tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76477967667445085252024-03-29T02:17:02.767-07:00Sweet HeartsElaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647796766744508525.post-77270941173809419322011-02-02T19:57:00.000-08:002011-02-02T20:08:43.639-08:00LASR Valentine's Day Party & Book Give Away<div>What a great month this is. When the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars, then peace will align the planets, and love will rule the stars...Aquarius.</div><div> </div><div>Remember that song from HAIR? I used to sing it all the time when I was a kid. Did I just date myself? Oh well. </div><div> </div><div>I love February.</div><br /><div></div><div>My ds1 and my aunt were born. </div><br /><div></div><div>My psuedonym has a book releasing.</div><br /><div></div><div>Super Bowl.</div><br /><div></div><div>Valentine's Day.</div><div></div><br /><div>And the LASR Valentine's Day party February 12th and 13th. I'll be there as an assigned guest February 12th. Part of that day I'll be cheering on my boss's daughter and her roller derby team down in Miami. Have Droid with Internet access, will blog. </div><div></div><br /><div>I hope you'll join us. Also, I hope you'll enter to win a pdf copy of my book "Always A Bridesmaid". To do so, join us at LASR on the 12th and follow their rules at: </div><br /><div><a href="http://lasrguest.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">http://lasrguest.blogspot.com/</span></a></div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0aeC3HWN2VPr7lOf1idDn5ooqbgznMMWY46yc1s63EfA4CuR05mEA1vlcAVaDbhiU5TdJ0_2oRzJV9dTRCBLB7QRnxShtiTBakA1In8M4QNVfDjZt9qjXNfOvsrRN0BNsLfXm9k_O4I2T/s1600/Valentine_Banner_2011_header.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 82px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569309270841270882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0aeC3HWN2VPr7lOf1idDn5ooqbgznMMWY46yc1s63EfA4CuR05mEA1vlcAVaDbhiU5TdJ0_2oRzJV9dTRCBLB7QRnxShtiTBakA1In8M4QNVfDjZt9qjXNfOvsrRN0BNsLfXm9k_O4I2T/s320/Valentine_Banner_2011_header.jpg" /></a>Elaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647796766744508525.post-64170738390610746012010-09-18T16:16:00.000-07:002010-09-18T16:20:47.341-07:00Blogmania Kobo Winner - Announced!I wish I had a prize for everybody, but there's only one Kobo loaded with the books.<br /><br />I'm sure you're all waiting with baited breath to find out who the winner of the Kobo is.<br /><br />And the winner is:<br /><br />RJ at <a href="mailto:queenraejean@hotmail.com">queenraejean@hotmail.com</a><br /><br />I sent an email to RJ with the great news. RJ ~ I need your mailing address to send your prize.<br /><br />Everybody please congratulate RJ!<br /><br />RJ ~ I hope you'll enjoy your new ebook reader.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><em>Ashley</em></span>Elaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647796766744508525.post-11224309538655073352010-09-15T19:00:00.000-07:002010-09-15T19:44:58.437-07:00Blogmania is here!Blogmania's here!<br /><br />Visit all the links, see the fabulous blogs and their fabulous prizes.<br /><br />To enter the contests, leave a comment with your email address. Also let the blog owner know if you were already a blog follower or if you just started following their blog.<br /><br />My prizes:<br /><br />Kobo ebook reader<br /><br />* I'm having trouble loading the image for the Kobo, so please forgive me.<br /><br />Books loaded on the reader are below. Please click on the links to read the excerpts and visit the authors blogs.<br /><br /><a href="http://elaineannhopper.blogspot.com/p/divine-touch-series-book-1.html">Divine Touch</a> by <a href="http://www.kristybock.com/">Kristy Bock</a><br /><a href="http://elaineannhopper.blogspot.com/p/purple-hearts.html">Purple Hearts</a> by <a href="http://www.elainecantrell.com/">Elaine Cantrell</a><br /><a href="http://elaineannhopper.blogspot.com/2010/05/blogmania-prize-lauras-lost-love.html">Laura's Lost Love</a> by <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/lauraslostlove">Fran Shaff</a><br /><a href="http://elaineannhopper.blogspot.com/p/always-bridesmaid.html">Always A Bridesmaid</a> by Elaine Hopper<br /><a href="http://elaineannhopper.blogspot.com/p/so-you-want-to-marry-our-mom.html">So You Want To Marry Our Mom</a> by Elaine Hopper<br /><br /><br />Good luck!<br /><br /><br /><table class="sl_linktable"><tbody><tr><td width="5%">1.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://designdivaim.com/" 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Obsessed (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">21.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://booksake.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Book Sake (US)</a></td><td width="5%">22.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.diabeticsnacker.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diabetic Snacker (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">23.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://melissawatercolor.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Books and Things (US)</a></td><td width="5%">24.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.booksrusonline.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Books R Us (US/CAN) - possible (INT) ?</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">25.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.bookworminginthe21stcentury.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookworming in the 21st Century (US)</a></td><td width="5%">26.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.breebee.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bree Bee's Thinking Outside of the Box (US) (INT)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">27.</td><td 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Outfitters (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">47.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://ellzreadz.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ellz Readz (INT)</a></td><td width="5%">48.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://enjoylifeenjoynow.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Enjoy Life, Enjoy Now (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">49.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://etreasurespublishing.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eTreasures Publishing (US/CAN) (INT)</a></td><td width="5%">50.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://evoluchuns.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Evoluchun's Misc (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">51.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.extremepersonalmeasures.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Extreme Personal Measures (US)</a></td><td width="5%">52.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.fabfindfoodie.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fab Find Foodie (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">53.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.familyandlifeinlasvegas.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Family and Life in Las Vegas (US) (US/CAN)</a></td><td width="5%">54.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fang-tastic Books (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">55.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.farberfamilyadventures.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Farber Family Adventures (US/CAN)</a></td><td width="5%">56.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://floridafrugalfamily.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Florida Frugal Family (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">57.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://foreverandafter.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Forever and After (US/CAN)</a></td><td width="5%">58.