All posts by Cheryl Malandrinos

Little Shepherd World of Ink Virtual Book Tour Schedule for January 2011

Just in case you thought I would take too much of a vacation from promoting Little Shepherd, I am following the LITTLE SHEPHERD VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR ’10 up with a new month-long virtual book tour from World of Ink.
January 2011 will be a month full of interviews, guest posts, reviews, and giveaways. Here is my current schedule:
January 3rd
RRRadio-Stories for Children with hosts: VS Grenier, D.M. Cunningham and Tiffany Strelitz Haber.
Live Radio Interview at 11am MST (10am PST, Noon Central and 1pm EST) http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rrradio/2011/01/03/rfk-stories-for-children
Call in number (646) 595-4478
 
January 4th
Families Matter Blog Interview
January 5th
The Product Review Place – Author Spotlight
Book Marketing Network – Guest Post
The Writing Mama – Guest Post
January 9th
Utah Children’s Writer Blog – Guest Post
January 10th
One Zillion Books – Review/Giveaway
January 11th
Families Matter Blog – Book Review
January 12th
Roth’s Inspiring Books & Products
January 13th
VBT-Writers On The Move – Guest Post
Writing to the Hearts of Children
January 17th
The Maggie Project
January 18th
Stories for Children Magazine FG Interview
January 19th
Home School Blogger – Book Review/Giveaway http://homeschoolblogger.com/homeschoolbookreview/
January 20th
Putting Words Down on Paper – Review
January 21st
Quadruple Z – Review/Giveaway
January 24th
Bless Their Hearts Mom – Review
January 25th
Sweeps 4 Bloggers – Review
January 26th
Health, Beauty, Children and Family – Review
Thanks to the World of Ink group and all the bloggers who are putting together a great virtual book tour for Little Shepherd. I can’t wait to get started!
Stay plugged into this blog for more virtual book tour updates. I’ll be using Facebook and Twitter to help me promote these stops, so feel free to friend and follow me at:

Little Shepherd Virtual Book Tour ’10 Giveaway Winners

This might just be the most exciting post of the entire LITTLE SHEPHERD VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR ’10. These are the announcements for the winners of both giveaways I ran during my virtual book tour.

The winner of Giveaway #1 is: Cathy W!

Here is what Cathy has won:

An autographed copy of Little Shepherd
Angel figurine printed with the Serenity Prayer
A Little Shepherd sticky note pad
Little Drummer Boy 2010 Hallmark Keepsake Ornament
Gift of Peace 2003 Hallmark Keepsake Ornament

Retail value of Giveaway #1 is $65

The winner of Giveaway #2 is Pat C!

Here is what Pat has won:

A “Sparkling Angel” scented jar candle from Yankee Candle
An angel gold and silver lid topper for the candle
An angel tea light holder from Yankee Candle
A Little Shepherd sticky note pad
A Jim Shore Nativity Star hanging ornament
A Jim Shore Holy Family hanging ornament
A $25 Amazon.com gift card

Retail Value of Giveaway #2 is $97

Congratulations to our winners! They have 72 hours to respond to my email. If I haven’t heard from them within that time frame, I will select new winners.

My thanks go out to everyone who supported me during my virtual book tour: family, friends, bloggers, readers, and more!

I will be going on another virtual book tour in January, so look for the details of that coming soon.

You can purchase a copy of Little Shepherd at:

Guardian Angel Publishing
Indiebound.org

You can also email me at cg20pm00(at)gmail(dot)com if you would like an autographed copy of the book. The cost of an authographed copy would be $10, plus a flat $3 shipping and handling fee for anywhere in the United States. Additional shipping charges would apply outside of the United States.
Happy New Year everyone!

Little Shepherd Virtual Book Tour – Final Week Schedule

It’s hard to believe, but the LITTLE SHEPHERD VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR ’10 is in its final week. After Friday, I am going to hang up my virtual book tour hat for a tiny bit so that I can enjoy the holidays with my family.

I’ll still be blogging and talking about Little Shepherd, so I hope you’ll continue to check in here from time to tim. I also hope to add other things like short articles center on Christmas.

