To celebrate the
release Grit for the Oyster: 250 Pearls
of Wisdom for Aspiring Writers, we are
hosting a trivia contest! Just answer
the following questions for a chance to
win a beach bag filled with prizes like
T-shirts, tins of candy, handmade
bookmarks, jewelry, pens, and special
surprises! Most of the answers can be
found on either the author’s website,
Facebook page, or My Space pages,
though, you might have to do a little
hunting to find some of the answers! And
if you answer the two extra credit
questions, you’ll be entered twice!
In what city in
Florida was author, Debora M. Coty,
born?
What is the name
of Debora’s monthly newspaper column?
What is the name of the book that
planted the seed of becoming a writer in
Debora and impacted her so much that she
named her daughter after the title
character?
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In 1979, author
Suzanne Woods Fisher traveled to China
as part of a college program. What was
special about this particular college
group?
What types of dogs
does Suzanne own?
What country did
Suzanne live in for four years?
Why does Suzanne
seem to have a lot of Labrador
Retrievers rotating through her house?
* * * *
Name two of author
Joanna Bloss’s favorite movies.
What is the name
of her group of friends?
One of Joanna's
favorite books was written by a Christy
Award-winning author who lives in South
Carolina. What's the name of that book?
Joanna lives close
to this major U.S. City and loves to
visit it often--which city is that?
* * * *
In author Faith
Tibbetts McDonald’s article for Today’s
Christian Woman entitled, When Life’s On
Hold, she expresses intolerance for
what?
Where does Faith
reside?
What book did Faith list first on her
visual bookshelf?
What High School did Faith attend?
Where is the
world’s only oyster museum?
What are the three
classifications of oysters?
Send your answers
to: editor @ vrpublishing.Com (without
spaces) before September 28, 2008. A
winner will be drawn and announced on or
before September 30, 2008.