Emily Rachelle Writes

Well, I have bad news and I have good news. The bad news is, only two people (only two?!) entered my review contest. Sad face. (Note to self: back to school is probably the number one worst time to host a contest.) The good news is, this means I'm extending the deadline! The contest will now be open until either we have a minimum of sixteen reviews (you know, title = book happy number... or something) or midnight September 30, whichever comes first. If we reach the sixteen-reviews mark, the winners will be chosen and awarded as originally planned. If we do not, the contest will be called off. (Oh noes! Please don't make me do that!) As a thank-you to the two lovely ladies who actually did enter, I'll be sending them a little surprise after the contest ends regardless of how this goes down. To see the original contest rules (all of which still apply, except the deadline) check out this post: http://emilyrachellewrites.blogspot.com/2014/08/its-contest.html ...

Who: Readers, Bloggers, and Book Reviewers What: Review Contest When: August 20-27 Where: Amazon, GoodReads, Barnes & Nobles, Smashwords, or your own blog Why: My book is officially six months old! On August 29, the paperback of Sixteen will have been out for exactly six months. Yay! Partly to celebrate and partly because it's been a while since we did anything prize-oriented and this qualifies as a decent excuse, I've decided to run a review contest! The Instructions 1. Get a copy of my book. Ebook , print , library, a friend, whatever. 2. Read my book. According to most of my readers, this can easily be done in a day or two. I believe them. It's astonishingly short, even for me. 3. Write a review of my book. See rules below. 4. Post review on one of the rules-approved websites. 5. Come back here and comment on this post with a link to your review by August 27. Ta-da! You're entered for one of two prize packs. ...

As promised last week, here is my impromptu Warby Parker glasses modeling session! Feel free to comment below with your thoughts, my lovely readers. :)

Hello, my lovely readers! How are you this fine summer morning? Ready for school yet? :) I start in mid-August, and I'm super excited to get started on this next scene in my life! Recently I was approached online by Brian Magida on the marketing team for a glasses company called Warby Parker . This is a high fashion glasses designer, with shapes and colors that really bring only one word to my mind: hipster. Honestly, the majority of their frames aren't really my style, so I almost said no to their request for a blog post. But then I found out about some of their charity work/partners and their Home Try-On program, and figured, why not? Then I discovered, while working on this post, that the company (a) was started by readers, (b) was named after characters from their favorite author's works, and (c) sells books alongside their glasses in their physical stores. How cool is that?! So today I'll tell you about their newest collections and charity work. Once my five fr...

I took my own photos of the insoles, but I can't seem to get my phone to cooperate and transfer them to my computer. So I'll just be using the photos provided by BzzAgent. Sorry, my lovely readers! DreamWalk High Heel Insoles I actually really love this picture -- I had just worn a new pair of heels for the first time when I requested to join this product campaign, and this is a perfect illustration of how those heels left my feet feeling! I knew if I got into this campaign I would definitely use the insoles on that particular pair of shoes. Brand: Dr. Scholl's DreamWalk Product: High Heel Insoles Description:  Dr. Scholl's ®  DreamWalk ™  High Heel Insoles are clinically proven to help prevent foot pain from heels 2” or higher - and now they feature a wicking top cloth fabric designed to keep feet dry. Plus, four out of five women who tried High Heel Insoles would recommend them to a friend! On the web:  http://www.drscholls.com/Products/DreamWa...

A Broken Kind of Beautiful  by Katie Ganshert Sometimes everything you ever learned about yourself is wrong. Amazon Page GoodReads Page Author Website Fashion is a fickle industry, a frightening fact for twenty-four year old model Ivy Clark. Ten years in and she’s learned a sacred truth—appearance is everything. Nobody cares about her broken past as long as she looks beautiful for the camera. This is the only life Ivy knows—so when it starts to unravel, she’ll do anything to hold on. Even if that means moving to the quaint island town of Greenbrier, South Carolina, to be the new face of her stepmother’s bridal wear line—an irony too rich for words, since Ivy is far from the pure bride in white. If only her tenuous future didn’t rest in the hands of Davis Knight, her mysterious new photographer. Not only did he walk away from the kind of success Ivy longs for to work maintenance at a local church, he treats her differently than any man ever has. Somehow, D...

I'm baaack! Say hello to the latest official high school graduate and Taylor University college freshman! Also say hello to the newer, more streamlined, and shorter book reviews I'm trying out. I figure if I'm going to keep this blog going in college I'll need to keep my posts short and sweet as well as keeping my scheduled post days infrequent. Let me know how you like the new reviews in the comments! 30 Days to a More Beautiful You by Kylie Bisutti A Devotional for Girls Amazon Page GoodReads Page Author Website Despite what the world leads us to believe, true beauty has  nothing  to do with outward appearances. The more we focus on what we look like on the outside, the more insecure we become. Fortunately, God doesn’t measure our worth by how we look. We have value simply because we are His children. The more we focus on getting our hearts right with the Lord and honoring Him, the more secure and confident we will become—and the more we will exude true be...