CONTESTS & GIVEAWAYS

**I've never been all that crafty.  Strangely enough, I tend to supplement book giveaways with things like handmade gift bags and crocheted gnomes.  Go figure.

Right now I don't have any contests, but if you've taken the time to look at this page, you can email me about maybe getting free copies of Cooley's Panther and Field Trip.

(Any gift received by winners may not be as pictured...and may be full of the beans.)

For other contests, stay tuned here and check out my Schedule for various chances to win my books.

If anyone likes to crochet, the gnomes I make are sort of like:

http://bellasartes.blogspot.com/2007/08/simply-gnome-free-pattern.html

The pattern is way too clever to have been created by me so please abide by the requests of the pattern-maker should you feel inspired to create your own gnome charm. Here is the Wiki page about the Japanese art of amigurumi, or crocheting small, cute stuffed toys (I am not joking), which this gnome is apparently representative of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amigurumi.