{"id":2378,"date":"2018-10-02T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/?p=2378"},"modified":"2018-10-01T20:09:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T00:09:41","slug":"tasman-review-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/blog\/2018\/10\/02\/tasman-review-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasman Review Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1968\" src=\"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Tasman_Front_Cover_Web-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Tasman_Front_Cover_Web-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Tasman_Front_Cover_Web-113x180.jpg 113w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Tasman_Front_Cover_Web-157x250.jpg 157w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Tasman_Front_Cover_Web-283x450.jpg 283w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Tasman_Front_Cover_Web-250x397.jpg 250w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Tasman_Front_Cover_Web.jpg 535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/>It&#8217;s always fun to read what readers think about the books they read, especially when they share their views about my books with me. Last Sunday I drew the third quarter winner of a $20 VISA card. The winner is Karen Bruck, a retired teacher, book clubber, community good neighbor and a Stephen Ministry lay person. She has faithfully written reviews and supported by other publications and I appreciate her taking the time to write a review of <em>Tasman: An Innocent Convict&#8217;s Struggle for Freedom. <\/em>Knowing her thoughts and <em>your<\/em> thoughts help me as I look forward to future writings.<\/p>\n<p>In August <em>Tasman<\/em> received second place in the general fiction category in the Hollywood Book Fest. It&#8217;s always gratifying when judges decide your book has merit. Writing is a long, heartfelt process. <em>Tasman <\/em>grew from a visit years ago to the site of the penal colony. It was a story that grabbed my imagination so tightly that I was willing to write about the dark side of that 1850s prison and tried to find a way to show how Ean, a determined young man, might find the strength to keep a kernel of hope alive across his years of imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FYI:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There will be one more VISA drawing, a chance to send me your review before December 31st, 2018. I look forward to hearing from you if I have not already. <strong>Please forward your reviews directly to Goodreads <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.goodreads.com<\/a> or to me, not to Amazon. Thank you!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AND&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remember to cast your votes for your favorite books at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbsgreatamericanread.com\">www.pbsgreatamericanread.com\u00a0<\/a> You can see follow-up information Tuesdays (like today), October 2nd, October 9th, October 16th, and the <strong>finale on October 23rd<\/strong> at 8 PM on your local PBS station. I hope your favorite book is the finale winner!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s always fun to read what readers think about the books they read, especially when they share their views about my books with me. Last Sunday I drew the third quarter winner of a $20 VISA card. The winner is Karen Bruck, a retired teacher, book clubber, community good neighbor and a Stephen Ministry lay person. She has faithfully written reviews and supported by other publications and I appreciate her taking the time to write a review of Tasman: An Innocent Convict&#8217;s Struggle for Freedom. Knowing her thoughts and your thoughts help me as I look forward to future writings.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,268,249],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviewing","category-random-drawing","category-tasman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2378"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2450,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378\/revisions\/2450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}