{"id":5858,"date":"2015-11-13T15:09:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T20:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bsuenglish.wordpress.com\/?p=5858"},"modified":"2018-11-19T17:50:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T22:50:23","slug":"help-us-reach-1000for2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2015\/11\/13\/help-us-reach-1000for2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Us Reach #1000for2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Listen up, folks. We are on the cusp of a milestone<\/strong><\/span>, a breakthrough in BSU English history. With just fifteen more\u00a0Twitter<\/a> followers and forty-four\u00a0Facebook<\/a> likes, we will have reached 1,000 BSU English supporters across our social media platforms, but we need your help<\/em>. If you have a Twitter, find us and follow. If you’re on Facebook, like our page. We promise we won’t bite!<\/p>\n

You might be asking,\u00a0what’s in it for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

What a silly question! You’ll get updates on department happenings, reminders of recently published blog posts, descriptions of upcoming courses, and an inside look into what your fellow English majors are up to!<\/p>\n

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#bsuenglish student Erin Hutt looking very happy with her new literary boyfriend (and while we’re not matchmakers, this could be you…just saying!)<\/p><\/div>\n

But if that’s not enough of a reason, maybe this is: if you follow us or like our page, we’ll enter you into a drawing for several different prize packs<\/strong><\/span>, which will include:<\/p>\n

-signed copies of the following books:<\/strong><\/p>\n

-The Glacier’s Wake <\/em>by Katy Didden<\/a>
\n<\/em>-Drinking From a Bitter Cup <\/em>by Angela Jackson-Brown<\/a>
\n<\/em>-Circus in Winter<\/em> by Cathy Day<\/a>
\n<\/em>-Darkroom: A Family Exposure <\/em>by\u00a0Jill Christman<\/a>
\n<\/em>-Fog Gorgeous Stag <\/i>by Sean Lovelace<\/a>
\n<\/i>-Building Their Own Waldos <\/em>by Bob Habich<\/a>
\n<\/em>-Dirty Bomb <\/em>by Mark Neely<\/a>
\n-Strategies for Writing Center Research <\/em>by Jackie Grutsch-McKinney<\/a>
\n<\/em>-The Creation of Narrative in Tabletop Role-Playing Games <\/em>by Jennifer Grouling<\/a>
\n<\/em>-Stomping Ground<\/em> edited by Lyn Jones<\/a>\u00a0
\n<\/em>-Monday Coffee and Other Stories <\/em>edited by Lyn Jones<\/a> and Liz Whiteacre<\/a>
\n-TINA <\/em>by Pete Davis<\/a><\/p>\n

-gift certificates to various local businesses, which include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

–Greek’s Pizzeria<\/a>
\n–Let’s Spoon Frozen Yogurt<\/a>
\n–White Rabbit Used Books<\/a>
\n–Insomnia Cookies<\/a><\/p>\n

-donations given to us by<\/strong>\u00a0The Cup<\/a>, Ball State’s Bookstore<\/a>, and<\/strong>\u00a0TIS Bookstore<\/a> include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

-a portfolio
\n-a picture frame
\n-t-shirts
\n-a poster<\/p>\n

If those incentives don’t send you on a clicking frenzy, maybe these will: if you follow us or like our page, we’ll give your blog or website a shout out<\/strong>! And, for some more immediate gratification, our graphic designers can also photoshop your lovely faces onto a famous book cover.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And for those of you already<\/em> following us,\u00a0don’t fret.<\/strong><\/p>\n

All you need to do is refer a friend! Once they like our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter, all they need to do is send us a message with your name, and we’ll enter both<\/span> of you into the drawing.<\/p>\n

And, of course, we’d greatly appreciate if you could use our hashtag (both #1000for2016<\/strong><\/span> and #bsuenglish<\/strong><\/span>) so that we can continue to grow!<\/p>\n

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