Happy Sunday & Happy New Year!  I hope you’re having a terrific 2011 so far!

Since this is sort of a holiday Happy Sunday—& since we’ve got some big giveaway winner announcements to make below :eeee —I thought we’d break with tradition once again.  This week, let’s share the things we’re happy & grateful about concerning the New Year.

For instance, I’m inordinately happy that I remembered to write 2011 on a bunch of blank checks so I don’t go writing “2010” until February. And that I’ve thus far remembered to write 2011 on everything else.  So far.  Knock on wood.

I’m also excited that being in the New Year now means we can officially begin the countdown to my 2011 releases.  HER LITTLE SECRET, HIS HIDDEN HEIR from Harlequin Desire in June & MUST LOVE VAMPIRES from Kensington Brava in October! :dancing

The New Year means that holiday shopping is behind us & we can stop worrying about finding just the right gifts for everyone, getting them wrapped, getting them delivered, getting our cards out…  Whew.  The holidays are a lot of work, you know. :xmastree

And, of course, I’m extremely grateful that my loved ones & I have all gotten through another year with our health & happiness & blessings in check.  But then, I’m pretty much grateful for that every day, not just once a year. :party

So how about you?  Do you have any New Year happies (or would that be “happys”) you’d like to share?

And now for the moment I know you’ve all been waiting for:  the announcement of our winners of both last week’s Free Book Friday giveaway & my “Bloody Good Holiday Giveaway.”

So for the copy of Christie Ridgway’s Not Another New Year’s…

:dancing Anne!!! :dancing

Congratulations, Anne! :congrats   Please contact me with your full name & mailing address, & I’ll get your prize out to you as soon as I can.

And for mailing list subscribing winner of my “Bloody Good Holiday Giveaway”…

:dancing Jennifer Cryblskey!!! :dancing

Congratulations, Jennifer! :congrats   Please be sure to contact me with your full name & mailing address & I’ll get your giant chest of Christmas booty to you as soon as I can.

Thank you to everyone who drops by to participate in our ever-so-fun Friday Funny & Free Book Friday posts, & thank you to everyone who’s signed up for my mailing list to enter this contest!

Stick around…this most recent prize could go to only one winner, but I intend to hold a lot more very fun giveaways in the future, & am even toying with the idea of a monthly Mailing List drawing.  Woot!  So you definitely won’t want to miss that, if I ever get my ducks in a row enough to get it going. :ouch

REMINDER:

Today is the very last day to sign up for my Newsletter & be entered for the fang-tastic “Bloody Good Holiday Giveaway.”

For rules & a list of giveaway items, visit the Newsletter page of HeidiBetts.com.  Then all you have to do to enter is subscribe to my mailing list.

If you signed up during the last giveaway—fear not, you’re still subscribed.  If you’re not sure, feel free to sign up again…the system won’t allow duplicates, & at least you’ll be sure you’re subscribed.

And please spread the word!  Let others who may not drop by The Dungeon today know this is their last chance to enter & to experience the awesome world that revolves around Mistress Heidi & her Darlings. :yougogirl

Good luck! :dracuulla

A Friday Funny

(I know this one is a little hard to read, but you really just need to see the last frame. *g*)

Free Book Friday

Happy New Year! :party   (Well, in a few hours it will be, anyway.)

This week’s Free Book Friday prize is—appropriately, I think—Christie Ridgway’s Not Another New Year’s.

To enter the giveaway for this book, simply leave a comment to today’s post that includes the code FBF—for “Free Book Friday,” of course—to let me know you’re interested in the drawing. (U.S. residents only for the prize, please, but everyone is welcome to chat.)

Winner will be announced during our Happy Sunday post on…well, you know, Sunday.  Winner is also responsible for contacting me with her mailing information—i.e. I will not be contacting you—so be sure to check back in or you might not even know you won! :mistletoe