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Nancy Mehl
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 11, 2002 - 08:28 am: |   |
I will be giving away a free copy of GRAVEN IMAGES at the end of this month. To enter, go to my web site at: www.nancymehl.com. Sign the guestbook and request to be entered into the drawing.
IF you are interested in being added to my mailing list, or to a possible newsletter to be developed at a later date, please mention it in your post. All e-mail addresses will be deleted from my account after the contest UNLESS you request to be contacted in the future.
Good luck!
Nancy Mehl
GRAVEN IMAGES
www.nancymehl.com |
Kathy Bosworth
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 21, 2002 - 06:35 am: | |
Nancy,
I just got done reading Graven Images and all I can say is...GREAT JOB!!!
I couldn't put the book down. It grabbed my interest from the first chapter. I thought I had figured out the ending more than once. I was wrong. I have a bad habit of reading the last few pages of a mystery when I think I have it figured out, but I wouldn't allow myself to do it this time. I am glad that I didn't. You did an outstanding job. I would highly recommend this book to anybody that hasn't read it yet. It was a mystery, but also an intriguing story about the loveable yet tragic Cally Jo.
I can see why your numbers are good at Amazon. Good luck to you. I think you have written a winner. |
C. E. Winterland
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 21, 2002 - 06:49 am: | |
WOOT, nice Kathy.
Kathy, Graven Images is the Mindsight Book of the Month. Please go to "The Mindsight Forum" topic from the main section and put a quick (or long) review up for Graven Images under the Book of the Month thread to help Nancy out a bit 
CEW |
Nancy Mehl
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 21, 2002 - 08:18 am: | |
Thanks, Kathy. :-) You made my day. Actually, my Amazon numbers aren't as good as I'd like. However, I did fall below the 1,000,000 mark today - finally. I must admit, I am confused by Amazon. Even Ingram. People tell me their ordering books - and I know that they did, but it isn't even showing up on Ingram.
I'm getting to the point where I just kind of ignore the whole thing and work on selling my book.
I have a review coming out in Library Journal in February, as well as a positive review in I Love a Mystery. And a group called Wicked Company is sponsoring a week long preview of GRAVEN IMAGES at the end of February. So - hope is high!
Thanks again for ordering. I appreciate it.
Nancy |
Kathy Bosworth
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 21, 2002 - 08:55 am: | |
Nancy,
I agree with you about Amazon. I cannot figure it out either. My numbers never change, yet my book is listed under bestselling anywhere from # 100 to #311. Who can understand that logic? I did leave a review at Amazon for Graven Images although they don't usually show up for a week. Keep on plugging away lady!!
Thanks for the tip CE. I will leave a review for Nancy. I really loved the book!!
Kathy |
Kathy Bosworth
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 21, 2002 - 05:28 pm: | |
C.E.
I know what a WAG is, but I have been trying to figure out what WOOT is all day?????
Kathy |
C. E. Winterland - work
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 21, 2002 - 05:41 pm: | |
Well... ya got me stumped... what's a WAG? Is it something like WAC? Speaking of abbreviations... what is [sic]?
WOOT is an exclamatory and doesn't stand for anything other than WOOT! (or sometimes, if you're in a real good mood it somehow becomes WOOTIES! - I don't really know how or why) I learned it through osmosis whilest playing one of my online games, like most of the other online lingo I know, most of which do stand for things (like ROFLMAO, LOL, BRB, AFK, WTF and GERBLSCHMIDTS - oh wait, I don't think that last one is real...)
So what's WAG? Waking a Giant... no... Wookies are great... hmmm... Washington Agricultural... um... Where are going? (heavily accented)... probably not... er... What's 'appenin' G?!... hmmm...
It's a mystery... kinda like my brother, who is very fond of BLURAB... but no one knows what it means at all.
CEW |
LaurieAnne Cruea
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 21, 2002 - 06:33 pm: | |
CE,
[sic] is defined as: adv, intentionally so written -- used after a printed word or passage to implicate that it exactly reproduces an original
---courtesy of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary
The only way that I see for it to apply for the salutation to a letter is if Ms. Adkins' contract and file at PA state Victoria, and if she signed Vickie, rather than Victoria. If it's just plain Vickie, it makes no sense at all, except to show a lack of understanding of the English language or the use thereof.
And my favorite is FUBAR.
