And the winners are …
ALEXANDRA, who loves Cinderella, and BRENNA, who loves Snow White! Congratulations to you both — I’ve sent emails with details on how to claim your prize.
What a great turnout for this contest! You guys are AMAZING — I had nearly 80 entries, with many of you blogging, tweeting, and telling friends to help get the word out. Fantastic! I ♥ you all!
There were so many entries I almost needed a bigger hat!
Oh, and a number of you guessed the catchphrase — it was “And now for something completely different,” from the old TV show Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
Picking the winners was so exhausting that Billie and Bonnie had to take naps
Hey, I have good news! The pub date for ONCE UPON A TOAD has been pushed up to April 10th! That means you can get your hands on it a week earlier than originally scheduled, how cool is that?!
Stay tuned for more fun stuff and hoopla as publication day draws closer. Meanwhile, I’m off to answer (finally) my mountain of mail…
A Jess Delaney moment
Look what I saw yesterday while walking the dogs!
It’s a great blue heron. They’re very majestic birds — and very LARGE birds. Like nearly the size of Bonnie and Billie, our two Shetland sheepdogs. Well, OK, maybe not that big. But BIG for a bird. We have a lot of them around here. This guy was standing really close, though, and even more exciting, I got to watch him eat a frog! (eew, I know)
He was standing on the bank of a creek with this, uh, thing dangling out of his mouth. At first I couldn’t tell what it was, and then about the time that I did, he swooped up into the air, showing off his huge wingspan, and landed on a branch at the top of a nearby tree. Where he enjoyed his lunch…
Anyone else have a Jess Delaney nature moment they’d like to share?
