Journal Jots – Blog
Welcome to my Journal Jots blog! This is a broad mix of what’s on my mind, allowing me to feel a little bit closer to some of the most important people in my life—YOU! From news on sales, freebies, giveaways, new releases, and excerpts from works in progress … to my thoughts on my walk with God, daily devotionals, or photos of my family, this is where you’ll find the most current glimpse into my books and my life. I invite you to subscribe in the “subscribe” box on the right side of this page to automatically receive an email whenever I post a blog. Till then, God bless and HAPPY READING!
Thursday, December 8, 2022
🎄NEWSFLASH!!
FREE DOWNLOAD OF
A WING AND A PRAYER!
Hey, guys — somebody gave me a free promotion, so I got a wild hair to pass it on to you with a free-download of A Wing and a Prayer, book 1 in The Cousins O’Connor series. I had no intention of doing this, but what the heck — it’s Christmas, right?
The download begins tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 9 and runs through Tuesday, December 13, so please pass the word and if you haven’t read it yet, you won’t find a better time, so HAPPY READING!
FREE DOWNLOAD OF A WING AND A PRAYER HERE (12/9-13/22)
PLUS …
WIN KAREN WITEMEYER’S HANGER’S HORSEMEN SERIES!
SIGNUP FOR 4-AUTHORS, 4-SERIES GIVEAWAY ENDS 12/10 AT 10AM!
CHRISTMAS BLESSING GIVEAWAY ENDS 12/9!
ALL CHRISTMAS BOOKS ONLY 99 CENTS!
🎄WIN KAREN WITEMEYER’S HANGER’S HORSEMEN SERIES!
I absolutely love Karen Witemeyer — both as an award-winning author and as a person, so I am delighted to be able to offer a giveaway where you can read her latest series in paperback, The Hanger’s Horsemen Series. Now, why am I giving a way Karen’s series instead of my own? Well, that’s a real easy answer — because I won it in a contest and I don’t read paperbacks.
Naturally I thought of all of you — my beloved reader friends — because what better way to entice you to sign up for my Q & A with Karen Witemeyer, Melissa Jagears, Margaret Brownley, and moi this Saturday, December 10th at 11:00am EST?
So … how do you enter MY personal contest to win Karen’s series? Simply sign up for this great Q & A at the link given below, then email me via my website at the 2nd link below to tell me you did so, and you’re in the draw if you participate on Saturday.
PLUS … everyone who participates on Saturday automatically wins their choice of one of my indie e-books, so hope to see you there!
🎄4-AUTHOR, 4-SERIES GIVEAWAY!
🎄CHRISTMAS BLESSING GIVEAWAY!
It’s time to celebrate the second annual Christmas Blessing.
So … What is it?
It’s 12 authors! 12 ebooks! 12 winners! Entering is easy: Agree to pay forward a blessing during this holiday season. Then sign up via the Rafflecopter form. Here’s the link and GOOD LUCK!
CHRISTMAS BLESSING GIVEAWAY HERE
🎄CHRISTMAS BOOKS 99¢!
LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW! Why? Because YOU can always keep warm and toasty with one of 7 Christmas stories on sale for only 99¢ each including my award-winning novel, A Light in the Window! Check out the trailer below!
🎄 A Hope & a Prayer 5-⭐️ on Amazon!
MEGA HUGS TO MY WONDERFUL 5-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ READERS FOR SUCH FABULOUS REVIEWS!!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all of you who have posted great reviews on Amazon, giving A Hope and a Prayer a solid 5-star rating (unless somebody drops a bad rating between now and then 😳).
I appreciate it SO much, so God bless you all! And if you have posted a good review on Goodreads, please post it on Amazon as well, okay? And if it’s not a good review … uh, never mind. 😉
Here’s just a few of the many wonderful reviews A Hope and a Prayer has received:
⭐️“Always want to work harder on my faith and Bible study after reading Julie’s books. Another wonderful story.” —Amazon reviewer, Peggy O’Keefe
⭐️“Impeccably researched and chock-full of wise, spiritual nuggets, scriptures, and lessons to be learned the hard way—Julie Lessman has written another gem not to be missed!” — Diana Flowers
⭐️“Julie is the most passionate person I know, and that feeling and her passionate love for our Lord flows through the pages of every book she writes.” —Splashes of Joy Blog
⭐️“Get ready to laugh, cry, swoon, and want to throw the book across the room … but overall, be prepared to have Jesus touch your heart through the story because He will. This is Ms. Lessman’s signature.” — Radiant Light Blog
⭐️“Wow, yet another rollercoaster ride of a romance … another epic story complete with the author’s trademark romance, a heart-tugging redemption arc, and richly developed characters, all staying true to the author’s tagline of “Passion with a Purpose.” —Saraina Whitney Blog
A HOPE AND A PRAYER E-BOOK HERE
A HOPE AND A PRAYER PAPERBACK HERE
🎄Hugs and Merry Christmas!
