10/25/10

Free Books and Absinthe Spoons--A Halloween Drawing!

Halloween is my favorite time of year.  To celebrate, I am giving away three copies of THE SECOND GLASS OF ABSINTHE, each accompanied by its own absinthe spoon! (If you don't drink absinthe, you can always use the spoon as a bookmark.)

Entering the drawing is simple:  Just send me a message here on my blog, or through my website:
www.michelleblack.com
between now and October 31, 2010. (Contest restricted to U.S. addresses only.)

If you would like to know more about THE SECOND GLASS OF ABSINTHE or the Absinthe ritual, check out my earlier post: The Second Glass of Absinthe Returns.

   All the entries will be placed in my absinthe fountain--which will be dry and empty for the occasion--and three winners' names will be pulled out. Once the fountain has performed its contest duties, it will resume the dispensing of ice water for my post-Halloween sip of absinthe.

I will contact the three winners on November 1 to obtain their mailing addresses.
(Rest assured, your email addresses will not be shared or used for any other purpose.)

Good Luck!

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great idea! I loved this book!

Sherry

Jan Kozlowski said...

I am new to the wonders of absinthe, being introduced to it only this past July by my editor at the NECON conference in RI. How cool that there are not only spoons but an ice water dispenser! Lori kept telling us that there was an art to absinthe drinking and obviously the right tools are essential as well.

Michelle Black said...

Hi Jan
Thanks for writing. If you are curious about absinthe, please check out this link to my very first post on this blog:
http://www.thevictorianwest.com/2010/03/second-glass-of-absinthe-returns.html
--Michelle

TheaH said...

What a great drawing. I saw the bit on Absinthe last year or the year before on Sunday Morning. Fascinating. Thanks for the chance!

Jax Bubis a.k.a. Jaxine Daniels said...

Leaving my entry for you Michelle. I'm so glad to have met you at conference. I'm going now to find out what the heck absinthe is. I thought it was poison. So there you go :)

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this fun opportunity! I am looking forward to the book & am happy to have my name in the pot! --Brenda W.

pennyt said...

I'm a historical mystery buff and love your books!! Please enter my name in the drawing. Thanks.

pennyt at hotmail dot com

Tara said...

Please count me in. It says to contact you. Rather than get emails from each one of us, is a comment okay? LOL I know the inbox can be overwhelming sometimes. I have never drank absinthe, but I do love alcohol. I am going to look it up in my bartender book. :)

FantasyAuthor RobinDOwens said...

Love the idea!
Robin

keizerfire said...

I have never tried absinthe, but I love that lacy little spoon. I like it even more when a lovely mystery has some special item that identifies with it. I will have to make sure and read this!

Kathieshoop said...

Enter me! I bought five of your books so if I win I'll pass my new copy along to a friend! Now I just need to decide which book to read first.

Michelle Black said...

Dear Kathie
That is so sweet of you to say! I'm flattered!

Anonymous said...

I am doing research for my college thesis, thanks for your great points, now I am acting on a sudden impulse.

- Kris

Carol Crigger said...

So interesting that drinking absinthe requires its own special spoon--and such a pretty one at that. A great tie-in to your books!

Rebecca Bates said...

Interesting, that it needs its own spoon!

Michelle Black said...

Hi Rebecca--The slotted absinthe spoon is used to hold lumps of sugar over the glass of absinthe. Water is then trickled over the spoon and into the glass, slowly dissolving the sugar.

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