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Lady Wynwood #7 early release Kickstarter

I worked on my first Kickstarter and it got approved! It’s for the Special Edition Hardcover of Lady Wynwood’s Spies, volume 1: Archer and the release of Lady Wynwood’s Spies, volume 7: Spinster. I contacted my graphic designer about the Special Edition Hardcover of vol. 1: Archer—it’s going to be SO beautiful! The Kickstarter focuses on the Special Edition Hardcover, but it’ll also include vol. 7: Spinster so that it’ll sort of be like a launch day for vol. 7, too. A third special thing that’ll be in the Kickstarter is Special Edition Paperbacks of all the books in the series. They won’t be available in stores, just in the Kickstarter (and later, from my website, and also in my Patreon book box tiers if I decide to do them). The Kickstarter is not live yet, but you can follow it to be alerted when it has launched. (You may need to create a free Kickstarter account.) Follow Camy’s Kickstarter
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Review - Good Girls Don't Have to Dress Bad by Shari Braendel

Good Girls Don't Have to Dress Bad
by
Shari Braendel

In Good Girls Don’t Have to Dress Bad, Shari Braendel teaches you how to appreciate the body God gave you and how to always look your best-from conquering the battle of finding the right swimsuit, to choosing how many bangles you should wear or how big your purse should be, to wearing the right style jeans that will best flatter your thighs or hips, to finding the best places to shop to suit your unique personal style.

Many of us are watching reality TV shows to get a clue on how to dress right and look good. We hungrily purchase fashion magazines any time the cover article has something to do with how we can hide our despised body parts. We make mad dashes to the local department store to pick up the new anti-wrinkle cream Oprah promised will take ten years away from our face.

We care about how we look. Why is that? Because we’re women, and women love to look and feel good. God made us that way. And this is not a bad thing. In fact, it’s a wonderful thing. God loves beauty. He doesn’t want us to reflect his image being sloppy, disheveled women of God who don’t pay any attention to what we look like.

Good Girls Don’t Have to Dress Bad will show you how to look and feel your best, no matter what day it is or what the occasion. And it will also stop you from screaming at the top of your lungs, “I have nothing to wear.”

Camy here: I was very impressed with this book. The concept itself was intriguing and I was anxious to get a copy to read it (I received a free copy from Blog Tour Spots for review).

She offers so MANY different aspects of fashion that I wouldn't have even thought of, but which were very informative. I love the pictures of "real women" in the book of all different body and face shapes, ages, and skin/hair colors.

The only thing I would have liked more of would have been more pictures of different fashion options. I realize she needed to cover several different types of women, but more ideas for fashion options would have made this book absolutely perfect for me. Or maybe she can add more photos to a section on her website, to compliment the book?

Anyway, a really great book for women like me who don't really know that much about fashion. This book gives good advice for how to choose what will flatter you in all aspects of the way you look.

Fashion Makeover Contest
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Complete and submit the entry form at www.FashionMeetsFaith.com, Shari Braendel FaceBook page, Zondervan FaceBook page, Zondervan Twitter account between August 9, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. (EST) and August 28, 2010 at 5:00 p.m (EST).

First Prize: One Winner will receive . . .
One $500 Visa gift card, one web camera, one-hour fashion consultation with Shari Braendel via Skype, one set of color swatches, and one autographed copy of Good Girls Don’t Have to Dress Bad. Approximate retail value: $600. The fashion consultation will be scheduled at a mutually convenient time for the winner and Ms. Braendel on a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday between September 15 and November 15, 2010.

Second Prize: Three Winners will receive . . .
One $100 Visa gift card, one 30-minute fashion consultation with Shari Braendel via telephone, one set of color swatches, and one autographed copy of Good Girls Don’t Have to Dress Bad. Approximate retail value: $450. The fashion consultation will be scheduled at a mutually convenient time for the winner and Ms. Braendel on a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday between September 15 and November 15, 2010.

Third Prize: Ten Winners will receive . . .
One autographed copy of Good Girls Don’t Have to Dress Bad. Approximate retail value $150.

For complete details, visit Shari’s website.

Check out the other blogs on the tour!
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Carrie Turansky said…
I heard about this book at the She Speaks Conference earlier this month. Sounds great! Thanks for the info, Camy.
Blessings,
Carrie
Fri Aug 20, 12:11:00 AM 2010
Camy Tang said…
Thanks Carrie! I really liked this book.
Camy
Fri Aug 20, 01:29:00 AM 2010
D. said…
Wow - this sounds like a great book! Of all the contests, I'd be the most interested in getting a copy of the book for my book club's reading library!
Fri Aug 20, 06:42:00 AM 2010
Camy Tang said…
I'm sure your book club would love it!
Fri Aug 20, 12:01:00 PM 2010
Holly (2 Kids and Tired) said…
I really liked this one. I loved that her models were real and even plus sized. I can see your point, too, about having more photos of the style options.
Sun Aug 22, 03:58:00 PM 2010
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