Fellow CamCat author, Brandie June, and I have teamed up to run the Ultimate Spy Thriller Giveaway in advance of the launch of The Wayward Spy. In addition to an autographed hardcopy of the book (due out 3/2/21), the winner will receive a spiral notebook with The Wayward Spy cover on it (and maybe a little note from me inside!) AND some cool CIA bling that I purchased from the CIA’s employee store.
The response to the giveaway has been great! But I must confess that there has been drama and intrigue involving the CIA bling. When the bling didn’t arrive at my house on schedule, I emailed the CIA store to find out where it was. An anonymous “they” said the shipping company had delivered it several days prior. After a little back-and-forth over the tracking number (which “they” initially didn’t provide me…maybe they thought it was classified???), I contacted the shipping company. The automated robot help guy insisted that the package of bling had been left at my front door. I can assure you that this did not happen – trust me when I say we always know when a vehicle comes up our long, gravel driveway.
After searching all around the house, we checked the mailbox, which is nearly 0.4 miles from the house. No bling box! Either the shipping company never delivered it, they delivered it to the wrong address (and the recipient decided to keep the bling for themselves), or they left the package at the distant mailbox and some nefarious individual stole it. Whatever the case, the end result was the same – no CIA bling!
The shipping company is still searching high and low for the wayward bling (not very diligently, I suspect), so I decided I’d better order new bling for the giveaway. I asked the CIA store to add a note to the box to make sure it was delivered to the house this time. Well, it still didn’t make it to my front door. Nope. The shipping company left it at the end of our 0.15 mile-long driveway. The driver probably couldn’t read the instructions (because no one under the age of 35 can read cursive). Can you decipher this secret CIA code?
So after many plot twists, I’m happy to report that the bling is here. And it is fabulous – a gorgeous mug and a really cool pen that projects the CIA’s logo. Here they are!
Only three days left in the Ultimate Spy Thriller Giveaway, so enter soon – https://gleam.io/V10Qr/wayward-spy-contest. Good luck, and if you happen to stumble upon a wayward package of CIA bling, let me know!
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