So what better of a way to spend a Friday then a bunch of ShOuT-oUtS!!!!!!!!!
We have some awesome things happening around the blogosphere and I think it's time they are shared over on this here lovely blog of mine :) So let's get started!!!!
Shannon Whitney Messenger
Check out one awesome blogger who just so happens to be giving away an ARC copy of Torment!!!! Don't you want it??? Stop by her blog and tell her I sent you!
Theresa Milstein
This blogger is a bestie of mine. Always super sweet and just as giving as the lovely cAnDyLaNd. Giving away a $25 giftcard of your choice and a $25 donation to the awesome cause to cure a rare form of cancer! Stop by her blog for more info!
Jennie Bailey - Garden Full of Lily
She is one of my new besties!!! She is hosting an awesome giveaway, and there are only two requirements you must be creative and a coffee addict!!! What do you win?? $25 giftcard to Starbucks!
Kari
Kari is throwing her biggest contest yet!!! Must see (okay so I am giving this shout-out even though I REALLY want to win): Two packages up for grabs! Check it out!!!
Melanie Musings
She has a super cute blog and some awesome swag giveaway!! MUST SEE!!! Be sure to check out all the fabulous swag, you won't be disappointed!
If I've forgotten you, or you don't feel love please include it in the comments below for the world to see :) HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!
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Friday, August 6, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
For all you coffee addicts!!!
Calling all coffee addicts!!! Calling all coffee addicts!!!
The lovely Jennie Bailey over at Garden of Lily is hosting a fun and adventurous blog contest!!! You will not be disappointed when you drop by!
Up FoR gRaBs: $10 Starbucks GiftCard
HoW tO wIn: This is the fun part! You are dropped in a remote location with only three items...
Tent
Sleeping Bag
Backpack
In your backpack you have the following items:
Water bottle
Iodine tablets (purify the water)
Wateproof matches
Swiss army knife
Small frying pan
Book with lists of edible plans
NOW YOU MUST CHOOSE THREE ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO ADD TO YOUR BACKPACK!
The most creative answers win, so make sure you are smart with your list and give good reasons as to why you chose what you chose!!! Please visit her and sign up! It's super easy and literally only takes two seconds!! You currently have an excellent chance at winning!
WHAT ARE YOU WATING FOR?! GO NOW! Oh and be sure to tell her I sent you :)
The lovely Jennie Bailey over at Garden of Lily is hosting a fun and adventurous blog contest!!! You will not be disappointed when you drop by!
Up FoR gRaBs: $10 Starbucks GiftCard
HoW tO wIn: This is the fun part! You are dropped in a remote location with only three items...
Tent
Sleeping Bag
Backpack
In your backpack you have the following items:
Water bottle
Iodine tablets (purify the water)
Wateproof matches
Swiss army knife
Small frying pan
Book with lists of edible plans
NOW YOU MUST CHOOSE THREE ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO ADD TO YOUR BACKPACK!
The most creative answers win, so make sure you are smart with your list and give good reasons as to why you chose what you chose!!! Please visit her and sign up! It's super easy and literally only takes two seconds!! You currently have an excellent chance at winning!
WHAT ARE YOU WATING FOR?! GO NOW! Oh and be sure to tell her I sent you :)
Friday, July 16, 2010
Cuckoo for Canary
Rachele Alpine over at Freckle Head was sweet enough to answer a few questions on her life as a writer and her book that is currently in submissions!! She's also hosting a contest today over at her blog so check it out!!!
1. So Rachele you are a YA author who has a novel currently on submission titled Canary, could you tell all of us what it is about?
Ugh! For some reason I have the worst elevator pitch for my book ever. I try to sum it up and it just sounds nuts. Nonwriters will ask me what my book is about and I’m like, “Well, there’s this girl, whose dad is coach at a new school and she goes to the school and she’s able to be accepted pretty easy but her brother isn’t and he’s bullied by the school and blah blah blah…” and it just sounds like I’m rambling!
I’ll give you the summary I include in my query, which is the plot in one paragraph!
