Six Year Blog Anniversary for Colonial Quills Blog!

Huzzah!!! We've been a busy crew this past year again since our 5th anniversary. (Click here to see that post.) Since last year, we've had some amazing things happening for our members. And of course we want to celebrate with lots of fun giveaways for our readers! Please join in the conversation by commenting after enjoying your visit with refreshments and book talk to be eligible for the giveaways.



Janet Grunst, one of our earliest CACW members, made her debut in Christian fiction with a colonial novel that is a finalist for the Selah Awards! Congrats, Janet!!

Last December, Janet Grunst was blessed with the release of her Debut Colonial Romance novel,
A Heart Set Free.

Giveaway: To celebrate, Janet is giving away an autographed copy of A Heart Set Free.
http://JanetGrunst.com
Represented by Linda S. Glaz, Hartline Literary Agency

Vicki McCollum also made her debut in Christian fiction with a novella this year with Forget Me Not Press! Congrats, Vicki!


Jennifer Hudson Taylor, one of our original founding CACW members is rejoining us on Colonial Quills! A big huzzah! Jennifer has seven published novels and three novellas. All of her full-length books are available in print, e-book and on audio. Her debut novel, Highland Blessings, won the Holt Medallion award for Best First Book. It and the sequel, Highland Sanctuary earned 4.5 stars from RT Book Reviews. Her latest trilogy begins in the colonial period with For Love or Loyalty, followed by For Love or Country and For Love or Liberty. Visit her at www.jenniferhudsontaylor.net


Giveaway: In celebration of the Colonial Quills sixth year anniversary and our nation's upcoming Independence Day, she's giving away three print copies of For Love or Country (Book 2 in the MacGregor Legacy series) set during the American Revolutionary War along the North Carolinian coast. 

Debra E. Marvin's love of the colonial era will eventually come to a novella near you. With five published novellas (in multiple collections) she's stayed busy. A novel-length mystery, and a colonial set at Tryon Palace will be out later this year. She's giving away winner's choice of a digital novella or a paperback of  Saguaro Sunset, her first contemporary. Debra also promotes book bloggers and book reviewers on her group blog and personal website.

Roseanna White will see her 14th historical novel release this summer, and in the past year has been blessed to add "bestselling" to her name and a Christy Award nomination for The Lost Heiress to her accomplishments. Roseanna is another of Colonial Quills' founding members, and though her recent titles haven't been Colonial, she's still holding tight to a few more early American book ideas that she's determined to write one of these days!

To celebrate the CQ's sixth anniversary, Roseanna is offering a signed copy of Love Finds You in Annapolis, Maryland, her first historical romance, set in 1783 Annapolis, to a winner with a US address.

Pegg Thomas saw her debut novella, "Embattled Hearts," part of The Pony Express Romance Collection, release in April this year. It was a long time coming! In January 2018, her second novella, "In Sheep's Clothing" will be part of The Bouquet of Brides Collection. In May, her third novella will be part of The Backcountry Brides Collection with fellow Colonial Quills authors. Huzzah!

Pegg is giving away a signed copy (to a U.S. address) of The Pony Express Romance Collection to celebrate the CQ Anniversary.

This past year, Angela K Couch has been blessed with the release of her Colonial novels, The Scarlet Coat and The Patriot and the Loyalist, the first two books of her Hearts at War series! She's also been busy writing the last two books in this series, The Tory's Daughter and The Return of the Kings Ranger and is eagerly awaiting their releases!


Giveaway: To celebrate, Angela is giving away one ebook - winner's choice from this series!

Shannon McNear has been with Colonial Quills since 2013, shortly after being surprised with her first publishing contract. That first novella, "Defending Truth" from A Pioneer Christmas Collection (2013/2015), a Revolutionary War tale dealing with the aftermath of the Battle of Kings Mountain in October 1780, was a 2014 RITA® finalist. She's working toward re-releasing her second novella, "The Highwayman," originally part of The Most Eligible Bachelor (2015). She loves sharing bits of story inspiration on Pinterest, Facebook, and on her personal website.

Giveaway: to celebrate Colonial Quills' sixth anniversary, Shannon is offering a signed copy each of A Pioneer Christmas Collection (2015 edition) and The Most Eligible Bachelor.

Carrie Fancett Pagels, founder of CACW and administrator of Colonial Quills blog, has been blessed and on a spree. Since last year, she released her colonial novel Saving the Marquise's Granddaughter (which received a starred RT Review!), was a finalist for published Romance Novellas in the Maggie Award in Excellence for The Substitute Bride, Just learned she is a finalist for the prestigious Holt Medallion Award for her Romance novella "The Steeplechase" set in 1810 Virginia in Williamsburg and Yorktown, and her novella "Requilted with Love" part of the Blue Ribbon Brides Collection (October, 2016 Barbour) became an ECPA bestseller. Her latest release is "Dime Novel Suitor” in Seven Brides for Seven Mail-Order Husbands.  

Giveaway: autographed copy of The Steeplechase OR autographed copy of Seven Brides for Seven Mail-Order Husbands, OR a copy of Saving the Marquise's Granddaughter.

Carla Gade, who designed the Colonial Quills blog, is excited to have her 10th book in print come September this year. When CQ began, Carla launched her debut novel. Love's Compass (originally titled, The Shadow Catcher's Daughter) has now been re-released by her publisher. Two of her novellas have been on the ECPA best-sellers list: "Tis the Season" from Mistletoe Memories, and Proving Up (1878) from the Homestead Brides Collection.


GIVEAWAY: To celebrate, Carla is giving away 2 audio copies of her colonial novel Pattern for Romance and 1 copy of Love's Compass to 3 commenters.

In the last year, Denise Weimer released her Restoration Trilogy, modern romantic suspense with historic back stories from three different centuries. She's been busy penning a number of novellas in collections, both modern and historical, that are currently pending with several different publishers. Look for more stand-alone novels coming from her in the next year or two. She's also very excited to have just signed a contract to act as one of the associate editors for Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolina's Heritage Beacon historical line!
 

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Carrie here: This is a dream come true!!! When I started gathering up authors to start this group six and a half years ago, I always dreamed that one day we'd have a bunch of us in a collection of colonial era stories! Just this past week we were informed by my agent, Joyce Hart (Hartline Literary Agency) that Becky Germany (Barbour Publishing) had offered us a contract for the Backcountry Brides collection. Nine of the Colonial American Christian Writers/Colonial Quills members will be writing novellas for the collection which will be published in May, 2018!!! Can you send up a hearty HUZZAH!!! with us?

    Don't forget to join us later this evening at our anniversary drop in. Some of our Colonial Quills authors will be dropping by to chat with our guests in real time from 7 to 8 pm EST. Click on the image below to go to the facebook event page this evening.

Thank you, one and all, for joining us for our anniversary! In the comments below, please let us know how long you've been a friend of Colonial Quills and our authors. We appreciate your faithfulness. It is also nice to make the acquaintance of new friends and readers!