Long Relationships

Interested in reviewing books on your blog? Would you like to interview authors?

We are seeking qualified bloggers who would like to become tour hosts for our clients. If you are a blogger who would be interested in either interviewing our authors, letting them guest post on your blog or would be willing to review their book and posting their review on your blog (or any other type of promotion) on a certain day that both you and we set up together, we would be interested in talking to you.

We are only looking for blogs who receive substantial traffic and are updated frequently.

All our tour hosts receive a link on our sponsors’ page (if you prefer hosting your banner, that’s fine, too), links on our in house blogs, and will receive copies of books where applicable for their time and effort in hosting our authors. You will also receive substantial traffic on your blog while the author is touring as we highly publicize each and every one of our tour stops.

We also spotlight our tour hosts at random in our monthly newsletter. All tour host spotlights will include blog information and an interview with the blog host as part of their feature in the newsletter. More added exposure! And…not only that…we will include your link on this page so that others can see what an outstanding blog you have.

If you are interested, you can visit Virtual Book Tours for Authors, look in the right hand sidebar for the list of authors touring, and let us know which author you would prefer to host.

Once you have decided which author you would like to host, copy and paste the below information into an email and send it to us at thewriterslife(at)yahoo.com. Please put “I Want to Be a Tour Host” in the subject line of your email.

Hi everyone!

Today is Reader Appreciation Day, started by the OTHER mother, and I would like to appreciate you and an online friend of mine all at the same time.

Nice, huh?

Of course, you want to know what you are going to win, right?

You have a chance to win two prizes with this, so I’ll go by each prize.

First Prize:

You can win your choice of one photo from Jenera Healy Photography in 11X14 size (or smaller) with your choice of lustre, gloss, or matte.

Jenera has some truly lovely photos on her site, and I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I do.

What You Have to Do:

This involves two steps. First, leave a comment on this post. Say hello, tell me why you would like to win, tell me which photos you like the most…anything as long as it’s a valid comment.

Then what you need to do is go over to this post on Jenera’s blog. Same goes for her - as long as it’s a valid comment. Remember to tell her that JM from Long Relationships sent you over!

Once you’re on her page and have left a comment, it’s easy to get a chance at the…

Second Prize:

You can win either a mouse pad or a coffee mug with their choice of one of Jenera’s photos.

What You Have to Do:

All you have to do is sign Mr. Linky at the top of her page on her blog.

The contest will run from today - April 16th - until April 22nd. I will announce the winner on April 23rd.

Be sure to leave me a comment with a valid email address so I can talk to you about what you would like. You have until Saturday the 26th to respond to my email. If you don’t, I will draw another winner.

Good luck, and thank you to all my readers!

*You must be in Canada or the US to enter. Sorry, but shipping from the site will only go to those locations.*

Interested in reviewing books on your blog? Would you like to interview authors?

We are seeking qualified bloggers who would like to become tour hosts for our clients. If you are a blogger who would be interested in either interviewing our authors, letting them guest post on your blog or would be willing to review their book and posting their review on your blog (or any other type of promotion) on a certain day that both you and we set up together, we would be interested in talking to you.

We are only looking for blogs who receive substantial traffic and are updated frequently.

All our tour hosts receive a link on our sponsors’ page (if you prefer hosting your banner, that’s fine, too), links on our in house blogs, and will receive copies of books where applicable for their time and effort in hosting our authors. You will also receive substantial traffic on your blog while the author is touring as we highly publicize each and every one of our tour stops.

We also spotlight our tour hosts at random in our monthly newsletter. All tour host spotlights will include blog information and an interview with the blog host as part of their feature in the newsletter. More added exposure! And…not only that…we will include your link on this page so that others can see what an outstanding blog you have.

If you are interested, you can visit Virtual Book Tours for Authors, look in the right hand sidebar for the list of authors touring, and let us know which author you would prefer to host.

Once you have decided which author you would like to host, copy and paste the below information into an email and send it to us at thewriterslife(at)yahoo.com. Please put “I Want to Be a Tour Host” in the subject line of your email.

Interested in reviewing books on your blog? Would you like to interview authors?

We are seeking qualified bloggers who would like to become tour hosts for our clients. If you are a blogger who would be interested in either interviewing our authors, letting them guest post on your blog or would be willing to review their book and posting their review on your blog (or any other type of promotion) on a certain day that both you and we set up together, we would be interested in talking to you.

We are only looking for blogs who receive substantial traffic and are updated frequently.

All our tour hosts receive a link on our sponsors’ page (if you prefer hosting your banner, that’s fine, too), links on our in house blogs, and will receive copies of books where applicable for their time and effort in hosting our authors. You will also receive substantial traffic on your blog while the author is touring as we highly publicize each and every one of our tour stops.

