In my inbox this morning was a lovely Google alert advising me that Love’s Blessings had been reviewed by LASR. Shortly afterward I received notification from Marianne and Judy (the owners of LASR) about the review, but I’d already read it and done my .

Love’s Blessings received 4 books from Orange Blossom at LASR. She had this to say

“The author tackles a story with a heart wrenching topic of infertility and what it does to couples. The writing is top notch and the story is touching and moving. Within the breadth of only 45 pages, you will understand the ins ‘n outs and ups ‘n downs of this couple’s situation. Beautifully done.”

Go HERE to read the rest of the fantastic review.
And if you’d like to buy Love’s Blessings you can find it at Red Rose Publishing or if you’d like to get it on Kindle you can find it at Amazon.

So a couple of weeks ago I entered Jennifer Haymore’s New Beginnings contest, because I really like her. OK, I won’t lie, I really wanted to win (although I really do like her), but there were a ton of great entries. Therefore, I was completely caught off guard that I was chosen as one of the first week semi-finalists, along with some other fab writers.

I was quite happy with my little victory until I got the email advising what the next step was. I needed to send the first chapter–no problem–and… *Cue Jaws theme*… a SYNOPSIS! A synopsis? Really? Where’s the fine print? OK, well I don’t have to but, apparently, that will make it easier for the judges to come to a finalist decision.

But, but, but… synopses make my head

On the other hand, anything that makes it easier for the judges to think my work is better should be a good thing. In theory. So I am valiantly working on a synopsis. Or I will be. As soon as I get the words out of my head and onto the page.