Victoria W! She wins a copy of each of my first two novels, Some Like It Sizzling and Pleasure for Pleasure (or her choice of any other two of my books).

Victoria, can you please email me (jamiesobrato AT yahoo DOT com) with your mailing address? Also, if you do a search on Amazon you can get a complete list of my books to see what you can choose from–just let me know which two books you’d like!

And Candace, I’m envious that you managed to revise your first novel into somethign publishable! Good for you!

Brandy, joining the army is a pretty original response to a bad break-up. Sounds like story-fodder if I’ve ever heard it. How cool that it led you to your husband too.

Leslie, it’s sweet how many people list getting married young as their favorite “young and stupid” act.

Victoria W, that’s such an amazingly courageous act, to take that first step toward being a healthy, happy person. Having had some very rough times myself, I know how hard it is to make even one small, healthy choice, let alone such a profound one. And good for you, turning a difficult past into something positive by going into such an important helping profession! Thank you for sharing your story with us.

KH, it sounds like you brought lots of fun into your family.

Jody Lynn, I recall being completely terrified of attending my first writer’s conference. In fact, for years I avoided it. I wish i’d been as brave as you were.

Michele, thank you for the inspiring post. It does sound like you really know how to live life well. I think learning independence is such an important lesson. And I’m so glad you got the stormy tree climbing urge out of your early–and safely!

Sharon, Congratulations on writing your first book! That’s so exciting, to discover one of our passions and start living it. I think you will have the confidence to send your book out, because you have the confidence to talk to us about it. It’s important early on to state your intentions. And it has the side benefit of inspiring people around you too.

Diana, I SO understand the thrill of a drastically different hair color! It’s a blast to reinvent one’s appearance like that. I’ve also recently discovered the rarely-spoken-of thrill of cutting my own hair. Also probably something as frowned upon (or more so) than dying one’s hair purple, but equally fun, I bet. there’s something incredibly liberating about going into the bathroom with a pair of scissors and cutting off a good 4 inches. It’s kind of a revelation to realize, hey, this is my hair and I can do whatever I want with it.