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Congratulations to our giveaway winners! The Writer Pack: Marija M. The Reader Pack: Janey B. The Bird Lover Pack: Tamara R. The I Miss Christmas Pack: Alma L. The Fangirl Pack: Allyson T. Your prizes will be in the mail this weekend. To everyone who entered, thank you! May you have better luck next time :)

Hello, my lovely readers! I want to say thank you so much to everyone who entered my spring cleaning giveaway in the last week. We had over 300 entries! The giveaway closed last night at midnight, so now it's time to pick the winners. I've drawn five names from the Rafflecopter entries. I've emailed the winners to notify them, so if you entered, check your email! And make sure to check the spam folder, too, just in case. Winners have 24 hours to respond before I draw someone else, so don't dilly-dally! I'll announce the winners' (first) names and prizes on Saturday. Again, thank you to everyone who entered! And if you're new to my blog, welcome. I hope you stick around to see what else we have going on here :)

Hello, my lovely readers! Today marks the end of my World of Shadows launch tour. Did you get a chance to visit all my friends over the tour? If not, you can follow the links here to catch up: To start our tour, author Zara Hoffman hosted me to talk about the dream that inspired World of Shadows in my guest post "What's in a Dream." Laura shared a fan trailer she made for the book at her blog, Hope Through the Pages. Then she interviewed me ! A music-loving Mennonite friend published the first review of my book at Singing Menno. Another friend shared an excerpt from the first chapter of World of Shadows at Marvelous Happy Things. Alexa at Verbosity Reviews invited me over to discuss the elements of my own life I wrote into this book in my guest post "Finding Me in a World of Shadows." At Pens and Scrolls, I dream-cast the stars I'd choose if World of Shadows ever made it to the big screen. Mariella posted another excerpt at...

Sony Home Video provided me with some of the materials I used in this Blog Post/Giveaway. The opinions I share are my own. Hello, my lovely readers! Last week, I told you about the newest Swan Princess movie release , The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today! Today, as promised, I'm reviewing the movie, and announcing our giveaway winner! Style : Animation and Music   As the movie started, I noted that the background music was lovely and very fitting -- somewhat Narnia-esque. The island scenery was also beautiful, if a bit simplistic in its animation style. The living beings seemed rough and awkward in their movements, and the mouths didn't always match the characters' speech. However, most of the returning characters still looked just like the old characters I remembered: Jean-Bob the frog, Speed the turtle, King William, and Queen Uberta. The animation held a lot of serious flaws, though. The ocean looked pale and shallow; movements of living character...

Hello, my lovely readers. I apologize for all the silence this month. Time just flits by you so easily in college. I have a few posts in the works for November, so hopefully you'll be hearing from me at least a couple time next month. I also wanted to let you all know about my next GoodReads giveaway! Yes, there's going to be another one. So many readers were interested during my previous giveaway at the beginning of October, that I decided to run another giveaway for the first week of November! The same rules apply -- one copy, one winner, open to anyone on GoodReads regardless of country. In fact, the last winner was from Macedonia -- so what's to keep it from being you this time around? Never hurts to try! For those of you who have already read my book, I invite you to share your opinions online. Write a review on Amazon or your own blog. Add it on GoodReads. Send your friends the giveaway. (Don't we all love the chance for free books?) Even if you didn't...

Sorry this is a little late, my lovely readers.  I forgot the giveaway was ending today.  Shame on me. Anyway, the winner of an ebook copy of Stephanie Morril and Jill Williamson's Go Teen Writers is... *Drumroll!* Strength Darrow! Congratulations!  I'll be sending you an email today, and Stephanie or Jill should get with you soon to discuss  format.  Thanks to everyone who entered!

I'm so sorry, my lovely readers!  I ran a giveaway for volume one of the Christy Miller series... and then forgot all about it!  Well today I'm here to remedy that! And our winner is... *Drumroll* Cindy Jones! Congratulations, Cindy!  I'll be in touch about mailing the book to you. :) As for my other readers, I really do plan to review the book, but I have some other reviews that I need to complete first.  Thanks for being so patient with scatterbrained little me!

For the Firmoo online glasses retailer giveaway, we had great results!  Over 100 entries!  So now it's time to announce the six winners of store vouchers and the grand prize winner of a free pair of glasses! The winners of a $30 voucher to  designer glasses  are... Holly Storm-Burge! Jessica Sage! Jennifer Alice Duran! Rab Pom! Sue Bunting! and Aimee Webber! And, finally, the grand prize winner of a free pair of any non-designer glasses (excluding sunglasses) is... *Drumroll!* Amanda Starr! Congratulations!  I'll be emailing the winners to send off the voucher codes and get the grand prize winner in touch with Firmoo. :)

The entries have been tallied, the lot cast, and the winner of either Saving Mars or Defying Mars is... *Drumroll!* Rhonda Compton! Congratulations Rhonda!  I'll be in touch about claiming your ebook. :)  Everyone else, don't forget - you can still enter the Super Girls' Giveaway for three more chances to win!

I know you're all anxious to hear who won their own copy of Interrupted by Rachel Coker.  So I probably shouldn't take up your time with a great big, long introduction. The winner is... *Drumroll!* Rachel Harrison! Congratulations Rachel!  To everyone else that entered, don't dispair - Cidney Swanson's ebook giveaway is still open, and I can personally say that her Mars books are amazing .  Plus I may have a few last goodies up my sleeve...