Julie
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
I’M GIVING AWAY KAREN WITEMEYER’S HANGER’S HORSEMEN SERIES!
ONLY 4 MORE DAYS FOR 4-AUTHORS 4-SERIES GIVEAWAY!
ONLY 3 MORE DAYS FOR CHRISTMAS BLESSING GIVEAWAY!
ALL CHRISTMAS BOOKS ONLY 99 CENTS!
80%-OFF SALE ON A WING AND A PRAYER ENDS DEC. 31st !
AND … You can check out the following prior blog posts HERE:
WE HAVE WINNERS FROM: Mysti’s Book Nook, Q & A Podcast, Blog Tour!
MORE CHANCES TO WIN: New Contest and Giveaways Galore!
99-CENT SALE A WING & A PRAYER: Ends Oct. 31!
A HOPE & A PRAYER: 5-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ on Amazon!
KU (Kindle Unlimited) Book Fair
🎄Win
Karen Witemeyer’s Paperback Series
I absolutely love Karen Witemeyer — both as an award-winning author and as a person, so I am delighted to be able to offer a giveaway where you can read her latest series in paperback, The Hanger’s Horsemen Series. Now, why am I giving a way Karen’s series instead of my own? Well, that’s a real easy answer — because I won it in a contest and I don’t read paperbacks.
Oh boy, oh boy — can I hear the SILENCE now …
Yes, I know, that’s blasphemy to you diehard paperback readers, but trust me — e-books work way better for this gal if I want to keep my happy home. You see, I can easily read in bed at night in the dark without disturbing my sleeping hubby PLUS actually see the printed page!
So, naturally I thought of all of you — my beloved reader friends — because what better way to entice you to sign up for my Q & A with Karen Witemeyer, Melissa Jagears, Margaret Brownley, and moi this Saturday, December 10th at 11:00am EST?
So … how do you enter MY personal contest to win Karen’s series? Simply sign up for this great Q & A at the link given below, then email me via my website at the 2nd link below to tell me you did so, and you’re in the draw if you participate on Saturday.
And if you don’t win Karen’s series, I’ll STILL give you one of my indie e-books free, just for signing up and showing up. So, check out the rest of the Q & A giveaways listed below (FOUR PAPERBACK SERIES!!!) in the 4-AUTHOR, 4-SERIES GIVEAWAY section, and hope to see you there.
REGISTER FOR 4-AUTHOR Q & A HERE.
THEN … LET ME KNOW IN AN EMAIL HERE.
🎄 4-Author, 4-Series Giveaway!
🎄Christmas Blessing Giveaway!
It’s time to celebrate the second annual Christmas Blessing.
So … What is it?
It’s 12 authors! 12 ebooks! 12 winners! Entering is easy: Agree to pay forward a blessing during this holiday season. Then sign up via the Rafflecopter form. Here’s the link and GOOD LUCK!
🎄CHRISTMAS BOOKS 99¢!
Let me just say right off the bat that I do NOT like to read novellas.
I know, I know, that’s crazy to say when I’ve written 8 of them. My reasoning is that I like meaty books (duh … not too hard to figure out with my 480-520-page novels!).
SO … that’s the reason I write my novellas meaty, and some of them are even more like short novels. That said, I promise you that every single one of The O’Connor Christmas Novellas is a deeper read than most novellas, so I hope you check them out at this ridiculously low sale price of only 99¢. Be sure to check out the trailer below for my full-blown Christmas novel, A Light in the Window!
🎄80% SALE ON A WING & A PRAYER!
If you haven’t read Gabe’s story yet and met the man who stands up to her (other than her father, Patrick O’Connor), get ready to meet Alex Kincaid, a hubba-hubba hero who has Gabe’s number right out the gate since she clocked his younger brother in grade school. Yep, Gabe broke Victor Kincaid’s jaw in Book 3 of The Winds of Change series, A Love Surrendered, which gives our hero BIG trust issues and understandably so!
So, if you want to catch up with the O’Connors AND read a WW2 novel that Sarah Sundin called “a fun and wild ride,” this is the best time to do it because it won’t be on sale for 99¢ for long.
AND if you have read it and posted a brief review on Amazon, please let me know via my website at CONTACT JULIE so I can personally thank you, okay?
🎄 A Hope & a Prayer 5-⭐️ on Amazon!
MEGA HUGS TO MY WONDERFUL 5-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ READERS FOR SUCH FABULOUS REVIEWS!!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all of you who have posted great reviews on Amazon, giving A Hope and a Prayer a solid 5-star rating (unless somebody drops a bad rating between now and then 😳).
