Exciting news … and you can make it more exciting

Lillie,

Glad to see you back–even if your upgrade didn’t go as well as you’d hoped. At least you’re live and can connect with your readers–US!

I have voted for Spring House–and left you a comment to that effect before your blog did its disappearing act. Hope your client’s book wins! I wish him all the best with his future projects!

I also wish you the best with sorting out your blog difficulties!

Jeanne

Thanks, Jeanne – both for the vote and for the good wishes.

Hi Lillie – Great to see all is well with the blog again. I voted. Congratulations and best wishes to both yourself and David.

Thanks, Yvonne!

Hi! I voted for this on Michi’s blog. Here’s wishing you best of luck!

Thanks, Laura. All of us will be thrilled if David’s book wins.

Aaakk. I missed the voting. Clicked there today but was too late!

Helen,
Thanks for trying to vote.

I thought the vote for Historicals lasted through Friday, but obviously I was mistaken. AuthorIsland never posted a deadline for voting, but they have announced a new category each week. The Historical announcement came out late last Friday, so I expected the next category would be announced Friday of this week.

However, when I last looked at the voting David was well ahead, so we’re optimistic about the results.

I’ll have to check that out and vote.

Good luck!

365 ….

Thanks for the vote of confidence, but the voting is over now.

I went to vote, but apparently the votes are over now.

Wii Fit,

Thanks for trying. There’s an update on the post indicating the voting has ended.

Congratulations, that is very exciting! I’m sorry I’m too late to vote.

I’m also sorry to hear your upgrade was bumpy, but I’m glad you’re back!

Thanks, Thomma Lyn. There was a very short window of opportunity to vote.

This is really exciting Lillie! I can hardly wait to see the results. But in my eyes your client has already won. After all, he had your proofreading skills and with that nothing can go wrong.

I know David well and he’s a pretty good fella. I wish him all the best. David and Lillie worked very hard on this book for many months, both in the compilation and promotion. Both are most deserving for whatever comes down the road for them. Congratulations David and Lillie.

I posted this update on the blog entry today and am copying it to comments so anyone who has subscribed to comments gets the word:

Thanks to everyone who voted. David got about twice as many votes as the next book. However, we misunderstood how the contest operated. The winners had already been chosen before the finalists were listed on the Web site. There were two rounds of judging in each category – one by three judges that determined the finalists and a second by one additional judge that determined the winner. It was called a readers’ choice contest because all the judges were readers, not authors or editors. The voting on the Web site had no bearing on the outcome of the contest – it was just created to involve more readers and generate interest. I apologize for misunderstanding and giving out erroneous information.