Some of you have noticed that I've started running ads in the right-hand column. I'm hoping that you all will click through and support the companies and people who advertise here so I can write better, more coherent responses to your questions. Right now I end up doing a lot of posts at midnight, but ads = babysitting hours = writing advice while still awake = my posts make more sense.
Take a look at the HarperCollinsChildrens.com Summer Reading Contest website. You can enter to win 5 free books from the lists they have, and also find out more about each book on their lists (and all the books HarperCollins publishes). If I were eligible to enter the contest, I'd want to win the Doreen Cronin (Click Clack Moo!) book Diary of a Worm.
Who can resist a dog hanging out of a car window? Budget Car Rental is running the funny "Up Your Budget Treasure Hunt 2006" contest. Every day they give clues on the site (three times a day), and you have to figure out where they're going on their road trip and how many miles they're driving. There's a new road trip each week, and the winner of each trip gets $25K. That's a lot of money for clicking through and figuring out the clues. (And it's better than the stupid Lost interactive puzzles that you can never get to load.)
Scroll down to help some readers, please.
Moxie, I clicked on the HarperCollins ad but it asks me for a username and password?
Posted by: Menita | June 13, 2006 at 09:06 AM
That's odd. Let me see if I can figure it out.
Posted by: Moxie | June 13, 2006 at 09:20 AM
Hi Moxie,
I love your site. It helps me be sane. Is there way I can contribute directly to your babysitting fund?
Posted by: Paula | June 13, 2006 at 11:16 AM
Ok, I supported, I just bought an ad. :) I hope it helps! Both of us!
I adore your site and think it's great that you're finding a way to have it be easier on you. You offer a great service to so many.
Posted by: Aria | June 13, 2006 at 05:32 PM
I get the same dealio with the password on the HC site.
I'm happy to click through.
Posted by: liz | June 13, 2006 at 11:28 PM
Was it you who used to have a thing up saying you were giving all ad proceeds to charity? I'm not against babysitting or your writing advice while awake, but I thought that was such a neat idea. Am I thinking of someone else, or did you change your mind about how to deal with the whole ad thing?
Posted by: caro | June 14, 2006 at 10:33 AM
I think you're thinking of "alittlepregnant" :)
She has ads and a disclaimer underneath with the month's charity.
Posted by: Aria | June 14, 2006 at 10:48 AM
aah, yep, that is what I'm thinking of. Sorry! Carry on!
Posted by: caro | June 14, 2006 at 02:03 PM