I appreciate it SO much, so God bless you all! And if you have posted a good review on Goodreads, please post it on Amazon as well, okay? And if it’s not a good review … uh, never mind. 😉
Here’s just a few of the many wonderful reviews A Hope and a Prayer has received:
⭐️“Always want to work harder on my faith and Bible study after reading Julie’s books. Another wonderful story.” —Amazon reviewer, Peggy O’Keefe
⭐️“Impeccably researched and chock-full of wise, spiritual nuggets, scriptures, and lessons to be learned the hard way—Julie Lessman has written another gem not to be missed!” — Diana Flowers
⭐️“Julie is the most passionate person I know, and that feeling and her passionate love for our Lord flows through the pages of every book she writes.” —Splashes of Joy Blog
⭐️“Get ready to laugh, cry, swoon, and want to throw the book across the room … but overall, be prepared to have Jesus touch your heart through the story because He will. This is Ms. Lessman’s signature.” — Radiant Light Blog
⭐️“Wow, yet another rollercoaster ride of a romance … another epic story complete with the author’s trademark romance, a heart-tugging redemption arc, and richly developed characters, all staying true to the author’s tagline of “Passion with a Purpose.” —Saraina Whitney Blog
I wish you and yours a happy, healthy, and holy holiday season!
Hugs,
Julie
Thursday, November 10, 2022
CHRISTMAS BLESSING GIVEAWAY!
4-AUTHORS 4-SERIES GIVEAWAY!
ALL CHRISTMAS BOOKS ONLY 99 CENTS!
80%-OFF SALE ON A WING AND A PRAYER!
AND … You can check out the following prior blog posts HERE:
WE HAVE WINNERS FROM: Mysti’s Book Nook, Q & A Podcast, Blog Tour!
MORE CHANCES TO WIN: New Contest and Giveaways Galore!
99-CENT SALE A WING & A PRAYER: Ends Oct. 31!
A HOPE & A PRAYER: 5-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ on Amazon!
KU (Kindle Unlimited) Book Fair
🎄CHRISTMAS BLESSING GIVEAWAY!
It’s time to celebrate the second annual Christmas Blessing.
So … What is it?
It’s 12 authors! 12 ebooks! 12 winners! Entering is easy: Agree to pay forward a blessing during this holiday season. Then sign up via the Rafflecopter form. Here’s the link and GOOD LUCK!
📚4-AUTHOR, 4-SERIES GIVEAWAY!
Hey, want a chance to win a series from me, Karen Witemeyer, Melissa Jagears, and Margaret Brownley?Then be sure to join us on December 10th at 11:00am EST for a live Q&A that will enter you for a chance to win our 4 series giveaway!
Sign-up below or with the QR code in the picture, so hope to see you there!
🎄CHRISTMAS BOOKS 99¢!
LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW! Why? Because YOU can always keep warm and toasty with one of 7 Christmas stories on sale for only 99¢ each including my award-winning novel, A Light in the Window! Check out the trailer below!
📖 80% SALE ON A WING & A PRAYER!
If you haven’t read Gabe’s story yet and met the man who stands up to her (other than her father, Patrick O’Connor), get ready to meet Alex Kincaid, a hubba-hubba hero who has Gabe’s number right out the gate since she clocked his younger brother in grade school. Yep, Gabe broke Victor Kincaid’s jaw in Book 3 of The Winds of Change series, A Love Surrendered, which gives our hero BIG trust issues and understandably so!
So, if you want to catch up with the O’Connors AND read a WW2 novel that Sarah Sundin called “a fun and wild ride,” this is the best time to do it because it won’t be on sale for 99¢ for long.
AND if you have read it and posted a brief review on Amazon, please let me know via my website at CONTACT JULIE so I can personally thank you, okay?
📖 A Hope & a Prayer 5-⭐️ on Amazon!
MEGA HUGS TO MY WONDERFUL 5-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ READERS FOR SUCH FABULOUS REVIEWS!!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all of you who have posted great reviews on Amazon, giving A Hope and a Prayer a solid 5-star rating (unless somebody drops a bad rating between now and then 😳).
I appreciate it SO much, so God bless you all! And if you have posted a good review on Goodreads, please post it on Amazon as well, okay? And if it’s not a good review … uh, never mind. 😉
Here’s just a few of the many wonderful reviews A Hope and a Prayer has received:
⭐️“Always want to work harder on my faith and Bible study after reading Julie’s books. Another wonderful story.” —Amazon reviewer, Peggy O’Keefe
⭐️“Impeccably researched and chock-full of wise, spiritual nuggets, scriptures, and lessons to be learned the hard way—Julie Lessman has written another gem not to be missed!” — Diana Flowers
⭐️“Julie is the most passionate person I know, and that feeling and her passionate love for our Lord flows through the pages of every book she writes.” —Splashes of Joy Blog
⭐️“Get ready to laugh, cry, swoon, and want to throw the book across the room … but overall, be prepared to have Jesus touch your heart through the story because He will. This is Ms. Lessman’s signature.” — Radiant Light Blog
⭐️“Wow, yet another rollercoaster ride of a romance … another epic story complete with the author’s trademark romance, a heart-tugging redemption arc, and richly developed characters, all staying true to the author’s tagline of “Passion with a Purpose.” —Saraina Whitney Blog
🦃 Hugs and Happy Thanksgiving. I’m thankful for YOU!
Julie
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