New Year..New Photos..New Book Give-a-Way..

I have not had professional photos taken since 2005, so there was no way in hades that I was going to go into a new year and into a new decade without having that done. I asked my "brother-libra-friend" Eric Payne to do the honors and I think he did a wonderful job!

Eric has spent the past year peeling back his layers, slowly revealing the sweet-artistic middle of his soul. He has always been a writer at heart (If you are unfamiliar with his blog: Makes Me Wanna Holler - you're missing out) but now he has taken his gift of storytelling to the next level choosing to tell some of those stories through the lens of his camera.

Interested in becoming his next subject? Well send him an email...

As you all know, The 10th Anniversary, 10K book Campaign is drawing to close. I want to thank you for buying books and spreading the word! Over the past 2 1/2 months I think I have reached out to nearly 18,000 people - I can only pray that more than half of those people purchased books!

The 9th of this month will mark the "official" end of the campaign so if you have not already purchased a copy of SUGAR you still have time to do so!!

As for me, I will be celebrating the 10th Anniversary for all of 2010!!

In order to further commemorate this milestone, I will be awarding 10 lucky winners a copy of the 10th Anniversary Edition of SUGAR!



***NOTE NEW DRAWING DATE IS 1/18/2010

• – If you’d like to enter you must be a Blogger Follower with Google Friend Connect (Make sure your Blogger ID/Name goes to your Blogger profile page and that your setting is on Public instead of Anonymous.) In the comments section, state “I AM A FOLLOWER.” And please leave your email address.

***EACH EXTRA ENTRY MUST HAVE A SEPARATE COMMENT***


+1 – Post about this giveaway on your blog and leave the URL in the comment section.

+1 – Post about this giveaway on Twitter and leave the URL in the comment section.

+1 - Post this giveaway on Facebook or Myspace and leave the URL in the comment section.


• – You must be 18 years or older (Under 18, get your parents to enter.)

• – US & Canada residents only.

• – Winners will be posted here on Saturday Jan 17th, 2010. If you don’t want to miss the announcement post, be a subscriber to the blog. Not sure how? Look in the right sidebar under Subscribe.

• – Unclaimed books will be entered in a Quickie Twitter Giveaway the following month.

• – Make sure your entry ID is distinguishable by others who post. Remember, you might not be the only John or Jane commenting below.

And finally, I will be having a 10th Anniversary Wine and Strawberry reading and booksigning in Brooklyn on January 7th. I hope to see you there!

Bernice L. McFadden