We're less than 3 weeks out from my next release, so it's time to kick off my Flirting With Disaster book launch contest! Here's what's up for grabs:
--a copy of Flirting With Disaster, signed by yours truly
--a $50 online bookstore gift card to the store of your choice
What do you have to do to enter this contest? Simple--confess something to me. It can be anything, from dishing about a person you like (feel free to use pseudonyms to protect the guilty, haha), to baring all about how you totally stole your sister's clothes as you were growing up (I'm looking at YOU, Lisa). In Flirting With Disaster, Felicity is DYING to confess her feelings to Derek, the guy of her dreams. But something always holds her back.
So, enter my contest by leaving a comment in this thread with your best confession and an email address where I can reach you.
Here are the contest deets (aka, the fine print), subject to updating as needed--so please check back often:
--Entrants must be at least 13 years of age.
--The contest is open worldwide.
--One comment entry per confession, but please feel free to enter as many times as you like (include an email address with each entry). Entries must be made in this post, or they do not count toward the contest.
--Confessions must be 100% your own original material.
--By entering, you grant me permission to display your confession. Sooo, you may want to be careful about what you confess. And PLEASE keep it clean. I reserve the right to delete confessions that are icky or inappropriate.
--Contest winner will be picked by a panel of judges (not me!), who will decide which confession wins, based on creativity/uniqueness/earnestness/etc.
--If you are chosen as the winner and do not respond to me within 7 calendar days, I reserve the right to have another winner chosen.
--Contest begins today and ends Sunday, March 7, 2010, 11:59 PM EST.
--Feel free to email me with any questions: rhonda at rhondastapleton dot com
Please pass this on and tell everyone you know! And thanks so much for entering. I am greatly looking forward to reading your deepest secrets. :D
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Share a confession? *gulp* Okay, here goes...
One person in particular that I interact with on a mult-day during the week basis, is always going on about politics, the state of the world, etc, etc, etc. Doesn't sounds like a problem, right? Well, it is when they speak as though they are regurgitating a dictionary! I mean you actually need one in order to keep up with the conversation! Half the time (no probably 80%) I have NO IDEA what they are talking about. My solution comes straight from the Penguins of Madagascar (the movie)....just smile and nod...smile and nod. ^_^
grgenius(at)gmail(dot)com
Confession #1
Sometimes my husband's kisses are too wet. Love the man to death but he is much too fond of his tongue. Really, sometimes I just want a nice soft, dry kiss.
But then again, I should have seen this coming, our first kiss was a 20 minute french kissing make-out session. ;)
aubreyavalon@gmail.com
My confession: I rarely tell people that my husband was the first man I ever really kissed.
Thanks for the chance to win! Great contest and I love you cover! It's so cute :)
Amber
This is so embarrassing. I'm older than 21 and I like the Jonas Brothers' Disney Channel series. Yeah, yeah, I know.... But it's silly and it makes me laugh.
hersforthereading AT gmail DOT com
I'm almost 40 and for some reason I'm sort of obsessed with Taylor Swift after seeing her on Oprah. I really think we could be great friends. If she'd just return my calls...
lisammiles@gmail.com
Bless me Rhonda, for I have sinned. It has been 30 days since my last Confession :)
I have an Edward Cullen poster in my closet. Wait, there's more. I kiss it good morning and night every day because I believe he will bring me luck. I'm also 23, hahaha :)
<3,
Lena
longhorn08fan(at)gmail(dot)com
I'm Rhonda Stapleton's internet stalker.
... whoa that was AWKWARD.
confession, huh? Ok. I'm a stuffed animal collector, and if I could make heads or tails of a sewing kit, I'd probably try making them. But I am nearly all thumbs when it comes to domestic stuff like that. LOL
My confession is that I secretly like many of the shows my kids watch: iCarly, Phinneas and Ferb, and the new Electric Company. I've even caught myself getting into Spongebob. Gah!
lchardesty at yahoo dot com
My favorite guilty pleasure song is Hilary Duff's "So Yesterday." I completely rock out when it comes on my iPod and it makes me pick up the pace whenever I'm running ;)
jpetroroy at gmail dot com
*this is seriously true* I made up a boyfriend last year so I could hang with my guy friends.
Not that juicy. Oh well..
Ari
teensactuallyread@gmail.com
I confess I am a bit of a scaredy cat. After reading a scary book, I often sleep with the light on.
zenfoxflowerATyahooDOTcom
Confession 1: I still sleep with a stuffed bear at night. :) My mom gave it to me years ago for Valentine's Day and IDK...just like having it. Makes it feel homey.
