The Lucky Boy at VROMANS -PRIZES

Caroline Gerardo Author of The Lucky Boy,
will appear at Vroman’s Bookstore,
695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena,
 on Sunday, June 24th at 4 PM.

Gerardo will be reading and signing her book
for Local Authors Day.
To celebrate Caroline is offering prizes.
The event is free and open to the public.

 https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Lucky-Boy/249273628455524

 

 

1^st PRIZE:  New Apple iPad 2 32gb Wifi 720p HD Tablet PC Black Color - iPad 2nd Generation

2^nd PRIZE $25.00 Gift Certificate to Vroman’s

This contest is open to residents of USA and Canada.

Contest begins on Sunday, June 24th, 2012 at 12:00pm ET , and closes on Saturday, July  28, 2012 at 11:59pm. Vromans and Caroline Gerardo are not responsible for entries that are lost or misdirected. The winner will be randomly selected and announced on Sunday July 29th, 2012 and will be notified by email as well as by online posting to this site.

http://carolinegerardo.blogspot.com/

 and The Lucky Boy Facebook Page and Twitter Caroline Gerardo’s  @cgbarbeau handle account. If we do not receive a response to your email within 7 days, a new winner will be chosen.

How to Enter:

During the Contest Period, complete the registration form in full following all online instructions. To win contestants must remain on the contest mailing list, “Like” the contest Facebook page, or provide proof of purchase of The Lucky Boy on or before 11:59 PM July 28^th, 2012. Proof of purchase described as follows: copy of receipt and entry form below; or pdf. copy; image of receipt to Caroline Gerardo either on The Lucky Boy Facebook page, or follow and supply to @cgbarbeau twitter account, or here in the comments below.

By entering this contest, participants agree to be bound by these Contest rules and the decisions of Caroline Gerardo. All entries become the property of Caroline Gerardo, the Contest Sponsor.

You may enter the Contest as often as you like by multiple purchases. Entrants may use only one Facebook account or e-mail address to enter.

Entries made using multiple social media accounts, email addresses generated by script, macro, robotic, programmed, or any other automated means are prohibited and will be disqualified.

The winners whose names are drawn will be emailed by as soon as reasonably possible after the contest closes to the email you provide.

Entrants are required to “Like” the The Lucky Boy Facebook page:

  THE LUCKY BOY NEW FACEBOOK

or copy and paste this into your browser:

https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Lucky-Boy/249273628455524  

or provide proof of purchase of the book to be eligible to win.

  Purchase is not necessary to enter the contest. 
   The odds of winning the contest depend on the number of entries received. 

   Prize must be accepted as awarded. The approximate retail value of the prize is $527/ and $25. US.

Caroline Gerardo and Vroman’s will not be responsible for telephone, technical, network, online, electronic, computer hardware or software failures of any kind, misdirected, stolen, incomplete, garbled or delayed Internet/e-mail computer transmissions on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this contest.
Vromans is not a sponsor or an administrator of this contest. 

The winner will be posted on The Lucky Boy Facebook Web site at the end of the contest period.
Entering the contest constitutes consent to the use of the winner’s information as submitted to: http://www.carolinegerardo.blogspot.com/

All publicity and promotional purposes on behalf of Caroline Gerardo no compensation or further permission to winner will be offered (except where prohibited by law).

All work (including but not limited to data, words, photographs, text, images, audio, video, trade-marks, service marks, trade names and other information) (collectively, the “Content”) contained in this Website are owned by Caroline Gerardo.  

Copyright © Caroline Gerardo 2012

Broken Doorbell

    Made it to 53900 words on the current novel. The point of view changed. Almost through the door to the finish line. Please do not ring my doorbell or pull my chain, I am not answering right now.

   This was such a struggle in Toxic Assets, as I wrote the first and second revision in first person. Then after two readers complained about the point of view, calling it a contemporary fu-fu style. I changed it and then editing became this voice in my head nightmare. I am going to use a literary trick and switch the middle half of the book that is written in second person over the shoulder of the eco-terrorist, and then the first person narrative will be the ending. Not as flashbacks, I need to use something else, not certain what that will unfold.

    In my last book I wrote in beats or poetry scenes like a movie. This one is written in another method. I'm intrigued by the story location and that this one is more of a thriller. My lead and heroine is fifty something, I may need to make her younger to be realistically able to complete the athletic actions she takes. Writing this post very fast as time is so valuable with doing Nanowrimo my goal is to be finished on the 24th.

     Take a look in the photograph, there are lucky horseshoes on the door, a common western theme. I had expected to have The Lucky Boy Advance Reader copies in my hands yesterday, but UPS left a delivery slip- I guess I didn't hear them. If you want to review, contact me and I will send a copy.

   I apologize if I have not been very present in my usual promoting others but I am very focused on creating new work and the muse is singing all over the place. Do this Do that hurry up and scat.

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