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Contest Results

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Hey everyone! Here are the results of my first ever blog contest.

We had 9 commenters (excluding me), 18 Twitter shares, and 13 Facebook shares, for a total of 40 entries. I’d say that’s pretty good for my first blog event. Thank you everyone who participated. I loved reading all of your comments.

And wouldn’t you know, the winner is none other than the very first participant, Janneke. Congratulations Janneke! I hope you enjoy the book.

Stay tuned. I’ll have more books to give away in the future. Until then, please keep reading and commenting. I love hearing from you!

***UPDATE***

It turns out that Janneke is one of my international followers. And like I stated in the contest rules, if a reader outside the US wins the contest, he or she will receive an Amazon gift card as a prize because shipping the book would be too expensive. Hope you order a great book with your gift card Janneke!

So, since I still want to give this book away, I decided to do a second drawing and give the book to the runner up. This time, the winner is…Marie! (AKA “Mom”)

I swear this wasn’t rigged. Hope you like the book Mom. If you don’t mind, I’ll just give it to you when I see you on Sunday. :)

Thanks again to all of you for playing!

Contest!!

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Tell the Wolves

Hey everybody! So I’ve decided to throw my very first blog contest. I’m giving away a signed copy of Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt.

Here are the rules. Just fill in the blank for this statement in the comments section below: “One problem only kids from my generation would understand is…”

Any response will do. It doesn’t have to be funny or witty, just something that reminds you of your childhood. I don’t even care if it’s your original thought. Go ahead and Google “Problems only 80′s kids would understand.” Doesn’t matter to me! And if you really, truly just can’t think of anything, just leave any comment. Even a, “Hi Nicole!” will work.

I’ll start. One problem only kids from my generation would understand is…having to buy the tape and read the insert before you can figure out the lyrics to your favorite song. You can just Google it now!

So leave a comment (must be on this blog page, not on Facebook or Twitter) and you’re entered! And if you share this post on Facebook or Twitter, I will be ever so grateful that I’ll throw your name in the hat twice. (Actually, I’m going to count up all the entries and use a random number generator. That’s another thing today’s kids will never have to do. Throw names in a hat!) Make sure to tag me (FB) or mention me (Twitter) when you share so I know it was you.

You are welcome to comment as many times as you like, but each person can only have two entries in the contest (1 comment, 1 share).

If you live outside the US, you are welcome to enter the contest, but your prize will be an Amazon gift card instead of the book.

The contest is open for one week, until 11:59 PM EDT on Monday, Sept. 23.

Good luck!

Welcome!

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I started a blog! I started a blog!

So here it is, 2013, and I’m just now discovering the wonder that is blogging. Not that I’m a hopeless dolt who’s never heard of a web log before. I’m just late to everything. I joined facebook in 2009. I’d never pinned before last year. My very first tweet of my tweeting life was just three months ago! (Or was it four? My short-term memory fell out of my brain around 2008.)

But why shouldn’t I blog? I’m a writer. I like to talk. I looove to tell stories. And I pray all you lovely readers will enjoy hearing them. (Please like my stories. It’s OK if you don’t, just don’t tell me. OK, you can tell me, but be nice. Oh what the hell, I can take it. Bring on the criticism! But you like my stories, right?)

This blog is about my relentless quest to get my novels published. You’ll find posts about writing, editing, networking with other authors, and of course, me begging querying agents and publishers for their help. I’ll also write about my kids, my gorgeous husband (see cover photo), my curmudgeonly old man trapped in a puppy’s body, and life in general. Because what writer can really separate all that from their work, anyway?

Thank you for reading! I do hope you enjoy the blog!