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  • Knocking 25% for Valentine’s Day

    I almost forgot!

    I’m doing a Valentine’s Day 2010 Special.

    Last year I did a Valentine’s Day Mystery Writing Challenge, in which everyone wrote mysteries for Valentine’s Day. We killed off Margaret Spoon. Which seems like an odd thing to do to her for Valentine’s Day, but even odder when you consider that I could just as easily have made it a Friday the 13th Mystery Writing Challenge. But I didn’t realize it was Friday the 13th until it was too late (that’s the kind of thing that will go wrong on Friday the 13th). And this year it’s Friday the 12th, which just doesn’t have the same zing.

    Anyway, this year I’m offering 25% off my regular rates for all inquiries that come in on February 13th, 14th, and 15th.

    You’ll notice that’s not just February 14th. That’s because I’m going to be celebrating Valentine’s Day on February 14th, which involves enough chocolate to sedate a herd of elephants, and I will not be online.

    But I’ll be back on the 15th, and I’ll be in touch with you all then.

    But mostly I’ll be in touch with everyone who inquires about that 25%-off Valentine’s Day Special.

    2 Comments

2 Responses to “Knocking 25% for Valentine’s Day”

  1. Lady Glamis said on February 13th, 2010 at 8:40 am

    What a sweet deal! I hop you have the most wonderful Valentines day ever!

  2. Victoria said on February 13th, 2010 at 1:36 pm

    Thanks, Michelle! You, too. (It’s hard to have a bad Valentine’s Day when you’ve got enough chocolate to sedate a herd of elephants.)

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