Mark your Calendar for Oct 19th! & Acts of Kindness Stories- Winners announced

“It’s been a whirlwind month of stories. All She Left Behind has arrived in the hands of readers and the reviews have been humbling. I’m so grateful to find these fascinating women from the past and to tell their stories. I’ve had great turnouts at events and people love the little essential oil cards that I’ve handed out to remind people that Jennie Pickett Parrish, of All She Left Behind, was a natural healer before she became one of Oregon’s first female physicians in the 1870s. Her story has moved people.

I’ve been moved by your stories entered in our Kindness of Strangers contest.  

Here are the three winners! 

Grand Prize: Karen K.
Second Prize: Susan S.
Third Prize: Judy M.

(Winners received emails) 

Their stories (and some of the others) might well appear in one of my Story Sparks newsletters. We can always use good news, right?  Our local paper had a story yesterday about a woman who was passing through our town and her dog got sick. A stranger not only got her and her dog to the vet and paid the bill, she added $150 to the account so if the dog needs additional care, she’ll have it. I love that story and it wasn’t even one in our competition!

I’m also participating with 24 Authors in a literary scavenger hunt. No, you don’t need to know the titles of all of Shakespeare’s plays. You can enjoy the fun by clicking on this LINK HERE on October 19 at 12:00pm MT, visit each author’s site, enjoy the content we authors have written just for this event, answer a question and you’ll be entered for prizes that each of us are offering. Lori Benton is hosting me…I’m hosting Ann Gabhart and on it goes.  Be sure to answer Ann’s question before zipping to my site so that you have a chance to win her special prize. What’s my prize offering?  A signed book and for those signing up for Story Sparks, a hand-knitted hedgehog. I really wanted a porcupine because there’s one in All She Left Behind. But my friend knits these; Jennie was a knitter; and it sort of looks like a porcupine (apologies to the hedgehog family who might not like being mistaken for a porcupine. Literary license applies.)

I hope you have a great week and thanks for making the launch of All She Left Behind  a grand experience for me. I’m grateful.