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And the winner is the rays!

Send me your address at jrallisonfans at yahoo dot com and I will send you a book!

Book a day give-away/ Fairy countdown month

To mark the countdown to My Unfair Godmother's release day (April 12th) I'm giving away a book a day. The next in the schedule (Check May 13th's blog for a list of books) Is a paperback of It's a Mall World After All. And it is a mall world--unless you are my youngest daughter, and then you can go shopping on ebay when your mom is not looking. Really. Today she spent over 60.00 on littlest petshop toys. (Note to self: remember to log off of the site next time.)

Anyway, here's the deal. My good buddy, Random.org, and I will choose a winner at the end of each day. (The end of each day depends on when I go to bed, so comment early.) Commenting will get you one chance. If you're also a follower you get two chances (be sure to tell me you're a follower in your comment), and if you put something about this giveaway on your blog or facebook status you get four chances. (Put the link to your post in your comment.)

You don't need to update your blog or facebook every day. Just put the same link in. You do, however need to comment and say you're a follower every day because that's how I'll be choosing the winners. You can be brief with your comments though. (Me again. Still a follower.)

May the Random.org be with you!

And the winner is Erin Shakespear

So send me your address at jrallisonfans at yahoo dot com and I'll send you your Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To Do List. (I sooo need to start making shorter titles.)

Book give-away/ Fairy countdown month

To mark the countdown to My Unfair Godmother's release day (April 12th) I'm giving away a book a day. The next in the schedule (Check May 13th's blog for a list of books) Is a hardcover of Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To Do List.

So here's the deal. My good buddy, Random.org and I will choose a winner at the end of each day. (The end of each day depends on when I go to bed, so comment early.) Commenting will get you one chance. If you're also a follower you get two chances (be sure to tell me you're a follower in your comment), and if you put something about this giveaway on your blog or facebook status you get four chances. (Put the link to your post in your comment.)

You don't need to update your blog or facebook every day. Just put the same link in. You do, however need to comment and say you're a follower every day because that's how I'll be choosing the winners. You can be brief with your comments though. (Me again. Still a follower.)

May the Random.org be with you!

The winner is Nikkebirde

Random.org has chosen Nikkebirde! Nikke, send me your address at jrallisonfans at yahoo dot com and I'll send you a copy of All's Fair.

My Unfair Godmother countdown and give-aways

I know the rest of you are as eager to celebrate My Unfair Godmother's release day as I am. You have your fairy godmother cards, gift wrap, and decorations, right?

To mark the countdown I'm going to do nearly a month of book give-aways. (It was going to be a month, but yeah, I'm not organized enough to have this done by March 12th.)I'm giving away two copies of each of my national market YA books, two ARCs of My Unfair Godmother and one hardback copy on the release day. And because that doesn't actually make 29 books, I'm adding in some books that I picked up from other authors while we were doing joint book signings. (I actually meant to give these books away at an earlier date, but yeah, that disorganization problem pops its head up in many ways.)

So here's the deal. My good buddy, Random.org and I will be choosing a winner a day starting on Tuesday, March 15th. Commenting will get you one chance. If you're also a follower you get two chances (be sure to tell me you're a follower in your comment), and if you put something about this giveaway on your blog or facebook status you get four chances. (Put the link to your post in your comment.)

Here's a list of what I'll be giving away on each day:

March 15 a paperback copy of All's Fair in Love, War, and High School

March 16 a hardback copy Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To Do List

March 17 a paperback copy It's a Mall World After All

March 18 a paperback copy of Revenge of the Cheerleaders

March 19 a hardback copy How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-boyfriend

March 20 a paperback Dilbert book, by Scott Adams—Problem Identified and You're Probably Not Part of the Solution— that I bought for my husband for Christmas, realized he already had, and was too lazy to take back to the store. This one isn't signed.

March 21 a hardback copy of Just One Wish

March 22 signed copies of Chronicles of the Broken by Amanda Washington and Bone Warriors by Bron Bahlmann. These are copies of books that I bought from other authors while I was doing book signings.

March 23 a paperback copy of My Fair Godmother

March 24 a hardback copy of My Double Life

March 25 an ARC of My Unfair Godmother

March 26 a paperback copy of A New Dawn. Essays (one by yours truly) about the Twilight Series

March 27 a paperback copy Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Free Throws

March 28 A Kid pack: paperback copies of the picture book Chase McKay Didn't Get Up Today, by Cindy R Williams and The Fun Never Stops, Games for Families, Groups, and Special Occasions by Marylou Bailey. These are copies of books that I bought from other authors while I was doing book signings.

