tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post416390080619113815..comments2024-03-11T16:14:49.158-07:00Comments on Don't pet me, I'm writing: CONTEST: My parents showed my ARC a good time. Can you?TAWNA FENSKEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468819219529035563noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-63976559990774441372011-07-10T14:56:23.114-07:002011-07-10T14:56:23.114-07:00I think I'm a little late, but I had to try be...I think I'm a little late, but I had to try because geez, the only book I want to take on vacation is MAKING WAVES!<br /><br />I'll bring the ARC on a week-long cruise to and vacation in Bermuda. We'll soak in the sunshine, take walks on the beach, go snorkeling (well, MAKING WAVES will have to wait on the boat), and rumor has it that it might even witness me getting engaged!Jessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-49843030554471482672011-07-10T09:15:28.132-07:002011-07-10T09:15:28.132-07:00*can't compete with Janet but will try*
I'...*can't compete with Janet but will try*<br /><br />I'll take your book on a romantic walk in the park. We'll eat ice lollys and splash our feet in the water. I'll yell, "Guess what, passers-by? We're MAKING WAVES." I'll then tell them I'm not crazy, and show them the ARC.<br /><br />After the park, we'll hold hands and skip through the city to my favourite coffee shop, where I will buy it coffee or tea or perhaps even a bit of cake, and tell it how much more beautiful it is than the books in the bookshelf there. I'll wave it around at the baristas, who will be jealous.<br /><br />To finish the evening, we'll snuggle up in bed together. Red wine. Soft lighting. Barry White. Mmmm.Alicehttp://maybeandthewolf.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-39514269728251362652011-07-10T09:11:07.457-07:002011-07-10T09:11:07.457-07:00These are great, you guys! This is going to make t...These are great, you guys! This is going to make the decision awfully hard!<br /><br />I said "hard."<br /><br />TawnaTAWNA FENSKEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468819219529035563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-37690042267215774882011-07-10T07:37:26.848-07:002011-07-10T07:37:26.848-07:00I will put your ARC on the shelf with my bestselle...I will put your ARC on the shelf with my bestsellers so your book will know how to behave when it hits the bestseller lists.<br /><br />Then I will invite your darling agent over for a toast.Janet Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-55777792567003146312011-07-10T07:36:34.882-07:002011-07-10T07:36:34.882-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Janet Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-81273610750241985942011-07-10T07:35:59.397-07:002011-07-10T07:35:59.397-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Janet Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-76439495001190116902011-07-10T04:38:14.657-07:002011-07-10T04:38:14.657-07:00Is there any better time than MAKING WAVES in my p...Is there any better time than MAKING WAVES in my pool with me?<br /><br />I think not.Patrick Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01121337008453549441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-23549965713381945652011-07-09T13:27:50.022-07:002011-07-09T13:27:50.022-07:00I would take the arc to the Johannesburg Zoo, the ...I would take the arc to the Johannesburg Zoo, the Union Building gardens and Grootvlei Power Station (Photo would have to be from outside the station due to the national key points act, but luckily cooling towers are photogenic from far away).<br /><br />I just realized all of that sounds rather, well, educational. So this would only work if your arc has a liking for school trips.Christina Aurethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717036758785519912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-14387130103155960102011-07-09T08:02:48.937-07:002011-07-09T08:02:48.937-07:00Tawna, I can take your arc to California's win...Tawna, I can take your arc to California's wine country for a week of wine-tasting and cutesy shops in Healdsburg and Sonoma and Napa, as well as to Federicos Wine and Tapas Bar in the East Bay for the best food in the Golden State http://www.federicoscafe.com/. <br /><br />Then, when we get back to the Midwest, we'll go up to the lake and spend some time boat shopping, and then go for a boat ride and have some more wine with the neighbors.<br /><br />That arc will have a heckuva good time with me, and I promise I'll introduce it to lots of great readers!Nanhttp://www.nanreinhardt.