Wednesday, January 28, 2026

AND NOW (BELATEDLY) OUR WINNERS!

 


Well, no point pretending that I didn't TOTALLY FORGET about this part of the Advent Calendar. I apologize for that, but better late than never.

First, I want to thank everyone who bothered to pop in over the always hectic holiday season. In particular I want to thank those of you who took the time to comment on the lovely contributions of our guest talent. Sure, art is it's own reward, but it's still nice to have those efforts acknowledged.

This was probably the final Advent Calendar. I might change my mind--a lot can happen in a year--but it's just as well to be up front. I don't think blogs are really much of a thing anymore. Or maybe they're just not a thing for me now.

I do need to post a general update, and that will follow in a separate post. 

Okay! Let's get to our giveaways:


Advent Calendar Day 9

The prizes here were 10 giveaways of The Dickens with Love, a small decorate throw pillow, and a coffee mug.

In the end I've decided to just make a link available for 10 downloads from BookFunnel. 

I've also thrown in 10 downloads of The 12 Days Ultimatum.  

This is strictly first come, first served.

The adorable ocelet pillow goes to Karin.

The mug with the new book cover art goes to Jax.

Contact me through the email on my website www.joshlanyon.com so I know where to mail your gifties. (NOTE: Reaching me through Facebook is problematical at this time) 


Advent Calendar Day 11 

Before we talk prizes, I just want to say I found all of your responses so funny. Thank you for a good laugh! I feel like you all deserve the prize.

That said, I should have thought this one through a little more carefully. I said I'd come up with some kind of book-related ornament, and then flitted away and completely forgot about that. 

Now, I have the technology and I can absolutely create a book-related ornament for the six people who participated. But it does seem a bit complicated what with shipping and all.

I could instead give everyone who participated a $10.00 discount to my Fourthwall shop?  Or I can randomly pick someone and send that person an ornament?

Suggestions are welcome on this one. 


Advent Calendar Day 15 

The gorgeous sherpa blanket with Art of Murder artwork by Yooishi Kadono. 

I opted to give away two blankets in the end. Those go to Little Pandora and Ash3094. 

Let me know where to send your gifts, peoplez! 


And finally, Christmas Eve

Patreon membership for a year. at the $5.00 tier.

So... Rin left a comment on an earlier post and one person claimed membership on the link I accidentally left live LOL. (I always appreciate initiative.) And that was pretty much it. I was going to gift Rin and leave it at that, but in fairness, I made very little effort to promote this--or really the calendar at all. If I'm honest, I was kind of dreading the holidays this year, but in fact, once I took a few days off, they were actually really nice. 

So in the interests of making a little more effort, here's the link, and if there are five of you out there who love my work, are paying attention, and have been wishing for a while you had the money to spare...here's your chance: CLICK TO CLAIM. 

Like the book downloads, it's first come, first served. 

Okay! I think that's it. Once again, I'm sorry this took so long. I hope you all had the happiest of holidays and that your new year is off to a brilliant start.



13 comments:

  1. Thank you! I've won a mug from Day 9 but I'm having trouble with your website. In both Firefox & Safari any link off the main page say 'Not Found'. Any ideas?

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    1. Is blowing up my website an option? ARGH, So the website was hacked/hijacked during the summer and getting back all functionality has been a challenge. Let me talk to my weblord and see if we can at least get that worked out today.

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  2. Hi Josh, I don't usually comment on any posts, (I'm painfully shy, especially online for some reason haha so communication of any kind is not my forte) but I felt I really needed to thank you for your generosity! The calendar was beautiful and entertaining I loved each day! I adore all your stories especially Stranger on the shore, I have read and listened to it so many times I have stoped counting. Thank you for sharing your creativity and writing. I wish you a lot of luck, happiness and health in this year and many more to come!

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  3. I'm sad to hear the Advent Calendar tradition might be coming to a close, but it is understandable, given that people usually congregate in apps that bring all media to them rather than surf individual blogs. I personally use Feedly (not an ad) which loads any subscribed feeds which this blog thankfully has.

    \o/ Thank you for the win!! I cannot wait to get the blanket.

    Should I leave a comment with the address or send it via a specific platform?

    Thank you again!!

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    1. Don't leave any personal info -- let me see if I can figure out the issues with the website

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  4. I always look forward to the advent calendar, thanks for your generosity!

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  5. The Advent calendar is my comfort reading every day in December, so I'll miss it greatly if it's gone. I understand that times change; but I'm a creature of habit. Thank you for sharing joyful moments and so many beautiful short stories with us!

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    1. I get it. And I certainly love tradition. Over a thousand people pop in over the holidays, very few bother to comment or interact, so maybe they're enjoying it. Maybe not. It's a lot of work though if most people aren't actually getting anything out of it.

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  6. Okay, my "old" website is live again, so you should be able to contact me at the email address listed there, If you're a patron, obviously you can reach out to me there.

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    1. Ash3094 over here, the contact me page leads to an error page on (https://joshlanyon.com), so do a few other links and redirects (patreon, the about me page etc) just wanted to let you know for the prize contact.

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    2. HOLY MOLY. It was literally working a week ago. We've fixed this damn thing FOUR TIMES at this point. I would just put the damned address in but I was repeatedly hacked during the summer and I'm now absolutely paranoid. Let me talk to the SO tonight and see if we can once again get this sorted.

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