Another review!!!!!!! Hooray!!

Please stop by Kristie's blog- Family, Scrapbooks, and Coffee! Great blogger!!!!! She just finished A Bitch Named Karma and wrote a glowing review about it!

Thanks so much, Kristie!!

Commenting on blog posts

I try my hardest to read as many blogs as I can...but honestly...my blog reading time is limited and I just can't read every post written by every blog I follow. I'd love to...but physically, it's impossible. And that fact only makes me appreciate the comments I get even more. I assume most bloggers are like me...to some degree. No one has time to sit and read blog posts all day long. We all have responsibilities- homes, kids, jobs out of the home, writing. So when someone takes the couple minutes to read my post and then comment, wow...it means so so much!!!!

And I like to make sure I acknowledge those comments back. But what is the best way???

I am constantly learning about the internet and how things work...I am always picking up something new. Blogging is no exception. It took me a while to figure out I could click a box and have all blog comments emailed to me. That was such a fantastic discovery!! I didn't have to go and check my blog eighty times a day to see if someone commented!! And there was no more mystery to whether or not someone commented on an old post!

So it it easiest to just reply to those emails directly for acknowledgment???

Sometimes when I comment on someone else's blog, I will subscribe...but not all the time. It's not real fun to open my inbox and find fifty new emails- most of them comments on a blog I subscribed to.

What do you guys do in regards to blog post comments???? And bloggers who get 20, 30+ comments...do you reply to them all personally???? At this point, I can keep up with my comments...I usually only have a handful. But someday I hope to get more!!

So many mixed emotions right now...

And I just don't know what to do with them.

This past Saturday was my big release party for A Bitch Named Karma. My family was here, my close friends were here, my writer's group was here. We had food, we had music, we had fun. It was a great party...I was on such a high! I mean...how can you not when you're the center of attention?? LOL! It's so rare that I get that kind of opportunity.

But thank God I did not check my email that morning. Bad news. Rejection for a project I'd had such high hopes for. Life sucks like that. You try to be positive about certain things and sometimes all that positivity does is give you false hope. And it makes the rejection suck so much more.

I'm so torn here..between being ecstatic about my debut being published and the sadness that my second book is going no where.

I tried working on a couple different projects today....got about 800 or so words down on two different stories. But it was forced. I am having a hard time finding inspiration right now.

Still recouperating!

Saturday was my big release party! Lots of fun and it flew by so fast!! It was nice to see so many of my family and friends all together!

Sunday was spent cleaning and resting...the few days leading up to the party were filled with party preparations.

I am still dragging today (but it's more than just tired from the party....got a lot on my mind today)

I will be picking the winner form last Monday's post...the winner of a digital copy of A Bitch Named Karma! Thanks to everyone who entered!!

Hope you're all having a much more productive day than I am!

Party Post #2: More Food!!!!

What is a party without awesome food????

Uh....pretty boring.

Here is what I'm serving to my guests tomorrow:

Cheese 'n Crackers
Taco Dip
Meatballs with a Sweet 'n Savory Sauce
Fruit Salad
Peach Salsa
Rye Bread cubes with Dill Dip
Roast Beef Wraps
Turkey Bacon Ranch Wraps
Guacamole
Italian Sausage with Peppers and Onions
Roasted Red Pepper Dip with Tortellini
Buffalo Chicken Wing Dip

I'm giving away another food related prize!!! Along with the recipe for THE BEST guac on the planet (which also just happens to be low fat) will be a fun bowl to serve it in!!

All you need to do to enter is #1, be a follower, and #2, answer this question:

Where did I go to college and what was my major????

Gotta do some research to find this answer...but it shouldn't be too hard!!

First poster with the correct answer wins!

And don't forget...enter my contest from Monday to win a digital copy of A Bitch Named Karma!!

Party Post #1!!!!

Welcome to my Blog Party for the release of A Bitch Named Karma!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday and today have been filled with party preparations here at my house....things to clean, food to be made!!!!

I did a lot of baking yesterday: double batch of chocolate chip cookies, a batch of chocolate raspberry bars, a batch of lemon squares. Today I made about 150 mini cupcakes.

So for my first mini contest today, I am giving away a baking prize!!! Along with the recipe for one of my favorite desserts, the chocolate raspberry bars, will be some must have baking essentials!!!

You must be a follower to enter the contest!! Leave a comment with your favorite dessert and at the end of today, I'll randomly draw a winner!!!! Please feel free to pass this along...let me know where you have and you'll get an extra entry in the drawing!!! And if my follower list reaches 150, I'll give away an additional digital copy of A Bitch Named Karma!! Don't forget to enter contest for that from Monday's Blog Post!

More party stuff to come today! Check back and check back often!!!

It's party time!!!

What do you do to celebrate?? My big release party for A Bitch Named Karma is tomorrow and I have a zillion things to do! Food to make, things to clean! Prayers to be said for decent weather. I'm not even real concerned with warmth....just PLEASE no rain!!!

I think the ink on my contract had barely been dry when I started thinking about this party! I don't need much of an excuse to throw a party and how often do I get to throw a party for myself??? I love having a fun time with friends and eating and drinking and enjoying all the merriment that goes along!!

It does feel a bit weird...seeing as the book is being released as an ebook. I wish it was print so I could have copies for my guests. (Print release is still TBA) But still...this is my first publication and to me that is a huge step and I am proud and I want to celebrate!!

What have you done to celebrate a book release, print or ebook????

I'll popping in all day today!!! Stop back for lots of fun stuff!