Time to Vote

As you know if you read my blog post last Wednesday, my blog has been nominated for the Fascination Award in Creative Writing. If if weren't for the nature of the particular post and the reason my blog was nominated (because of the quality of the comments), I would have blown this off as ridiculous.

There are a bazillion blogs that have been nominated, and I know the voting will narrow the numbers down for further votes (there's a badge for the top 25). But I do have awesome followers and commenters, so I'm doing something I wouldn't normally do.

As I shift uncomfortably in my chair, I'm asking for your vote in behalf of my great commenters. I think they (you) deserve it.

There appears to be some difficulty finding the place

to vote in the link on the picture below.

I will post if that is ever cleared up.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Most Fascinating Blog Nomination

Have you ever received one of those emails where you read it and then look back to the top to make sure it's really addressed to you? Or you go Google the information to make sure it's for real and not some nasty spam email trying to fool you into clicking a link to a malicious site?

Yeah, well, I got such an email yesterday. Not the nasty spam thingy but the "this can't be addressed to me" kind.

And yet, as I read the email, it referred to one of my blog posts from last year. So it had to be real. Right? And then it said I'd been nominated for the Most Fascinating Blog under the category of Creative Writing.

Have you picked yourself up off the floor yet?

Well, you shouldn't be surprised because the post was nothing special on my part. The thing that got the nomination (I believe and hinted at in the informing email) was the nature of the comments made about the post topic. How cool is that?

We've been nominated! Seriously, I think that's the best part of this because I have the most wicked awesome followers. And you deserve the recognition. Really. Read that post and see if I don't speak the truth.

The voting begins on Monday, July 23rd at 1:01 a.m. EST and runs to Monday, July 30th at 11:59 p.m. EST.

I'll post on Monday and provide a link, so you can vote for US.

Banned Books Blog Giveaway--And the Winners Are ...

For Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

the winner is ...

(both using random.org)

Darlene

For To Kill a Mocking Bird

the winner is ...

Melora

Banned Books Week Giveaway Hop

Hard Cover

Anybody who knows me knows I'm a rabid Harry Potter fan. The books and films have been so wildly popular that some of you may have forgotten that there were (and still are) lots of people who would like to see them banned.

So no one should be surprised that the banned book I'm giving away for the Banned Books Week Giveaway Hop is one of Harry's books.

    And another ...

 

But to spice things up, I'm going to have a second winner. This winner will get a hard copy of another banned book. A Pulitzer Prize winning book.

Hard Cover

You only have to do two things for your name to be entered in the giveaway:

1. Comment here that you're interested in participating in the drawing.
2. Tell what your favorite banned book is and why.

I invite you to do the following but neither is required:

1. Visit the other members of the Banned Book Giveaway Hop and see what books they're giving away. You can find the list here. The Giveaway lasts a week, so you don't have to hit them all at once.
2. Feel free to follow me if you aren't already.