Kate Franklin’s dad is good at coaching basketball; what he isn’t good at is communicating with Kate and her brother Brett. When her mother dies, he shuts down, throwing himself into basketball as a way to cope with his grief, leaving Kate alone in silence. When he lands a job at Beacon, Kate finds it easy to fit in when she starts dating a player on the team, while her brother, shy and weak, is rejected by the school. Kate quickly learns to overlook the perks given to the athletes who openly disgrace her brother for not being one of them. However, the players take their power too far one night at a party and Kate is raped. Kate doesn’t stay silent about the rape, but her accusations aren’t accepted by the Beacon community. The school rallies with the team and lashes out at her. Ugly rumors are created to destroy Kate and her credibility. She’s not praised for her decision to be truthful, but instead, it brings terrible consequences. The final blow comes when her dad tries to silence her in order to protect the team. The world that Kate believed was safe is now her worst enemy, and Kate must decide whether to stay silent or expose the corruption, destroying her father’s career and bringing down a town’s heroes.
2. How long did it take you to write Canary? Revise? Query?
I started CANARY in the summer of 2007. I mainly wrote it in the summers of 2007 and 2008, although it’s evolved so much from the story it was then. I got serious about querying in the fall of 2008, spent the time doing some hard core editing and started to query in January of 2009.
3. How did you celebrate finding an agent? Sing, dance, hop around with a kangaroo?
Oh, there was a total dance party…I love to dance and there was much dancing, jumping and squealing involved. The night I made my decision to sign with Lina, my boyfriend and I shook up a bottle of champagne, all over the kitchen. When I settled down a bit, I did some things I was waiting to do… I got myself some totally awesome business cards, started my blog and bought a Macbook.
4. I saw that you taught High School, what grade and subject?
I do teach high school and am loving my job right now because it’s summer break! I teach 10th grade Language Arts and Creative Writing. I love both classes, the tenth grade subject area is American Literature and I’m working hard with the librarian to incorporate a lot of YA into the curriculum.
5. Do you have any other stories currently in the works?
I do, I do! I actually have two, which is crazy for me because it seems like the two are warring against each other inside my head. I never know what one I’ll sit down and work on, because they both are fighting to get out. This past week I’ve been working on one more than another, but that could change. It’s so strange to have two different ideas, but I feel so passionate about both that I don’t think I can push one aside. Well, the truth is that they won’t let me!
The first is one I’ve been thinking about for over a year. It’s a contemporary YA about a small farm town in Indiana. It involves two sisters, a tragedy and how people deal with things after. I’m intrigued about how our nation came together after 911 and we all held onto each other (even complete strangers), glued together from tragedy. There’s an image from the event of a crowd of people with a little girl looking up towards the heavens and holding a flag that I keep near me when I’m writing this new book. It evokes so much emotion from me every time I look at it. I’m
exploring the idea of what we hold onto when there is nothing left to hold on to and how people often cling to false hope. I write by hand first and I have three notebooks full of scenes, dialogue and ideas for the book. I just started typing everything up and it’s going to be a task in and among itself!
The second book is a risk. It’s a tough story (I call it my Living Dead Girl book because the subject isn’t easy) with dual narrators. One of the narrators may be unreliable and you may feel empathy towards things that you might later be angry with me for making you feel that way. I know this is vague, but this story came as a surprise and I’m still trying to figure out what to make of it. Every time I try to push it aside, the characters keep coming back.
6. Was Canary the first novel you finished or do you have several others currently collecting dust?
It was my first novel and it felt training for a marathon. The second book (or books) are coming along a bit easier, because I’ve learned from some of my mistakes with CANARY, but it still seems like such a daunting task. I can’t imagine having books that I wrote and then trunked. That would be too hard for me (so let’s hope CANARY sells!).
Fun & Random Questions
Favorite pizza spot: My backyard barbeque! My boyfriend and I have perfected pizzas on the grill, and I’m not sure I can go back to anything else after making them outside. It took a lot of attempts to get it right, but it was worth it…they’re so good. I pile mine up with vegetables so it’s a mountain of goodness!
Chocolate or gummy bears: Gummy all the way…I love gummy candy. I’m actually not much of a sweets person, but I’ll do just about anything for gummy peaches with the candy store near me called Malley’s Chocolates. Lucky for me, my boyfriend’s mom works for the company!
Favorite writing snack: Gummy peaches, Diet Mountain Dew, edamamae
Favorite season: Fall…even though summer ends and it’s back to school, I love the chill in the air, football games (I grew up near the high school in my city and used to fall asleep to the sound of the band playing and people cheering), the smell of fires and leaves, hot cider and sweaters without winter jackets.
