In October, RLF celebrated Cancer Awareness Week. Authors who
have faced cancer either in themselves, or a family member were invited to
share stories. The importance of friends and family, and having a support system
is vital. One key to success is being able to ask for help — and then being willing
to accept it. It’s a lesson I’ve had in my own life during various times. I don’t
accept help well. It’s something I fight with all the time. I’d like to think
“I’ve got this” but sometimes I don’t have as good a grip as I thought
I did. I have a friend who’s dealing with cancer right now. A friend’s brother died
from cancer last year. Cancer affects all of us. I hope I’m even half as good a
friend as those you read about in this series.

I presented the posts as an opportunity for the authors to share
their real life stories, as well as their fictional ones. Here is the full list
of posts in the order they were presented.

#Cancer Awareness: It Affects All @AuthorTinaGayle CEO’s Widow
#RLFblog https://rlfblog.com/caw-gayle/

#Cancer Awareness: The Nad Punch @jordankrose Her Vampire’s
Promise #RLFblog https://rlfblog.com/caw-rose/

#Cancer Awareness: Lifted to the Light @AliceOrrBooks #RLFblog
https://rlfblog.com/caw-orr/

#Cancer Awareness: No History, No Warning @ShieldsAlly
#RLFblog https://rlfblog.com/caw-shields/

#Cancer Awareness: To Do: Fight @VickiBatman #RLFblog https://rlfblog.com/caw-batman/

#Cancer Awareness: No Promises @marjoriebelson #RLFblog https://rlfblog.com/caw-belson/

#Cancer Awareness: Have No Fear @CCMacKenzie1 #RLFblog https://rlfblog.com/caw-cc/

The Top Blogger for October was Paula Millhouse. She wins a month
of free cover advertising on the blog. Our Top Blogger of the Year is publisher
Liquid Silver Books, which won a year of free advertising.

Blog/Website https://www.paulamillhouse.com

Twitter https://twitter.com/pmillhouse

Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/paulamillhousefans

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PaulaMillhouse.Author

Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5398221.Paula_Millhouse

GooglePlus https://plus.google.com/+PaulaMillhouse/posts

Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/pmillhouse/boards/

TSU http://www.tsu.co/pmillhouse

YouTube https://youtu.be/q2FCU-gJPog

Amazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B006991RF8

Each month, the RLF Gems post ranks in the top ten, but is not
counted, in order to focus on guests. The winners are judged by page views. Congratulations
to each one!

1 Paula Millhouse

2 Vicki Batman

3 LA Remenicky

4 Marjorie Belson

5 NJ Walters

Honorable mention: One Stop for Writers, and MFRW Founding Day

Because the person who gets the most comments in a month is not always the
person who gets the most page views per month, I instituted the Top Chatter Award.
This is the award for the person who receives the most comments. To win, a guest
must have five or more comments (not counting the guest author’s).

1 Paula Millhouse

2 Vicki Batman

Romance Lives Forever features authors and new books. It has
a blogger’s FAQ page with a downloadable guide and six optional interviews. Readers
can follow via Google+, Networked Blogs, Linky Followers, email, an RSS feed, and
there’s a blog button readers and authors can grab. Authors can share previous books.
The blog uses author or publisher names as tags on posts, and author Twitter handles
in the titles. The site is broadcast over Triberr with a potential reach of over
3.5M readers via its Twitter-linked network. Twitter mentions are also gathered
in several Paper.li ezines, giving the author additional opportunities for promotion.
The Romance Lives
Forever Paper.li ezine features only guest authors, and the day’s guest is on
its front page every day.

New for 2015

Each post will be featured on the Romance Lives Forever Pinterest
board within a few days after it goes live. http://www.pinterest.com/kayelleallen/romance-lives-forever-rlfblog/

Limited spots to share book covers are available. Cost is $3
per month, with discounts for covers posted for one quarter and up to one year.
Covers can be changed monthly.

Author Nicole Morgan assists me with scheduling for Romance Lives
Forever. She is the blog admin. Look for emails from her. Nicole and I want to ensure
everyone who requests a spot on the blog gets a personal response. Please use this
email if you have questions or need help: rlfblog-owner@yahoogroups.com We
both receive email sent here. You don’t have to join a group or do anything special.
This group simply provides a joint email for us and streamlines things for you.
The email address is included in all downloadable interviews on the FAQ page.

Sign up form http://goo.gl/forms/QvxzDtc53l

Guest calendar http://bit.ly/rlf_dates

My thanks to all who took part this month. You made Romance Lives
Forever a great place to discover new books and authors.

Other participants this month
in alphabetical order by first name are: Alice Orr, Ally Shields, Ani Gonzalez, Candy Starr, CC MacKenzie, Freya
Lange, GE Taylor, Guy Ogan, Heather Boyd, Jordan K Rose, Kathy Kulig, Kayelle
Allen, KC Klein, MS Kaye, Olivia Night, Regina Kammer, Teresa Reasor, Tina Donahue, Tina Gayle, Villette Snowe