Attention readers: exciting news!
Sorry, folks, the commpetition (snort, cackle) is now closed. The winner is Tessa, of Nuts & Mutton.
And heck, I’m feeling so expansive right now that I’ll even toss the pen I use to sign it into the box.
As you can see from the partial screen capture at the left, Running After My Hat has to date received 999 approved comments (including pingbacks).
For the author of the 1,000th comment, I’m giving away a prize: a signed copy of my next book.
Fire away!
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
- Void where prohibited by law.
- John reserves the right to do things like post-date comments or otherwise shuffle them around if, like, say, a complete stranger on a random drive-through just happens to catch this post and sprays the comment box with text.
- …which isn’t to say he WILL, only that he MAY.
- Family of RAMH crew members not eligible.
- …or, possibly, eligible.
- As any regular reader here knows, my “next book” is at this time merely a possibility.
- It’s the thought that counts.
Tessa says
Me, me *jumps up and down* me, me.
Seriously, that’s a lot of commenting, John!
Kate Lord Brown says
Darn – just have to buy a copy ;)
John says
Tessa: Ding ding ding ding! We have a winner! (And just to reassure you: the autographed copy will come straight from me. As long as it’s gonna take for the thing to be available from Amazon.com, you’d probably need to add another eternity for its appearance on Amazon.ca. :)
Kate: How about we trade?
Okay. You first. (Heh.)
marta says
So often I’m first, unless it counts. What about the book after next?
recaptcha: Rashid given
Querulous Squirrel says
I was unaware there was a contest. Had I been aware, I would have commented much, much more. I think this is highly unfair. Were there comments left on special bloggers’ blogs informing them of the contest? I suspect this was the case. Plus, I wasn’t aware it was possible to count comments mechanically unless..unless…and this I find very hard to believe, you counted them manually which I would find quite disturbing. Anyway, I think the contest was fixed and while I am happy for the winner and bear her no hard feelings, I am quite envious of her good “luck.”
Sarah says
I demand a recount! No paychecks until we get all the votes counted in the right way! Oh wait, that’ s my legislature…
John says
Children, children — please! Calm down!
(He says, as though he has the slightest idea how to calm an unruly mob.)
marta: Oh please. You’re practically in a separate category altogether — not my first commenter, but the first one to return regularly after your first appearance. You probably deserve a prize just for that. Not sure what, though… How about if I throw in a signed copy of each of the next TWO books? Ha!
Squirrel: God no — I’d never count them manually. (WordPress-based blogs do it automatically.) However, now that you mention it, I’m seeing some flaws in the methodology. Edit to add: Apparent flaws. For instance, it counts my OWN comments, too. And, since I try to reply to every comment (other than non-sequiturs, not that anyone in the room right now would ever be guilty of that) the actual total of outside comments received is certainly much lower. What to do…? I know — I’ll just ignore any discrepancies!
(P.S. Excellent use of quotation marks there. I never realized that used properly, they actually kinda look like raised eyebrows.)
Sarah: Californians. *scoffs* Which isn’t to say I expect Florida to be far behind. :)
Tessa says
Woot!
John says
Tessa: Now, now. Gloating is unbecoming. (And un-Canadian. :)