Monday, March 14, 2011
We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming
10:06 AM | 
Posted by
Lola Sharp |
We have breaking news...
Carolina Valdez Miller has signed with an agent!!
*tosses confetti and streamers*
*pops cork*
*pours bubbly*
Carol signed with Vickie Motter of Andrea Hurst & Associates. (Vickie has a fabulous blog: http://navigatingtheslushpile.blogspot.com)
So, guess what?
A bunch of us are CELEBRATING (*by giving away prizes!*) my dear friend Carol's good news in a BIG way! (because we love her)
Behold...
Carol Signed with an Agent Celebration Mega Epic Giveaway*
From ME:
One lucky winner will win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!
(our guest of honor):
Winner 1:
A 1st page critique from her agent Vickie Motter!
Winner 2:
(in order to win this one you must follow ALL the blogs in the giveaway party to qualify)
Winner 3:
Signed copy of Escaping into the Open: the Art of Writing True by Elizabeth Berg
Winner 4:
Signed Hardback of Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready
Winner 5:
Signed Hardback of Passing Strange by Daniel Waters
One winner takes all 3:
A signed copy of THE DARK DIVINE
A signed copy of RAISED BY WOLVES
WRITE GREAT FICTION: PLOT AND STRUCTURE
But wait!
There's more!!!
ALL these people are giving away awesome prizes in our Mega Carol Signed with an Agent Party too!
Heather's Odyssey
Heather's Odyssey
Details and Rules:
The giveaway starts today at 10am and ends on April 1st (winners announced April 4).
*To enter to win my Amazon Gift Card prize you must be a follower on my follow widget (on sidebar) leave a comment (with email addy) on this post by midnight eastern on April 1st (my birthday!) and you must go congratulate Carol in her comments. (if you aren't already following her, you should, she's delightful...plus, she's got freaking kickass prizes!)
You can earn extra entries by:
-one extra entry point for each person on the list you follow.
-one extra entry for following me on twitter
-one extra entry for tweeting (include link)
-one extra entry for putting this on your sidebar or blog post
(BUT YOU MUST TOTAL YOUR POINTS IN MY COMMENTS. I don't do maths. Maths makes my head explode. Splattered brains are messy.)
So go congratulate Carol! (tell her I love her, even though she knows I do)
Check out everyone else's giveaways! And good luck!
Love,
Lola
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114 comments:
WOO HOO! That's so exciting! Vickie has my partial right now and she seems like an awesome agent. Congrats Carolina!
Wow, fabulous news! And what an amazing list of prizes :) I love seeing this kind of support!
What a great way to wake up on a Monday! Seeing one of us get out there and accomplish the first major step is so AWESOME. Congrats to Caroline and Lola, you rock for being such a solid supporter:)
That is so amazing!!! I have to use my phone to congratulate her as my work computer blocks the same page commenting.
And all you giving away so many amazing prizes?! You are awesome!!
Thank you and Congrats to Carol!!
hkgirl16@gmail.com
Yes! Awesome and Amazing and all those other "A's" I'm heading on over to her site. You're such a good writing buddy. xx
I saw that this morning - awesome!
Congratulations!
New follower here. :)
Congrats to Carol and thanks to you for an awesome giveaway.
+4 for following others on the list.
admiller912 AT gmail DOT com
I'm still squealing from the amazing news!!!
That is so awesome! Sweet!!!!
Awesome! Such great news. I love the blog community for this reason. We all come together in every aspect and there is no greater feeling than when you get the news that a fellow bloggie finally got the acceptance letter!
Wow, there are a lot of prizes/contests going on. Have to check em out and thanks for posting them!
SOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY RIGHT NOW :) Carol absolutely deserves all the success in the world!
Yay, Carol! Vickie is definitely on my list when I am ready to query.
+7 for following other blogs.
+1 twitter follower
total 8
Three cheers for Carol.
I'm not entering, but I'm following you anyhow. I can't believe I've never checked out your blog! :)
Yay! Carol is the best. I'm so happy for her. I don't know of anyone who deserves it more.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Hey, Lola! So nice of you to do this - and a HUGE congrats to Carol!! :)
I follow everyone on the list, so that's 12 points (plus you) 13?
I am going to post about this on the Write-Brained Network (14)?
And I follow you on Twitter (15).
