Thank You Jacquelyn Frank and Terry Spear

A tale of how nice authors can be.

A while back I contacted Ms. Frank

about possibly sending

an ARC (Advance Reader Copy)
for the store
and possibly some bookmarks or postcards or something

to hand out to her fans or to recruit new ones.

She responded saying she would be happy to.

Ms. Frank sent

beaded bookmarks,

signed book covers and postcards,

magnets and even signed playing cards.

To top it all off she sent a ARC signed to me,

boy I can not even express how surprised I was at that.

I have never had anyone do that before.

I have bought books and even prints of artwork and had them signed

(which I was happy to do because I really liked the person),

but to receive an advance copy of a book

of one of the most popular romance series just threw me for a loop.

Also,

Ms. Spear another paranormal romance author

sent bookmarks and press releases of her book "Heart of the Wolf".

The book had already come out

when I blogged about it after reading the ARC our store received.

We only had a couple of books left when the bookmarks and press releases showed up.

We had the book on an endcap and it sold fast

and we put the last two back in the section,

but I decided to put them back on the endcap

along with the press release

and they were gone when I came back to work the next day.

**smiling here**

I do apologize the picture for "Heart of the Wolf" is so small.

I had to use a "stock" picture instead of taking a picture as I did with "Noah".

Our store thanks both of you as do our customers.

Customers and employees really do appreciate it

when famous people in any genre recognize them.

I have had a few authors and charities

either leave comments on my blog,

send a personal message through My Space,

or e-mail me thanking me for spreading the word.

I think I should be the one thanking you for giving me a reason to blog.

It is sometimes hard to find things I like

or think is worthy enough to actually blog about.

It is just so much easier to find things I do not like to blog about.

So, please keep up the good work.

Bloggers like to know when someone reads their blog

and likes what they see

instead of always hearing what is not liked

just like customers and employees of stores, et cetera.

So thank you all for past, present, and future responses.