Big Holiday Contest!!
I am so excited! I've been planning this contest for some time and it's finally ready to go! Here's the deal: On my website, under Bonus Material, we have just put up a video Q&A! I love it and really want to share it. So here's how it will work. You can find the video page here
Now, about that contest, there will be 3 winners. The prizes are as follows:
$50 gift card to your preferred bookstore (through Indiebound, Amazon, B&N, Borders, etc.)
A critique of 25 pages of your manuscript or a critique of a query letter
A signed copy of Breathing and a signed copy of Sliding on the Edge (by C Lee Mckenzie)
The first winner chosen will get first dibs on choice of prizes, the second winner chooses from the remaining prizes, and the third winner gets whichever prize is left.
To enter the contest, do any one of the following:
1. Leave a comment here telling me which video clip you liked the best. It can be one of the Q&A answers or one of the reading excerpts.link to clips
2. Link to the video Q&A page or this contest on your blog, FB, myspace, twitter,etc. AND leave a comment below WITH the link to where you posted it.
3. Post a review of Breathing on Amazon or Goodreads AND link to it in the comments here
4. Leave a comment on the video clips on the youtube page AND post the link in a comment here
You can receive an extra entry for each one of these that you do.
The contest is open to anyone with a mailing address in North America.
Winners will be announced on December 15th. (The critique will occur after the holidays.)
Thanks for playing and good luck
I think this so so cool and a good idea....look forward to doing this and looking at the video
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Thanks, P!
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I really liked the clip about southern dialect. When I began reading the book that was the first thing I noticed and then, as you said, I learned how smart Savannah was and no longer cared. I love that you tackled that in your book.
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Thank you, Jessica!
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The Southern Dialect one was very interesting.
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Thanks! Good luck
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I really enjoyed your description of your writing cave. It's interesting to learn each person's writing process.
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Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it
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Cheryl, Congratulations
After I "selected" a best one IMHO, then a next one grabbed me more. This was tough, but enjoyable.
1 My top is advice to young writers. This has a universal appeal.
2 My 2nd is when you talk about Savannah, the 2nd one. You voice is strongest & most animated then.
3. My 3rd is when you talk about her difficulty with breathing & asthma.
BUT I was also intrigued with the one about Southern dialect, although I think that focus is narrow, but unique.
Good Luck with this launch!
Jan
ps thank for the spellchecker on this submission box!
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Wow, thanks for that thorough feedback! I appreciate it
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I posted about the Q&A page on the following links:
www.wreaderscircle.blogspot.com
www.twitter.com/xxtylerxoxo
www.twitter.com/wreaderscircle
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=207996450&blogId=520918894
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&bID=520919204
Looking forward to the 15th! =D
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Go Tyler! Five entries for you
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Awesome contest!
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/booksobsession/status/6321911220
I posted on my sidebar at http://booksobsession.blogspot.com
I blogged: http://booksobsession.blogspot.com/2009/12/round-up-of-contests.html
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Awesome! Three entries!
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I really enjoyed how you talked about Savannah's asthma. I have asthma as well and I haven't read that many books that deal with it.
I really liked your video on southern accents. Again, I haven't read a lot of books that take place in the south (but I actually find myself enjoying them quite a bit!) and I thought it was very interesting.
Loved your advice to inspiring, young writers. Nice info.
infinitemusic19 at gmail dot com
Bianca
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Thanks, Bianca!
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I liked the clip about the dialect and also liked the one about Savanah's dream.
I posted a link to the contest on twitter: http://twitter.com/justJoanS (and it was my 100th tweet that deserves an extra entry, right? *wink*)
I also posted links to the contest AND to the Q&A on my blogs: http://authorwithin.livejournal.com/59077.html and http://authorwithin.blogspot.com/2009/12/it-time.html
This is a great contest!
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Wow, thanks so much! Four entries
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I liked the question about advice for aspiring young writers. Very cool!!
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Thanks! Good luck
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I love your video clips, but I did want to let you know that one about Jackson would not open for me. My favorite is the one where you describe your main character. I love getting to know my characters as I write them and think this is such an interesting part of the process.