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-20348060353345461912011-07-09T05:31:55.748-07:002011-07-09T05:31:55.748-07:00Want to go see my favorite goats? Those goats will...Want to go see my favorite goats? Those goats will eat anything! Who knows, if ya "arc" just right…..Lynnannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08942163569008867516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-81875896629103753682011-07-08T23:13:55.434-07:002011-07-08T23:13:55.434-07:00Well crap, I was SO going to offer my husband'...Well crap, I was SO going to offer my husband's services (as a gun-toting, badge-wearing cop)... but we only live over the hills from you, and all these other folks are like FAR freaking away!<br /><br />Can you just come to my library for a reading instead?<br />JulieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-52263004355808121342011-07-08T22:18:55.570-07:002011-07-08T22:18:55.570-07:00I could take your arc to church on Sunday. I'...I could take your arc to church on Sunday. I'm sure it would get a lot of attention during the sermon. Especially if I did the laughing thing with the book open.Melanie Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01385073936714563295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-68772956787147086062011-07-08T20:26:51.771-07:002011-07-08T20:26:51.771-07:00If the arc arived in time.......it could drive dow...If the arc arived in time.......it could drive down to Virginia Beach to meet up with my sister and family and then fly to Florida to catch the Disney Dream ship for a cruise to Nassau Bahama and the Disney Castaway Cay with a day trip to Atlantis. Then back to land and 4 days at Disney Orlando before jetting back to beautiful Long Island where it would take up residence on the keeper bookshelf.LILIndanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-27372509811202213422011-07-08T17:25:42.793-07:002011-07-08T17:25:42.793-07:00Here in the Devil's Armpit anything can be arr...Here in the Devil's Armpit anything can be arrested. Only with ghost like street savvy can I avoid capture as well, but with fingers firmly pressed on the pulsing coratids of Brown Cloud City---if it can be done, I can do it. <br /><br />At 140 degrees under surplus army canvas, everything gets sticky in Sheriff Joe's Tent City--AZ's crown jewel of touring paperback candid snapshot possibilities. (And considering ARC's content and the residents there, Making Waves would likely get EXTRA sticky) But alas the tale would ultimately be left untold as I steer clear of TC as vampire to sunlight. I'm ashamed to report...on that I simply cannot deliver. <br /><br />But there are immigration protests, DUI checkpoints, dozens of state and federal penitentiaries, (razor wire still looks cool from the outside) half-man half-machine bike cops near ASU---ballhuggered terminators relentlessly scouring the alleys for public order's biggest prize of all: a sophomore unloading spent PBRs behind a dumpster.<br /><br />That's the real Arizona. <br /><br />It's not in the brochures or directories, but it's there every single day like a giant sweaty cockroach flattened inside the crumbling drywall of your soul. <br /><br />And I can bring it to you. <br /><br />Its the Devil's Armpit--and I am the coarse black hair that forever grows there.Mark Simpsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-9998582396532243272011-07-08T13:06:26.643-07:002011-07-08T13:06:26.643-07:00I love these pictures. Your parents are awesome. M...I love these pictures. Your parents are awesome. My favorite is the one where Making Waves is sticking out of your dad's back pocket. So casual, yet impossible to ignore!<br /><br />Making Waves might not find much adventure in this small Central MA town. I could take it in the car while I shuttle my kids to summer camps. MW could visit our little lakeside beach and watch us catch bullfrog tadpoles (from a safe, dry distance). I could prop Making Waves on the scratched-up kitchen table while I homeschool my kids in multiplication and phonics. <br /><br />Mostly, I think I would keep Making Waves next to my computer monitor as I work through some major slash-and-reassemble revisions in my novel. It would serve as a reminder that persistence pays off if fed a steady diet of dreams. <br /><br />Oh, but if I win a trip to the Greek Isles or Rome, I'll take MW there too, of course.Lisa Ahnhttp://lisaahn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-60965943856483124162011-07-08T11:36:52.805-07:002011-07-08T11:36:52.805-07:00OH SNAP-- a friend of mine used my computer last n...OH SNAP-- a friend of mine used my computer last night and didn't sign out of her Google account. The Cornhole post is mine!<br /><br />I thought someone stole my idea for a minute there. Yikes!Caitlin Whitakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04305557668837593186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-50714326013179209642011-07-08T11:34:41.886-07:002011-07-08T11:34:41.886-07:00I want to hang out with your parents!
