Guest Post with Author Hailey Edwards and Giveaway

Today I would like to welcome author Hailey Edwards back to the blog. Hailey is celebrating the release of her newest book, Soul Weaver and has stopped by to chat, but before I give the floor over to Hailey, lets get to know her a bit.

Hailey is a wife turned mother turned writer, who loves her husband, her daughter and alone time with her computer. Whenever southern living strikes her as too ordinary, she can be found squinting at her monitor as she writes her next happily-ever-after or with her nose glued to her Kindle’s screen. Wings and/or cupcakes are usually involved…

Places to find Hailey:

| Site | Blog | Facebook | Twitter | 

Friendship in the Digital Age

The world is a different place than it was even a decade ago. We’re all connected not just by phone and email, but through Twitter and Facebook and a hundred other social networks and social apps. That sort of near-limitless access to people does have its drawbacks. Our society is “on” twenty-four/seven. But I think the benefits outweigh the risks, at least for now.

The greatest benefit, to me, has been the friendships that spring up from that connectivity.

I have local friends (mostly other moms) that I hang out with. But my dearest friends are all ladies I met online. There are about a half dozen of us that have been friends for about five years now, and we’re so emotionally close that the physical miles don’t matter.

We come from all over: Scotland, Georgia, D.C., Michigan, Alabama, New York.

All those miles add up fast, but you know what? When I held my first ever book signing, each of those ladies flew in to support me. I can’t express how great it felt to actually hug them. I knew what they looked like from pictures, knew the sounds of their voices and their senses of humor, but know I’ve seen the whole picture. We clicked in person the same as we clicked online.

It makes me wonder, though, if that would have been the case if we had met in person before getting to know each other. I doubt you’ll find a more diverse group in age, taste, and temperament. I like to think if we had met say, in a bookstore, that we would have recommended titles or authors to each other and maybe, just maybe, passed over an email address so we could chat about books sometime.

It can be difficult to find likeminded people living near you. The digital age has made it possible to ignore the distance (for the most part) and embrace people who enrich and improve your life through their friendship. I’ve heard it said multiple times that online or digital-based friendships aren’t real, and that’s just not true. They’re as real as the people sitting at their keyboards, typing away as they laugh with you about your day or lean on your shoulder when they need it.

Where do you fall on the digital divide? Have you made friends online? Have you gone on to meet those friends in real life? Was the experience as great as you always hoped it would be?

Tell me your thoughts and you’ll be entered to win a $5 Amazon gift card and your choice of any title (excluding Soul Weaver) from my backlist in any digital format.


Since the accident that nearly took her life, Chloe suffers from acute agoraphobia. Living alone above her family’s bookstore, she spends restless nights terrified by strange visions . . . until a mysterious stranger appears and offers her salvation. Chloe is drawn to the ethereal, gorgeous Nathaniel—but her haunted soul warns her there is more to him than meets the eye.

An archangel who roams Earth collecting souls of the newly departed, Nathanial is the sole witness to the accident that should have taken Chloe’s life. Seduced by the purity of her soul, he defies Providence by saving her life. But his attempt at kindness marks Chloe for damnation, and makes her an unwitting pawn in a game of unholy ambition. Now together they must fight the demons of Hell itself—for a love that defies the boundaries of Heaven and Earth.

Places to Purchase:

| Amazon | Barnes & Noble | 

Want to win some goodies from Hailey? Check out whats up for grabs

Up For Grabs:

• 1 lucky commenter will win a $5 Amazon Gift Card along with their choice of eBook from Hailey's back-list (Soul Weaver) 

To Enter:

• Leave a comment answering the question: Where do you fall on the digital divide? Have you made friends online? Have you gone on to meet those friends in real life? Was the experience as great as you always hoped it would be?
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