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Guess how many words are in this jar.

September 9, 2020

If you follow me on Twitter then you’ve probably been witnessing my ever-expanding word count as I worked to finish my first draft of Pas de deux. Procrastinating as I do, I had an idea. A giveaway! Like one of those “Guess how many jellybeans are in this jar” type scenarios.

So here’s the deal. Right now, my FINISHED, UNEDITED FIRST DRAFT of Pas de deux sits at 118,147 words (I know, I know. I don”t know how it got so big either). I’ll give it an edit, it’ll be beta read and then I will tidy it up for a final draft and submission.

Guess the word count of my final draft – that is the one I will submit to my publisher, Bella Books, for editing and whatnot – then tell me what you think it is in a comment on this post, and whoever is closest will win a signed copy of Pas de deux.

Curious about the novel? Bella Books has some info for you!

A few things for you to consider:

  1. The book isn’t due out until May, 2021 so I can’t send books until then because I just won’t have them.
  2. I do not plan my novel plots in depth, or the size, or anything like that. I just write and then play around until I’m happy. So I could add 1000’s of words, I could remove 1000’s of words, I could remove and then rewrite 1000’s of words. It’s a lucky dip of word count guessing!
  3. If there’s a few of you who have guessed correctly, or who have guessed equally as close (Like I wrote 100,000 words and someone guessed 100,005 and someone else guessed 99,995 then they’d both get a copy. Is that maths right? Whatever, I’m sure you get the idea).
  4. The manuscript is due to my publisher the 1st day of 2021. I could submit it on that day, I could submit it early. I don’t know. So this competition will run until I submit it, in which case I’ll cut it off and announce the winners.
  5. I won’t look at the entries until it’s time to trawl through for a winner, so my bias is non-existent.
  6. One guess only please. And please put a valid email so I can contact you should you hit that magic number!

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: GIVEAWAY, PAS DE DEUX

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Samantha Bloomfield says

    September 9, 2020 at 10:18 PM

    116973 words

    Reply
    • Chrissie Edwards says

      September 9, 2020 at 10:33 PM

      116,500

      Reply
  2. Elise says

    September 9, 2020 at 10:21 PM

    111,111

    Reply
  3. Andrea says

    September 9, 2020 at 10:21 PM

    112,048

    Reply
  4. Melissa says

    September 9, 2020 at 10:28 PM

    119023

    Reply
  5. Deanna says

    September 9, 2020 at 10:30 PM

    124,154

    Reply
    • KY says

      September 10, 2020 at 12:55 AM

      124,601

      Reply
  6. Bethany says

    September 9, 2020 at 10:41 PM

    100,001 😀

    Reply
  7. Kristianne says

    September 9, 2020 at 10:48 PM

    123595

    Reply
  8. Steph says

    September 9, 2020 at 10:52 PM

    114 550

    Reply
  9. Carey says

    September 9, 2020 at 10:59 PM

    58,312

    Reply
  10. Hannah Ospina says

    September 9, 2020 at 11:05 PM

    116, 847 words! I’m sure it will be great as always!

    Reply
  11. Brenda says

    September 9, 2020 at 11:13 PM

    121,333

    Reply
  12. Leslie says

    September 9, 2020 at 11:15 PM

    80,000.
    Can’t wait, and good luck on the edits! <3

    Reply
  13. Karen Jakubek says

    September 9, 2020 at 11:55 PM

    123,456
    Looking forward to listening on Audible. Hoping Abby Craden is still your narrator!

    Reply
  14. Samantha says

    September 10, 2020 at 12:01 AM

    117,124

    Reply
    • Anita says

      September 10, 2020 at 4:24 AM

      118, 170

      Reply
  15. Sandra says

    September 10, 2020 at 12:13 AM

    120,184

    Reply
  16. Linda says

    September 10, 2020 at 1:27 AM

    113973
    Can’t wait for it!

    Reply
  17. Louise Morelli says

    September 10, 2020 at 2:06 AM

    98,000

    Reply
  18. Bridget Nelson says

    September 10, 2020 at 2:24 AM

    97,863

    Reply
  19. Dor says

    September 10, 2020 at 3:44 AM

    95,005

    Reply
  20. KJ says

    September 10, 2020 at 4:15 AM

    103,543 words

    Reply
  21. Luci Dreamer says

    September 10, 2020 at 4:19 AM

    I will have 100% forgotten I entered this little contest, but..

