Welcome to the final Sunday in October! Sorry for the sparse Sunday Edition last week. I was on vacation and filling out the skeleton post I’d started didn’t happen. My apologies! I wasn’t anywhere near a computer/ internet/ wifi for a few days there.
We were gone ten days total, and I got a fair bit of reading done. Zero writing, but that wasn’t the goal, anyway. Not when I get hubby to myself away from home! Since getting back, the dreary, rainy fall weather has not lured me outside. You’d think it would be easy to jump back into writing in that case, but you’d be wrong. I’m working on it, though!
Someone asked whether all the photos in October’s Sunday Editions have been mine. Most of them, yes. The flowers on this week’s post and last week’s were creative commons images I found online. If I remember correctly, all the rest are from my own collection.
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Last Week
On Monday Roxanne Rustand said Thank You to Downton Abbey — plus #giveaway
On Tuesday Jolene Navarro offered us The Texas Road Wave in her introductory post.
On Wednesday JoAnn Durgin told us The Story Behind the Stories — plus #giveaway
On Thursday Autumn Macarthur reminded us of Old Books, Old Friends — plus #giveaway
On Friday Staci Stallings talked about story inspiration in The Thinnest Thread
On Saturday Ginger Solomon explained how Story is Key — plus #giveaway
Next Week
Monday: Deb Kastner — Climbing Back on the Horse
Tuesday: Narelle Atkins
Wednesday: Jessica Keller
Thursday: Carol Moncado
Friday: Cheryl Wyatt
Saturday: Marion Ueckermann
A Christmas Homecoming (Sunriver Dreams 2) by Kimberly Rose Johnson
More Than a Tiara (Christmas in Montana 1) by Valerie Comer
Seaside Christmas (A Sydney Sweethearts Novella) by Narelle Atkins
By Grace Draw Near (Wondrous Love 3) by JoAnn Durgin
The Cowboy’s Christmas Baby (Big Sky Cowboys) by Carolyne Aarsen
Blown Together (Southern Hearts 4) by Janet W Ferguson
A Love to Call Mine (Front Porch Promises 2) by Merrillee Whren
Calm & Bright (Huckleberry Lake 1) by Autumn Macarthur
The Wedding Bond (A Sacred Bond Standalone) by Lee Tobin McClain
November 2016
The Ranger’s Texas Proposal (Lone Star Cowboy League: Boys Ranch) by Jessica Keller
Operation Back-to-School (Operation Romance book 4) by Elizabeth Maddrey
Other Than a Halo (Christmas in Montana 2) by Valerie Comer
An Informal Date (Informal Romance 4) by Heather Gray
Pursuit (Lewis Legacy 8) by JoAnn Durgin
Mistletoe Daddy (Cowboy Country 5) by Deb Kastner
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Valerie Comer is a USA Today bestselling author and a two-time Word Award winner who writes where food meets faith and fiction. She injects experience laced with humor into her green clean romances. Her life on a small farm in western Canada provides the seed for stories of contemporary inspirational romance. Like many of her characters, Valerie and her family grow much of their own food and are active in the local foods movement as well as their church. She only hopes her creations enjoy their happily-ever-afters as much as she does hers, shared with her husband, adult kids, and adorable granddaughters.
Glad you had a holiday and a chance to read! We have Melbourne Cup long weekend so I am enjoying the slower pace for a couple days, time with family and books of course!! Blessings:)
Hi Valerie! Thanks for hosting the October Sunday Edition. As readers, we enjoyed your inspiring fall photos. Glad you and hubby had a chance for some rest and relaxation. In the Midwest we also have been experience lots of rain. Living near the shores of Lake Michigan this makes for extremely gloomy days. Happy Reformation Sunday!
Valerie,
I love all your photos.
It sounds like you had just the type of vacation you were meant to have.
Glad it was restful.
We just got back from vacation too. After 7 days of walking all over Williamsburg, VA, Washington, DC, and Dover, DE, I haven’t wanted to go anywhere or do anything :-)
Enjoy! I’ve never been to a horse race except at a small town stampede!
Our rainiest day on the trip was the first one, driving through Idaho. We were getting the blast of the big storm that hit the west coast that day. The car wipers couldn’t keep up at times! Most of the other days we had some rain and some sun, so it really wasn’t bad… and we expect rain along the coast anyway. Here at home it seems we’ve had nothing but rain since we got home. Just socked-in, drenching rain all day every day. It’s like it’s November!
Thank you!
I hear you! I picked up groceries and went to Bible study. Other than, inside and sheltered from the rain. Heading to church this morning, though. We didn’t do a lot of walking this trip, just lots of short in and out of the car mostly. Hubby’s knee was bugging him, plus too busy logging miles in the car!
Glad you had a good time on your time away from it all. It’s always good to take a break. Lord bless you! Thanks for sharing with us.
I always take too many books on vacation. There’s just too much to do to keep a family running smoothly when traveling. Some day I’ll get a real vacation involving reading and rest!
Glad you had the chance to get away, Valerie :-)
Congratulations, winners and thank you, Inspy ladies for blessing me again!
This post is special to me because I am actually mentioned as a winner! Thank you Janet!!
To all the authors who write on this blog, Happy Halloween!! Have a great week, Valerie!
Thank you!
I don’t understand this phrase “too many books”???? Would you care to explain? ;) Love my Kindle, is all I can say! Congrats on being a winner.
Thanks and congrats, Linda!
“too many books” aka “not enough reading time” so I made my bag heavier for no reason, lol! My Kindle goes with me just about everywhere but I love those paperbacks.
Thank you!
I used to love paperbacks, too, but my eyes can no longer manage the print.
Happy SONday everyone!! Valerie, thanks for being our hostess for October…I’ve enjoyed each post :-) Those pumpkins look lovely!
Congrats to this weeks winners! Enjoy your prizes and thanks to the generous authors who provide them. Looking forward to another great week at Inspy Romance
We’re so glad to have you here every week, Trixi!
Thanks for sharing your photos! They are great!
Thanks, Sally! Even if there’s no snow in them? ;)
So nice that you got to go away. Love your pictures.
Thank you!