Winning Rocks
Thank you for everyone who entered my contest. You guys are awesome. Yes, I know it isn’t the 14th anymore. I selfishly went to celebrate my daddy’s birthday in person down in St George. We had a great time with a movie, dinner, and dessert.
So I thought it might be fun if I included you all in the moment of the contest drawing. Since you must be present to win at so many other places, I thought we could do a sort of virtual present to win.
Here is the hat:
Of course it’s a Tinker Bell Hat because pixie dust seems to bode well for people who want to win contests.
Then I added the all important names to the recipe:
Then I got the child:
And the winner of the awesome book, Eyes Like Mine is:
Kristina from Pulsipher Predilections has won a copy of Eyes Like Mine!
And the child goes in for a second name:
All nepotism aside, the child genuinely pulled Helen Belen from the hat which made me laugh a lot. Helen has won a fabulously awesome copy of English Trifle signed by Josi Kilpack!
And because I am the kind of person I am and I had sooooooo many entrants (thank you all very much) I decided to send the kid after a third name. What the heck. And he pulled out:
Blue won a signed copy of Farworld!
Thanks to everyone who entered. I think it was interesting how many of us would go back to meet grandparents. The impact of a good grandparent in a child’s life is exponential. I miss my grandma every day in every way. I wish you all a great weekend and Happy Reading!!
It’s Out!!
Eyes Like Mine is officially available!
No, the launch party has not yet been totally nailed down. I am drowning in my things to do list. But the book is OUT! My dear friend, Heather Moore (who helped me in the editing process of this book) wrote me yesterday to let me know she bought a copy at Seagull Book and Tape. I am so jealous of her. I haven’t even seen my baby in its physical form yet. But I am wicked excited about the release of this book simply because it is a really awesome book. 
You guys will all love it. I promise.
And to celebrate, let’s do a giveaway thing. Become a follower of this blog and leave a comment stating you’ve done so and I will have one of my kids do the drawing. If you’re already a follower, just leave a comment stating such. The contest will close on July 14th, just because that’s my daddy’s birthday and everyone should celebrate my daddy’s birthday (the entire country of France does every year).
The prize? Well duh–it’s a free copy of Eyes Like Mine, and because I love you all so much and want you to be blessed with good reading, we’ll do a second drawing where the lucky winner gets a copy of English Trifle.
Getting a copy of English Trifle is way cool because it isn’t even available in bookstores until late July. You will want to read this book asap because it is simply so much fun! Since I have such awesome connections in having Josi Kilpack as one of best friends, I can get you a copy now. It’s true; I am cool. Actually, it is because of Josi that I didn’t give up or give in when things in my publishing life looked dark and terrifying. She helped me edit this book, advised me on conflict (which she is so good at) and acted as all around cheerleader when I got depressed. Everyone needs a Josi Kilpack in their lives.
Since Eyes like Mine is a time travel novel, it might be kind of fun to know if any of you could have a visitor out of the past stay in your home for a week , who would you want and why?
For me, if the person we’re meeting is a relative, I would want my Great Great Grandma Minnie Crawford. I found a journal page she wrote while doing my genealogy and felt such a connection to this woman who lived through so much and persevered to the end. Grandma Minnie lived 99 years. She died two months before she hit the century mark two years before my birthday. I would like to meet her and have her meet me. I would like her to know what her life story meant to me in my life.
If I could meet up with a non relative, I’d want to spend that time with Jane Austen. I know I’m predictable, but wouldn’t she be fun to show the future to? I’d take her to see her own movies to see what she thought of them. I think she would be sooooo much fun to hang out with.
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