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.happybirthdayauthor.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Happy Birthday Author (US/CAN)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">59.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://youthfultips.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Health, Beauty, Children and Family (US)</a></td><td width="5%">60.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.homegrownfamilies.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Home Grown Families (INT)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">61.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://hooklessshowercurtains.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hookless Shower Curtains (US)</a></td><td width="5%">62.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.elainepcantrell.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hope. Dreams. Life…Love </a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">63.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.imalazymom.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I'm a Lazy Mom (US/CAN)</a></td><td width="5%">64.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://inspiredbyfiction.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inspired by Fiction (US/CAN)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">65.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.happyendingsblog.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeannie Ruesch's Happy Endings (US/CAN)</a></td><td width="5%">66.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.jenniferlaurens.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jennifer's Musings (US/CAN)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">67.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.lindsayblogs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Just My Blog (US)</a></td><td width="5%">68.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://lbandj.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LB and J (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">69.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://leksidesigns.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leksi Designs…This Handmade Life (US/CAN) (INT)</a></td><td width="5%">70.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.letsjustgiveitaway.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Let's Just Give It Away (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">71.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.fivemonkies.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Life with 5 monkies (US)</a></td><td width="5%">72.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://lipstickandluxury.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lipstick and Luxury (US/CAN)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">73.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://literaturelyspeaking.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Literaturely Speaking (US/CAN)</a></td><td width="5%">74.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://littleyayasandblessed.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Little Yayas (US) (US/CAN)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">75.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.livelovelaughwithleslie.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Live Love Laugh with Leslie (US)</a></td><td width="5%">76.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://rileyquinnauthor.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Love With A touch of Magic (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">77.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://lll808.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lovin' & Livin' Life Reviews (US)</a></td><td width="5%">78.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.lovinlifeonless.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lovin' Life on Less (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">79.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.lovingmylifereviews.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Loving My Life (US) </a></td><td width="5%">80.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://kellysluckyyou.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kelly's Lucky You (US/CAN)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">81.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.luxuryreading.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luxury Reading (US)</a></td><td width="5%">82.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.makingtimeformommy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Making Time For Mommy (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">83.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://mamabmy.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mama B (US/CAN)</a></td><td width="5%">84.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.marvelousmommy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marvelous Mommy (US/CAN)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">85.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://misavings.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MI Savings (US/CAN)</a></td><td width="5%">86.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://melissastuff.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MelissaStuff (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">87.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.miamamiah.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mia Ma Miah's Diaries (US/CAN)</a></td><td width="5%">88.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.midwesterngoneidahoan.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Midwestern Gone Idahoan (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">89.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://jisforjoseph.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">j is for joseph.com (US)</a></td><td width="5%">90.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.boosandrawrs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emmy's Boos and Rawrs (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">91.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://momtobedby8.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mom to Bed by 8 (US/CAN)</a></td><td width="5%">92.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.mommamaven.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Momma Maven in the Making (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">93.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://mommasaiddayslikethese.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Momma Told Me (US/CAN)</a></td><td width="5%">94.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://mommyhastowork.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mommy Has to Work (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">95.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://mommys-freetime.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mommy's Free Time (US/CAN)</a></td><td width="5%">96.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://mommys-minute.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mommy's Minute (US/CAN)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">97.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.motherofpearlitis.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mother of Pearl It Is (US/CAN)</a></td><td width="5%">98.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://shaye-whoopa.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my favorite PINK (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">99.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://mylifeasgrandma.