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A post from my good friend Mimi Barbour:
After I listened to an old Elvis Presley hit called She’s Not You, I couldn’t get the words out of my head. Finally, it came to me. The sentiments were so beautiful that the story they told should be written. So, I wrote the first chapter and the song stopped haunting me. I released book #1 of the Elvis Series late in Nov.  

When it came time to decide which of Elvis’s song should be chosen for Book #2, I decided who better than the readers themselves to make the choice. ~ Mimi 
“Make an Elvis song into a book contest!”
Please let all your friends know about it!
Tell your mom and her pals who grew up with the King!
Share this link with your Facebook buddies and twitter followers.
It'll be fun to see which of his songs will grace the cover of 
Book #2 in Mimi Barbour’s
Elvis series.

Here’s what the winner will receive:

1.     The winner will have his/her favorite song chosen as the title and theme for the next book in the Elvis series.

2.     It will be dedicated to the winner.

3.     And their name will be used for one of the characters.



More information on She's Not You

Thanks for stopping by, please visit my bio for more information about what I write and what I like to read and share. 

Until next time, happy reading!

Carmen DeSousa

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  1. Mimi BarbourMonday, February 10, 2014

    This post looks great, Carmen!! Thanks so much for letting me visit with my contest story. And good luck to everyone who joins in the fun!

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    1. Carmen DeSousaMonday, February 10, 2014

      I'm not going to enter, as I don't enter contests I help host, obviously, but... I'd have to say... 'Love Me Tender' ... I still get chills when I hear it.

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