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If I ever go on a trip to the future I'm taking all of you with me. As to what I'd sneak back in my luggage? The time travel machine that took me to the future, of course, so I could make more trips to bring back other things -- although that's probably like wishing for unlimited wishes. :)

I dusted off the magic hat tonight, and the winner of the Pack Your Bags Giveaway is:

Dianna, who wrote: Definitely the Lotto numbers and stocks to invest in. I also want to know what art that is being created now will be popular in the future.

Dianna, when you have a chance please send your full name and ship-to address to LynnViehl@aol.com so I can get your package out to you. My thanks to everyone for joining in.

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The winner of the Make Happy the Winged Wench giveaway is:

Peggy, who wrote I have on the top of the TBR pile MORTAL HEART, by Robin LaFevers. I really liked the first two books of this trilogy ("His Fair Assassin"), and I'm hoping the third doesn't disappoint.

Peggy, when you have a chance please send the title and author of your BookWish along with your ship-to info so I can get that sent out to you. My thanks to everyone for joining in.

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The winner of the #576 giveaway is:

Battlekitty (aka Tami), who wrote:

I inherited some antique furniture from my great-grandmother and her sister, my great-great aunt. Two wonderful ladies, who after their husband died, moved in with each other. Even after they had to be put into nursing care, they lived in a room together. Anyway, my great-grandmother left us first, then a few years later, my aunt. My father went to North Carolina and began to clean out the old brownstone that was still owned, but vacant. Had lots of furniture still in it. I chose a desk made by handmade by their father, my great-great grandfather. Several draws and the top folds down and lots of nooks and crannies for papers. In one of the small drawers, I found an old bank register from the 1920's, prior to the big crash. It was my aunt's and she had beautiful writing. I also found an old business letter and the way words were used almost 100 years ago is so different and formal than our way of writing and speaking now. Truly a neat find for me and a surprise for my dad when I showed him what I found. I also got a few other pieces of furniture and a Lane cedar Hope Chest with the tags still on it from World War II era! It even talks about buying war bonds! I love history.

Personal history mysteries are wonderful, aren't they? Thanks for sharing your story (and same goes for all of you who posted your own discoveries.)

Tami, when you have a chance please send your ship-to address along with the title of which of my books you'd like, and I'll get that and #576 in the mail to you (and if you want to tell us what you find inside the box, it would be icing on the cake! Ha.) My thanks to everyone for joining in.

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The winner of The Gift of You giveaway is:

Faithrenfield, who wrote A gardening journal would be great inspiration for me during the long, cold winter months. It's something I vow to do each year, but then when warmer weather hits, I instead spend all my free time in the garden instead of writing about my few triumphs and my many gardening failures. But if the journal were already there, a gift that I'd feel compelled to use . . . .

Faith, when you have a chance please send your ship-to info to LynnViehl@aol.com so I can get this package out to you and start compelling you to journal. :) My thanks to everyone for joining in.

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The winner of the Another Side of Savannah giveaway is:

Terlee, who wrote Discovery of Witches, set in Oxford. I had spent some time there just before reading the book, gone to several of the colleges, knew the pubs and streets, the libraries. It made the story that much more real to picture everything so clearly. Unrelated: I've always wanted to visit Savannah...

And now you will -- by book, anyway. :) When you have a chance please e-mail me at LynnViehl@aol.com with which format you'd like the books (and if print, a ship-to address.) My thanks to everyone for joining in.

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The winner of the For Whom the Wand Waves giveaway is:

Digillette, who wrote I just read Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen and found it to be utterly charming.

Diane, when you have a chance please send the title and author for your BookWish and your ship-to address to LynnViehl@aol.com so I can get the wanded one to work her magic. My thanks to everyone for joining in.

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The Publishing Fairy has been appeased, and by random draw will be granting a BookWish to:

Gail Leinweber, who wrote I really liked Eloisa James's Once Upon A Tower (though the Rapunzel aspect is pretty subtle).

Gail, when you have a chance please send the title of the book you'd like along with your ship-to information to LynnViehl@aol.com. My thanks to everyone for joining in.

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It's always fun for an author to hear which of her characters are her readers' favorites, and your many wonderful comments made this release week extra-special for me, too. We got the magic hat to do its thing, and the winner of the Fourteen giveaway is:

Emily, who wrote I have a lot of favorites, but Jayr would probably win. Total badass who writes poetry!

Emily, when you have a chance please send your full name and ship-to address to LynnViehl@aol.com and I'll get your books out to you. My thanks to everyone for joining in.

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The Publishing Fairy is quite pleased with all the entries for her giveaway. So am I; I love seeing what everyone is reading. As for the winner, PF has done her wand thing, and a BookWish has been granted to:

Leslee, who wrote: I just finished The Peculiar Pets of Miss Pleasance by Delilah Dawson and Club Monstrosity by Jesse Peterson. I am finishing up Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger, so fun. Then it will be on to House Rules by Chloe Neill.

