Monday, January 23, 2012

Post: 500 Winners, Awards, & Members!




A cosmonautical "thank you" for everyone who participated in my 500 members giveaway. Winners were selected at random, and they are:

Imogen - The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan.

Tasha Seegmiller - Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Tara Tyler - The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

J. A. BennettShatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Natalie Aquirre - Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder

Contact me at dpowersking[at]gmail[dot]com with an address (for physical book) or an email address (for ebooks). You'll receive your prize soon. Thanks again!

Because of personal stuff, I'm not able to offer query critiques like I've done in the past. But! I'll have to offer that sometime in the near future. Stay tuned. 

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We have 14 new members this week (if your name is not linked, I could not find your blog). Click them out!

Deeds
 Megan 

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J. A. Bennett and Kelly both bestowed some awards this week, including the Versatile Blogger, Great Comments, and the Kreativ Blogger awards! Thanks so much, you two. It means a lot. The Kreativ Award I have not received yet, so I'll take that challenge now.

For the Kreativ award, I'm supposed to share ten things about myself and pass it on to six bloggers. How about some embarrassing childhood moments? Here goes!

1: I used to collect action figures. Now I don't know what to do with them all. Know any collectors? Anyone ...

2: My sister gave me a Sting sword replica a few years ago. Guess what I see when I look up from the screen?

3: I filmed a short apocalyptic film using Micro Machines and fire ... and lost the footage. Not the best example.

4: Out of boredom, I swapped sale signs in a woman's department store ... and was caught by mall security!

5: I was suspended in Kindergarten over a name-calling dispute. No joke, but you can laugh anyway.

6: I put gum in my hair once, just to see if peanut butter really did help get gum out of your hair.  It works!

7: The only school dance I ever went to was prom. Okay. Maybe that's not embarrassing, but surprising, no?

8: I once memorized all of Yakko's World and Wacko's America and would sing them repeatedly.

9: I buried a platoon of G.I.Joe's in my backyard. They came back as zombies. Scarlett had a cure, though.

10: I chased a man in a penguin suit at Sea World, and to this day, I have a fear of Grover from Sesame Street.

Go on. Laugh it up. You know it's funny. And now, I'm passing the Kreativ Award to the following:

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Update: I've been sick. It may not show in my posts, but I'm fighting something new. Nothing dangerous. Just tedious. However, this has given me time to work on The Dragon's Heart. First three chapters are rewritten, proofed, and wife approved! Now for the easy touch-up stuff. We're aiming to have a beta draft ready by March.

What a busy week! How is yours shaping up?

I'm David, and the nook is almost finished!

39 comments:

  1. I have a Sting sword too! Word.

    And sorry you are still sick. That's yucky. At first I thought you said SOMETHING dangerous... I was like... Ack! Thank heavens I reread, haha.

    Congrats on the awards! And congrats to the winners!

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  2. 500 is fantastic! It won't be long until you're at 1000. Congrats! :)

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  3. I always love a good award ceremony ;)

    And bleh to the sickness, yay for the wife's approval! :D (And the touch up stuff is my FAV)

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  4. That is hilarious about the gum in the hair. I'm just going to take your word for it :)

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  5. Congratulations to everyone! And busted by mall security - funny. Wouldn't try to rob a bank or anything.

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  6. The gum in the hair cracks me up! It is nice to know that peanut butter does work though :)

    And Thanks!!!

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  7. You couldn't find my blog? EEk! We can't have that! Everyone come visit!
    http://rem-jmcooper.blogspot.com/

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  8. Thanks for the shout out, David! :) And I loved the facts about you. I laughed at a lot of them. Sorry. ;)

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  9. Holy moly! Rollin' in awesomeness. Congrats to the winners and congrats on the award! *cheers*

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  10. Congratulations to the winners, and get well soon David.

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  11. Hubby has Sting. We have a sword collection and several LOTR swords.

    Congrats to the winners!

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  12. Congrats to the winners!

    Thanks for the award David... I don't have this one either.

    I hope you feel better yesterday....

    Gearing up for the SCBWI conference this weekend .... Tensions are definitely rising!

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  13. HA! I just checked my email.... You were at my blog at exactly the same time I was here!

    GREAT MINDS ....

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  14. i'm so sorry you're sick! but glad it gives you opportunity to write =)
    thanks for the prize! i'm excited!

    and really? you had to try out he gum? thats a man for you. you must like that show myth busters!

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  15. Your list of facts from your childhood reads like some very typical boy behaviors. I never brought any toys back as zombies though. I kinda missed that opportunity.

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  16. Thanks for the award!

    Ahh, childhood! Out of curiosity, what were the names being used?? Kindergarteners can be inventive, but they must have been pretty harsh to get you suspended!

    Congrats on the 500 followers!!

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  17. Wahoo!! I can't believe I won! I'll e-mail you shortly ;) Also I loved school dances, I went to every single one that I could!

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  18. Congrats to the winners, and on your award, David! The pretty pink and green logo of the blog award matches beautifully with your background. Ha!

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  19. United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama...
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Indianapolis, Indian, and Columbus is the capital of...

    Yeah, I watched a little bit too much Animaniacs as well ;)

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  20. Congrats on your awards and to the winners of your contest.

    Love your childhood facts. Wow, suspended in Kindergarten. That was some pretty heavy name calling.

    I hope you feel better soon!

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  21. Feel better and good luck with your March deadline :)

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  22. Oh no. I'm sorry you're sick. I hope you feel better soon. Especially for LTUE. ;)

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  23. Thanks for the award! I hope you're better soon.

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  24. Congratulations, and feel better! :)

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  25. Ooh you made my day David. Hope you feel better.

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  26. Fun facts :) Ice gets gum off of fabric, just so you know.

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  27. Congratulations to the winners! And congrats to you on the award. :)

    I'd always wondered about the gum and peanut butter thing--so it really does work? I'll have to remember that.

    I hope you feel better soon!

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  28. Congrats to the winners. Interesting factoids. Get better soon!

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  29. Those are some awesome things you did as a kid, lol. I like the switching sale signs ;p Hope you feel better soon!

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  30. Sometimes I think it sucks that we have to have sick days to be able to get lots of our writing done. haha.

    Hope you feel better soon!

    Congrats on your awards David!!

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  31. "I was suspended in Kindergarten over a name-calling dispute."

    I think kindergarten is the only grade I didn't get in trouble for name calling in :P

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  32. Congrats to the winners! I memorized almost all the Animaniacs' songs. I still have my t-shirt from all those years ago and I wear it.

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  33. Here's to hoping you feel better soon.

    Three cheers to the winners and congrats on the blog award.

    About those figures? E-bay

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  34. David,I thought my day was awesome enough, but this just made it the best day I could possibly have. Thank you! I'll email you with my email address soon.

    I've been to a couple of dances (not school dances as I'm homeschooled, but bushdances), but I never danced with anyone other than a family member or a good (girl) friend. I'm not very good at dances.

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  35. Nice to know that peanut butter works!

    Congrats on the awards! Un-congrats on being sick. :( But huge congrats to the winners of the books!

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  36. Congrats to the winners. And on the awards. And for bestowing my way. I love your #8. I had that one, as well as the Nations of the World memorized once. Those were the days.

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  37. Hey! Thanks for the mention. Should have followed earlier.

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