The Winners!!!!!

So my DD and I wrote out every name and then proceeded to cut them in little squares and after shaking the crap out of the little pieces of paper My daughter drew out two names.

Elizabeth Mueller is the winner of the Signed copy of "Devils Food Cake by Josi Killpack

Kimberly Job is the winner of a really cool hand made ribbon book mark.

If the winners will email me at cmichellejefferies at g mail dot com with thir addresses I will get these in the mail ASAP.

thanks guys and I look forward to even more follower contests in the future.

I'm such a geek. . .

This is my "Chapter Editing Countdown Chain"

Yeah you can tell me how much of a geek I am. Go ahead.

When I saw that I was over halfway done with my edit on Emergence with my editor. I got a silly idea to make a chain to count down. So I cut SEVENTEEN strips of paper and wrote the chapter titles on them and stapled them together. Then I hung it on my wall where I have my chapter editing calendars.

Everytime I finish a chapter, I will tear or ceremoniously cut a link off. :)

GEEK! Sigh!

You get what you ask for. . . . . .

Post 294!

I am such a dolt sometimes. While I may be a story teller, the English language and English grammar are not my friends. It is not second nature to me and when I write something, anything, for that matter it needs to see a red pen. I have tried to find someone who would trade me red-line edits for content and plot edits for years now.

In desperation I went to an online group and asked for a red-line edit for a short story I needed an edit for. I sent it off and then a few days later I got it back in all its red lined glory. I thanked the editor and went to work on it. Through the edit I was sometimes feeling confused. Some of the comments they made made me say huh? But still thinking that I was the one who knew much less then they did I believed that the edits were what I needed. So last night after the edit was finished I printed the seven page story off and took a second look.

Boy was I wrong. The story acording to the editor is a mess. There is punctuation where I know it doesn't belong. They removed words that were needed, and added things that let me know that the editor didn't have a clue about the "story". I was disapointed but I know that I can go back and fix what is wrong with the story before the deadline. I will be fine and I have definately learned my lesson.

I will trust my friends before I send domething to a stranger again. Lesson leanred.
Life experience: 1 Story: 0

Post 293! Almost to 300!

I have let Janurary slip through my fingers like sand. I totally blew off my writing goal and meandered around the WWW like a zombie. Granted, December was hectic and my life has changed in some tremendous ways. But it's no excuse to ignore my friends and my blogs.

First of all thanks to those of you who are my followers. Both the old timers and the newbies. I am excited for this new year of blogging and hope that this is the year I can add a count down date for my book on my sidebar.

As for editing I am still madly plugging along and hope to be done soon. I am over halfway now. :) I love my editor and they know it although I owe them some serious cookies! ( might have to post the recipie for serious cookies sometime.)

Well I am going out on a limb and telling everyone that I will be writing this month not just sitting in front of a computer like the undead. My muse is shriveling within me and needs to be fed. Maybe I should put an update thingie on the sidebar to keep me accountable. Think it will work? Maybe.

Either way, the followers contest runs through the seventh, and I will post the winners on my blog on that day or the next. I am also almost on my 300th post and that deserves another game/drawing. I'll see what I come up with. To my readers, thanks for hanging on while I meander through life.

Have a good day everyone.

okay, I've been bad.

I havn't posted in a WEEK! AAAAAAA!!!! but I assure you everything is most ly fine. I have been in a pain fog with tendonitis with my knee this whole week and i've been focused on that. Hopefully by Monday I will be feeling better. :) Sorry guys.

Okay here it is. . .

My follower contest. I want more followers and I know how to get them, give something away for free!

I will choose one follower from everyone on my follower list and they will recieve a signed ARC of "Devils Food Cake" a cosy Mystery from Josi Killpack. I will as of today also give a second prezzie as yet to be determined to those who sign on as of today or later. I will close the contest on my anniversary February Seventh. So tell your friends (or not!) lol, and get in line for some free stuff.

I am traveling. . .

To Christine Bryant's blog tomorrow. She offered a space for a guest blog. So I jumped at it. Go see me tomorrow as I wander through the world wide web.

BTW, I am going to be starting a followers contest (inc. the ones that were the trend setters and followed me without me begging.) Stay tuned on either Saturday or Monday for the details. The winner gets a signed copy of "Devils Food Cake" a cosy mystery by Josi Kilpack.