bafab – Write From Karen

BAFAB: Deadline January 8th

January 8, 2009January 8, 2009 Karen

TIME’S UP!

The winner is …. number 115 – kathemc!!!

In the event I can’t reach kathemc by Tuesday, January 13th, I’ll attempt to contact the second person listed.

Aargh, I wish my blog template would number the comments. It sort of sucks to have to count, and then recount, and then count one more time just to make sure.

At any rate, THANK YOU to everyone who commented and visited!! I hope you’ll consider putting me in your RSS reader and/or come back and visit me on a regular basis. Have a great day, everyone!!

Comments are closed to avoid confusion.

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Yep, it’s that time once again – time to give a book away for no good reason!

So how does this work, you ask? Here’s the short version, I’m participating in the program and would love to buy someone a book of their choice ($15 max). If you would like to put your name into the pot and win a free book, please enter your name in the comment section below. If I draw your name January 8th then I’ll buy you a book!

Winner will be announced on Write From Karen after 11:00 a.m. (U.S. central time) January 8th.

And … if any of you are feeling generous and would like to buy ME a book, I’ve included a link to my Amazon.com wish list to make it easy for you. 😀

Easy-smeasy, right?

Want to learn more? Read the long version.

Please help spread the word! Copy the code below and paste it into your blog today!

Banner Code:

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Open to U.S. addresses only.

If anyone is participating in BAFAB week, please let me know! I also love to win free books! 😀

Book Corner, Giveaway/Contests

BAFAB: Deadline October 2nd

October 2, 2008October 2, 2008 Karen

IT’S TIME TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER!

CONGRATULATIONS GO TO … JUDY!!

If the event I can’t reach Judy before Monday, October 6th, then I will attempt to reach the second number listed.

So how does this work, you ask? Here’s the short version, I’m participating in the program and would love to buy someone a book of their choice ($15 max). If you would like to put your name into the pot and win a free book, please enter your name in the comment section below. ~~If I draw your name October 2nd then I’ll buy you a book!~~

Winner will be announced on Write From Karen after 11:00 a.m. (U.S. central time) October 2nd.

And … if any of you are feeling generous and would like to buy ME a book, I’ve included a link to my Amazon.com wish list to make it easy for you. 😀

Easy-smeasy, right?

Want to learn more? Read the long version.

Please help spread the word! Copy the code below and paste it into your blog today!

Banner Code:

To include this banner (130 pixels wide) in your post or sidebar, copy and paste this code:

If anyone is participating in BAFAB week, please let me know! I also love to win free books! 😀

Book Corner

Pick a Book, Any Book

September 22, 2008September 8, 2008 Karen

Guess what time it is?

It’s time for another Buy A Friend a Book week!

Yep, I’m going to randomly pick a reader out of a hat and send him/her a book of his/her choice from Amazon. No, no, not right now. The first week of October.

Okay wait, instead of explaining it all over again, just click over here and read more about it.

In the meantime, mark your calendars and be sure to come back September 26th and put your name in the comment “pot”. It’s not everyday someone offers to buy you a book for no good reason!

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Book Corner

July BAFAB Winner Announced

July 3, 2008July 3, 2008 Karen

A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who put their name in the comment pot for my July Buy a Friend a Book (BAFAB) giveaway. And a HUGE THANK YOU to those that posted my button and spread the word – I heart you guys, truly I do.

I’m listing all of the people who were interested in the free book here. Since wordpress.com doesn’t come with that snazzy sticky feature (I miss the sticky feature wordpress! Waah!), I’m going to have to clear the FREE BOOK page so I can use it again for October’s BAFAB drawing. (Sorry about the comments disappearing! When I closed comments on the FREE BOOK page wordpress made them disappear! They are still there, you just can’t see them! ACK!)

But I didn’t want to lose all of the comments, or the lnks to the wonderful people who left a comment, so, I’m listing them here so their links remain and I can do what I need to do with the FREE BOOK page.

Capiche?

