Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Merry Christmas and Help the Elf!




Like most bloggers, I'm taking time off during the holiday season to spend time with my family--and work on the first draft of my new project. I wish you all a happy holiday and I'll see in January.




A few weeks ago PETE the Elf had a touch too much Eggnog at the Holiday Christmas Party and as he stumbled home, he lost Santa's NICE LIST.

The North Wind scattered the papers to all four corners of the world, and The Bookshelf Muse put out a call to help find them in order to SAVE CHRISTMAS.

Ever since I read about it, I've been on the lookout. And then today, EUREKA!

Yes that's right...I found part of Santa's missing NICE LIST. There it was, fluttering in the wind, half caught under the corner of my welcome mat. And shock of all shocks, I recognized the name, and I bet you will too.

Here it is below:



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NAME: Leigh T Moore (aka LTM)

LOCATION: That's Write

NICE LEVEL: 93%

NAUGHTY LEVEL: 7%

OBSERVATIONS: This summer, Leigh introduced me to the New Adult book Easy by Tammara Webber (before it became the much hyped about book that NYC snatched up). That one book changed everything for me, and set me on the course to writing New Adult novels.

RECOMMENDATION:     a) Coal                   b) Gift

~ ~ * ~ ~

Because poor Pete is dashing all over the place trying to hunt down the rest of Santa's missing Nice List, I decided to take care of this one myself. Leigh, I thank you for that email conversation that changed everything! I'm sending you a Kindle indie YA or NA novel of your choice (unfortunately Nook won't let me gift people because I don't live in the US. So hopefully you can read Kindle books). :)


40 comments:

Christina Lee said...

AWW, good idea, Stina!!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Natalie Aguirre said...

Leigh is a great choice. And so awesome how she got you on a new path with your writing.

Happy Holidays Stina! I'm so glad we're friends.

Optimistic Existentialist said...

Have a great Christmas and I'll miss reading your posts :)

Al Diaz said...

Ah! a book recommendation. Cool! Congratulations to Leigh and Merry Christmas to you all

Pat Hatt said...

Have a great christmas, the cat will be around and is always found.

Donna K. Weaver said...

Congrats to Leigh. I think my publisher is looking at my book as NA.

Tara Tyler said...

sweetness! and love that ornament! merry, merry!!

LTM said...

Oh, yay!!! ((hugs)) Thank you so much, girl! That book (and talking to Tammara) changed everything for ME! It got me seriously considering self-publishing!

And then I did. :D

Have a wonderful Christmas with your family! See you next year~ <3

Old Kitty said...

LTM is 7% naughty?!?! Yay! LOL!! And she's super nice too! Have a lovely Christmas Stina!! take care
x

Susanne Drazic said...

CONGRATS to Leigh for being on Santa's nice list!

Stina, MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and your family!

Miranda Hardy said...

Hope you have a fantastic holiday and I'll see you in the new year!

Adam said...

it's hard to believe xmas is next week

SA Larsenッ said...

Yay for Leigh!! I couldn't agree with you more.

Carol Kilgore said...

Very cool, and congrats to Leigh.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Rachna Chhabria said...

Leigh sounds super. Happy Holidays Stina!

Susan Kaye Quinn said...

Aw, I love Leigh too! All this Elf-love is awesome today. :)

lbdiamond said...

haha! This is so cute!

Stacy Henrie said...

LOL! :) Hope you have a wonderful holiday, Stina.

Matthew MacNish said...

Leigh is the best! Happy Holidays!

Angela Ackerman said...

Great choice! Leigh is a great gal and I wish her and you all the success in the world. :)

Pete asked me to thank you for helping him with the list. He's a bit embarrassed over the whole nog incident and is so glad everyone is helping to save Christmas. No more Nog for Pete!

Thanks so much for joining in, Stina. You are such a great friend to me and so many others. Have a wonderful Christmas with the family, and thanks for the tip on that NOM-tastic sounding popcorn!

Angela

Morgan said...

Stina, I hope you have an AMAZING break. You are absolutely one of my most favorite people in this community hands down. <3

Johanna Garth said...

What a nice way to spread Christmas spirit around Bloggerville. Happy Holidays Stina!

Gwen Gardner said...

Aww, Leigh was so good this year! I'm so glad she made the Nice List.

Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year, Stina! I'll see you next year. Good luck on your new project:)

Laura Marcella said...

What a cool idea, Stina! I'm glad Leigh is receiving a gift instead of coal! :)

Wishing you and yours a blessed Christmas and new year!!

Cynthia Chapman Willis said...

Merry Christmas and happy new year! Enjoy the break and good luck with that new project.

Julie Luek said...

A very merry Christmas to you-- enjoy the time away from blog-world :)

Amy L. Sonnichsen said...

What a cute post! Yay for Leigh!!

And Merry Christmas, Stina! <3

Martha Ramirez said...

It's funny how things and people fall into our lives. Two thumbs up for Leigh and two more for YOU!

Kelley Lynn said...

Have fun with your bloggy break! I'm going to start on a new book too :)

Rob Akers said...

I found you via Eureka's site. Great information and even better site. Happy Holidays and I am looking forward to what you have to say in 2013.

Traci Kenworth said...

How nice!!

Beth said...

Hope you have a wonderful holiday season too. Looking forward to catching up with you after the holidays.

Beth said...

1)That is very nice of you. 2) Is Easy safe for a PG-13 audience?

Pk Hrezo said...

Yes Leigh is awesome. I haven't heard of that book, tho. Must check it out!
Hope you have a fab Xmas!! :)

Heather said...

Aw, that's so sweet! Have a nice break and a wonderful holiday!

Tammy Theriault said...

too funny! hope you had a great holidays!!

Kristin Lenz said...

A friend just recommended Easy to me, too. It's next in line in my reading pile. Hope you've had a wonderful holiday break!

Christina Farley said...

Cute post. I hope you are enjoying your holidays. I sure am. It's going to be painful to go back to work! Happy New Year!

nutschell said...

Glad Leigh got a gift instead of coal :) hope you both had an awesome holiday :)
Nutschell
www.thewritingnut.com

Romance Reader - Nas said...

Hope you had a nice Christmas Stina. When will you be beack blogging again?