What was I thinking when I said I would post again Monday? Argh! Saturday we went out of town to visit old friends, right after I posted that. Then Sunday I met with my two writing groups, and, as always, I left with homework, because my beta readers always have such insightful suggestions. Monday I had book reviews to turn in to Sacramento Book Review -- and I was working on some of those suggestions. Then yesterday (Tuesday) I had a radio interview with Renee Hand. So. Now. A moment to catch my breath. And post.
First, I want to mention how much I enjoyed being interviewed by Renee Hand on her new radio show, http://www.Blogtalkradio.com/storiesfromunknownauthors . She has an easy style that relaxes you and gets rid of your nervousness. You can still hear the interview if you click on that site and then scroll down. You can also hear an earlier interview with Nicole Weaver, author of My Birthday Is September 11, and you can read about the coming interview September 19th with Britt Menzies, author of The Stinky Kid Series.
As a follow-up to the interview, Renee is holding a new give-away of my book, The Fourth Wish, ending on October 15th. If you go to her site, you can read the rules in full in a coming post. But, basically, if you follow both of us, your name goes on the list that will be submitted to random.org. So, if you are following me, and want new chance at a free copy, please go to The Crypo-Capers Review and follow her blog.
Second, I was pleasantly suprised to find that I received The Versatile Blogger Award from Elizabeth at elizabethannewrites. Elizabeth is a cool blogger I met on the Platform Building Campaign hosted by Rachel Harrie . Rachel will be hosting another one in January, and I would really advise getting in on it. For one thing, it's fun. She gives you some writing challenges. (The first one was to write a flash fiction. I'm eagerly awaiting the next two.) For another, you increase your circle of good blogging and writing friends.
The rules for award recipients are as follows:
1. Thank the person who gave it to you and link back to them. (done)
2. Tell seven things about yourself. (See below. Way below.)
3. Pass the award along to 15 recently discovered blogs and let the bloggers know. (Doing that one before #2, and it's a chance for you to meet some new bloggers, too, so d
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Busy, busy, busy! The Fourth Wish is on Kindle now and I'm holding a contest. Winner will have a choice between the paperback or the Kindle version if he/she lives in the US; otherwise the winner gets a Kindle version, assuming he/she has a Kindle reader.
Here are the contest rules: The contest starts today and ends Friday, September 9th at midnight -- California time. You can get a point each time you:
1. Comment on this post
2. Tweet the contest and this site
3. Mention it on FaceBook
4. Mention it on your blog
5. And, if you are a new visitor, following this site.
You can do the first four as many times as you want. (Well, please don't comment four times in a row, because that could look strange, as in "Here I am again." "And again." "And again.")
Whenever you do #2, #3, or #4, just let me know so I can give you your point. At the end of the contest I'll use random.org. to choose the winner.
There is also another contest you should know about:
David Powers King, who has one super blog -- both funny and extremely informative -- is having a contest where the winner can get one of three books. That's right, three! They all look good, and I certainly put my dibs in for the one I would like to get. Hurry over there now and get in on this. The rules for his contest are in the post you'll find when you click here .
Last, but not least, I want to pass on the Helping Hands Award to two very special blogging friends: Michelle Fayard, who clued me in about how to run a contest, and J. L. Campbell, who clued me in on delivering the Kindle version if that's what the winner wants (and whose own ebook I won in a similar contest.) Thanks, Michelle and Joy. No obligation goes with it except to pass it to those you feel have helped you. Meanwhile, anyone reading this post should hop on over to their blogs which are always full of good reads and reviews and through-provoking articles.
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I'll work backwards:
Interview: Diane Gross writes book reviews for Sacramento Book Examiner and will be reviewing my book later in the week (I'll tweet it when she does). The two part interview is prelude to the review, and you can read part one of her interview here.
Kindle: Ah, Kindle! Friends have been telling me I should put my book on Kindle, and so I decided to do just that. Originally, I self-published The Fourth Wish through CreateSpace, a very user-friendly publishing site with links to Amazon -- you can sell your book through both sites. CreateSpace also offers incredible technical support. (I speak gratefully, since I am one who can be one click away from disaster whenever I try new ventures in technology.) They helped me immensely when setting up the original publication, and they helped me set it up for Kindle (charging a small fee to first format the book for Kindle). By phone,
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By: Elizabeth Varadan,
on 9/10/2011
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Good morning everyone. The winner of The Fourth Wish give-away is Jess at Falling Leaflets. Congratulations, Jess.
And thanks to all of you who participated in the contest. It was certainly fun for me.
I'll keep this short, because we are going out of town to visit old friends. But I'll be blogging again Monday.
Everyone have a good week-end.
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Busy, busy, busy! The Fourth Wish is on Kindle now and I'm holding a contest. Winner will have a choice between the paperback or the Kindle version if he/she lives in the US; otherwise the winner gets a Kindle version, assuming he/she has a Kindle reader.
Here are the contest rules: The contest starts today and ends Friday, September 9th at midnight -- California time. You can get a point each time you:
1. Comment on this post
2. Tweet the contest and this site
3. Mention it on FaceBook
4. Mention it on your blog
5. And, if you are a new visitor, following this site.
You can do the first four as many times as you want. (Well, please don't comment four times in a row, because that could look strange, as in "Here I am again." "And again." "And again.")