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Life As Grandma (INT)</a></td><td width="5%">100.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://mylifewithratsandmore.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Life with Rats and More (INT)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">101.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://mysillymonkeys.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Silly Monkeys (US/CAN)</a></td><td width="5%">102.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://nightowlcrafting.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Night Owl Crafting (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">103.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.ninemoremonths.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nine More Months</a></td><td width="5%">104.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://nomieecoware.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nomie Eco Ware (INT)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">105.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://not-really-southernvampchick.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Not-Really-Southern Vamp Chick</a></td><td width="5%">106.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://ofinkandquille.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Of Ink and Quille (US/CAN)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">107.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://paranormalbites.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paranormal Bites (US/CAN)</a></td><td width="5%">108.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.pasttheprint.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Past The Print (INT)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">109.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://proudbooknerd.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Proud Book Nerd (INT)</a></td><td width="5%">110.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://readingatthebeach.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reading At The Beach (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">111.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://readingteen.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reading Teen (INT)</a></td><td width="5%">112.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.youngadultbookworm.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reading, Writing and Waiting (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">113.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.reflectionswithcoffee.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reflections with Coffee (US)</a></td><td width="5%">114.</td><td 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href="http://www.upstateramblings.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Upstate Ramblings (US) (INT)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">155.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://thevillageofmoms.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Village of Moms (US) </a></td><td width="5%">156.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://womenslifelink.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Women's Life Link (INT)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">157.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://writingisablessing.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Writing is a Blessing</a></td><td width="5%">158.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://yellowtennessee.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yellow Tennesse (US)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">159.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.timandangi.com/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tim and Angi's Family Blog (US/CAN) (US) </a></td><td width="5%">160.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://www.todays-adventure.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Today's Adventure (US/CAN)</a></td></tr><tr><td width="5%">161.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://mysterysuspence.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mysteries and My Musings </a></td><td width="5%">162.</td><td width="45%"><a href="http://leapbks.blogspot.com/2010/09/blogmania-is-here.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leap Books</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Elaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.com245tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647796766744508525.post-72816281197449024372010-08-01T15:12:00.000-07:002010-08-01T15:31:56.242-07:00Christmas in July Winners!It's time to announce my winners for my Christmas in July contest.<br /><br />Laura at <a href="http://aglutenfreemom.blogspot.com/">A Gluten Free Mommy</a> and <a href="http://theredheadriter.blogspot.com/">The Redhead Riter</a> are my winners.<br /><br /><em>Congrats!</em><br /><br />I hope you'll enjoy the story.<br /><br />Please contact me with your email address where I can email your pdf copy.<br /><br />For those of you who didn't win, there's another contest at <a href="http://www.longandshortreviews.com/">The Long and Short Reviews </a>between August 2 - 29th to win a Nook.<br /><br />Don't miss it!Elaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647796766744508525.post-54742844412164120312010-07-22T08:00:00.000-07:002010-07-22T08:00:02.230-07:00Blogmania Twitter Party Sunday ~ More PrizesBlogmania bloggers are all about building relationships - between our blogs, our cherished readers, the online community and business owners. We value each other's opinion as we all are endeavoring to make the best choices for our home life. So it seemed natural to partner up with <em>The Lane Real Estate Team </em>and <em>Breebee's</em> blog to bring you our <strong>first ever twitter and blog blast party. </strong><br /><br />The <em><a href="http://www.joelane.com/" target="_blank">Lane Rea</a></em><span style="color:black;"><em><a href="http://www.joelane.com/" target="_blank">l Estate Team</a> </em>is all about building relationships through communities - specializing in Kennewick Homes for Sale. And <a href="http://breebee.com/blogmania/twitter-party" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;">Bree</span></a><span style="color:black;"> is a blogger - and a mom - trying to think outside of the box and help build community ties in </span></span><a href="http://nwcolumbus.macaronikid.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;">NW Columbus OH</span></a><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:black;"> via her Kid event websit</span>e! Our other twitter party sponsors also offer items to help strengthen and maintain relationships - from stationary to hand stamped sentiments. </span><a href="http://breebee.com/blogmania" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;">SPONSOR LINKS</span></a><br /><h3><br />Our Party Theme: "Building toward Blogmania with The Lane Real Estate Team"<br />[<a href="http://www.joelane.com/" target="_blank">http://www.joelane.com/</a>]</h3><br /><h3><br />Info on the Blog Blast:</h3><br />If you post on your blog(s) our announcement between now and the twitter party you will be entered to win <strong>$100 cash</strong>. If we reach 500 blogs there will be two additional $50 drawings, totaling 3 winners! You can email me,<br />breejanderson@... or blogmaniapr@... for the HTML code for blog(s) links and some posting specific OR ask the post owner for info and that blog owner will provide you an HTML code.<br /><br />Please return with your specific blog post links on Bree's Blog, under her Twitter Party PAGE tab.