If you haven't yet read the amazing guest post from author Sue William Silverman (below), please do so before entering this giveaway. Sue has graciously offered to give one lucky reader of So a Blonde Walks Into a Review a copy of her book Fearless Confessions: A Writer's Guide to Memoir:
To enter, write the first sentence of YOUR memoir in the comments below.
Be sure that there is an email address for you that I can find with your contest entry, or your entry will have to be disqualified. By entering, you automatically agree to all the rules and disclaimers listed here.
You can receive additional entries by doing one or all of the following (one entry for each step):
~Twitter with a link to this post. Then leave a separate comment here with your Twitter link.
~Blog about this contest with a link to this post. Then leave a separate comment here with the link to your post.
~Follow this blog. Simply click on "Follow this blog" found near the top of the sidebar to the right (under "The Blonde"). Then, leave a separate comment letting me know you are following.
~Post the button below on your blog and then leave a separate comment here letting me know it's posted and where. Here's the code for the button:
~Add So a Blonde Walks Into a Review to your Technorati Favorites (just click the button below and follow the simple steps). Then, leave a separate comment here letting me know you've added this blog to your favorites:
Deadline to enter is 11:59 EST, September 8, 2009. Winner will be selected at random using Random.org. Good luck!
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I have always looked the same even though I have tried to change.
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