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Monday, July 18, 2011

Free books from nice people

I want to share some competitions with you today, but before I do I'd like to mention a 'just for fun' contest that Krista at I Take the Pen started a few weeks ago. Every Thursday she posts an opening line or paragraph for you to finish in the comments. It's fun, and good practice for those of you who like to write flash fiction. I made it onto her hall of fame this week, yay! She also tells me she's going to use one of my musical stories to write something linking the three songs together, so I'm going to hold her to that. (Okay I'm not, because that would be mean, but I think it's a great idea).

Now, who would like free books? Or Amazon vouchers? Well sadly I can't offer you any at the moment but I can do the next best thing and that's to point you in the direction of people who are:

Over at The Story, Claudia Moser is offering an Amazon gift card for her very first giveaway.You have until July 31st to enter this one. I know she'd love to see you, so why not go and say hello?

Medeia Sharif's début YA novel, Bestest. Ramadan. Ever. is being released this Summer. (It has a cupcake on the cover, you guys!) Also, next month her blog is two years old. She's celebrating by offering an autographed copy of her novel, another book of your choice from Elevensies, a group of YA and children's début authors, and a swag-pack made up of promotional material from the elevensies authors. There are three sets of these prizes on offer and this one closes on August 12th.

As well as her own, Medeia has a link to another giveaway involving the elevensies. The 2011bookfeast is giving away 3 separate packs of books. This one runs until August 31st and there will be another giveaway in the Winter. There's also a whole list of their authors, and I've already found some more new blogs to follow :)

ETA: I'm sorry for not checking the small print earlier. The bookfeast contest is open to US and Canada residents, (including overseas military installations), only.

One more for you. This one ends on July 25th so go for it if you're interested! Over at My Writers Craze the prizes on offer for first place are Divergent by Veronica Roth, Graceling by Kristin Cashore and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. As well as that, the prize includes a $50 Amazon gift certificate AND a critique of your query and partial. As if that wasn't enough, there are also second and third prizes too!

I've linked to these competitions because they are from blogs I like and follow, (although I was lucky enough to start following one the day she announced the giveaway which was very nice timing!) I thought it might be a nice way of introducing people to other people who might not know each other yet. Share the love, that's what I say :)


Good luck to you if you decide to enter any or all of these!


13 comments:

  1. Wow, thanks for all the great contest links. :D

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  2. Thanks for the shout out! And the give away info.

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  3. I just met Krista and loved her blog! It was so much fun!!!

    Great links! Looking forward to hopping around!

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  4. Thanks for the info. I'm headed over to Claudia's site. Don't you just love her?

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  5. Woot! I didn't know about these. Thanks!

    Angela @ The Bookshelf Muse

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  6. WOW! You have so much great stuff! I can't wait to check it all out! I love finding someone who is on the same journey as I am. And congrats on making that girls "hall of fame!" That is so cool! I am excited to get to know you better too. Best of luck. :)

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  7. Stina - thank you, and by the way did you know you're following me twice? (You were one of my first followers :))

    Phil - You're Welcome :)

    Jenna - Nice to meet you, and you're welcome.

    Krista - Any time, I'm starting to really enjoy flash fiction thanks to your blog :)

    Jen - it's great, isn't it?

    Life101 - oh indeed, Claudia's an absolute sweetie.

    Chantele - Me too!

    Angela - You're welcome :)

    Abby - Welcome to you, and best of luck with your new blog. I hope you have fun.

    Christina - Thank you :)

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  8. Rebecca - How can I have missed you, sorry! And yes, free books rock :)

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