<br /><h3><br /><span style="color:black;">Info on the Twitter Party:</span></h3><br /><span style="color:black;">9:30-10:30pm, Sunday, EST we will party! </span><br /><br /><span style="color:black;">There is a custom tweet grid and a linky for early RSVP. RSVP'ing early also enters you into special drawings. You do not have to RSVP to tweet and win but the 'extra' will not be available. </span><br /><h3><br /><span style="color:black;">You can win both the blog blast and at the twitter party!</span></h3><h3 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">RSVP at <a href="http://breebee.com/twitter-party" target="_blank">BreeBee's:</a></h3><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><br /><br /></div><br /><h3 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><br /><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><span style="font-size:medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></span></h3>Elaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647796766744508525.post-52743944677350162612010-07-20T19:41:00.000-07:002010-07-20T19:45:47.193-07:00So You Want To Marry Our Mom"So You Want To Marry Our Mom" available at <a href="http://www.amberquillpress.com/">Amber Quill Press</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>Blurb:</strong><br /></span>Jackie's been in love with her best friend Doug for several years, but she's tired of waiting for him to come around. She's already been through one marriage where her husband ignored her and she doesn't need two. So when her daughter puts her name in to do a bachelorette-type TV show where the kids help pick their new dad, she agrees. When the ghost of her ex begins to haunt her, the kids act up on live TV, and Doug finally wakes up and decides to fight for her, things get pretty strange and the fun begins.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Excerpt:</span></strong><br /></span>Joey interrupted the chaos in her mind. “And meet Doug Applebaum, Jackie’s best friend now and since her husband died. He’s her rock, her mainstay, and the man who’s secretly, madly in love with her.”<br /><br />A cacophony of emotions collided and exploded inside her. Tingles shot down her spine and her knees buckled. Her ears rang with a dizziness she couldn’t quell. Joy warred with fury and doubts. She clutched at the railing. When Doug moved as if to hug her, her eyes widened and she took a step back away from him. “Is this true?”<br /><br />::Whoa! You didn’t tell me this was a soap opera.::<br /><br />::Butt out.::<br /><br />Doug nodded, his eyes darkening with an intensity that threatened her sanity. “Yes. I thought I’d have time to court you and make you fall in love with me. Then you went on this damned show.”<br /><br />“Keep it PG, guys.” Joey shook his finger in Doug’s face. “This is a family show.”<br /><br />Pulling Doug to the bow, she lowered her voice. It didn’t help her mood when the cameras dogged them. “Why didn’t you tell me? You’ve hardly come around in months. You never call anymore. How was I supposed to have an inkling you love me?”<br /><br />Doug hung his head. Before he could take his next breath, the sea breeze whipped up, blowing his hair across his face. He reached up and tucked it behind his ears. “I didn’t want to push you. I thought you needed more time.”<br /><br />Incredulous, she wanted to throw up her hands. “More time to be lonely? To miss you? To…”<br /><br />Amazement and hope flashed across his eyes. “You missed me?”<br /><br />::You missed him?:: Vance echoed. ::I should have known. It’s always the best friend.::<br /><br />Feeling like a scratched CD, she repeated, ::Butt out.::<br /><br />Remembering how abandoned she’d felt, she nodded and veiled her eyes. She felt as dark and deserted as the sea looked tonight. “Oh yeah. And very unloved, unwanted, and lonely.”<br /><br />She turned her accusing gaze back to him. “I want—no, make that need—a man who will be there for me. A man who will romance me, spend time with me, and cherish me and my kids.” She dragged in a ragged sigh. “I don’t need another cold relationship and especially not another dead marriage.”<br /><br />“I’ll be there for you and the kids. I swear it.” Doug took her hands in his, his gaze imploring and hopeful.<br /><br />Sparks zapped her and she snatched back her hands and hid them behind her. Physical electricity wouldn’t be enough this time around. “Words won’t do. You’ll have to prove yourself.” On a choked sob, she ran past him and almost knocked over the cameraman. “If you can.”<br /><br />Available at <a href="http://www.amberquillpress.com/">Amber Quill Press</a>.<br /><br />http://www.twitter.com/elaine_hopperElaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647796766744508525.post-92199681720840285312010-07-08T18:42:00.000-07:002010-07-08T20:04:39.374-07:00Author Roast & Toast ~ I'm the victim, uh guest<div>I'm being interviewed at <a href="http://romancebooksrus.blogspot.com/2010/07/interview-of-author-elaine-hopper.html">Romance Books "R" Us</a> today. Please stop by, check out the <a href="http://romancebooksrus.blogspot.com/2010/07/interview-of-author-elaine-hopper.html">Christmas in July </a>celebration and contests including mine.<br /><br />Also, tomorrow, Friday, I'll be roasted, uh, toasted I mean, at the Author Roast and Toast.<br /></div><div> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 149px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 139px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491736666443568258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQAJZg7GQ3GjbTvU90Z9-Y7FrL29LFxOjO4P_RqCKwiAbNvC_mnp9vA9Cri-IiX25Ln4AAmL-p9k-aJ-720VnfEnkQS_PKIUBDyOgBcEhGGZZowo4duKwxL1oKee7yTrubjU3xRuNovPX/s320/roast_redone.jpg" /><br /><a href="http://authorroastandtoast.blogspot.com/">http://authorroastandtoast.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />One and all are invited to come Friday July 9th at the <a href="http://authorroastandtoast.blogspot.com/">Author Roast and Toast</a>.<br /><br />We'll be feasting and partying in a haunted house. We'll have sushi and other treats. And we'll talk about ghosts and bachelors and all kinds of fun things.<br /><br />Don't leave me alone with the ghosts so please come and join me.<br /><br />Oh! And I'll be giving away at least one pdf copy of my newly released romance novel "So You Want To Marry Our Mom" by Amber Quill Press to a lucky guest who leaves a comment for me tomorrow at the Author Roast and Toast.Elaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647796766744508525.post-23757767714217003572010-07-01T05:49:00.000-07:002010-07-01T05:57:08.117-07:00<p>Merry Christmas!</p><p>It’s July and the heat index must be over 100. My daughter is sun burnt from our visit to the pool a couple days ago. My AC bill’s going to be sky high next month.</p><p>But the Christmas movies are coming out of storage and I’ll begin writing Christmas stories and doing Christmas shopping and celebrating Christmas in July.</p><p>The Romance Readers and Writers are having a big Christmas in July celebration and contest. In conjunction, I will be giving away a copy of my new book “So You Want To Marry Our Mom”, a sweet contemporary romance being published by Amber Quill Press. <a href="http://www.amberquillpress.com/">http://www.amberquillpress.com/</a> </p><p>To win a copy, please leave a comment on my blog that you would like to be entered to win "So You Want To Marry Our Mom". To get additional entries, let me know you're a follower, retweet my contest on Twitter, or leave a reader review of one of my books on Amazon (and tell me of course so I can find it). I'll award an additional entry for each thing (as long as you let me know).</p><p>I'll award two pdf copies of the book July 31, 2010.