Just a quick note to say that I’m delighted to have been chosen Author of the Month by blogger Gina Rae Mitchell!
Here’s the post where she features Playing Army. It includes an excerpt and a bonus piece called 10 Things Most People Don’t Know About Me:
https://ginaraemitchell.com/playing-army/
Did you know all of it already? If not, leave a comment and let me know which one(s) surprised you!
Enjoy, and thanks for playing (Army)!
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Hey, so fun! I only knew a few of these things about you. It’s wonderful to see Playing Army featured on Gina Rae Mitchell’s blog.
Hi Nancy,
Thanks for sharing my post. I’m so happy to have you as my latest Author of the Month.
You were chosen based on the number of visitors to my feature/review of your book, combined with the number of shares and comments for the previous month according to my blog stats.
So it really is in an Indie Author’s best interest to share the post and interact with the commenters, and there is certainly no shame in promoting my post to all your fans!
Congrats again!
Gina