There were four entries to the drawing, so I had an online Random Number Generator pick a number between 1 and 4 and it picked… 1! Tabitha was the first to comment so she wins the drawing! Thank you, friends and readers, for playing. If you want to pick up a copy and you didn’t win, everything is now live on Amazon in paperback and kindle versions. Click here to order the book.
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Just in time for Christmas, it’s Release Day for Sam and the Dragon: A Medieval Mars Story! The ebook is available on Amazon for 99 cents for a limited time only, also available in paperback. Kindleunlimited members can read the ebook for free. (Did you know — every time you read a book for free on kindleunlimited, the author gets paid?!!)
Sam and the Dragon is a fun story for ages 9-12, or their parents. 🙂 The “look inside” feature on the ebook gives a nice preview of the story. Check it out!
I just completed a free giveaway for another author’s new book and it was so much fun that I’ve decided to give away one copy of Sam and the Dragon! Paperback or ebook, whichever you choose. Please leave your name in the comments below if you’d like to enter the drawing. I will pick the winner this Sunday night.
So, in 2014, how do you choose a random winner to receive a free copy of Footprints on the Ceiling, when the fourth grader who could have picked a number out of a hat just left for school? I used Random.org’s True Random Number Generator to pick a number for me, and in no time at all, it chose number 3! Sometimes I hate technology, but there are other times it’s fun!
So the winner of the book giveaway is the third person to leave a comment, princessmom08! Congratulations! I don’t have a way to contact you, so please let me know who you are so I can send you a book.
Thank you so much, everybody, for visiting my blog, reading about Dorcas’s book and commenting. It has been fun to “meet” all of you, and my blog stats have been lighting up the Midwest and new England states the last couple days! If you didn’t win and you would like a copy of the book, you can order through Amazon, order directly from Dorcas or try your luck on another blog tour giveaway. Check out the list of upcoming reviews on Dorcas’s blog here.
Thanks again for visiting!
Footprints on the Ceiling, the latest book from author Dorcas Smucker, is a delight to read, especially on a rainy day, curled up underneath a cozy blanket with something hot to drink. Or a chapter at a time, while waiting for a late school bus. Or when you have an unexpected break in a busy schedule. I read it all these ways, and finished the last bit while sitting in a barn during my son’s horseback riding lesson. It was the perfect read.
In the days of ever abundant “bonnet fiction” (you know, those books with with young and pretty windswept pioneer girls on the covers), this is the real deal. Dorcas Smucker grew up Amish and married into a Mennonite family. She writes about faith and life with her husband and six children in rural Harrisburg, Oregon, but more than anything else, Dorcas is a storyteller. She finds herself in all sorts of humorous situations (orange dots on the ceiling? a Canadian goose escorting a forklift crossing a bridge backwards? cookie dough that just keeps oozing?) and knows just what to do with them. The stories are all true – you can’t make this stuff up!
Interwoven with the humor are tales of life lessons learned, sometimes reluctantly. Dorcas is refreshingly frank and honest about her own struggles as she raises her children to become self-sufficient adults and she draws the reader in with her candor.
Footprints on the Ceiling is the latest in a series of books Dorcas has written about family life, and in this volume, the kids are almost all grown. If you’ve never read any of her other books, you can jump in and start with this one. The book is suitable for anyone, but will especially appeal to moms, aunts, grandmas, sisters or cousins. I’d let my fourth grader read it, but I’m worried that the incident that led to orange dots on the ceiling might give him too many ideas…
As a participant in the blog tour for Footprints, I am giving away one free copy. Add your name to the comments if you’d like to be included. I’ll announce the winner this Friday, so please check back or leave your email address so I can contact you if you win.
Footprints on the Ceiling is available on Amazon or directly from Dorcas for $15 per book, postage included. You can mail a check to Dorcas Smucker, 31148 Substation Drive, Harrisburg, OR 97446. US addresses only. To send a copy to Canada or overseas, email Dorcas at dorcassmucker@gmail.com. You can also visit her website: http://dorcassmucker.blogspot.com/
And who put the footprints on the ceiling? You’ll just have to read the book to find out!
I am excited to announce my newest release: Sam and the Dragon: A Medieval Mars Story will be available on Amazon on November 14, 2014! Available for pre-order here.
At the age when other boys are beginning apprenticeships like blacksmithing or masonry, Sam dreams of bygone days when his ancestors could fly. It has been one thousand years since Mars was colonized and terraformed by people from Earth. When the civilization collapsed centuries later, most technology was lost. Now flying machines are considered fairy tales born in the Time of Magic. Still, Sam yearns for a life where anything is possible.
Things aren’t going too well at the home Sam shares with his aunt and uncle and his cousin Ahni. His aunt is growing mysteriously sicker by the day and his frail uncle is unable to deter a dragon who is stealing their goats. Without the herd, they won’t have money to pay the rent and will end up living in the wild.
Sam and Ahni embark on a perilous journey where they encounter a cave full of strange treasures, come face to face with a dragon and form unlikely alliances that just might prove to save the day. For ages 9-12.
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