</p><p>"So You Want To Marry Our Mom" by Elaine Hopper</p><p>Releases Tuesday July 6, 2010 at <a href="http://www.amberquillpress.com/">http://www.amberquillpress.com/</a></p><p>When erotic romance writer Jackie Duarte’s kids nominate her to be a television bachelorette on Perfect Mate and help to pick her next husband and their new father, her life becomes crazier than it’s already been. Now the whole world will meet her bratty ADHD/ODD twelve-year-old, perhaps learn of the penname she has fought so long to keep under wraps, and see her house on television...and she’s no Martha Stewart. </p><p>Worse yet, the ghost of her husband has long been talking off her ear but now he’s also giving her dating advice, telling her how to flirt and whom to marry. She has to be extra careful not to speak to him aloud while the cameras are rolling or risk being put into a straightjacket. </p><p>But worst of all, Doug Applebaum, her best friend and the younger man she had wanted to marry but gave up on, finally decides he loves her, after she’s legally committed to wed one of the bachelors on her show. What can Jackie do now? Go back on her commitment to the show, ignore the advice of her children and her deceased husband, or follow her heart straight into Doug’s waiting arms? </p><p>Genres: Romance / Contemporary Romance / Paranormal Romance Length: 95k words<br /><br /></p>Elaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647796766744508525.post-69123727433448047582010-05-24T16:34:00.000-07:002010-05-24T16:35:30.473-07:00Blogmania Prize: Laura's Lost Love<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; CLEAR: right; cssfloat: right" href="http://sites.google.com/site/lauraslostlove/_/rsrc/1271702975552/home/LLL%2C%20140%20front%20cover.jpg?height=320&width=203" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://sites.google.com/site/lauraslostlove/_/rsrc/1271702975552/home/LLL%2C%20140%20front%20cover.jpg?height=320&width=203" width="203" height="320" gu="true" /></a></p><p>Laura's Lost Love is one of the awesome prize books that will be loaded onto the Kobo ebook reader for my September 2010 Blogmania.</p><p><br /></p><p>Read more below to whet your appetite and also be sure to check out the author's other books.</p><p>---------------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p>Laura’s Lost Love</p><p><br /></p><p>Book One of the Heart Junction Series</p><p><br /></p><p>Early 20th century Romance</p><p><br /></p><p>Paperback Edition, Create Space</p><p><br /></p><p>ISBN: 9781438264417</p><p><br /></p><p>E-Book Edition, Smashwords</p><p><br /></p><p>ISBN: 9781452301884</p><p><br /></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Awards for "Laura"</span></strong></p><p><br /></p><p>Golden Rose Award from Love Romances and More</p><p><br /></p><p>Recommended Read Award from Fallen Angel Reviews</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reviews for "Laura"</p><p><br /></p><p>The Romance Studio: 5 HEARTS. You will be delighted to have read this book.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Long and Short of It Reviews: 4.5 BOOKS. This is an excellent story that takes the reader on a journey into the past that is very enjoyable.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Blurb</span></strong></p><p><br /></p><p>1912, Heart Junction, South Dakota. Laura Windsor wants to become a mother to an orphan girl, but Gavin Maitland won't allow it. His civic duty requires him to place children from the orphan train with married couples only. As the two of them struggle to do what is best for the girl who has won their hearts, they find a special love of their own. But can two people at odds ever join together? Not without breaking conventions and even a few laws.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Excerpt</span></strong></p><p><br /></p><p>Gavin has just informed Laura single women are not allowed to adopt children from the orphan train. She waits in an office of the train depot while Gavin has found a way to entertain little Angelina while they talk.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr. Maitland’s melodious, deep voice drifted through the open door.</p><p><br /></p><p>Angelina’s sweet laughter followed the sounds of keys striking paper on a modern typewriter. </p><p><br /></p><p>Laura relaxed a little knowing that Angelina seemed to be content. She peeked around the frame of the door into the lobby. Mr. Maitland touched Angelina’s cheek and smiled at the child. The man who was about to ruin Laura’s life appeared to be charming the daughter he was ready to destroy. Gavin Maitland was most assuredly two men in one. Charming, handsome, some women might say irresistible with his mass of caramel hair and his hazel-brown eyes. Yet heartless, cruel, uncaring had to be accurate words to describe him if he intended to stop Laura from making Angelina her daughter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Laura pulled her gaze from the lobby and leaned against the door jamb. She closed her eyes. He just can’t take my daughter from my arms. We need each other.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr. Maitland came through the door, nearly brushing his broad chest against Laura’s shoulder. He shut the door and stood inches from her, looking down at her.</p><p><br /></p><p>She stared up at him, studying his eyes, wondering what she had to say or do to convince this sober, unrelenting stickler for the law to bend the rules this one time so she might keep Angelina with her in Heart Junction.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Shall we sit down?” he asked in a coarse, husky voice.</p><p><br /></p><p>Laura blinked and gazed up at him a moment longer. Would charm work? Scolding? Intimidation?</p><p><br /></p><p>Seduction? </p><p><br /></p><p>Her cheeks burned. Just the thought of how far she may or may not go to keep Angelina warmed her whole body.</p><p><br /></p><p>--------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p>More excerpts, reviews, coupon specials at: <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/lauraslostlove">http://sites.google.com/site/lauraslostlove</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>-------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p>Buy Links</p><p><br /></p><p>Buy E-Book at Smashwords: <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/8321">http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/8321</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Buy E-Book at Kobo: <a href="http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Lauras-Lost-Love/book-re7pcs8cYUaWko0IQHZGIQ/page1.html">http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Lauras-Lost-Love/book-re7pcs8cYUaWko0IQHZGIQ/page1.html</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>Buy Paperback at Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lauras-Lost-Love-Heart-Junction/dp/1438264410/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270503534&sr=8-2">http://www.amazon.com/Lauras-Lost-Love-Heart-Junction/dp/1438264410/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270503534&sr=8-2</a></p><p><br /></p>Elaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.com280tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647796766744508525.post-82219431076681182542010-05-11T19:21:00.000-07:002010-05-11T19:24:59.800-07:00Blog Jog Day WinnerI want to announce the winner of Blog Jog Day's prize "Always A Bridesmaid".<br /><br />Linda Henderson<br /><br />Please congratulate Linda.<br /><br />I'll be emailing "Always A Bridesmaid" to Linda right away.<br /><br />I want to thank everybody for entering my contest and for visiting me.<br /><br />When I receive prize copies of my next romance "So You Want To Marry Our Mom" I'll hold a contest for a lucky winner or two to win it. Please stay tuned.Elaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647796766744508525.post-75880493196090700702010-05-08T22:01:00.000-07:002010-05-11T19:25:25.194-07:00BLOG JOG! And ContestHappy Mother's Day and Happy Blog Jog Day.<br /><br />Thank you for stopping by.