Innsecure Writers Support Group Blog Hop: What YOU Know About BookBub

 

Insecure Writers Support Group Blog Hop

#IWSGbloghop

What is the Insecure Writer's Support Group?

Founded by author Alex J. Cavanaugh, the Insecure Writer’s Support Group offers support for writers and authors alike. It provides an online database, articles and tips, a monthly blog posting, a Facebook and Instagram group, Twitter, and a monthly newsletter. 

To find out more, click this link:  Insecure Writer’s Support Group

The purpose of the group is 

* to share and encourage. 

* Writers can express doubts and concerns 

without fear of appearing foolish or weak. 

* Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. 

*It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds! 

You're invited to become a member of this supportive group. 

Click here to sign-up and/or to visit the bloggers this week.

Happy New Year 2024!

Happy IWSG Day!!

Thank you to our awesome co-hosts for the January 3 posting of the IWSG-- Joylene Nowell Butler, Olga Godim, Diedre Knight, and Natalie Aguirre!

January 3 question:

Do you follow back your readers on BookBub 

or do you only follow back other authors?

I am very embarrassed to admit I don't do anything with BookBub. I looked up BookBub to see if I even have a profile on it. Yes, I do!! I am interested to see what you all are saying about BookBub. Do you buy ads on BookBub? Have you had success with the ads leading to book sales? Please leave your comment below.

JANUARY 17 ON THE RECIPE AND READS SERIES, 

SHERRY ELLIS IS MY GUEST.

Recipes 'n Reads Series every 3rd Wednesday of the month

Talented storyteller and professional musician, Sherry Ellis, will be my guest on Recipes 'n Reads. Sherry shares one of her favorite recipes and the reasons why she chose this particular one. She will introduce you to her new YA  book release, Bubba and Squirt’s City of Bones. Please mark the calendar and return for her crepes recipe. Ooh-la la!

The Rose Courier

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Filled with photos, updates, new book releases and more!

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Thank you for stopping by today! And for clicking around this post!

Wishing you a productive New Year!
May it be filled with hope, love, peace

 and lots of writing projects!!

Janet Glaser writing as J.Q. Roses

Happy New Year, Goals for 2020, End of Year Book Sales at Smashwords: 75% Off

HAPPY NEW YEAR
2020!!

Make 2020 the year to tell your life story! But the project is too overwhelming to consider? Life story teacher and published author, J.Q. Rose, can help. She'll guide you through her new release, Your Words, Your Life Story: A Journal for Sharing Memories.

Click here to join the FB group, Telling Your Life Story and Memoirs Circle, and share your journey with others like you.

Your Words, Your Life Story: A Journal for Sharing Memories
by J.Q. Rose

REVIEW: 5.0 out of 5 stars

A Must-Read for Journaling

Format: Paperback

***This book is for anyone considering journaling. More of a storyteller than a writer? It touches on audio and video journaling as well. The author has even created a private Facebook Group for journaling support. 
A must-read for folks who want guidance in leaving family stories for future generations. It also makes a great gift. Sandra Cox

***In an email to me a reader called the book "beautiful."

GOOD NEWS! 75% OFF Year End Sale from BWL Publishing, my fiction publisher. 

75% off Books released by Books We Love Publishing at Smashwords till the end of the year. Now's 

the time to pack that new reading device with incredible ebooks including my cozy fiction and thriller books. 

Click here to download my romantic suspense and thriller novels now for only $1.00 to $1.25 each!

Mysteries on Sale Now at Smashwords!

Happy New Year 2016 from J.Q. Rose

Happy New Year from J.Q. Rose

Wishing you a safe and happy New Year 2016!!!

Happy New Year 2014

Image courtesy of Kittikun Atsawintarangkul at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014!!!

E-books, Games, Squidoo, New Year's 2013

The week between Christmas and New Year's is kind of a let-down after all the preparations for the holidays. To fill your time I am sure you are downloading e-books to your new reading devices and taking time to enjoy a good book. I should add a shameless promotion for my e-books at this point--J.Q Rose Amazon page--Watch for my new cozy mystery/sweet romance, Coda to Murder, scheduled for release from Muse It Up Publishing in February. More information about that in 2013!

This week is a good time to settle in with the family and friends to play games. You may discover some for your New Year's Eve party too. I added the disc game in the right margin under the title, New Year's Fun. You can while away the hours (when you're not reading). Just grab the disc with your cursor and let it drop anywhere on the board. Warning! It's addictive..

Dominoes is a traditional favorite for youngsters and grown-ups alike. We especially like to play Mexican Train and Chicken Foot. Rules for Mexican Train here and rules for Chicken Foot here. Please remember there are as many variations of rules as there are players, so whoever supplies the game also makes the rules and lets the players know BEFORE the game begins what they are!!

