Hello, everyone! Time to report in once again. I spent half of my July out of town teaching at the Southampton Children’s Lit Conference, coupled with vacation, and the second half recovering from COVID. So, safe to say I did not get a new draft done. I did, however, revise a manuscript to get it ready for my agent to send it on submission. That feels like a huge achievement for an otherwise unproductive writing month.

What about you? Did you complete a draft and/or revision in July? Did you post a review of a 12 x 12 member book on Amazon, GoodReads, or Barnes and Noble? Let us know in the Rafflecopter and in the comments. July Featured Author Betsy Ellor is offering one lucky 12 x 12 member a signed copy of her newest picture book My Dog is NOT a Scientist OR a picture book critique. Your choice!

Thanks, Betsy!

Here’s what you need to do to check in for a chance to win:

1. See the Rafflecopter widget at the end of this post.
2. Click on the “Comment on Betsy’s post” button. Commenting on Betsy’s post is mandatory for this giveaway and you can enter the Rafflecopter even if you didn’t write a draft this month. Click ENTER.
3. If you haven’t commented on Betsy’s post yet, go to the post here to comment.
4. After you’ve commented on Betsy’s post, come back to this post to enter the Rafflecopter.  (Commenting won’t enter you in the drawing automatically, you must enter the Rafflecopter by following step 2.)
5. Click on the “Wrote a PB Draft” button. This will ask if you completed a PB draft in July. If you did, click ENTER, if not, click cancel and move on to the next step.
6. Click on the “Revised a PB Draft” button. This will ask if you revised a PB in July.  If you did, click ENTER. If not, click cancel.
7. Click on the last “Reviewed a 12 x 12 member’s book” button. This will ask if you reviewed a 12 x 12 member’s PB on Amazon, GoodReads, or Barnes and Noble in July.  If you did, enter a link to your review and click ENTER. If not, click cancel.
8. That’s it! There is no overall submit button or email confirmation. Rafflecopter will track your points. (The top of the Rafflecopter will say X/4 with X being the number of entries you currently have in the drawing.)

Here’s a video tutorial on the forum to walk you through these steps as well. Click here for the monthly check-in tutorial. (This tutorial features the old 12 x 12 website, but the steps are still the same for entering the Rafflecopter.)

You have until midnight Eastern on August 7th to enter your results. Rafflecopter will draw a winner and it will be announced on the blog on August 10th.

Remember, badges are not awarded automatically and must be requested in the forum. If you haven’t requested your July badges yet, you may do so here.

a Rafflecopter giveaway