Winners!

Two winners!

Thanks to everyone who participated in my recent contest by sharing posts about my new book, The Deliverer. Since I appreciate your efforts so much, I decided to give away TWO prizes instead of one. Using a random number generator, one name was chosen from my blog post comments, and one from my Facebook contest. Congratulations Anjanette and Elizabeth! I'll be contacting you to get your address and will mail you your copy of Renovating Becky Miller.

If you entered and didn't win this time, take heart! Next week I'll be starting a super deluxe giveaway on Goodreads, so be sure to look for that one.

Blessings!
Sharon Hinck

Scavenger Hunt!

Hooray! The Fall Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt begins at noon on October 25th. I'm jazzed to be participating again. You can read about the hunt here, and mark your calendar. We did this event last spring and it was a blast.

As a BONUS treat, I'm giving away a set of ALL my general fiction paperback novels (The Secret Life of Becky Miller, Renovating Becky Miller, Symphony of Secrets, and Stepping Into Sunlight) with a drawing from THIS post.

Here's how to enter for my personal bonus prize.

I'm looking for folks to help create Book Buzz for my new release, The Restorer's Journey-Expanded Edition. You can tweet to let your friends know about the book's release, or post on facebook, or blog, or ask your local library to order the book. OR you can get extra creative and think of other fun ways to let your friends know about the book's release.

Just leave a comment to this post from now until the scavenger hunt ends on October 28, telling me how you created buzz for The Restorer's Journey-Expanded Edition, and you'll be entered in the drawing. Extra creative and enthusiastic ideas will be entered twice - doubling your odds. Please also leave an email where I can reach you if you win. Thanks!

I hope you'll have fun with both these contests, and enjoy discovering new Christian fiction!

Blessings,
Sharon Hinck

Favorite Fiction Moms

Thanks to everyone who participated in my recent blog contest and mentioned some of the beloved moms of fiction. In certain genres, single protagonists may be more common, but I've always believed that married women and moms have rich, layered lives and can take us on great emotional and spiritual adventures.

By the way, the photo is of my favorite NON-fiction mom. It's my real life mom at a Mall of America book signing last year. Yep, she loved me enough to wear a red cape and stroll around helping draw people in.

Here were some of the fictional moms folks have loved to read about:

Caroline Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie
Claire from Leave it to Claire
Susan Mitchell from the Restorer books (Sword of Lyric series)
Elizabeth Baxter from the Redemption series
Becky Miler from The Secret Life of Becky Miller
Beth Branning from the Night Light series
Victoria Austin and Meg Murry from Madeleine L'Engle's books
Deb Ralston from Lee Martin's book
Marilla Cuthbert from Anne of Green Gables
Marty Davis from Love Comes Softly
Dianne Pierceson from The Schoolmaster's Bride
Maddie in The Return of the Guardian King
Firebird in Kathy Tyers' book
Amy Johnson in Symphony of Secrets
Marliyn Grimes in The Interruption of Everything
Reese in Accidental Happiness
Jean Waterman in Lucky Strike
Margaret "Marmee" March of Little Women

Congrats to Jenny (eviesmommo) who won the drawing. Her copy of Sherri's book is in the mail. But we're all winners, because we all have some new fictional moms to explore in the coming days!

Blessings!
Sharon Hinck