Taking Advice and Thanking My Fans

I almost wrote ‘thanking my readers’ but I thought I’d try spicing it up! 

Awhile ago, I offered a GIVEAWAY.    Since I’m not a big tag user and am more of a lurker than a commentor, I don’t drive a lot of traffic here.    I have always gotten terrific advice from Lisa on how to drive more traffic, and yet, I’m hesitant and reluctant – something about the self-promotion?!??!     Let’s get all psychoanalytical and maybe neurotic?  and even question WORTHINESS?   Sure, fear.   That’s a forever-undercurrent, too.    If you knew the ‘real’ me, you would not accuse me of being shy.    Anyway.

What if somebody doesn’t like my reviews!   and (gasp!) calls me on my ignorance/laziness/mediocrity?!?!     Well, RASPBERRIES!

On that spirit, I offer an addendum to the giveaway I mentioned last week.   The one that failed to give a deadline, that offered an ‘old’ book, and certainly didn’t even ask anyone to post about it in order to get TWO chances to win…    The addendum is this:    MORE!  I’m going to offer TWO books:  The Unbearable Lightness of Being AND St Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves!     See what PlanetBooks has to say about it…

But, wait!!   There’s even MORE!    I’m going to offer a ‘LOOK’.    I have been a rep for Mary Kay Cosmetics for many a year now, and they are reshaping the compacts which means I have some ‘classic’ stock to move off my shelf.    A LOOK is a lipstick, eye shadows, blush that fit into a color compact…    However, you will have limited choice on the colors but it still makes a $50+ offering.

BOOKS & A LOOK!   

Everyone who has already made a comment on the first post (that means Trish, Amy, Beastmomma, Lisa and Eva)will get 2 entries to my giveaway.     From this time forward, I will only accept comments on this post for my BOOKS & A LOOK! giveaway and will offer one more entry if you post about it.    [Which means that these 5 'fans' are eligible to have 4 total entries, everyone else can have up to 2.   Fair or not, it's my giveaway...]

The deadline is next Thursday, April 3th, midnight.     Random drawing…  

I’m off on a trip to sunny California and won’t be home til mid-week, so I look forward to seeing the count when I get back.  ttfn, Care

32 Responses to “Taking Advice and Thanking My Fans”


  1. 1 Eva March 28, 2008 at 10:45 am

    Ohhh-that St. Lucy’s story collection looks great! And the Mary Kay look is very generous. I’ll be blogging about this one. :)

  2. 2 Amy March 28, 2008 at 6:15 pm

    Hi there,

    I saw your post and thought I’d come over and say HI. I’m a new blogger and my blog doesn’t draw all that many people either, but, I will definitely post about your book and a look contest on my blog. I can’t guarantee a TON a people. But maybe a few : )

    Anyway, it’s nice to “meet you” and thank you SO much for this generous opportunity!

    Amy (Not the one that already posted) : )

    I’ll be back (waving)

  3. 4 Heather March 28, 2008 at 7:33 pm

    Hello there, I’d love to be entered in this excellent giveaway… here is where I blogged about it: http://heatherlo.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/giveaway/

  4. 5 Karin March 28, 2008 at 10:33 pm

    Hi…. hope I can enter. I have no blog though!

  5. 6 Char March 28, 2008 at 11:44 pm

    Yep, count me in! I’m going to have to dao a giveaway one of these days. I feel like such a moocher!

  6. 7 Daniela March 29, 2008 at 1:00 am

    I have a blog but only my sisters read it. :)

  7. 8 beastmomma March 29, 2008 at 1:37 am

    Very impressive. You go with your bad self!

  8. 9 Ginnie March 29, 2008 at 3:59 am

    Sounds good! Count me in please. Ginnie
    vmstokes{at}verizon{dot}net

  9. 10 blbooks March 29, 2008 at 12:03 pm

    Please enter me, thanks!

    Becky
    laney_po AT yahoo DOT com

  10. 11 Amy March 29, 2008 at 3:54 pm

    I blogged it! :) Thanks for the extra chances!

  11. 12 Megan March 29, 2008 at 5:54 pm

    Oh my gosh I have always wanted to read The Unbearable… Thanks for offering this giveaway and thank Amy for letting me know about it. I am off to go explore!

    Have a great trip!

  12. 13 Planet Books March 29, 2008 at 7:43 pm

    Thanks to Lisa I have had a very successful week with veiwership over at Planet Books. To those entering the giveaway… St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves is the current reading selection for Planet Books bi-monthly on-line reading group. It’s a fun and quick read with a current of the fantastical mixed into these short stories.
    I would like to be considered for The Unbearable Likeness of Being as well as some make-up! A girl can never have enough make-up in her arsenal.
    XOXO-K

  13. 14 Stephanie March 29, 2008 at 8:13 pm

    I would LOVE the St. Lucy’s book, so please pick me! :)

  14. 15 Anastasia March 29, 2008 at 9:47 pm

    Wow, those books sound great! I would LOVE to check them out :) Thanks for the contest!

  15. 16 raych March 29, 2008 at 11:25 pm

    Books and make-up? I’m in!!!

  16. 17 Chelsea March 30, 2008 at 10:53 am

    Hey! As a fellow blogger who gets little (and by little, I mean absolutely no) traffic to her site, I’d love to be entered in your oh-so-fantastic giveaway!

  17. 18 shereadsbooks March 31, 2008 at 7:04 pm

    Ooh, ooh! Enter me, please!

  18. 19 Duane April 1, 2008 at 8:54 am

    Hi Care,

    Sorry I have no other way to contact you — but your name came up as a winner in my contest over at ShakespeareGeek.com and I need your shipping address! :) I’m hoping that you’ve got some sort of alert on your blog posts so this will go straight to your attention. Email me when you get this.

    Thanks for playing,
    Duane

  19. 20 Theresa N. April 2, 2008 at 7:09 am

    I’d love to read this book..Books and a Look.. very catchy!

  20. 21 jeane April 2, 2008 at 9:46 am

    I’d love to enter for the St. Lucy’s book!

  21. 22 Swapna Krishna April 2, 2008 at 10:04 am

    I don’t have a blog, but I’d love to be entered for St. Lucy’s! Thanks for the generous giveaway!

  22. 23 bunnyb April 2, 2008 at 1:48 pm

    Too cool! Books and makeup! Love it!!! Thanks so much!

  23. 24 lisamm April 2, 2008 at 3:10 pm

    Hi Care! I’d love to enter. I already have The Unbearable Lightness of Being, but I guess if I win (ha!) you could pick a 2nd winner and give her/him TULOB and me all the other stuff ;-)

    Hope your trip to CA was a blast! I thought I saw you waving over my house!!

  24. 25 Ilissa H. April 2, 2008 at 4:26 pm

    Please count me in! Great giveaway.

  25. 26 Linda April 2, 2008 at 7:31 pm

    I’m not a blogger…yet. Please enter me in your Books & A Look giveaway. Thanks!

  26. 27 gautami tripathy April 3, 2008 at 5:08 am

    I would like to be considered for St Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves!

    I have the other one by Kundera!

    I got here from Trish’s blog and I have blogged about this giveaway here!

  27. 28 janelle April 3, 2008 at 10:17 pm

    I’m so glad I found your blog, I love to read. Both books look great, I’d love to win one :)

  28. 29 bkclubcare April 4, 2008 at 6:55 am

    Comments to this blog with intention to enter BOOK&aLOOK! contest are NOW CLOSED. I’m working on the randomness of selection right now… Thanks!


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