Contest!

Would you like to have a character named after you in my next novel? Here’s your chance!

Win a signed copy of my next book, The Widow of Gettysburg, a $50 gift card to Amazon or Barnes & Noble (your choice) AND have a character named after you in The Widow of Gettysburg! The Widow of Gettysburg is the second in my Civil War historical fiction series, Heroines Behind the Lines. The first book in the series, Wedded to War, comes out in July!

HERE’S HOW:

Good reviews are critical to authors because they sell books, so if you like ANY author’s book, I encourage you to consider posting a review at online book review or retail sites like ChristianBook.com, Parable.com, Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.come, Books-A-Million.com, Goodreads, Shelfari, etc.

So, I am running a contest for my newsletter recipients who post a good review for any of my books on their personal blog, ChristianBook.com, Parable.com, Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble.com, Books-A-Million.com, Goodreads, Shelfari, FaceBook or any other book-review sites. It only has to be a line or two saying you liked the book IF you can honestly say that, then even just one review posted enters you into a drawing for a signed copy of The Widow of Gettysburg, when it comes out next year.

The persons who come in first and second in posting the most reviews will get a character named after them in the novel, a signed copy of the book, and the top winner will also get a $50 gift card. BUT … the third, fourth and fifth runners-up will also receive a signed copy of The Widow of Gettysburg, and the sixth winner will be from a random drawing of everyone who posted at least one review. That way, anyone who took the time to do so are included in the giveaway.

To make it easy to rack up points in the contest, you may post the same simple generic review (2- or 3-sentence review stating you like my books along with five stars) for each one of my books on any site you can find except Twitter. So if that sounds like something you’d be interested in, just sign up for my newsletter (see the right side of the Web page) and post a review or more and send me the links via jocelyn@jocelyngreen.com.

The books you may read and review for this contest are:

Wedded to War: A Novel (forthcoming, July 2012–but on sale now for pre-order!)

Stories of Faith and Courage from the Home Front (forthcoming, May 2012–but on sale now for pre-order!)

Stories of Faith and Courage from the War in Iraq & Afghanistan

Faith Deployed: Daily Encouragement for Military Wives*

Faith Deployed…Again: More Daily Encouragement for Military Wives*

*Even though the last two books on the list are written for military wives, you do not need to be a military wife to read and review them. You can still share whether you think the book is well-written.

The contest runs until September 2012, so you have lots of time to sign up and post your reviews! Thank you and GOOD LUCK!!