While your writing process sounds wonderful, I would probably fall asleep (!) in that setting and find that I write best at my computer. Good luck to you on your book and to me on this contest!
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Thank you for your comments and for letting me know about the clip that wouldn't open. I'll look into that. Thanks for your good luck wishes and same to you!
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I really liked the video where you talk about Savannah. She definitely came across to me as a hopeful romantic.
Linked to the video on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MelanieMFoust/status/6352698798
And posted reviewed on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3GPW9NANH6WF2/ref=cm_pdp_rev_title_1?ie=UTF8&sort_by=MostRecentReview#R1HTMCQ67F05SS
I tried to comment on the youtube video, but youtube wouldn't let me. Oh well, 3 out of 4 isn't too bad.
Thanks for the awesome contest!
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Thanks! I'll look into the commenting ability on youtube -- sorry about that!
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I really enjoyed the clip about using southern dialect in the book. I fully agree with you and think it was a great message to include in your writing.
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Thank you so much! Good luck
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My favourite video clip was the one where you told us about your book cause I didnt know much about it before.
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/Jullysay/status/6365107520
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Cool, and thanks for the tweet! Two entries!
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I like the dialects one, that was really interesting!
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Thanks!
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I tweeted, too!
http://twitter.com/thatwemightfly/statuses/6379035053
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Awesome
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Hi Cheryl!
Great job with the clips! Of course I was interested in the writing process one--I love the 'writing cave' idea. Even your website reflects it. Thanks for posting the contest!
Jessi
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Thank you, Jessi! Good luck!
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Cheryl, I am taking this to Facebook of course, but I wanted to tell you about RAW INcK (Reading and Writing in Kentuckiana. This is a small Ning site that I operate with my students in Southern Indiana. Since Pam Bachorz, Jennifer Brown, and Jon Skovron are already members, I thought I would share the site with you. I will point my students to the contest, but I would tell you that for us, the introduction to the book and what it is about is the best for us. We review new books and link our reviews to our local Indie Bound bookseller, Destinations Booksellers. I am always looking for new titles to promote on the site and this one looks like it would be of high interest to my students. Our URL is rawinck.ning.com if you want to check out what we are doing.
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Thank you, Paul. Your site sounds awesome! I will definitely check it out. Thanks for entering!
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I really loved the one about her dream. It was incredible and so different from what you would expect to hear. I loved it.
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Thank you, Ari! Good luck
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Great giveaway! All the videos were great but I like the one where you give advice for aspiring young writers
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My favorite video: Probably hearing you read about Jackson and Savannah's meeting at the beach. I always like hearing authors read from their work, and that was a scene I'd really enjoyed in the book.
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Thanks, Polina! That's two entries! Good luck
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I liked the video in which she described ideas for aspiring writers
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Thanks! Good luck!
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I like the video where you tell us about the main character. It makes you really want to dive in and read the book and find out more!
I commented on this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjvgjRYtS5o
I accidentally pressed back and I wasn't sure if deleted my comment. So I apologize if you got two comments from 'crazycurves1' at Youtube.
I posted on my http://twitter.com/strongtruths
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Thank you! Three entries!
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I really liked the What Is Savannah's Dream video.
I tweeted about the contest here: http://twitter.com/thebookcellarx/status/6653165395
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Thanks! 2 entries
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LOVED the Savannah's feelings about Jackson clip -- you can tell how much you love the character of Jackson in that clip, and, well, Jackson sounds hot.
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Thanks, Jeni! 2 entries!
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I enjoyed all of the video clips. My favorite was the overall book summary since that introduced Savannah & her story in a way that makes me eager to read Breathing. Love the idea of a "hopeful" rather than a "hopeless" romantic. I also like the video in which you discuss the origin of Savannah's breathing challenges in a bit more detail.
I commented on the book summary video on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW1xqxEHHTc&feature=related, and I tweeted about your contest (@CommonplaceBook). Thank you for hosting such a generous book giveaway!
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