your tweet)

 Comment on my Mormon Surrogate Facebook Fan Page 

 Comment on my Surrogacy Books Facebook Fan Page

Become a fan of 1 or both pages above

Follow my blog if you aren't already following

Follow through Google friend connect

Follow Surrogacy Books

Spread the news about this giveaway in your own clever way

E-mail me why you are entering. If you're entering for the book, tell me what interests you about it. If you're wanting Scentsy, tell me what you'd order.

Please please please e-mail me to let me know what you've done to earn extra entries so I can keep track. Thank you!   :)

Winners will be announced Monday, April 25, 2011 right here on my blog. So stay tuned and good luck.

Happy Easter and have a wonderful weekend!

Hooray for book reviews

If you'll remember back a bit, I won a chance to review Rusty My Playful Cat by Jennifer McFadden. My review and details here: http://mormonsurrogate.blogspot.com/2010/11/book-review-rusty-my-playful-cat-by.html

In a funny turn of events, Jennifer became interested in my book and recently won a copy.

Her review: http://jenniferemcfadden.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/childrens-book-review/
and here as well: http://mcfaddendigest.blogspot.com/

Coming soon, you will have another chance to win a copy of my book. 3 copies will be given away on Goodreads. Keep your eyes open. I'll post as soon as the giveaway has been cleared.

Awesome Curious George Giveaway

I wanted to share this giveaway with you from 2 Boys + 1 Girl = One Crazy Mom.

All the details HERE.

And the winner is....

Time to announce the winner of my giveaway.

Traci (tjwool) is the winner of Once Upon a Surrogate:The Stork's Helpers.

Congratulations!

REMINDER- Book giveaway ends TOMORROW December 6, 2010

My surrogacy book giveaway ends tomorrow.

Details:
http://surrogacybooks.blogspot.com/2010/12/giveaway-and-sale.html

Book sale AND giveaway

To kick off my book sale for December,

I am offering a free copy of Once Upon a Surrogate, The Stork's Helpers.

So what do you have to do for a chance to win? Choose 2 or more below. Each will earn you 1 entry.

• Become a follower of my personal blog- http://mormonsurrogate.blogspot.com/

• Become a follower of my bookstore blog where you can buy the book and learn more- http://surrogacybooks.blogspot.com/

• Follow me at Twitter- @surropepperbird

• Follow my bookstore- @surrogacybooks

• Become a facebook fan of Mormon Surrogate http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mormon-Surrogate/129139433785474

• Become a facebook fan of Surrogacy Books http://www.blogger.com/goog_594337550

After you have chosen 2 or more of the above, please leave me a comment at each place AND e-mail me that you've done so at pepperbird@gmail.com (subject surrogacy book giveaway)

Giveaway will end Monday December 6, 2010, so don't wait to long. Winner will be picked at random.

Want to learn more about my chilren's surrogacy book? Read what others have to say: http://surrogacybooks.blogspot.com/p/blog-mentions-and-reviews.html



Lucky #13 (Anniversary) And lucky #'s 8 & 16 Giveaway Winners

First and Foremost, today is my anniversary. 13 years ago I married my best friend. Seriously! My best friend! I can't believe it's been 13 years! We sure have been through a lot. (good and bad) Guess what?? We can make it through anything!  Happy Anniversary Johnny!

My girls picked the winners for my book giveaway.

The lucky winners are #8 and #16.


What? You don't know who #8 and # 16 is? Well #8 is Krystal Wallace and #16 is Gabrielle Lasko. Congratulations! You both get a copy of my book Once Upon A Surrogate: The Stork's Helpers.  Please contact me: pepperbird@gmail.com with your mailing address ASAP. Also, for the signing, please let me know who you would like your book made out to.









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1 more day: 2 winners book review/giveaway

What a silly girl to host a giveaway that ends on her anniversary. Ah well... I've had a great response so far and I wish you all the best of luck. 2 lucky winners will be randomly chosen by my children on Monday September 20, 2010. Hopefully you will receive your books along with stickers and bookmarks before the publish date of 10/10/10. (Which is a Sunday, so yeah I'm kind of a dork)

I will pass along this info to the winners; When you do the review, you can either post it on your own blog or other source (please let me know when and where you've posted) OR you can e-mail me your review and I'll post it on my blog! (my booksite too)  I would love it if you'd do a synopsis as well, but you don't have to if you don't feel like it. If you have children and they'd like to do a synopsis, that would be awesome!

