books

Introducing the Reading Journal

February 23, 2022 in books / Reading Journal by Jewel Allen

UPDATE: We have a winner. Congratulations Beth! Please email me HERE to claim your prize. Thanks everyone for participating. Welcome to my blog! My name is Jewel Allen and I’m hosting Day 12 of Valentine’s Countdown to Great Giveaways. Visit our grand Valentine’s Countdown to Great Giveaways, daily until Feb. […]

Valentine’s Day and Love Songs

February 11, 2019 in books / inspirational / music by Jewel Allen

**This sale is good thru 11/27/16** Jewel Allen Soapbox $.99 AMAZON Nonfiction/Political Memoir When a medical waste company tries to relocate to her county, columnist Jewel Allen never would have guessed it would be the end of one life, and the beginning of another. Wanting to protect her community, she […]

Holiday Book Bargains

November 24, 2016 in books by Jewel Allen

This past St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2015, I had the opportunity of doing a multi-author book signing at the Provo City Library with 9 other really fun authors: Holly Kelly, Jaleta Clegg, Laura Bastian, Mikey Brooks, Jacob Cooper, Tifani Clark, Ali Cross, Marianna Roberg, and Donna Weaver. Jacob gets the […]

How to do a multi-author book signing

March 19, 2015 in book marketing / books / business of being an author by Jewel Allen

Pink Think: “As in every business you have to always ask yourself what your product is and the best way to deliver it.” – Mark Cuban [This contest is CLOSED. Thanks everyone for participating!] My husband laughs when I get excited coming up with business ideas, or branding strategies. Book […]

“How to Win” a Movie Ticket Giveaway

January 3, 2012 in books / giveaway / motherhood by Jewel Allen

Pink Think: “What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow.” – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Summary: Women and construction shouldn’t mix. At least, that is what the client, Mr. Blackwell, thinks when twenty-one year old Julia D. Halstead is promoted […]

Book Review: Fall by Jennifer Hurst

September 28, 2011 in books by Jewel Allen

Pink Think: ” Oh, the summer night, Has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne.” -Barry Cornwall photo copyright 2011 Jewel AllenSchool’s out which means… 1. This is the summer to remember, I can just feel it in the air! For one, it’s still raining here […]

Summer Bucket List

May 30, 2011 in art / books / family / songs / writing by Jewel Allen

Pink Think: “My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.” – Mark Twain I tried to explain, but I was laughing too hard. The kids looked at me curiously as I sat at the kitchen table doubled over with laughter and wiping […]

The Hilarious Potato Incident

April 11, 2011 in books / motherhood by Jewel Allen

Pink Think: “There is no Frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing Poetry.” – Emily Dickinson photo from johnsemper.com Like a starved person, I have been devouring books lately. I read four books in as many days and wildly different […]

Books As Frigates

March 14, 2011 in books / writing by Jewel Allen