Courting Miss Lancaster by Sarah M. Eden

Sarah Eden's novel is released this week! Find Courting Miss Lancaster in LDS bookstores. Congratulations Sarah!

Harry Windover adores blonde, green-eyed Athena Lancaster, but alas, a penniless man like himself has no hope of winning a young noblewoman's hand. To add insult to injury, Athena's brother-in-law and guardian, the Duke of Kielder, has asked Harry to assist Athena in finding the gentleman of her dreams. But the lovesick Harry is cunning as well: as the weeks pass, he introduces Athena to suitors who are horrifically boring, alarmingly attached to their mothers, downright rude, astoundingly self-absorbed, and utterly ridiculous.
Athena can't comprehend why she is having so little success meeting eligible and acceptable gentlemen. Indeed, her circle of admirers couldn't be less admirable--nothing like the loyal, gentle friend she's found in Harry. But how long can Harry's scheme be hidden before it is discovered? And what will Athena do when she uncovers Harry's deception?
Escape into a charming regency world in this delightfully romantic comedy of manners that will entertain you to the very last word.

Purchase Courting Miss Lancaster at Deseret Book

Visit Sarah Eden's website

Interview with Sarah here.

Cover announced for Chocolate Roses

This delicious cover is for my soon-to-be released novel Chocolate Roses.

Please rejoice with me by eating your favorite chocolate!

(Too bad it clashes with my heading. I'll have to figure what to do about that.)

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Contest winner!

Congratulations to Karen Adair, the winner of the SimplyMemzelle ghost apron!

Thank you to all who entered the contest and those who became followers and have made comments on my blog.

L C Lewis--Free Men and Dreamers

At this time, 2010, we need to learn from our past to protect our freedoms in the future. Free Men and Dreamers is about those who had the vision and gave their lives to obtain those freedoms.

Free Men and Dreamers Series Featuring
Volume One: "Dark Sky at Dawn",
Volume Two: "Twilight's Last Gleaming", and
Volume Three: "Dawn's Early Light"
Double Finalist in the National Best Books 2008 Competition

Volume 3: DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT

The week Washington burned. . .

Volume One: DARK SKY AT DAWN

The prelude to the War of 1812

Volume Two: TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING

Families torn between duty to God, to country, and to family

They were the first generation of free-born Americans,

Charged to build a nation upon the framework of their Founding Fathers.

They were farmers and mothers, entrepreneurs, visionaries and religionists;

Unprepared for the fight they faced.

Learn more at:

www.laurielclewis.com
www.laurielclewis.blogspot.com

Weight Watchers Recipes Blog

My daughter is blogging her way through her Weight Watchers experience. She has posted the recipes she has used and developed. They are very yummy!

Visit her blog

Signing in Seattle

I will be in Seattle doing a book signing for Haunts Haven on Feb 18, Thursday, noon to 2 pm. If you are in the area, please come visit. I will be giving out Callie Wilford's favorite treat--Ding Dongs!

Beehive Books and More
10213 24th Street East Edgewood, WA 98372-1765
Feb 18, 12 noon to 2pm.

Don't miss entering to win the Simply Memzelle Ghost Apron. Read about it below.

Strengthen Your Prose

I came across a great list of words to avoid while writing. These words "deserve to die" because they are overused or passive. All you do is take one word at a time from the list, put it into your word processing "find" function, find each word and eliminate or replace it with a better word that fits what you are saying.

For instance, we each use the word "just" hundreds of times in everyday language, so we naturally use it in our writing. "Just" has seven different meanings. Each of those seven meanings have several words to express that meaning.

Try it yourself. Put "just" in your word find, open your thesaurus and then replace "just" with the word you actually mean. Another word to eliminate is "got." I've got to see her tonight! should be, I have to see her tonight, or even stronger, I must see her tonight! In most cases, replacing these words strengthens your prose.

The list is overwhelming. I started with the words I abuse the most.

...and spent a day and a half on the word "was." Sheesh!

Here is the list. The Tameri website also give explanations.

any infinitive (to walk) about all almost always anxiously believe eagerly every

feel finally frequently got just merely nearly need never

not often only so that “the public” then very

Reminder: Become a follower of this blog by Feb 20 and be entered into the Ghost Apron Giveaway Contest (picture below.)

LDStorymakers Conference!

The 2010 LDStorymakers Writers Conference, will be held on April 23rd & 24th at the Provo Marriott. Great speakers, classes, music are lined up for the two day event. Click here to learn more about it!

Click here to enter the Show-Your-love-for-Storymakers Conference contest and win a ticket for a great seat at the dinner Friday evening.

Win a copy of Crayon Messages by Christine Thackeray

I blogged about Christine Thackeray's books last week. This week you can enter a contest to win a copy of her Crayon Messages on Lynn Parsons' blog.