Winner of Return to Paradise ARC!!
Really quickly I'd like to thank all of you for entering!! We had a total of 355 entries into the contest! Some of you are new followers, but most of you are returning, and some of you are my personal friends. I know contests are fun to enter and fun to win, but they're also fun for the host. And *this host* totally appreciates all of you for every single entry!
Out of 355 total entries, the winner is
CARIE SOTO
with 20/355 entries!!!!!!!
Carie, please send me an email to ljb (at) ljboldyrev (dot) com with your mailing address!! Congrats! If you do not contact me by Sunday, I'll have to chose a new winner, so please make sure you email me.
If you didn't win this time, there will be more contests, including a chance to win REBEL MOON signed by me. Thanks again, guys!
No Farms, No Food
Today's post is going to be completely unrelated to writing, just so you know. Randomness will ensue.
I was watching this thing on Planet Green last night, and they were saying that in 2050 the world's population will hit 9 billion people, and there is growing concern over food shortage.
Food shortage!
I grew up around farms. Farmland as far as the eye could see. But now I'm thinking about growing populations, and the human race striving for better technology and higher wages, and blah blah blah ( I'm not the type of person who usually sits around and thinks about this) and it's no wonder food shortage is a possibility! Who wants to be a farmer anymore? Farms are usually family owned, handed down from generation to generation but with the way things are, can a farmer afford to live a comfortable life?
When I was a kid, my family bought milk in glass jugs right from the neighboring dairy farm. Now the FDA is trying to say we can't drink unpasteurized milk (even though more health risks are related to pasteurized than not).
Anyway, I just wanted to give a shout-out to farmers everywhere and say thank you. Without farms, we don't have food. Farmers work from sun-up till sun down, some of them seven days a week. I raise my Elvis coffee mug to you, Mr. Farmer.
Happy Thursday.
On Shorts
I did a guest post on writing short stories over at Adventures in Children's Publishing. Hope over and check it out! Yanno, if you want.
Getting Ahead (of yourself).
As aspiring writers, a lot of us tend to make mistakes when it comes to submissions. We don't follow guidelines, we make spelling errors in our queries, or we submit before we're really ready. I'm not saying all of us do these things, you may never make one mistake. But a lot of new writers jump the gun be it with agents, editors, or even contest entries.
You're eager. You know you need to revise more. But it's written all the way to the end. Your BFF says it's perfect. Your mom says you're the next J.K Rowling. Your palms sweat. You're finger is on the button ready to click "send".
Don't do it!
Because chances are, it's not ready. You're not ready. And you don't want to make an a$$ out of yourself by submitting something that isn't ready. If you win the contest, or if the agent requests pages, then what? You send something half-assed and then ask to revise and resubmit. You've wasted said agent/editor's time and you are EXTREMELY lucky if she/he doesn't tell you to go to someplace not nice.
Trust me. Don't do it.
Breathe. Revise. Rewrite. Repeat.
You'll know when it's ready.
Contest: Signed ARC Return to Paradise
**CONTEST IS CLOSED**
No special reason for this one. I was just looking over my book collection and realized I have a few extra copies of some awesome books and ARCS. This month's giveaway will be a signed ARC of RETURN TO PARADISE by Simone Elkeles (Flux books September 1st 2010) and a bookmark!I apologize for the poor quality photos. My cell doesn't take good pics indoors.
And one of me and Simone in case you doubt me.
The Sequel to LEAVING PARADISE
From the New York Times Bestselling Author of RULES OF ATTRACTION
Caleb Becker left Paradise eight months ago, taking with him the secret he promised to take to his grave. If the truth got out, it would ruin everything.
Maggie Armstrong tried to be strong after Caleb broke her heart and disappeared. Somehow, she managed to move on. She’s determined to make a new life for herself.
But then Caleb and Maggie are forced together on a summer trip. They try ignoring their passion for each other, but buried feelings resurface. Caleb must face the truth about the night of Maggie’s accident, or the secret that destroyed their relationship will forever stand between them.
Praise for Leaving Paradise:
"Elkeles writes convincingly about family tensions, retreating from painful reality, and teens outgrowing their old skins." —School Library Journal
"Elkeles creates raw emotions, dialogue, and high-school ambience that’s just right… [A] delicate, delicious love story."—Booklist
To enter:
1. You must be a follower of this blog. This is not me trying to get a bazillion followers. This is me appreciating those who support this blog. This will get you 1 entry point.
2. For each time you spread the word about THIS giveaway, with a link to where you shared it, +1 entries. (Facebook, myspace, twitter etc)
- Tweet: Giveaway! Signed ARC of RETURN TO PARADISE by Simone Elkeles! @ljboldyrev http://bit.ly/bilOdy
3. A blog post, with a link to your blog will get you +5 entries.
4. For bonus entries, spread the word about REBEL MOON! RM is an anthology of supernatural short stories for young adults, including my first ever published short, PARALLEL (it's got werewolves).
+5 for EACH time you share the following:
- "REBEL MOON, an anthology of supernatural tales, now available http://rebelbookspublishing.co.uk/bookshop.aspx"
or on twitter
- REBEL MOON, an anthology of supernatural tales: Now available http://rebelbookspublishing.co.uk/bookshop.aspx @ljboldyrev @rebelbooksllp
on facebook, twitter, myspace --limit one per site. If you want to tweet it a hundred times, that's cool, but to be fair I'll only count one tweet.
+20 entries if you blog using the following info and link me to your post:
Click the cover to grab your copy of REBEL MOON! Includes a supernatural short by L.J. Boldyrev!
Paperback 220 pages
ISBN 13: 978-0-9565035
ISBN 10: 0956503519
REBEL MOON
(An Anthology of supernatural tales)
by Various
Have you ever wondered what Death would look like if he approached you at a bus stop? Or what would happen if a vampire’s chosen victim turned out to be more than they had bargained for?
Rebel Moon is a collection of stories that will whisk you into worlds of vampires, werewolves and witchcraft so prepare yourself for a bumpy ride as sometimes the dead have more of a life than the living and if this book teaches you anything it is to always expect the unexpected!
From the teen witches you wouldn’t want to cross in One Witch Down to the dark comedy of Evil 101, this is a book you won’t want to put down.
And as a bonus, if you've bought or ordered REBEL MOON, I'll add +20 to your entries. Just snap a picture of the receipt, or a picture of you with the book to ljb@ljboldyrev.com or upload the pic and link me to it in the comments.
I am absolutely bad at math, and I hate when I have to add my total entries on a contest, so I won't make you do that. Just fill out the form and I'll do the rest.
Contest will run until August 20th 12pm EST, and it IS international! I'll ship anywhere. Winners will be announced shortly after.
Thank you and good luck!
Author Closet
Hope you're all having a great weekend!
Author Charliane Harris, Sookie Stackhouse (True Blood), is cleaning out her closet for the next few days. She's offering up quite a few different editions of her books including some from Finland, Germany, Britain, Sweden, and Japan. She's accepting cashiers check or paypal to cover the cost of the book and the shipping and she's offered to sign and personalize any of the books.
I missed her signing in my home city so I've ordered myself a copy of the True Blood Omnibus! :D
Follow this link to see what she has available and for more info on who to contact: http://www.charlaineharris.com/closet.html
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