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I know, I know. I'm such a tease.
But five days until the paperback of THE PULL OF GRAVITY officially releases so I decided to do a quickie giveaway.
FYI, I am not a fan of giveaway contests.
A. I save most my giveaways for charitable endeavors or teachers & classrooms and
B. in case you don't know this (and why would you?), other than a short supply of "author copies" we get upon release of the new edition, authors end up buying every book we give away.
Yeah, you heard me: we buy our own darned books. :)
BUT, having said that, I am truly uber excited about the paperback release (can you say "The Pull of Gravity for $9.99?!) -- and more excited since I Skyped with an awesome book club from the Lacey Branch Library (Ocean County, NJ) last night and they hands-down loved the shiny new paperback cover.
So, here it goes. Oh, and I'm not making it easy.
(If you want your quickie easy *coughs*, you can go HERE, to my blogger pal Kelly's BLOG - she's hosting a giveaway where all you have to do is comment to enter. I'm making you work a little harder than that!
So, the paperback has some shiny new features that the hardcover doesn't. And one of them is an Author Q&A in a section called Go Fish! (the paperback is published by Square Fish).
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For the past two weeks, here and there, I've been posting some teasers of the questions.
The truth is, some of my answers are kind of funny, though some I would change today, and some I totally didn't remember how I answered...
Anyway, one of the questions -- well, really a two-parter -- is,
"Do you have any strange or funny habits? Did you as a kid?"
Your job, if you choose to accept it, is to guess in a comment the answer to part one or part two (now or then) or both. And, um, please be appropriate because I have tween and teen readers and we all know no one is more appropriate and proper than teens. (shhh).
Anyway, the contest is open for the next five days. The person who comes closest to guessing right, will win a signed paperback and a The Pull of Gravity swag pack (signed buttons, bookmarks, a mini slinky, wax lips, and one of the few remaining and uber-exclusive mini troll dolls with a signed butt).
So, get to it. I'll see you here again late on February 5th for the winner!
xox gae
p.s. if you read The Pull of Gravity and loved it, please spread the word. If you haven't put up a review on Amazon and are willing... I would be grateful!
You ate cereal with a fork?
ReplyDeleteC'mon, that's got to be close.
Love you, Gae, and love the shiny new cover. My copy is on it's way!!
xo,
Chris
Cereal with a fork?!?! But, then, what would i do with all that milk? :)
ReplyDeleteI think all the covers are great but I really loved the cover for your hardback.
ReplyDeleteAs for strange things...is it okay for me to reveal that you eat seaweed when you can't get a swim in??
ooh, i eat seaweed whether i swim or not. I do hate how it gets stuck in my teeth.
DeleteYou floss your teeth with a piece of your hair? You always read the last page of a book first? Oh wait, that's two isn't it? You have friends who are cheaters? :-)
ReplyDeleteSo excited for paperback release and happily spreading the word...
thanks, Amy! I only floss my teeth with seaweed. And I always read the middle page first. Thanks for cheering me on.
DeleteCongratulations on the paperback edition! Did you ever wear your underwear inside out for good luck? If I wear my underwear inside out on your behalf will you sell a million copies?
ReplyDeleteyes, Carole! Get going! :)
DeleteTo continue an earlier conversation, I think one strange habit you have is a secret, undying crush on Chachi from Happy Days. I suppose crushes aren't really habits, but yours has been going on for so long, its become a habit.
ReplyDeleteSorry, couldn't resist. I'm not sure why I even thought of this in the first place, but let me tell you, the idea is very humorous to me. :)
If truth be told, Caroline, I only had eyes for Leif Garrett. Yep. Un huh.
ReplyDeleteTake your age, subtract 3. That's how old you were three years ago. What was the question? I lost focus after reading, "Who Wants a Quickie?"
ReplyDeleteCharlie, so far you are the closest. ;)
ReplyDeleteYou wrote poetry on the soles of your shoes? That seems like a good habit for a future novelist. So, excited about the paperback release of such a great book!
ReplyDeleteI WISH i wrote poetry on the soles of my shoes! that would have been a way better habit! Thanks, Alissa.
ReplyDeleteStrange habits? You walk out of the ocean backwards - it's a superstition thing, isn't it? When you were a kid, you always ate all of the pink Good 'n Plenty's first. Yay for paperbacks!
ReplyDeletei have the advantage of having interviewed dozens of people who knew gae when she was a kid. her odd habit was quite remarkable, and shame on the local paper for their last minute decision in 1979 to kill the story they had planned to run on page B2. gae would cook two dozen pancakes on a sunday morning, help herself to three or four of them, then take the balance of them to the corner of ellery and cherry street, where she would balance them on her head while hula-hooping and singing "i was made for dancing," a leif garrett hit. she did this year-round, and in the winter months, the sight of steam rising from the pancakes as she twisted her way into the hearts of the neighbors, was truly awe-inspiring. unfortunately, there was some health code issue about dancing with pancakes on one's head, and a certain officer shackleford put an end to the whole affair. and there you have it. remind me again - what do i win?
ReplyDeleteYou separated the M&Ms by color and ate the orange ones first.
ReplyDeleteAs for me, I'd eat the outer edge of the Ding Dong first, lick the white creamy middle, then eat the rest in one bite. Did you do that too?
Enjoyed all the funny guesses. Congrats on the paperback. What a fun adventure you are having!
Paul is the front-runner right now.
ReplyDeleteAnd, um, Margaret. . .
would it be cheating if I said that your habbit was to make up words, change the spelling of "real" words, and shred the newspaper into dots of confetti that you would strew on top of mounds of tuna fish and apple which you ate while playing pinball in the basement and sitting by the pool with a reflector and baby oil?
ReplyDeleteshould I mention that if I win this prize, I'm giving the book I win to Samara's language arts teacher who we hate in the hopes of humanizing her?
omg, that last part made me laugh out loud. Let's hope that Samara's language arts teacher doesn't read my blog. Or, I guess, that she does. I know SO many wonderful LA teachers... it makes me weep every time my kids get a "less skilled" one. Sigh.
ReplyDeletep.s. for all you knew me as a kid, Lori -- and while you did get some assorted habits in here -- you missed the strangest one. ;)
ReplyDeletemaybe I know it and I'm just being polite ;)
ReplyDelete(*doesn't really know)
ReplyDeletehah, Lori. You might. But I dont know if you do.
ReplyDeleteYou couldn't help yourself, while at slumber parties, from dipping your sleeping friends' hands in warm water, then giggling like an idiot until someone woke up, discovered a *cough* mess, then you pretended to be asleep and feigned complete and righteous innocence?
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