And the winner is…
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Post number 43…Rita from South Africa. Rita I hope to hear back you’ve enjoyed the book! As soon as I finish writing this I’ll send your copy.
I want to thank everyone for the outstanding participation. And I’d like to invite everyone who’d like a second chance to say hello to Rita here and I’ll enter your name in a second contest to win another copy of
Knights of the Magical Realm: Warriors Gone Wild.
I had a few people who seemed to think this whole affair worried me…while I wasn’t happy I’d screwed up so badly…I refuse to get crazy about anything other than the health and welfare of my loved ones.
I learned a long time ago I need to smile and shrug it off. One time comes to mind in art class when the teacher called me up to his desk. This usually wasn’t a good thing, but it was art! I hurried up to the front of the class and sat down in the chair next to him. …Only it wasn’t a chair! I’d sat in the wastepaper basket. And of course I was stuck with my knees to my chin. I made class president that year and I think it was because everyone wanted to see what would happen next!
Anyway, thanks from the bottom of my heart. Writing is such an isolating job and right now I need to connect with people… As I was driving Tiff home from chemo today, I was struck about how our large family has almost all gone…I’m too young to have lost so many, so fast. I guess this is something everyone goes through, but it really sucks!
Just ignore that last paragraph and happy reading, Rita!
Drawing on December 1st.
November 15th, 2006 at 5:29 pm
Hi Rita, congratulations on winning the contest.
November 15th, 2006 at 5:37 pm
Congratulations, Rita! Michelle Diener, my CP and blogging partner at Magical Musings, is from South Africa. Very cool that you’ve won Brit’s contest.
November 15th, 2006 at 5:38 pm
Hi Rita and Congrats looks like a fantastic book
November 15th, 2006 at 5:39 pm
Did Michelle come to RT last year?
November 15th, 2006 at 5:40 pm
Hi Rita!
You’re one lucky person!!
Congratulations on winning the contest!
November 15th, 2006 at 5:42 pm
Congrats. Rita!!!
Joan
November 15th, 2006 at 5:45 pm
Congrats Rita!!! Hi!!
Tehya
November 15th, 2006 at 5:55 pm
South Africa — how cool! Congrats! :>]
~Lindy, loving how the ‘net brings the world together
November 15th, 2006 at 5:55 pm
Hi Rita. Big congrats on the win.
November 15th, 2006 at 5:56 pm
You are so right, Lindy! It’s very cool.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:08 pm
Congratulations Rita. Hope you enjoy the story.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:10 pm
Congratulations Rita.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:11 pm
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November 15th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
WOW … THANK YOU Brit for my lovely surprise win, totally awesome!.
Thanks everyone for your warm wishes. It’s so nice to see so many friendly people and yeah luckily with the net makes the world a much smaller place *lol*
I see somebody mentioned RT - well I’m hoping to visit RT next year ;o)
*mwah*
November 15th, 2006 at 6:33 pm
Congratulations, Rita - how fun for you and Brit.
I hope your daughter is doing as well as she can, Brit. I’ve been thinking of you both. (We’ve never met, but as a mother, I can only imagine how hard it must be for you.)
Now just don’t fall into any more wastepaper baskets.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:38 pm
Rita, if you get to go to RT, make sure to look me up. I’m one of the faeries on the Faery Court. And by the way, I should have mentioned this…the faeries are going to start giving away lots of goodies! I’ll try to announce it here on my blog.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:38 pm
Congratulations, Rita!
November 15th, 2006 at 6:46 pm
Will do, thanks Brit
November 15th, 2006 at 7:08 pm
Congrats Rita!
lol @ brit! we all knew you were always cool as a cucumber *winkwink*
Hey hon, head down to my blog and on the links list, click on the one named UGARTE. thats my good pal Michelle. Her daughter’s a survivor and every time i see her she gives me hope.
I’m gonna light a pretty little candle for you and your fam. :p
November 15th, 2006 at 9:35 pm
Good For you! I am happy you won.
Susan
November 15th, 2006 at 11:06 pm
Congrats Rita!!! I would love to visit South Africa. It sounds so different from Canada.
I think of “The Lion King” and all those safari animals. It must be warm there, right? It was in the 40’s here today.
