My Rock and My Refuge already has quite a few reviews on GoodReads, if you're curious what advance readers are saying about it.
Today also kicks off my book tour! Here's the official schedule:
November 8: Live interview with the Christian Mommy Writers Group at 2pm EST (watch here on YouTube) and live reading of a few chapters at 10pm EST (watch here on Instagram)
November 9: Book review on Instagram from @AliciaAndHerBooks and book review at Meet, Write, and Salutary
November 10: Book review on Instagram from @Heather.Wood.Author and book review at Ink Castles
November 11: Book review on Instagram from @Books_With_Cordy and book review at The Caffeinated Fangirl
November 12: Interview with Olivia at Meanwhile, in Rivendell... and book review at VT Dorchester
November 13: Interview with Eva at The Caffeinated Fangirl and book review at Meanwhile, in Rivendell...
November 14: Choose and announce giveaway winners and interview with Deborah Koren at Cimharas.com
Speaking of the giveaway, here are the prizes!
Prize 1: Fairy Tale Prize Pack
- Beauty and the Beast coloring book
- Fairy tale hand cream
- Red metal bookmark shaped like a rose
- Pair of 2-oz candles called Marta Beckmann and Mr. Wendell
Prize 2: Old West Prize Pack
- 750-piece jigsaw puzzle with a picture of a steam train in the mountains
- Old Pioneer Recipes cookbook
- Red metal bookmark shaped like a rose
- Pair of 2-oz candles called Marta Beckmann and Mr. Wendell
This giveaway is open to US mailing addresses ONLY. It will run through 11:59pm on Sunday, November 13. On Monday, November 14, I will choose and announce two winners, one for each prize pack. I will announce those winners here on my blog and on Instagram, and also notify them by the email address they provided to the giveaway widget below. So be sure you enter using an email address you check regularly!
Must be 18 years old or have parental permission to enter. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, and not affiliated with any one besides myself. I purchased all prizes for the purpose of this giveaway. All prizes will be shipped via USPS. I am not responsible for what happens to the prizes after I mail them.
Don't forget that if you buy a copy of My Rock and My Refuge during the month of November, I will send you some book launch goodies! Read this blog post for more information on how to get them.
Okay, it's time for me to make an extra-big cup of coffee to celebrate this book finally being out in the world :-)
So excited to see/read everything from the tour! And I can't wait to hear what everyone thinks of the book.
ReplyDeleteAlso, this is random, but I love the mountain lake background on the first pic in this post. So pretty, and very fitting for the story.
Olivia, me tooooo! This tour has some really fun stops.
DeleteThanks! I think it's a stock one I got on Canva. But yes, it really suits :-) The other one I used, with the rocks and sky, is actually a picture I took up in Wyoming a couple years ago :-D
Happy release day, Rachel!!! *confettiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii*
ReplyDeleteThank you, Katie! ::shakes confetti out of hair::
DeleteCongratulations! I'm really looking forward to the tour. :) And how cool is it that now EVERYONE can meet Marta and Mr. Wendell and Jakob and Mrs. Craig and Alex and all the rest?
ReplyDelete(For some reason, I've never gotten comfortable with calling Mr. Wendell 'Arthur.' Kind of like how I do *not* call Mr. Rochester 'Edward.')
Thank you, Eva! Yes, it's exciting to finally let these folks out into the world to meet readers :-)
DeleteI understand that. I can never call Mrs. Craig just "Maggie" either. And you read a much earlier version of this where Marta calls him Mr. Wendell up until almost the end, so that may play into it too.
So when does the book tour come to Texas?
ReplyDeleteQuiggy, well, I do have 3 or 4 friends in Texas, so... it might happen one day! I'd love to take my kids down there to visit historic sites like the Alamo.
DeleteWoo! Congratulations on release day! I've already ordered my copy. I'm looking forward to following the tour! So exciting!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, DKoren! I think the tour has been good so far, and we still have days to go!
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