Book Release Contest!

[eluper]

Okay, we are less than a day away from the release of my next novel, Seth Baumgartner's Love Manifesto, and I am so super excited about the release I've decided to hold a contest to celebrate. It's a mega-awesome contest, too. I've got some great prizes for you, so read on...

Comments

[anonymous]

Hey, Eric: Paul W. Hankins here. I have a book in my study called Redneck Haiku. This is the kind of thing you read when you want to be an expert in all things haiku. . .let's see here:

It's on the menu--
she dumped me in the Applebee's--
The Heartbreak Special.

I am not a kid;
A twisty straw cannot fix
getting dumped this way.

In the corner booth,
I suspect that my father
is now ala carte.

So, how to fix this:
a neighborhood disruption
a new found combo.

[eluper]

I really like the third, Paul. Awesome.

[anonymous]

Oooh, awesome ! Your book looks really good ! I'm not good at writing poems, let alone haikus, so here's my take on it:

Live like you’re dying
Laugh your head off randomly
Love the life you live

I hope it's good enough ! And thank you for the giveaway !

~Alison
lostinbelieving(at)yahoo(dot)com

[eluper]

Great entry, Alison. Thanks for entering!

Haiku Entries

[marjorielight]

Yay! A contest! (With great swag, too!) Here it goes, my winning entry:

Creating Haikus
About Seth Baumgartner's Love
Manifesto is...

Well that didn't work. Luper, why didn't you call it Eclipse or Twilight or something shorter. Hmmm... I teach my students to be spare. Let me try this again:

Love is a many
Splendored Thing. Unless you
are Seth (or his Mom).

Worse than fry duty:
Getting dumped at Applebees
While your dad macks on some chick

Tailing cheating dad
AND Golfing's funny? Who knew?
Luper's writing rocks.

Clueless "Delilah":
Unsuspecting Mom leads to
Anti-love podcasts

You must buy this book
for yourself and ten others:
I know where you live.

Oh, gosh! I have no idea how that last one got there! Someone must have typed it while I was out of the room. But it scans, so I'll leave it.

Luper: Congrats on the birth of your bouncy book baby. Seth Baumgartner's Love Manifesto is hilarious and endearing. Just like me. I mean YOU! Oops. Of course, I meant you. Off to tweet and post and link and such...

Re: Haiku Entries

[eluper]

Of course, I like that last haiku Marjorie. But I'm surprised you didn't sneak in other topics. Here is one I wrote for you:

Good bedside manner
And a princess sticker too?
Abduct me again...

Re: Haiku Entries

[marjorielight]

Are you writing an awesome haiku with the hope of keeping your cool booty? Erm. Perhaps I should say: cool loot? That poem made me laugh a bit too loudly.

Here's another:

Seth's cast-iron stomach:
What would YOU eat for true love...
Bad chicken salad?

Dimitri

[anonymous]

So this haiku is what happens when I'm awake at midnight after a very long day :-p.

Love's like Applebee's...
It tastes so good at the time
But it hurts later

I apoligize for the offensiveness! I've read the beginning of your book, and it's completely amazing. I can already tell that Seth is a pretty cool cookie and I look forward to reading more of his story :-). Congrats on the release!

Renee
blue_eyed_girl426@yahoo.com

[eluper]

I love this one, Renee! Very funny!

[artistq]

Congratulations on the birth of SETH!! will facebook/tweet your big news!!