Whenever you do #2, #3, or #4, just let me know so I can give you your point. At the end of the contest I'll use random.org. to choose the winner.
There is also another contest you should know about:
David Powers King, who has one super blog -- both funny and extremely informative -- is having a contest where the winner can get one of three books. That's right, three! They all look good, and I certainly put my dibs in for the one I would like to get. Hurry over there now and get in on this. The rules for his contest are in the post you'll find when you click here .
Last, but not least, I want to pass on the Helping Hands Award to two very special blogging friends: Michelle Fayard, who clued me in about how to run a contest, and J. L. Campbell, who clued me in on delivering the Kindle version if that's what the winner wants (and whose own ebook I won in a similar contest.) Thanks, Michelle and Joy. No obligation goes with it except to pass it to those you feel have helped you. Meanwhile, anyone reading this post should hop on over to their blogs which are always full of good reads and reviews and through-provoking articles.
That's it for today.
By: Elizabeth Varadan,
on 8/22/2011
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This week I hardly did any writing for three reasons: 1) We had more company than we've had for awhile (and boy was I ready to see emmisaries from the outside world again!) 2) I was going through the procedure to set up my book, The Fourth Wish, on Kindle. 3) I was answering interview questions (via email) about writing The Fourth Wish (quite fun.)
I'll work backwards:
Interview: Diane Gross writes book reviews for Sacramento Book Examiner and will be reviewing my book later in the week (I'll tweet it when she does). The two part interview is prelude to the review, and you can read part one of her interview here.
Kindle: Ah, Kindle! Friends have been telling me I should put my book on Kindle, and so I decided to do just that. Originally, I self-published The Fourth Wish through CreateSpace, a very user-friendly publishing site with links to Amazon -- you can sell your book through both sites. CreateSpace also offers incredible technical support. (I speak gratefully, since I am one who can be one click away from disaster whenever I try new ventures in technology.) They helped me immensely when setting up the original publication, and they helped me set it up for Kindle (charging a small fee to first format the book for Kindle). By phone,
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Thanks for the award! I will hop over to enter your giveaway! Best of luck with your writing and your book! :)
I love that you and your husband met through a cat ... and that its name was Meathead makes it an even better story. Thanks for the award!
Thank you for the award! It was fun to get to know more about you. I think that's so cool you've tried to learn to speak an Indian language.
Thank you so much! It's been fun getting to know you! And I totally agree that there are WAY to many good books out there :)
Thanks so much for the award, Elizabeth, I am enjoying following your posts :)
Thank your for selecting my site for the Versatile Blogger award, Elizabeth. It sounds like you had quite a weekend! But being busy is always a good sign. Enjoy the rest of the week and don't work too hard. Thanks also for your comments.
I like the name Meathead -- and wonder why it was called thus.
Thank you for passing the award on to me too. I'll have to follow up on it after the 22nd though because I'm running a blog-hop-ring thing.
Galicia again??? I'm so jealous :)
Thanks so much for the prize Elizabeth! I'm with you on the camping: I only like it if somebody else does all the work.
Mitty, congrats on the award. I love your list. You have a genuinely delightful personality.
(I told you I'd post a comment. :) )
Thanks for the award, Elizabeth! Fun blog you have. I'll be back to look around a little more in-depth.
Congratulations, Mitty, both for receiving this award and for being on Renee's radio show! I'm also glad to hear how much you're enjoying Rachel Harrie's platform-building campaign.
Thanks so much for the award. *hugs*
Thank you so much!! I appreciate it.
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To all of you who got awards, you are very welcome.
Cat and M.G. - Meathead was so named by his owners because he was huge - with a huge head. I was cat-sitting and my husband was a neighbor. I tell him he was my reward for a good deed.
Susan and Gary - Thanks for the good wishes.
Joanna and Ron - Glad you are enjoying my blog. Likewise.
J. A. - I have a friend whose Tee shirt reads, "So many books, so little time!"
Shallee - "Try" is the key word here! :-)
Cam - Keep me posted on the blog hop ring. It's such a good idea.
Gail - And if it doesn't rain . . . .
Jess - Don't be jealous. Come visit instead. We have a guest room. BTW, your book is on the way.
Annie - Thanks for the compliment.
Donna - Thanks for the hugs.
Michelle, thanks for the good wishes. I think you would like Rachel's next Campaign. I read she is doing it again in January.
Rebecca - Have a great week-end!
Loved reading the 7 things about you, Elizabeth. Congrats to your awardees.
Congratulations on your award! I love the fact about the cat.
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Hope you are well. I am in your MG\YA group and I just thought I would stop by and say hello. It's taking me time to get around everybody as I am in two groups. Great blog btw.
Eve xx
Elizabeth, this is truly an honor. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. And I loved learning more about you. I bet Meathead was truly loved by you and your husband. You are truly a very interesting person. (((hugs)))
I hope someday you'll tell us more of the story of Meathead and exactly how you met your husband via the cat. It sounds fascinating. :)
Hi Elizabeth, how funny I came over to say that you've won some awards over at my blog, but I see that you've got one already. I love your seven facts and if you're not too busy there are a couple more awards still waiting for you.