The *iwasiwasinnewyorkatbeawithnatasha* Giveaway!
Oh how I wish I could magically transport every single one of you to New York City to attend BookExpo America! I’m having a blast (well, I’ve prescheduled this post but as of Thursday afternoon I was having a blast and hadn’t left yet, so I imagine it only got better!) and at the moment should be at the BEAtweetup party at the Greenhouse. If you really want to know my every move (not as scary as it sounds) then be sure to watch my Twitter profile or subscribe to my twitter update feed in your favorite reader. I’m just figuring out how to tweet via texting on my phone so we shall see how it goes.
So while I’m partying (well given the fact that I don’t drink and I saw this article, I’m a bit nervous) at the BEAtweetup, I hope the rest of you are partying at the BEAtwittyparty hosted by Rebecca at The Book Lady’s Blog!
I want to do a giveaway just for you! I have a copy of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon and The Bright Side of Disaster by Katherine Center for two lucky winners! In addition, I will have a third winner who gets a mysterious something from what I bring back from BEA. I’d tell you what it is, but I haven’t the foggiest idea either. It will be good. I promise!
Giveaway open for everybody and I’ll pick a winner after I come home and recover. You can continue to enter after the BEAtwittyparty is over because I’ll still be partying myself! To enter, you must answer this question: if you could go to a party with any three authors, dead or alive, who would they be and why?
Looking forward to your answers and don’t forget that I’m also giving away a SIGNED copy of The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Willliams!
Hope you are having a great time at the BEAtwittyparty!
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I’m sure you’re having waaaaaay more fun than us tweeps! But this is an awesome contest. I’d invite:
1. Christopher Moore, so I could ask him what he was thinking when he wrote Fool!
2. Gertrude Stein, so we could talk about all those ex-pat authors and life in Paris
3. Lisa See, cause the end of Shanghai Girls is still bugging me and I need to pick her brain.
on May 29th, 2009 at 6:07 pmGood Question.
Okay my three dead or alive would be:
-VC Andrews. To find out why she wrote Flowers in the Attic and the books following that and if she realized what a following they would have.
-Robert Munsch because he is a fantastic Canadian kids author. I want to know if he is as funny in person as he is in his books.
-James Patterson because he is fantastic. I want to know why he can write as many books as he does and if he ever gets writters block.
Have fun in Bea and can’t wait to see and hear all about it.
cindysloveofbooksarcATgmailDOTcom
on May 29th, 2009 at 6:09 pmGood questions. I’ve been having fun stalking you via your BEA tweets, so keep tweeting away!
I think I’d have a party with three literary journalists I admire (mostly so I could pick their brain about books). Probably Azadeh Moaveni (Lipstick Jihad), Jon Krakauer (Under the Banner of Heaven), and David Sedaris. I guess he’s an essayist, but whatever, he’d be fun and make me feel less awkward!
on May 29th, 2009 at 6:24 pmOh good question!
1. Oscar Wilde
2. Charlotte Bronte
3. Carol Shields
Wow, all 3 are dead. I need more living faves.
on May 29th, 2009 at 6:35 pmHmm. That’s a good question!
I’d say Eve Brown-Waite because she’s HILARIOUS, John Steinbeck because he wrote 2 of my very favorite books, and CS Lewis because he’s so darn interesting.
on May 29th, 2009 at 7:04 pmOkay, this is actually a tough one with me, because there are 4 authors I really would love to chat with, but I’ll try to choose just the 3.
1. Ann Rule
I’m not a huge fan of true crime, as most of it is exploitative, but I believe that Ann writes with compassion and with the intention of saving lives. I love her website and think she’s just a wonderful woman, and a great example of how to become a sucessive writer.
2. Stephen King
He so often gets pegged as a horror writer, but for anyone that has ever read his complete works, he is obviously so much more than that! I’ve always loved his author notes and his non-fiction novels, On Writing and Danse Macabre, have giving a window into who he is as a person. I think he’s just brilliant, and a chance to actually speak to him (assuming that I could to more than just gape!) would be truly awesome.
