Laura, you are the lucky reader who has posted Comment No. 8,000, and you’ve won an autographed copy of one of my books. All I need is your address so I can send it. You can either provide it in a comment, which I’ll delete after I write it down, or you can email it to me at leeduigon@verizon.net
The next winner will be whoever posts No. 9,000. I wonder how long that will take.
Meanwhile, Laura, I hope you enjoy your winnings.
I’ve been kind of knocking myself out this week, working on The Silver Trumpet (No. 10 in the Bell Mountain series). I didn’t really mean to, but that’s what happens when I get on a roll.
Because I rely on God to give me the story He wants me to tell, I must grope my way forward and see what He’ll reveal to me each day. And so the story’s taking shape, but as yet I have no idea how or where it will end. I used to plan out my books from start to finish, every detail thought out in advance. But this way it’s more exciting.
Meanwhile, Book No. 9, The Throne, is still waiting for its cover art. I hope it’ll be published in time for Christmas.
P.S.–We ought to see a winner in the Comment Contest sometime in the next day or two. If you’ve never posted a comment here before, please jump right in! Whoever posts Comment No. 8,000 will win an autographed copy of one of my books.
Just a reminder that there’s a comment contest going, and if you’re the lucky reader to post Comment No. 8,000 on this blog, you’ll win an autographed copy of one of my books.
Anyone can play. Just scroll down on any post and leave a comment.
Ineligible will be comments abusive to me or any fellow reader, comments featuring the f-bomb or any other profanity, blasphemy, commercials thinly disguised as comments, or anything just too jejune to bother with. Other than that, pretty much anything goes.
Can we generate a little excitement here? If you’ve never commented before–well, come on in!
With less than 200 left to go, the lucky reader who posts Comment No. 8,000 on this blog will win an autographed copy of one of my books. Who knows? It could turn out to be a family heirloom.
All comments are eligible except the following: abusive remarks directed at me or at another reader; anything carrying the f-bomb; commercials thinly disguised as comments, which insults the intelligence; or anything just too inane to bother with. Otherwise, pretty much anything goes. Except blasphemy, of course.
Anyone can play. Just scroll down to any post on the blog and leave a comment. Even I could probably do that, if I had to.
Okay–whoever posts Comment No. 8,000 on this blog will win an autographed copy of one of my books.
And there are less than 300 comments left to go, so get busy!
The contest is open to all. Just leave a comment after any post, as often as you like.
Not eligible will be comments abusive to me or to another reader, comments containing the f-bomb or other profanity, ridiculous attempts to use this blog for free advertising by thinly disguising a sales pitch as a comment, or statements that are just too inane to bother with. Otherwise, anything goes.
If you’re new to this blog, or just have never commented before–come on in, the water’s fine.
Last time I left this till it was almost too late, but this time I think I’ve allowed enough space for a spirited competition. Looking forward to hearing from lots and lots of you!
And the faithful reader who has won the latest comment contest, by posting Comment No. 7,000 on this blog is… drum roll, please… Heidi!
So, Heidi, please let me know which book you want me to send you, and provide me with a mailing address. You can do that here, and after I take it down, I’ll delete that comment so that no one will use the address to send you–well, whatever.
Thanks for taking an interest in this humble blog, and please stay with us.
And yes, there will be another contest once we get close to Comment No. 8,000.
Wise saying: No matter how big you are, there’s always someone bigger.
Hum baby, what a week for this blog!
Yesterday we had 485 views, shattering the old one-day record of 386. It strikes me that it’s going to be awfully tough to match that.
But just three days before, we set a new record for views in a month, topping 5,100. Again, how will I ever top that?
Meanwhile, the comment contest is just about sure to see a winner today, if it hasn’t already while I’ve been writing this. In fact, I think I’ll go to my stats page now and see what’s what.
Thanks, everybody who has visited this site lately–we’ve got a good thing going here.
Thank you, faithful readers, for pushing this humble blog over the 5,000-views-in-a-month mark for the first time in its history. Not even ichiro Suzuki has 5,000 hits! Not even counting the 1,200+ he got in Japanese baseball.
Hard on the heels of 5,000 hits, the new comment contest is approaching the finish line. I wonder if Ichiro ever reads this thing. He’s about to get 3,000 hits in American baseball. I dare him to get 2,000 more.
As for me–well, back to work.
I’d better throttle back on my own comments a little, so that I don’t wind up winning my own contest.
With fewer than 100 comments to go, whoever posts Comment No. 7,000 on this blog will win an autographed copy of one of my books. Anyone can play! Just scroll to the bottom of any post and “Leave a Comment.” (Note: if you’ve already won, don’t be mad if I pass you over and award the prize to the next closest reader who hasn’t won yet. My personal supply of books is limited, so I have to do that.)
Just about any kind of comment is eligible, with the following exceptions: abusive remarks directed at me or any other reader; comments employing the f-bomb or other cuss words, comments that are really thinly-disguised commercials (stealing space on my blog in an effort to sell something), or comments that are just too inane to bother with.
Comment as often as you like: no restrictions here. Well, not that kind of restriction, at any rate.
We thought Mike won our current comment contest, posting Comment No. 6,000 on this site. But Mike tells me he’s already won once. I don’t remember that, but who trusts my memory anymore?
So the prize, the free book, goes to the reader who posted No. 6,001, and that would be Erlene. Which means, Erlene, you ought to tell me which book you’d like, and let me have your mailing address. I think I remember you saying, once upon a time, that you don’t read fantasy–but then we’ve already dismissed my memory as a witness. Try it, you might like it. My wife hates fantasy but she loves my fantasy novels.
Somewhere there’s got to be a comedy clip of some poor devil trying to give away a prize that no one seems to want…