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Posted on July 30, 2008 by strugglingwriter

I’m still not 100% right today, so I’m gonna hold off on a big post. My brain still isn’t 100% (though some might say it never is).

Anyhow, I came across a few contests. First, you can win an Advance Copy of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard book. Here are the details for that:

Kindly compose some Very Final Thoughts for three people, as follows:

1. A famous (or infamous) living character of your choosing

2. Someone on the very cusp of dying in a very stupid manner

3. And you, personally — in the brief moments before you shuffle off this mortal coil

Be funny if you like; death can be hilarious. But if you’d like a real challenge, make your concluding thoughts profound, or poignant.

Next, over at FreeAndFlawed, all you have to do is write a caption for a photo and you can win a super cool laptop skin.

I’m totally going to enter both these contests. Wish me luck! :)

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13 Responses

  1. cedarstreetwriter, on July 30th, 2008 at 11:32 am Said:

    Just a note to wish you luck on the contest. I visit you daily and have your URL on my site but wanted you to know that your entries are excellent and I have enjoyed reading you daily.

    Thanks for sharing…
    Annie O.

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  2. strugglingwriter, on July 30th, 2008 at 11:54 am Said:

    cedarstreetwriter – thanks! I hope you continue visiting and reading!

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  3. caveblogem, on July 30th, 2008 at 12:44 pm Said:

    sw,

    I entered the contest for the skin after seeing your mention here. I keep meaning to drop by and wish you good luck and congratulations on your new family member to-be. Hope you feel better soon, too.

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  4. Diane, on July 30th, 2008 at 1:04 pm Said:

    Hope you feel much better soon – perhaps you need a holiday in Italy… :-)

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  5. strugglingwriter, on July 30th, 2008 at 1:06 pm Said:

    caveblogem – no problem and thanks :)

    Diane – the only holiday in Italy I could afford would be in Italy, Pennsylvania (if such a place existed) :)

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  6. freeandflawed, on July 30th, 2008 at 2:37 pm Said:

    Hey! Thanks for the link love :)

    Good luck to you!

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  7. Diane, on July 31st, 2008 at 5:46 am Said:

    No problem – you can stay with me and George…. :-)

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  8. Absolute Vanilla (and Atyllah), on July 31st, 2008 at 6:59 am Said:

    Hope the brain is back to 100% really soon! :-)
    And good luck with the contests – I’m tempted, but I don’t need another distraction! :-)

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  9. writinggb, on July 31st, 2008 at 1:32 pm Said:

    Sounds like quite a challenge to write the “final thoughts” — will you post your here??

    Hope you’re feeling better!

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  10. axnewxhorizonx, on August 1st, 2008 at 12:37 pm Said:

    Hiya. I found your blog through Scribe’s Blogroll. Hope you don’t mind me dropping in.

    Thanks for posting those contests. The ‘final thoughts’ one looks like fun, I might give it a whirl. :)

    Good luck for the contests!

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  11. strugglingwriter, on August 1st, 2008 at 2:38 pm Said:

    axnewxhorizonx – no problem. I hope you return.

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  12. axnewxhorizonx, on August 2nd, 2008 at 8:50 am Said:

    I will – it looks like an interesting blog. It’s also been very helpful with my procrastination at work! ;)

    Have you thought about any entries for the contests yet?

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  13. Marnday « The Struggling Writer, on August 4th, 2008 at 8:31 am Said:

    [...] I also won one of the contests I mentioned last week. I won the laptop skin over at FreeAndFlawed. Here’s the one I [...]

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