We also spotlight our tour hosts at random in our monthly newsletter. All tour host spotlights will include blog information and an interview with the blog host as part of their feature in the newsletter. More added exposure! And…not only that…we will include your link on this page so that others can see what an outstanding blog you have.

If you are interested, you can visit Virtual Book Tours for Authors, look in the right hand sidebar for the list of authors touring, and let us know which author you would prefer to host.

Once you have decided which author you would like to host, copy and paste the below information into an email and send it to us at thewriterslife(at)yahoo.com. Please put “I Want to Be a Tour Host” in the subject line of your email.

Hi everyone!

If you have commented on this blog lately, you may have noticed I haven’t been commenting back.

Well, the truth is, I have been commenting back. My spam trap has just taken a liking to my comments and has been trapping them. I think I’ve found them all now and put them back on the blog like they should be.

So, if you were expecting a response to your comment, it’s likely there now.

Do you like reading and/or writing romance? If you do, then you are going to want to check out the site The Long and the Short of It.

The Long and the Short of It is a site filled with reviews, interviews, contests, and submissions all focusing around the romance genre. Not only that, they offer free short stories for your reading pleasure.

They have plenty of contests and even link to author contests so you can have even more chances to win great stuff.

If you like writing romance, you’ll want to know about their submission guidelines:

1. All submissions must be the original work of the author.

2. Submissions must be sent in the body of an email with the appropriate subject heading, i.e. “short story submissionâ€? or “article submission” in the subject line. Please single space and use readable fonts like Times New Roman or Courier. Attachments will not be opened. Failure to put the correct heading in the subject line may result in your submission being deleted as spam.

3. Include the word count, title of the story, your name, pen name (if desired), and email address, along with link to your website or blog, if available and a short (50 words or less) author bio.

4. Word limit—1000 words (or less). Items over this limit will be deleted unread.

5. All short stories, regardless of genre, must have strong romance elements included. All articles must deal with the writing craft or the life of a writer.

6. At this time, we do not pay for short stories, however we do offer the author the opportunity to promote their other work through links to their website and/or book covers of previous works on the story, article or Fun Stuff page during the week of publication.

7. Please allow thirty days before enquiring about the status of your submission.

The Long and the Short of It is an open submissions site and we enjoy finding new writers and giving them a voice in a very busy marketplace. We read every submission we receive and judge them on the quality of writing, without regard to the author’s previous publication experience. However, the standard is extremely high and all submissions will be up against authors who take their writing and their growth in the craft seriously. We reserve the right to edit all material submitted for grammar, spelling, punctuation, and clarity. However, this is not an excuse to submit poorly executed stories.

Proofread your story, make it the best it can be and send a professional submission to us.

Those are just the general submission guidelines. Go to the submissions page if you want specific guidelines for articles, author interviews, and short stories.

Since February is the time for cupids and hearts and all things romantic and sometimes not-so-romantic, what better time than to write a letter to your lover?

On February 1, 2008, Rachel Greene Baldino and Judy Ford, authors of the book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Enhancing Sexual Desire, are embarking on a virtual book tour around the world collecting letters from bloggers who would like to tell their lovers how they really feel about them - the good and the bad - and become a part of their tour!

If you would like to become involved in their contest, this is how it works:

1. Think of the things you would like to say to your lover, but haven’t had the time or the reason, whether it’s to say how much you love them or how they drive you up the wall. Yes, the good and the bad and the funnier or more outrageous the better! Let everything hang out!

2. Do not use names. Name your blog post “Letter to My Lover” and begin your post with “Dear Lover” They’ll have to guess who it’s for!

3. Post your message on your blog between now and February 14th and send us the exact link to thewriterslife(at)yahoo.com. Please put “Letter to my Lover” in your subject line.

4. When we receive your link, we will add it to Rachel and Judy’s tour page!

5. But, that’s not all! Rachel and Judy will pick one of the bloggers who participate a FREE copy of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Enhancing Sexual Desire! That’s their Valentine’s Day present to you!

6. And not only that, we will promote your blog through our daily promotions using your blog post as part of their virtual book tour, thus bringing you lots of traffic during February!

7. We also ask that you include a jpeg copy of Rachel and Judy’s book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Enhancing Sexual Desire, in your blog post. You can find their book cover here (you are welcome to copy and paste from there).

8. All participants will be listed on Rachel and Judy’s tour page so that everyone can read YOUR letters to your lover!

That’s all there is to it! Hurry before time runs out. Become involved in a nationwide campaign to tell the world what you think about your lover and see how much fun it will be to read the letters of others. Share your letters and become involved in RACHEL AND JUDY’S “LETTER TO MY LOVER” VALENTINE’S DAY CONTEST!