Thanks so much!
Love, love, loving this PARTAY!
Congrats again to Carol..always fun to see one of my bloggy buddies succeed!
Thansk for the great giveaway...now to total my points...let's see, I follow everyone on the list so +13, I follow you on Twitter (@kristikay13) +1
SO total of 14!
I'm so excited for Carol and it's very nice to meet you! I'm now following your blog and following you on Twitter!
I am absolutely thrilled for her!! She's a star and adorable and super lovely!! She's amazing!!! Yayyayayayyayayyayay!!! Take care
x
This is fantastic news!!! Thank you for this giveaway, Lola. You rock!
Okay. I think I got this.
+1 - following you
+12 - following the others
+1 - sidebar love
14 total for me, please. :)
contact: chasingthemoon11(at)gmail(dot)com
Thanks so much for the giveaway and HUGE congrats to Carol!
+7 following others
+1 tweeted
8 total :D
leemai82 at gmail dot com
I think by the time today's over I'll have followed everyone. I already follow myself. Wait...that makes for a total of 13 people participating in this par-tay. Um...AAAAAHHHH!!! *runs around screaming*
...
Okay, I'm done with that. I don't think Carol counts as part of that number, so we're back down to 12. That's a good number, right?
I think I'm forgetting something here. Oh, yeah! Congratulations, Carol! Again! :D
+15
FTW
+13 for following everyone
This is so great :)
Sooooo happy for her!!!!
And yowza what a contest!
And I just noticed Jared on your sidebar. Carol and I thank you!
Wonderful, exciting news for Carol! Yipeeeee! May you have many books published.
these giveaways are amazing! You guys are amazing! *confetti*!
Yeah! I follow everyone on the list! (13?) plus 1 (+14) follower on twitter.
This is so fun going to all the different blogs. It totally feels like a party (which, hello, it is)
aliciacald(at)gmail(dot)com
+12 for following the list
+1 for following you
+1 for tweeting about contest http://twitter.com/#!/aliciacald
So, Total = 14
Congratulations Carol!!
Off now to visit your blog and check out those others.
I won't add up my points until after I've checked out all those lovely blogs.
Great giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity!
+1 following you
+12 following the gang
+1 following you on Twitter
+1 Tweeted
15 total
Thanks!
lnichols2000(at)yahoo(dot)com
Ok maths hurt my brains too. I tallied up on carols blog at 15, so am I at 15 here too! Well.. Whichever way it's just so dang awesome and you continue to inspire me.. So glad I found this supportive group!
Whoo hoo! Yay Carol! I'm happy to be among those celebrating with her!
That is really super-cool! Hooray for Carol! :o) And you guys are so sweet and fun to celebrate with her like this. Very cool, too~ :o) <3
Lola, you know I love you, girl! I wish you were closer so I could party away with you. Thanks so much, sweetheart. For everything. I have a feeling we'll be turning around to do this for you before long. Can't wait!!
Lola, I've said this all over the list, but you are all so sweet and wonderful to share Carol's news this way. The giveaway is amazing. I've followed, liked, rss feeded, and google readered everyone and commented where I could. Thanks for the chance to get a Kindle. Give me 13 points. ; )
Oh Lola, I am so excited for Carol. I have a pain in my head just thinking of the Maths. But lets see, follow, all the tweeting, the sidebar, lets see how many is that. Oh bleddie "H" "E" double hockey sticks, I will have to come back when I figure it out.
This giveaway is so awesome! I couldn't believe everything Carol was giving away when I saw it announced on her blog. That's so amazing for her!
Such a great person for it to happen to! Ten thousand congrats, Carolina!
Congrats to Carol! SO awesome- and you are such a good friend to do all this for her!
Oops I meant 10 points!
http://twitter.com/#!/sophthewriter/status/47430369829597184
Big congratulations to Carolina! :)
Jules @ Trying To Get Over The Rainbow
So excited for Carol - we shared a happy robot dance earlier :)
7pts at the moment - I don't know all those people yet - but I will :)
I am so happy for her! She totes deserves it. :)
I left her a congrats, but I wanted to tell you - you are so fabulous! How sweet of you to throw in a GREAT prize for her contest. You rock, Lola!!