3. Christopher Pike
I was lucky when I was child, I got diagnosed with dyslexia much earlier than most and my parents were able to afford a tutor to teach me to read properly. I suddenly not only could read, but was able to read on a much higher level than my classmates. For years in school I had to read books that did not challenge me, but all that changed when my Dad got me my first library card. I immediatly went to the young adult section, and that’s where I discovered Christopher Pike. Unlike other YA authors of that time, Pike never talked down to his intended audience, and his characters were easy to identify with. I still re-read his novels, and he has since branched out in the adult section (Falling is fantastic!). Pike is known for being pretty reclusive (he uses a pen name). I would really just love to let him know that he made reading fun again, that he inspired me to begin writing myself. And yes, I have favorite characters that I would like to quiz him on!
Okay, I think that’s enough! But if I could have my fourth author- Maeve Binchy. Love her style, love her.
on May 29th, 2009 at 7:07 pmThis is tough! My three:
- Stephen King, because I want to know how his brain works and he can come up with the stuff he writes.
- Geoffrey Chaucer, because I want to know ALL about the 14th century from someone who lived in it.
- Sharon Kay Penman. With her amazing historical novels and my background in medieval history, I think we would have a lot to talk about.
on May 29th, 2009 at 7:16 pmThank you for offering the non-twitterers to win something! Yay! My three authors would be:
Norman Mailer – for his killer wit
Jane Austen – cause she’s my kinda girl, and she is an observer of humanity
Katherine Center – cause I Loved (with a capital L) Everyone is Beautiful, and I want to win The Bright Side of Disaster!
You may contact me at rnawrot at cfl dot rr dot com.
Wish I were there!
on May 29th, 2009 at 7:27 pmI’d like to go to a party with Octavia E. Butler, Mercedes Lackey, and Marion Zimmer Bradley because they are the three authors that have most influenced my own writing and I’d love to meet them and just hear them talk to each other. lol They wouldn’t even have to talk to me. Unfortunately, only Mercedes Lackey is still alive.
on May 29th, 2009 at 7:36 pmBEA sounds so fun! Maybe I’ll get there one day. Awesome contest. Let’s see…three authors…
1. Scott Westerfeld, because I just discovered his books this year and have loved each and every single one. He’s got such wonderful ideas and I’d love to know more about him. Plus he just seems fun to hang out with.
2. Vladimir Nabokov. I think he’d be stuck up and pretentious, but that he’d also have the most amazing sense of humor ever, so either we’d laugh a lot or I’d feel embarrassed in his presense the whole time, haha!
3. William Somerset Maugham. I’d like to thank him for introducing me to classics that weren’t so heavy, so that for the first time in nearly a decade, I began to read for fun again. Without his books, I wouldn’t be a book blogger.
Keep having fun!!
on May 29th, 2009 at 7:56 pmOh my, I would really love to win The Bright Side of Disaster. I LOVED Everyone is Beautiful. A book from BEA would be fun too!
I would pick:
F. Scott Fitzgerald–because he was the one “classic” author I really liked reading in high school.
Shirley Damsgaard–because I really enjoy her Ophelia and Abby mystery series and she lives in Iowa (where I grew up). I think it would be really fun to chat with her.
Rick Riordan–I think it would be fun to chat with him and ask him what he plans on writing next now that his Percy Jackson series is complete.
Have a great time at BEA!
isaacson.holly[at]gmail[dot]com
on May 29th, 2009 at 8:02 pmYikes, hard question.
Hmm, perhaps:
Leo Tolstoy, Kathleen Norris, and John Grisham. Fabulous writers I admire, all. And it could make for an interesting mix, too.
on May 29th, 2009 at 8:04 pmThree authors?
1)Charles de Lint – His compassion and understanding of the underside of life can only come from someone who has been there. Not to mention how easily he weaves fantasy into an urban setting. He’s listed first for his book “The Onion Girl”…it treads so close to my own life it’s eerie.
