JD's 250th Follower Contest! Come! Enter!

Do you see that number over there?!? -------->>

Do ya?

It's says 258 followers! Whoot!

You know what that means, don't you?

WHOOT! WHOOT! WHOOT! WHOOT! WHOOT!

Time to roll out the contest, peeps!

First I wanted to give a GIANT BLOGOSPHERE ((HUG)) to all my followers! You guys are the best!

First I'll tell you about the prizes, cuz contests are all about the PRIZES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All right...here we go!

1. A copy of Andrew Neudecker's book The Butterfly Key. (I will be giving away two of these!!)

(sorry about the Amazon photo...couldn't find a different one). But isn't his book cover AWESOME?!?!?

2. A query critique from Elana Johnson!! Whoa. If you don't know her, she's an author, the creator of querytracker.net, and one of the minds behind the free writeoncon conference this past summer. She IS the awesomeness of awesomeness!

3. A three chapter line edit from Candice at LiveWife. Candice is recently graduated English major, freelance writer, and all around great person.

4. A FULL ms copy edit (grammar/tenses/basic english stuff) from Katie Knish. Katie is a soon-to-be copy editor, and in need of some cred. You help her build a resume and she helps you edit your ms for free! Double-mint-awesome!

5. This is my personal favorite prize (only because I am part of it...lol). The beta, Sarah, and I will be giving you a hard-core, no holds barred, 3 chapter beta critique! Don't be scared though. We're nice! Most of the time. ;-) The cool thing about the dual crit is that Sarah and I have very different strengths when it comes to crits, so you will be getting the best of BOTH worlds! If you would like to know more about how Sarah and I critique--go check out the posts from Beta Week here.

6. A copy of Noah Lukeman's "The First Five Pages--A writers guide to staying out of the rejection pile." Now, this is my copy that I bought used on Amazon (so it's used, but in good shape) and I've pretty much gotten everything I can out of it. So now I shall pass it on!

7. A super-secret grab bag. Ooooohhh-aaaaahhhhh. (Nothing heart-stopping, but it is fun).

Now for the one and only rule (everyone contest has to have at least one rule, right?):

1. You must be a follower of this blog to enter.

Now--how to enter!

1. Leave comment in this thread. = 1 entry

2. Tweet/FB the contest = 2 entries for each tweet/update

3. Blog about it (or sidebar it)! = 4 entries

4. Old Followers = 2 extra entries
New Follwers = 1 extra entry

5. Donate money to the Suicide Prevention Walk I am participating in! For each $5 you donate, you will gain one extra entry. To learn how to donate go HERE.
It's a SUPER important cause that is near to me, so please donate--even it's only $1.
Donating to me, Candlyland, Candice, or Emily (all linked on the post) gets you entries! Just drop me note if you donate to one of the other three!

Now, tally up your score and leave it in the comments (you don't want to rely on my math skills...trust me).

Here's an example:

New follower who left a comment and tweeted about it: 4 entries

Old follower who left a comment and blogged about it: 7 entries

Old follower who left comment and donated $10 to the walk: 5 entries

Easy? Good!

This contest will run until October 10th (the day of the Suicide Prevention Walk). Spread the word, donate to save a life, ENTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~JD