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October 19, 2009
Congratulations to the winners of my Birthday Book Giveaway!
Huge thanks to anyone who took the time to enter the book giveaway I was running in partnership with GoodReads! I was really pleased in how much interest there was in this contest so I definitely plan on hosting another giveaway in the future (maybe for Christmas?) so please let me know below what you'd like to see in a future giveaway so that I can make it better.
There were a total of 983 people who entered the contest which is a good 980 more people than I was expecting so, again, thanks f...
October 17, 2009
Hillary's Weekly Blog Digest for 2009-10-17
#You: I'm boycotting eBay! Me: Um…that's nice. I care because…? http://bit.ly/1761vk
#Jobs: Is Working Online At Home The Next Gold Rush? http://bit.ly/4par1U
#Uh… MySpace… is this your way of wishing me a happy birthday? http://bit.ly/2Rwfeh
#Why eBay Top-rated sellers blow the PowerSeller program out of the water http://bit.ly/MGI2X
(The Whine...
October 13, 2009
Uh… MySpace… is this your way of wishing me a happy birthday?
Because, frankly, this was kinda awkward.
PS: I forgot I even had a MySpace account!
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October 10, 2009
Hillary's Weekly Blog Digest for 2009-10-10
#The great colored cardstock printing conspiracy http://bit.ly/15XzW3
#If you ever thought sexism was dead, just ask why women rule the social web http://bit.ly/15LdpT
#Watch the first 5 minutes of The Princess and the Frog http://bit.ly/31eY2e
#Why the Facebook Pages feature is a great way to tweet from multiple Twitter accounts a
October 9, 2009
Some progress on the Mistress Novel
So I am desperately trying to finish my Mistress Novel in advance of NaNoWriMo so that I can start a fresh book for National Novel Writing Month which is why I am frantically writing on a Friday night before I go to socialize, sad as that is.
Anyway, I managed to eek out a few more words today bringing the total up to….
(Pretend the guy above is holding a Wii Remote instead of a TV remote because that is what I am going to go do.)
God that total seems so small and it feels like I have written s...
Cousin pride: adorable beyond all reason
I have only one first cousin but 90% of the time when I refer to "my cousins" on this blog I am referring to her two children which I guess, technically are second cousins or something. The older of those cousins is the writer I sometimes mention. The younger is not a writer (yet, at least) but is none the less, awesome in her own right.
So I was looking over my Facebook fan page and saw that the younger cousin had posted this:
hillary!!!people in my school dont belive that ur my cousin and...
October 7, 2009
Operation Stuff Together
Ok, so the operation is actually called Sh- Together but it's not classy to swear in blog titles and, besides, I think part of getting my sh-…stuff…uh…let's use shiz (like the university in Wicked!) together is swearing less so it's all good.
Sidebar: Why does that phrase not work without the expletive?
Anyway, there is this Garfield comic I have memorized for reasons I would prefer not to discuss that I cannot find to just post so I'll have to describe. Garfield is rooting through the fridge ...
October 3, 2009
Hillary's Weekly Blog Digest for 2009-10-03
#Talking e-commerce, eBay and more on The Collectors Site http://bit.ly/lAFNk
#Some tips for antique, vintage & collectible sellers with stores both online and off http://bit.ly/3cbVFw
#Hillary's Weekly Blog Digest for 2009-09-26 http://bit.ly/RBAlR
#How to run a Twitter contest http://bit.ly/HrPMP
#Want a free copy of The...
September 28, 2009
OMG, my friend Grace is either totally psychic or FROM THE FUTURE!!
So my husband and I are obsessed with the LEGO games for the Wii and, when our obsession was new, I was telling my friend Grace about them in the conversation as follows:
Me: We have been playing a lot of the Lego Star Wars recently. Have you played any of the Lego games?
Grace: I've played Lego Harry Potter, it's awesome!
Me: There's a Lego Harry Potter? We have to get that, we only have Star Wars.
Grace: Wait, maybe it wasn't Lego Harry Potter. Maybe it was just a regular Harry Potter game.
Want a free copy of The Love of Three Oranges?
Maybe you want to preview a copy to see if your school or group can produce it or maybe you just are curious to see what it is like. Whatever your reason, you just want a copy without paying for it, I get it. 
Well a free copy is up for grabs right now at GoodReads. To enter, just follow this link and then click the big Enter To Win button. They are doing a drawing for it that ends on October 16th (my birthday, who'd a thunk it) so get your name in the hat now before it's too late.
If you...
