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Goodreads Giveaway Results: Derrick the Dog
Wow! The giveaway is over, and the response was way more than I ever expected. Thanks to everybody who entered. The winner is Sharlene M. of AB, Canada. Congratulations, Sharlene! For the numbers fiends/curious authors, here are the stats for my first ever Goodreads giveaway . These are all for Derrick the Dog , the subject of this giveaway. I didn’t pay for any supplemental advertising, just posted about it on social media and my site. Before: on 6 shelves, 1 rating, 2 reviews After: on 419 shelves, 2 ratings, 2 reviews I …
In Remembrance: Brooke Overstreet Hack
The nice thing about being independently published and my own boss is that I can write about damn near anything I want. Today, I want to write about my friend Brooke. I met Brooke in Junior High, in Band if I recall correctly, and we were close friends throughout most of Junior High and High School. She was one of my all-time best friends, in fact. She bought me Def Leppard's Pyromania for my birthday one year, knowing how much I liked their Hysteria album. We exchanged homemade Christmas cards most every year. We spent …
