Wolf’s Vengeance Winners
A big thank you to everyone who entered. I love reading your comments. You’ve helped me see what is working for the series. Specifically, it seems everyone likes how the wolves treat their mates. Thank you again! And now for the big announcement.
The winners are Lindsay K and Jessica W!
I have emailed these two ladies. If I don’t hear back from them by noon tomorrow (central time) I will draw again.
Someone emailed me to ask how I do the drawings. I use excel spreadsheets. When someone enters I copy and paste their name and email addy into a spreadsheet. At the end of the contest I go out to mailchimp and download the most current list of newsletter recipients. I use the find function to compare the two lists. Any email addy that is on the contest entry list AND the newsletter list is added to the contest entry list again so that person has two entries. Then I use the random number picker at www.random.org. Each line of the spreadsheet has a number. So if I have a total of 81 entries, starting at line 2, I enter 2 through 82 and click generate. I find the number it comes up with on the spreadsheet, and bingo, there’s the winner. 🙂
Wolf’s Vengeance Giveaway!
Need something to read this weekend? How about Wolf’s Vengeance?
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Yes, I know it doesn’t come out until May 26th, but I’m going to give away two downloads (in either ePub or kindle format) on Saturday night at 7:00 pm central time. That’s Saturday, May 17th, just three days away! To enter, just leave a comment below before 6:00 pm on Saturday and tell me one thing you like about the After the Crash series. I will draw 2 names and email the winners. If I don’t hear back by Sunday at noon, I will draw again. (as always, those who receive my newsletter are automatically entered twice to win)
Good luck!
What a Fun Blog Hop!
The folks over at Just Romance Me put on the best bloghops! And they make it SUPER easy for both the authors and the readers to participate. If you are an author or blogger and your’e looking for a blog hop to participate in, I can’t praise Michael highly enough for all the work he does behind the scenes. He makes it easy for us! If you’d like to know more about it, you can email me at maddybarone@gmail.com.
The latest hop, Fool For Love, just wrapped out and I had two winners. Tina B and Diana M. Tina won her choice of any of my books in the digital format of her choice. Diana won a $15.00 gift card to Amazon. Congrats, ladies, and thanks for coming along on our hop.
I’m already looking forward to the next hop!
Name My Kitty Contest Results
I received 121 entries in my contest to name my new kitty. There were plenty of Snowballs, Snowflakes, a couple of Snows, 3 Yukis, 2 Crystals, a pair of Sinatras (blue eyes, you see), 3 Sophies and a Sofia, and many other wonderful names. I really liked the names that meant winter or snow in other languages. Some that stood out for me were:
Blizzard, Blanche, Bianca
Guenivere, Geneva, Gwyneira
Snow Angel, Angel, Angelica
Elurra, Neblina, Erehwon
Snow Queen, Artic Princess, Empress
Starfall, Winter, Ice Ice Baby
Indigo, Sapphire, Lily
Yukiko, Seto, Kabuki
Pearl, Petal, Penelope
It was really hard to narrow it down, but I finally settled on these 10 to select the name from:
Frigga – Jeffrey K
Luna Azzura-Martine D
Venitsa-Jane C
Eirlys-Quinn V
Snowbelle-Lily G
Miyuki-Betty B
Gwenllian-Linda M
Tansy (short for Tanzanite)-Gabriele P
Candida-Annette T
And the winner was Skyblu from Sally H!!
Congrats, Sally! I have emailed your gift card to you. Thank you everyone, for your wonderful names. I was completely overwhelmed!
