I believe in the power of music to inspire and guide our Muse. Music evokes emotions in their purest form, the seed of every story planted firmly in the soul of the notes. As the tale takes root, it bends and bows to every ear.
What started as an idea, born of music, grew into an epic journey–each branch a different voice, each leaf, a different song. Each of these gifted writers, empowered with imagination and the passion to create, went above and beyond the call of music…for this, I thank you. You took us on a magical journey, one we shall not soon forget…
It is with great enthusiasm that audiomachine and I present the winners of the Tree of Life: Branching Out collaborative writing challenge.
audiomachine‘s Top 3 Favorites:
Top 3 Fan Favorites:
Amy Willoughby-Burle – Final Hope
C. Lee McKenzie – Tree of Life
Winning Fan Commenters:
Jin Chae
Yolanda Renee
* The top two Fan commenters will be sent a signed copy of audiomachine’s Tree of Life album–please send me your home address via “Contact Sam”!
Congratulations to all the winners and to all the incredibly talented writers who contributed to this groundbreaking collaboration!
Inspiration is a powerful force, it calls to the greatness living in all of us–listen closely for the story your soul wants to tell…
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WriterlySam 
Me? Me! I can’t believe it, really? Hahaha. Am I grinning now? Well, thank you! It was an extraordinary experience for me, and my first time doing something like this. Congratulations to all other winners, and a dragon hug to all writers who collaborated. You have my admiration.
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Al, this is such wonderful news! 😀 Hugs hugs hugs! Congratulations to all the winners! Everyone was superlative!
I am excited that someone I voted for won! 🙂 Yay!
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Hurray, Father Dragon!
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YAY!! Congrats to the winners! So many wonderful excerpts to choose from and the winners are deserving. WOOT!!
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So well done to all the worthy winners! The oracle has spoken!
And to Sam who inspired us all to pull out the stops on this extraordinary journey!
And to Audiomachine – such a champion!
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Congratulations to all the winners! You are ALL winners in my book. I am so proud of my daughter who undertook this monumental challenge. And to the amazing music by Audiomachine. Wow! You took my breath away.
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Congratulations to all of the winners!! A job extremely well done! 🙂
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How wonderful! Congratulations to all the winners!
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Thank you audiomachine, much appreciated!
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Congrats to all! And well-deserved. 🙂
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Congratulations to the winners and the awesome writers!!
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Congratulations, everyone!
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Congratulations to everyone!! So much fun to be a part of this project!!
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This is great, lovely winners and so happy to have been part of this!
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OMG! THank you so much! It was a thrill and an honor to do this and I’m just glad that the writers and the fans were happy with the ending of this awesome story!
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Woo Hoo, congratulations to the winners!
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Woot!! Congrats to the winners!!!
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Congrats to all the well-deserving winners! It was a pleasure working with you!
Tina @ Life is Good
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My deepest gratitude to everyne who participated in this collaboration, from the writers, voters, composers and commenters. It was amazing being a part of the challenge. Congratulations to the winners, and thank you Samantha for putting together such an extraordinary writing challenge.
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Great job on a fantastic collaboration everyone! 🙂
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Yay! Congrats to the winners! *virtual toast*
What an amazing experience! Thank you to everyone who contributed to this wonderful challenge. 🙂 A special thanks to Samantha, for orchestrating this never-to-be-forgotten journey…
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Greetings humans,
Yes, it’s me, Penny the Jack Russell dog and modest internet superstar! To the top three “favourites”, on behalf of my alleged human and myself, you were totally worthy winners. To the top three fan “favourites”, yay and arf! To the winning fan commenters, a pawsitive wish to you.
That’s it and the prize to the top dog comment goes to me! BOL
Pawsitive wishes and doggy kisses,
Penny the Jack Russell dog and modest internet superstar! xx
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Everyone was a winner in my humble and not so superstar estimation. Couldn’t have done this without all the contributions!
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This was a beautiful journey as a reader, and congratulations to all the writers and the winners too 🙂
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Awesome to see many writers I know on the winner’s podium 🙂
And, what a great event Tree of Life turned out to be 🙂
Will there be a sequoia, er, I mean sequel? 🙂
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This was an amazing experience– congratulations to all the winners and all the participants!
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