Oh, yeah, WAG is what a dog does with its tail (lol). |
Kathy Bosworth
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 21, 2002 - 07:04 pm: | |
WAG must be a postal term. We always had to give an estimate on how much mail volume came in each day. Didn't have to be exact....just a Wild Ass Guess.
hahaha.
Kathy |
C. E. Winterland
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 21, 2002 - 07:47 pm: | |
HEHEHEHE - ahhhh... WAG... I like it.
And I noticed in the instance of [sic] that Vickie's name was spelled "Vicki".
CEW |
Kathy Bosworth
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 09:14 am: | |
C.E.
Glad I could give you a chuckle. The next time someone yells to you, "Can you give me a WAG on that?", you will know how to respond. My husband says that they used WAGs all the time in the military too. Unbelieveable how much useful knowledge can be obtained on this board huh?
Laurie Anne, what is FUBAR? I need to learn somethiing new today.
I am just dying to use the word WOOTIES now.
Kathy |
Jan Fields
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 09:24 am: | |
Kathy,
FUBAR -- fouled up beyond all recognition...only, well, they didn't really use "fouled" but it was an f word :-)
Jan |
Kathy Bosworth
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 10:10 am: | |
Jan,
haha. Thank you. I think I get it now. This one I may be able to use!!
Kathy |
C. E. Winterland - work
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 11:41 am: | |
Hehehe,
In my experience FUBAR should be FUBAB... f'd up beyond all belief hehehe.
CEW |
Nancy Marie
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 05:42 pm: | |
ROTFLOL. Too cool! I like WAG, knew FUBAR before, but forgot about it. I'll have to find a way to use it.
My personal favorite is FINE. Especially when someone asks me how I am, and I am not having a good day, I can say, FINE - Fouled-up (again a substitution, I'll let your imaginations fill in the real word), Insecure, Neurotic, and Emotional - That describes my state of being, sometimes. So if I answer I am FINE, y'all know to watch out.
Tonight I am not FINE by the way, I am okay, and okay is good enough for me.
smiles and blessings, Nancy Marie |
C. E. Winterland - work
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 06:11 pm: | |
OKAY? What's that stand for? |
LaurieAnne Cruea
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 07:45 pm: | |
OKAY: Only Kids Are Young--just trying (your patience, right?)
NMa, I like that, FINE. I'll have to remember that.
I like all the FORD things, too. Especially when my kids ask me how to make mac & cheese. I say FORD: Flip Over, Read Directions. |
Nancy Marie
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2002 - 07:58 am: | |
LaurieAnne,
That's a good one. Always thought FORD stood for, Fix Or Repair Daily.
smiles and blessings, Nancy Marie |
Vickie Adkins
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2002 - 02:07 pm: | |
Original latin for Sic means "so it stands in the original" even if it's spelled incorrectly!! "Printed in brackets as guarantee that passage has been quoted correctly" even if it's spelled incorrectly!!!
But I'm not bitter....
VickIE |
Nancy Marie
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2002 - 03:41 pm: | |
you lost me Vickie, or I missed something. Bitter about what?
smiles and blessings, Nancy Marie |
Nancy Marie
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2002 - 03:43 pm: | |
C.E. - I knew someone was gonna ask that as soon as I posted that comment.
I shoulda' figured it'da be you.
Haven't got a clue what OKAY stands for. Except today I'm not just OKAY, I am doing great!!
smiles and blessings, Nancy Marie |
LaurieAnne Cruea
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2002 - 06:04 pm: | |
N.Ma,
FORD has a great number of meanings around here.
Fix Or Repair Daily
Found On Road Dead
F'd Over Rebuilt Dodge
Flip Over, Read Directions
Any of the above worked for my Tempo (never buy a Tempo)--it cost me $5K in 6 months for repairs--right after the last payment was made. Mostly, though, because my mechanic was a sexist pig who insisted I didn't know what I was talking about when I told him that it needed a new starter--but that's a whole other topic.
My dad took my mother's Fairmont to my uncle to work on. Dad asked Uncle Richard what was wrong with it. Uncle Richard pointed to the little emblem on the front. "Do you see that?"
"Yes."
He then led Dad around the back of the car. He pointed to the emblem there. "Do you see that?"
Again, Dad said, "Yes."
Uncle Richard slapped his arm across Dad's shoulders and smiled. "Everything in between."
