Conga rats to the WINNER of the Norothian Cycle via the 2012 Holiday Hop:

Kathy867

Who I, of course, can’t figure out how to contact.

So here’s the deal Kathy - feel free to leave a comment here with an address or profile through which I can contact you, or you can e-mail me directly at medwardmcnally@cox.net and I will get your e-books in whatever way works best for you. Congratulations, and thanks very much to all who entered. Happy Holidays, all the best to you and yours, and as always, thanks much for reading.

- Ed McNally

RESULTS: “What is the total word count of the four books of the Norothian Cycle?”

There are actually slight variations on the word counts of various e-book platforms, as each requires a different amount of front or back matter, specific disclaimers, etc. So I just went with the word counts of the original books files, without title/dedication pages, links to other books in the series, etc. So that made the word counts:

183,076 The Sable City

152,126 Death of a Kingdom

119,738 The Wind from Miilark

109,636 Devil Town

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564,576 TOTAL

These were the entries received in numeric order, and Kathy’s guess proved “closest to the pin” by just about 1000 words, having come within 312 of the spot-on answer.

175,000 Corey F.

183,000 Beckey

185,000 Ericka 250,000 Susana R.

425,386 Brittany C.

454,526 Sharyn BL

483,591 Rikki

500,002 Jennifer M.

513,076 Cheryl B.

523,026 jonquil

525,000 Brandi F.

526,078 Della H.

528,078 Kelly

540,076 Erica M.

551,392 Christine D-R

559,472 Sarah M.

562,419 Lisa N. (-2167)



<<< 564,576 ANSWER >>>

<<< WINNER: 564,888 Kathy (+312) >>>

565,900 Stephanie A. (+1324)

566,370 gaele1

566,374 Gale N.

566,607 bbbaddict

566,608 Sarah M.

569,743 Olga C.

573,423 Richard S.

575,705 Maria D.

582,947 Jessica C.

587,124 S.

589,879 Kai W.

595,753 Kathy D.F.

598,000 Stacey V.

600,000 Jenx B.

600,000 Alonna S.

600,001 Brenna

603,722 Stephani A.

619,670 Linda K.

620,001 Lona S.

623,023 Lee Anne K.

627,000 A.H. Thompson

635,174 John B.

635,635 Shelby F.

635,703 bubblesue

645,237 Crystal C.

645,926 Alice D.

650,000 Micelle B.

655,555 Danielle

658,551 Melissa S.

674,001 Lexie C.

700,000 Kate P.

800,000 R.W. Foster

1,000,000 (dollars) Tara W.

Thanks once again to all who entered, and remember that if the Norothian Cycle does sound like something you might enjoy reading, Book One remains FREE on all platforms.