-Lauren
lauren51990 AT aol DOT com
Confession 2:
I'm kind of in love with a good friends' brother...he's a friend too though. LOL
-Lauren
lauren51990 AT aol DOT com
I confess to misleading people about my age...is that so bad?
ellestraussbooks at gmail dot com
I have nothig really juicy or gushy to confess (At least that I can think of at le moment) but here it is.
I have never had a boyfriend.
thebookcellar@wi.rr.com
I am a choc-o-holic. Now that shouldn't suprise people that know me. What would suprise them is that I usually have a stash of chocolate hidden that I munch on when no one is watching. This is mainly so I don't have to share with my kids! I know it's awful, but I can't help myself!!
nancyecdavis AT bellsouth DOT net
Okay, only one other person knows about this... But now I guess the rest of the world knows now. LOL
I'm 31 years old and I still sleep with a teddy bear. He's white and fluffy. I cuddle it tight every night like a 3 year old even though my boyfriend is sleeping on the other side of me. :)
Sigh. This? Is an awesome idea...lots of juicy confessions and contest for incentive. Really. Genius idea!!
Anyway, here's my confession:
For some reason the hubs thinks I'm horribly allergic to oven cleaner fumes. I don't know why he thinks this but I've never corrected the assumption either. I haven't had to clean an oven in over 10 years! :)
Okay, this may seem disgusting but its just the way it is. Whenever my sister would make me so upset to the point where I wanted to punch her head off her shoulders I would pee in her shampoo and conditioner...that's the biggest thing I have besides having the cops called on my best friend because my laugh was too loud *insert eye roll here* So yes this is my confession and I'm glad I got that off my shoulders. TEE HEE. LOVE YOU SIS!!!!
I went to prom with a blind date. Uh-huh, I was *that* popular. #geek
Confession #2
I crush hard on celebrities and fictional characters. Like HARD. Anyone who knows me, knows I am a bit silly about my Edward (oh yes, he is mine) Sam (from Shiver) and many many other fictional hotties.
And strangely enough I can picture pretty much EVERY single fictional character described with dark hair as my celebrity crush, Ben Barnes.
Yeah, my male protag in my manuscript's name is even Ben. It's sad really. I am almost 27! But hey, he's older than me so it's okay!
Okay, well. I moved abroad about five years ago and whilst I was abroad (this was when I was still in high school by the way) all my friends at home got boyfriends. And I was feeling really left out and uncool (but unable to do anything about it - people at my new school were awesome and lovely but just didn't date!) so I sort of...made up a boyfriend. I nicked traits from some of my guy friends and not a little movie-Hugh-Grant and made him into this gorgeous sensitive dreamboat, telling all my friends about him.
Then three years later I moved home again and had to of course then lie and pretend we broke up. And I told my friends all about it and whenever they had 'boy chats' I'd invent some story about this ex of mine. And now it's two years later and I'm at university and still never even actually kissed a boy, and my friends all think I spent two years in a long-term relationship with a guy called Tomas. I feel so, so guilty about it, but I can't admit the truth now.
I feel like such a bad person, but it's kind of a relief to tell someone! (Even if it is just the internet!)
(hanelisarnur@yahoomail.com
(i've been looking for stupid cupid in my local bookstores and can't find it anywhere :( :( )
My confession?
I'm secretly a 63 year old chain smoking man and only make out like i'm a 21 yr old girl in Uni for the attention it gets me on the Divas forum. so far my plan isn't working our so great because certain people *cough Rhonda cough* are way more popular than i am.
...what? you didn't say it had to be TRUE
Ayla
ajf_kittenAThotmailDOTCOM
my confession is that I spend way too much time on the computer, and sometimes I win stuff or not..
#2-- collected 6 shirts all about Twilight and worn them.
aprilmom00 at gmail dot com
I like to leave funny/random anonymous notes in library books. Not a good confession I guess, but it's fun.
bookaholic117@yahoo.com
Confession...oh wow...
Well I am a 21 year old college student.
Addicting to...
Edward Cullen!!
I waiting 6 hours in the freezing cold to see New Moon.
I have 5 posters in my room.
I even have shirts with him.
Another part of that confession...
I sometimes pretend I am Dalene Cullen...not Dalene Kolb.
Yeah pretty bad.
dalenekolb@yahoo.com
This is pretty tough because I'm wondering how much I want to bare...ummm...okay here goes...
