The Weekend Birthday Edition-LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED


Today begins the celebration of our 10th birthday. That means Seekerville is starting year 11! Every single day in October there is a giveaway! 



Every comment you make goes into the drawing for a $50 Amazon gift card given away every weekend and at the end of the month, we'll draw a name for a Kindle Fire with Alexa!







If you are not familiar with our giveaway rules, take a minute to read them here. It keeps us all happy! All winners should send their name, address, and phone number to claim prizes. Send to Seekers@Seekerville.net


Monday: Seeker Tina Radcliffe brings you, "Camping Outside the Promised Land Redux." Caryl is the winner of a box of books. Sherrinda is the winner of a Writer Clock.

Tuesday:  The winner of McCall Hoyle's debut sweet YA novel from Blink/HarperCollins, The Thing with Feathers, is Kav!

Wednesday: We were delighted to welcome back Tanya Agler with her post, "Writer Under Construction."  Kaybee is the winner of a $15 Amazon gift card.

Thursday: Seekerville was thrilled to welcome 2015 RITA Award nominee and USA Today best-selling author, Stacy Henrie to our village. Her post was, "Vacationing like a Researcher."  Winner of an e-copy of her newest inspirational historical romanceThe Keeper of Her Heart is Vince.





Monday: Mary Connealy launches our tenth birthday celebration!! Mary is holding a drawing for a Kindle Fire and a signed copy of her book TOO FAR DOWN...releasing on Tuesday!!! Two prizes, two winners! I'm talking about GOING WIDE! (yeah, figure out what THAT MEANS!) HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SEEKERVILLE!

Tuesday:  Mark Gottlieb, Literary Agent with Trident Media Group, LLC is our birthday guest with his post, "Are You Ready for Literary Representation?" Mark has brought book giveaways and there's a special Amazon gift card giveaway too. Happy Birthday, Seekerville! 

Wednesday: Virginia Carmichael aka Mary Jane Hathaway is back in Seekerville today with her post, "Ten Ways Seekerville Made Me A Better Writer."  Do stop by as our birthday celebration rages on. You might win a terrific giveaway!

Thursday: Seekerville is thrilled to welcome USA Today Bestselling Author and 2017 Christy Award finalist Tamera Alexander to the Village. Tamera will share "10 Writing Tips for Staying Focused and Finishing Your Book." With her fifteenth novel hitting the shelves this week, Tamera offers some tried and true tips—some of them painfully learned—for maintaining momentum and navigating life’s twists and turns as you work toward writing "The End." A fabulous gift-basket giveaway is included.

Friday: Love Inspired editor Emily Rodmell returns to Seekerville today with her post, "Advice for Authors at Every Level of the Publication Journey." We've put together a  surprise Love Inspired book giveaway in her honor, so don't miss this special day!

Saturday: Seeker Tina Radcliffe is your hostess today with her post, "Ten Things I've Learned in Ten Years." She has a super awesome tenth birthday giveaway too!










CALLING ALL WRITERS! Check out Julie Lessman's video interview on Cara Grandle's "Writers Encouragement Show," where Julie shares some personal tips for aspiring and published authors. Just click on the link below and then click on the white arrow in the gray circle at the top of the page, and the interview begins with Cara. Here's the link:   JULIE'S VIDEO INTERVIEW

Spotted on Walmart shelves in Mineola, Texas this week, (thank you Jana Vanderslice!) Ruthy's top-selling Love Inspired book "His Mistletoe Family" along with Jillian Hart's "Jingle Bell Bride"! As a sweet Saturday surprise, Ruthy's throwing two copies of this sweet duo into the Saturday surprise box to round out September! Leave a comment to have your name tucked into the festive stocking! 









Seekerville is a 2013-2017 Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers Awardee thanks to YOU, our Villagers.


It's that time of year when we ask you to please consider nominating Seekerville for the 19th Annual Writer’s Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers Award. Send an email to writers.digest@fwcommunity.com with “101 Websites” in the subject line. We are an Inspirational Romance Writing Community.



Thanks for the link love!



When You Shouldn’t Hire and Pay For a Professional Editor (Jane Friedman)

28 Boring Words Alternatives - Improve Your Writing (Custom Writing Blog)

The 10 Key Scenes You Need to Frame Up Your Novel (Writers Helping Writing)

Kill Your Darlings (Christian Editing Services)

Do you YASIV? A Primer on Amazon Products Visualization (Romance University)

How Writers Can Beat Imposter Syndrome (Nathan Bransford)

Ways to Honor the Craft of Writing (The Write Conversation)

Use Multi-tiered Strategies To Gain Max Exposure In Book Price Promotions (DBW)

5 Writing Tip: Harlan Coben (PW)

Winner announced in the next Weekend Edition.