A second contest!

Keep entering yesterday’s Animal Caption contest. It runs until Sunday, so don’t miss out on your chance for a gift certificate or free books!

Today’s contest is even more simple than yesterday’s. On my side bar, below the menu, you’ll see a place to enter your e-mail address to subscribe to my newsletter. I’m sure you’re scratching your heads right now, wondering what in the world I’d possibly have to write about in a newsletter since I haven’t sold a book yet. Great question! Would it be:
Choice A: I’ll write fascinating accounts about belly button lint and what I’m cooking for dinner…
Choice B: I’ll sell your e-mail addresses to spammers wanting to give you lower mortgage rates and larger male parts…and use the funds to buy a beach house in Maui….
or
Choice C: I’ll use the newsletter to announce my first sale and details about when and where you can order my book.

You’re right! Choice B! :confused2: Gotta contact that realtor….(just kidding). Of course it’s choice C. I’m hoping that I’ll be able to send out an announcement within the next year, but that’s not exactly in my control. You won’t receive anything until I have actual news to share, so I won’t be clogging up your inbox with useless information. So sign up! It’s easy. Just enter your e-mail address in the box on the sidebar, check your e-mail box for the subscription form, and click on the link to subscribe. I’ll draw a name from all the subscribers for another $10 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble. How easy is that?

In writing news, I’m working on a new medieval proposal and am stirring up ideas for another Victorian. It’s all part of my plan to dominate the world of publishing. Must Write More. Must Submit More.

And last, but not least, a quick kid story. I’m trying to teach my son how to read since he loves books so much and seems eager. Tonight we were using bathtub foam letters. I spelled the word PAN on the bathtub and as he was sounding it out, I gave him the context clue: “You cook with a . . . ?” and he figured out pan. Then we did MAN. Last, I put up the letters FAN. He was having trouble sounding it out, so I said, “When it’s hot inside, we turn on the??”
His face brightened and he yelled, “Air conditioning!”