Category Archives: Giveaway

And More Writer’s First Aid Goes To…

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This always happens when I host a book giveaway. I read the comments and want to give the book to everybody. If I ever get a book published and do a book giveaway, I’m giving the book to everybody!

Um, maybe not everybody. Maybe ten lucky commenters. But what if I’m doing a blog tour? Okay, maybe five lucky commenters. Still, that could be like…100 books. What am I? Made of money? One book per giveaway, y’all. I think that’s both generous and practical.

Well, I’m glad that’s settled. My work here is done. Oh! I should probably tell you which lucky commenter won More Writer’s First Aid by the generous (and practical) Kristi Holl: Gayle!

Now my work here is done. (And now, I should probably get cracking on that book I’m going to give away someday.)

Finding Something Friday on Reading (Fun) and Writing (Freebies)

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(You’ll enjoy this first bit more if you sing it to the tune of “My Favorite Things.” P.S. You might want to hum if you’re at work. Or tone deaf.)

“Reading and writing, they all fit together! Letters make words sing like birds of a feather.

Paper and colored pens having their flings! These are a few of my favorite things!”

Ah, how I love the sound of music in the morning! Just about as much as I love reading and writing. And as much as I love Share-A-Story, Shape-A-Future!


All week, folks have been “Unwrapping the Gift of Literacy” though blog posts, and tweets and Facebook comments. Today’s the last day, but you can still zip over to illustrator Elizabeth Dulemba’s blog where she asks a ton of authors how they fell in love with reading. And perhaps win her giveaway! Isn’t that a fun and wondrous thing to find on a Friday?

Then you can zip over to All Freelance Writing and find a ton of writing freebies. There are ebooks, and writing tools, and business and blogging templates, all for free! Maybe today’s the day you’ll get serious about freelance writing.

Or maybe you’ll just curl up with a great book or write a lovely little poem. It’s all good.

“When the kids gripe, when the bills sting, when I’m feeling bad…I simply sit down to my favorite things. And then I don’t feeeeeeeeeel so bad!”