Well, I can finally announce that Justice Buried is a finalist for the ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) Carol award!
The winner will be announced at the gala at the ACFW conference September 23, but no matter the outcome, being a finalist is already winning. If the award is in God’s plan for me, then good! But if not, good, too.
Now onto last week’s Mystery Question. These are statements drivers made to a police officer who pulled them over. Three are true and I made up one. Which is the made up one?
- “Isn’t there something we could do to make this like it never happened?”
- “I’m not signing this thing. Wait, what happens if I don’t sign. Arrest? So I sign there, right?”
- “But officer, no way your radar got me doing 90–everybody knows radar picks up on the biggest object, and that would be the eighteen-wheeler I was driving beside.”
- “I’m in a hurry because the ship will not wait for me. They have to get back to their planet before morning.”
And the answer is…#3! There were quite a few who guess #3. 🙂 By the way, the true statements came from Lee Lofland’s blog. He’s a retired police officer and his blog is a great resource for writers.
On another note, Lisa Hudson emailed me a news report about a burglar arrested in Vicksburg, MS after being found asleep in homeowner’s bed.
Now this week’s Mystery Question: Four more dumb criminal scenarios, one of them false. Which of the stupid criminal stories did I make up?
- While a man was appearing in court to plead not guilty for stealing a car, police were scanning the license plates in the parking lot and discovered one car that had been stolen. Yep, the man pleading not guilty had driven to court in a different stolen car.
- A store clerk scanned the lottery ticket the customer handed in and when she saw it was a $600 winner, she quietly slipped it in her purse, replacing it with a $5 winner. After handing the customer the $5, she was arrested by the customer–a Lottery undercover agent who was doing a routine “integrity check” of the store.
- Two men used a gun to rob a man of his wallet, then hopped in their getaway car and took off. Ten minutes later the police found them on the side of the road where their car had run out of gas.
- Police discovered several bundles of twenty-dollar bills stuffed in the jacket pockets of clothes donated for a charity yard sale. They posted an ad in the paper thanking the unknown person for donating the clothes and offered to return the funny money if the person wanted to claim it. So far, no takers.
Okay, Super Sleuths, which crime did I make up? Leave your guess and I’ll enter you in a drawing for a book from my library which will include any of my romantic suspense books.
Winner of June’s drawing is Jerusha Agen!
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Comments 51
Super cool on being a Carol finalist! Huge congrats!!!
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It’s surreal, Sandra! Thanks so much.
Congratulations on being a finalist…that is wonderful and well-deserved!
I am going to guess #4 this week.
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Hi Diane and thanks! Another one for #4! We’ll see…thanks for stopping by!
Congratulations on being a finalist! The book was awesome!
I think #1 is the stupid criminal story.
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Thanks, Vickie! I’m so glad you enjoyed Justice Buried! Ah, a vote for #1…thanks for stopping by!
Congratulations on being a finalist! I love your books!
I think #4 is made up. (By the way, #1 has a typo: “one a car.” )
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Jeanna, thank you! I hate for a typo to get through, but it happens sometimes. lol And wow, everyone thinks it’s #4…did I make it that easy??? Thanks for stopping by!
Congratulations on being a finalist! I haven’t read Justice Buried yet, but I have enjoyed your other books! I choose # 4.
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Mary, thanks! I am super excited about being a finalist. Thanks for dropping in.
Congratulations! I’m going to pick #4 this week!!
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Hi Melissa and thanks! We’ll see next week if it’s the popular one…
Congratulations on being a finalist. I’m guessing #4
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Thanks, Lucy! And I think I see a trend with #4…thanks for dropping in.
I’m very happy and thrilled for you. Huge congratulations!!
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Thanks, Elaine. It’s still hard to believe. 🙂
First of all, CONGRATULATIONS on your Carol Award nomination!!! So, so excited to hear this!
As for the mystery, I don’t think you would pick #4 two weeks in a row (but I could be so wrong!). I’m going with #2!
