Do your friends dump their problems on you all the time? Do you feel like you’re expected to listen and keep your mouth shut?
Here’s your chance to do the talking!
I’m hosting an awesome Dear Miss Fortune Cookie CONTEST. Just reply to one of three letters asking for advice and you’ll get:
A signed bookmark
An opportunity to be published on my blog
An entry into my giveaway — sparkly nail polish, a beautiful bracelet, and a signed copy of Miss Fortune Cookie
Are you proud of being opinionated? Do you like to give advice?
BE AN ADVICE COLUMNIST FOR A DAY!
WIN A SIGNED COPY OF MISS FORTUNE COOKIE PLUS GOODIES,
INCLUDING A $30 GIFT CARD
TO ENTER, write a response to one of the Dear Miss Fortune Cookie letters below:
Dear Miss Fortune Cookie,
My boyfriend and I have been together for one week. He’s amazing, and I don’t just mean his eyes and hair. He really listens to me. He gives me compliments. Now I wonder if it’s just an act! He brags to his friends after we make out. My friend showed me one of his texts! I want to kill him. But what if someone else sent the text to split us up? Lots of people are jealous of what we have.
Going crazy
Dear Miss Fortune Cookie,
My best friend and I share a locker. It’s kind of a pain because she is a total slob. If I throw out trash, she accuses me of losing her homework. Once she left half an Icee in there, and it spilled all over my social studies binder. I’d move out of the locker, but my friend just joined chorus. Now she has new friends that she can hang out with instead of me. What should I do?
Squeezed
Dear Miss Fortune Cookie,
I’m not short, but my girlfriend is taller than me. My friends laugh about it. They call me stumpy and pat me on the head. I don’t want to go to school anymore. Should I just break up with her already?
Taller Than Average
ALL THOSE WHO ENTER WILL RECEIVE A SIGNED BOOKMARK
Email your entry to lauren@laurenbjorkman.com
You can enter as many times as you wish.
CONTEST DEADLINE March 1, 2013
GOOD LUCK!
I wanted to pass along this excellent opportunity to submit your poetry, short fiction, or pages from a novel, and win amazing prizes.
Author Stephanie Dray is sponsoring the Cleopatra Literary Contest for young women aged 14-22. The deadline is March 1st.
Read about the details at her contest page.
Talented, sweet, and down to earth YA author L.K. Madigan has recently announced some heart-breaking news. You can read about it in her own words here.
The Feast of Awesome will give away EIGHTY copies her books …
the Morris Award winning FLASH BURNOUT and
the amazing THE MERMAID’S MIRROR
To win a set, visit the Feast of Awesome and leave a comment.
This is a major celebration of Lisa and her talent!! Please join in.
I just love these photos!
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VANILLLA & SCARRLET
ANT-SOLO
JENNIFER
ELIZABETH
DAWN
KORY
JENNIFER
THANK YOU FOR ENTERING!!!
I had SO much fun reading your comments and the pictures you sent.
Everyone who entered wins a free signed bookmark. Just email your address to lauren@laurenbjorkman.com.
And now it’s winner time. Drumroll please …
My first place winner is my namesake LAUREN M!!! She sent this adorable picture.
2nd place: JAEL
3rd place: NINEFLY
4th place: EMILIA She also sent a lovely photo with her mom and her cousin Vicky (left) . Awwwww!
5th place: MARIE
6th place: LINDSEY
7th place: MICHELE. Michele’s picture totally made me smile!
8th place: NATISHA
9th place: JESSICA Jessica sent a picture from a real live photobooth!
10th place: BAHNREE
11th place: BECA R
12th place: NIAN
13th place: FI CHAN I love this picture!
14th place: LEA
15th place: LAUREN (I swear I didn’t play favorites!)
16th place: JESS
17th place: DARLYN
18th place: BRANDILEIGH Definitely not taken in a photobooth!
19th place: CATALINA She sent an awesome photo, which I misplaced! Gah! Then she graciously sent me another great pic!
20th place: DONNA S.
21st place: SARA P
22nd place: KISAH
23rd place: MISS SHY I hope you are not too shy to enjoy seeing this posted!
Here are the prizes! The 1st place winner get first pick, the 2nd place winner second choice, and so on.
A $25 gift certificate to the bookstore of your choice
Another $25 dollar gift certificate
These amazing contemporary novels SIGNED by the author:
DONUT DAYS by Lara Zielin (PB)
EIGHTH-GRADE SUPERZERO by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich (HC)
FLASH BURNOUT by L.K. Madigan (PB)
HAVEN by Beverly Patt (PB)
INDIGO BLUES by Danielle Joseph (PB)
JANE IN BLOOM by Deborah Lytton (HC)
LIPSTICK APOLOGY by Jennifer Jabaley (PB)
MY BIG NOSE AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS by Sydney Salter (PB)
SECRETS OF TRUTH AND BEAUTY by Megan Frazer (HC)
SHADOWED SUMMER by Saundra Mitchell (PB)
STRUTS AND FRETS by Jon Skovron (HC)
SWOON AT YOUR OWN RISK by Sydney Salter (PB)
TMI by Sarah Quigley (HC)
TWENTY BOY SUMMER by Sarah Ockler (PB)
WAITING TO SCORE by J.E. MacLeod (HC)
And …
A signed copy of MY INVENTED LIFE by yours truly
A second signed copy of MY INVENTED LIFE
My Invented Life Post-Its and writing notebook
These ARCs
SISTERS RED by Jackson Pearce
FOOD, GIRLS, AND OTHER THINGS I CAN’T HAVE by Allen Zadoff
THE TENSION OF OPPOSITES by Kristina McBride
I’m giving away a couple of 2010 novels generously donated by 2009 Debutantes: INDIGO BLUES by Danielle Joseph and SWOON AT YOUR OWN RISK by Sydney Salter. I can’t wait to read these beauties! They’re both at the top of my TBR pile. Indigo Blues will take you into the glamorous world of a hit songwriter and the girl who unwittingly inspired the song. Swoon follows the love life of a girl living with her advice columnist grandma.
You can win a signed copy of these books by leaving a comment after my xillion prizes giveaway post.
When I read the flap copy for DONUT DAYS I was intrigued by the premise–a girl growing up with evangelical parents, and her push for some personal freedom. Then I read the book. Wow! Zielin tackles the subject matter with fresh wit and a light touch. The pages turned themselves, and by the end, I loved every character.
You can win a signed copy of DONUT DAYS by commenting on my xillion prizes giveaway here.
Zielin has a new book out:
Even before FLASH BURNOUT by L.K. Madigan before it won the William C. Morris Award, I knew it was a winner. For one, the main character hooked my right away. Blake has the attitude of a teen boy, but not in a distracting or annoying way. He’s funny, imperfect, occasionally rough around the edges, and lovable from start to finish. And I appreciated that the story had depth–a look at how Blake’s best friend deals with her mom’s drug addiction and homeless–without getting overly dark. It made me laugh and cry, which is my favorite kind of read.
You can win a signed copy by leaving a comment after my xillion prizes giveaway post here.
Here is a gem that may have slipped under your radar–HAVEN by Beverly Patt. It’s the story of a boy who wants a thing badly, and the girl who bribes him to help her run away. Patt tells the tale masterfully. She makes you laugh and ache inside at the same time. By the end of her novel, I wanted to pack up these characters and take them home with me.
Leave a comment after my xillion prizes giveaway post for a chance to win a signed copy of HAVEN! You won’t be sorry.
My apologies to those of you who love this cover … but to me it seems a little dark and dour, a poor match to the charming and heart-warming novel beneath. Just my opinion!
Lauren Bjorkman 