Character Name Contest WINNER!

Posted by Karen Cantwell on Feb 26, 2012 in Barbara Marr, character names, Contests | Comments Off on Character Name Contest WINNER! Good morning, friends! I hope you are all enjoying your Sunday! I’m very excited to say that over 30 people entered the Character Name Contest for a chance to have their moniker appear in Barbara Marr’s next adventure, Saturday Night Cleaver. Before I get to naming the winner, I’d like to let you know my process: for all contests, I keep a bag of numbers (folded pieces of paper...
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CONTEST: Be a Character in Silenced by the Yams!

Posted by Karen Cantwell on Jul 9, 2011 in Barbara Marr, character names, Contests, mysteries | 4 comments I had a blast last year when I ran the contest, “Be an Insane Character!” Many people entered, but only one was chosen – reader, Karen Bell won that contest, and she graciously allowed me to use her maiden nickname, KiKi Urbanowski, for one of my characters in the just-released second Barbara Marr novel, Citizen Insane. Thank you, Karen!! So I figured, why not start a...
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