And now for the kitty update. When I went to the shelter this afternoon to fill out the papers and get little Skyblu, it turns out there was a snafu. Someone else had put the little white kitty on hold before I did, so I couldn’t adopt her. That might sound like sad news, and I was pretty let down for a minute, but it meant I could adopt Dixie. Dixie and many, many other cats were found two years ago in a house where they had no love. On the TV show Hoarders it’s appalling to see how much stuff people just hang onto. Some people hoard cats. These helpless animals don’t get proper nutrition, or water, or litter boxes, affection, or veterinary care. At Dixie’s house the people bought jumbo bags of rice, slit the bags open and left them on the floor for the cats to eat. That’s all. Poor little Dixie (and she’s little. She’s three years old, and weighs less than 8 pounds. She’s petite!) has been at the shelter for almost 2 years. That’s a long time for a kitty to not be adopted. I once overheard some visitors say she was ugly. Maybe she’s not as pretty as the little white kitty, and she’s terribly timid, but I’ve loved her since I first saw her 20 months ago. Her markings are distinctive. She’s mostly white with random splashes of orange and dark gray.
She’s been Dixie for so long that I don’t think I’ll get used to calling her Skyblu. But at the Vet’s and on official papers she’ll be listed as Skyblu. If anyone asks me how she got that name, I’ll have a great story to tell!
Name My Kitty Contest!
I’m getting a new kitty! She’s very petite, with short white fur and gorgeous blue eyes. All I need now is a name. The shelter calls her Cienna, which is beautiful, but I want something else. Can you help? Whoever gives me the winning name will receive a $20.00 gift card to Amazon. How does this contest work?
Email me at MaddyContest@gmail.com with the name you think is best for this pretty little girl. Let me know which email addy you’d like the gift card emailed to if you win. Email me before Saturday night at 6pm central time. One entry per person.
I will go through the entries and choose the 10 I like best, then draw from those. The winner will receive a $20.00 gift card for Amazon.com on Saturday evening.
Thank you and Good Luck!!
Audiobook Winners
Thanks everyone, for playing along! I am becoming addicted to audiobooks so I’m glad to have the chance to spread the love. 🙂
The winners are
Sarah C., Stacy and Annette T!
Congrats, ladies. I have sent an email with your download codes to your emails. I hope you enjoy listening to Glory and Shadow fall in love.
The Birthday Contest Winner Is…
… Danielle E!
Congrats, Danielle! I have sent you an email. I’m ready to send out your prizes as soon as I hear from you.
Thank you, everyone, for your birthday wishes. I feel very blessed. 🙂
It’s my Birthday and I’m Giving Away Presents!
On Sunday, September 22, I’ll be *mumble mumble* years old. To celebrate, I’m holding a quick contest and the winner will receive a fabulous prize!
Item: A coupon for a free download of the audiobook of Sleeping With the Wolf. Must be a member of www.Audible.com. You can do the sign up and immediately cancel if you like.
Item: An eARC of Wolf’s Oath, unedited, in either .docx or .pdf
format.
Connie’s Earrings
Item:
Chandelier earrings like the ones
Connie wears in Wolf’s Oath.
Item: A colorful, hand knit (by yours truly) asymmetric scarf. Winter is coming (in my neck of the woods anyway) and you need something bright and cheery like this to hold off the winter blues.
How to enter? Just leave a comment on this post before
7:00 pm central time on Sunday, September 22. I will draw a name at 7:30 and email the winner right away. Once I hear from the winner I’ll email the audiobook coupon and the eARC, and I expect to mail the package on Monday afternoon after work.
Contest Begins NOW! Read, Set, Comment! Good luck!
Impromptu Contest Winner!
The name drawn by Random.org is Toni W!
Congrats, Toni!
Thank you to everyone who played, and thank you for the Facebook likes! This is fun!
Impromptu Contest!
I see my FaceBook Page has reached 300 likes!
If you haven’t “liked” my page, feel free to do so. I’ll do another giveaway when I hit 500 likes.
Yay! To celebrate, I’m offering one free download of any of my books, including the Audiobook of Sleeping With the Wolf* and an ARC of Ellie’s Wolf. Just leave a comment below before tomorrow night at 6pm central time and I’ll draw a name tomorrow night and announce the winner around 9pm. Good luck to everybody!
*Disclaimer: Must be an Audible.com member to receive the audiobook.