If I get ...I want to hang out with your parents! <br /><br />If I get to hang out with the ARC, I'd take it to the midnight premiere of the last Harry Potter movie (although it'd have to sit in my lap), followed by a rollicking good game of Cornhole, some wave-making in Calfkiller River, a walking tour of the local historic district, and a down home southern barbecue at the Whitaker Barn.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08856469067249053770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-35993922106244910522011-07-08T11:20:28.924-07:002011-07-08T11:20:28.924-07:00Your parents are soooo cute!Your parents are soooo cute!susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18118285219434727807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-73034521880513156232011-07-08T11:00:12.287-07:002011-07-08T11:00:12.287-07:00I would take it to bed with me.
That's where...I would take it to bed with me. <br /><br />That's where I take all my favorite books.Patty Blounthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11928111057602279792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-65134739403307184452011-07-08T09:19:22.540-07:002011-07-08T09:19:22.540-07:00Let's see...I need to go to the grocery store ...Let's see...I need to go to the grocery store and since I need to watch my pennies, that would require a trip to Safeway (weekly coupon flyer as my bookmark), Winco and Fred Meyer's. Also, we've got a trip to the ENT, my gym, and the library. <br /><br />Oh, and I've got a baby shower to attend. Perhaps instead of the traditional games, I could suggest we just take turns reading out loud a few pages????<br /><br />Seriously, cannot wait to read it! :)Kristinahttp://www.tenminutemissive.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-17631618297019287252011-07-08T09:05:19.855-07:002011-07-08T09:05:19.855-07:00I'll take MAKING WAVES to Jackson Hole, Grand ...I'll take MAKING WAVES to Jackson Hole, Grand Teton, and maybe even Yellowstone. I think it will feel right at home in Grand Teton and well, you know how those cowboys like to have a goodtime.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16104430835416581184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-59338453837257517892011-07-08T08:28:34.102-07:002011-07-08T08:28:34.102-07:00There are lots of good ideas in these comments. P...There are lots of good ideas in these comments. Personally, I would take the ARC to the top of Pike's Peak.Jessihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634783997278281829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-3306026182722699702011-07-08T08:26:30.968-07:002011-07-08T08:26:30.968-07:00Your parents are awesome!!!
I would take your AR...Your parents are awesome!!! <br /><br />I would take your ARC to Reno NV with me for my quarterly hair styling trip.<br /><br />We'd begin our journey picking up my sister in a tiny town that no one has ever heard of (but there are people that can read there so it's a start!) We'd then venture through a few more tiny towns stopping along the way for coffee, food and restrooms, the ARC always in toe.<br /><br />After we've finally made it to Reno it would spend a few lovely hours in A Salon 7 (which was voted best salon in northern NV from 2006-2010 so it's always packed). After that it'll spend it's time gallivanting around town shopping, eating at fine establishments such as iHop and staying out too late at hotels like the Peppermill or the Silver Legacy...Deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07069580998805380442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-75529238703423697602011-07-08T08:21:51.311-07:002011-07-08T08:21:51.311-07:00Making Waves needs to meet some people! I think we...Making Waves needs to meet some people! I think we would start with coffee and a trip to meet my writing group - we love new members!<br /><br />Then it would be off to make waves at the pool to meet all of the tanners that need something great to read while they bake.<br /><br />Next, I think we would have a little party! No one needs to escape into a good book like mothers of young children and I know plenty of those. What better way to introduce Making Waves than to take it out for a drink with the girls?!Laura Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01477854477554610622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-3953430085481512522011-07-08T08:03:25.334-07:002011-07-08T08:03:25.334-07:00Good job, parents!
Two months ago, I was challeng...Good job, parents!<br /><br />Two months ago, I was challenged with the quest of showing a good time to a cardboard cut-out of a local radio stations' morning show hosts.<br /><br />The resulting video is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q66PIP5Jj4w<br />(Living with Crash and Mars)<br /><br />I can show your ARC a good time in Canada :-)Dawn Iushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546425873531022196noreply@blogger.com