Birthday giveaway: a few of my favourite things

GIVEAWAY CLOSED. WINNER: LUCKY #56 – Jennifer from Massachusetts, USA!

It’s my birthday today – yay!

I get as much enjoyment by giving a gift to someone else on the day of my birth as I do receiving a gift. Occasionally, I’ll buy a meal for a homeless person or take a group of friends out for brunch, but this year I wanted to collect a few of my favourite things – new and old – into one box and give them away to a lovely reader. Your support this year has been very welcomed and much appreciated!

Fun! Fun!

Without further ado, here are a few of my favourite things for 2015:

MCD's birthday box of favourites. — MCD’s birthday box of favourites.

I had a great time putting this eclectic collection together. Clockwise from top left: felted wool dryer balls (handmade by MCD); three paperbacks from my favourite urban fantasy series: Magic Bites, Storm Front, and Moon Called; a Little Traveller pin; hand cream, foot cream, and lip balm from L’Occitane (I use these every day!); small-batch caramels from Scarlata (my favourite discovery from the Northwest Chocolate Festival 2015); and, of course, some Oracle Series tattoos.

Would you like to collect this box of favourites for your very own?

You would?

Okay then!

To enter my birthday giveaway all you need to do is:

Comment below and tell me your favourite thing from 2015 (so far).

Notes/Rules: OPEN INTERNATIONALLY. Each comment will be assigned an entry number. ONE winning entry will then be selected via random number generator. One entry per person. Please make sure to fill out a valid email address in the comment form. Email addresses are not collected for any purpose other than notifying the contest winner.

If you haven’t commented on the blog before, or you comment from a different IP address, the comments are moderated. So don’t worry if you don’t see your entry right away. I will approve it, then assign it an entry number.

Contest closes MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2015 at 8 p.m. PDT.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! 😉

<3 <3 <3

James reviews I See Me (Oracle 1)

Okay. I wrote this entire blog post, then deleted it because I was boring myself. Ha. Instead, I will leave you with a screenshot of the review that inspired my deleted blog post and let you make your own observations.

James – I hope you don’t mind me sharing this but I loved finding your review over on Amazon today.

I just write the stories that haunt me, then cross my fingers and hope that readers might enjoy them. Thankfully some of you do!

Okay! I’m off to the Northwest Chocolate Festival in Seattle. See you on the other side.

Book sales by country – August 2015

I started tracking my books sales by country last May and am exceedingly pleased to have added a bunch more countries in August! I’m getting an education as I add some of these countries to the map. I know the general area of most of them, of course. But pinpointing the exact locations has been an exceedingly cool excerise.

New to the map for August 2015 – Welcome!

Guatemala (reader submitted)
Luxembourg
Belgium
Singapore
Indonesia
Philippines
Hungary
Lithuania
Greece
Portugal
Japan
Dominican Republic
India

Other countries I sold books in this month – you rock, as always!

Canada
United States
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Germany
Sweden
Finland
Australia
New Zealand
Ireland
Denmark
Switzerland
France
Italy
Spain
Mexico
Peru
Argentina
Chile
Brazil

<3 Thank you all so, so much for reading!! <3

Previous book sales by country posts

May 2015
June 2015
July 2015
August 2015 (above)

Surprise gifts

I love surprise gifts … you know, when it’s not your birthday or Christmas so it’s completely unexpected. Who doesn’t? I love giving them (in case you hadn’t noticed with all the giveaways I do – ha!) but I certainly don’t mind receiving them either.

This sweet thank you note along with a tatted ring and bracelet made by Billie arrived in the mail yesterday.

Billie won the last round of paperback giveaways celebrating the release of Dowser 5. And the super cool thing? Other than the totally classy thank you note. I’ve never laid eyes on tatted jewelry before. I’d heard the term tatted, of course. But I hadn’t associated it with jewelry, etc.

So Billie, thanks for the surprise present and for the new knowledge! Look for an upcoming character wearing tatted jewelry somewhere, sometime. 😀

Book sales by country – July 2015

I started tracking my books sales by country in May and am exceedingly pleased to have added three more countries in July! I was grinning ear-to-ear as I typed this up and added new colours to the map. I’m so glad I decided to keep track.

New to the map for July 2015 – Welcome!

South Africa
Czech Republic
El Salvador

Other countries I sold books in this month – you rock, as always!

Canada
UK
USA
Australia
Finland
New Zealand
Netherlands
France
Spain
Germany
Italy
Sweden
Mexico
Chile
Argentina
Peru

<3 Thank you all so, so much for reading!! <3

Previous book sales by country posts

May 2015
June 2015
July 2015 (above)

Book sales by country – June 2015

I started tracking my books sales by country in May and am exceedingly pleased to have added a bunch more countries in June!

