I did the drawing today to win a copy of my new book, Birdy’s Smile Book (published today).  I was originally going to give away 5 free copies but after getting 180 responses I decided to UP the giveaway to 10 copies.

I wasn’t sure how to go about doing the drawing but I decided to print out the names of everyone who entered and cut them into strips and put them into a lovely box:

Then with then with freshly-cleansed, 99.9% bacteria-free hands (and my eyes CLOSED) I proceeded to select 10 random names out of the box (my hands were shaking!):

And VOILA, I had 10 winners:  TRACY, SAM, LIZ AND JOEY, PEGGY, KELLY, MARIKA, LAUREN, STERLING, LAUREN (another one), AND JANET!  They have all been notified and I’ll be sending them signed copies of the book.

I wish I could have given a book to everyone who responded but check back from time to time as I’ll be doing occasional giveaways!   Thanks to all of you who entered and thank you for your very nice emails!

My new book, Birdy’s Smile Book, will be published on September 28th and to celebrate I’m going to give away 5 free copies!  If you’d like to enter the drawing, send me an email with your name and email address (make sure 72 times that you typed it in correctly or I won’t be able to write back to you if you win!).  I’ll do the drawing on September 28th and notify the winners.  Stay tuned!