Friday, April 23, 2010

TGIF! and a Contest

Being the slacker you all know I am, I completely missed celebrating my 100 followers when I hit that milestone. And I promised myself that I would not miss celebrating at 150 followers because I never cease to be amazed at your kind, generous, warm response to me and my words.

Anyway, I was gifted with that monumental milestone of 150 on 4/19 and now it’s time to celebrate. I wish I could offer critiques or a fiction contest, but real life is not being kind and my brain is dead.

So to celebrate, we’ll have nice old-fashioned giveaway. Up for grabs are three gift cards. One for $20 and two for $15 from either Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Borders, winners choice.

So how does this work?

The rules are simple. You get one entry for each of the things listed below that you do. Since I’m a low-tech kinda girl, I’m keeping this simple. Each entry you get goes into a hat. At the end of the contest, I’ll pull out a winner.

What do you have to do?

1. Comment here to enter. Your comment gets you (+1) entry. Include any of the following information you have to get more entries.
2. You must be a follower of my blog. New followers get (+1) entry, current followers get (+2) entries.
3. Blog about this contest. That will get you (+2) entries. Leave the link here in your comment.
4. Put this contest in your sidebar. That will get you (+2) entries. Leave the link here in your comment.
5. Send followers my way. Each follower you send me that mention you by name gets you (+1) entry.

That’s it. Easy peasy. Make sure you leave your comments. This contest ends next Friday, 4/30 at 6:00 PM EST, and I’ll announce the winners by the following Monday.

48 comments:

  1. Whoop, whoop! Yay for great contests and congrats on reaching 150! Can't wait to hear the winners.

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  2. Yay! 3 entries for me at the moment... if I get a chance to blog about it I will come back to claim more points. ;)

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  3. Congratulations! You're at 151 at the moment.

    +1 for my comment
    +2 for being an old follower
    +2 for posting the comment at the top of my blog
    Total = 5 points

    I'll link this to my Facebook account too.

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  4. YAY YOU!!! I of course will take part in this spectacular event!! Can't wait to see who the winners are!!

    You can count me in for all of it! Tomorrow I'll blog about you :) your sidebar goes up in 15 minutes and of course I'm commenting and already following!

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  5. Awesome job on the 150 followers! Contests are always a good way to celebrate. I've decided to celebrate when I reach 100 and I blogged about it this morning. I'm taking contest suggestions as well.

    ~JD

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  6. Congrats on all those followers! You so deserve that :)

    Old follower +2
    comment +1

    I'll blog about it on Monday and come back with my link :)

    Thanks for the fun contest!

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  7. Thanks, guys. :) And Theresa, extra points for the shoutout on Facebook. :)

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  8. Woo hoo! I'm in! Congrats on reaching 150.

    Old follower +2
    comment +1
    blog side bar +2

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  9. Happy Friday and 150, SJS!

    Chock me up for 7 pts.

    1-comment
    2- old (I resemble that) follower
    2-sidebar link
    2-blog post

    Have a wonderful weekend,
    Lola

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  10. Well here I am commenting. My blogging buddy, Theresa Milstein sent me here so that gives her another entry. Yah! And I am now your 152nd follower. Congratulations on passing the 150 milestone!

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  11. Yay! Contests! Woot!

    Okay. So.

    Comment +1
    Old stalker - I mean follower +2
    Sidebar +2
    I may blog about it tomorrow and if I do I'll pop back over :)

    So that's 5 for me!

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  12. Awesome! I haven't written a post yet today so yes I will blog about your contest +2, and I'll link on my sidebar +2. I'm an old follower +2 and here's my comment +1 = 7 points.

    And congratulations on hitting the big 1-5-0!!

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  13. 152 now...you're on a roll!
    I'll take 3 for now (comment and old follower). If I can figure out how to fix my template, I'll put you on the sidebar too.
    Congrats!

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  14. Thanks for the comment this morning - you rock!

    +1 comment
    +2 old and loyal follower
    +2 sidebar

    = +5 so far, but I'll do my best to send followers! -)

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  15. Congratulations! It's been such an adventure meeting you and other writers. I've appreciated your support, too.
    Already a follower, so +3 (I really need to put up a sidebar for contests but I must, must, must finish my rewrites before I revamp the ol' blog) Happy weekend to you.

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  16. CONGRATS ON THE FOLLOWERS *throwsconfetti* ;o)

    oooohhhh Fun contest!!!

    Comment (+1)
    Old Follower(+2)
    http://princesscourtneysbarr.blogspot.com/2010/04/where-in-world-is-courtney-gonna-be.html(+2)
    Sidebar: http://princesscourneysbarr.blogspot.com(+2)

    7 entries so far!

    Visit My Kingdom Anytime

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  17. Yay, another contest! I commented, I'm a current follower and I blogged (http://www.kristiecook.com/2010/04/five-for-friday_23.html). Aren't these contests fun???? :)

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  18. Count me in! I'm a follower :)

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  19. Congratulations!! I'm definitely in. +1 for my comment and +2 for being a current folllower :)

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  20. Hello Sarah. Yeay - contests!

