A Big Little Favor.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

And who knows, you might enjoy yourself.

I have a novel entered in this mammoth contest put on by
Amazon.com & Penguin. My novel got in the semi-finals,
along with over 800(!) others. It is partly a promotion for
Amazon to be sure, but I'm in it & trying to make the best
of it. It's so not my way to promote myself, but I thought
maybe I had won enough friends with Oscar to have it be OK
to ask this, humbly.

If you would like to read the 5000-word excerpt posted on
Amazon, go here:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001200CCS

then click on the orange bar to the left that says "DOWNLOAD FOR FREE"
then click on the green bar that says "VIEW NOW"

You can download the PDF but the "View NOW" is quicker & I think
looks better.

IF you want to review it, you have to be an Amazon customer.
I know, that sucks.
Please, just in case, do not buy anything to review the thing.
It's not that important, and the "semi-final" round is so
ridiculously jam-packed that advancing to the finalist round
is a crapshoot. It is partly determined by customer reviews,
but primarily by Penguin and Publisher's Weekly reviews.

Thank you to anybody for reading this & the excerpt.
I hope you enjoy it.

[Boojatta]

1. Why didn't you tell us when there was a chance to edit it?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear A-Schwarzenegger!

I am downloading and printing...

And will post a comment when I'm done reading!

The little bit I looked at looked very nice!

Good luck to you...

:hi:

[Wheezy]

3. Good for you, and best luck!! I will try to get to it over the weekend.

I have other friends in this contest as well -- I wish you all the best!

[REP]

4. Downloading now

[REP]

5. Downloading now

[A-Schwarzenegger]

6. Shamelessly shameful kick & thanks.

[myrna minx]

7. Downloading now! K&R.

Good luck.

[hunter]

8. Sweet.

:kick:

[underpants]

9. I have a third thumb

can you help me?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

10. I hatve to ask:

Is it a big little thumb?
Or do you mean yer all thumbs & really need help? :-)

[underpants]

13. I don't know

countin' is tough

YOU try working with multiples of 11 in a deci-world

[alphafemale]

11. Wow! That's awesome!

[Bunny]

12. Anything for you, hon.

I'm downloading now, I'll read it later this morning. Good luck! :hi:

[myrna minx]

14. Kick. I haven't been able to read it yet, but I'm looking forward to it.

:hi:

[angstlessk]

15. I am in the read it now mode, and so far so great! good luck and if it

is anywhere near as sucessful as your Oscar thread you will win!

[Wheezy]

16. I read and reviewed. Good luck!

[Ellipsis]

17. Sure... (kick)

I had a hardcopy yesterday, if the truth be known.

Happy 08 Big A