This is pretty bad...I have no real life friends...I grew up in a very abusive home and although I went away to university, I came back home two years later to help my Mum finally leave my father. Since then it's just been my Mum & myself...for the longest time, everyday out involved having a cell phone in one hand and a personal alarm in the other in case of an attack. I never kept in touch with my friends in high school... and the friends in university I deliberately cut ties with since I couldn't confide in anyone with the magnitude of the problems I was experiencing so other than a therapist I had no one. It's the same now, at 27 years of age, I have no idea how to make friends with someone...I'm not an overly social/outgoing person to begin with so meeting people and making friends seems like an impossible task. I'm not sure what I would do without the online community that I've slowly gotten involved in this past year.
Surprisingly enough, I don't mind being alone since I don't feel lonely most of the time...but I know that I'm missing out on something important by not having friendships...I just find it very difficult to trust someone...but even before the trust factor is the whole process of being able to find someone to befriend.
So that's the whole ugly truth and actually I am relieved to at least reveal it once in my life even if it is to the unknown web community.
Awesome giveaway! It's fun reading everybody's confessions. =)
Now here's mine:
I'm 17, soon ready to prepare for college, and I still hug my stuffed BobbyJack monkey when I sleep. I can't imagine going away to college without him---he's too cozy!
the.other.cullenist@gmail.com
Confession #2:
I already have names and middle names picked out for my future kids:
- Jarred Heathcliff (first name after my fav teacher and middle name after Heath Ledger, my fav actor)
- Aurora Piper (first name after Sleepy Beauty, middle name after my fav character from that old witch show Charmed)
- James Wyatt (middle name after my fav baby in Charmed)
the.other.cullenist@gmail.com
Ok here goes. I'm 39 years old and I watch shows on the Disney channels when my kids aren't home. I like Witches of Waverly Place OH and Sonny With a Chance is my favorite! I just find them fun, and without swearing etc, to watch. And um, I also download their songs off itunes :0
foltzsfantasticbooks at gmail.com
OK. Great contest. Time for confessions.
Part 1: I am deathly afraid of pickles.
ebcella AT comcast DOT net
#2:
I am deathly afraid of clowns. This resulted in a breakdown at the circus as a small child. My friend had a clown doll in her room, and when I slept over I made her lock it in the garage.
ebcella AT comcast DOT net
#3
I threw up at my best friend's sleepover in 5th grade. Terribly embarrassing. I try to forget this memory...and the clam chowder that made me get food poisoning!
ebcella At comcast DOT net
#4
I still have this blanket that I've had since birth. Pathetic, yes, but comforting, too.
ebcella AT comcast DOT net
Love the contest, and my confession is a little silly butttt...I not only still sleep with my baby blanket (its actually older then I am!!) even though it used to be the lining to my crib and has nail polish stains all over. The problem is my mom won't let me take it to college in the fall,,,because she doesn't want me to lose it, not because people would make fun, but because I might lose it. I can't believe it either.
msmittens424ATgmailDOTcom
Thanks!!
My confession is that I write fanfiction. Worse than that, it's Harry Potter fanfiction. Worse still, it's EROTIC Harry Potter fanfiction. Mostly involving Hermione. I have a HUGE crush on Emma Watson!
minkajane@hotmail.com
When I was still married, my ex had friends (a married couple) who lived in a nice house; however, the wife was a clean FREAK, everything had to be "just so" and it drove me nuts. So every time we would go over there I would rearrange her little soap and powder display in the bathroom--and once, they were having a party with shrimp cocktail and I shoved a bunch of shrimp waaay down in her couch cushions so she wouldn't find them until they started stinking.
...and you thought I was nice...
I feel kinda lame saying this, but since I have no other juicy confession to make, here goes -I'm 19 and I haven't yet had a proper kiss *shrugs*
Ooops, I forgot my email!
speak_to_bidisha@yahoo.co.in
Ok I'll confess to you one of my most embarrassing moments in high school. Here it goes:
Since the 1st year of Junior High I had been in love with this guy and by the time I entered High School I thought "Well this is the time to confess! If he says yes then great, if he says no then I'll finally be able to move on." So I wrote him a poem and a love letter and handed it to him and told him to read it when I wasn't around and to talk to me the next day. Well I was totally ignorant of the fact he already had a girlfriend that happened to be kind of a friend of mine. So when I'm leaving the school I spot him when he opens the letter and reads it TOGETHER with his girlfriend and I stopped cold my eyes wide as saucers and they both stared at me surprised when they spotted me. I ran away after that. The next day I talked to him and he let me down of course. Later on I realized he was a jerk because he used the fact that I liked him to get something out of me after that but yeah, that's one of my most embarrassing moments. I just realized I've only said this once before to another person. But hey! Its confession time isn't it?
