Happy 1st Birthday to Wild Conviction!

Read here to find out how to enter birthday celebration contests and attend birthday celebration events!

Wild Conviction was published at the end of July 2023.

It has been an exciting first year for me and for Twilight, Spirit and friends — and a successful year for a debut novel!

I am grateful to all of you who have been and continue to be on this great wild conviction adventure with us!

I hope you can participate in one or more of our First Birthday Celebration Contests and Events!

See below for the Events and Contests with Prizes for which you must be a subscriber to my newsletter to win or attend. If you are not yet, you can Sign Up at the bottom of this page.

There is one Scheduled Event and one Scheduled Contest now.

Be on the Lookout for Pop-Up Contests and Events this month.

Scheduled Event —
Wednesday, July 10, 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm MT, via Zoom:

Creatives in Conversation Special Birthday Edition! Happy First Birthday, Wild Conviction! — and What’s Next?

A Review of a Successful Debut Novel First Year
and a Preview to What’s Next — a 13th Month Update.

Join Us! You will get the Zoom link the day of the event in the newsletter I sent that day.
One attendee to this event will win a copy of Wild Conviction or other gift AND a 45-minute one-to-one Coffee or Tea Meet with the Author (Me) via Zoom. We each provide our own coffee or tea. : )

Scheduled Contest: “Find the Fairytale Clues” Birthday Contest — Begins July 1, 2024

Prompt:

Wild Conviction has fairytale elements. In the first chapters — available on the Look Inside the Book feature below — think of the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale Cinderella. If you haven’t read the Grimm Brothers’ version, the Disney animated film — if you have seen that — can be a point of reference for you. (The Grimm version does not have a Fairy Godmother. Instead, it has a tree that grew from the grave of Cinderella’s mother that, via a bird in its branches, grants her wishes.) The first two questions below relate to this information.

The answers to the above questions can be found in the pages included in the “Look Inside the Book” feature. Just click on the book cover below!

Look Inside the Book:

Or, if you have your own copy of Wild Conviction, the clues can be found to page 44 in the print version, or almost the end of Chapter 6 (for both print and ebook versions).

Questions:

Who appears or “comes across” as if he could be like the King’s son/the Prince (called Prince Charming in the movie)?
What two images of the seal of the Sisterhood of Gifts are similar to magical elements of the Grimm story, from the information I gave you about the Grimm story above? (The Disney version shares an animal aspect of that story.)
What nineteenth-century invention makes Twilight think of the fairy tale about Briar Rose, who falls asleep for 100 years after touching the spinning wheel?

Instructions for submitting your answers:
- Email your answers to dezember@marydezember.com.
- Be sure to number your answers (corresponding to the questions).
- Include the name and email you used to subscribe to my mailing list/newsletter in your response.
  - Only those subscribed to my mailing list/newsletter have a chance to win.
- The first THREE who respond by emailing me with correct responses will win.
- THREE prizes total will be awarded. See prizes listed below.
- Contest ends at 11:59 pm MT Wednesday, July 31, 2024 — or whenever the first three with correct answers win before that time and date. So, all three could win today or any day of July.

HERE ARE THE PRIZES:

PRIZES FOR WINNERS IN THE US:

First Place: GRAND PRIZE — LOGO TOTE with GIFTS that are CLUES.

Second Place: Your choice of gift other than the GRAND PRIZE gift.

Third Place: Your choice of gift other than the GRAND PRIZE gift.

PRIZE FOR WINNERS OUTSIDE THE US:

If a winner is or winners are from outside the USA — for any place prize, I will be able to provide one of the following (due to shipping costs). Your choice of:

Logo Tote with Long Handles
One of my poetry books
GrandMama’s Letter with “Power” Gifts inside

You can find out more about the books and prizes by clicking here.

Note: Images of books and prizes are not to scale.

GRAND PRIZE! Only available to the First Place Winner of the “Find the Fairytale Clues” Birthday Contest.

Logo Tote with Gifts that are Clues for the story of Wild Conviction.

There are more gifts than come with the Carpetbag Clutch or Gallatin’s Wallet.

Please be aware: Small gifts inside are not suitable for young children.

This is cotton. The “burlap” is a design printed on.

Logo Tote with Long Handles

This is the only prize available for winners outside of the USA — OR one of my poetry books.

It is an option for winners in the USA.

This is polyester. The “burlap” is a design printed on.

Logo Tote with Long Handles, back

This is the only prize available for winners outside of the USA — OR one of my poetry books.

It is an option for winners in the USA.

Logo Mug

Mary Dezember is printed on the other side.