A Very Vampire May Giveaway (SIGNED Twilight included!!!)

It's May. It's a GOOD month. Warm weather. Almost pool season. Tans. Spring/summer wardrobe (especially summer dresses, woohoo!) As a girl who lo-o-oves sunshine, I wanted to celebrate! And how better to do that than with YOU guys?

So today, I'm announcing my:

There's EVEN a no strings attached TWIST! 

#1 SIGNED Twilight! 

(and 4 Keepsake Journals in a Collectible Tin)

Hardcover, authentic signature... The whole shebang! 

#2 SIGNED Anne Rice: The Vampire Armand

Hardcover, first edition--The sixth novel in The Vampire Chronicles.
However, from what I've heard because I haven't read it) graphic nature, winners for this must be 18 or older. (Not that I don't think someone younger can handle it, but I'm not a parent and under 18 means not an adult, legally.)

#3 SIGNED Charlaine Harris: 

Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead

The first three in her Sookie Stackhouse series--you know, the ones the show True Blood is based off of!! (ALL three are signed!)

#4 SIGNED Christopher Moore: 

Bloodsucking Fiends, You Suck (A Love Story), Bite Me

His Vampire Trilogy! ALL three are signed! (If you haven't read Christopher Moore before, there's a great article about this trilogy here.)

#5 Bram Stoker's Dracula

AND The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead

Unsigned, unfortunately. But still fun!

And now for the rules, dun dun DUNNN.

Sike. They're EASY!

All you have to do to enter is be a follower and tell me how to contact you on the entry form (link is below).  OH and make sure to rank your preferences for the packages!

Also, US and Canada residents only. Sorry.

Want to increase your chances to win? Lots of ways to do that (though none are required to enter)...

+1 facebook friend me, baby!
+1 follow me on twitter
+2 tweet the contest (make sure to include @saramcclung, so I can track!)
+2 send me some new blog friends
+3 post a link to the contest in your sidebar
+5 write a post about the contest

The contest runs from May 10-June 2nd. Winners will be announced June 3rd!

To enter, fill out this form!

I have extra SIGNED copies of Christopher Moore's Bite Me. So every Friday, for the next three Fridays (May 14, 21, and 28) whoever comments on my Friday Funny post--and leaves me a link to another funny video that I can use in a future post--will be automatically entered to win a copy!

I'll give one away a week, just make sure I know how to get in touch with you! (OH, and if you win one of these, it won't impact your chances to win in the big contest.)


Hmmm... I think that's it! Did I leave anything out?


OH, PS. Just because she's pictured, Piper (one of my beautiful kitties) is NOT included in any of the packages! #sorrytoburstyourbubble

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No Friday Funny--Do the Write Thing Instead!

No Friday Funny today... Just a reminder to Do the Write Thing for Nashville! There are some seriously amazing auctions up!! And over $5000 has already been raised!!

Let's push it farther.

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Do the Write Thing

In case you hadn't heard, there's some serious stuff going on in Nashville.

On May 1^st and 2^nd, Nashville, Tennessee received a record amount of rain—nearly 13.5 inches.  By May 3^rd, huge portions of our city were under water, including the The Grand Ole Opry, Opryland, The Nashville Symphony Hall, the downtown area, and countless homes.  Families, many of whom did not have flood insurance, have lost everything.  One of the hydro plants is flooded, which means we’re running short on water.  Many lives have been extinguished and more bodies are being recovered each day.* 

As a community of writers, thanks to Myra McEntire, Amanda Morgan, and Victoria Schwab, we have an opportunity to band together and make a difference.

And we SHOULD.

Here's the deal: The three awesome, aforementioned ladies are setting up daily auctions to raise money for Nashville--and everything up for bidding has SOMETHING cool to do with the writing community! You'll have the opportunity to bid on critiques and swag and more. Each auction will have 12-15 items. The first one starts today at 9 am CST! So go and bid and do some good (and get cool stuff as a nice little perk)!

Do the Write Thing for Nashville!!

*I pulled the information from the Do the Write Thing for Nashville Blog

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How do YOU work your chapters?

So, I'm curious about how other writers work with their chapters. If you wouldn't mind, take a second and answer my two quick polls!

Do you save chapters individually or all in one document?

Do you send chapters to CPs for feedback as you finish them, or do you wait until the WIP is complete to send the entire thing?

What works best for you, and why?

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Book Recommendations

Need book suggestions? Well, today's your lucky day!

Elana Johnson's hosting this super cool blogosphere event where 60 bloggers are making book recommendations on their blogs--find the full list of participating bloggers here: http://elanajohnson.blogspot.com/p/recommended-reads.html!!

Hope you all had fabulous weekends... I'm off to check out some of the recommended reads!

Oh, btw--tomorrow we vote on my Deal with the Universe... Today's your last chance to weigh in!

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