And the Winner Is...

Danyelle!

Congratulations. Email your physical address to joycewolfley@gmail.com and I'll send out your prize.

Thanks for celebrating with me!

Drawing - Entries Close Sunday

Just a quick reminder to enter a comment on this post to be entered into the drawing for the $10 Target gift card.

Drawing will be on Sunday.

Now off to stop my daughter from destroying the house. Oops...too late!

Happy Birthday, Illusions!

Happy birthday, Illusions!

Well, it isn't technically Illusions birthday. But it is the last save date on the first, first, first version of the prologue (which no longer exists in any form).

I look back and am amazed at what a transformation Illusions has gone through. I am so very grateful I didn't have a clue about the whole publishing process when I first sat down at the keyboard.

To celebrate, I'm giving away a present!

Just comment on this post telling me what made you start to write. You'll be entered you into a drawing for a $10 Target gift card.

Winner will be announced on 8/10/09.

I Won Something

I've never won anything before. Not in elementary school. Not in high school. Not on the radio....NEVER.

Well, my 28 year streak of bad luck has just ended. I just won Cindy Wilson's drawing for a historical romance novel. Thank you, Cindy. I'm so excited!

First Ever Contest Winner

Thanks to everyone who entered into my First Ever Contest. I had a blast reading your posts and I got some new blog readers. Welcome to the cult, newbies! :)

The winner of my First Ever Contest is:

Karen Amanda Hooper

Congratulations! Please email me at joycewolfley@gmail.com to give me your address so I can mail our your gift card.

First Ever Contest Reminder

A quick reminder that the First Ever Contest deadline is tonight. The drawing is for a $10 Target gift card.

Speaking of Contests

Did you see the love scene contest at Give a Girl a Pen? It ends Saturday 5/23/09. I'm really jazzed about this one because I enjoy that moment when a character realizes they are in love...whether they want to be or not.

Good luck!

First Ever Contest

That's right- first ever contest. There will never be another first ever contest...ever again.

No, the next contest will be the second ever contest. And so on and so forth until I no longer have contests because I ran out of fingers and toes...and blog followers with patience for my ramblings.

I realized that Friday will be my blog's one month mark. So I decided to celebrate my achievement of blogging what I consider regularly for one month. As of the time I'm writing this post, I have exactly 25 followers. I don't consider that a bad following. Not enough to start my own cult yet...but I'm working on it. :)

So, says you, how do I enter this first ever contest?

Well, says I, you just need to mention my blog on your own blog (preferably saying good things...but it's not a requirement). Then note in this post's comment box that you did so by Thursday 5/21/09 at 5:00 Pacific Time. No, I am not going to check your blogs (though I already do on a regular basis (i.e. daily, or semi-daily) (you didn't expect to see so many parantheses in one sentence did you?)) but I know we are all honest writers here. I will then do a random drawing for one lucky winner.

So, says you, what is the prize?

Well, says I, I originally thought of sending you some Nora Roberts books. But not everyone loves her the way I currently do, and it would cost a ton to ship. So, to your utter relief, the prize is a $10.00 Target gift card. If you win and do not have a Target nearby, I will change it to a store or website of your choice (within reason- I'm not driving 30 miles to get you a card so you don't have to drive 30 miles to use it- yeah, I'm not nice). Oh, and limited to the US because I don't know how to ship international...yeah, I'm that bad- I don't even know where the post office is around here.

So for those of you skipping to the end of this post, here's the nitty-gritty:

First ever contest- ends Thursday 5/21/09
Post on your blog (or twitter) linking back here
Comment on this post letting me know you did it
Drawing Prize: $10 Target Gift Card

Give A Girl A Pen Contest

Want to know if your chapter ending leaves a reader hanging by their fingernails? Is that last sentence enough to keep them turning the page? Or will they set it down, turn off the lights, and fall asleep?

Picture by Kathy Montgomery

Enter your chapter ending into the Cliffhanger Contest at Give a Girl a Pen. Submissions close on May 10th.