April Fool’s! The joke’s on me because I thought it was still March and that this check-in post would be on time. Alas, no…

The GOOD news is, I had a great writing month in March. I took a solo writing retreat up in the mountains and wrote a new draft, plus revised 3 more. That felt great!

HOW ABOUT YOU?

• Did you complete a draft of a new picture book story in March?
• Did you complete a revision of a previous picture book manuscript in March?
• Did you post a review of a 12 x 12 member book on Amazon, GoodReads, or Barnes and Noble?
• Did you request that your local library purchase a 12 x 12 member’s book that they don’t currently have in circulation?

Let us know in the Rafflecopter and the comments.

We had a slight mix-up in our February Check-in Winner post where we accidentally gave away our March prize. So, our prize this month is a critique of a fiction or non-fiction picture book under 600 words (rhyming is fine) from February Featured Author Anna Ouchchy. Thanks, Anna!

If you haven’t yet, we encourage you to read the inspiring March Featured Author post from long-time 12 x 12 member and debut picture book author Ellen Ramsey here.

Here’s how 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 Anna’s or Ellen’s post” button. Commenting on Anna’s OR Ellen’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 Anna’s OR Ellen’s post yet, go to Anna’s post here OR Ellen’s post here.
4. After you’ve commented on Anna’s OR Ellen’s post, come back to this post to enter the Rafflecopter.  (Commenting alone 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 March. 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 March. If you did, click ENTER. If not, click cancel.
7. Click on the “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 March.  If you did, enter a link to your review and click ENTER. If not, click cancel.
8. Click on the last “Requested your local library purchase a copy of a 12 x 12 member’s book” button. This will ask if you requested your local library to purchase a 12 x 12 member’s picture book. If you did, enter the name of the library and click ENTER. If not, click cancel.
9. 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/5 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: Click here for the monthly check-in tutorial.

The deadline to enter the Rafflecopter is midnight Eastern on April 7th. Rafflecopter will draw a winner and it will be announced on the blog on April 10th.

Remember, badges are not awarded automatically and must be requested in the forum. Click here to request your March badges.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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