8/29/2019

Jacqui Nelson's 1-year "Get Lost in a Story" blogging anniversary celebration

It’s been one year since I joined Get Lost in a Story and I feel like celebrating! Continue reading for a chance to win a special gift from my home in Canada...



It’s been a good year. It’s been fun and has gone by fast. It’s been a privilege to be a GLIAS host, to hang out with my fellow hosts, to read their blog posts and their guests' posts as well. I've loved getting to know everyone better, including the amazing GLIAS blog readers!

A behind-the-scenes confession... 

I could have had the pleasure of being part of Get Lost in a Story much sooner. Angi Morgan asked me to join earlier (a lot earlier—we're talking years earlier) but…I was shy about blogging.

What could I share regularly in a group blog? Did I have anything to share even in one blog post? How could I find (or entice) my fellow authors to join me as guests? Could I give blog readers something interesting to read?

Well, one never gets the answers to these types of questions until one tackles them. So, I’m lucky that last year at the Wild Deadwood Reads author-reader event (after having an amazing time touring South Dakota with Elisabeth Burke, and also sharing a room with her at the event), Amanda McIntyre asked me to join GLIAS. And Angi did again, as well. 

What happened next? 

  • On July 24, 2018, Elisabeth wrote a blog post introducing me to the GLIAS blog.
  • On August 6, I hosted myself as my first guest in my North of the Border guest blog series. I needed something (or someone) to introduce my vision for the theme of sharing something/anything about Canada that has inspired a writer or their stories. And what better way to introduce something than with yourself as the test subject? 
  • On Sept 6, I hosted my first guest author, Alice Valdal. 
  • And now on Sept 5 (one year later in 2019), my next guest will be Rick Lauber—and I’ll have hosted 27 guest bloggers! 
That’s approximately one guest every 2 weeks. Or maybe one guest every week and a bit, since for the entire month of August I took a break from blogging in order to fully enjoy a trip to southern France—a getaway from all things writing-related.

Sometimes it’s good to take a break from something you do a lot—so that you can return to that something refreshed and eager to continue.

And now for the chance to win my special gift from Canada, that celebrates my 1-year GLIAS blogging anniversary! 



COMMENT BELOW saying why you enjoy the GLIAS blog or just simply by writing "hi" (before the end of the day on Sept 2) for a chance to win a Canada-themed cup and coaster set.

The cup is from Victoria (where I currently live on Canada's southwest coast) and has a bunch of “Canadian fun facts” on it…such as “the longest beaver dam in the world is located in Northern Alberta.” Who knew?

I like that "fun fact" best because Northern Alberta (with its prairies, forests, and farmland) is where I grew up—and it leads perfectly to describing the coaster set in my giveaway.

Last year, while visiting Alberta in August, I found these super cute, vintage Royal Canadian Mounted Police (with a chipmunk on his shoulder) coasters. And I immediately knew I had to take them home. AND save them for a day like today—when I could give them away in a blog just like this 🙂❤️

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27 comments:

  1. Happy Anniversary Jacqui! Life is full of twists and turns and opportunities, isn't it? So happy Amanda and Angi convinced you to join GLIAS Blog, I've thoroughly enjoyed your North of the Border Blogs.

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    1. Happy they asked you to join the GLIAS blog as well, CH! I always look forward to reading your words ❤️

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    2. Hello I'm so happy sharing this, I still can’t thank you enough powerful Priest Elijah, My husband left for a younger lady because i was unable to give birth due to PCOS,I was so devastated i was lonely i cried a lot i even tried taking my life, Then my friend told me about this great man Priest Elijah who helped her made her marriage perfect, I also went online and did more research about him i was not too sure but i decided to give him a try he told me not to worry everything was going to be alright, He told me all i needed to pay which was a convenient fee and i did and he did his work and sent me video proof and told me to wait 24hrs that he will be back, The next morning to my greatest surprise it was Shawn my husband on his knees begging I'm so happy, It didn’t stop there, I'm proud to say that I'm 3 weeks pregnant thank you so much Priest Elijah I'm forever grateful contact him

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  2. wow congrats on your blogging anniversary! you're an inspiration to procrastinating bloggers like me. keep it up!

