'Bout Books » Contest http://www.boutbooks.com A World of Literature Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:00:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 National Write a Novel Month http://www.boutbooks.com/national-write-a-novel-month/ http://www.boutbooks.com/national-write-a-novel-month/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:00:00 +0000 Ronald A. Rowe http://www.boutbooks.com/?p=933 You’re an avid reader. You wouldn’t be browsing the articles on ‘Bout Books otherwise. But do you write? I think that most people who love to read have at least one great story stored away somewhere inside just waiting to pour out onto the page.

November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short). This is the time to take up the challenge and let that story out. It doesn’t matter if you have any experience writing. If you have an idea, a plot, or a character that continues to kick around the back of your brain looking for a place to go, now is the time to bring it to life.

Writing a novel can be a daunting prospect. Novels are long – hundreds of pages and tens of thousands of words. You can’t knock out a novel in a day or even a week. In fact, most of us with full time jobs and kids and commitments won’t get a full novel down on paper in a month, even if it is National Novel Writing Month.

But you can get started. You can use NaNoWriMo as the impetus to get writing. Write when you can. Share your progress with us here at ‘Bout Books and we’ll shower you with encouragement. I promise.

For my part, I’m nearing the end of my first draft. I finally took the plunge and started writing a young adult novel, hopeful that it will see the light of day by the time my oldest son is a young adult. 60,000 words seemed like such a huge number when I started. Soon I’ll have to go back and trim several thousand words to get it down to that amount.

I hope you’ll join me writing this NaNoWriMo. I’ll look forward to reviewing your manuscripts on this site in the not too distant future.

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Gumer Liston for most commented article

Sharyn Essman of FeeFiFoto Blog for randomly chosen comment on

Congratulations to both!

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In order to qualify for the reader’s prize, all you need to do is have a comment published* for any article posted during the month of December.  Comments will be accepted for this contest through January 7th.  One comment will be chosen randomly, and the author of that comment will receive $25!

So, start reading, and submitting comments.  The more comments you submit, the more likely you are to win.

*In order for a comment to be published, an editor will determine if the comment is relevant to the article and meets WMG’s standards for appropriate language.

**Employees of Wasabi Ventures are not eligible to submit comments for this contest.

]]> http://www.boutbooks.com/want-to-win-25/feed/ 0 Contest: WMG Giving Thanks Give Away http://www.boutbooks.com/contest-wmg-giving-thanks-give-away/ http://www.boutbooks.com/contest-wmg-giving-thanks-give-away/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:35:32 +0000 Michele http://www.boutbooks.com/?p=88 Wasabi Media Group (WMG) announces our largest contest ever.  Almost $2,000 in prizes and everyone that enters is guaranteed to get at least $50 in free advertising!!

The Prize Packs

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Prize Pack 10 ($120 Value) – 20,000 EntreCard Points

How To Enter

To take part in this drawing you need to sign up for the Wasabi Media Group Advertiser Newsletter by using the form here: http://www.wasabimediagroup.com/advertiser_subscribe1.php. By signing up and confirming your email, you will receive 5 tickets.  As a bonus, everyone that enters gets an automatic $50 in free advertising on our network!

You also can get five additional entries by writing about this contest in your blog.   An entrant only needs to mention the contest and link to Wasabi Media Group or the contest in his or her blog.  An entrant will get the additional entries only if he or she signs up for the newsletter.

Just comment on this thread once you have entered the contest, and we will approve your entrance prize of $50 in advertising and add your tickets to the pool.  If you have blogged about this contest, please include a link to the blog post in your comment thread also.

When Does The Contest End?

The contest runs from now until November 26th at midnight EST.  Prizes will be awarded on November 27th.

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