What fabulous news!! Congrats to Carolina! :D
I'm so happy for Carol's news, and that she has so many friends celebrating with her. Congrats again Carol!
Carol has AWESOME friends!Congrats Carol!
I'm a follower here and on twitter.
AND I'm following everyone who is giving such GREAT prizes!
taffy.lovell@gmail.com
Congratualations to Carol! She deserves all the great things that's happening to her.
+13 for following all the blogs.
sauvadeavelle@yahoo.com
Thank you!
Congrats to Carol. What a wonderful accomplishment!! I follow your blog. thanks for the
giveaway.
-Lauren
lauren51990 AT aol DOT com
+1 I follow Carol's blog
lauren51990 at aol dot com
I am so excited for Carol! She's very deserving!!
I am following your blog, as well as all the others participating in the contest, for a total of +13.
Thanks so much for this opportunity! :)
gsarnak410 (at) gmail (dot) com
Awesome news!!
I follow your blog and left a note for Carol.
+7 following other blogs
+1 twitter follower - @donnas1
total - 9
bacchus76 at myself dot com
I am soooooooooo happy for her! She's a sweetheart!!
Time for that timeless question...
Is this competition open for foreigners?
;-)
I'm so happy for Carolina.
Yea! for Carolina!
You are so sweet to do this :)
Congratulations to Carolina and thanks for the contest. I'm a follower. +15 for following all the other people on the list -- sixbird(at)msn(dot)com
yay! I'm already following everyone, so is that 13 points? Or 14 points (including you)?
hi miss lola! wow big hooray for miss carolina! its way cool youre doing part of that contest for her. i see lots of blogger doing it. wow how cool is that!
...hugs from lenny
I am so happeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee for Carolina! All the extra e's are me spreading happy germs for her!
So glad to have found these give-aways, just for some new people to follow! (oh yea, and prizes, yay!)
I'm following you and went to congratulate Carol. I'm also following her.
Then I'm also following Elizabeth Davis.
I'm following you on twitter.
And I tweeted. http://twitter.com/#!/iamalivephotos/status/47712619292930048
So my original entry plus 3 extras equals 4!
Congrats to Carol :-) That's great news!
I now follow you here and on Twitter! I have already congratulated Carol even though she doesn't know me, but still...right? I've tweeted about it and FB about it and I'm planning on following everyone on the list.
Donna Leonard
1 point.... thx for the links.
I hope by signing with an agent, means she’ll be signing a book deal as well.
I'll go check her blog out.
jeffreyking14@yahoo.com
Hola, Lola.
Very nice post for Carol!
Congratulations! The very best of luck for when you go on sub :)
Whoopey! More fun! Congrats to Carol.
+1 - following you
+12 - following the others
+1 - sidebar
+1- following you on twitter
torres.pam3@gmail.com
old follower, following the others, following you on Twitter, will link on twitter @LyndaRYoung so I think that's 15
So excited for Carol! And you guys are the best to celebrate with her like this. :)
+12 following others
+1 for following you.
=+13 total
Yay! Congrats to Carol!
Blogged +1
Tweeted +1
Followed +1
Followed everyone +12
15 for me!
Just wanted to tell you thank you again, sweetheart. Your post means so much to me. I'm so glad you were a part of my celebration. xoxo
Fellow crusader dropping in to say hi. Am I the only one still making her rounds? Anyway, want to congratulate Carol on finding an agent to. Wonderful news.
Congratulations to Carol! Very exciting!!!
Great giveaway, Lola, and so nice to support your friend this way! We'll post a link on our blog post tomorrow.
ericao75(at)hotmail(dot)com
I think we already follow Heather, CS, Simon, Carol, you and Jon, plus I'll check and make sure we follow you on Twitter, so that would be 8 entries.
erica
Whoop, whoop. Congratulations to Carolina. Such an awesome giveaway, too!
Congratulations, Carol! It's nice to see someone who's been at this awhile to make it.
I'm going to put this on my sidebar and Facebook it (even though it's not a point option). I'm already a follower. 2 points?
Happy early birthday.
tmilstein at gmail dot com
It's always good to hear of another writer's success. Congrats. And I love all of your "freaking kickass prizes."
No maths here either, but I'll try. Back with my totals later.
3 Following
1 Tweet
1 Tweet +Link
1 Blog Post @writegame
Thank you, friends! I know this all meant a LOT to Carol.
