So here it is the end of the big birthday bash for my
blog. It’s fitting the last stop is on
the blog of an author that helped me out from the beginning. I owe a lot to Val Maarten. She’s co-admin over on my page, she’s given
me solid advice ever since we first met.
She always keeps us in mind when there’s a freebie or a good deal she
sees.
The next couple days will be deciding winners for
contests. Honestly, I’m glad this is
over. Not in a bad way, in a I think I
should plan for huge disasters sort of way! My GOD could anything worse have
happened? Of all things my back started
acting up again. Maybe if I plan for a
tsunami or an earthquake, that’ll make things go smoother. After all, they say plan for the worst and
hope for the best!
I think it has went out with a really cool bang. I’m giving away a lot of awesome stuff
today. Things that should have went up
before this had things gone as planned.
It’s okay though..it’s like a grand finale in a fireworks show or
something. Only at the end, I’m gonna
collapse in a great heap and go whew!
People have been saying that I put an insane amount of
effort into this and some of them wonder why.
Well, you only turn 1 once. But
I’d still push myself anyway because authors and readers have made my blog THE
PLACE to be. We have our fingers firmly
on the pulse of this awesome time. Scott
Nicholson just said to me today that there’s so many good reads out right now that
he feels bad for new writers trying to start out. I told him I’m loving it, because right now
is a GREAT time to be a reader. I will
never say no to an author for the same reason he mentioned. I might miss something great to pass on to
you guys. I’ve given you a large variety
here with this two week shindig. You’ve
gotten some things I’ve read and loved, my absolute favorites and some things
I’m looking forward to getting to.
Believe me when I say that when I get to them, I’m going to love discussing
them with you.
So here’s to a new year for The Top Shelf. Here’s hoping that we manage to soar even
higher in year two. Because it is of
course my style to outdo myself.
I leave you all with a question and a giveaway.. but question first!
What would you like to see happen at TTS? What authors would you like to see? What books would you like reviewed?
GIVEAWAY!!!
I’m giving away two e-book copies of The Gift of Joy on
Val’s own blog. Why? Because it’s almost Christmas, I can and I
thought it would be funny! All you have
to do is leave a comment by Sunday December 4th at 8pm eastern. And ya know what? I’ll let Val pick the winners however in the
heck she wants to.
When Joy Tate was just a naive, little girl who still believed in dreams and wishes, she had only wish for Santa Claus. It was a selfish hope that caused her to lose the most important person in her life. Now all she wishes for is...THE GIFT OF REDEMPTION
Gabriel Hawthorne spent his entire childhood ignoring the sad, lonely girl from across the street, but could never fully keep her from his thoughts. But after reuniting with her, he's impressed with the strong, fierce advocate she's become. And when he's with her, she gives him the greatest gift of all...THE GIFT OF JOY