New to the map – Welcome!

Oman (reader submitted)
United Arab Emirates
Sweden
Finland
Netherlands
Denmark
Romania
Ireland
Spain
Peru

Other countries – you rock, as always!

Canada
UK
Australia
U.S.
New Zealand
Germany
Mexico
Chile
Columbia
Argentina

<3 Thank you all so, so much for reading!! <3

Book sales by country – May 2015

A friend of mine is currently working for the United Nations in Germany – yes, that’s insanely cool – and he started colouring in a world map whenever he met with a client from a different country. I thought it would be cool to steal his idea and apply it to my books (as best as I can track through Amazon, Kobo, B&N, and iTunes).

I’ve sold in countries other than those coloured in below (specifically Asia) but I thought I’d start officially tracking now, then colour the map in every month if I’m lucky enough to add readers.

Seeing all the countries coloured in on the map makes me grin ear to ear.

Thank you for reading!! I hope you’re enjoying the ride as much as I am.

Misprint giveaway #5 – last but not least!

GIVEAWAY CLOSED. WINNER AMANDA FROM OKLAHOMA, LUCKY #7

To recap a fourth time. I had fifteen misprinted paperbacks. The covers of the paperbacks were all oddly tinted to various degrees with pink and red. And, in a few, the top and bottom margins shift down or up around the halfway point. Since I’m a fan of decluttering, I thought I should give these ‘rarities’ away.

I given away fourteen so far.

I’ll autograph and label the book as a misprint. I’ll even throw in an I See Me postcard and some butterfly tattoos.

Would you like a chance to own this misprinted, but still pretty, Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic (Dowser 3) paperback?

Treasures (Dowser 3) with Leo — Leo kept insisting he wanted to be in the photos, so I finally let him.

You would?

Then #1. Comment on this blog post with your favourite quote from Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic (Dowser 3).

And #2. Tell me why it’s your favourite quote.

Remembering #3. To include your email address in the comment form so I can contact you.

OPEN INTERNATIONALLY. Giveaway closes 9 a.m. PDT Saturday, April 25, 2015. Each entry will be assigned a number, and the winner will be selected by random number generator.

May the random number generator be in your favour!

Misprint giveaway #4

GIVEAWAY CLOSED. WINNERS: Cori from Texas, Deb from the UK, and Janine from Pennsylvania! Congrats!

To recap a third time. I had fifteen misprinted paperbacks. The covers of the paperbacks were all oddly tinted to various degrees with pink and red. And, in a few, the top and bottom margins shift down or up around the halfway point. Since I’m a fan of decluttering, I thought I should give these ‘rarities’ away.

I given away eleven so far.

I’ll autograph and label the books as misprints. I’ll even throw in an I See Me postcard and some butterfly tattoos.

Would you like one of THREE chances to own one of these misprinted, but still pretty, Oracle 1 paperbacks?

You would?

Then #1. Comment on this blog post with your favourite quote from I See Me (Oracle 1).

And #2. Tell me why it’s your favourite quote.

Remembering #3. To include your email address in the comment form so I can contact you.

OPEN INTERNATIONALLY. Giveaway closes 9 a.m. PDT Saturday, April 18, 2015. Each entry will be assigned a number, and THREE winners will be selected by random number generator.

May the random number generator be in your favour!

Misprint giveaway #3

GIVEAWAY CLOSED. Winners: Megan from Chicago, Linda from Wisconsin (which might be a first for me), and Michelle from New Jersey!

To recap a second time. I had fifteen misprinted paperbacks. The covers of the paperbacks were all oddly tinted to various degrees with pink and red. And, in a few, the top and bottom margins shift down or up around the halfway point. Since I’m a fan of decluttering, I thought I should give these ‘rarities’ away.

I given away eight so far.

I’ll autograph and label the books as misprints. I’ll even throw in an I See Me postcard and some butterfly tattoos.

Would you like one of THREE chances to own one of these misprinted, but still pretty, Dowser 1 paperbacks?

You would?

Then #1. Comment on this blog post with your favourite quote from Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic (Dowser 1).

And #2. Tell me why it’s your favourite quote.

Remembering #3. To include your email address in the comment form so I can contact you.

OPEN INTERNATIONALLY. Giveaway closes 9 a.m. PDT Saturday, April 11, 2015. Each entry will be assigned a number, and THREE winners will be selected by random number generator.

May the random number generator be in your favour!