Congrats to MARY ENDERSBE for winning this stop of the 2013 Summer Splash Blog Hop!

Mary’s answer to the question: “The rough draft of Part One of the Sixth Volume of the Norothian Cycle numbered 51,211 words. What is the word count of the edited version?” was 49,324 was only 348 words off the actual answer of 48,976. That might seem like I cut a bit over 2000 words off the first draft, though actually I think I probably cut about twelve-thousand, then added another ten. Writing!

Thanks much to all who entered, and to all who downloaded The Sable City while it is free, I hope it is enjoyed. I will go ahead and redact e-mail addresses from the entries so they are not floating around the interwebs forever. Thanks for hopping by everybody, and congratulations, Mary. I’ll be in contact soon, and get your books to you.

Ed McNally

Guesses in the contest –

Tina Connor Myers 632

acflory 30,000

BooLady 36,709

Dominique 37,258

lynnhubbard 37,896

olga c. 38,633

tribalcat 38,927

kidisitor 39,013

Katie Amanda 40,000

Liz Woods 41,000

Christine 41,623

Karen 42,000

Barbara Stull 42,316

Karla Darcy 44,000

Nicole Huffman 44,500

bookaholicholly 44,691

Valerie Rhodes 45,500

Aimee Marie 46,000

Lynsey Peterson 46,478

Kim Pinch 46,517

Gina Meier 46,565

Janice Hougland 47,200

Sadie 47,373

anthonyjrapino 47,672

patricefitzgerald 47,777

jmesparza821 48,000

Ginger 48,222 (-754)

ACTUAL TOTAL 48,976

Mary Endersbe 49,324 (+348) FOR THE WIN!

Mother-Earth 49,531

Terry Trahan 49,849

shadowluvs2read 49,887

B. L. Blair 49,890

Bames Kaur Pabla 50,000

Lori Passaro 50,976

Denise Z. 51,000

Savannah miller 51,888

Sami Coghill 52,000

benmuse663 52,250

bbrandythornton 52,267

Sarah M. 52,800

Kimberly Mayberry 53,025

Tara Woods 53,411

Ellen Thompson 53,627

It’s me: VVerity 53,832

joe hankshaw 54,123

Susan 54,712

Jolea M. Harrison 55,000

Judy Peterson 59,916

Crystal C. 64,000