Don’t worry, it doesn’t really make sense to me, either. 😀

Here are the uber-cool people who put their names into the comment pot (in no particular order):

1. Shoshana	2. Danica	3. Melanie	4. Tina
5. Julie	6. Sandy	7. Emily	8. Dawn
9. Teresa W.	10. Lori Barnes	11. Elaine	12. Lulliannie
13. The Book Muncher	14. Samantha	15. Karin A	16. Johannah B
17. Carol Ezovski	18. Kristine Peacock	19. Janelle	20. Lizzie
21. Juxtabook	22. Melanie	23. Debbie	24. Book-Adorer
25. Ryan	26. Chel	27. Judy	28. The Story Siren
29. Marianne	30.avni	31. Deborah	32. ellie
33. Cyndi	34. Breanna	35. Lucy D	36. Alessandra
37. erica	38. emily	39. Nitestar	40. Joy @ Joy of Desserts
41. Pamk	42. bunnyb	43. Archana	44. Deb – Mom of 3 Girls
45. kegsoccer	46. Margay	47. Pamk	48. Nicole
50. Becca	51. Popin	52. Julie	53. Katie
54. Tina

After running the number of commenters through random.org, here are the top three picks:

CONGRATULATIONS BECCA!!!

(In the event that I can’t reach Becca within three days (by 5:00 p.m. U.S. central time July 6th), the second person listed wins the book. So, if your number was drawn, check your email!)

Thanks again for participating, everyone! I LOVELOVELOVE doing this every quarter! Please bookmark me and we’ll do this again in October!

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Book Corner

BAFAB: Deadline July 3rd

June 28, 2008July 5, 2008 Karen

~~IT’S TIME!~~

And the winner is …

Yep, it’s that time once again – time to give a book away for no good reason!

So how does this work, you ask? Here’s the short version, I’m participating in the program and would love to buy someone a book of their choice ($20 max). If you would like to put your name into the pot and win a free book, please enter your name in the comment section below. If I draw your name July 3rd, then I’ll buy you a book!

Winner will be announced on Write From Karen after 11:00 a.m. (U.S. central time) July 3rd.

And … if any of you are feeling generous and would like to buy ME a book, I’ve included a link to my Amazon.com wish list to make it easy for you. 😀

Easy-smeasy, right?

Want to learn more? Read the long version.

Please help spread the word! Copy the code below and paste it into your blog today!

Banner Code:

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Book Corner

Pick a Book, Any book

June 24, 2008June 19, 2008 Karen

Guess what time it is?

It’s time for another Buy A Friend a Book week!

Yep, I’m going to randomly pick a reader out of a hat and send him/her a book of his/her choice from Amazon. No, no, not right now. The first week of July.

Okay wait, instead of explaining it all over again, just click over here and read more about it.

In the meantime, mark your calendars and be sure to come back June 27th and put your name in the comment “pot”. It’s not everyday someone offers to buy you a book for no good reason!

Please help spread the word! Copy the code below and paste it into your blog today!

Banner Code:

To include this button (130 pixels wide) in your post or sidebar, copy and paste this code:

Giveaway/Contests

Father’s Day Journal Winner and More Fun Announcements

June 16, 2008June 16, 2008 Karen

Are you ready?

The winner of the Father’s Day Journal is …

Jo!

Jo was the third person to express an interest in the journal and that so happens to be the number the random.org generator spit out. Congratulations Jo! (Check your email!)

Also …

I NEARLY forgot that the next Buy a Friend a Book Week (BAFAB) is coming up the first week of July! Whew! Good thing I remembered. 😀 So … you know the drill. Beginning June 27th, leave your name in the comment section of the BAFAB post and if I draw your name July 3rd, you’ll receive a FREE BOOK of YOUR CHOICE from Amazon.com ($15 max). If you would like to know more about the program and grab the promotional button above to post on your blog, please read this page.

Also …

Because of the craziness that came with my blog move, the June photo contest was postponed … until July 27th! The photo contests have been pretty popular in the past and I have so much fun hosting them so don’t miss out! You can find out the rules, guidelines, prize list and pick up this promotional button

on this page.

There is a lot of fun stuff coming up so don’t forget to mark your calendars, or put me in your RSS feeds or keep track of what’s going on in Twitter!

(By the way, if anyone would like a Twitter button like the one I made above, just email me [email addy in sidebar] and I’ll be happy to make one for you, FREE!)