    Comment +1
    Current follower +2
    Blogged +2

    So I am on 5 - woohoo! Have a lovely weekend.

    http://jayneferst.blogspot.com/2010/04/awards-and-contests.html

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  21. Whoo-hoo! Congrats on all your awesome followers!!!!!

    Let's see...I'm an old follower -- and I've been following you for a while now (hardy-har-har :D)

    I'm putting a link on my sidebar asap.

    And this comment makes...hang on, math isn't my forte... 3 points!

    Thanks :))

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  22. Congrats on 150 followers!

    I'm a little behind on updated my sidebar, but will get to it soon!

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  23. Well done on such a wonderful milestone! And yes, I agree, TGIF :D

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  24. Nice! Congrats on so many followers. I've been a follower for a while, so I guess that's +3 entries for me! I need to have a contest soon... hoping to have 100 followers soon and I will definitely have one then!

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  25. Well I've had you in my Google Reader since Theresa recommended you a while ago, but I'm one of those Wordpress people so I don't think I can follow you as such... I'm not sure how many points any of that adds up to, or for whom :)

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  26. +1 Congrats on all the followers!

    +1 new follower

    Raelena
    throuthehaze at gmail dot com

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  27. YAY for your 150 followers!! You're not the only one who missed the 100 follower boat. I have the prizes... it just didn't work out. Life gets in the way of everything fun!! ;)

    Congrats!!

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  28. Wow! Just look at your follower count...!

    Much deserved too, if you don't mind me saying.

    Here's to 150 more :)

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  29. Hooray for 150 followers!

    I'm an old follower and I'll put your contest on my sidebar +3

    Thanks for a great contest. :)

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  30. Okay, I didn't give myself the right number of points. I think I actually have
    comment +1
    old follower +2
    sidebar link +2
    (http://susanfieldswriter.blogspot.com)
    for a total of +5
    (Sorry, it's late and these old eyes are tired!)

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  31. Oh yay! fun contest! And congrats on reaching your next milestone. I keep saying I'll have a contest, but never get around to it. This time, I'm totally having a huge one at 300!!

    Okay, I'm a follower already: +2
    Comment: +1
    Sidebar: +2

    My total so far: 5 entries!

    If I get a chance to blog it, I'll come back!
    Also, Courtney Barr (Southern Princess) sent me your way. I was coming by here anyway, but I saw her blog first ;)

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  32. Sounds like fun! I'm a brand new follower!

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  33. Yay! Um so

    Old follower +2
    Comment +1
    And on my sidebar now ;~) +1

    I love giveaways :~D

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  34. I am a follower AND I WUV you! (Does that get me any extra entries?)

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  35. Great idea, Sarah Jayne and congrats! I'll post this in my sidebar and I'm an old follower. I guess that gets me five entries.

    Thanks for the contest!

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  36. Sidebarrage, commentage, followage, probably bloggage too. 7 points FTW! :)

    And congratulations on the milestone, good lady!

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  37. Congrats on reaching 150+ followers! Here's to another 150!

    New Follower (Found my way here from Jen's blog unedited) +1
    Comment +1
    Blog sidebar +2

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  38. Congrats on the follower milestone! We love ya even without the fiction contest!

    Here are my numbers:
    Old follower +2
    comment +1
    Blog sidebar +2
    (see said sidebar at http://laurelgarver.blogspot.com.)

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  39. Wahoo! Congrats.
    I'm an old follower +2
    Comment +1
    Blog sidebar +2
    Post (tomorrow) +2

    total=7
    Good luck!

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  40. Yay for followers! And contests!
    3 entries for me!

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  41. Look at you! Wow! I get two points right off the get-go and after I blog about this I'll come back and claim another one. Lots of craziness going on right now for me but I promise to try.

    Great blog and you are so deserving of all this support.

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  42. Congrats, Sarah Jayne! Three points for yours truly and when I can get up a new blog post, I'll let you know. ;D

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  43. BTW, I've scheduled the post to appear tomorrow morning with your name correctly spelled AND spaced. Sorry about that!

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  44. Congratulations on 150 followers! I found you through Victoria Dixon.

    I'm a new follower, so just +1 (2 total, I suppose). Yay for contests!

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  45. I can't believe I haven't entered this yet! My mind is like a sieve lately... (1)

    Old Follower: 2

    Blogged about it today: http://andthistimeconcentrate.blogspot.com/2010/04/w-is-for-waiting.html (2)

    Also in sidebar. Same link as above. (2)

    7 points total! Congrats on so many followers: you deserve them! :-)

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  46. I've been blogging almost three weeks, and didn't realize I hadn't signed in as a follower. I've been missing out on some excellent posts and other great information here on your blog. Good luck to all of your many followers, and to you as you continue to pursue your life as wife, mother, writer.

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  47. I can't resist a contest! I think I'm joining a bit late to post about your contest, but I like your posts and I'll be sure to come back for visits, so in addition to following this blog I'm adding it to my own personal "frequent list"

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