I’m participating in JoJo’s 12 Days of Blogmas fun.  Head over to JoJo’s place to check out my interview and you could win books! Lot of authors are participating, so be sure to check out JoJo’s Book Corner.

Now back to my copy-edits…

Yes, it’s that time of year again (already?)…time for me to talk about my favorite ways to *give* during the holidays.  This is just a simple list I’ve compiled, and I would love for you to add your favorite charity organizations or giving methods to comments.

First…let’s talk free giving.  Money is tight this year, so if you want to help others but don’t have the money to share–how about doing a bit of clicking?

You can give food to the hungry by visiting The Hunger Site.  (According to the site, one click is equal “to 1.1 cups of food.”)

You can give food and shelter to animals by visiting The Animal Rescue Site.

Other ways to give…

The Salvation Army Angel Tree program is one that I donate to each year.  I particularly enjoy this program now that I have a son–Jack helps me pick out the presents for the child that we adopt and it really helps him to understand the concept of giving to others who are in need.

You can also donate a toy (any price) to the Toys for Tots program.  There are usually Toys for Tots collection boxes at all the big stores (Wal-mart, Target, Toys R Us) this time of year.

But Christmas isn’t just about the kids.  I love my local Walgreen’s b/c they always have a small tree up at this time of the year, and on that tree, you can find the needs of elderly people that you can “adopt” for the holidays. Their requests are so simple–socks, cookies.  Just something to brighten the holidays.

Other ways to give…

Clean out your closet. Take those old clothes and give them to a charitable organization in your area.  Need to make room for all the new toys your kids are getting? Donate some of the old toys to Goodwill.

Do you have any giving ideas you’d like to share? I’d love to hear them!!!

Happy Holidays!

Thanks so much for sharing your holiday traditions with me. I had a great time reading all the responses.  🙂

I selected three winners at random, and those winners are…

Belinda B.

Wanda

Brenda M.

Congrats to the winners!!  Hope everyone has a fabulous Monday!

Would you like an early copy of ETERNAL HUNTER (due in stores on 12/29?)  Then leave me a comment–tell me about your favorite holiday tradition.

I’ll giveaway 3 copies of ETERNAL HUNTER.  The commenters will be picked at random, and I’ll leave the contest open until 6 pm Eastern time on Sunday, December 6, 2009.

ETERNAL HUNTER is the first book in my Night Watch series–the series about paranormal bounty hunters.  I was excited to receive a starred review from Publishers Weekly for this book.  Here’s a snippet from the review, “Danger and excitement leap off every page of this fast-paced paranormal romance…” (Full review is here.)   And, one of my all-time favorite paranormal authors, Christine Feehan (I’ve been addicted to her Carpathians for soooo long), gave me a quote for the book.  (Thank you, Christine Feehan! You’re awesome!!).  She called the book, “A fast-paced, sexy thrill ride you won’t want to miss.”

Want to read this book before it’s in stores?  Then tell me about your favorite holiday tradition!  And have a great weekend!

Hi, everyone! Just wanted to come and announce the names of the winners from my recent newsletter contest. The five winners are:

Sheila T.
Ilona F.
Judy P.
Lynn M.
Lolian S.

Congratulations to the winners!  I just sent emails to all the winners, so please check your In-Box.

And if you didn’t win…check back in tomorrow.  I’ll have an ETERNAL HUNTER giveaway posted on my blog.  Have a good night!