Anticipation….and a Contest!

Posted on 11th October 2010
in Blog
by Erin Blakemore

“What are you doing up so late, Prima Donna?” he asked. “It’s not Saturday night, you know.”

“I was sitting at the window,” she whispered, “waiting for my arm to drop off.”

- Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Is the release of one’s first book as anguishing as Francie’s midnight vigil? No way, but it’s fun to look back at passages about waiting from my favorite heroine tomes.

While you wait (just eight days to go) for The Heroine’s Bookshelf to hit your shelf, why not participate in a contest?

Tell me who you can’t wait to tell about THB and why, and I’ll enter you in a drawing for one of five now-rare galleys of the book! *

Stay tuned for more prizes, guest posts, and anticipatory delights as we inch forward to October 19…and don’t forget to tell a friend about upcoming events in Colorado, New York, and Massachusetts (details on the right-hand side of the blog)!

*Drawing will end Friday, October 15. United States residents only, please!

P.S.: GoodReads and LibraryThing members can win a finished copy of the book here: http://www.librarything.com/er/giveaway/list or http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/enter_choose_address/5865-the-heroine-s-bookshelf-life-lessons-from-jane-austen-to-laura-ingalls

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Betsy

I love books,and contest.Simple I know but the truth.
http://headintheclouds.typepad.com Kathleen Christensen

Can’t wait to tell the parents of my 11-year-old daughter’s friends. Heroines in books certainly inspired me as a girl. I still remember reading a picture book about Harriett Tubman in elementary school. I loved all the Laura Ingalls Wilder books and Nancy Drew. My daughter’s reading A Wrinkle in Time, another one I loved as a girl. (I need to re-read that!) I remember the courage of the protagonist in Island of the Blue Dolphins. Looking forward to exploring other literary heroines via your book!
Julie

I can’t wait to tell my mom! She always encouraged reading and my love for literature. When I was little, she took me to the library, listened to me talk about books, and read some of my favorites with me. She still pushes me to get involved in opportunities that cater to my love of books and writing. I’m sure she’d love to read this book too!
http://www.LaurelKallenbach.com/lkblog Laurel Kallenbach

I can’t wait to tell daughters of my friends and neighbors. When I was 10 or 11, I liked lists of books that were so good that I should run out and read them. (That’s how I spent my Christmas and summer vacations, after all!)

I look forward to reading your book–and was thinking about your heroines while I was in Switzerland, Heidi country. I haven’t read that book in decades, but it was one of my favorites as a young girl. I’m frankly afraid to read it now lest my adult self finds it too sentimental, but I was such a Heidi fan that I longed to visit Switzerland by the time I was 8 years old. Now, as an adult, I get to write articles (and blogs) about places I dreamed of as a girl. How wonderful is that!
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I just dropped the link off at the gathering place of my imaginary book loving friends.
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Faith

I can’t wait to tell all the fabulous women I know who will love this book and the words of wisdom.
http://unabridged-expression.blogspot.com/ Audra

I actually think work colleagues of mine will love this book — lots of smart women here who love books and love our beloved literary heroines!
http://www.danarogersphotography.com dana

mmmmm. my mom will love this. we always like the same stuff.
Christina

My MoM. She’s the one I tell way too much to. And I think she’d get a kick out of this book, since she loves many of these characters as well. And is responsible for introducing me to Gone with the Wind, Little Women, & Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books.

Anticipation….and a Contest!

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