The Vanishing Sculptor Blog Tour, Day 3

It’s now the third and final day of this month’s Christian Science Fiction & Fantasy Blog Tour, which features Donita K. Paul’s new book, The Vanishing Sculptor.

Today I’d like to talk a little bit about the author. I had the privilege of meeting Mrs. Paul on the Motiv8 Book Tour in October 2008. What a wonderful and charming lady!

Mrs. Paul, a former school teacher, found herself bored when she retired early, thus leading her to begin again with a new career writing Christian Romance and Fantasy novels. I understand her DragonKeeper books have now sold more than 300,000 copies! I know my kids and I have read all five of them and they are simply wonderful. And yet, she has not completely left behind her teaching skills. She has built quite a reputation mentoring teenagers and leading weekly adult writing workshops–a reputation that, I might add, brought her this year’s Mentor of the Year Award from the American Christian Fiction Writers’ guild. Congratulations, Mrs. Paul!

From the looks of her website (and her interaction with my daughter and her friend who made her a couple of little clay dragons), Mrs. Paul loves her fans and makes them all feel welcome.

Another of my favorite little things Mrs. Paul has accomplished is she was instrumental in establishing a national Appreciate A Dragon Day and, best of all, it falls on my birthday (January 16)! Now there’s a holiday I don’t mind sharing my birthday with.

Last but not least, Mrs. Paul is sponsoring a contest with the goal to get the DragonKeeper Chronicles and The Vanishing Sculptor into as many libraries as possible. The winner will receive a prize package of books from Waterbrook Press. The contest ends soon, so you’d better hurry if you want to enter. Details are here:
http://www.donitakpaul.com/fun/contest.html

Well, it’s been a fun tour. Make sure to check out all the other bloggers:

Brandon Barr
Jim Black
Justin Boyer
Rachel Briard
Karri Compton
Amy Cruson
CSFF Blog Tour
Stacey Dale
D. G. D. Davidson
Jeff Draper
April Erwin
Karina Fabian
Linda Gilmore
Todd Michael Greene
Katie Hart
Ryan Heart
Becky Jesse
Cris Jesse
Jason Joyner
Julie
Carol Keen
Krystine Kercher
Dawn King
Rebecca LuElla Miller
Mirtika
Eve Nielsen (posting later in the week)
Nissa
John W. Otte
Lyn Perry
Crista Richey
Cheryl Russell
Chawna Schroeder
James Somers
Speculative Faith
Rachel Starr Thomson
Robert Treskillard
Steve Trower
Fred Warren
Phyllis Wheeler
Elizabeth Williams
KM Wilsher

For more info on The Vanishing Sculptor, see: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400073391

Information on the author:
Donita Paul’s Web site - http://www.donitakpaul.com/
Donita Paul’s blog - http://dragonbloggin.blogspot.com/

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Book Spotlight, Uncategorized | Dona Watson | September 23, 2009 8:11 pm

4 Comments

By Donita K. Paul, September 24, 2009 @ 5:32 pm

Thank you, your post is wonderful. I have to admit something though. I clearly remember your daughters when we met at the bookstore, but I don’t have a clear picture of you. That is so typical. For years, my focus has been on the kids. It is a hard habit to break. And well, I’m not trying too hard.

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September 24th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Mrs. Paul:
Thank you for stopping by and for the kind words. I wish you all the best with this and future books.

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By Rachel Starr Thomson, September 25, 2009 @ 6:20 am

I’ve heard of starting a holiday as a great way to promote your books, but I don’t think I’ve met anyone who’s actually done it! It’s a great idea .

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