AND THE WINNER IS: GINI!! I’LL GET YOUR SIGNED COPY TO YOU ASAP! J.D. Frost is a familiar name to anyone whose read this blog for awhile. He’s done a few guest posts here, and he’s a regular commenter. I had the privilege of meeting him, and his wife Donna and step-granddaughter Lizzie, when they […]
Merry Christmas! I hope you are happily opening presents, snacking on cookies, and enjoying the company of family and friends. I know you are busy today (me, too) and so I'm not going to take much of your time. But I do have a free gift for you. It is….ta dum….a book of writing prompts, […]
Update, Winner Announced: The winner of Tam's book is…..Alexia Stevens! Alexia, I will give your name to Tam and she will make arrangements to get you the book! It is my privilege to introduce you to my wonderful cyber-friend Tam Holland! She and I met on Twitter over a conversation about raisins. Yes, raisins. Rumor […]
Winner Announced! Using this random name picker, I fed in all the names, pressed go and waited for the winner's name to come up. Ready? Drum roll! The winner is J.D. Frost! J.D., I'm emailing your email to Patrick so the two of you can coordinate. Thanks to all who entered! Contest Extended! I want everyone to […]
Before I reveal the three winners of the birthday giveaway, an explanation and a question. The Explanation When I started this project seven years ago, it was the style to name your blog. (It still is, to a certain degree at least.) So I came up with the idea for the name Wordstrumpet. Inspired by […]
Hi. Hope you had a great Christmas–I did. Okay, so we've got that done with, let's get to it: announcing the winners of the Christmas 2013 giveaway. Here we go: Dani wins the 25 page critique. Leigh wins the Moleskine journal. Mary wins a copy of my novel. Okay, but that's not all. I've […]
I haven't done this for a long time. So, because of that….and because it's Christmas….and because I truly love and adore every single one of my readers…. Let's celebrate with a giveaway! Yay, rah rah as my sister and I used to say. (Don't ask. There's no reason for it.) First, the good part–the […]
Update: Amber Hart is the recepient of the coaching session! Amber, email me and we'll discuss details. For the entire Christmas season, I've walked past the Salvation Army bellringer by the front door of my grocery store. He's a cheerful sort and always greets me. I smile and say "hi" back. And I shrug and […]
And the winner of a $20 Amazon gift certificate is…… Carole Jane Treggett! Carole Jane, email me your preferred email address and I'll get the certificate to you pronto. By the way, I used this site to choose the name.
It's been quite some time since I gave stuff away. And since July 17 is my birthday (no, I'm not telling you which one, a lady never divulges such things) I figured it was about time. So, first the gift. I had a hard time deciding what it should be. But since I love getting […]
