This and That

Congratulations to contest winner Paula! She won a signed copy of Wickedly Dangerous -- yay!!

There haven't been as many entries to the contests I've given lately, so I'm assuming people are tired of them and I'm going to stop doing them for a bit. Don't worry, I'll get back to them eventually.

I'm a guest today over at Manga Maniac Cafe, where blogger Julie asked me a fun question:
"What 5 Things Would You Never Find in Baba Yaga's Airstream Trailer?" I'd love to know what your guesses would be...then go see what the real answers are.

For those not on Facebook, as requested, here is a picture of the Necklace of the Week:

Fancy Jasper Stars

Have a great day? So really, what do you think would never be found in Baba/Barbara's Airstream?

And the Winner is...

Doreen Grogan won the mug! Yay, Doreen! But don't worry if you didn't win--I have one more mug, the cool notebook, and a number of the little broom magnets to give away. When do you think I should hold the next giveaway? (Hint--NOT tomorrow!) What will it be? FIVE of the refrigerator broom magnets! (Yes, so we will have five winners.) So keep your eyes open...

Congratulations to Doreen, and thanks to everyone who took part. I really appreciate your support!

And the winner is...

ROSE KINNEY!

Congrats to Rose, who said: Hi Deborah, I have been waiting on a new release from you! I have the 4 books and I look forward to reading a new addition to my collection. I love the way you write with a down home feel that makes everyone feel they can relate. Keep up the great work (hugs)

Rose, contact me at magicmysticminerva at yahoo and tell me if you already have The Goddess is in the Details, and if so, which other book you'd like, and where to send it!

Thanks to everyone for all their lovely comments. You guys make an author very happy.

Love, love, love you all!

And if you didn't win, don't worry, because I plan to have all sorts of fun contests coming up.

XXX
Deborah

PS--My friend Nancy Holzner has a book out today! HELLHOUND is the fifth book in her fabulous "Deadtown" series, and I love these books with a white-hot passion. Be sure and say congrats to her, and if you're in the mood, I'd love it if you would run out and buy a copy. Happy book release day, Nancy!

Feline Friday and ALMANAC WINNER!

First things first! The winner of the contest for a copy of one of the new Llewellyn Almanacs is...
*drumroll, please*
MELISSA, who said "I would love the Witches' Almanac--they're always so useful and interesting to read."
Melissa, email me at magicmysticminerva at yahoo and tell me if you wanted the Witches' Companion or the Magical Almanac :-) [And give me an address to send it to.]

In other news, it is Friday morning, and the workmen fixing my basement steps and building a new deck started banging outside my window at 7:30, I have a headache, and the post-root canal pain has hit its height. Thank goodness it is Feline Friday!

On the bright side, I had a lovely chat yesterday with my Berkley editor about edits (yikes!) and I'm going to be awfully close to finishing BABA YAGA 2 by the end of the weekend, if all goes well.

Question for my blog readers: I know some of you are aspiring authors (well, you're AUTHORS now, you're aspiring to be published). Do you want to know more about the journey and how things work once one actually gets the agent, the publisher, the book contract, etc?

That's it for me...I hope you have a lovely weekend, and big congrats to Melissa!

Here are your cute cat pics:

 Angus, wishing you a happy Friday with his foxy little smile.

Angus and Samhain chumming it up together.

Magic the Cat, eating a piece of nectarine. Yes, you heard me. I have a cat that eats fruit. In fact, Magic loves fruit so much, she will steal strawberries, raspberries or blueberries out of my bowl or off the counter. (I can't actually leave a basket of fruit on the counter. Because the cat will get it. Go figure.) I call her my little fruit bat :-)

I would love the Witch's Almanac -- they are always so useful and interesting to read! - See more at: http://deborahblake.blogspot.com/2013/07/2014-llewellyn-annuals-giveaway-updates.html#comment-form

I would love the Witch's Almanac -- they are always so useful and interesting to read! - See more at: http://deborahblake.blogspot.com/2013/07/2014-llewellyn-annuals-giveaway-updates.html#comment-form

I would love the Witch's Almanac -- they are always so useful and interesting to read! - See more at: http://deborahblake.blogspot.com/2013/07/2014-llewellyn-annuals-giveaway-updates.html#comment-form

I would love the Witch's Almanac -- they are always so useful and interesting to read! - See more at: http://deborahblake.blogspot.com/2013/07/2014-llewellyn-annuals-giveaway-updates.html#comment-form

And the Winner Is: Kimberly S!