Rachel and Judy’s virtual book tour will be highly publicized including press releases and other promotions and is brought to you by Pump Up Your Book Promotion, an innovative public relations agency specializing in online book promotion. You can visit their website at PumpUpYouBookPromotion.com.

I’m hosting part of a progressive dinner blog carnival on Fiction Scribe!

Have you ever been to a progressive dinner? You start out at one house or restaurant to have hors d’oeuvres and cocktails, then move on to a different one for appetizers, and continue moving from place to place all the way through dessert.

That’s the idea behind the new Progressive Dinner Blog Carnival…

Soup To Nuts is ONE BLOG CARNIVAL presented in five “courses”, each with a different host.

Entries are being accepted NOW.
Dinner will be served on Wednesday, January 30th.

{You can submit one post, per blog, on any subject - please do not use any post more than once}

You can participate in 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 courses

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This is another reminder for everyone.

Akismet is eating pretty much all comments – even mine. I’m hunting through spam as often as I can, but feel free to send me a message to let me know you’ve commented. (Use the ‘contact me’ button on the right under the site description.)

Cheers,

JM

Hello, dear Long Relationships readers, and welcome to 2008.

I haven’t been writing here long, but I hope to make 2008 my first full year here at this site.

Here’s wishing you all the best in all of your long relationships. May you find what you’re looking for, see what you have, and love as if you truly realize how little time we have on this earth.

All the best,

JM

Before I met my husband, I never dreamed that some day I would get married and have a wonderful, stable, supportive home life. And yet, by working with my husband through our problems and facing the world together, we found our way to each other and to our marriage.

Getting through the initial rough times with my husband showed me that with hard word and understanding, I truly can have good things for myself in life.

This month, a friend of a friend is going on virtual tour for her achievement journal, a journal to help you on your way to achieving your dreams. I hope you will help her and help yourself by sharing how you are achieving your dreams on your blog and by checking out this journal.

Join motivational speaker Judi Moreo, author of the self-help and motivational book YOU ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH ACHIEVEMENT JOURNAL, as she virtually tours the blogosphere in January on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotions!

You can visit her website at JudiMoreo.com!

This journal is a tool for your journey to achievement. It has been designed to assist you in achieving your goals. It is a fast, easy, convenient way to record your wants, hopes, goals and dreams, to write down your ideas, and to create the life that you’ve dreamed of.

Don’t wait for the “right� time or “next month� or “in the morning.� Now is the right time to begin. Every twenty-one days you will have the opportunity to reflect on your accomplishments and plan the next step in your journey. This is your journey. It’s ok not to write every day. It’s ok not to fill each page. Its ok to write more than will fit on just one day. If you skip a day, simply pick up where you left off in the next available space. If you date your entries, you will have a way to track your personal time table against the calendar. We all march to a different beat. Every day, week, month and year that you keep your journal becomes easier and more fulfilling.

It will provide you with a record of your strengths and successes as well as an acknowledgement of the characteristics, values, talents, people and things for which you are grateful.

When you finish a project, reach a goal, or stay on your diet just one more day, there are, included in your journal, two pages of peel and stick gold stars to reward yourself immediately for your success.

If you would like to tell us how you achieved your dreams or are working toward your dreams, blog about it, send us the link and we will put it on Judi’s personal tour page PLUS promote your stop in our daily promotions in which we reach thousands of potential visitors!

If you have watched the movie, “The Secret,� then you understand the power of affirmative thinking = affirmative action. Are you taking those steps in the right direction to enjoy life at its fullest – whether it’s through financial success, relationship bliss or perfect health?

On January 1, 2008, Judi Moreo, author of You Are More Than Enough Achievement Journal (Stephens Press, Dec. ‘07), will embark on a virtual book tour throughout the blogosphere, but it will involve YOU. She wants YOU to be the star in a campaign to let the world know how you are taking those steps in realizing your dreams.

If you would like to become involved in her ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR ’08, here is how it works:

1. Repeat this passage from her book: “Every step I take brings me closer to the realization of my dreams� until you understand its powerful message.

2. Think about what steps you are taking to achieve your dreams and write about it. Your entry can be as long or as short as you’d like.

3. Post your message on your blog and give us the link so that we can post it on Judi’s tour page. The email address to send your entry is thewriterslife(at)yahoo.com.

4. When we receive your link, we will put it on our daily rounds of promotions, thus bringing you instant traffic, so get those links to us soon!

5. We only ask that you include the passage above before your blog post so that people will understand what you are doing.

6. We also ask that you include a jpeg copy of Judi’s book, You Are More Than Enough Achievement Journal, in your blog post. You can find her book cover here and link it to here.

