Friday, November 12, 2010

Thank You + A Winner

"You have to write a lot. And you have to rewrite what you wrote a lot more."
~ Holly Black



A Thank You

Many thanks to those of you who helped with my query woes yesterday. The feedback was wonderful, and I think we accomplished a lot together. THANK YOU!


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A Winner


The winner of
Monday's Marvelous Middle Grade Giveaway
and a new paperback copy of

The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
is...


True Random Number Generator 52 5 Powered by RANDOM.ORG


And lucky #5 is...

JEN DAIKER

Thank you to everyone who entered. I'll be doing another Marvelous Middle Grade Monday next week! Have a great weekend!

30 comments:

  1. I love your quote. It's so true.
    Congrats Jen!

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  2. WOOOOOOOOOOOOO JEN!!!!!!!!!!

    And Shan, I know I didn't help much (or at all), but you've got something there. Just keep chipping away.

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  3. yay for Jen! glad you're feeling better.

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  4. Congratulations Jen Daiker! :-)

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  5. Congrats Jen! I love that quote...so, so true!

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  6. Yes, the quote is wonderful, as always.

    Hurray to the winner as well! I'll have to get on this contest thing next time!

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  7. WOW!!! I'm so excited!!!!!!! EEK!!! I can't believe it!! I won I won *jumps for joy* Yay!!!!

    Sending address your way now! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

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  8. Woo hoo! Yay, Jen! *throws confetti*

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  9. Congrats to the winners and looking forward to more middle grade posts!

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  10. Congrats to Jen! So true on the quote. *sigh* so true. ;)
    Lisa ~ YA Literature Lover

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  11. Congratulations to Jen Draker!!!! And thank you for sharing your query letters with us here - I found the whole exercise quite enlightening and very helpful! Thanks! Take care
    x

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  12. Why do I always miss the cool stuff? I would've helped you with your query, although I already have and I feel bad that I wasn't good enough. :(

    But yay Jen!

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  13. Congrats Jen! You lucky duck. :)

    Shannon, I'm having the same problems. So I can't even help myself. The world of queries is a mystery to me. Waaaahaaaaa *sniff*

    The quote is my MANTRA, BABY!!! YEAH

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  14. Hooray for Jen! Holly Black is one of my favorite authors. She has such a fantastic style, I'm always blown away by her writing.

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  15. Congrats to Jen!

    Thanks for the giveaway, Shannon. :)

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  16. hi miss shannon! hooray for miss jen! yikes! how did i not get myself entered in that givway. ha ha. i dont know that book. did you do a review for it. for sure ill be watching for the next one. i hope youre having a really nice weekend.
    ...hugs from lenny

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  17. Congratulations to Jen!!! Great quote, Shannon. :)

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  18. Way to stay at it. You did a great job. :)


    Angela @ The Bookshelf Muse

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