{"id":8968,"date":"2011-08-17T22:32:35","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T03:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=8968"},"modified":"2011-08-17T22:32:35","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T03:32:35","slug":"thomas-nelson-10000-contest-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=8968","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Nelson – $10,000 Contest Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From Thomas Nelson:<\/p>\n

One of the highlights of our days in the Fiction department at Thomas Nelson? Receiving reader letters\u2014either directly addressed to us or passed along from our talented authors. It\u2019s critical to be reminded that at the end of our long days acquiring, editing, designing, selling, marketing, and publicizing books, those stories are reaching readers, striking nerves, changing lives. We want readers\u2019 feedback. How stories have given you hope. Which authors\u2019 series you can\u2019t help from sharing with everyone you meet. We want to know what makes you stay up late in the night to finish a story, and conversely what turns you away.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re conducting a series of surveys<\/a>\u2014seeking answers from readers who love Christian fiction. Up for grabs is a free ebook for every respondent who completes the survery, as well as a $10,000 prize for one entrant. The responses we gather will help shape the future of the books we publish for years to come. As well as the data we\u2019re collecting here, we\u2019ll also seek more in-depth feedback from a panel we\u2019ll develop over the next year. More details to come. The note below from one of authors gives a specific picture of how reader feedback shapes her work. In short, your opinion matters! We thank you for your time and appreciate your responding.<\/p>\n

—Thomas Nelson Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dear Friends–<\/p>\n

Your opinion matters. It really does. I love hearing from readers about what worked for them in a story and<\/em> about what doesn\u2019t work. Reader feedback changed the balance between romance and suspense in my novels. After the Rock Harbor trilogy, I wanted to write more suspense in my novels because that\u2019s what I personally like. But readers really wanted more relationship and romance in the books so I moved back that direction to about the same mix of 50\/50 that the Rock Harbor novels contained. I write for you even more than for myself.<\/p>\n

I had no intention of setting a whole series of books at Bluebird, Texas. It was going to be only one book, but readers sent me requests in droves for more books. The fourth book in the Lonestar series, Lonestar Angel,<\/em> will be out in October. The Rock Harbor novels were going to be complete at three. There are now five and I\u2019m thinking about another one! All due to reader demand.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve often asked for reader input on names and locations too. When I was struggling for a name for my hero in The Lightkeeper\u2019s Ball, I turned to my readers. Harrison really fit my character, and my readers told me. Love that! When I was trying to decide on a location for the new Hope Beach series I\u2019ve started, I asked readers. Their overwhelming response was for a series set in the Outer Banks so guess what I\u2019m writing?!<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why we\u2019re coming to you for answers. We want to give you what you really want! Don\u2019t be afraid to let us know what you really think. We value your honesty and the time it will take to share with us. Looking forward to hearing what you have to say!<\/p>\n

Your friend,<\/p>\n

Colleen Coble<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Thomas Nelson: One of the highlights of our days in the Fiction department at Thomas Nelson? Receiving reader letters\u2014either directly addressed to us or passed along from our talented authors. It\u2019s critical to be reminded that at the end of our long days acquiring, editing, designing, selling, marketing, and publicizing books, those stories are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8968"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8968"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8972,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8968\/revisions\/8972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}