Hey, look, SHWAG! Pls remit your undying friendship.
Yes. I know its Thursday. One of these weeks I will post the Monday More Q on an actual Monday. (Oh, stop laughing. It could happen!)
I am not posting much on ANY day this month because something CLICKED, chemistry bloomed, and the new book and I, we are all about each other right now. These days my head is SO deep in it that I keep running to the file like it was my SECRET MOST BEAUTIFUL NEW LOVER and neglecting all my friends, as girls in the throws of passionate affairs are wont to do.
SO! Since I am SUCKING as a friend and blog-ess and your Best Beloved, I am bribing you to still like me by throwing prizes at you. YAY! Let me know if this works, as I may then try it on my cat, Schubert, who is SO angry about the amount of time I have spent out of town away from him recently that he follows me around the house cussing me out and beats up any animal who dares break his line of sight to me. I may have to get him jewelry…
But I am trying to buy your love with the fitness loots on 5 Five FUll Plates, and here with FIVE (!) copies of the audio version of Backseat Saints. I meant to do this earlier, but could never learn to EMBED a sample in the blog. But here I am reading the opening LIVE so it is sort of like this only with less mistakes. Because the audio book got edited, and this is live. But you can get an idea if you might like it…
We will let the Random Number Generator choose three of you, but you can get more than one entry this time.
1) Leave a comment.
2) Link back to this blog from your blog, and leave a SEPARATE comment telling me you did so.
3) Tweet/facebook/myspace this contest and leave a SEPARATE comment telling me you did so.
Even if you get three entries, you can only win one copy, if that makes sense? It makes sense in my head. AND NOW THE MOREQ.
I will leave this open until Monday.
Corrie asked: Is there one thing you wish all your readers would take away from your work?
At first I thought I couldn’t answer this, because different things matter to me in different books. But then I realized I had two things that I always secretly want readers to come away wit…
1) Hopefulness. I don’t always have tidy or happy endings, but I strive for hopeful ones.
2) A FERVENT DESIRE to tell everyone they ever met to go out immediately and buy my books. Like my dad does. He has been known to go up to any total stranger he sees holding a book and say, “I see you like to read! Let me tell you about my favorite writer-slash-daughter, Joshilyn Jackson…” It doesn’t really matter to him if the book they are holding is anything like what I write. They could be perusing their CAR MANUAL. Maybe even a PAMPHLET. I am not sure even people reading their own grocery lists are safe from him.
I need more DADS. *grin*
Heather: Ummm…what’s your “guilty pleasure” where reading is concerned?
Pulp. I LOVE me some Pulp. John Carter of Mars, especially. And Pellicidar, where lives the Incomparable Dejah Thoris. And of course Conan. Conan is my favorite. He never SPEAKS in those books.
julie fisher asks, “Is there a chart to graph your current Mental Illness Number?”
Of course!
Hmmm-your first comment on this contest. The RNG has never picked this low before but there’s always a first time! Glad to hear you’ve got lots of “clay” to work with for the new book.
Audio version of Backseat Saints read by you? Yes, please.
Of course, having left a comment I am doomed. Such is my life.
Sigh.
And I tweeted you up. Which is not a violation of your personal person, but rather advertising of your personal writing. Woo hoo!
I’ve been lurking for years, since Sam was catching tadpoles in the puddles, but a chance at an audiobook of yours is pulling me out of the woodwork. Wonderful sample!
I really hope I win because I wanna hear more of RM’s voice!
No blog but I did tweet from @itsdanimoore!!!
This would be wonderful. My husband and I enjoyed the bit we’ve heard online now and had to grin at Mrs. Fancy’s voice.
I just put you on FB and Twitter too. Glad to see the bears didn’t eat you on the mountain, even if it seems the book is eating you instead.
Love the mental illness chart. What is the number for “Husband out of town”?
oh yeah, now you’re talking, an audio version of the book read by you,,,I’m so there! WOOT WOOT! posting away about this! YEAHHHHHHHH!
and I facebook’d this too! I’m on a major roll this morning!
http://www.facebook.com/ckwallace?v=wall&story_fbid=149700298377986&ref=notif¬if_t=feed_comment_reply#!/profile.php?id=512570877
and I just put a link on the sidebar of my blog, your cover image really brightens up my blog! WOOT WOOT!
I’d love to listen to your new book!
Yes, please! Pick me so I can hear more of Jos’s mellifluous voice! (Yes, I had to consult the dictionary on that one. Extra credit?)
RNG, pretty please? With sugar on top?
I need to win – I have read all the other books and can’t stop now…
I have been acting a bit like your Dad since reading gods in Alabama, though I do tend to target the recommendations to those who I believe would most likely love your books too. And so far they have all thanked me profusely. Would love to have an audio book to give to another friend who prefers that format to further spread the craze.
Reading your books is a wonderful pleasure. I don’t even LIKE audio books, because listening is so much slower than reading for me, but I LOVE listening to your audio books in your voice. The characters are even more alive. Guess this is because I am a yankee transplanted to the south and still appreciate the differences in all the voices I hear down here!
