WINNERS of the WRITER'S BLOCK CONTEST!

First, let me tell you, I both loved and hated this contest.

Loved: I loved your creativity. I loved your enthusiasm. I loved the fact that you were willing to do my work for me in coming up with uber-cool catch-phrases. I loved that you were so much better at this than I am. And I loved that even my editor sent me a suggestion!

I flat out loved your catch-phrases. Loveloveloved them! You guys rock!!!

Hated: I hated that I loved so many of your catch-phrases! Seriously, this was SO DAMN HARD! I thought there would be one (maybe two) clear and shiny winners that I would immediately be able to spot among all the others, and just know that that was: THE ONE!

Um, no. Not so much.

I toiled. I made lists. I narrowed them down. I asked my husband for his opinion. And then I asked my kids. And when I couldnā€™t narrow it down any further I asked one of my favorite online writer groups to vote. And they did, and it was still fairly divided.

But I think weā€™ve finally done it. Two catch-phrases that we all kept going back to over and over again.

So, here goes (and donā€™t hate me if yours isnā€™t on here, seriously, it probably made the cut at some point, this was agonizingā€¦):

FIRST PLACE (and winner of the UNEARTHLY prize pack):

Hailey for her catch-phrase:

Echoes are forever

With honorable mention going to Chloe for her variations on the same line:

Echoes go on forever / The echoes never end


SECOND PLACE (and the winner of the KISSES FROM HELL prize pack):

Elizabeth Briggs, with her catch-phrase:

Whatā€™s your desire?

I loved all the plays on the word DESIRE, but this one fit nicely with THE BODY FINDERā€™s original catch-phrase: What is your echo?

Honorable mentions for this one go to:

Marsha Sigman for: What do you desire?

Kjovus for: What is your desire?

And Jackie (writerā€™s block) from Goodreads: Do you desire?


Do you see why this was so hard for me??? Not only were there so many amazing choices, but then there were these slightly tweaked variations that I had to decide between. T-O-U-G-H!!!!

Those of you got Honorable Mentions, email me (kim (at) kimberlyderting (dot) com), Iā€™ve got some brand spanking new TBF and DESIRES buttons and bracelets to send you!

And Iā€™m sorry I couldnā€™t pick everyone, I really am!!!! I love you guys!

Comments

Unknown saidā€¦
I guess the simpler the better. Congrats to the winners! And I loved this contest, it was fun.
Kimberly Derting saidā€¦
Hey Meghan! I really loved some of the longer ones (they were so creative!), but they would be tough for me to use as a signature line at signings.

I really did hate having to decide :(
Britta saidā€¦
Congrats to the winners! I actually thought of a variation of these, but alas I found this contest way to late in the game. And Kimberly, don't worry- you did a great job choosing!
Unknown saidā€¦
Must've been very hard. They were a lot of entries but the ones you choose were simple but with strong meaning so like Britta said, no worries :)
Hailey saidā€¦
So, so happy right now!
I really can't stop thanking you enough Kimberly!
Congrats to everyone! (:
Marsha Sigman saidā€¦
Thank you for having this contest! It was so much fun and really gives us a sense of being involved in the process.

Sorry for being so horribly late responding!!