So many card games. So little time. We enjoy playing Hand and Foot. Some folks say it reminds them of Canasta. You need a calculator to keep track of your points!!

Because we like to play games, I shared some of our favorites and included the rules and information on squidoo.com, a place filled with lenses on games, crafts, books, etc. 

Our neighbor taught us the Sticks Card Game. Making the game using popsicle sticks is part of the fun. AND there are no points to keep track of. Take a peek at the Sticks Card Game rules here.

Our all-time favorite game, hands down, is Pegs and Jokers. This game is full of strategy very similar to the rules of Sorry. There are a lot of variations and that's what makes it fun. Again, no scoring. Whoever gets all their pegs in home first wins. It can be played as partners or not. Pegs and Jokers game rules here.

Other games I have on Squidoo are the Hodge-Podge Card Game and Dice Games for Fun. 

What are some of your favorite games to play? Monopoly, Poker, Bridge??? Jenga, Scrabble, Clue, Checkers?

Whatever you choose, have a fantastic week and a Happy New Year 2013!!

Happy New Resolutions Year!

I must confess. We started the New Year with our final meal...er, that is the final meal at the Golden Corral. We swear that tomorrow we will not come back again because we will be watching our diet and not ever indulge in such a decadent bout of overeating again. (You can almost see the halo over our head shining through the grease engorged air of the restaurant.)

The Golden Corral is a restaurant you either love or hate. My husband and our neighbor love GC because we can get a TON of food for such a reasonable cost. So to celebrate the New Year, we decided to splurge at the trough--again for one last time before carrying out our resolution to go on a diet and lose x amount of pounds.

If you have never been to GC, let me explain. We drive around and around the parking lot to find the place closest to the door. Usually the lot is packed especially before 4 pm when the Seniors can get their Early Bird discounted dinners, then eat slowly so they can still be eating at 4:30 pm when all the extra food comes out for the dinner hour...steaks, fish, shrimp, etc. We have to settle for a parking spot quite a ways from the door, but decide it will be an opportunity for us to exercise a bit by having to waddle back to the car when we are finished stuffing ourselves.

We usually race in the door before 4 pm during the week for the special pricing, but because New Year's falls on a Sunday this year, we paid twice as much as usual and splurged purchasing sweet tea instead of taking a free glass of water...an extra $4. for the two of us. However, it is a holiday, New Year's, and my hubby received a gift card from our daughter and family for Christmas, so I guess that's why we actually ordered the iced tea...

After paying at the cash register with the gift card, we entered the dining room for the full view of the enormous buffet piled with everything a person could ever want to eat and plenty more. (Can you hear the angels singing and picture our eyes open wide in amazement at the spread displayed beautifully before us?) The colorful fruit and veggies, gorgeous meats and fish, and tons of sweets including a chocolate fountain for dipping plump red strawberries and chunks of pineapple are like a banquet set for a king. Well except there is no china, silver, and crystal. But who cares? We grab the stainless steel and melamine plate and we're good to go!

Mouth watering, we search for a table close to the food but far away from the crowd...this is an impossible task, so we settle for one at the far end of the dining room against a back wall. The chairs and table are so close to the wall we can barely pull out a chair to sit in. Well perhaps it will be a deterrent to over eating because I will be wedged in by a fat belly caught between the table and the wall. Then I realize this is doubtful since I purposely wore my elastic band pants so I could stuff myself and my waist band could stretch to make room. If I bloat too large, I reason that my hubby can pull the table away from the wall to let me out.

We all trip off to the food bar with empty plates to fill. I bypass the salad table because we have a garden full of lettuce, broccoli, and cabbage. For sure I don't want to pay for what I have at home for free. Besides I want all the grease and carbs that are laid out in front of me since I will be giving them up for the rest of my life after this meal.

There are so many opinions on the food at GC...tasty or nasty. Truthfully, the one here offers a variety of delicious foods that are fresh and prepared well. Many people tell me the pan-fried shrimp and steaks are as good as a steakhouse. As I think about that, the people telling me this are my husband and neighbor.

I finish off the stomach-stuffing, lip-smacking event with desserts and a small bowl of ice cream. I figure the ice cream can melt and run down to fill in any empty openings in my stomach.

As we all waddle back to the car, we agree the meal was delicious and satisfying, but it will be the last one at Golden Corral. As we say our good-byes, we all know we are lying. We will be back. Who actually carries through with a New Year resolution anyway?

Happy New Year 2011

Wishing you all joy, love, and peace in the new year.

Work hard toward your dreams

and make this the year for you!

Happy New Year 2011