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Hey readers, I just wanted to let you know that I will be taking a mini family vacation this week (July 29th to August 4th) so if you send me emails or comments I will be unable to respond. I will have limited internet connection.

I do have a weeks worth of posts scheduled to appear on the blog while I am away.

Also the end of August will be my blogiversary so I am planning some awesome give aways and hope to pick up some goodies while I am away so stay tuned for that.

See you when I get back.

I am sitting here tonight and looking briefly at my blog telling myself that I have been such a bad blogger lately. This month I have hardly been posting. What’s up with that?

When summer vacation started I had all kinds of plans and goals for my blog but sadly real life has taken over. I figured that I probably couldn’t blog during the day but I had hoped my evenings would be blog time.

My days are filled with swimming lessons for Michael (four days a week) and throughout the week various library activities which is always a given every summer but throw in various appointments and family members who aren’t doing so well health wise and that leaves no time to blog and I hate to say this but honestly after supper I am so exhausted and tend to sit down to read and head to bed early.

Sounds like fun right?

Anyways I thought that I would share some good news with you. The week I was in NYC, I had my dentist office calling constantly but leaving no message so I kind of thought that perhaps it was due to a dental procedure I have to have (root canal and cap) done in August but why wouldn’t they leave a message?

So finally my dental hygienist got a hold of me to tell me some good news. If you are on my facebook page you might already know this but if you don’t well I found out that I won…….

Its a iPad. I was so excited and well so was Michael.  We have had the iPad for well over a month now and love it. Its a great way to check email and go online to check facebook and so many other sites that you need to get to quickly.

We have various game apps downloaded and I was able to download the Kindle app so I have been able to download a few books to read off of and I really like the Kindle app. With all the problems I had with Kobo I was thinking of getting a kindle when I went to the US in August but since winning the iPad I don’t have to now.

Michael has been loving all the free game apps and has gone on to purchase a few of the game apps. I am loving all the additional magazine apps that I can now use.

I just want to send out a huge thank you to my dentist office for this amazing win. We love it

I have been lucky enough to be given the chance to give away some UPrinting business cards. Thank you UPrinting for allowing me to do this. If you are thinking about getting some business cards for your blog then be sure to enter this giveaway. They are perfect to hand out at author events, passing on to friends, bookstores etc. I know I will be ordering some more cards.

Prize Description:
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14pt Cardstock Gloss / Matte / High Gloss (UV), or 13pt Cardstock Uncoated
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Join J.D. Davis, author of Unconquered, as he virtually tours the blogosphere on May 1 during his one day blog blitz with Pump Up Your Book and win a FREE KINDLE! Be sure to check out his blog stops below to gain more entries and good luck!

About Unconquered

The Saga of Cousins Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Swaggart, and MickeyGilley

In 1935 and early 1936, threecousins were born into tight-knit families in Ferriday, Louisiana. Rare pianotalent, strong parental relationships, the Pentecostal church, family struggle,and a variety of musical influences worked together to produce men whochanged twentieth-century music and culture. The individual stories of thesethree cousins illustrate their varied paths from small-town America to a worldstage. Woven together, the collective story becomes even more compelling andamazing.

UNCONQUERED is a story so unlikely that it wouldnot be believable if written as fiction. It tells of rock ‘n’ roll legend JerryLee Lewis, televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, and country music star Mickey Gilley.These very different men, raised in the same time and place, with similartalents, were fated for entirely different destinies even as their lives wouldalways be profoundly intertwined. Born into poverty, each man, in his own way,would become an iconic figure blessed with the ability to thrill and inspire.

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Davis attended the University ofTexas on a full academic scholarship, received a B.A. with highest honors ineconomics, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He later received a master’s degreefrom SMU.

As a successful businessman,Davis achieved the highest credentials as an actuary and became a principal ina large firm while still in his twenties. He currently manages an employeebenefits consulting practice that covers the southern region of the UnitedStates, with offices in four cities.

Davis remembers his fatherwatching Jimmy Swaggart on television and being intrigued by the evangelist’smagnificent piano talent. As a teenager, Davis became a huge fan of Jerry LeeLewis. He first attended one of Lewis’s live performances as a college studentand was awe-struck to see this man put on a breathtaking performance. Davisgrew up listening to country music of the seventies and eighties, when MickeyGilley was consistently producing number one country hits. He became fascinatedby the ways these three very different cousins achieved and dealt with eventualsuccess and has been a dedicated fan for years.

Davis has worked with a talentedteam of many. His editors included Elizabeth Kaye, an award winning journalistwho has often written about southern music and southern preachers. As acontributing editor to RollingStone, sheinterviewed Sam Phillips and gathered firsthand experience of Jerry Lee Lewiswhen covering sessions at which he played with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, andRoy Orbison. As a contributing editor to John Kennedy’s George magazine, Kaye wroteextensively about Billy Graham and his son Franklin, traveled on severalmissionary trips with Franklin, and worked with ABC’s 20/20 to produce and write a major BillyGraham profile.

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I figured today was a good day to start some BEA related post. We are roughly a month away from BEA. Can you believe it?

I know I am getting pretty excited. I will be leaving June 3rd on the train and spending a glorious week in NYC doing some sight seeing and attending BEA.

Are you going?

Here is where you, my lovely blog readers come in. Would anyone be interested in taking part in this endeavor with me?

I haven’t figured out exactly where I want this to go but perhaps some guest posts with favorite BEA memories, what books you are most excited for, authors you are most excited for, hints and tips for making a BEA experience memorable and so on. I am open to ideas and suggestions.

Of course for those that take part I will be making this a give away all that take part will have a chance to win some amazing prizes such as gift cards and BEA swag.

If you are interested please tell me in the comments with an email addy and I will be in touch. I am looking at making these a weekend posts.

We are currently planning for my trip to New York City and BEA and that means some one needs to be home to get Michael off the bus while I am away especially on the Monday since its a ped day. So hence the counter today.

Personally for me I find that it seems so long away, but I know its not. I remember the first time I went to BEA in 2010 it seemed to have flown by and I guess I never really got to savour the moment of it like I am now.

Anways, the reason for my post today is to ask what should I see and do while I am in NYC?

I am hoping to make it more about sight seeing then BEA. I will be attending BEA and I have a ticket for the Children’s Author Breakfast (which I am excited about since Chris Colfer will be the MC). Not sure how many days or the times I will be at BEA. I am also hoping to attend TAC (Teen Author Carnival).

What are you doing?

Okay so I am currently planning what I want to see and do and I am asking for your suggestions. Please let me know in the comments below what I should see and I and why I should.

Thanks everyone.