Ah, I just can’t resist! My friend Joyce Moyer Hostetter, in celebration of the issuing of her TWO books in paperback, “Blue” and its sequel, “Comfort,” is circulating these two awesome book trailers.
“Blue” is a middle-grade story about a girl who in 1944 “put on her overalls and became a man of the house,” “became best friends with a colored girl” and learned that “all of life is fragile as a mimosa blossom.”
“Comfort,” a sequel to “Blue” takes the reader into the post-war America, where the protagonist of “Blue,” now a fourteen year-old, battles with the after-effects of polio and war. 
Joyce is graciously donating the two books to me, just as a thanks for participating in the contest on her own blog (or maybe just because she’s nice, or maybe both). I would love love love to just keep them, re-read “Blue,” read “Comfort,” and celebrate Joyce. But I can’t resist an awesome giveaway. I know I am totally spoiling you, but what can I do? I am addicted, people!!
Have any of you read those two fine historical novels? I haven’t actually read “Comfort” yet, and I will, but the reviews say it’s even better than “Blue,” so wow, I can only imagine!  I have read “Blue” even before Joyce and I became friends, and I heartily recommend this poignant, original page-turner.
But whether or not you read the books, would you help me spread the word about them by posting a link to her book trailers for both “Blue” and for “Comfort?” Leave a comment telling me where and how you did this, so I can enter you into this marvelous giveaway. Tell your friends — tell everyone! Let’s make this big, eh?
You’ve got one week — ready, set, go!
In other news, did you know that yesterday was National Writing Day? A day, to celebrate the linking of words into stories is an actual national holiday as of 2009. Started by a group og high school teachers, National Writing Day celebrates and promotes everything writing: from research papers and poetry, to texts to your friends and Facebook status updates… 🙂 Anyway, here is a column I wrote about some Jersey Shore authors sharing some pretty intimate thoughts about their writing processes in honor of Writing Day.
Happy writing — and happy reading, too (for how can we have one without the other? 😉
Katiaesque 
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