March 16th Challenge

Hi, it’s Christina –

EEK! I wasn’t going to do a blog post again today, because I’ve been hopping and bopping since six this morning, and I still have a ton to do; but then I got an email notification stating my raffle contest has started. YIKES!! I haven’t even told you guys about it yet.

For the next month, I’m running a contest on my blog, and the winners will be chosen by Rafflecopter. Thank God this was easy to set up, because y’all know what a thechno ditz I am. Anyway, part of the contest is to comment on the blog, and it’s kinda hard to leave a comment, if I don’t make a blog post. You also get extra points if you actually answer the challenge. Each point gives you one entry into the drawing. The prizes range from all three copies of my books, signed, and two bookmarks to electronic book of choice by the winner.

Notice I said three books? Well Corporate Blues is now available on Kindle, and hopefully in the next ten days – two weeks, the paperbacks will be available as well.

Okay, I really have a ton to do today, so let’s get right to the challenge. I hope y’all have a great day, and happy writing!

Your Last Challenge was:

Scratch that, reverse it…

Did you recognize it? Do you know where it’s from? It’s a line from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. One I heard when I was a young child, and still use today whenever I get my words all cuffuggled. You know what I mean, right? The second after something comes out of your mouth and you say to yourself, “Wait a minute, that didn’t make any sense!”

What is truly alarming is the frequency lately I’ve been saying, “Scratch that, reverse it.” Whether it’s age or simply having a million balls up in the air at the same time, I don’t know, but it’s a bit disconcerting to say the least. Perhaps it’s just my body’s way of saying you need a break to recharge your batteries. So, if you hear me say something that doesn’t sound quite right, either ignore me or hand me a chocolate bar.

(A little silly, and rather lame, but my mind wasn’t really on the challenge today. Hopefully you had better luck.)

Your Next Challenge is:

Write a story containing the following: A House Plant, A Rug, Glass

You have 10 minutes (be honest). There is no right or wrong, just write. Spelling and punctuation don’t count and NO ONE is allowed to criticize what someone else has written. Go.

November 2nd Challenge

Hi, it’s Christina – 

Okay folks, I know the look of the blog today is really different, but there is a good reason. I am participating in a blog hop for Heidi Angell and she is giving away prizes. You only have a few days to enter the first one, so you better click now. The other two giveaways will be going on for three weeks, so you have a little more time on them.

 

 

Here's what the items look like: 

Angel's Dance - only 6 days left on this one folks. Enter now.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Bookmarks:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Poster:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a really cool idea, and I’ve seen other authors do similar events. Both Heather Graham and Stephanie Laurens have done contests with other authors, and the readers needed to go to each of the author’s sites and do something (make a comment, hit the “like” button, count the pumpkins, whatever) to be entered into the contest. It was a fun way to introduce you to authors you may not know and see what was new with your favorite authors. I just wish I had the technological expertise to do something similar for my next book release.

Since I am a technological ditz, I’m going to keep it real simple. For my Facebook and Twitter followers, you need to log onto my blog - http://christinapaulbooks.blogspot.com/ - put “ENTERED” into the comments section, and then you can click on the contest giveaway buttons (yes you can enter all three) on the right hand side. For my blog followers, you still need to put “ENTERED” into the comments section, and then you can click on the contest giveaway buttons on the right hand side.

So, all this hubbub and rearranging is because Heidi Angell is releasing Angel’s Dance, her sequel to Elements of a Broken Mind, which I reviewed (and thoroughly enjoyed) a few months back.

Grant and Clear are back, and they’re better than ever. After several months with no contact, Grant shows up in Clear’s doorstep, in tears, looking like hell and begging for her help. His daughter had been kidnapped and the trail has gone cold. He has nowhere else to turn if he wants to get his get his daughter back. He just prays he’s not too late already.

Seeing Grant again is difficult for Clear, and what he is asking her to do could literally destroy her, but how could she refuse him when a child’s life was at stake?

You are thrown into the seedy underbelly of the dance world, the polar opposite to the grace and beauty seen by the public. And somewhere within that dance world lies a psychopath…

This psychological thriller sucks you in, thrashes you about, and won’t let you go. At the end, you are completely spent, yet somehow left craving for more. Heidi Angell has outdone herself on this one.

Elements of a Broken Mind is available on Amazon if you are interested in reading the first book in the series before Angel's Dance is released later this month.  

I hope you have a great day and happy writing!

 

Your Last Challenge:

 

You work at a restaurant – you witness a blind date that goes horrible wrong

 

“Morey, Morey, you are not going to believe what just happened at table twelve.” Tabatha exclaimed as she rushed into the kitchen through the swinging doors.

“How many time has I got to tell you, you dimwit use the door on the RIGHT, ALWAYS the door on the right!”

Tabatha cracked her gum in response, “Whatever. It ain’t like anyone else would be comin’ out the left doors anyways. You sure as heck ain’t gunna. So anyways, guess what happened.”

“I don’t give a dang what happened. Ain’t yous got tables to wait on? An iffin you don’t, you could always clean up… Yeah, like that’ll ever happen.”

“Quit bein’ a jerk and listen. You know that new English teacher who’s been comin’ in here.”

“The tall doofy guy?”

“Yeah, he’s the one. Anyways, Trixie started feelin’ sorry him. Sittin’ there all by himself, day after day, eatin’ alone. So, she fixed him up with her cousin Cassey.”

“Aw cripes, not Sassy Cassey!”

“The very one.”

“The poor shlub!”

“You said it. So anyways, Mr. Teacher man comes in dressed all professor like. He’s even got a bunch of flowers. Not ones he picked out of a garden neither, they had paper around them and everything. Then in walks Cassey.”

Your Next Challenge is:

 

There is a knock at your door and you answer it to find a lawyer. He tells you your great uncle has passed away and has left everything to you. One of the things he has left you was and island. Yes, you now own your very own island…

 

You have 10 minutes (be honest). There is no right or wrong, just write. Spelling and punctuation don’t count and NO ONE is allowed to criticize what someone else has written. Go.