i told you that my book was nominated for a goodreads choice award in the best memoir & autobiography category
well, thanks to your votes, two kisses for maddy not only made it to the semi-final round (which i failed to mention on the blog), but it actually made it to the final round…
yeah, so i’m up against folks like dick van dyke, nikki sixx & rob lowe (among others) which makes it pretty tough to win, but my publisher would really appreciate you voting for the book that i wrote. i also wouldn’t mind it.
so click below to head on over to goodreads and vote for two kisses for maddy.
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so what happens if i win?
i get the satisfaction of beating rob lowe and nikki sixx (but there would be no satisfaction in beating some of the other authors like jaycee duggard, alice ozma or rachel lloyd).
you have until november 30, 2011 to vote.
thank you…
just a quick note from my sponsors: i was paid by BlogHer to write this post and moderate some blog-to-book discussions on Chime.in.
and a note from me: i get offers like this quite often and have turned all of them down for various reasons, (mostly because they don’t appeal to me and i can’t imagine they’d appeal to you) but in this case, i was asked to talk a little about how i turned my blog into a book and to facilitate a discussion about it, both here and at Chime.in, which is something i’m happy to do and i think may interest at least a few of you (based on the number of questions that still flood my inbox asking for advice on getting published). oh, and i get to give away a kindle fire to one lucky commenter (details at the end of the post).
so. here goes. Read More
***update***
it’s just past midnight in minnesota, and according to the poll numbers posted on the kare 11 page, the liz logelin foundation has won the $11,000! thank you all for your tremendous support of our organization, and more importantly, for supporting widowed families in need.
if you’d like to continue supporting the liz logelin foundation, please consider signing up for our $7 on the 7th campaign. that’s just $84 per year, but it makes a huge difference! sign up here.
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on 11/11//11 the liz logelin foundation was informed that we won an $1,100 grant from kare 11 news in minneapolis, mn.
(totally awesome).
soon after they told us that we were also in the running for an $11,000 grant, and that to win, all we need to do is win an online vote via facebook.
(wow).
if you’ve been looking for an easy way to help raise money for the liz logelin foundation, this is it. all you need is a facebook login.
click here and you’ll be taken to the kare 11 facebook page where you’ll be able to vote for the liz logelin foundation.
(you don’t even have to “like” the page, and your vote won’t automatically be posted to your facebook profile or anything like that).
you can vote once per day until the deadline on november 16th.
$11,000 would do an incredible amount of good for widowed families in need, so vote early and often, and spread the word to your friends & family.
let’s show everyone just how strong our online community is.
oh. and a quick update.
at the beginning of november the the liz logelin foundation approved financial grants for an additional 16 widowed families, bringing the total number of families who received funds from us to 101.
thanks to you for all of your support.
the fine print:
voting will be open through 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16. The organization with the largest % of the votes will receive an $11,000 grant from the gannett foundation. The top vote getter will be announced during kare 11 news sunrise on thursday, nov. 17.
in addition to the gannett foundation, the following foundations were instrumental in giving back to the local community in the minneapolis area: GiveMN.org, the Minneapolis Foundation, The Saint Paul Foundation, an affiliate of Minnesota Philanthropy Partners.
(how did we get here? well, recently there was an essay contest that asked people to nominate their favorite mn charity for a grant from a local television station (kare 11 in minneapolis, mn). brooke wrote and submitted an essay about the liz logelin foundation and out of over 2000 submissions, her essay was one of 11 essays randomly chosen for an $1,100 grant. then they surprised us by telling us that we had the chance to win the $11,000, which is so incredibly great).
