Jude's BlogNews | Jude's Blog http://www.judesplace.com/blog Musings of a Romance Novelist Tue, 31 Dec 2019 14:05:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Welcome to my Blog http://www.judesplace.com/blog/2019/12/welcome-to-my-blog/ http://www.judesplace.com/blog/2019/12/welcome-to-my-blog/#comments Tue, 31 Dec 2019 14:05:23 +0000 Jude http://www.judesplace.com/blog/?p=45 I am a forum gal at heart, but I am trying to maintain this blog as well! If you’d like an interactive area to chat with me, feel free to join my free forum at http://www.judesplace.com/forum and you can also follow me at twitter @judel. I visit both several times a day.

If there is any author who would like to be a guest blogger and/or be interviewed, please let me know. I would love to exchange promos! All guest bloggers are showcased on my Promos page.

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Those edits are now concluded, and the new release date is February 6th. I’m still a bit disappointed at this delay, but they are accepting pre-orders. So be sure to head on over to http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=&P_ID=1510 and place your orders. As soon as the book is released, it will show up in your VIP account ready to read.

]]> http://www.judesplace.com/blog/2012/01/sierra-sky-to-be-released-in-one-week/feed/ 0 Win a copy of Sierra Sky or one of your choice! http://www.judesplace.com/blog/2012/01/win-a-copy-of-sierra-sky-or-one-of-your-choice/ http://www.judesplace.com/blog/2012/01/win-a-copy-of-sierra-sky-or-one-of-your-choice/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:29:53 +0000 Jude http://www.judesplace.com/blog/?p=689 Yes! I think it’s time for another contest. Though Sierra Sky will apparently be delayed due to editing issues, it will eventually be released. For anyone out there just itching to read it now, here is your chance to win a copy of either Sierra Sky or ANY of my other books. That’s right, the winner can pick any book I’ve written. What do you have to do? Easy, just do the following three things:

1. Follow me on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/judel

2. Like and/or Friend me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jude-Liebermann/201909099858288 or http://www.facebook.com/judeliebermann

3. Sign up for my newsletter, since that is how I will be announcing the winner. You can find the signup at http://www.judesplace.com on the far left side of the page.

On January 31st, I will pick a random winner. Good luck!
And don’t forget to comment here when you’re done, so I can check! ;-)

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]]> http://www.judesplace.com/blog/2012/01/nadas-secret-is-free-on-kindle-prime/feed/ 0 Nada’s Secret gets a new cover! http://www.judesplace.com/blog/2011/12/nadas-secret-gets-a-new-cover/ http://www.judesplace.com/blog/2011/12/nadas-secret-gets-a-new-cover/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:49:56 +0000 Jude http://www.judesplace.com/blog/?p=676 It took me two nights to do it, but I finally sat down and created a new cover for the first installment of my A Modern Myth trilogy, Nada’s Secret. I was too tired last night to upload a copy of it, but I will be sure to do that the next time I’m at my home computer. I tried to keep the integrity of the current cover as I upgraded it with real people as well as making it match the updated cover for Drew’s Destiny.

Why the update? Well, if you visit the main page of my site, my other beautiful covers make their rounds in the carousel. I noticed how the remaining two covers of my trilogy look a bit amateurish by comparison. So I realized it was time to update them, since I had already updated the final installment. Grady’s Return will take me a bit longer to update, but that too will get a new look. Hopefully, it won’t take me as long as it did to finish Nada’s cover. :)

So stay tuned for that new cover to make its appearance in the carousel on my site…as well as on amodernmyth.com

Edit: Please note that due to the Flash coding, your browser’s cache must be cleared before you can see the new cover in the carousel. I have also posted the cover on my forum for members to see the full size.

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I will also be updating the main page of my site as soon as the book has its own page!


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http://www.cafepress.com/judesshop

]]> http://www.judesplace.com/blog/2011/11/new-shop-on-cafepress-com/feed/ 0 Avoid using BuddyPress! http://www.judesplace.com/blog/2011/11/avoid-using-buddypress/ http://www.judesplace.com/blog/2011/11/avoid-using-buddypress/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:03:49 +0000 Jude http://www.judesplace.com/blog/?p=628 I just went through a few weeks of not understanding what was wrong with my blog.  At first I thought it was WordPress, so I visited the help forum.  Discovered that it could be my host, so I put in a support ticket.  Found out a solution that I was reluctant to try (disabling mod_security).  I disabled all my plugins but one, since everytime I did I got an error. Yep, it was BuddyPress (BP).  For those who don’t know, BP makes your blog a lot like twitter and facebook. Makes it more interactive and lets you see a stream of activity.  Kind of neat, but you have to use special themes.  I didn’t realize that when I disabled BP, the theme wouldn’t work without it.  So all the work I put into my theme was worthless, since I couldn’t use it without BP.  BUT if I left it active, nothing worked well.  At first I couldn’t modify any of widgets and then I realized I couldn’t insert any photos.  I then bit the bullet and updated BP to the newest version.  I really didn’t like a lot of the new additions, and you couldn’t turn them off.  On top of that, it turned my 3 column theme into 2 themes,  and I couldn’t figure out how to fix it.  So I found a new 3 column theme, disabled BP and then had to update this new theme.  It’s still not exactly like I want it, but it’s close enough for now.   UGH!  So my apologies to anyone who visited during all this and came across any error pages. It was a nightmare for a few hours!  :)

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http://www.victoriablisse.co.uk/blog/friends-friday-jude/

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