2)Neil Gaiman – He is toted to be the “rock star” of the literary world. However I think he would be fascinating to get to know. His compassion with his animals is a win-win with me. The shear volume of imagination that goes into his writing is a touchstone to crossing realism with the surreal. Who wouldn’t find themselves compelled to want to spend time with him.
3)Edgar Allen Poe – A tortured soul with that I truly believe had one foot in this world and the other. Not to mention “The Raven” my alltime favorite piece of litature of them all. It was also my daughter’s favorite bedtime tale.
Thanks for the opportunity! Indigo
ravensquietscreams@gmail.com
on May 29th, 2009 at 8:22 pmNeil Gaiman, Mike Carey and Bill Willingham because I AM A BIG GRAPHIC NOVEL FANGIRL!!!!
on May 29th, 2009 at 9:56 pmI lost my first try…so again while you are enjoying BEA (so jealous):
on May 29th, 2009 at 10:17 pm1-Margaret Mitchell so I can ask what happened to Scarlett and Rhett in my favorite book, GONE WITH THE WIND.
2-Betty Smith so I can ask how she came up with Francie Nolan and the idea for my second favorite, A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN.
3-Wally Lamb so I can ask about how he made SHE’S COME UNDONE so brilliant and relatable to so many especially me!
Thanks..please come to my blog as I have an award for you as well.
I hope your having a great time! I hope to read all the details
My authors
1) Marian Keyes – One of my favourite authors, who has very witty characters in her books. Would love to see how her personality compares. And ask her when we get the the final instalment of the Walsh Sisters.
2) Robert Jordan – another favourite author, who is now dead
. I’d like to see what he thinks of Brandon Sanderson version of the final instalment of his series and then see his own. It would be interesting.
3) Toss up between Margaret Atwood – another favourite author, who is also Canadain. Would be great just to meet her in person. Or J.K Rowling, so I can tell her my displeasure for killing two characters in a series…tear….I will never forgive her! NEVER!
dobson.j.m@gmail.com is me address.
Have a great day tomorrow at BEA
on May 29th, 2009 at 10:21 pmI’m enjoying hearing about what you are all up to at BEA, although I wish I was the one sending the updates. *sigh*
Three authors? Hmmm…
Terry Pratchett – a keen observer of human nature with an amazing wealth of general knowledge.
Jackie French (Aussie author of picture books, youth fiction, adult historical fiction, gardening books, wildlife books, cookbooks) – very funny, intelligent woman. Lots of fun to chat with.
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) – Daniel Deronda is one of my favourite classic books.
on May 29th, 2009 at 10:54 pmlol, I decided that I would post my comment first then read the others
1. Jane Austen – the undisputed queen of irony and the chance to clear up some of the missing bits from her letters
on May 29th, 2009 at 10:56 pm2. Jasper Fforde – he’s hysterically funny and I want to tell him he has to keep writing Thursday Next books (at a sedate pace, not the crzay one-book-per-year pace he’s been on)
3. Judy Blume – the author of all my favorite books from childhood; we could have a great time talking about Margaret and Deenie and …
Oh this one’s easy for me…if it were a book related party, it would be John Green, Neil Gaiman, and David Sedaris…tell me that doesn’t sound like a fun party :p
I hope you’re having the best time Natasha!!! I’m planning on joining you next year…I’m saving up now for it!
on May 29th, 2009 at 11:29 pmHmm… Only three?
- Libba Bray
on May 30th, 2009 at 1:28 am- Scott Westerfeld
- J. K. Rowling
I’d select:
1. Ernest Hemingway
2. John Steinbeck
3. Wally Lamb
All quite brilliant IMO.
on May 30th, 2009 at 5:35 amI’d select (1) Charlotte Bronte because I want to know how she did it: captured human emotion so well in such beautiful prose.
on May 30th, 2009 at 6:27 am(2) Jane Austen because it would be fun to talk about her books with her
and
(3) Toni Morrison — because I’d just like to hear her talk. Not that I’d have anything to say to her, but I think she’d be fascinating!