So there is the lovely miss Rachele Alpine, isn't she a doll?!!! I love her so be sure to check her out and follow her if you have yet to do so! Remember she is also running a contest so make sure you check it out!!!
1. So Rachele you are a YA author who has a novel currently on submission titled Canary, could you tell all of us what it is about?
Ugh! For some reason I have the worst elevator pitch for my book ever. I try to sum it up and it just sounds nuts. Nonwriters will ask me what my book is about and I’m like, “Well, there’s this girl, whose dad is coach at a new school and she goes to the school and she’s able to be accepted pretty easy but her brother isn’t and he’s bullied by the school and blah blah blah…” and it just sounds like I’m rambling!
I’ll give you the summary I include in my query, which is the plot in one paragraph!
Kate Franklin’s dad is good at coaching basketball; what he isn’t good at is communicating with Kate and her brother Brett. When her mother dies, he shuts down, throwing himself into basketball as a way to cope with his grief, leaving Kate alone in silence. When he lands a job at Beacon, Kate finds it easy to fit in when she starts dating a player on the team, while her brother, shy and weak, is rejected by the school. Kate quickly learns to overlook the perks given to the athletes who openly disgrace her brother for not being one of them. However, the players take their power too far one night at a party and Kate is raped. Kate doesn’t stay silent about the rape, but her accusations aren’t accepted by the Beacon community. The school rallies with the team and lashes out at her. Ugly rumors are created to destroy Kate and her credibility. She’s not praised for her decision to be truthful, but instead, it brings terrible consequences. The final blow comes when her dad tries to silence her in order to protect the team. The world that Kate believed was safe is now her worst enemy, and Kate must decide whether to stay silent or expose the corruption, destroying her father’s career and bringing down a town’s heroes.
2. How long did it take you to write Canary? Revise? Query?
I started CANARY in the summer of 2007. I mainly wrote it in the summers of 2007 and 2008, although it’s evolved so much from the story it was then. I got serious about querying in the fall of 2008, spent the time doing some hard core editing and started to query in January of 2009.
3. How did you celebrate finding an agent? Sing, dance, hop around with a kangaroo?
Oh, there was a total dance party…I love to dance and there was much dancing, jumping and squealing involved. The night I made my decision to sign with Lina, my boyfriend and I shook up a bottle of champagne, all over the kitchen. When I settled down a bit, I did some things I was waiting to do… I got myself some totally awesome business cards, started my blog and bought a Macbook.
4. I saw that you taught High School, what grade and subject?
I do teach high school and am loving my job right now because it’s summer break! I teach 10th grade Language Arts and Creative Writing. I love both classes, the tenth grade subject area is American Literature and I’m working hard with the librarian to incorporate a lot of YA into the curriculum.
5. Do you have any other stories currently in the works?
I do, I do! I actually have two, which is crazy for me because it seems like the two are warring against each other inside my head. I never know what one I’ll sit down and work on, because they both are fighting to get out. This past week I’ve been working on one more than another, but that could change. It’s so strange to have two different ideas, but I feel so passionate about both that I don’t think I can push one aside. Well, the truth is that they won’t let me!
The first is one I’ve been thinking about for over a year. It’s a contemporary YA about a small farm town in Indiana. It involves two sisters, a tragedy and how people deal with things after. I’m intrigued about how our nation came together after 911 and we all held onto each other (even complete strangers), glued together from tragedy. There’s an image from the event of a crowd of people with a little girl looking up towards the heavens and holding a flag that I keep near me when I’m writing this new book. It evokes so much emotion from me every time I look at it. I’m
exploring the idea of what we hold onto when there is nothing left to hold on to and how people often cling to false hope. I write by hand first and I have three notebooks full of scenes, dialogue and ideas for the book. I just started typing everything up and it’s going to be a task in and among itself!
The second book is a risk. It’s a tough story (I call it my Living Dead Girl book because the subject isn’t easy) with dual narrators. One of the narrators may be unreliable and you may feel empathy towards things that you might later be angry with me for making you feel that way. I know this is vague, but this story came as a surprise and I’m still trying to figure out what to make of it. Every time I try to push it aside, the characters keep coming back.
6. Was Canary the first novel you finished or do you have several others currently collecting dust?
It was my first novel and it felt training for a marathon. The second book (or books) are coming along a bit easier, because I’ve learned from some of my mistakes with CANARY, but it still seems like such a daunting task. I can’t imagine having books that I wrote and then trunked. That would be too hard for me (so let’s hope CANARY sells!).