March 29 a paperback copy It's a Mall World After All

March 30 signed copies of Black Sand, by Lisa Finder and Haunts Haven, by Joan Sowards. These are copies of books that I bought from other authors while I was doing book signings.
March 31 a hardback copy How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-boyfriend

April 1 a hardback copy of Just One Wish

April 2 a paperback copy of one of my all time favorite picture books: Callie Cat Ice Skater. It's not really about ice skating, it's about writing. I cried the first time I read it.

April 3 a hardback copy Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To Do List

April 4 writing inspiration books: The Pocket Muse, Ideas and Inspirations for Writing, and All I Need to Know in Life I Learned from Romance Novels, A Guide for Turning Fiction Into Reality

April 5 a paperback copy Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Free Throws

April 6 an ARC of My Unfair Godmother

April 7 a paperback copy of Revenge of the Cheerleaders

April 8 a boy pack. A signed hardback of The Softwire, Virus on Orbis 1 by PJ Haarsma—who is not only one of the coolest authors I know, but he also made a video game of his book and put it on his website. Uber cool, huh? And also a copy of Airman by Eoin Colfer (Not signed, unfortunately. I would love to meet Eoin Colfer and would no doubt act all giddy and fan-girl.)

April 9 a hardback copy of My Double Life

April 10 a paperback copy of All's Fair in Love, War, and High School

April 11 a paperback copy of My Fair Godmother

April 12 A hardback copy of My Unfair Godmother

And the winner is . . .

Admiral Lily!

So send my your address at jrallisonfans at yahoo dot com and I will send your book off.

For the rest of you--don't despair I'm going to do a My Unfair Godmother giveaway countdown where I will be giving away at least one more ARC and copies of my other books too starting on March 14th or 15th depending on how long it takes me to put it all together. I'm going to give away a book a day. So check back for details.

My Unfair Godmother ARC giveaway/ weigh in on the song

I'm having a book trailer done for My Unfair Godmother, and I have to say it's going to be awesome. I'm having special effects. Things sparkle. I can hardly wait to show it to you. But first I need to choose background music. I'm torn between two different songs, both by the very talented Tim McMorris. One has lyrics, one doesn't. I like the song with lyrics better, (It's a love song about taking an adventure) but I worry that if people are listening to the words they won't be reading those few sentences on the trailer. (Obviously I didn't worry about this before. All of my other trailers have lyrics.)

And the instramental is also a great song.

So here's the ARC giveaway deal. Listen to the links for both songs and tell me which you like better. Random.org will choose one of the commenters to give the ARC to.

Oh, and by the way, that female voice that pops in every few seconds and says, "Audio Jungle," that's just Audiojungle's way of keeping you from stealing the song. That won't be on the trailer.

http://audiojungle.net/item/successfu...

Or

http://audiojungle.net/item/youve-got...

Top Ten Jury Duty excuses

I have to say that some people use some pretty unimaginative excuses for getting out of jury duty. Things like, "I can't speak English." And "It would create a financial hardship." And "I'm a police officer." Come on, people. It's not like you're ever going to see the judge again. (At least we can hope not, because hey, wouldn't that be ironic?) So here's a list of reasons with a bit more imagination.


1)I have a very important World or Warcraft quest to finish and my guild is depending on me.

2)I committed a felony, I just wasn't caught.

3)I'm psychic and so I already know the outcome of the trial.

4)Pick me! Pick me!

5)Yes, I know the defendant, and the prosecutor, and the bailiff. I know ALL of you!

6)My entourage needs me.

7)I'm with you, Judge, I'm twittering the whole thing!

8)Can I be impartial? As long as impartial means any fool can see the man is guilty.

9)I'm a writer. By nature we're shiftless, unreliable, and we make stuff up for a
living.

10)What was that, Your Honor? I'm busy updating my blog.

What not to give her for Valentine's Day

Perhaps it's just my husband who needs help picking out Valentine's gifts, (which is why I buy my own. Thanks Dear, for the lovely doll!) but in the interest of helping men everywhere, I am putting together a list of things not to buy your loved one. These are items I found when I googled Valentine's Day gifts.

It should go without saying that you shouldn't buy your sweetheart holiday themed toilet paper. It's nice that you love me from top to bottom, but not that bottom.


Yes, stuffed animals can be cute--and even appropriate if your loved one happens to be in junior high. For women older than that. No. Just resist the urge to buy one of these things. And whatever you do, don't go for the more bizarre stuffed animals like this one:


Happy Valentine's Day! I want to bite your head off!

And this? Only if your girlfriend is in medical school.



If you tell your loved one that you're giving her a diamond, it had better not be one of these. Or you might not want to stand behind her car. Just saying.


And if you give her this, it had better turn into a prince after she kisses it. And the prince should look like George Cloony.



And to end this list--I'm not even sure what this picture is, but I somehow find it very touching that the restroom symbols will be spending a romantic day together. I hope you are so lucky.