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Thank you, Regina! I am super excited about the nomination. And I might actually choose the same number two times in a row… 🙂
Big congrats and you have a daughter named Carole, so you’re an obvious choice. For this week’s nutty caper, I’m going w/ the #4 trend. Do you mean “funny money” as in it was counterfeit? Just wondering but I enjoy them all. And thanks for commenting on my blog post so early this morning.
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Hi, Delores! I love the MBT Ponderers blog (http://mbtponderers.blogspot.com/). And I’ve often wondered if Betsy Ross really did make the first flag. I see you voted for #4, too. Wow, that makes at least 10 votes for that one! We’ll see next week…
Congrats, Pat! I loved that book! I’ll say #4
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My, #4 is really getting a workout, Jackie! Who knows, maybe that’s the one. Thanks for dropping by!
Congratulations on being a finalist! I’m sticking with #2. Sooner or later, I’m bound to get it right. 🙂
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Hi, Edward! And yep, the odds are if you stick with #2 eventually you’ll be right…maybe this time, who knows? Thanks for stopping by–it’s always good to see you!
Congratulations on your Carol Award nomination! It is so wonderful to be rceoginized for hard work.
I will pick #4 I think, although it’s hard to believe that the other 3 might actually be true….lol
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Hi Betti! So good to “see” you here! And don’t you just love spell check! Thanks for stopping by and we’ll see next week if it’s #4…
Recognized* – isn’t it great how spell check can change your letters around and give you something totally different…lol
4
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We’ll see, Mindy, we’ll see.
#4
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Suzanne, another vote for #4? Wow, either I fooled a lot of people or… 😉
So thrilled for you that your book is one of the finalist, your choices are very difficult this time because I’ve read some of these “criminals are so stupid statements”,but I think the one you made up is #4
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Thanks, Phyllis! I’m glad you think they’re difficult, but then you vote with practically everyone else on #4. lol We’ll see next week. Thanks for dropping by!
Congratulations! I guess #4.
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Another one for #4! We’ll see, Christine. Thanks for dropping in!
Congratulations on being a finalist!
I’m going to guess #4 (even though I tend to not go with the crowd, that was the one I was leaning toward before I looked at everyone else’s answers!)
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Hi Colleen and welcome to my blog! Number 4 seems to be very popular. Thanks for stopping by!
Good job of being a finalist! I guess #2
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Thanks, Sally Jo! I’m still finding it hard to believe! We’ll see next week if it’s #2!
Congratulations for the nomination, Pat! I am going against the tide and guessing #1. Happy 4th to everyone.
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Thanks, Gloria. And I’m so glad #1 finally got a vote. lol Happy 4th to you, too!
#2–at the customer service desk where I buy groceries, the staff scan winning lottery tickets right in front of the customer, and then pay out the money–I’ve never bought a ticket, but I can’t picture the store clerks being able to slip a ticket in their purses, and being able to “sneak” out a $5 winner! Congratulations on being a finalist! That is exciting news! 🙂
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It is really exciting, MS Barb! And we’ll see next week what the correct answer is. Thanks for stopping by!
Congratulations Patricia, you are a winner either way! I know the consensus is #4:but I’m going with #2. Thanks for your giveaway!
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Aww, thank you, Connie! I feel I’ve already won by being nominated! Thanks for stopping by.
I’m going to go with #2 this week…I would think that a person would know how much they won on a lottery ticket and wouldn’t be fooled when the clerk only handed a $5 bill instead of $600. But stranger things have happened I suppose! 🙂 Seems these get harder every week.
Super congrats on the ACFW finalist Patricia! I saw several author names on the list and was happy dancing for every one of them (you included)…how fun!! 🙂
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Thanks, Trixi! And I’m glad you think the questions are getting harder. lol I am super excited about the Carol nomination. And so happy for everyone who finaled.
Pat, CONGRATULATIONS on your Carol Award nomination!!!
I’m guessing #4.
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Thanks, Caryl! I see it’s another vote for #4. lol
#4
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Lisa, it seems #4 is the popular answer this week…we’ll see tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by!