<br /><br />Please explore all this blog has to offer, leave a comment for one entry, join my blog and leave an entry (or tell me you already follow my blog), then job onto the next blog which is:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dianneascroft.wordpress.com/">http://www.dianneascroft.wordpress.com/</a><br /><br />If you would like to visit a different blog in the job, please visit <a href="http://www.blogjogday.blogspot.com/">http://www.blogjogday.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />If you'd like to enter my contest to win a pdf copy of my sweet contemporary romance "Always A Bridesmaid", please leave a comment for me.<br /><br />Earn an extra entry by following this blog (or let me know if you are already a follower - that counts, of course), and/or post about this on Twitter. Let me know in the comment you leave for me.<br /><br />Good luck!<br /><br />I hope you're enjoying Mother's Day. I'll be line dancing when I'm not blogging. :)<br /><br />* Don't miss Blogmania coming September 15-16th, 2010. Read below posts to learn more about my prize.<br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>Elaine</strong></span></em>Elaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647796766744508525.post-80406653601528620482010-05-07T15:47:00.001-07:002010-05-07T16:27:18.494-07:00My MothersI have to talk about my mom this weekend. But also about my aunts and other mothers I've had. They mean so much to me.<br /><br />Mom died June 20, 1988. She was merely 58, far too young to die, to leave me.<br /><br />Cancer got her, the big dummy.<br /><br />She'd been battling it for many years, had gone into remission a couple times, battled valiantly, but it won in the end.<br /><br />I was much too young to lose her, only 29. I wasn't officially a child, but I was crushed. I wasn't ready to let go. I still had so much to say, so much to do with her...for her.<br /><br />I'm an only child, and according to Mom's dad, a very spoiled one.<br /><br />Perhaps I was.<br /><br />Not only was I an only child after ten years of marriage, I was born with a cleft lip and palate. I had to have a lot of surgeries before I started school, several before I was a year old.<br /><br />Mom couldn't nurse me and she couldn't feed me with a normal bottle. She had to use a special bottle with a long tube because my mouth wasn't formed properly. Indeed, for awhile I had a huge hole in the roof of my mouth.<br /><br />A lot of children born in 1959-1960 had cleft palates. There was a boy in my class at school whose cleft palate repair was not nearly as good as mine. But then I was a guinea pig. My plastic surgeon liked to show me off to his students, mostly international. Those huge old lightbulbs used to blind me all the time in his office. He was proud of the job he'd done on me.<br /><br />Mom used to also take me to Miami University for speech therapy about three times a week for several years before I started Kindergarten. It couldn't have been easy on her, driving me to so many therapists and doctors every week. On top of that, she had to coerce me to practice my speech lessons in front of the mirror for a couple hours every day which I hated. But it paid off. I can speak well and my voice isn't nasal like some others with my condition.<br /><br />And then I had the audacity to crash into a tree when I was learning to ride a bicycle at age six, and try to ruin the job he did. Mom and Dad were frantic. Had their baby ruined all the plastic surgeries, and was there more to be worried about? I broke my nose, knocked loose a few teeth, and gave everybody, especially mom, a terrific scare that summer. Fortunately, I didn't hurt myself too badly, but it meant Mom had to take me to the doctors even more often.<br /><br />Also, my parents feared I'd be shy around people because of my facial disfigurement so they tried to take me out in public a lot. That had to be tough on her.<br /><br />We did a lot together. She loved to bowl, watch movies (in particular John Wayne westerns and musicals), and eat out at restaurants. She really loved to sew and make crafts. Whereas I inherited her love for bowling, musicals, and eating out, I didn't get the sewing gene. I had her to sew for me. My cousin, D, inherited the sewing/crafts gene from my mom and her sister, L. (Now I wish I had it.)<br /><br />Mom also took me to many lessons: organ, horse back riding, roller skating, swimming, ballet, tap dance, etc. She let me have slumber parties in our basement several times a year. She took me to my grandparents', aunts' and uncles' houses a lot, too. And she sent me to YMCA summer camp.<br /><br />When my parents divorced when I was 16, I stayed with my dad for the first year. Because things were so tense between them, I rarely saw mom for the next year, nor her family. Looking back, I see how hard that was on her, how painful. And I really miss that time I should have spent with her. How stupid I was! What I wouldn't give to get that time back, even half.<br /><br />It was during that year after the divorce that she had a hysterectomy and breast cancer. By the time I moved back with her in my junior year of high school, she was in remission.<br /><br />She made my wedding dress. It was a beautiful creation with a lot of intricate beading on the bodice and beautiful silk. In order to do so, she moved to where I was. At that time I was in the Air Force, stationed in Omaha, Nebraska. Then she went out to California to set up my wedding as my soon to be husband was stationed near Sacramento.<br /><br />After I had my second baby, she moved in with us for a year. We had a 60' x 14' mobile home with two bedrooms. I hadn't known Mom would be moving in when we bought it. So it was rather cozy.<br /><br />She said my oldest child was her baby. She doted on him and spoiled him. Unfortunately, he barely remembers her. What a shame. She really loved her grandkids.<br /><br />Then she got engaged and moved out to California. It was there the doctors found her cancer had come back and was now in her bones: too late. We were then stationed in Mississippi and I was in college working on my bachelor's degree.<br /><br />The same month I graduated, and my husband was released from the Air Force on a medical discharge, she died. We came home from our sons' t-ball game to a voice mail that she was gone. 1988 was before cell phones. She'd been supposed to visit us for the summer. She hadn't told me how bad she had gotten.<br /><br />I was a wreck for the next year. We took our three young children to see the first "Land Before Time" movie at the theater, not knowing anything about the story except that there were cute talking dinosaurs.<br /><br /><em>What a mistake!</em><br /><br />The little dinosaur lost his mother in the movie and was seeking his grandparents. I sobbed through the whole movie.<br /><br />During that time, I again wished for siblings to share this with.<br /><br />Although I had no siblings, I had wonderful aunts, uncle, and my dad.<br /><br />My aunts and uncle took me under their wing, although they'd always been wonderful to me.<br /><br />I was 29 and had three children of my own, but I still craved a mother figure. My aunts were very loving, very concerned, and wonderful. I don't know what I would have done without them.<br /><br />My kids called Aunt H and Uncle B "Grandma and Grandpa". Aunt H is the only "grandma" my youngest two children knew on my side of the family. Although I was sad my mom wasn't the one they call "Grandma", I know she'd be okay with it. I know they will get her back one day when we're all in Heaven.<br /><br />Mom's older sister, Aunt L, recently joined her in Heaven. She died this year after a long battle with Alzheimer's which is just about as cruel a disease as cancer. In some ways, worse.<br /><br />My dad's older sister, Aunt D, died a few years ago, also from cancer, the bitch. (Cancer, not my aunt.)<br /><br />My only remaining aunt is Aunt H. And Aunt R, who is really my mom's cousin, but she's more like an aunt than a cousin.