Sallie (salliethe1@hotmail.com)
I really can't tell time well so I never can use a clock without numbers!
These are way too fun to read.
My turn, I love my fiance to death, but the top reason that I want to marry him at this point? I want access to his cheap health benefits!
Seriously, I pay almost $300, he pays $20....think of the books that I could buy with that extra $280!!
Forgive me, for i must confess my mishap... About six years ago, during my undergrad years, i maxed out a credit card. To be able to pay for tuition, books, and ice cream i applied for another credit card and eventually maxed that one out as well.
Too make a long story short, my current credit is still very much ruined. The freecreditreport.com commercial... the one about the guy who has to live in his wife's parent's basement due to her less than perfect credit, serves as warning to me.
I'm trying to handle this situation on my own, no help from family- they'd die of a heartattack if they knew.
Tell the man before walking down the aisle or stay unmarried?
This is going to sound bad....but it's really not that bad.My Daughter's mother in law can be a real pain in the butt to my daughter and our family has to go way out of our way to make life smooth for everyone. So when I babysit my grandchildren and I know they will be going to her house in a day or two I let them eat as many raisins as they want. You almost need a gas mask to change those diapers! See not so bad :)Devious maybe.
Illinoiscrafter@aol.com
Confession #2
Bless Me Rhonda, for I have sinned. It has been (*counts*) 15 days since my last Confession.
It's Thursday, but my panties say it's Saturday. Gotta love the days of the week underwear. :)
-Lena
longhorn08fan(at)gmail(dot)com
I'm horribly uncool. I'm almost 20 and I still don't drive. I know, how awful? How did I EVER get through high school? not without quite a few people telling me their thoughts "you'll want too eventually." "how do you get around?" "*laugh* you don't drive?? why not?" and on. It wasn't exactly fun, but I'm not being lazy or annoying...I don't want too. I honestly have a big fear of driving and I hate when people act like they know why I don't drive or make me feel like an idiot. I can't help. It's an intense fear. Always had it. DOesn't going away. I don't know.
poor me huh?
-Lauren
lauren51990 AT aol DOT com
I just received a BA in English and I never read a thing in my British Literature I class.
Okay *thinks*
I sometimes dress up as a guy *i pin my hair no hat* and then i go out and people actually believe it.
Ari
teensactuallyread@gmail.com
Another one...
I secretly do plays with my friend *gulps* and i thought it was bad I wrote fanfiction. Even worse it tends to be with either Jonas Brothers or Miley Cyrus. Im always one of those two. And I hate both of them. And she tends to make it very.... descriptive is the world Ill use....
Ari
teensactuallyread@gmail.com
I always tell my friends that I'm asexual and reproduce by budding whenever they ask if I have a crush on anyone in particular. Of course the true answer would be yes, but I find it more of a personal thing to me (because it happens few and far). Despite that I always ask for the dirt from them :P
But there was this one time a guy friend of mine had a crush on me. My best friend hinted it to me, which after several days I managed to figure it out. I couldn't look at him in the face anymore nor talk to him actually. A couple weeks later the best friend forced us to walk the halls by ourselves (grabbing the other person we were walking with by the arm and dragging him off somewhere). He asked me out. I laughed in his face. What!? It was my nerves! They were totally shot. I said no, because although I like him it's a friend-like and nothing more. Yeah...it got really awkward after that.
Let's just keep that story between you and I (and the entire public internet LOL) ;P
yan.pocky(at)gmail.com
Oh snap, that was totally two confessions *head desk*. Would it be possible to delete it and repost it in two different comments?
When I first started junior high, I was afraid of the school nurse. I avoided her at all costs. Whenever I would fall and need an ice pack, I'd suck it up and limp to wherever I was going.
So when my whole class had to keep getting called down so the nurse could check us out, I bailed. I went to the bathroom and called my mom and told her to pick me up. When she asked why, I told her I had really bad gas and a horrible stomach ache. My mom picked me up early and when my sister came home she wanted to know what happened to me. I told her I had gas and came home. To this day, whenever I stay home from school, I always hear "Aw, how's the gas?" I cannot live that one down.
lexilouiser@aim.com
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