Kimberly S. is the winner of the Llewellyn Witches' Calender!

She said:
Congrats! I would love to win this calendar, as I am late in buying one this year! Flu is bad and knocks you out this year even more than it normally does. Wishing all the luck in the world with future writing and try to stay healthy!

I guess this is your reward for recovering from the flu :-) Hope you're feeling better now. Contact me at magicmysticminerva at yahoo dot com and tell me where to send it!

Congrats, and thanks to everyone who entered and left such nice comments.

Deborah

We Have a Winner!

Mary Barrett!

YAYAYAYAYAYAY!

Mary wins a free class given on the online workshop loop any time in the coming year (including Heather's wonderful "Archetypes" class.

Thanks to everyone who signed up early so they could take part in the contest. Don't you worry...there'll be more in the future.

See y'all in class!

What Was In The Box? BOOKS! And contest winners

For those of you who weren't around yesterday, you missed all the fun! I posted a picture of a LARGE and MYSTERIOUS BOX, and asked people to guess what was in it. The winner would get part of what was inside.

As you can see from the picture above, what was inside was LOTS and LOTS of BOOKS.

Many people guessed that the box contained copies of my newest book, but since my newest book is being written right now, alas, that wasn't true. The books, as winners ROBENA and SIERRA so cleverly surmised, are my booty from my recent trip to NYC and RWA. Some of them I bought at the literacy signing, and some I picked up at the various publisher book signings, and some were given out during the course of the conference. And, to be fair, about a third of that pile are autographed for and destined to be given to my pal Robin, who was supposed to go this year and couldn't.

Most of the books I picked up for myself are signed to me. But there are nine books that are up for grabs, and winners Sierra and Robina get to pick one of those and I will send it to them as their prize!

NOTE: Robena and Sierra can email me at magicmysticminerva at yahoo or contact me at the BettyVerse in FB so they can tell me their choice and give me an address to sent it to.

This was so much fun--I think I'll have to mail myself mysterious boxes more often!!! Thanks to everyone who took part.

There is a little bit of everything here: historical romance by Grace Burrowes (HEIR) and Mary Nalogh (A SECRET AFFAIR), two SF/paranormal romance by Joss Ware (BEYOND THE NIGHT, EMBRACE THE NIGHT ETERNAL), paranormal romance from Stephanie Rowe (TOUCH IF YOU DARE), Jenna Black (THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND), and Kristina Douglas (our own Krissie/Anne Stuart RAZIEL), a romantic suspense by Susan Crandall (SLEEP NO MORE), and a contemporary romance by Lori Wilde (THE FIRST LOVE COOKIE CLUB).

Have fun picking, ladies! And no fighting! They're all good...

CONTEST! Win a signed copy of the new book!

Hey all--the official release date of the new book, EVERYDAY WITCHCRAFT A TO Z SPELLBOOK is July 1st. But I've already gotten my copies from Llewellyn, so it should be showing up everywhere else soon. My books are all carried by Borders, Barnes & Noble, and many Indy and New Age books store, so you never know where you'll run across one.

I just wanted to remind everyone that the first person who finds a copy of the book "in the wild" and sends me a picture, will get a free, signed copy! Of course, I'd love to see or hear about ALL the sightings :-)

Keep coming back here, too, because I have a few more contests in mind...

Who doesn't love a free book???

And we have a winner!

Lady and Lion is the winner of the Mindy Klasky book! If you contact me with an email addy, I will get your snailmail address from you to give to Mindy.

She has a book with your name on it!!

Thanks to everyone who commented. If I don't hear from Lady and Lion by next Monday, Mindy will pick a replacement winner.