I'm leaving today to meet three wonderful authors--Mary Connealy, M.L. Tyndall, and Kaye Dacus in Grand Rapids, Michigan for a whirlwind booksigning tour. Our first signing will be tomorrow night (Monday, March 30th) in Battle Creek, Michigan and from there, we'll do two a day until the grand finale next Saturday. If you live in Michigan, please consider meeting us at one of our signings! We are all so excited about this opportunity and can't wait to get to know our readers better. In honor of the tour, we all answered a set of interview questions and this week, I'll be posting our interviews here. But for now, I'm off to fill my coffee thermos and check my oil (okay, the oil in my Explorer.) So here's our schedule for the week.

Monday, March 30th
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Family Christian Stores
Minges Brook Mall
5700 Beckley Road, Suite B-2 • Battle Creek, MI

Tuesday, March 31st
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Family Christian Stores
3155 Westshore Drive • Holland, MI

Tuesday, March 31st
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Baker Book House
2768 Paris Ave SE • Grand Rapids, MI

Wednesday, April 1st
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Family Christian Stores
Rivertown Center
3819 Rivertown Pkwy SW, Suite 100
Grandville, MI

Thursday, April 2nd
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Leighton Township Library
4451 12th Street • Moline, MI

Thursday, April 2nd
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Jude 3
2279 North Park Drive, Suite 810 • Holland, MI

Friday, April 3rd
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Family Christian Stores
Jolly Cedar Plaza
5132 S. Cedar Street • Lansing, MI

Friday, April 3rd
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Family Christian Stores
Westnedge Corners Shopping Center
4413 S. Westnedge Ave • Kalamazoo, MI

Saturday, April 4th
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Family Christian Stores
3343A Alpine Road NW • Walker, MI

Yes, it's happened. Facebook has gone the way of google and morphed into a verb. Have you joined the fb craze yet? If you have, then why haven't you friended me?? (Another new verb, or at least a slightly different take on the old verb befriended)

If you're a facebooker (Help! We need a new dictionary for all these words!) and you read my books or just want to know more about them, I'd love for you to join the facebook group Christine Lynxwiler Readers. Click HERE and when you get to the group page, just click on JOIN GROUP. I keep the page updated with new release info, booksignings and personal appearances, plus whatever is new in my writing life. Come on over! Leave a wall comment, start a discussion thread, or just lurk and find out what's going on. See you there!

A lot of readers ask me where they can find my books online. I looked around and found some available at great prices! Just click on the link below to the book you're interested in for more details!

Alibis in Arkansas: Three Romance Mysteries By Christine Lynxwiler, Jan Reynolds & Sandy Gaskin / Barbour Publishing No matter where southern sisters Jenna and Carly go, murder turns up like a bad penny. When the local newspaper editor is killed and Carly's son is a suspect, Jenna decides to go undercover to get the scoop on murder. A vacation in Branson , Missouri, sounds like fun but Jenna and Carly are surprised to find that the glittering lights and twanging tunes make a perfect backdrop for...murder! Back home in Lakeview, Carly's new diner is really cooking. But the last time she looked, murder was NOT on the menu.. So why is there a body outside her backdoor?

Along Came a Cowboy By Christine Lynxwiler / Barbour Publishing When Rachel Donovan, a strong-willed chiropractor with a past, meets Jack Westwood, a bull-headed cowboy looking for a future, it looks like hate at first fight. But when the dust settles, it may be love. Can the chiropractor and the cowboy bridle their growing attraction, or will love ultimately have free reign?

Promise Me Always By Christine Lynxwiler / Barbour Publishing Thirty-five-year-old widow Allie Richards has always dreamed of having her own landscaping business. After losing her job, Allie's Pinky Promise girlfriends convince her to enter Shady Grove's Beautiful Town Landscaping Competition. The prize? The town's landscaping and maintenance contract. But there's a hitch. Every move Allies ragtag crew makes will be featured in the reality segment of a local TV show.

Forever Christmas By Christine Lynxwiler / Barbour Publishing After two broken engagements, Kristianna Harrington forsakes her dream of a December wedding and focuses her attention on her Christmas shop in Jingle Bells, Arkansas. When a handsome lawyer proposes changing the town's name, Kristianna has jumbled feelings. Will her heart discern the truth before her town and her holiday spirit are extinguished? 288 pages, softcover from Barbour.

Arkansas By Christine Lynxwiler / Barbour Publishing The four McFadden brothers put their lives--and love--on the line. When Jake sees Brandi Delaney stranded in a rushing stream, he knows he has to save her. Will his act of mercy change both their lives? Clint is compelled to rescue Jessa Sykes from a burning cabin. Will his heart get singed in the process? Holt is attracted to Megan Watson, a woman struggling to atone for her dead husband's crimes. Will her ugly past ruin Holt's political career? Cade is asked to help Annalisa Davis find her sister. If Cade takes the case, will he lose his heart? Dare these Ozark Mountain brothers risk their hearts for love?

Simply Christmas By Pamela Dowd, Christine Lynxwiler & Wanda Luttrell / Barbour Publishing Four women face one decision this Christmas: Will they jump into the commercialized rat race or pursue the true meaning of the holiday through a simpler approach?

Prairie County Fair By F. Chrisman, L.A. Coleman, C. Lynxwiler & T.H. Murray / Barbour Publishing Blue ribbons, cotton candy, livestock, romance---it's the county fair! 464 pages, softcover from Barbour.

Even though I've been awful about getting a new blog entry on my own website, I did blog a couple of days ago at faithchick.com. Click HERE to check it out! Also a few weeks ago, I was featured on Novel Journey's blog. If you want to read that, click HERE.

I have a booksigning for Along Came a Cowboy at the Paragould, Arkansas Wal-Mart this Saturday (July 12th) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Stop by if you're in the area! i'd love to see you.

I'll be back here to blog soon! Thanks for stopping by!

For a writer, giving away books is sort of like the government sending out stimulus checks, we do it to be nice, sure. But we also do it to stimulate interest in our career, in other words, to build a reader base. The question is--Does it work? I've often wondered.

My oldest daughter just finished wearing braces. Those of you who have had kids with braces know that that means we've spent a lot of time in the orthodontist's office. Our orthodontist is fantastic, as is his staff. In appreciation, I've occasionally given them a signed copy of one of my books to pass around. Today, I took my daughter in for her final real checkup (her teeth are so pretty!) and one of the technicians who was with another patient, stopped me. She said that she and another one of the staff were on vacation in Destin, Florida and she needed something to read, so she stopped by Wal-Mart. She'd read Promise Me Always when I gave it to them, so she was thrilled to find my newest book, Along Came a Cowboy! She bought it! And couldn't put it down. (That last was an added bonus.) She passed it on to one of her friends who work in the orthodontist's office, too. And she loved it too. Today they were asking me where they could get my other books.

As a writer, it's hard for me to give my books away. Not because I'm stingy, but because I feel embarrassed that I might be pushing my books on someone who hates not to take them, but doesn't really want them. Because of this, I do it sparingly. But it's oh-so-cool to see it turn out well. :)

Made my day, actually! And speaking of making my day. . .thank you all so much for the kind comments you've left here and in my guestbook about Along Came a Cowboy. Knowing you enjoyed reading it gives me the push I need to get through the deadline I'm currently working on. :) Thanks. (As soon as I finish this deadline, I hope to answer all of you, personally!)