Yep, dear readers, there was an official drawing late Sunday evening and a winner was determined for the new Kindle Fire I am giving away. I know, the tension is kind of blown since I put the winner’s name in the post’s title but I wanted to place Em’s name up in lights…after all SHE JUST WON A KINDLE FIRE!!

I want to thank everyone who participated. Those of you who read my latest book would have seen my dedication, but I figured I would share it here because it’s germane to this “thank you” and it is also exactly how I feel, put into a short book dedication:

For my readers.
To authors, you are the lifeblood;
we admire no one more.

I am so happy for Emerald! I purchased my own Fire recently and I LOVE it. Perfect size, great resolution, fantastic apps…I love reading a book then, during a pause, grabbing my email, checking Twitter, perusing Facebook, and back to the book! For the price I have to say, it gives my iPad a pretty solid beat-down. Just sayin’.

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The blank page is dead…long live the blank page.

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Author known to use spontaneous satire, sarcasm, and unannounced injections of pith or witticisms which may not be suitable for humorless or otherwise jest-challenged individuals. (Witticisms not guaranteed to be witty, funny, comical, hilarious, clever, scintillating, whimsical, wise, endearing, keen, savvy, sagacious, penetrating, fanciful, or otherwise enjoyable. The Surgeon General has determined through laboratory testing that sarcasm can be dangerous, even in small amounts, and should not be ingested by those who are serious, somber, pensive, weighty, funereal, unsmiling, poker-faced, sober, or pregnant.)