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It wasn’t until after high school that I became interested in reading again and its really because I wanted to read The Firm. I was seeing all the commercials on TV about the movie and I wondered if I was going to feel okay about seeing the movie (it was R rated) or not. I picked up the book and read until it was time to work or until my eyes hurt so bad I couldn’t continue.It took me 3 days only because of my work schedule. This was my way back into reading.

Now today, many years later I was chosen as one of the 18 Partners to help promote John Grisham’s new book The Confession! I will be holding a Giveaway in conjunction with Molly-Mormon.com,  AskAnissa.com and Scrap-n-Craft.com. One lucky winner will be chosen at random to get a copy of the book!

An innocent man is about to be executed.  Only a guilty man can save him.

For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn’t understand how the police and prosecutors got the wrong man, and he certainly doesn’t care. He just can’t believe his good luck. Time passes and he realizes that the mistake will not be corrected: the authorities believe in their case and are determined to get a conviction. He may even watch the trial of the person wrongly accused of his crime. He is relieved when the verdict is guilty. He laughs when the police and prosecutors congratulate themselves. He is content to allow an innocent person to go to prison, to serve hard time, even to be executed.

How do you enter? I am glad you asked!

Here are the contest Rules

GIVEAWAY DETAILS: One winner will receive a hardcover copy of The Confession!

Giveaway Dates: October 19- October 31, 2010 Midnight MST

To Enter This Giveaway:
Do one or more of the following and post a comment below about each action you took. Each comment will count as a separate entry so your chances of winning increase but only the #1 entry is required.

1. Required: Comment below this post about your favorite John Grisham Novel and why it was your favorite. This can only be done once per person.
2. Provide a review on Amazon, Borders, or Barnes & Noble for one of his books and paste the url and edetail info so I know which review is yours (If I don’t have enough info to determine its really you, it won’t count.)
3. Share your favorite book on FaceBook and put the link here OR tweet about it and paste your status link below.
4. Sign up for John Grisham’s newsletter
5. Blog about this with a link to Molly-Mormon.com, AskAnissa.com and Scrap-n-Craft.com and link to John Grisham’s website for The Confession (Leave three separate comments with the URL for your blog post for this to get three entries for your blogging)

Giveaway Rules:
Open to USA, age 18+ to enter. Winner announced right here on November 1, 2010. Thanks for entering and good luck!

I found this fascinating quote today:

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You should read the whole article.

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What are the hottest colors this season?

Orange, royal purple and green is the newest- consider how the non-seasonal prints may work for Mardi Gras as well. Also the traditional orange and black refreshed with gray and white.

Paper and embellishment collections that feature traditional Halloween themes of jack-o-lanterns, witches,bats and ghosts. Many retailers have gone with a more autumn/harvest season approach to their product. Many of these collections feature autumn leaves, pumpkins and stylized wildflowers. These collections transition quite well into Thanksgiving. Consider projects that do dual duty as Halloween and Thanksgiving décor with a few additions to make it season appropriate.

Cards-Folks will be looking for ideas for cards and especially party invitations. This is a great opportunity to show your customers great ways to make simple and elaborate cards. This is also a great time to show your customers the value in starting their own card clubs in the new year, and giving special discounts to card groups.

Products
Check out the Websites of your favorite retailers or my favorites for products that you can have delivered immediately.
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Paper Adventures-The Jeepers Creepers incorporates many hot trends including the 1970’s style owl, orange and orange and purple palette. Check out the woodblock tree paper and the allover spiderweb print. This collection is lots of fun! www.anwcrestwood.com

Sizzix-Halloween by Brenda Pinnick includes Sizzlits 3-Die Sets and Strip Dies, Sizzix Originals Dies, Sizzix Bigz Dies and Sizzix Texturz and Sizzix Clear Stamps. These are such great pieces to add to any Halloween layout. www.sizzix.com.

Moxxie-Eye of Newt Collection includes double sided papers, witch body parts (think of the witches legs under the house in Wizard of Oz, stickers and rub-ons. www.gotmoxxie.com.

Little Yellow Bicycle-Frightful has plenty of options in the traditional orange and black combine the papers and punch out s with a black haunted house chipboard album. www.mylyb.com.

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L-Their black adhesives are the perfect sticky note for the dark toned papers. Be sure to include some in your Halloween as well as core displays. www.scrapbook-adhesives.com.

Crafty Secrets-Halloween stamp sets- if your customers love vintage images these are some of my favorite. www.craftysecrets.com.

Me and My Big Ideas-Cornucopia is a lovely fall leaves-themed collection in autumnal tones tat would work well as table décor. The coordinating Soft Spoken line embellishments work for invitations as well as cards. www.meandmybigideas.com.

Hero Arts-The Turkeys and Pumpkins collection is a great example of how the autumn season can be drawn out and maximized with cute and classic images of traditional themes as well as inspirational message. www.heroarts.com.