Here is where you can find me this week:

Monday, December 13
Interviewed at Café of Dreams
Book reviewed at Tribute Books Reviews & Giveaways
Tuesday, December 14
Book reviewed and guest blogging at The Story of A Writer
Wednesday, December 15
Book reviewed at J. Aday Kennedy’s Writing Playground (I don’t think this will happen, but I’ll let you know.)
Book reviewed at Putting Words Down on Paper
Thursday, December 16
Guest blogging at Authors & Appetizers
Friday, December 17
Interviewed at Putting Words Down on Paper
Book reviewed at The Elliott Review

Little Shepherd Virtual Book Tour – Week Nine Recap

So that you know where I was last week, here is a short recap. You can add comments at any of these tour stops up until December 17th, which is when the tour ends. Leave a comment will enter you into my drawing to win a free Christmas gift basket.

Monday, December 6
Book spotlighted at The Hot Author Report
Book reviewed at A Mom After God’s Own Heart
Tuesday, December 7
Interviewed at The Hot Author Report
Guest blogging at Blogher
Wednesday, December 8
Guest blogging at The Hot Author Report
Book reviewed at Lynn’s Corner
Thursday, December 9
Guest blogging at The Hot Author Report
Guest blogging at Lynn’s Corner
Friday, December 10
Book reviewed at 4 the Love of Books

You can purchase Little Shepherd at:

 
You can also email me at cg20pm00(at)gmail(dot)com if you would like an autographed copy of the book.
 
Thanks for your support.

The Little Shepherd Virtual Book Tour Continues on December 6th

After a short break, the LITTLE SHEPHERD VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR ’10 picks up again on Monday, December 6th. If all goes well, there will be ten stops this week, which means 10 more chances to enter my giveaway.
Here’s what the week looks like:

Monday, December 6
Book spotlighted at The Hot Author Report
Book reviewed at A Mom After God’s Own Heart

Tuesday, December 7
Interviewed at The Hot Author Report
Guest blogging at Blogher

Wednesday, December 8
Guest blogging at The Hot Author Report
Book reviewed at Lynn’s Corner

Thursday, December 9
Guest blogging at The Hot Author Report
Interviewed at Lynn’s Corner

Friday, December 10
Book reviewed at 4 the Love of Books
Guest blogging at J. Aday Kennedy’s Writing Playground



Leave a comment at any of these blog stops and you’ll be entered to win a Christmas gift basket retailing for $65. Purchase a copy of Little Shepherd between its release date of August 21, 2010 and the end of my virtual book tour on December 17, 2010, and submit proof of purchase, to be eligible to win another gift basket with a retail value of $97.

Additional rules and guidelines can be found at the end of this post.

To purchase a copy of Little Shepherd visit:

Barnes and Noble
Guardian Angel Publishing
Indiebound.org

GIVEAWAY #1 (for people who comment during my VBT)

An autographed copy of Little Shepherd
Angel figurine printed with the Serenity Prayer
A Little Shepherd sticky note pad
Little Drummer Boy 2010 Hallmark Keepsake Ornament
Gift of Peace 2003 Hallmark Keepsake Ornament

Retail value of Giveaway #1 is $65 (rounded to nearest dollar)

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GIVEAWAY #2 (for those who purchase a copy of Little Shepherd between August 21, 2010 and December 17, 2010)

A “Sparkling Angel” scented jar candle from Yankee Candle
An angel gold and silver lid topper for the candle
An angel tea light holder from Yankee Candle
A Little Shepherd sticky note pad
A Jim Shore Nativity Star hanging ornament
A Jim Shore Holy Family hanging ornament
A $25 Amazon.com gift card

Retail Value of Giveaway #2 is $97 (rounded to the nearest dollar)

Here are the rules and guidelines for these giveaways:

1) For Giveaway #1 you must leave a comment on the hosting blog with a working email address for us to contact you if you win.

2) For Giveaway #1 only the first comment with your working email address is used to determine eligibility (one comment, per blog).

3) You are eligible to win Giveaway #2 if you purchase a copy of Little Shepherd between August 21, 2010 and December 17, 2010 and provide proof of purchase via email, mail, or fax prior to December 19, 2010. Little Shepherd is available at the Guardian Angel Publishing website, Amazon, Barnesandnoble.com, and at indiebound.org.

4) All giveaway winners will be selected using Random.org.

5) Prizes will be shipped via USPS with appropriate insurance. The author cannot guarantee receipt before December 25, 2010.

6) Author, blog hosts, and Pump Up Your Book are not responsible for lost or damaged goods.

7)  The same person cannot win both giveaways.

Although it is not a requirement for eligibility, the author asks that you consider following the blogs who host her during her tour and also the Little Shepherd blog.

Good luck to all who enter!