WOW! A year has flown by! I knew my one year anniversary was coming up but I didn't realise it was this month! Oh My!
How to celebrate? Well, I have never done a contest so I thought that would be a perfect way.
I don't really want to judge anybody on anything; I'm no good at that, so I think that I would like to have lovely followers participate and then randomly pick names out of a hat.
Sound good?
Well I guess you can't really be sure until I layout the terms and prizes.
Terms:
1) you must be a follower
2) you must either post link about the blog on twitter or on your own blog (and let me know which one it is)
3) post the fact you would like to be a participant below in the comments and also give me any one of the following (or all if you like!)
a) the best piece of writing advice you have ever heard (or advice in general)
b) your favourite quote or saying
c) your favourite thing about the blogosphere
Prizes:
3rd prize: $20 Amazon gift card
2nd prize: $30 Amazon gift card
1st prize: $50 Amazon gift card
(I will be purchasing in AUD, so hopefully the dollar is good to you that day)
Contest Opens: NOW!
Contest Closes: Midnight April 27th Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT +10hrs) (click here to convert to your own time)
Winners will be drawn and notified: Thursday, 28th April. I will also post everything on the blog that day as part of my celebration! Please ensure I can contact you via blog, email or twitter.
I wasn't sure how I could go about running a contest/competition type thing, I have seen some pretty spectacular ones, but really I would just like to celebrate what an AMAZING year it has been! Honestly it feels like much longer in a really good way!
I have learnt so much and met so many cool people all around the world, that I would like to show a little appreciation for you all, and for this wonderful community of writers and supporters who have welcomed me with open arms and really helped me become a more confident and calm writer. I have been blown away by the support of others and the growing knowledge that most of the fears I have: we all have, and most of the crazy crap I feel: we all feel.
So come one, come all, new and old, spread the word and let me know a little bit more about you!
Thanks for letting me know about this Alison. I can't believe I just spent all this time on my post then I deleted it by mistake. Grrrrr.
ReplyDeletea) Donald Maass: Keep upping the stakes. When you think your protagonist has suffered enough, make him/her suffer some more, and more...
b) 'The world is full of writers who gave up just before they were about to make it." Paula Williams.
c) My blogging friends who've helped me in so many ways to improve my writing - and winning competitions and blogfests, ha ha.
I will tweet from here and from my blog.
I think I've been following you forever, but I'll make sure Mr google still recognises me.
Denise<3
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Congrats on your one year anniversary! How fab! And I love the look of that CAKE! ;-)
ReplyDelete@L'Aussie- great to know I can count you in! :) yes you have been a follower forever and i love you for it! oh i hate it when u accidentally delete your comments argh! Good luck x
ReplyDelete@Talei- Thanks for the congrats and thanks for following!
Hi Alison - Thanks for visiting my blog and following. I'm following you right back. :)
ReplyDeleteI'll add your contest link to my post for tomorrow, and here are my three to put me in the running:
1. There are many great bits of advice about writing, but this one by Anne Lamott in "Bird by Bird" resonated with me: "Don't be afraid of your material or your past. Be afraid of wasting any more time obsessing about how you look and how people see you. Be afraid of not getting your writing done."
2. Favorite quote...oh, gosh, I have so many! Right now it would be this, from Lady Bird Johnson: ". . .become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid."
3. My favorite thing about blogging is the great people I have "met." I have learned that most writers are a supportive and generous bunch, so enthusiastic about the art of writing that successes by other writers are worthy of celebration.
congrats on a year! I think I have been blogging for a year as well? (should check on that...)
ReplyDeleteWOW what an awesome contest!
1) I'm a follower
2) tweeted :D and followed you (I am NomesR) ~ miss ali's blog is one year old :D and she's giving away Amazon $$$ to celebrate http://bit.ly/elgx72
3) my fave thing about the blogosphere is meeting so many ppl who are passionate about the same things I am.
xx Nomes
@lisa ricard claro- great quotes! fear and being afraid are issues that resonate with me; i have actually mentioned fear in several older posts, so they are very fitting for me! I especially like the part about getting so wrapped up in something you forget to be afraid :) very cool. thanks for entering and following!
ReplyDelete@nomes- i think most of us are pretty unanimous about how awesome people are on here- go blogosphere! and congrats to you too coming up to a year!
ali xx
Hi darling,
ReplyDeletePosted on twitter!
My favourite piece of advice & quote all rolled into one:
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love & be loved in return.
Xox
Hey sweets! I just found your message in twitter- sorry it took me awhile. I'm kind of twitterilliterate. CONGRATS on your one year blogoversary! I'll be sure to twitter this!
ReplyDeletea. Keep learning. Keep writing.
b. 'It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye'
c. the support- feeling like you're not alone in all of this
Thanks for the heads up about your contest!
http://twitter.com/#!/CreepyQueryGirl
ReplyDeleteCongrats!
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower (Marynellie) and I tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/mfay2/status/63348726793646080
One quote that has stuck with me since reading a book is:
"It seemed srange that two people could be in the very same place and see totally different things." That's from You Against Me by Jenny Downham
Oh, I love that quote!
marynellie8 at yahoo dot com
jess, katie and marynellie- thanks so much for popping by and entering! i'm doing the "winner" blog post now :)
ReplyDeletemarynellie- great quote! i really like that one!