This contest has ended... I have added the answers after the questions, if you're interested. The contest winners are:

Jeff Harrop

Elizabeth Hall

Kristen Cannegieter

Thanks to everyone who entered! There will be another contest soon!

Quiz For Duck

So, in honor of Wake Me When It's Over coming out in the next few weeks, I've decided it's time to have a contest. Why? Because I'm bored, and it sounds like fun.

Contest Dates: December 8th through December 31st

Prize: Two lucky winners will each recieve: A free autographed copy of Wake Me When It's Over, mailed to you free of charge. If you're lucky, I'll throw in a page of my daughter's crayon artwork.

Rules: Answer the following questions, and email them to me by New Year's Eve. The two entries that answer the most questions correctly, win. In the event that more than two people tie for first place, there will be a drawing to see which two lucky souls win the books.

How to enter: Email your answers to: robisonwells@msn.com with the subject line "Contest".

The first group of questions relate to On Second Thought. The second group relate to stuff on my website. The third group relate to Wake Me When It's Over. (Since none of you have read Wake Me... yet, these will be general knowledge questions that relate to subjects of the book. I would imagine that 45 seconds on Google will get you all the answers you need for these.)

On Second Thought Questions:

1. In what two subjects does Walt Stewart hold degrees? Answer: Political Science (public administration) and Biology (minor: horticulture)

2. What scriptural character does Walt imagine haunts the observatory? Answer: Cain

3. What does Walt do when he first sees Clara? Answer: He stares at her, not watching where he's going, and crashes his car into a 'For Sale' sign.

Website Questions:

4. What are the three steps toward writing your first novel? Answer: (1) Write (2) Learn how to write (3) Learn something else.

5. What real New Mexico town is On Second Thought's Alamitos based on? Answer: Grants, New Mexico

6. Who was the murder victim at the Covenant Communications Mystery Dinner? Answer: Robison Wells, acclaimed LDS author

Wake Me When It's Over Questions:

7. Which branch of law enforcement combats counterfieting? Answer: The Secret Service

8. What community in Utah boasts a monster in a lake, and world-reknowned raspberries? Answer: Bear Lake

9. What is the common name for the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti? Answer: The KGB