Follower Appreciation Contest

Over the weekend, I hit 100 blog followers.  I thought to myself… How can I thank these lovely people for visiting my blog?  Wait a minute…  Who are these people?  And why are they visiting my blog???

Well, I figure a lot of you are aspiring authors, just like me.  So I just thought about things I like and things that help me write.     

• Chocolate.  This is the most important one, really.  But I’m not sure I want to send chocolate through the mail, so I might just add a few bucks to the next thing, and you can buy chocolate at my favorite place…
• Barnes and Noble.  The winner of my Follower Appreciation Giveaway will receive a $25 gift certificate to B&N, my favorite place to spend an afternoon.
• My favorite writing resources.  The first one is ON WRITING by Stephen King.  Seriously, I’ve read this book too many times to count.  It’s amazing.  The second is THE FIRST FIVE PAGES by Noah Lukeman.  A huuuuuge writing skill is hooking your reader right away.  This book really helps you understand how to craft a compelling start to your story.  The last book is NO PLOT? NO PROBLEM! by Chris Baty.  I’m such a huge NaNoWriMo fan, and this book will help you get that first draft down, no matter what it takes.

The contest will last until midnight CDT on Thursday night.  To enter, you must be a blog follower and comment on this post.  You get extra entries for the following:

+1 for already being a blog follower

+2 for tweeting about the contest (please include your Twitter name so I can verify)

+3 for blogging about the contest (please include URL so I can verify)

Please add up your entries and include that at the bottom of your comment.  I will announce the winner on Friday!

*Someone just asked if this contest is international.  I'm going to say yes, but the gift card will probably become an Amazon one, just in case there's not a B&N wherever you live.  And I'd probably just do the books through Amazon, then, too.  Same thing if the winner lives in the U.S. but not near a B&N.

**Aw, heck.  I'll just let the winner choose whether he/she would prefer a B&N or Amazon gift card + the books.