Goodbye farming, and hello writing season! I celebrated by attending
an awesome writers retreat by Park City, with twenty other writers including
Lisa Mangum, Kirk Shaw, Annette Lyon, Danyelle Ferguson, Ali Cross, C.K. Bryant, and many
others from Authors Incognito that I'm grateful to call friends.
Imagine 4 days in a condo/cabin by Park City, Utah, where
everyone has a quiet nook of their own to plug in and write. There were enough
of us there that we only had to help with one meal for the whole time. Can you
imagine? Meals done, quiet time, no kids, almost no calls, and house full of
people who shared your same passion for writing. After months of busting my
rear on the farm, it was exactly what I needed. We also had prizes for word
count sprints, early birds and night owls.
If you ever have the chance to go to a retreat, do it. You
deserve it.
To celebrate writing season, I’m giving away 2 copies of
Variant by Robinson Wells, a hot new YA dystopian that has been heralded as having
the best YA twist since Enders Game. Also, Publishers Weekly has named Variant as one of the best books of 2011. That’s some high praise, my
friends.
You can read the synopsis and some of its great reviews on goodreads here.
There are a couple of other great reasons why I chose to give Variant away. Bottom
line: it’s an excellent book from a deserving author. If you’ve ever thought of buying it, today is a good day.
TO ENTER the Variant giveaway:
Follow my blog and leave a comment with your email like myemail
AT wherever DOT com so spammers don’t find you.
If you would like to tweet or Facebook about the Book Bomb
or this post, then you win good Karma and my appreciation for passing it on. J
I'll draw a winner on November 20th!
So, to all you crazy nanowrimoers out there, good luck! (and don’t forget to occasionally do boring things like eat, sleep, speak to your family, and bathe.) To everyone else, may you have a very excellent writing season. I know I will.
So, to all you crazy nanowrimoers out there, good luck! (and don’t forget to occasionally do boring things like eat, sleep, speak to your family, and bathe.) To everyone else, may you have a very excellent writing season. I know I will.
18 comments:
Oh my goodness, I wasn't following you. How did I miss this?!?!?! I repent, please forgive me.
Anyways: utahduck at gmail dot com.
James! How cool that you posted about this same book! Blogger has gremlins and says I don't have permission to leave a comment on your page- but I was able to follow. Glad to see you here.
Count me in! I want one of those books, girly! So, here's my email...
mcunn at comcast dot net. And I am LOVING Become. I CANNOT lay it down!! You'll have to buy it some time. he he
I love Robison Wells! He's brilliant!!! I'm a follower, too. :)
Btw - so glad you loved the retreat. It makes me happy to help my writer friends achieve their goals. It was awesome seeing you!
Just like James, I can't believe I wasn't a follower before now. Enter me in your contest. I would SO love to win a copy of Rob's book. Was that proper English I just used? No, but don't count that against me.
carolynfrank at rocketmail dot com
Definitely!!! Great post!
kbrebes at aol dot com
I'll FB it, too!
Oh, heavens yes! Please sign me up. emilygclawson at gmail dot com. Great blog, btw!
That would be awesome. I'm bouncing over to twitter to drop a couple of bombs for Robinson.
It's writing season for me too, because I recently got released from a big calling at church! The book sounds awesome. Have you all read Micheal Vey, the Prisoner of Cell (25?) Good stuff. sbholts11 at att dot com
Yay! Count me in!! Thanks!
widsfam7 @ digis dot net
Melissa, I got my copy of Become in the mail yesterday, so you're forgiven for getting the last one at the retreat. *wink*
Victoria, I read Michael Vey a couple weeks ago--Loved it. You have good taste, my friend.
Blogger gremlins are eating Janice's comment. She emailed this:
I've heard great things about this book and can't wait to read it. Thanks for sponsoring the contest.
janicebashman at yahoo dot com
If anyone else can't post, email me at mrs.farmgirl at gmail dot com. I'll post it for you! :)
Oh, pick me! Pick me!!
rita [at] ritajwebb [dot] com
Can I sign up too or is it limit 1 per household?
No limit, TJ. Go for it!
I'm glad you get to switch gears to writing now.
I'm a follower and would love this book. Rob is great.
renaemackley at gmail dot com
Wait....another T.J. is writing on your comments? Can't be topped! I will comment on this AWESOME contest.
Hope to see you at Storymakers! (baby due date willing).
Thanks for playing everyone! The winners have been chosen and will be posted in the next post!
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