Happy October! After two busy weeks in Florida, I’m back home in the gloriously autumn-ish state of Ohio, wrapped in blankets and sipping hot coffee as I blog.
The original plan had been to finish up the blog tour for Where Dandelions Grow on Saturday, but that day ended up being crazy enough that here I am today with the final tour celebrations.
Around the Internet
Maddy over at Little Bit of Sunshine posted a review of Where Dandelions Grow, and her review layout has got to be one of the best I’ve ever seen. (So pretty!)
Esther at Purposeful Learning invited me to write a guest post for her blog where y’all can learn some of the background to Where Dandelions Grow.
Maddy at Girls Living For God’s Glory wrote a sweet review.
Anna at A World Through Her Heart wrote a thorough review, complete with a book aesthetic that made my writerly heart quite happy.
Amanda at With a Joyful Noise posted a review and mini interview, which was fun to answer. She also made a quote image of the first line in the book, so that was cool. 🙂
Claire over at The Bookish Orca wrote a beautiful review that makes me happy every time I read it.
Em at Two Girls, Two Mountains posted an author interview, including the question “What did you want to be when you grew up when you were a kid?”
Samantha at Readhead With a Book wrote a fantastic review AND did an author interview complete with a LOT of gifs. Her review made me so happy I literally got tears in my eyes. Y’all need to check this one out for sure.
Zielle at The Ardent Reader also posted an author interview with questions like “What is a technique you use when developing your characters?”
And, last but not least of all, I’m excited to see that Where Dandelions Grow now has 43 reviews on Goodreads, and 25 on Amazon. Y’all are AMAZING! Today is also your last day to enter the giveaway for a $25 Amazon Giftcard. Enter it HERE.
This book has been so much fun to celebrate with y’all. Thank you for making this adventure worthwhile as you’ve read the book and encouraged me to keep going with my writing. There’s nothing like hearing that my book has touched you or entertained you to make me want to keep going when the going gets rough.
Releasing Where Dandelions Grow was also an interesting, rewarding, (and tiring!) way to celebrate my birthday which was on the 30th. Stay tuned for a “Musings” type birthday post coming up soon.
This post is the last one where the commenters are put into a drawing for a $5 Amazon Giftcard, so I’ll be choosing a random winner later on this week, so comment away! 😉
Today’s question ^ is one that I have a hard time knowing the answer to. In all likelihood I think I’d choose either Patrica St. John from the past (her books were a huge reason I wanted to become a writer, plus her life was amazing!), or Catherine Farnes (my favorite fiction author), or Brother Andrew (someone whose life has made a huge impact on me), from the present.
Thanks, folks, for hanging out! I am so grateful for each and every one of you. 🙂
I would Lucy Maud Montgomery, hands down. She is my all time favourite author, and I would absolutely love to spend some time with her and pick her brain for writing tips, as well as learn more about her writing process and character development. It would be so fascinating!!
~ Hannah M.
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Oh yes! I know a lot of people who would pick her. 🙂 Great choice! She would be a fascinating person to talk to.
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Ooh, tough question! Idk… maybe someone like CS Lewis or Laura Ingles Wilder??
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Oooh! Laura Ingles Wilder is another author I would TOTALLY be delighted to meet! I could listen to her talk for basically forever. 🙂
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Also, congrats on a successful blog tour! I loved seeing everyone’s posts throughout the week. Congrats again on publication and thanks for hosting the awesome giveaways!
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Thank you! Thank you for being such a huge part of this blog tour! 🙂
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I would LOVE to eat lunch with C.S. Lewis, G.K Chesterton, or E. Nesbit!
Huge congrats on publishing your book, Lydia!!! The cover is sooo pretty! ❤
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Aww, thank you! ❤
Hmm…. I haven’t heard of those last two authors, I should probably check them out. 🙂
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Oooh yes!! You should definitely check them out! G.K. Chesterton wrote brilliant, deep stories, and E. Nesbit’s writing style is the loveliest! She wrote “The Railway Children” among many other books. I would say her writing is the style that I hope to imitate. 😉
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Thank you for letting me know. That sounds like a great book – and yay for finding styles that are so wonderful. 🙂
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It’s been so much fun following along with the blog tour. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to review your book and participate! Congratulations again on publishing your book! 🙂
Hmm, authors I’d like to have lunch with? I’d love to chat with J. K. Rowling, or maybe the author of my favorite book, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. So many authors to choose from! 🙂
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Aww, thanks for being a part of this blog tour! It was fun having you around and having you participate! 🙂
Hmmm…. I think I’ve heard of The Little Prince before, but I can’t quite picture what book it is right now. That’s cool that it’s your favorite book. 🙂
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Yay! Thanks for the blog tour. It was a lot of fun.
I would like to spend lunch with Moses. It would be cool to try new foods and hear him speak. XD
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Oh! That would be cool indeed! Fun choice. 🙂
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Ooh! I want to have lunch with the younger Laura Ingalls. 😀
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YES! That.
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That would be amazing!
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I’d love to have lunch with you, and hear about your experiences with Buddy Davis. 🙂 I’d also like to meet my other online author friends, including Kellyn Roth, Elisabeth Grace Foley, Allison Tebo, and Amanda Tero.
CutePolarBear
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Aww, you’re so sweet! 🙂
And yes! Those would be some great people to get to meet in real life.
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Wow, 10 kids! That’s cool! I would like to have lunch with Roald Dahl or J.K Rowling. (Please don’t put me on for the drawing of the $5 Amazon Giftcard coz I can’t use it)
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Yes, being in a family with ten kids is a lot of fun.
Oh, Roald Dahl would be a very interesting person to have lunch with. I’ve read maybe one of his books? And I’ve never read any of J.K. Rowling’s books, but I imagine that would be interesting, too.
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Oooh which book of Roald Dahl’s did you read? Many people don’t like Harry Potter for some reason..
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I’m actually not sure – it was a while ago, back before I reviewed all of the books I read. Something from his Unfortunate Events series. (If that’s even a thing? It was a long time ago….)
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Oh hahaha that’s alright then
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