I'm excited for you all!

Oh and if you didn't know about the giveaway or what I'm even talking about... Go HERE!

One step closer.... my book and a *giveaway*, *review opportunity*

(Update- Review Giveaway will run until Monday 9/20/2010 and there will be 2 winners. You must e-mail me at pepperbird@gmail.com for your chance.  Thanks!)

So here's what happened...

I wrote my story. I didn't know what to do about illustrations, so I threw in some real pictures from my 1st surrogacy journey and some clip art. I got a feel for how I wanted the book to look and what pictures I'd want. Basically I made a scrapbook for myself with a story to go along with it.  (in the meantime, my 10 year old daughter asked if she could draw the art for my cover, which led to my girls illustrating my book)

Well that version is done.

I can't publish it with real pictures or real names. (except my own) So I have this little treasure all to myself.  I was able to show close family and got good reviews. My girls were just as thrilled as I was to see my book as a book. Pure Awesome!

I don't know if I mentioned this before, but I'm lucky enough to have a dad in the printing/book binding business. He printed my books and I couldn't be happier. I did get to thinking though that the front cover could have looked a little more professional. (My fault, not his) So I re-designed it and I'm much happier with it. I was already happy with the back cover. YAY!

Awhile back I was working on my book and things just weren't quite working out like I pictured in my creative little head. I was settling for what I had, but hoping for more. Well things are starting to click and fall into place and I'm oh so happy! I wanted a background for each page, something to give the illustrations a little more color and flair. So, yestereday I played around and designed a background, and I think it's going to work great! 

I was hoping to release my book for sale/publication on September 10th- my birthday. However, my little monkeys children are not done illustrating my book. We only have 8 days till my deadline.
 I'd like to pull my hair out.! It's not really a huge deal if it's not done by then, but it would sure be nice. (also I can't start on my 2nd book till this one is complete)

So............... once my book is complete, would any of you like a copy to review?

If you're interested, contact me here. (pepperbird@gmail.com) In the subject line put "Chance for Book Review". I will randomly select 2 numbers and will notify the winners. I have not released any information about my book yet, not even the title. (only the fact that it's a children's book and it deals with surrogacy)
If you're serious about reviewing it, I will give you a heads up of the details a few days before it's officially published and for sale. Then once it's officially published, I will send you a signed copy of the book for review.

*UPDATE: Book is available for pre-order http://surrogacybooks.blogspot.com/. Hopefully officially release will be 10/10/10!    :)

Want extra chances to be picked? OK! Add this button to your blog:

 








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You can also tweet about my book (or this post), blab it on facebook, shout it out on your blog. Let me know that you've done any of this and you'll get an extra entry for each.  Thanks!

Lucky #25- Are you ready to win? (My very own giveaway)

Giveaway is now closed!

 

Thanks to everyone who played/entered. 

That was fun!

Huge congratulations to: 

MamaOtwins+1! 

You are the lucky winner!

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Wanna Play?

Here's the deal:

Christmas is coming. December 25. What do I want for Christmas? Well in Blogland, I'd like 25 new readers.What do you get for becoming a new reader (follower) or getting me a new reader? A chance to win $25 in Scentsy products. You could get this or this (for those who may already have a warmer) or there's always this or whatever totals $25. (lot's of choices) You can get holiday merchandise or any day styles. It's all up to you. You can keep the prize(s) for yourself or give it to someone else for a Christmas gift. You decide. Whatever you choose, you won't be disappointed.


Deadline is: November 25, 2009.  The winner will be randomly chosen at 11:25 PM. (see how clever I am?) Please comment to this post and make it 25 words. Sure you can ramble, but please be creative.
(Also you need to mention if you are a new reader or if you have referred a new reader)

Some of you haven't quite followed the "25" rule, so here's the deal:
If you comment on this post, you get entered. If you commented the 25 words like I asked, you get 2 entries.

I apologize, but I must limit shipping within the United States.

Feel free to tweet about it, shout it out on Facebook, post it on your own blog, it's all good. Just let me know you've done that and you can get extra entries.

Thanks!

P.S. Find me on Twitter and Facebook if you haven't already.
P.P.S. I need some way to contact you if you are a winner.