Today's another day for announcements - of the winners of Pinterest projects by me!  Let's jump right in. The winner of one crayon wax piece is... *Drumroll!* Emily Van Eaton! The winner of one sticker quote canvas is... *Drumroll!* Sara Wicks! The winner of one hot glue quote canvas is... *Drumroll!* Kelley Roach! And the winner of a set of hand-painted floral glass jars is... *Drumroll!* Miranda la Barge! Congratulations ladies!   I'll be emailing you to get your mailing information.  However, since I'm currently in Indiana on a last-minute Christmas vacation, your prizes won't be mailed until I get back in early January.  Thanks for your patience! If you didn't win, don't worry!  There's still a few weeks left in our party, and I'm not out of presents yet ;)

Today I don't have a guest blogger, author to interview, or witty and charming post by yours truly to share with you, my lovely readers.  I do, however, have some announcements to make: winners!  Namely, who will take home the Etsy presents and eggless recipe. First off, the winner of one Alice in Wonderland White Rabbit hand-drawn moleskin is... *Drumroll!* Bethany Baldwin! Next we have the winner of a surprise gift from  Space Pearls ... *Drumroll!* Nichole Adkins-Bentley ! And finally, the next great baker privy to an exclusive Cookery Expressions eggless recipe is... *Drumroll!* Michelle Gilliland McAfee! Congratulations to all of today's winners!   I'll be emailing you and the wonderful women who sponsored these giveaways about obtaining your presents.  To those of you who didn't win, don't lose heart!  I still have plenty of gifts under my tree to share... check back in regularly so you don't miss out!

Come one, come all!  Today we officially begin our second annual blog party!  First of all, thanks to all my lovely readers - and new visitors! - who are here for the party.  I'm sure you won't be disappointed! {via} To those of you who weren't here last year, here's the rundown : today marks the day I began blogging, and this makes two years.  Yay!  Between now and my birthday (seventeenth this year!), we have... ~guest bloggers ~interviews with authors ~giveaways and contests (presents!) ~at least one food-related post ~a special playlist just for this year's party ~a special party blog design ~lots of new friends!

Everyone has heard the quote, "All good things must come to an end."  And so must this wonderful blog party.  Why not end with a bang?  Let's finish off our blog party with a summary of all the wonderful, amazing, spectacular people and presents that we enjoyed this month. For those of you who joined mid-party, you can always go back and see the wisdom, laughs, and great photographs (yes, I rhymed) to be had: Walls {guest post} Author Interview: Marc Franco My Christmas Decor Book Review: The Christmas Conversation Christmas Memories {guest post} Behold the Handmaid of the Lord {guest post} Hannukah, the Feast of Dedication {guest post} Christmas Traditions {guest post} White Chocolate Pretzel Candy Clusters {guest recipe} The Night of Christmas {guest post} Merry Christmas! End of 2011 Story Time Time {guest post} Blogging and Me {guest post} Author Interview: Cindey Swanson Testimony {guest post} Stepping Heavenward {guest post} Blending History wi...

I know you're all anxious to see who wins this great series, but first, some words from the awesomesauce author of said series. My Ripple Trilogy, Rippler, Chameleon, and Unfurl tells the story of a girl who can “ripple” or turn invisible. All three books contain numerous excerpts from the journal of a scientist working secretly in the late 1930’s. He’s the bad guy. He’s observing and sometimes interacting with children with names like “Fritz,” “Franz,” “Gunter,” and “Helga.” It doesn’t take too much imagination to figure out that the man running the experiments is politically and philosophically a Nazi. However, when I wrote the first book, I had the experience of discovering his affiliations. At first, I only knew that he had performed behavioral experiments upon a group of children as part of an effort to create a new and perfected race. The word “eugenics” kept dancing around in my head, and one day when I’d written as much as I could for the morning, I hopped online and...

And the winner of an autographed copy of In Their Sandals by Rand Hummel is... *Drumroll!* ... Rachelle from Inspiring Daring!   Congratulations, Rachelle!  I'll be emailing you concerning your prize.  :) As for the rest of you, don't worry - we've still got a few amazing giveaways coming up! A personal note to Audrey Boyette: when you entered the giveaway, your comment posted three times.  In trying to delete the duplicates, I accidentally removed all of them.  Sorry!  I still counted you as an entrant in the giveaway.

And the winner of one gently used paperback copy of Love You More by Jennifer Grant is... *Drumroll!* Abigail from the Go Teen Writers Facebook community!  Congrats Abigail!  I'll be emailing you for details on collecting your prize :) As for the rest of you, don't worry - we just started another giveaway yesterday!  Go check it out!

And the winner of our very first giveaway, an ecopy of Catching Santa by Marc Franco, is... *Drumroll* ... Laura O. in Alaska! Congratulations, Laura! And readers, don't forget to keep checking in for more giveaways!  Know what's better than winning free stuff?  You don't have to be a follower to win! Of course, if you want to follow, nobody's stopping you... seriously, though, who wants a bunch of followers who never read anything but the giveaway rules?  Trust me, I know how it is.  We've all been there.  But if you still want to follow - go right ahead!  I apperciate every reader who clicks that little blue button...