7. All participants will be listed here so that everyone can find out how YOU achieve your dreams!

That’s all there is to it! Hurry before time runs out. Become involved in a nationwide campaign to bring in 2008 with a bang and help others realize that dreams are not something that happens; dreams are something that YOU make happen. Let’s make 2008 the year when you realize your dreams and make them happen. Share your stories and become involved in Judi Moreo’s “Achieving Your Dreams Virtual Book Tour ‘08″ where YOU are the star! Judi’s virtual book tour will be highly publicized including press releases and other promotions. Let us know what steps you are taking to achieve success and be read by thousands of Internet users!

Click here to find out how you can win FREE incentives by buying Judi’s book anywhere online!

Click here to find out how you can receive a FREE bracelet from Judi just by buying her book at her website at JudiMoreo.com!

Judi’s virtual book tour is brought to you by Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Book Tours. If you are an author and you would like us to set up a virtual book tour for you, click here for more information!

I’m hosting part of a progressive dinner blog carnival on Fiction Scribe!

Have you ever been to a progressive dinner? You start out at one house or restaurant to have hors d’oeuvres and cocktails, then move on to a different one for appetizers, and continue moving from place to place all the way through dessert.

That’s the idea behind the new Progressive Dinner Blog Carnival…

Soup To Nuts is ONE BLOG CARNIVAL presented in five “courses”, each with a different host.

Entries are being accepted NOW.
Dinner will be served on Wednesday, January 30th.

{You can submit one post, per blog, on any subject - please do not use any post more than once}

You can participate in 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 courses

The Hors d’oeuvres & Cocktails course…
will be served at Fear and Loathing - The Gonzo Papers.
Email your entry for the hors d’oeuvres & cocktails course
to me {subject line Progressive Dinner} at: kilroy60@gmail.com

The Appetizer course…
will be served at Change Therapy.
Email your entry for the appetizer course
to Isabella {subject line - Progressive Dinner} at: moritherapy@shaw.ca

The First Course…
has not been assigned to a host yet.
Email your entry for the first course
to me {subject line - First Course} at: kilroy60@gmail.com

The Main Course…
will be served at Anja Merret - Chatting To My Generation.
Email your entry for the main course
to Anja {subject line - Progressive Dinner} at: anja@hqlondon.net

The Dessert Course…
will be served at Fiction Scribe.
Email your entry for the dessert course
to JM {subject line - Progressive Dinner} at: sylver1@tpg.com.au

Your entry should include…

—(-)-> Your name as you want it to appear
—(-)-> The name(s) of your blog(s)
—(-)-> The corresponding URL(s)
—(-)-> The title of your post(s)
—(-)-> The corresponding URL(s)

The Rules are simple…

1. Only English language posts will be accepted.
2. No posts with titles that include profanity or pictures of a sexual nature.

This is a one-of-a-kind blog carnival. The hosts would appreciate your help to promote the event. Let us know if you publish a post promoting the progressive dinner, your effort will be recognized. To make things as easy as possible for all involved, I ask the post more or less follow the structure of this one.

Hello everyone!

My spam filter has been eating all comments lately, so if you make a comment and it doesn’t show up, please let me know. (You can use the ‘contact me’ button on the right under the site description.)

I’ll try to keep a close eye on the spam trap until this sorts out, but I would greatly appreciate your help in this.

Thanks!

JM

Merry Christmas Long Relationship readers!

I want to wish each and every one of you a very merry Christmas. May you achieve all you dream of, value the time you have with loved ones, and get all kinds of wonderful presents this year.

If you don’t celebrate Christmas, you have my good wishes to follow you in to the new year. I hope the best of everything for you as well and a life filled with happiness in love.

Hello and happy Friday! Fridays are a lovely day. There’s all the hope and excitement for the weekend or even for Friday night when you might be going out with friends or staying in to cuddle with your significant other.

As you may have guessed it, Long Relationships has a new writer. I’m not new to 451, but I am new to the Dating and Relationships channel.

A note about previous posts: For right now, I’ve put them all in one category - Previous authors. I know it’ll be terribly annoying for anyone to find anything on this site while it’s that way, but I promise I’ll be going through them and putting them in to the new categories I create.

About me… You might know me from the other sites I write for here on 451 - Fiction Scribe, Write Anyway, The Book Stacks, and YouTube Digger. I’m a twenty-something formerly of the US, now living in Australia with my husband (who, yes, is a sexy Australian).

I’m not here to shout I know more than anyone else about keeping relationships going. I’m not a psychologist, and I’m not a marriage counselor. However, I have always had a passion for writing about relationships, so I hope I can provide some interesting posts on maintaining long relationships.

If you ever feel the need to contact me (I’ll be asking for personal stories and such in the future) there is a “contact me” button under the site description that you can feel free to use.

Thank you very much. I’m looking forward to posting more.

JM