Thanks to everyone who participated in my first annual ‘TALK LIKE A CAJUN/ACADIAN’ contest. I had a blast reading all of your entries!
Now, the moment of truth. You’ll see that the chicklets and I went to great lengths to ensure that winners were chosen under the most rigorous contest protocol and conditions:
The ballots were shuffled, the mood was tense, we were at the edge of our stools…but there could only be ONE winner…
Well, actually…since I have two chicklets, I couldn’t just let ONE of them choose. Imagine the discontent in the judging panel! So, in the spirit of equality, the second winner of our first annual ‘TALK LIKE A CAJUN/ACADIAN’ contest is….
I mean…
Yay!! Plus two very happy contest administrators in desperate need of nail-trimming, apparently.
Congratulations, Becky and Sandra! I will drop you a line to get your info in order to receive your autographed copy of ACADIAN STAR!
Thanks for playing, everyone! J’ai eu toute sorte d’ fun!
Okay, okay, so it’s NOT exactly ‘Talk like a Cajun/Acadian Day’ but August 15th IS National Acadian Day.
To celebrate…a CONTEST…to win a copy of my middle grade novel, ACADIAN STAR.
To win, let’s have a bit of fun. I’m sure you’ve all heard of ‘Talk like a Pirate Day’ well here’s a twist. Our very own, super-spectacular…
TALK LIKE A CAJUN/ACADIAN DAY!!
To win a copy of ACADIAN STAR, you can either:
1. Just comment (yawn…)
OR…
2. Join in on the fun and tell me your favourite Acadian word. Mine is ‘BARDASSER’, which pretty much means trying to look busy, but otherwise goofing off (i.e. procrastinating).
OR…
3. REALLY get into it and leave a comment in your best Acadian ‘chiac’.
From Answers.com:
“Chiac is a dialect of Acadian French heavily mixed and structured with English.
Par example: Drive ton car jusqu’a le store pour me chercher des buns pour les hamburgers. ”
OR…
4. As a hats-off to my Cajun cousins to the south, feel free throw in some Cajunisms too!!
So many CHOICES! So, have at it! A winner will be randomly chosen on Wednesday, August 19th. Bonne luck and good chance!!
Final winner! See you on the flipside…
Date: Wednesday October 15, 2008Posted in: Acadian Star,Contests
Thanks to everyone who entered my three-week-long book contest extravaganza! I had over 100 entries in total and had a blast reading all of your inventive comments.
I’m off on the ACADIAN STAR book tour tomorrow. If anyone is near and dear to the following locations, dew drop inn–I’d love to see ya!!
Saturday, Oct 18, 2:00-3:30 pm— Official Launch, Petit de Grat Library
Sunday, Oct 19, 12:00-2:00 pm— 563 Coles Antigonish
Sunday, Oct 19, 3:30-5:00 pm — 152 Coles New Glasgow
Friday, Oct 24, 7:00-9:00 pm — 221 Coles Halifax Shopping Centre
Saturday, Oct 25, 2:00-4:00 pm— 914 Chapters Dartmouth
I don’t have a lot of time this week to keep you in suspense (gotta pack!) so I’ll cut to the chase. The winner this week is EV BISHOP!
Congratulations, Ev!
Check out Ev’s short story “My Mom is a Freak” in Cleavage – Breakaway Fiction for Real Girls, a Sumach Press anthology (September 2008), edited by Deb Loughead & Jocelyn Shipley.
Thanks to everyone for all your support and enthusiasm for ACADIAN STAR. Books are being shipped to stores, and people have been reporting that they’ve received their Amazon copies.
Hope you enjoy it!
This week’s WINNER! Tour dates! And your LAST chance to WIN!
Date: Wednesday October 8, 2008Posted in: Acadian Star,Contests
What a fun time I’ve been having with this contest! Last week, your challenge was to post a comment with the word *CHAPTER* to celebrate the fact that I’ve posted the first chapter of ACADIAN STAR on my website. Check it out HERE, if you haven’t already.
And YES, I’ve picked a winner. Entries from this week were added to last week’s, giving me 83 to choose from. To keep things on the up-and-up, I used my handy dandy on-line Random Number Generator to pick the recipient of a free copy of ACADIAN STAR and I’m about to announce the WINNER.
Like RIGHT NOW!
I won’t even make you wait like I did last time.
Oh, wait a sec, first I need to tell you all about my upcoming book tour, coming up next week. I’m kicking off the tour in my hometown of Petit de Grat at the Petit de Grat Library and am SO excited. Here’s the 411:
Saturday, Oct 18, 2:00-3:30 pm— Official Launch, Petit de Grat Library
Oh, and something else, I need to show you the pretty invitation Nimbus Publishing created for my official launch:
It shows up kinda teeny here, but isn’t it nice? Click on it, if you want to see the actual size.
Volume One Bookstore from Port Hawkesbury will be on hand, selling books.
Oh, oh, and something else, if you can’t make it to Petit de Grat (but you SHOULD some day, cause it’s SO pretty there), I have lots of other bookstore signings to choose from:
Sunday, Oct 19, 12:00-2:00 pm— 563 Coles Antigonish
Sunday, Oct 19, 3:30-5:00 pm — 152 Coles New Glasgow
Friday, Oct 24, 7:00-9:00 pm — 221 Coles Halifax Shopping Centre
Saturday, Oct 25, 2:00-4:00 pm— 914 Chapters Dartmouth
So please pop by if you’re in the area! (let me know in the comments) I’d love to see you.
And, hmm, what else did I want to tell you all? Oh, yeah! Silly me. The winner! And I even told you I wouldn’t make you wait. The WINNER of this week’s free copy of ACADIAN STAR is…
Beryl Cole-Boudreau!!!
Congratulations, Beryl!!
To those who haven’t won, sorry! 
But you have one LAST CHANCE.
To add another entry for your LAST CHANCE to win a free copy of ACADIAN STAR, just add a comment to this message with the word *LAUNCH*.
‘Cause now that I have all the dates confirmed for next week’s book tour, ACADIAN STAR is a go for launch!
Woohoo!!
