GIVEAWAY BY THE NUMBERS! And Feline Friday

Since I am going to be disappearing until next Thursday (mostly, anyway), I am going to leave you with a Big Ol' Giveaway to keep you busy.

Here's how it is going to work: I'm calling it "Giveaway by the Numbers" because I decided that I'd like to raise some of my "numbers" (blog followers and page views, Twitter and Facebook followers) before the next book comes out. You can help--AND maybe win a really cool prize.

Here's where we are right now:
On the blog, I have (gulp) 95,550 page views. Which I find stunning, really, but let's see if we can get it to 100,000! I also have 259 followers, and I'd like to get that to 300. For each of those goals we reach, I'll give away a prize. If we get to 12,000 page views, I'll give away an extra prize. If we get to 350 followers, I'll give away ANOTHER extra prize. You see how this is going, right?

On Twitter, I have 1,640 followers--I'd love to hit 2,000...what do you think? Can we do it?
On Facebook, I have 2,332 follower--can we get to 2,500?

The more goals we reach, the more prizes, but you are entered to win just by taking part.

Here's some of what I will be giving away, depending on how well we do:
The signed book of your choice (or multiple signed books), like one of these...

A $25 Amazon gift card
A lovely hand-crafted Deborah Blake original necklace (for you or to give as a holiday gift)

These are from the "Spirit & Potential" line

A really cool poster of Magic the Cat (it isn't really her--it just looks like her, but way cool) that says "If you can spell, thank a witch"

And if we meet all our goals, I'll come up with something really spectacular...

So, help an author out and spread the word? *SMOOCHES*
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And here is your Feline Friday cuteness

What you lookin' at?

A Good Day

Okay--not entirely good, since I am either fighting a little cold or dealing with the ragweed allergy attack from hell (or both), but some good stuff happened today:

1) I did the monthly redecoration of the shop's front windows with pal and Artisans' Guild co-founder Ellie Stromberg. When we first started the shop almost 12 years ago, we spent so much time together, when I called her house, her husband would say, "Ellie, it's your wife!" But we don't see as much of each other these days, and had a lot of fun giggling and playing as we did our best to make the shop "shiny."

2) Came home to find my biannual royalty report from Llewellyn. For those of you who don't know about such things, that's the report that tells me how many of each of my five books I sold during the last period (in this case Jan-June this year). The check for same won't arrive for another month (another good day), but the numbers were better than I expected, and the best news of all, I had sold through the advances for all five books--including the two that only came out last year. If you're not an author, take it from me...this is a GOOD thing.

I'm not going to get rich off of these books, or be able to quit my day job. But it is satisfying to know that people are enjoying my writing. (And did I mention there will be a check?)

3) I got to gab with my lovely critique partner Lisa DiDio on the phone for WAY too long this afternoon. We communicate pretty much every day, often multiple times, but usually be email. It was great to have author chat, girl chat, and more giggling.

So cold or no cold, it was a good day.