Hubby and I have a new obsession. It’s an animated show called Shaun the Sheep. Shaun the Sheep is a character taken from Wallace and Gromitt, who now has his own series. Each program is five minutes. I sit there in front of the TV, absolutely enthralled. I tell you, I’m a big kid at heart. I tape it and hubby and I watch it again later at night, chuckling all the way through. Last night’s involved a baby lamb, a red teddy bear, a farmer, a pesky cat and some Y-front underwear used as a bungee, and of course, Shaun. Fun stuff! Shaun the Sheep has a website here. If you have kids definitely check this out. There are all sorts of fun things for them to do. Hubby and I had fun watching all the clips. I’m going to check for the DVDs next time I go to the mall.
CAN YOU HELP ME?
And finally, I have a new release coming from Ellora’s Cave on March 7 called Fancy Free. It’s a story about a girl who inherits a condom company. I’ve been trying a few different things with promo this year and for Fancy Free I’m going to ask both writers and readers who have blogs or newsletters to help me spread the word.
I have several short posts (supposedly taken from the diary of Fancy Free’s founder) which I’m going to ask people to post on their blogs, at MySpace, in newsletters or wherever else they can. As an incentive, I’m offering a prize to one participant – a NZ beanie, some NZ soaps, an autographed copy of either The Second Seduction or The Shadow, one of my special good luck charms and a couple of other things. The winner will also receive a download of Fancy Free.
All you need to do is email me for the diary entries and the press release and you can choose which you’d like to post and how many you’d like to post. Each time you post one from 25 Feb – 6 Mar you get an entry into the contest. Just email me to let me know where you’ve posted the diary entry and you’re in the draw. I’ll pick a winner on 7 March.
Meantime, if you have any questions or you’d be willing to help me out email me here. Please pass the word around. If any of your friends are interested, just get them to email me as well.
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Very cool promo idea, Shelley!!!
by Wylie February 8th, 2008 at 2:16 pmAnd I haven’t seen the Sheep show here in Canada, but will keep my eyes peeled. It looks and sounds very amusing. My oldest really enjoyed the W&G movie, so I’m sure he’d love Shaun :D
The Shaun cartoons sound so cute. I’ve emailed you for the diary info.
by pussreboots February 8th, 2008 at 5:12 pmThanks Wylie and Pussreboots!
Wylie – I’m pretty sure Shaun is out in Canada. On the website there’s a page with all the countries that get Shaun. I know they have it on the Disney channel in the US.
by Shelley Munro February 8th, 2008 at 7:34 pmSounds like fun, I’ll be emailing you soon.
Hugs, Danette
by danette February 9th, 2008 at 2:09 amShaun the Sheep sounds interesting. Never heard of it before. Will keep an eye open for him. ;-) I’ve emailed you about Fancy Free.
Paz
by Paz February 9th, 2008 at 9:55 amThanks, Danette. I appreciate the help.
Hi Paz! Shaun is on the Disney channel in the US. He’s so cute. And thanks for helping me with Fancy Free.
by Shelley Munro February 9th, 2008 at 12:34 pm