Sparks and Butterflies

Quick reminder – CD Giveaway ends tomorrow!

Just a quick jot to let you know I’ve got a giveaway going at Butterviews! Enter over there, not here!

*I’m still working on the site redesign – so that’s where my blogging time is going at the moment. Can’t be helped. I’m not a designer or a coder, so I’m doing bits at a time all by myself. Like the header? ALL BY MY LONESOME! You haven’t any idea how much swearing was involved.

The last day to enter the Capri-Sun Sunrise $250 Visa Giftcard Giveaway on Butterviews is tomorrow! I won’t be taking comments after Midnight 7/9 Pacific, so be sure to get your entry in. Oh, and don’t comment here for the giveaway – it won’t count. But anything else is A-OK.

So, it’s Monday, which means it’s time to update you on ME around the web.

You already know about this one. But I’m mentioning it anyway because HELLO! I was on CNN.

Article up at Special Needs Bliss, Advocate – Enough Said. A bit of a rant, cleaned up for non-personal blogness.

Another article up at Special Needs Bliss, How to Find Special Needs Programs.

The $250 Giftcard Giveaway for Capri-Sun Sunrise is still going strong over at Butterviews! The deadline isn’t until July, so be sure to enter if you haven’t already.

Hi all – just a quick blurb… To send you somewhere else. Capri-Sun Sunrise is giving away a $250 giftcard on my review site. So don’t enter here! Click over to the entry to enter. You’ll have to work in your comment. I want to know your morning “issues.” And Good Luck!

First – while I went off the deep end a tad bit, my attitude is improved. Nothing’s changed, mind you, but my attitude has improved.

Second – You still have until Monday night to get a free $50 to start your own SmartyPig account!

Third – I’ve decided to turn my social anxiety in a post just for you. Look for my BlogHer 2008 disclaimer, coming soon, and find out about all my foibles and idiosyncrasies ahead of time.

And finally Fourth – I have a new gig. You’ve probably seen it around the blogs lately, and for good reason. You’re looking at an editor at Blog Nosh Magazine.

Megan Jordan had this crazy idea – and has taken it to great heights.

What is Blog Nosh Magazine? We are an online magazine featuring the best archived content from primarily personal blogs, spotlighting a cross-section of topics and perspectives. New posts daily.

For bloggers, if it has fallen off of your front page and you know it deserves more time and exposure, we are your ideal resource. We are in the business of building your audience. As such, we republish your posts in full. Teasers and headlines alone aren’t always enough to tempt new readers, so we give them the opportunity to nosh on your writing in its original form, not just through crumbs that don’t entice much click-through.

For readers, we are a veritable blog buffet. A little bit of this, a little more of that, and lots of treats you never thought you would even want to try, let alone enjoy. We hope you will take the time to read posts in categories and channels that you might never seek out on your own. Most importantly, we ask you to take a moment to click through to the blogs of the authors we spotlight. This site only works if the authors feel they are gaining a real reader, not a random one-time hit. Give them a chance– we’ve already taste-tested them for you!

Take some time to check out our Editors page, grab a button for your own blog’s sidebar (we thrive by your support!), and if you are interested, check out the Publication Guidelines and Frequently Asked Questions page. We are here to serve!

If you’re looking to find me as a co-editor, I’m in the Overcoming Adversity Channel, and Religion & Philosophy.  Check it out.  A lot of work has gone into this by Megan especially, and all the editors.

Just a little heads up…  If you were ever interested in Smarty Pig, I’m giving away $50 to start your own account!

We have a winner to the Giveaway!

Drumroll…

So our winner is…

I blacked out her email and ip address…

Ruth, I’ve sent you an email so I can get your info for Rebecca. Congratulations!

Thanks to all those that participated!  21 entries is not bad for a first timer at all!

Don’t forget…  My giveaway expires tonight!  Comments after midnight tonight will not count (so technically Saturday morning) and I’ll use a random number generator to figure out the winner on Saturday.

Update:  We have a winner! 

I’m very excited to announce that my very first giveaway will be Rockabye, by blogger Rebecca Woolf, aka Girls Gone Child!

First, a bit about the book…

Rockabye is Rebecca Woolf’s heartfelt and often hilarious account of what happens when an irrepressible young city girl gets pregnant by accident and decides to keep the baby and marry the boyfriend. Forced to come of age almost overnight, Woolf charts her transformation from odd-job doing, commitment-phobic, chain-smoking, party girl to wife and mother, trying to adapt to and at the same time rebel against the stereotypes and responsibilities of modern motherhood. Woolf never relinquishes the qualities of her free-spirited, pre-baby self, however, challenging herself to grow up without outgrowing her dreams – and embracing motherhood fearlessly in a style wholly her own.

Second, how do you get one? **Leave a comment here anytime before 12 am, Saturday, April 12th (in other words by Friday night). You have a whole week – so don’t leave it until 11:59! I’ll then use a number generator to pick the comment… And that number comment will win a signed copy of the book from Rebecca herself!

A small note about commenting? If you’ve never commented here before? Chances are that your comment will be moderated, so fret not if your comment doesn’t show up right away… I got it, and I know the time it came in.

If you don’t want to chance it and want to buy the book, you can do so at the Amazon link below… Pre-order for delivery next week.

Comments are now closed, and giveaway is over.