Leslee, when you have a chance please send your full name, ship-to address and the title for your BookWish to LynnViehl@aol.com. My thanks to everyone for joining in.

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Not surprisingly the world continues on, and so do the holidays -- hooray for us all, for that means among other things we can keep reading and sharing our love of great books. It was with that thought that the magic hat went to work tonight, and with a little assistance from Sock chose the winner of the Sock of Christmas Past giveaway, and that is:

Fran K, who is giving her younger sister The Girl who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen (an excellent choice, too.)

Fran, when you have a chance please send your BookWish, your full name and ship-to address to LynnViehl@aol.com. My thanks to everyone for joining in and the world for not ending. Onward!

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All of you contributed some great entries for the Halfway There giveaway; I think you should be writing the official NaNo site pep talks for the rest of the month (have you noticed how depressing some of these have been? Maybe I should send these folks some of PBW's patented chocolate-covered Valium.)

Anyway, tonight we revved up the magic hat, and the winner is:

LynnPenn, who wrote: When I hit a snag I grab a prompt and with the characters in mind I write my way back. Pandora in the background helps keep me moving. Stopping in the middle of a thought also helps. Writing down ideas for the next days work helps also. This is my third Nano. I have produced more stuff in these three Novembers than in my ten years of pursuing the craft.

Lynn, when you have a chance please send your full name and ship-to address to LynnViehl@aol.com so I can get this package on its way to you. My thanks to everyone for joining in.

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I think the magic hat has a weird sense of humor sometimes, as the winner of the Later Reading giveaway turned out to be someone to whom I just sent a package (yesterday, in fact) unrelated to blog stuff:

Shiloh Walker, who wrote: I kept Endurance tucked away for almost a year because I was afraid of what you were going to do to Joey.

Shiloh, you don't have to send me your info, I got it, lol.  My thanks to everyone for joining in.

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The winner of the Little Ideas giveaway is:

 

Freyrryn, who wrote:  I've recently started collecting 'tools' to get back into my old hobby of leather working... mostly small accessory bits and favorite bookmarks.

Freyrryn, when you have a chance please send your full name and ship-to info to LynnViehl@aol.com so I can get your package out to you.  My thanks to everyone for joining in.

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The Publishing Fairy came through for me again, and the winner of yesterday's BookWish giveaway is:

 

Deb Salisbury, who wrote:  Nancy Athertons's Aunt Dimity mysteries always make me happy. I reread them whenever I'm blue.
 

Deb, when you have a chance please send your ship-to info and title of the book you'd like, and I'll get Miss Magic Dust to put her wand to work.  My thanks to everyone for joining in and giving us so many great recs for happy reads.

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The winner of the Get Back to Writing Journal giveaway is:

Marina, who wrote: My desk looks like an unfortunate accident in a craft shop.

Marina, when you have a chance please send your full name and ship-to info to LynnViehl@aol.com so I can get your package out to you.  My thanks to everyone for joining in.

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The winner of the Get Back to Writing Blog giveaway is:

Gigi, who wrote: I'm contemplating starting a secong blog about the rural life and using it to promote rural communities as the next new place to live.

Gigi, when you have a chance please send your full name and ship-to info to LynnViehl@aol.com so I can get your package out to you.  My thanks to everyone for joining in.

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Making journals is one of my favorite arts, so I really enjoyed reading all the suggestions you guys offered for the Art of Journaling giveaway. I hope everyone will get a chance to try out an idea or two in the future, too.

We cranked up the magic hat tonight, and the winner is:

Atropa, who wrote: I once thought of making a journal/photo album for a friend of mine out of CDs.

Atropa, when you have a chance please send your full name and ship-to address to LynnViehl@aol.com so I can get your package out to you. My thanks to everyone for joining in.

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I appreciate all the terrific recs you guys offered on writing how-tos; there were several titles I haven't yet read, and I always think it's neat to see which books work for other writers.

We revved up the magic hat, and the winner of the Practical Guides giveaway is:

Anne V., who recommends How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card.

Anne, when you have a chance please send the title you'd like for your BookWish, your full name and ship-to info to LynnViehl@aol.com. My thanks to everyone for joining in.

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You all had some great theme suggestions for smash book pages, and I hope you'll explore more of this idea on your own, either for writing or anything else smash-worthy in your life. It's really a lot of fun (and we need more of that.)

In the meantime, we revved up the magic hat, and the winner of the Simply Smashing giveaway is:

traveler, who wrote Great photos which are unique. What an idea. Definitely one filled with family and a family tree.

When you have a chance, traveler, please send your full name and ship-to address to LynnViehl@aol.com so I can get the book and smashing stuff out to you. My thanks to everyone for joining in.

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The winner of the Discoveries Week Wrapup giveaway is:

Jennifer, who wrote: I'm not sure I could pick a favorite but if I did I think I'd say "whichever one I am reading at the moment."

Jennifer, when you have a chance please send your full name and ship-to address to LynnViehl@aol.com so I can get your package out to you. My thanks to everyone for joining in and making this week such fun for me. And that wraps it up. :)