* THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE CONTACTED YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER. THE BAD NEWS IS THAT SOME OF THE EDITORS ARE WORRIED THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR HUMOR HOTEL FOR NO REASON OTHER THAT YOU WANT TO WIN STUFF.
AS IT'S NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONVINCE THESE EDITORS THAT NOT ONLY DO YOU WANT TO WIN BOOKS, YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO BUY THEIR PAPERS TO READ THE COLUMN, I'M SHUTTING THE CONTEST DOWN AS OF 5:00 CST TONIGHT.
WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY.
THANKS FOR PLAYING AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP CONTACTING YOUR PAPER. MY FIRST COLUMN DEBUTS MARCH 23. TOPIC? WHY WE HATE JAPAN. (HINT: IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TOYOTA SNAFU.)
Here's how things look to me:
You want an advance copy of My Fair Lazy and I want to be in your newspaper.
Should both of these premises be true, I've got a contest for you.
I have five copies of the new book that I'll personalize and send to five winners chosen at random. To enter the contest, you have to do the following:
1) Email the features editor of your local newspaper telling them you want them to carry the Humor Hotel package.
2) In your email, include the link to Tribune Media Services that describes the package.
3) Either CC or forward me a copy of this email at jenwritesbooks (at) gmail (dot) com.
4) Put Humor Hotel on the subject line.
(I'm not going to make it a rule that you buy whatever newspaper it is that carries our columns because I'm just assuming you'll want to do so, yes?)
5) One entry per person.
6) There are no more rules except to follow the rules previously posted.
I'm going to keep the contest open until next Friday at today at 5:00 PM CST and winners will be chosen by a random number generator and announced next Saturday Friday.
Cool?
Okay, then see you in the funny papers.
(I hope.)
