Thursday, September 6, 2012

We Have A Winner...




September 6th, 2012...my nine month anniversary and the day I announce the winners of my latest blog contest.  Just to give everyone an update on where my stats are as of today:

1.  103,271 page views
2.  261 published blog posts
3.  read by people in 21 different countries
4.  281 followers that I can see and not sure how many might be lurking through email...lol...
5.  4319 comments made on my posts so far

No matter how you look at those stats, they are impressive.  And I'm humbled by the fact so many lovely people in this blogging world choose to come hang out with ME each day.  I'm thinking about making some small scheduling changes with the upcoming year but I will always strive to provide entertaining, informative, and inspirational posts for as long as I have someone interested in reading them!





Now to announce the winners of my blog contest...drum roll please....

Winner of prize pack number one is...MICHELLE WALLACE!  Michelle's prizes include the following:

1.  The Complete Idiot's Guide To Creative Writing
2.  The Complete Idiot's Guide To Writing A Novel
3.  Scholastic Guides: Writing Stories
4.  Writer's Digest Handbook Of Magazine Article Writing
5.  The Way To Write For Children

Winner of prize pack number two is...ERIK THE GREAT!  Erik's prizes include the following:


1.  The Adventures Of Ook And Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen From The Future by Geeorge Beard and Harold Hutchins (creators of the Captain Underpants series)
2.  Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
3.  Trouble Twisters by Garth Nix and Sean Williams
4.   Flawed Dogs by Berkeley Breathed

The winners of my latest blog contest need to send me an email to donasdays (at) gmail (dot) com with their mailing address so I can get their prizes to them.  
Thanks to all who entered my contest and became new followers through the GUTGAA event.  I would not be the writer I am today without the love and support of the blog world and the writing community so I must say THANK YOU for all that you do to keep things special!




20 comments:

  1. Congratulations to Michelle and Erik!!!!

    Those statistics are AMAZING! I assure you, most people don't have anything like that in their first year of blogging. You ROCK, sister!

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    1. Hi Beth! Like I've mentioned before, I really have nothing to compare these stats to, so I have to presume everyone has these kind of numbers their first year. I am constantly surprised by my lovely followers...their support and their interaction creates such powerful positive vibes for my writing...I can't describe it...but I will always be grateful!

      Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!

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  2. Congrats to the winners and congrats to you, Donna! I second Beth...those statistics are AMAZING!

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    1. Hi Penny and thanks...I guess I'm gonna have to start believing that I have been blessed with awesome stats! ;~)

      Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!

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  3. Incredible statistics! You're a genius :) And congrats to the lucky winners!

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    1. Hi Susanna! Genius? Me? I think you have me confused with someone else...lol...all I do is write my blog and am honored that there are people out there who seem to want to read the posts...;~)

      Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!

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  4. Congrats on your stats! I've gotta get busy...

    Just joined through the GUTGAA and I'm certainly glad to have found your blog!

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    1. Hi Anthony and welcome to my blog! We all start out the same and eventually it all seems to come together so my advice would be to never give up. Good luck with GUTGAA!

      Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!

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  5. These are some wonderful prizes. Congrats to the winner and to you, Donna, for your winning blog!

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    1. Hi Karen! Thanks for your kind words. Are you participating in GUTGAA? If you are, then good luck!

      Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!


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  6. Congratulations to the winners Michelle and Erik. Congratulations to you to Donna, impressive figures, can understand why people love coming here.

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    1. Awww, Diane, you are too kind! I can only write from my heart and hopefully people will be inspired to return...

      Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!

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  7. Hey Donna,
    Kudos on your wonderful stats! And thank you for visiting The Otherworld Diner.

    http://otherworlddiner.blogspot.com/2012/09/deana-barnharts-gearing-up-to-get-agent.html

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    1. Hi Mia and welcome to my blog! Thank you for your kind words and good luck with GUTGAA!

      Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!

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  8. Okay...I found your blog this time. Thanks! Can I ask you a question? In the beginning, when you were just starting out, how did you go about getting followers? Congrats on your blog!

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    1. Hi Tamara...I'm glad you found me! In answer to your question...I feel I was really lucky when I decided to return to my writing almost 2 years ago. I met an amazing lady online by the name of Tara Lazar. She had an event last November called PiBoIdMo (Picture Book Idea Month). I participated and met hundreds of writing enthusiasts, some of whom became my new friends. I did so well with that event (ended up with 45 picture book ideas) that I decided to start a blog and jumped into the whole blogging world on Dec 6, 2011. I joined the PiBoIdMo Facebook group and picked up followers from there.

      In January, 2012, another amazing lady, Julie Hedlund, decided to create the 12 X 12 in 2012 event (writing at least one picture book manuscript per month for an entire year). I'm participating in that event and joined her 12 X 12 Facebook group where I picked up more followers there.

      Then yet another amazing lady by the name of Beth Stilborn announced the Children's Book Hub Facebook group was being created. I joined that group as well and picked up more followers. I read a lot of blogs and comment often, I participated in the A to Z challenge, held my own blog contests, and do blog hops whenever I can.

      In other words, I connect with a lot of people every day. But the most important thing I do is create the best blog posts I know how...informative, entertaining, personal, and inspirational so that anyone stopping by my blog will know this can be a fun place to visit and hopefully they will come back for more! ;~)

      Good luck with the new blog...sorry about your friend's passing...

      Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!

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  9. Boy, you have done a LOT in such a short period of time on this blog. Well done.

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    1. Thank you Tamara...I try...;~)

      Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!

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  10. CONGRATS to the winners!

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    1. Hi Susanne! Now if I could just get them to contact me for their prizes...lol...

      Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!

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