Hehehehehehe |
Vickie Adkins
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2002 - 07:13 pm: | |
Nancy Ma,
Twus just kidding. PA constantly misspells my name, and when I posted a letter that they sent me regarding my second novel, I wanted to send it exactly as they wrote it, but again my name was misspelled, so I wrote (sic) after Vicki (should be Vickie), saying this is how the original came, but it's not correct.
Clear as mud, right?
Congrats on your new arrival!
Best,
VickIE |
Nancy Marie
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2002 - 07:52 pm: | |
Thank you, now I understand. And,I also understand the "IE" in Vickie, didn't quite get that either. Just a little dense, sometimes.
by the way, my book is now out for those of you that didn't get my "birth announcement." I am still grinning, ear to ear.
smiles and blessings, Nancy Marie |
Nancy Mehl
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 06:29 pm: | |
Just a quick reminder. I will be selecting the winner of a copy of Graven Images tomorrow.
If you haven't signed up for a chance to win, go to my web site at: www.nancymehl.com. Click on the "guestbook" icon. Then, send me an e-mail.
I won't use your e-mail address for any kind of spam. If you ask to be added to my newsletter, I will do so. If you don't, I will simply delete your message if you don't win.
Thanks. Sorry for the BSP.
Nancy |
Nancy Mehl
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 08:51 am: | |
I have a winner. Sorry, no one from here.
A woman named Donna - AND SHE'S IN CANADA!!! Can anyone say...."Yikes! Mailing charges????"
Thanks to everyone who entered. And to those who asked to be put on my mailing list and my newsletter list. I will actually have a newsletter by the end of the month. At this point, I'm planning to just use my e-mail. If anyone has a better idea, remember I'm computer challenged - but willing to listen!
Nancy |
C. E. Winterland - work
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 09:47 am: | |
Don't we have a Donna here from Canada?
CEW |
Claudia Turner VanLydegraf
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 10:09 am: | |
CE and Nancy,
I think you are thinking of Donna Sussums, and yes, I think that she is from Canada.....
Claudia |
Nancy Mehl
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 10:56 am: | |
Well, this Donna is a librarian.
Is our Donna a librarian?
Nancy |
Donna Sussums
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 01:07 pm: | |
Hi guys,
It's not me. (DARN) Unfortunately, I didn't enter Nancy's contest, too busy hiding away over the last while. I'm not a librarian, but I am Canadian.
I've been fretting over a book singing/reading scheduled for Feb 9th at my local library. Now it seems everybody in the community wants my book, and there are only about twenty available. You think that qualifies them for Collector Edition status? One guy just offered me fifty bucks for an autographed copy. I'm trying to convince him that I don't want that much, but so far he's not listening. I guess I'll have to suggest to folks that they share their copies, or use the library. Boy, do I ever need a publishing contract.
Sorry for going off topic here, but I'm on a roll. As far as mentioning previous publishing experience, I did and it back-fired big time. You know, I just realized that this is a public thread. I believe it's best if I post the rest of this privately.
So, congratulations to Donna the Canadian librarian.
Donna |
Claudia Turner VanLydegraf
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 01:27 pm: | |
Donna,
I was hoping it was you, but I didn't know whether or not you were a Librarian. Anyway, my good thoughts were on you getting the book.... Sorry.
That is quite good about everyone wanting your book. Get it out there girl and hype it a bunch, but what about not having any available, if you want to write me, you can at Cltvcoyote@aol.com. I thought you were with PA... hmmm.
Claudia |
Donna Sussums
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 02:40 pm: | |
Claudia,
Thanks for having nice thoughts regarding me. I do appreciate that. I was with PA but have been released as of January 8th. So, the twenty copies I have of A Friendly Smile are the only ones currently availible. I instigated my release for a number of reasons; price (29.95 US), lack of availibility (as far as I know, PA doesn't even register on Canadian book store computers), and rude treatment of people who had questioned abnormally lengthy shipment times. One woman ordered thirty copies and had to wait four months for delivery. I felt this was a bad reflection on not only my publisher, but on me as well.
PA didn't work for me, but I sincerely hope it serves you and all its other talented writers well. As writers, we deserve to have our words read, our voices heard.
Donna |
laurelj
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 03:47 pm: | |
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. I didn't win Graven Images!! Another dream shattered. But congrats to Donna the librarian in canada anyhoo.
LaurelJ |
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