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Ganked giveaway goodies almost ready to be mailed.

With Christmas around the corner, the season for giving is definitely here. While I do like the whole receiving side of gifts, this year I’m especially excited for a couple of packages I’m giving away.

Last week, my Ganked Ten Day Giveaway ended and I couldn’t be more thrilled with how it all turned out and who won.

Great Response from Goodreads

When I put Ganked up as a giveaway for ten days earlier this month, I had no idea what to expect. I figured a few people would enter and that’d be that.

A few turned into 681 people entering with close to 300 adding it to their “To Read” shelves.  For a new book with zero reviews on the site, I was very happy to have people take notice.

And I’m even more happy to send two copies out to the winners Gail and Marisa (along with some bookmarks and stuff.)

Overall, I’m very pleased with how the giveaway went and will definitely run another in the new year.

But mostly, giving books away makes me want to write more.

Familiar Process with New Results

I’ve written over 30 books for kids for numerous publishers, so this “after publishing publicity push” isn’t anything new for me. Once a book is available, my publisher sends it out to the usual places for reviews and sometimes even places an ad or two in a trade magazine. All amazing stuff that I love them for.

With Ganked, I’m the publisher. I’m the one doing this sort of stuff. I’m directly involved in every step along the way. I get a new thrill when I see readers respond in a positive way. From the emails of support from the amazing people subscribing to my newsletter to “to read” tagging, each is a direct connection to my writing.

That feels new for me. And it makes me want to create more and more and more.

So, I’m doing just that. The sequel to Ganked is taking shape and I’m putting the finishing touches the first in a new series of books for a totally awesome Canadian publisher, who I’ll name very, very soon.

And then there’s the Pixelhead, the new Tech Tales short story about a kid who wakes up looking like a video game character.

Oh, and there’s also that other one  .  .  . you get the idea.

I’d be honoured if joined me on this journey into new writing. You can do that by subscribing to my Reading Change newsletter. It lands in your inbox every month and comes with a new Tech Teaching resource you can use with the young learners in your life.

In the meantime, happy reading!