<br /><br />Uncle B is still here, too. And Dad. And my mother-in-law.<br /><br />I've been blessed with so many wonderful mothers in my life. I'm still blessed.<br /><br />And yet, I miss the one I called "Mom", the one who fed me with the awkward feeding tube, who stayed with me throughout so many hospital visits and speech lessons.<br /><br />What are your memories of your mother? Aunts?Elaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647796766744508525.post-74200566169345419762010-05-07T14:21:00.001-07:002010-05-07T15:33:50.256-07:00Blog Jog & Blogmania - ContestsWhat are "Blog Jog" and "Blogmania"?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"Blog Jog" and "Blogmania" are special days where several blogs join together for an extravaganza. They're ways to become acquainted with new blogs, make new blog friends, and possibly to win great prizes.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Blog Jog</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><br />Blog Jog is this week ~ Mother's Day, May 9th, 2010 all day.<br /><br /><br /><br />Start with my blog then follow the links to other blogs.<br /><br /><br /><br />I'm going to have a contest to win a free pdf copy of "Always A Bridesmaid".<br /><br /><br /><br />How do you win?<br /><br />Simple. Leave a comment for me on my blog with a way to contact you.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 460px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 369px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://media.bordersstores.com/content/images/koboereader/koboereader_photogallery/gallerybig1.jpg" /><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>Blogmania</strong></span></p><p>Blogmania is a lot like Blog Jog. Start here at my blog, then follow the links. About 175 blogs will participate, each with a prize valued at a minimum of $100. That means the retail value of all the prizes will be a minimum of $17,500. It boggles my mind.</p><p>Pretty darned awesome, right?</p><p>And my prize is really cool. I mean you'll want to make sure you don't miss a chance to win it. Bookmark this now, set your calendars to remind you, and visit often.</p><p>It's a Kobo.</p><p>A <em>what</em>?<br /></p><p>A new ebook reader that will make the Kindle look obsolete.<br /><br />ALSO if you're an author and would like free promotion, please read on. I will accept donations of pdf novels (anything except erotic - sorry, not my rules, but Blogmania's) to be loaded onto this Kobo for the lucky winner. </p><p>I'll be promoting all the books to be included on the Kobo, on this blog, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and around the web.</p><p>If you're interested in this promotional offer, (free other than the book donation) email me at:</p><p><a href="mailto:chinara@aol.com">chinara@aol.com</a></p><p>Be sure to put "KOBO Ebook donation" in the subject line of your email. Please also include a copy of your book's cover, blurb, brief excerpt, and purchase link in the same email.</p><p>So why am I not offering the KOBO reader and books for Blog Jog?</p><p>The KOBO isn't out yet.</p><p>Secondly, I need time to gather books to load onto it to make it a really super prize.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">How to get more than one entry?</span></strong></p><p>Again, simple. </p><p>If you're not already one of my followers, follow and let me know in your comment for me on the assigned days that you are one of my followers.</p><p>For another entry yet, Tweet about my contests and let me know you've done so - in the comment please.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Good luck!</span></strong></p>Elaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647796766744508525.post-5801599580685772082010-04-30T21:36:00.000-07:002010-04-30T21:42:16.481-07:00Blogmania Winner of "Always A Bridesmaid"And the winner of "Always A Bridesmaid" is:<br /><br />anita.nohti (at) gmail.com<br /><br />I used a random number generator online to pick my winner.<br /><br />Congrats Anita!<br /><br />I feel generous tonight probably because I'm so happy about your awesome response so I picked two winners to receive a pdf copy of "Always A Bridesmaid".<br /><br />The second winner is:<br /><br />sarahcoulsey03 at gmail dot com<br /><br />Thank you thank you thank you everybody who played Blogmania yesterday and who entered my contest and followed my blog.<br /><br />I'll email both of you now.<br /><br />I wish I had a consolation prize for everybody else.<br /><br />What I'll do is write a short story this week and post it next Saturday. Be sure to visit back for it.<br /><br />Thank you again. :)Elaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647796766744508525.post-51638670154068213172010-04-30T05:00:00.000-07:002010-04-28T19:09:20.801-07:00Blogmania - Blog #5<div align="left"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">WELCOME To BLOGMANIA !</span></strong><br /><br />My Blog is #5 of 123<br /><br />You’ve arrived at exactly the right time to explore lots of new blogs, all of which, ARE GIVING AWAY A VERY SPECIAL BLOGMANIA GIVEAWAY (For One Day Only – April 30th) .<br /><br />We’ve done all the work for you. No hunting or surfing. Each blog will have a number and each new blog link will have a number. These numbers will allow you to keep track of which blogs you’ve visited and how many are left to visit. Why not take a moment to make a list of blog numbers 1-123 and check off the blogs as you go.<br /><br />I know you’ll want to visit as many blogs today as you can. So, if you see something that interests you on any of our participating blogs, why not bookmark that site. Later, when you have more time, you can discover all its fabulous treasures.<br /><br /><em>CLICK! CLICK! CLICK!</em> </div><div align="left"><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">MY GIVEAWAY and RULES:</span></strong></div><div align="left"><br />A free pdf copy of "Always A Bridesmaid" my sweetromance. Leave me a comment on today's blog post to be entered.<br /><br />Please also visit the rest of the blogs in today's event. They will lead you to the other blogs.<br /><br /><br />(Blog- 1) – HOST OF BLOGMANIA) Between The Pages - http://betweenthelinesandmore.blogspot.com/<br /><br /><br />(Blog -2) – CO-HOST OF BLOGMANIA) The Black Sheep Dances - http://www.theblacksheepdances.blogspot.com<br /><br /><br />(Blog-43) - CO-HOST OF BLOGMANIA) Books, Books Everywhere - http://bookywooks.blogspot.com/<br /><br /><br />(Blog-3) Writing is a Blessing - http://writingisablessing.blogspot.com<br /><br /><br />(Blog-25) Que's Ramblings - http://heknowstheplanshehasforus.blogspot.com/<br /><br /><br />(Blog-75) Kelly's Lucky You - http://KellysLuckyYou.blogspot.com<br /><br /><br />(Blog-103) London's Boutique - http://londons-boutique.blogspot.com/<br /><br /><br />(Blog-81) My Overstuffed Bookshelf - www.myoverstuffedbookshelf.blogspot.com<br /><br /><br />(Blog-114) Books, Books, the Magical Fruit - http://booksbooksthemagicalfruit.blogspot.com<br /><br /><br />(Blog-28) A Novel Source - http://anovelsource.blogspot.com<br /><br /><br />Also be sure to check out Wendi Zwaduk's interview on my blog today. </div><div align="left"><br /><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465374431190832498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcuXsLt8YAb0ymCIW-Aj3WgaXPEirh8VScj6-6-KmiUcDSvNEk0Uhebq55G2PGcBKeD62x6Lxa5JcoNyGCgAuANG8bG_IsSLnxo5ZH6f6cbDJ_DthQQmkRaAD4LNmw2tvqSsksH_2G_t-/s320/AlwaysABridesmaid_w2864_300%5B1%5D.jpg" /><br /><br />Hell has finally frozen over. After nine long years, Breanna Parker has come home to be her sister's maid of honor. Just her luck that the first person she runs into is her ex-fiance, Troy Youngwolf—the man who eloped with her ex-best friend and broke her heart. Now a widowed father and sheriff of their Florida home town, sexy bad boy Troy wants another chance and won't take no for an answer. However, every time Breanna looks at Troy or his little girl, her heart breaks anew. She can hardly wait for her sister to get hitched so she can escape back to her urban family in Ft. Lauderdale. The risk is too high that Troy may discover her most closely held secret, one with the potential to destroy them both…perhaps this time forever.