Fun & Random Questions
Favorite pizza spot: My backyard barbeque! My boyfriend and I have perfected pizzas on the grill, and I’m not sure I can go back to anything else after making them outside. It took a lot of attempts to get it right, but it was worth it…they’re so good. I pile mine up with vegetables so it’s a mountain of goodness!
Chocolate or gummy bears: Gummy all the way…I love gummy candy. I’m actually not much of a sweets person, but I’ll do just about anything for gummy peaches with the candy store near me called Malley’s Chocolates. Lucky for me, my boyfriend’s mom works for the company!
Favorite writing snack: Gummy peaches, Diet Mountain Dew, edamamae
Favorite season: Fall…even though summer ends and it’s back to school, I love the chill in the air, football games (I grew up near the high school in my city and used to fall asleep to the sound of the band playing and people cheering), the smell of fires and leaves, hot cider and sweaters without winter jackets.
So there is the lovely miss Rachele Alpine, isn't she a doll?!!! I love her so be sure to check her out and follow her if you have yet to do so! Remember she is also running a contest so make sure you check it out!!!
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
On Cloud 9
So last week the wonderful Jessica Bell over at The Alliterative Allomorph asked to interview me... in which I said HELL YES SIGN ME UP!!!
You see I've been interviewing quite a few authors over the past few months (several more to come, tune in tomorrow for Lisa & Laura... you won't want to miss out on all the fun!!) The thing is I have never been interviewed myself, I saw Creepy Query Girl getting a fabulous interview and thought hmmm, am I not interesting enough??
Turns out I was wrong, some of us just never thought to ask an unpublished author interview questions, well Jessica took the plunge and I'm glad she did so be sure to check out my interview over at her blog today!!! She's too awesome to miss! So just know if you don't think your interesting enough one of these days I'll be knocking on your unpublished door seeking an interview, and in return if you've ever wanted to ask me a question or interview me, know now that I'll say YES grinning from ear to ear :)
Wonderful contest update!!!
Erica Mitchell Spickard is still hard at work trying to climb to 78 followers for what is sure to be a wonderful twist... if you want to know what it is get over there and follow her to help celebrate her husbands return home! Also an awesome tote and books are up for grabs (which I'm dying to have) so if you jump over there make sure to tell her I sent you, and also give her a little love!
What are you still doing here??? Go check out the InTeRvIeW!!!
Blogger isn't posting comments on my blog however they are going to my email at least, so it may appear I have 0 comments but I have received yours!
You see I've been interviewing quite a few authors over the past few months (several more to come, tune in tomorrow for Lisa & Laura... you won't want to miss out on all the fun!!) The thing is I have never been interviewed myself, I saw Creepy Query Girl getting a fabulous interview and thought hmmm, am I not interesting enough??
Turns out I was wrong, some of us just never thought to ask an unpublished author interview questions, well Jessica took the plunge and I'm glad she did so be sure to check out my interview over at her blog today!!! She's too awesome to miss! So just know if you don't think your interesting enough one of these days I'll be knocking on your unpublished door seeking an interview, and in return if you've ever wanted to ask me a question or interview me, know now that I'll say YES grinning from ear to ear :)
Wonderful contest update!!!
Erica Mitchell Spickard is still hard at work trying to climb to 78 followers for what is sure to be a wonderful twist... if you want to know what it is get over there and follow her to help celebrate her husbands return home! Also an awesome tote and books are up for grabs (which I'm dying to have) so if you jump over there make sure to tell her I sent you, and also give her a little love!
What are you still doing here??? Go check out the InTeRvIeW!!!
Blogger isn't posting comments on my blog however they are going to my email at least, so it may appear I have 0 comments but I have received yours!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Prada and Prejudice love...
First up a little blog love for Kristi over at Daily Random Thoughts, her contest ends July 5th and up for grabs are some fabulous gift cards... I could be mean and not to tell you about it (better chance for me to win) but you can't pass up something that awesome so be sure to stop by and enter after you enter mine! Go here!
If you haven't checked out yesterdays book giveaway for The Truth Tellers Tale be sure to go here after you are done with this giveaway!
