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My interview can be found here.

My review here.

GUEST BLOGGING

Well, here I am. Carolyn has been so kind as to invite me to participate directly on her post as part of my 3-week long blog tour. Perhaps I should have warned her that I have been known to ramble and go off on rabbit trails before realizing the point of what I started out saying in the first place. I can get so lost on those trails that I end up taking a completely different one and never get back to my orginal destination.

So, anyway, where was I? Oh yes. The blog tour.

I’ve already done quite a few interviews and read a number of excellent reviews. But the questions Carolyn asked were among some of my favorites. She told me she didn’t think the questions were all that great, but I disagree. You’ll see some of the good ones in the interview here.

One of my favorites was being asked about writing as a child and whether or not I still have any of those pieces. As much as I would like to say I saved everything I wrote, that’s not the case. My mother stored a few things in a folder, but over the years as we moved, packed, discarded, unpacked, reorganized and sorted, a lot of what I did as a child went to recycling heaven. My parents had accumulated enough “stuff” of their own, they didn’t feel they needed all those papers from their children.

Not me, though. I recently married and now we’re trying to start a family. I also become a scrapbooker in my 20’s, so I value storing important items and archiving them for future purposes. When we have children, I hope I will preserve those special items and unique personal treasures they’ll want to have when they’re older. There isn’t a lot written down by members on either side of my family. But since my husband and I are both authors, we realize the value of the written word. Words remain forever, and they contain phenomenal insight into the culture, the people, the lives and the world of the times in which they were written.

So, the next time you’re holding that piece of paper in your hands and wondering if you should throw it away or save it…don’t hesitate. Find a binder or folder or scrapbook of some sort, and store it. You just never know where the need for them will appear again in the future.

There. I think I did all right this time. I didn’t stray too far, I don’t think. And hopefully, I’ve given you some food for thought. Thanks for sticking with me, and I look forward to seeing you on the rest of the tour.

~Amber

BLOG TOUR SCHEDULE

Shirley Connolly (July month-long feature) - http://apenforyourthoughts.blogspot.com

July 7 - Margaret Daley (bio) http://margaretdaley.blogspot.com
July 7 - Dawn Kinzer at From Dawn til Dusk, Musings of a Night Owl http://dawnkinzer.blogspot.com
July 8 - Donna Moore at Write by Faith http://writebyfaith.blogspot.com
July 8 - Kim Woodhouse at God’s Grace, Love & Forgiveness http://www.kimberleywoodhouse.com
July 9 - Margaret Daley (interview) http://margaretdaley.blogspot.com
July 9 - Amy Riley at The Friendly Book Nook http://thefriendlybooknook.com
July 10 - Jenny Blake at Come Meet AusJenny http://ausjenny.blogspot.com
July 11 - Rose McCauley http://rosemccauley.blogspot.com
July 11 - Shauna Sturge at The Coffee Stop http://shaunasturge.blogspot.com; Long and Short Reviews http://longandshortreviews.blogspot.com
July 12 - Carolyn Strawder at Quiet Time with Carolyn http://www.quiettimewithcarolyn.com/Serenity
July 14-19 - CAN! blog spotlight http://canblog.typepad.com/canbookmarketing
July 14 - Martha Rogers at Martha Writes http://marthasbooks.blogspot.com
July 15 - Leslie Sowell at A Little Bit of Sunlight http://www.footprintsinthesand.us/blog
July 16 - CFBA blog tour date (various blogs) http://christianfictionblogalliance.blogspot.com
July 16 - Novel Journey / Novel Reviews http://noveljourney.blogspot.com /
July 17 - CFBA blog tour date (various blogs) http://christianfictionblogalliance.blogspot.com
July 17 - Eileen Astels at A Christian Romance Writer’s Journey http://eileenastels.blogspot.com
July 17 - Cheryl Wyatt at Squirrel’s Treehouse http://scrollsquirrel.blogspot.com
July 18 - CFBA blog tour date (various blogs) http://christianfictionblogalliance.blogspot.com
July 18 - Cara Putman at Cara’s Musings http://carasmusings.blogspot.com
July 18 - Tyora Moody at CB Reviews http://www.faithwebbin.net/cbreviews
July 19 - Stacy Johnson at Vader’s Mom http://jeffstacyandvader.blogspot.com
July 21 - Camy Tang at Camy’s Loft http://camytang.blogspot.com
July 21 - Jennifer AlLee at Musings on This, That & The Other Thing - http://jenniferallee.blogspot.com
July 21 - Trish Perry (interview) at Reading, Writing and the Stuff In-Between http://www.trishperry.com
July 22 - Cindy Woodsmall at the Plain Talk Blog http://www.cindywoodsmall.com/category/plain-talk/
July 23 - Delia Latham at The Melody Within (review/interview) http://themelodywithin.blogspot.com
July 24 - Margaret Chind at Creative Madness http://cherryblossommj.blogspot.com
July 25 - Delia Latham at The Melody Within (guest blogger) http://themelodywithin.blogspot.com
July 25 - Christa Allan at Fictionary http://cballan.wordpress.com
July 26 - Paula Moldenhauer at Grace Reign http://gracereign.blogspot.com

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