<br /><br />Rosebud - (Pages 144) Sweet<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Excerpt:</strong><br /></span><br />“So this is how the worldly Breanna behaves in her off-duty hours?” Troy righted Breanna, his hands lingering on her arms.<br /><br />She stepped back, quelling the desire to rub away his prints. She chafed that Sierra was getting a big head start and she was left alone with Troy. “What are you doing in my house? Daddy’s not home.”<br /><br />“Is that how you greet your boss? Or your old flame?”<br /><br />Fire smoldered in Troy’s eyes as mischief danced in his voice. Knowing Sierra was way ahead, she sighed. “What do you want? More memos copied? Someone to pour you a coffee?” she said with saccharine sweetness, vowing to return to college and upgrade her career.<br /><br />“I stop by periodically to make sure everything’s okay. This is my last stop of the day.” He didn’t move to leave. “Everything okay here?”<br /><br />Was he daring her to make him leave? She scowled. “Only if you call having a crazed sister okay. Or having my boss intrude on my personal space.”<br /><br />He didn’t blink, just advanced a step. “Is being around me really that bad? You didn’t used to think so.”<br /><br />Before she realized his intentions, Troy backed her against the wall and crushed close. He captured her lips in a searing kiss that left her weak-kneed and breathless. Soft hands cupped her face, stilling her head. His hips pinned her to the wall so she couldn’t do more than squirm against his solid frame.<br /><br />How long they kissed in the hall, she didn’t know. She was powerless to break the kiss—as if she’d been starved for it for years. Shirt balled in her hands, she molded her body to his.<br /><br />He drew back a short distance. “You can kiss me like that and still say you hate me?”<br /><br />Available at: <a href="http://www.thewildrosepress.com/always-a-bridesmaid-p-3940.html">http://www.thewildrosepress.com/always-a-bridesmaid-p-3940.html</a>Elaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.com86tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647796766744508525.post-6257074705588020272010-03-24T00:01:00.000-07:002010-03-24T00:01:01.287-07:00Winner of "Always A Bridesmaid"And the winner of "Always A Bridesmaid", my sweet romance book, is:<br /><br />Val Ford - vg_ford on Twitter<br /><br />Please email me with your email address so I can email your pdf copy of your book to you.<br /><br />Congratulations!<br /><br />I hope you enjoy my book.<br /><br /><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;">Elaine</span></em>Elaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647796766744508525.post-80676572622218533712010-03-21T18:39:00.000-07:002010-03-21T18:43:22.693-07:00Contest: Always A BridesmaidTo celebrate the release of my Sweetheart Rose romance "Always A Bridesmaid" this week, I'm running a contest. The contest runs from tonight until Midnight EST Tuesday March 23, 2010.<br /><br />I will give away one free pdf copy to one winner.<br /><br />To enter the contest, you can do either of two things:<br /><br />Follow me on Twitter and retweet my contest news. http://twitter.com/Elaine_Hopper<br /><br />"Contest: Win free pdf copy of my sweet romance #ALWAYSABRIDESMAID. RT by midnight 3-23-10 to enter. http://bit.ly/9pGX5t "<br /><br />or<br /><br />Leave me a comment on my blog at:<br /><br />http://www.elaineannhopper.blogspot.com<br /><br />Elaine Hopper<br />http://www.thewildrosepress.com/always-a-bridesmaid-p-3940.html<br /><br />Hell has finally frozen over. After nine long years, Breanna Parker has come home to be her sister's maid of honor. Just her luck that the first person she runs into is her ex-fiance, Troy Youngwolf—the man who eloped with her ex-best friend and broke her heart. Now a widowed father and sheriff of their Florida home town, sexy bad boy Troy wants another chance and won't take no for an answer. However, every time Breanna looks at Troy or his little girl, her heart breaks anew. She can hardly wait for her sister to get hitched so she can escape back to her urban family in Ft. Lauderdale. The risk is too high that Troy may discover her most closely held secret, one with the potential to destroy them both…perhaps this time forever.<br /><br />Rosebud<br />(Pages 144) Sweet<br /><br />Excerpt:<br /><br />“So this is how the worldly Breanna behaves in her off-duty hours?” Troy righted Breanna, his hands lingering on her arms.<br /><br />She stepped back, quelling the desire to rub away his prints. She chafed that Sierra was getting a big head start and she was left alone with Troy. “What are you doing in my house? Daddy’s not home.”<br /><br />“Is that how you greet your boss? Or your old flame?”<br /><br />Fire smoldered in Troy’s eyes as mischief danced in his voice. Knowing Sierra was way ahead, she sighed. “What do you want? More memos copied? Someone to pour you a coffee?” she said with saccharine sweetness, vowing to return to college and upgrade her career.<br /><br />“I stop by periodically to make sure everything’s okay. This is my last stop of the day.” He didn’t move to leave. “Everything okay here?”<br /><br />Was he daring her to make him leave? She scowled. “Only if you call having a crazed sister okay. Or having my boss intrude on my personal space.”<br /><br />He didn’t blink, just advanced a step. “Is being around me really that bad? You didn’t used to think so.”<br /><br />Before she realized his intentions, Troy backed her against the wall and crushed close. He captured her lips in a searing kiss that left her weak-kneed and breathless. Soft hands cupped her face, stilling her head. His hips pinned her to the wall so she couldn’t do more than squirm against his solid frame.<br /><br />How long they kissed in the hall, she didn’t know. She was powerless to break the kiss—as if she’d been starved for it for years. Shirt balled in her hands, she molded her body to his.<br /><br />He drew back a short distance. “You can kiss me like that and still say you hate me?”<br /><br />http://www.thewildrosepress.com/always-a-bridesmaid-p-3940.htmlElaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647796766744508525.post-82661687431027194992010-02-05T16:29:00.000-08:002010-02-05T16:38:33.887-08:00Always A Bridesmaid: Release Date<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong></strong></span><a href="http://www.thewildrosepress.com/">Always A Bridesmaid</a> has a release date. It will release at <a href="http://www.thewildrosepress.com/">The Wild Rose Press</a> March 24, 2010.<br /><br /><em>Woohoo!</em><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Blurb:</strong></span><br /><br />Hell has finally frozen over. After nine long years, Breanna Parker has come home to be her sister's maid of honor. Just her luck that the first person she runs into is her ex-fiance, Troy Youngwolf—the man who eloped with her ex-best friend and broke her heart. Now a widowed father and sheriff of their Florida home town, sexy bad boy Troy wants another chance and won't take no for an answer.<br /><br />However, every time Breanna looks at Troy or his little girl, her heart breaks anew. She can hardly wait for her sister to get hitched so she can escape back to her urban family in Ft. Lauderdale. The risk is too high that Troy may discover her most closely held secret, one with the potential to destroy them both…perhaps this time forever.Elaine Hopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788374660078080305noreply@blogger.com2