Today's giveaway - Prada & Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard
I am giving away Prada and Prejudice and The Truth Tellers tale for a reason, they are two books I thoroughly enjoyed but they are two books that represent what I'm writing. One of them the ultimate guide to fantasy (TTT) and the other that takes place in 1815 (P&P) I'm writing a fantasy novel (Travelers) and my latest WIP (Stella's Story - 20,000 words in since friday!) is a story of a Duchess!
THE RULES
FOllOW ME :)
ADD ME ON YOUR SIDEBAR OR BLOG (for extra points)
ADD YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS - If you could live in 1815 who would you want to be?? King, Queen, commoner? Why?
If you haven't checked out yesterdays book giveaway for The Truth Tellers Tale be sure to go here after you are done with this giveaway!
Today's giveaway - Prada & Prejudice by Mandy Hubbard
I am giving away Prada and Prejudice and The Truth Tellers tale for a reason, they are two books I thoroughly enjoyed but they are two books that represent what I'm writing. One of them the ultimate guide to fantasy (TTT) and the other that takes place in 1815 (P&P) I'm writing a fantasy novel (Travelers) and my latest WIP (Stella's Story - 20,000 words in since friday!) is a story of a Duchess!
THE RULES
FOllOW ME :)
ADD ME ON YOUR SIDEBAR OR BLOG (for extra points)
ADD YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS - If you could live in 1815 who would you want to be?? King, Queen, commoner? Why?
Friday, May 14, 2010
VIDEO BATTLE: Cats vs. Dogs
HAPPY FREAKIN' FRIDAY! Today I am hosting a fun little Video Battle. Each week I'll be selecting a something vs. something competition where those entering will email me - jenniferdaiker(at)gmail(dot)com - and I will give them all the details. From there they will make a fun and witty video to post each Friday and I will choose the winner! This week the something vs. something is:
CATS VS. DOGS
Those who are also participating are:
Candyland
The Alliterative Allomorph
T.J. Carson
Shannon
Creepy Query Girl
So make sure you check out there videos! I'll be announcing the winner tomorrow! If you'd like to sign up for the next round just let me know and I'll be sure to sneak you the secret battle!
CATS VS. DOGS
Those who are also participating are:
Candyland
The Alliterative Allomorph
T.J. Carson
Shannon
Creepy Query Girl
So make sure you check out there videos! I'll be announcing the winner tomorrow! If you'd like to sign up for the next round just let me know and I'll be sure to sneak you the secret battle!
Monday, March 29, 2010
winners among other things...
Happy Monday!
Birthday - Thank you for all the sweet birthday wishes!!! The weekend was great, I got had a lot of fun and got plenty of fantastic outfits!!! I took a picture of one so you could see how cute it is! My husband was fantastic and took me out to the cheesecake factory on Saturday evening, the food was great and the conversation was amazing as always!
Writing - I was able to get a great chunk of writing done yesterday!!! Another 2,000 words down! I am quickly approaching 70K and I'm pretty sure within the next week or two I will be finished with my first draft, I'm very excited!!!!
Winners - The votes are in... the points have been added!!! I'm very excited about announcing the winners! One who just the other day told me she never won was selected!!! So without further ado I give you the winners
KIMBERLY FRANKLIN
SARAHJAYNE SMYTHE
CRYSTAL COOK
Congratulations to the winners!!! Sarahjayne & Kimberly please either leave your email address below or shoot me an email at jenniferdaiker(at)gmail(dot)com and I'll send the gift card over!!! Crystal you should be receiving an email shortly!
Birthday - Thank you for all the sweet birthday wishes!!! The weekend was great, I got had a lot of fun and got plenty of fantastic outfits!!! I took a picture of one so you could see how cute it is! My husband was fantastic and took me out to the cheesecake factory on Saturday evening, the food was great and the conversation was amazing as always!
Writing - I was able to get a great chunk of writing done yesterday!!! Another 2,000 words down! I am quickly approaching 70K and I'm pretty sure within the next week or two I will be finished with my first draft, I'm very excited!!!!
Winners - The votes are in... the points have been added!!! I'm very excited about announcing the winners! One who just the other day told me she never won was selected!!! So without further ado I give you the winners
KIMBERLY FRANKLIN
SARAHJAYNE SMYTHE
CRYSTAL COOK
Congratulations to the winners!!! Sarahjayne & Kimberly please either leave your email address below or shoot me an email at jenniferdaiker(at)gmail(dot)com and I'll send the gift card over!!! Crystal you should be receiving an email shortly!
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