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    1. I was once a total procrastinating blogger...now I only procrastinate 1/2 the time 😉

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  3. I am so glad you finally joined us, Jacqui. You're such a joy to have in my life !!

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    1. I'm glad for the same reason! It's a joy to chat and collaborate with you every chance that I get, Angi ❤️

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  4. Jacqui, I was so thrilled you contacted me after Elisabeth had me on her blog when my first book launched last year and invited me to visit North of the Border. I came for a visit and enjoyed telling you about my Canadian settings in my books. I'm always happy to spread the word about what beauty and history we have up here in the north country lol. I look forward to all your blogs and think you should do one about your fabulous trip to France. I love the mug and would love to be the lucky winner Did I tell you that I had a mug made with the cover of my first book? It looks so great here by my computer screen, filled with pencisl, that I think I'll do it again with my second cover...a set of matching cups lol. Have a wonderful day and I'm tipping my glass to celebrate your anniversary.

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    1. So happy we connected via GLIAS and blogging, Elizabeth! Love that you've put your book cover on a mug! Great idea. So is making a set of two! 💕

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  5. Thanks for letting me know your comment didn't come through here on my blog post, Jackie Riley. I've added your name to the draw for the mug and coasters ❤️

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  6. I truly have enjoyed reading your North of the Border Blogs. So much fun and I learned so much about your Country..

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    1. Thank you, Sandy! Learning about new places is fun. Now, if only I could remember all the things I learned 😉

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  7. fun pics and info to share

    bn100candg at hotmail dot com

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    1. I love adding pictures to blogs! Sometimes I love this part too much because I spend more time looking at the pictures than writing 🙂

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  8. Always happy to visit and discover new books.

    marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com

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  9. I am so glad that you came to GLIAS as when I see that it is your day and I know you are doing a Canadian author that I have not read it excites me so . We get to find out all about them like we would of never found out and then you ask the questions that we would ask. I love having you here and so happy that you came on board. Hugs Peggy Clayton ptclayton2@aol.com p.s. and no you can't leave any time soon just warning you!

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    1. Thank you, Peggy, for commenting and sharing on not only my blogs but so many others! It's an absolute pleasure being here and getting to hang out with you ❤️

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  10. Jacqui- Happy 1 year anniversary. I love GLIAS it’s such a fun blog and I always learn so very much. Love you sweet lady and thank you for such a wonderful friendship.

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    1. Thank you, Tonya! Love you too! It was a beautiful day when Linda Broday introduced us 💕

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  11. Hi! Happy Bloggy Anniversary!

    Karin A
    karin56381 (at) gmail.com

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    1. Hi, Karin! Thanks for commenting and saying "Hi."

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  12. I've enjoyed meeting other Canadian authors on your blog, Jacqui. I hadn't had much luck finding them on amazon, etc. Well done.

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    1. Amazon doesn't always make it easy to find what we're looking for. Great to hear you enjoyed my "North of the Border"guest blog series, Alice. And thank you again for being my guest ❤️

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  13. Thank you for all for reading and commenting on my "Get Lost in a Story" 1-year anniversary blog post! The winner (drawn by random .org) is... Sandy Sorola! Wish I could send you all this gift, or at least some sort of gift...so if you'd like a free e-book from me (your pick - it could even be my upcoming release, "A Bride for Brynmor"), please contact me a Jacqui (at)JacquiNelson.com

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  14. Hello I'm so happy sharing this, I still can’t thank you enough powerful Priest Elijah, My husband left for a younger lady because i was unable to give birth due to PCOS,I was so devastated i was lonely i cried a lot i even tried taking my life, Then my friend told me about this great man Priest Elijah who helped her made her marriage perfect, I also went online and did more research about him i was not too sure but i decided to give him a try he told me not to worry everything was going to be alright, He told me all i needed to pay which was a convenient fee and i did and he did his work and sent me video proof and told me to wait 24hrs that he will be back, The next morning to my greatest surprise it was Shawn my husband on his knees begging I'm so happy, It didn’t stop there, I'm proud to say that I'm 3 weeks pregnant thank you so much Priest Elijah I'm forever grateful contact him

    Email: universalspellhelp@gmail.com or

    universalspellhelp@yahoo.com

    WhatsApp him +2347054380994

    Website: https://universalspellhelp.wixsite.com/priestelijah

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