    102,311

    Reply
  22. CQ says

    September 10, 2020 at 4:42 AM

    110,000

    Reply
  23. Claire Jackson-Songer says

    September 10, 2020 at 4:55 AM

    I predict 117,786!

    Reply
  24. Kristen Weber says

    September 10, 2020 at 7:17 AM

    115,608

    Reply
  25. Eva says

    September 10, 2020 at 7:35 AM

    103,312

    Reply
  26. Kerstin Frösch says

    September 10, 2020 at 11:50 AM

    116.315

    Reply
  27. Silvia says

    September 10, 2020 at 11:54 AM

    119568
    Can’t wait to read the book in May!!!

    Reply
  28. Carolyn McBride says

    September 10, 2020 at 12:02 PM

    I predict the book will end up 947 words!

    Reply
  29. Jo says

    September 10, 2020 at 12:39 PM

    80,000
    I like curvy numbers . LOL!

    Reply
  30. konyvolvaso says

    September 10, 2020 at 2:59 PM

    99646

    Reply
  31. Claudia says

    September 10, 2020 at 3:21 PM

    110500

    Reply
  32. Cole says

    September 10, 2020 at 9:23 PM

    111,235

    Reply
  33. Shannon says

    September 12, 2020 at 4:05 AM

    112,549

    Reply
  34. Danielle says

    September 13, 2020 at 4:47 PM

    How about 91,575 🤞🏻

    Reply
  35. Vanessa Hargrave says

    September 13, 2020 at 6:07 PM

    115,444

    Reply
  36. Cathy says

    September 15, 2020 at 1:18 PM

    114200

    Reply
  37. Gail says

    September 21, 2020 at 6:59 AM

    119,728

    Reply
  38. Michelle says

    September 21, 2020 at 9:49 AM

    114,842

    Reply
  39. Leah says

    September 21, 2020 at 10:06 AM

    119,832

    Reply
  40. Nicole says

    September 21, 2020 at 12:52 PM

    97555

    Reply
  41. Terri Cutshall says

    September 21, 2020 at 1:55 PM

    114,651

    Reply
  42. Dale says

    September 21, 2020 at 2:29 PM

    97,000

    Reply
  43. Jannie says

    September 21, 2020 at 4:09 PM

    109,876 Words

    Reply
  44. paulina s says

    September 24, 2020 at 11:09 AM

    120.000

    Reply
  45. Olin says

    October 13, 2020 at 8:16 PM

    Dear E.J.,

    I am looking forward to reading your new opus. My bet : 116780 words, although, I wish it would be more than 150000 so the reading last longer!
    Thank you
    Olin

    Reply
  46. Deb says

    November 1, 2020 at 11:58 PM

    My guess is 111,009, thanks E.J., looking forward to reading it, as always

    Reply
  47. Rebecca Langham says

    November 2, 2020 at 5:49 AM

    108, 950 words

    And I’m sure they’ll all be magnificent.

    Reply
  48. Elaine says

    November 2, 2020 at 12:03 PM

    92,000 words……..I’ll read all of them!

    Reply
  49. Shauna says

    November 22, 2020 at 10:50 AM

    116,450

    Can’t wait to read this book!! My birthday present to myself 😁

    Reply
  50. christian monsanto says

    November 22, 2020 at 11:52 AM

    111,711 words
    Looking forward for this one 😊

    Reply
  51. Rebecca says

    November 22, 2020 at 2:08 PM

    107,529

    So excited to read your next!

    Reply
  52. gaile brown says

    November 22, 2020 at 2:25 PM

    98,125

    Reply
  53. Jules says

    November 22, 2020 at 3:01 PM

    105,843

    Reply
  54. Andi Kent says

    November 22, 2020 at 4:24 PM

    110569

    Reply
  55. Stephanie Culpepper says

    November 22, 2020 at 5:06 PM

    135,676

    Reply
    • Gabriella says

      November 23, 2020 at 2:29 AM

      my guess: 113, 457 words. Can’t wait to read it!

      Reply
  56. Toastie Haynie says

    November 23, 2020 at 1:36 PM

    108,236

    Can’t wait!

    Reply
  57. Geraldine says

    November 23, 2020 at 3:01 PM

    105,800
    I’m can’t wait for this.
    Good luck everyone 👏🏽✨

    Reply
  58. Kris says

    November 23, 2020 at 7:56 PM

    120,1006
    Can’t wait 🙂

    Reply
  59. Edyta says

    November 23, 2020 at 8:32 PM

    117,178

    Reply

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