Wow, I want to go to basically every one of these parties!
on May 30th, 2009 at 11:51 amI. Adriana Trigiani – because I love all her books, and would like to see if she is as glamorous as her photo’s. Also hope that she would share a new recipe with me:-0
on May 30th, 2009 at 11:57 am2. Christopher Paolini – because I am amazed that such a young man could write 3 best sellers!
3. Stephanie Meyers – because I would love to discuss with her about the genre of her books, and how she deals with her busy life (family, church, work)!
Great question!
on May 30th, 2009 at 4:10 pm1. Maud Hart Lovelace–I loved all the Betsy-Tacy books and would have loved to hear more stories about their lives.
2. Carolyn Turgeon–because I was just blown away by her new novel, Godmother. (about the fallen fairy godmother from Cinderella–give it a try if you haven’t already!)
3. Stephen King–believe it or not. Haven’t read anywhere near all of his books, but love his EW column and he really has a handle on a lot of current, popular fiction.
I feel like a little kid, snotty nose pressed up against the glass, watching all the cool kids at the BEA party!
My authors would be:
on May 30th, 2009 at 5:24 pmMem Fox. She’s my hero – a brilliant writer and woman who is not afraid to speak her mind. She is so kind and generous to other writers, and every single one of her books touches my heart.
Bill Bryson. Our world needs more laughter and he provides it. I would just love to talk to him about the era we both grew up in, and I believe he would seem like an old friend.
Mo Willems. This guy seems to inspire adulation in the kidlit community, and quite frankly, I would love to see what all the fuss is about!
I’m so glad you are having a blast! Can’t wait to hear about it when you get back.
I would love to party with:
1. Laurie Halse Anderson – I want the inside scoop on Wintergirls
2. Kami Garcia
3. Margie Stohl – these last 2 go together as they co-wrote Beautiful Creatures, my new fave YA book, and I want to pick their brains.
Great giveaway!
on May 30th, 2009 at 8:26 pmshelcows AT gmail DOT com
This is a tough question, because there are so many authors I’d love to meet in person. So I think I’ll go with a party of dead folks. And all female, this time. I’d have to say:
1. Jane Austen, 2. Charlotte Bronte, and 3. George Eliot. But ask me again tomorrow and I’d likely pick another three!
I really wish I could have been with you in NY for BEA. It was fun to follow along via Twitter, but I wish I could have been there in person. So glad you were able to go!
on May 30th, 2009 at 8:53 pmI just came back to check on everyone’s comments (and book party guests).
I definitely want to be at Book Chook’s party and how could I have overlooked Jasper Fforde? Amen to more Thursday Next books.
on May 30th, 2009 at 9:39 pmSo hard to pick! THe first that come to mind:
Jane Austen – I just love to read her books over and over.
John Steinbeck – Amazing literature
CS Lewis – the imagination and meaning to his writing and to talk about his beliefs
It would be fun to see what these people were like in life.
Hope you had a good time. THanks for the giveaways.
on May 30th, 2009 at 9:57 pm1. Shakespeare—- then he could write a poem or a play or anything about the party with me, ha ha
2. Lisa See—- she mostly writes about China, and the Chinese, then we can have a lot to talk about.
3. Jeanette Winterson—- she’s just so talented, and her works are so fascinating. I really want to know how she came up with these novels.
on May 30th, 2009 at 10:22 pm1. A.A. Milne-my early favorites
2. Judy Blume-my next-stage favorites
3. Jodi Piccoult-my favorite adult writer
Oh, so hard to choose cuz even as I type that list new ones emerge like Kathryn Stockett, Suzanne Collins, and Amy Krouse Rosenthal!! A little like being at a buffet and offered only three choices…glad you had fun @ BEA!
on May 31st, 2009 at 8:54 amMy three would be Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe & Diana Gabaldon. Fun question and loved reading everyone’s replies.
on May 31st, 2009 at 10:35 am3 authors huh.. well I’ll choose
on May 31st, 2009 at 10:50 am1. Charlaine Harris because I just LOVE Sookie
2. Allison Brennan, I love her crime thrillers.. just keep you on the edge of your seat!!
3. Larissa Ione, because I love her Demonica series and the characters are a treat!!
Good one!