Oh wow… I just listened to some of the sample, and you reading that book is just like magic in my ears. I must have it!
I am assuming you left “Scott out of Town” off your visual aid because the number is SO high, it would need to shoot out of the top of our computer monitors to be charted.
And I like presents.
And your books.
And also you even though I’ve never met you.
Beloved Joshilyn,
I just tweeted this:
I’ve been up late reading @JoshilynJackson’s book The Girl Who Stopped Swimming. Backseat Saints is next – contest here: http://ow.ly/2m33S
Even without hearing you read your audiobook, I love how I’m able to hear your voice loud and clear. Thank you.
P.S. Everyone has sweat on the back of their legs in Atlanta these days. Good time to “sneak” in exercise.
I just facebooked it!
First post to get the goodies! I wanna win so bad as this is my summer-of-not-having-much-moolah so I haven’t yet bought it. I want it bad. RNG, go my way, pleeeeeease!
AND I’ve linked through Fb, so here is my separate comment, guaranteed (not) to point the RNG my way… this time. come on, baby, no whammies!
Ooh–I put this book on my book club’s reading list for fall. I’d love to have an audio book to accompany my morning workouts!
And I tweeted it.
And now I blogged about it. Can you tell I really, really want this?
Facebooked a link to your blog. Although all my friends have probably already heard me tell them about my fervent desire to have them read your books.
That was a wonderful read of the 1st chapter but now I need more – I would love to have the Audio Book. Thanks for this opportunity.
I wanna win!!!!!
Yay!!! I added a link to my facebook! Thanks for the challenge…now I know how!
Oh. My. Word. I must know what happens next!
Backseats Saints is a whole nother story when you’re talkin it!
I’ve never won anything online… but maybe, just maybe, this will be a first?
I would L-O-V-E to have a copy of the book, but I’ll bet the audio book is even better.
I would love to win this book.
Can’t wait to get a copy.
My daughters told me about your book and hope to win a copy.
I am partially blind so I love to listen to books.
I saw one of your books on a list at my library and was all, “Ooh!” to my friend who is the readers’ advisor, and she said, “Yes, I know, you like her”. So I’m pretty sure I am a little like your dad already in that respect heh.
http://twitter.com/Muirnait/statuses/20519740583
Oooh…audio…yes please!!
I am totally hooked! please pick me and i will have a word with your cat.
Ooh, i really want the audio version!
Count me in, please!
since i have already listened to the audiobook ( twice ) and the sample, i would love my very own copy. Have a copy of the book but use the library’s copy for the audio
PS as long as you are writing somewhere we /I don’t mind. Even better if it is on the new book
As before, love the sound of your voice reading your book. Would love to have the whole audio book.
Oh hai! I am commenting
Also, I have linked to here from my twitter! http://twitter.com/lifesnotasong
This is me hoping to get it.
I really shouldn’t enter this contest since I won the last one and just received my prize The Messenger of Athens in the mail on Saturday! Yay! Started it last night and can’t wait to read more. It’s gonna be yummy, I can already tell. Thanks random number generator for finally picking me!
I will wait for you, Joshilyn, my love! also tweeting http://Twitter.com/cluttery
Oops, separate post.
tweeting http://Twitter.com/cluttery
Ok so like all the other people here, I’m crossing everything that bends, hoping, praying, wishing, chanting that I win … lol.
Ok we’re good to go and all Twittered … http://twitter.com/CruisewithDee
On to FB!
Here’s to winning!
Me too, ‘kay?
Well…I’m not in your Dad’s league but I have gotten a few of my co-workers and my boss to read your books after I took Between, Georgia to work.
Hey, I would LOVE to have this! I work a half an hour away, so I listen to a LOT of audio books…
Got it up on FB … http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1145904093
Thanks for the chance!
Yay!
I’ll be checking my mailbox soon!!
Posted you on my Facebook page too.
As much as I love your books, they are even BETTER when I hear you read from them. It is like that extra special touch of flavor that makes the whole story that much more interesting.
It is the only one of your books that I don’t have. Not much mad money lately.
Okay, I linked this blog posting to my facebook page and I already tell everybody I know to buy and read your books.
I would love this so I am hoping. LOVED the book!
Who doesn’t love a prizegiving?
I would love to win! Prizes are such fun!
Okay Ms Joshlyn ~ You’re books ARE my a vital part of my religion… they work miracles!
The RNG hates me, but I keep hoping it will change its mind.
I posted to my Facebook and linked back, too. Thanks!
You always write the best books
I left a comment on the other site.
I’m sorry….I don’t tweet, facebook, or my space. I live in the dark ages. (And my home computer is older than dirt). Maybe you can still take my entry, but if not, i understand.
Oh, pretty pretty please, I would like to win. Very much.
I love your graph. And I want to listen to your book!
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I love audio books for my 8 hour drive every weekend and have listened to all of your books, even though I read them first! Please let the random number generator pick me!