Wow! Picking a winner was harder than I expected it would be. There were some very imaginative entries. I enlisted outside opinions and we finally came to a consensus, although not without almost reaching the fist-fight point. The compromise was to post the runner-up captions as Honourable Mentions.
BEST WRITING-RELATED CAPTION and winner of a $15 Starbucks Coffee gift card:
- “I wonder if any of these are red herrings I can use in my novel?” (Carol Benedict)
Congratulations, Carol! I’ll e-mail you for a postal address and get your prize out to you soon.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Best caption for a book title:
- “Lurking Beneath the Surface: A Thriller” (Patti)
Best screen-writing application:
- “You can’t all be in the script!” (Norma McGuire)
Best non-writing-related caption:
- “Um, Bob….you did not tell me this was an all you could eat buffet.” (Joseph)
Thanks for taking part in our fun contest, everyone. I think I’d be smart to consult with all of you when it comes to finding a title for my next novel! 🙂
Carol's Musings 
Congratulations to Carol B! I’m horrible at those kind of things. Guess my imagination isn’t very good 🙂
Also Congrats to the honourable mentions. This was fun to read. I bet you had fun deciding, Carol!
I probably would not consult with me for a book title. I like really obvious names for things so I would probably title it “Book” 🙂
Congratulations Carol. Yes! I know exactly where I’m going if I need a title for my next book. You guys are talented!
Carol, thanks for providing this contest. There were some wonderful captions posted, so I’m honored you chose mine.
OOOOH, I got an honorable mention! Praise God.
The red herring zinger is definitely better!
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Love it! What a fun contest. Congrats to the winner.
This was fun for me, too, but I can’t take sole credit for choosing the winning caption… it took a family consultation to decide! Three of the final top four weren’t hard to agree on (altho’ we did battle on Joseph’s because it wasn’t writing-related), but the “hook” references were popular, too. We’ll have to do this again sometime. Thanks, everyone!