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Celebrating Upcoming Release of DEARLY DEPARTED by Tristi Pinkston

I am a sponsor over at Tristi Pinkston’s blog today to celebrate the upcoming release of DEARLY DEPARTED, book two in her SECRET SISTERS mystery series. Today, you can enter to win a signed copy of my book. Return often! … Continue reading

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TWHistory Needs Your Help

There are only 6 more days. This week is really important. Marion Jensen’s project, TWHistory (twitter history), has fallen to 11th place in the Pepsi Refresh challenge. It needs to stay in the top 10 to receive funding. Please vote … Continue reading

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Results of the Pay It Forward Contest

With the assistance of http://www.random.org,the results are in! About 36 hours late, because I am clueless and forgetful, but . . . the results are in! Thank you all for your participation. I appreciate all of your comments! But there … Continue reading

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Canticle Quests from Michael Young – Author of The Canticle Kingdom

Michael Young, author of The Canticle Kingdom isĀ holding a summer project for grades 5 – 12 that promises to be a great amount of fun for those who participate. The program includes music, art, reading, a scavenger hunt, and more. … Continue reading

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An Author’s Dream – The Pay It Forward Giveaway

WARNING: Don’t read this blog too fast. You might miss a really cool prize if you do… There is an interesting contest going on between a bunch of authors which I thought was worthy of a quick post. Check out … Continue reading

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Guest Blog Post – How To Gain Readership Using Book Contests, by Scott Cowley

A week or so ago I did a twitter contest for a free signed copy of my book. And although I did have some participation (which I was very grateful for), the numbers of participants I was hoping for was … Continue reading

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Contest winner announcement

Earlier this week we had a contest to help drive entries to the Goodreads giveaway for “The Thorn”. Although we didn’t hit 2000 entries for that contest, I still think 619 entries is respectable for a new book from an … Continue reading

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Book Contest: Help Me Tweet It Up!

Tweeted blog contests are a double edged sword. If there is a contest out on a blog site, and those entries can be kept at a minimum, then those who have entered the contest obviously have a better chance of … Continue reading

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Storymakers Conference Contest for Seat at VIP Table

The time for the drawing has come… This was a fun contest. I really got a kick out of the creative entries. In the end, I narrowed my choices down to four: Andrea’s contacts, Carolyn’s puppet, Deborah’s Lamborghini, and Taffy’s … Continue reading

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Contest Winner Announcement – B&N Card and Book

Contest #1 from my post a few days ago is now complete. Methods of participating in the contest included posting about the contest on personal blogs, becoming a Twitter follower and tweeting about the contest, becoming a fan on Facebook, … Continue reading

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