1. Joseph Smith (author of The Book of Mormon) I would have LOTS of questions for him
2. Deepak Chopra
3. Anne Frank (I’d tell her what a huge impact her book has had on the world)
on May 31st, 2009 at 12:14 pmMy answer would be different on any given today, but my answer today is:
Junot Diaz- I just think he’s really cool and would probably have some great ideas on what music to play
Laurie Halse Anderson- love her and would enjoy picking her brain
Muriel Barbery- elegant, beautiful, and French- we’d have a potluck and she’d bring something really tasty-
on May 31st, 2009 at 2:07 pmJen Lancaster (because she’s a sassy broad), Stephen King (because I want to talk music with him) and Walter Kirn (who was brilliant on Colbert Report).
on May 31st, 2009 at 5:00 pmMeg Cabot-because she is genius and seems to be a snarky and spunky person.
Scott Westerfeld – the ideas he comes up with and the words he uses are too much fun.
Joss Whedon- I know he only is an author of comics/tv/ and film but any way I could meet him would be amazing because he is so witty.
on May 31st, 2009 at 5:37 pmThree authors? Hm…I’d have to go with Shannon Hale (because I have really botched it up talking to her when I went to signings), Stephenie Meyer (what can I say? I’m interested in her life more than her books) and JK Rowling, cause who wouldn’t?
on May 31st, 2009 at 6:56 pmJust wanted to pop in and say it was fantastic to meet you (such an awesome surprise–I was so honored!!!!) and congrats on your panel
on June 1st, 2009 at 6:39 amI “went” to the TwittyParty and it was a blast!
So my three authors to come to dinner? Markus Zusak, John Green, and Shannon Hale! Wow, I’d be so nervous!
on June 1st, 2009 at 8:56 pmI hope I can still enter this one. So that is a tough question. Three authors, I may as well be picking my favorite book. Ha ha.
Can I say Joseph Smith Jr.?? He wrote the D&C.
Well, for obvious reasons, who wouldn’t want to sit down with that man. The spirit alone would be amazing.
on June 2nd, 2009 at 12:30 amStephenie Meyer or Shannon Hale, because I love their books, and they both seem so friendly.
Louisa May Alcott, because I’m reading Little Men right now, and I’m really enjoying it. It would just be fun to sit down with her and discuss things.
I know that is technically 4 authors, but I couldn’t resist.
Thank you for the updates from the BEA!
Three authors:
1. Moses
on June 2nd, 2009 at 1:01 am2. Dostoyevsky
3. Irene Nemirovsky
I would invite Janet Evanovich,James Patterson, and Carla Neggars. Hard to pick just three.
on June 3rd, 2009 at 9:15 amHmmm… what an interesting question. Everyone has such great answers! I think I would pick:
1. Neil Gaiman (Uh…he’s hot! lol)
2. Colleen Gleason (because I have interviewed her a few times and she seems such fun!)
3. John Green (Uh…he’s hot too!)
And the BEAtwittyparty was SO MUCH FUN! I hope we can do something similar again and that you can come!
on June 3rd, 2009 at 3:51 pmhmmmmmm for an actual party I think I would invite
-Sarah Dessen
-Laurie Halse Anderson
-Joan Bauer
mainly because I think they would all get along which would equal a fun party and because I love all of their work! Oh and because the smell of dead people would bring the party down.
lovejessicamarie [@] gmail [.] com
on June 3rd, 2009 at 5:37 pm