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CONGRATS TO LUCKY WINNER – CHERYL Readers, please join me welcoming Karen White, author of The Girl On Legare Street who will be guest blogging here today! This book continues the story of Melanie Middleton and Jack Trenholm that was such fun in last November’s The House on Tradd Street . In it, Karen returns to Charleston where Melanie and Jack’s relationship remains rocky, the house on Tradd Street continues to be renovated and there are messages—and a mystery—from the spirit world waiting.  Things You’re Not Supposed to do to be a Successfully Published Author: My Career in a Nutshell On November 3rd, my 11th published novel since 2000, The Girl On Legare Street , will hit bookstore shelves everywhere. I can hardly believe I’ve written so many books–more, really, when you include the completed manuscript languishing under my bed and the nearly completed manuscript I’m currently slaving over. Which would make it 13 books but who’s counting? I started out in this business blessedly

Readers, please join me welcoming Bernadine Feagins, author of Hakim & Terrance Shadow Mystery who’s guest blogging here today, courtesy Pump Up Your Book Promotion . Hakim & Terrance Shadow Mystery is a children’s book about a boy named Hakim, his faithful dog, Shadow, and his best friend, Terrance. Shadow disappears one day and with the help of Terrance, Hakim’s family and people from the neighborhood, Hakim and Shadow are reunited. The book depicts friendship, hope and devotion to a dog. Both my son and my nephew love dogs, so they were my inspiration for this story. I based my characters on real children. If children can identify with characters, it helps them interpret the events around them and help them solve their own problems like Hakim and Terrance learned as they searched for Shadow. I want children to know that it is important to do the right thing, even though that isn’t always easy. The book is easy to read and understand. It will also help children survive a mo