This mostly means pain and suffering to me, of course: short lengths of daylight, lots of cold, shoveling to do, ages till the thaw. But it also means it's time to start the Tenners tour of the Exile!
So, without further ado, here's the first guest post, from the wonderful, funny, and talented Dia Reeves, author of Bleeding Violet, which you can pre-order from this page! Remember: the topic is "fish out of water," keeping in the spirit of the Exile. (Stay tuned after the post for some more info about the signed ARC giveaway!)
Thanks, Dia.I can't really think of any fish-out-of-water stories, Steve. I'm always at home wherever I go. You know, as long as people aren't looking at me. The only things I can think of that might even be remotely fishy is, sometimes at parties people insist that I get up and dance because of that old chestnut about how all black people are great dancers. Heh. Well, usually after about ten seconds of watching me strut my stuff, I get asked to sit back down.Or like this other time when I went trick-or-treating in college and I was so old that no one would give me the good candy--just candy corn and those nasty brown things that taste like root beer. And, like, a toothbrush I think.And this other time, my mom and I went to the movies to watch one of the sequels to Children of the Corn (can't remember which one) and we laughed the whole way through it, especially at the parts that were making other people scream. Only three movies scare me--The Exorcist, The Return of the Living Dead, and Evil Dead. Everything else is stupid.So that's all I got. I think my way of being different is largely internal and would require a weird-girl brain scanner or something like that to pick me out of a crowd. Otherwise I just blend in.
Now, as promised, more info on the giveaway. The contest* will officially begin right now, with this post. To enter, simply comment below. If you Twitter or blog link to this post, I'll give you an extra entry, just make sure to let me know. And on future Tenner posts, there will be more opportunities to enter. As a reminder, the prize is an ARC of The Absolute Value of -1, signed by every Tenner featured on the Exile (so far, that means me and Dia, but many more will follow). I'll also add other fun gifties down the road, so stay tuned.
*US and Canada residents only (sorry, Roo). Please do not enter if you are under 13.
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Great post!
December 1, 2009 at 10:49 AMExcept I disagree about the worthiness of candy corn. YUM. :)
Fun. Looking forward to words from all the tenners. Wouldn't mind a signed copy of your book either. Consider me entered.
December 1, 2009 at 2:25 PM*Jumps up and down*
December 1, 2009 at 5:35 PMMe, me, me! I want to read TABO-1 superdy duper badly! It looks soooo good :]
+1: Tweeted:]
December 1, 2009 at 5:37 PMhttp://twitter.com/Danidlion/status/6251166514
Hey, the CHILDREN OF THE CORN movies are hilarious! Every damned one of them! Tweeted, by the way, or maybe I should say retweeted, at http://twitter.com/Mike_Jung/status/6251461991
December 1, 2009 at 5:49 PMMike Jung
http://twitter.com/Tegan19/status/6251996482
December 1, 2009 at 6:11 PMhttp://beautyxinsainty.livejournal.com/ (SideBar)
Cant wait this book look great!
2010is going to be an awsome year for ya lit
Enter me! :) I'd love to get my paws on Bleeding Violet! It sounds (and looks) great!!
December 1, 2009 at 6:25 PMI Tweeted! - http://twitter.com/robbiebear03/statuses/6252580077
Robyn (:
robolobolyn03(at)gmail(dot)com
Just so no one is confused, and there seems to be some confusion indeed, the prize in this contest is an ARC of THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF -1, signed by myself, Dia, Jenn Hubbard, Heidi Kling, and other Tenners, NOT a copy of Bleeding Violet.
December 1, 2009 at 6:47 PMI am so excited about all the great books coming out in 2010. Incredible.
December 1, 2009 at 9:30 PMPlease enter me. yaya
tweeted
http://twitter.com/EllzReadz/status/6258080787
Elie (Ellz Readz)
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I can't wait to read another Carolrhoda YA!
December 1, 2009 at 9:41 PMI'm not a big scary movie person so have not watched any of the movies that Dia named.
December 2, 2009 at 12:17 AMTweeted: http://twitter.com/Jullysay/status/6261899670
jen4777[at]hotmail.com
Silence of the Lambs is scary.
December 2, 2009 at 10:47 AMBut agreed that the CotC movies work as humor.
Would love a signed book!
December 2, 2009 at 3:19 PMcoll
Great giveaway idea!!! a fun way to feature 10'ers!
December 3, 2009 at 7:03 PMFun fun giveaway for sure. Nice post from Dia.
December 3, 2009 at 10:12 PM-Lauren
I would love to have a signed book. And Bleeding Violets sounds so amazing.
December 4, 2009 at 3:20 PMI tweeted about this contest:
http://twitter.com/ravenamo
Email: lyricalraven(at)yahoo(dot)com
Please enter me!
December 4, 2009 at 3:59 PMThere are so many great books coming out in 2010!
kat-tastic(at)live.com
Sounds like a great read!
December 4, 2009 at 8:16 PMemily-casey@comcast.net
Bleeding Violet sounds great, would love to win a copy! :)
December 5, 2009 at 2:05 PMvan p.
Littlebookaholic(at)yahoo(dot)com
This is wonderful! I'd love to enter this contest :)
December 5, 2009 at 10:38 PMtweeted:
http://twitter.com/justeena/status/6390928205
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I'm so excited for The Absolute Value of -1, I don't want to wait until next September! I'm excited for Bleeding Violet, too, of course - so many good-sounding books are coming out this year!
December 6, 2009 at 7:27 PMPlease enter me =)
I tweeted: @thekams
The first Children of the Corn movie scared the crap out of me especially since I live in a small farming area. But then it just went all downhill after that one, lol Great post!
January 11, 2010 at 4:49 PMAmber
Books = yay. Please enter me!
January 11, 2010 at 7:09 PMshari579 [at] hotmail[dot]com
Enter me please :)
January 11, 2010 at 10:16 PMfoltzsfantasticbooks at gmail.com
Ooh! I LOVE contests! Enter me! :)
January 12, 2010 at 3:24 PMlchardesty at yahoo dot com
I sort of like those little root beer candies, and IMO no one is ever too old to dress up for Halloween (or a Renaissance Faire, a gathering of Faeries, a Steampunk festival, a Regency tea, a ComicCon, or even just a random bit of Cosplay to make a mundane trip to the grocery store more interesting).
January 12, 2010 at 6:11 PMThank you for hosting this fun contest! :)
theeagerreaders[at]yahoo[dot]com
I'm not one for scary movies so I haven't seen any of the ones that Dia mentioned. Also, how can you not like candy corn? It's amazing. =]
January 14, 2010 at 5:52 PMThanks for the awesome contest. I would love to be entered to win a signed ARC of The Absolute Value Of -1.
katieb206@gmail.com
Great post! Please enter me.
January 31, 2010 at 8:38 PMI tweeted: http://twitter.com/kghobbs/statuses/8479243736
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Great Blog Post. I Would Love To Be Entered Into This Giveaway.
February 19, 2010 at 2:27 PMI Tweeted About This Giveaway.
http://twitter.com/skyla11377/status/9351126925
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