Brit, I’m happy to see you handle disappointment in the right frame of mind. Can’t worry about what you can’t change.
November 16th, 2006 at 5:27 am
Hi!
Congrats Rita! Hope you enjoy the book!
A waste basket? Oh, Brit! LOL
Elizabeth
November 16th, 2006 at 8:45 am
Congratulations Rita. I love the way the net allows people everywhere to connect. Brit is a good writer and you’ll enjoy what she sends you.
For Brit, just keep writing. It helps you deal with family issues somewaht by allowing your mind to enter into another zone.
Cherie
November 16th, 2006 at 9:04 am
Hi, Rita
November 16th, 2006 at 9:39 am
Wow Africa how cool it that
November 16th, 2006 at 9:52 am
I wish Rita would come back and tell us about herself…about what life in South Africa is like. Cherie, you’re right. When I’m immersed in a story I don’t think so much about what’s happening or… Chemo week I don’t get much done though. That’s why I missed the VOS meeting this week.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:41 am
Oh boy now you’ll having me chatting non stop *lol* I’m situated in South Africa (yep far down south on da very end tip of Africa *ha ha*) So depending where you are on the timezone I’m either ahead of behind in timewize. If any of you ever wish to visit our rainbow country, I thought I would give you some background on what to do.
Our beaches among the world’s best, the scenery spectacular, but it’s our national parks definitely the number one tourist attraction. The parks are everything and more of what you have seen on nature documentaries and among the pages of National Geographic magazine. Kruger National Park situated in northern province (about 4 hours drive from Johannesburg) is one of the best parks in Africa, if not the world. The park is home to all of the “big five” animals (lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, black rhino). The country stretches nearly 2000 kilometres from north to south and 1500 kilometres from east to west.
Weather in South Africa is not soo hectic as in the northern hemisphere. South Africa is one of the sunniest countries in the world. The coldest we get to sometimes in the early morning in winter is about 2°C and picks up to 18°C (very rare that we go into minus). The warmer months are October through to May where temperatures will average about 25 to 35 degrees Celsius. Evenings can become cool, regardless of the season. We get snow on the Drakensberg range. But in late 80’s we did get a freak snowstorm that occurred in Johannesburg in the month of September which lasted for a day (which was really awesome walking home from school in the snow and having snow fights, building a snowman…grin) but never again only happened then *sigh*. Only bit of dew on the grass and rain showers at the most. No tornados, hurricanes. Drought is sometimes an issue for us, don’t have that many lakes. Yep summer season now so basically sunshine all the way through.
Gosh I sound either like a travel consultant or weatherman. But hope that gives you all a bit about South Africa *wink*
November 19th, 2006 at 4:57 am
Send us some sunshine and heat, Rita! It is sleeting out here in Wisconsin as I write this Congrats!
November 21st, 2006 at 4:37 am
Hey Kaisquared thanks. Wish I could follow some sunshine through *lol*, but we are experiencing some heavy rain here too ;o)
November 21st, 2006 at 4:39 am
Okay all, you gotta get your hands on the ebook that I won - Knights of the Magical Realm: Warriors Gone Wild. Totally awesome, loved the creativity of the stories inside and have to say that Brit’s story is to die for, just loved it!!! and I’m not saying that coz I won ok.
November 21st, 2006 at 6:43 am
What a nice thing to wake up to! Thanks so much, Rita. With everything I’ve been going through, it’s great to hear such encouraging words.
November 21st, 2006 at 6:45 am
This book is coming out in paperback, the beginning of December! I heard it’s already been shipped.
November 22nd, 2006 at 2:37 pm
Congratulations, Rita
November 26th, 2006 at 4:22 pm
Congrats on winning Rita. I had a cousin visit Africa last year.
November 27th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
Brit, I’m late replying to this, but Michelle, my S.A. crit partner, will be coming to Dallas in 2007 for her first National. She’s in our GIAM group.
November 28th, 2006 at 12:52 pm
[…] I’m having another drawing, due to end on December 1. Come and say hello to Rita, from South Africa to throw your name in the hat. http://britblaise.com/blog/?p=25 Rita won a copy a couple of week ago and has already read it! She said: […]
November 28th, 2006 at 2:30 pm
congrats Rita. And some sunshine sounds really good right now.