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Weekly Round-Up
Yee-haw! Welcome to the Weekly Round-up, where I lasso up the week's latest news and rootin'-tootin' literary articles on the Net!
This week, FutureBook asks 3 important questions about digital that nobody is asking. Also on FutureBook, the Digital Rights Management (DRM) debate continues.
For writers: K.M. Weiland @ Wordplay has a post with useful advice on writing multiple-character scenes.
On GalleyCat: after January 30th, Goodreads will stop using book identification information from Amazon. While this may not affect any of the books on your bookshelf, here's how to rescue your books should they be in danger of going into Goodreads limbo. (via GalleyCat)
And finally, this may not be a new article, but for crime fiction buffs, here are some ways to separate your sociopath from your psychopath. I have a clear idea which one my antagonist in Oracle is. 
January 28, 2012
ORACLE Cover Reveal Mystery Tour: The Results!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
Thanks to everyone who helped make Oracle's Cover Reveal Mystery Tour a huge success! We had a whopping 117 entrants, so thank you so much for all your support! For everyone who solved the two mysteries, well done from knowing your Kurt Lancer (real protagonist name) to your Kirk Lyncher (false protagonist name), and for spotting the doctored cover out of the lot:
Actual cover
Duff cover
Special thanks go to my 14 Mystery Tour hosts, who helped make Oracle's cover visible throughout the blogosphere on reveal day! Could not have done it without you!
Now enough preamble: it is time to announce the winners of the competition, drawn randomly from the 346 entries in total! This is the biggest turnout I've had to a competition! 
The 5 winners of an Oracle swag pack, comprising bookmarks, postcards, and a magnet, are, in no particular order…
J.A. Belfield
Florence Fois
Eileen Curtin
Michael Di Gesu
Lynda Young
And the winner of the grand prize of $20 Amazon gift card is…
Rachel Morgan
Congratulations, guys! I will be sending you all an e-mail shortly.
Once again, thank you to everybody who participated. It has made my debut cover reveal a truly unforgettable one! And for that, you all ROCK! [image error]
