(You had BETTER be happy since I almost cut off my fingertip.) And the winner is…!
To mark the end of Delurking Week, I did the drawing for the delurked winner of the book "Tears of a Giraffe." It is late afternoon here, but I need some coffee or something since I had a really hard time with the scissors.
After the wound coagulated, I drew the name of the winner. I won't keep you in suspense any longer, it is:
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The lovely and talented Emily! Email me a mailing address and I'll get it out to you ASAP. To the losers, I mean, the rest of you, thanks for entering, and look for more contests to come. And congratulations Emily!
Hi, I was out of range from the computer for a few days and just logged on today and read that I won! Thanks!
I'll e-mail you my address.
Thanks again!
Emily
Whoo hoo — yay Emily! I'm just sorry you don't have a blog I can link to. Start one immediately and get back to me…
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