You know I look forward to celebrating your good news, too. :)
Hugs and love,
Lola
I'd love to enter!
- 13 extra entries point for following all the participating blogs.
- 1extra entry for following you on twitter @aikchien
- 1 extra entry for tweeting http://twitter.com/aikchien/status/48650364165160960
aikychien at yahoo dot com
I can't think of anyone who deserves it more. And obviously all her awesome friends agree. :D
I'm so excited for Carol! I've already been to her blog. :) I'm an old follower and and old twitter follower too. I'll tweet about it, but I don't have a clue how to do a tweet link??? So +2 I think...
Yay Carol! This is so awesome...I'm so excited for her!
Extra entries:
+1 for following you on Twitter
+12 for following everyone on the list
13 extra entries total
Wheee!
Graeat giveaway, and I love your blog.
+ 12 for follwing everyone on the list
+ 1 for following you on twitter I'm @Ronyka7
+ 1 for entrey on twitter http://twitter.com/#!/Ronyka7/status/48975036106813440
flaka.077 at gmail dot com
Fabulous news :) And awesome giveaways Lola! rachael[dot]harrie[at]gmail [dot]com
I'm so excited for Carol. I follow everyone. That's 12.
rmarma2@yahoo.com
So happy for Carol!! I follow everyone involved in this super celebration...and you on Twitter, and all the extra goodies. What's that make? 16 entries?? Icky math!
Hope your Saturday is sunny <3
Congratulations Carol!And best of luck with a speedy book sell!
There are so many prizes! *Mind Blown*
Yay, so happy for her. And these giveaways are awesome.
Woohoo! Congrats to Carol! I just popped over and read the hilarious interview by Cambria. LOL
You gals are great friends to throw this shin dig for her!
Hey, Lola,
I've been over to Carol's blog and I'm not in the process of following. I was following here before. Based on the list above that's 12 points.
Thanks!
Hi Lola,
That's terrific news of Carol's.
Congrats to Carol - that's such exciting news!
Congrats to Carolina! This is great news. And a great drawing too!
Love the blog :-) New follower here and on twitter, too.
I'd love to be entered but generally just glad to find another fun blog to visit. Happy Writing!
Holy wow! isn't it great how the writing community when one of their own graduates into agented status? great contest! sure would like a copy of those books
Congrats Carol! What a fun way to celebrate. I follow you and everyone. I also follow you on twitter (@chickenherder).
THANK YOU, friends, for supporting Carol and for being so delightfully kind.
Love,
Lola
Hello, Lola
How wonderful you found me. What a great blog. Looks exactly like my sort of thing and I'll surely will try to participate in the giveaway fest. :-)
See you later and congratulations to Carol!
Congratulations Carol!
Congrats to Carol!
And thanks a lot for this fun giveaway!
I am a new follower.
by. evie at yahoo dot com dot br
Congrats to Carolina and so awesome of you to support her!
I am a follower on twitter, followed the other (13) and I blogged about the contest and shared that on twitter.
http://alisonmiller20.blogspot.com/2011/03/scbwi-lessons-learned.html
So +15?
Thanks!
New GFC follower - Jaidis
following on Twitter @JaidisShaw
Currently working my way through the list.
Thanks!
JaidisShaw at yahoo dot com
followed! :D congrats to carol :)
kirstenmerritt@yahoo.com
Congrats to Carol, and thanks for helping her celebrate such great news!
I have followed all the others, as well as yours, so that puts me at a +13, so sign me up.
RenaLFord@gmail.com
Congrats Carol! And a very happy birthday!!!
my email address is sylviavbruggen at gmail dot com :)
Going to follow the others now!
Congrats Carol! And a very happy birthday!!!
my email address is sylviavbruggen at gmail dot com :)
Going to follow the others now!
Yeah! I'm excited for her. I follow you here and on twitter.
And I've already congratulated her.
kathrynroberts at hotmail dot com
Wow...I'm in.
Pamela Jo
pmjg@e-jama.net
Great news! Congratulations to Carol!!
An amazing giveaway!!!!! I'm pretty sure I already congratulated her, but I'll go back and double check right now!
Ah well, lesson learned. My comment from my blackberry apparently didn't post. It's done this before....so scratch me, lol :)