Blog It Out, Bitch Scavenger Hunt

I like giving away prizes. For the release of The Twin Prophecies: Rebirth, I gave away a Kindle, an autographed copy of the book, and a role in the follow-up book, The Twin Prophecies: Origins (Spring 2012), and all you had to do then was just buy the book.

To celebrate the release of Blog It Out, Bitch, I’m giving away $50 to Amazon.com and this time, you have to do just a bit more than buy the book. After you’ve bought it, pay attention to what you read. You’ll need to be on your toes in order to find the ten items in the Blog It Out, Bitch Scavenger Hunt.

All ten answers can be found within the book. When you’ve found them all, send me an email with the answers (in order). I will randomly pick one winner from all qualifying entries. In order to qualify, your entry should be 1.) correct (all ten answers) and 2.) received before November 10th, 2011. For some of the questions I’ve included the month/date of the blog to make it easier to find within the book. Here are the clues to the ten items/answers you must find.

Blog It Out, Bitch Scavenger Hunt

 

1. The total amount of money (written in this format $0.00) mentioned in the blog, “Hookers Fascinate Me.”  (Jan 2007)
2. The soap opera mentioned in the blog, “Nina Does Goodwill.” (Jan 2007)
3. The blog in which I watch The Departed and The Prestige. (2007)
4. According to Kali, action is what? (2007)
5. The sum of the number of tips in “An Open Letter to White People” and the number of to-dos on “Kali’s List.” (March 2008/May 2008)
6. In “Picking Up Tips” I say what two things are two of my favorite things? (Jan 2007)
7. The number of blogs with Nina in the title + the number with Kali in the title + the number with Donny in the title + the number with Jack in the title =
8. In BIOB, I’m plagued by which two animals? (Hints: In the backyard/on the road.)
9. How many blogs are there in Blog It Out, Bitch?
10. How many parts are there to “The Ugly Truth?” (Jan 2008)

 

Blog It Out, Bitch Now Available on the Kindle

Blog It Out, Bitch is now available for download to your Kindle or Kindle app. The paperback will be available through Amazon.com in the next day or so. I’ll let you know.

Meanwhile, Kindle readers, happy reading! And pay attention to what you read. It will help you earn a chance to win a $50 Amazon.com e-gift card. Details coming soon.

If you’re not much of a detective, and still want a chance to win something, you can. Share this post on Facebook and Twitter and instruct your friends who buy the book to let me know you sent them. Whoever refers the most people will receive an autographed copy of Blog It Out, Bitch in paperback PLUS a secret mystery prize. Here’s what they need to do:

1. Buy the book.

2. Forward their purchase email confirmation from Amazon.com to nina@blogitoutb.com.

3. Put the words, “(insert your name here) sent me!” in the body of the email.

That’s it. I will keep track of how many people have listed you as a referral. You can check your standing with me at any time. The contest ends on November 6th and is good for purchases of the Kindle edition AND the paperback. The same person can enter you for every copy of the book (Kindle and paperback) they purchase. So, if someone you refer buys one Kindle copy and two paperbacks, you have three entries. The person with the most referrals as of midnight on November 6th wins.

(To win the $50 gift card, you’ll have to use your brain so read carefully. Again, details on that contest later.)

Buy the book now. (And make sure to “like” the Amazon page.)

Blog It Out, Bitch Trailer

And because I just had to use this music…

Blog it Out, Bitch the Book

Coming September 2011

 

Who’s Who

Some of the many people you’ll encounter at Blog It Out, Bitch:

Donny – My long suffering husband. He works hard so I don’t have to. I suspect he only puts up with me because I make him laugh and I’m pretty good in bed. Everyone is waiting for the day when he’ll go “white boy crazy” and kill me in my sleep. Including me.

Kali – Our nine-year-old daughter. She’s smart, funny, and incredibly kind. She’s also drop dead gorgeous. She’s a Disney Channel star waiting to happen, but less annoying and without the whole drugged-up, washed-out, has-been future ahead of her.

Jack – Our newborn baby boy. He’s too young to know what a crazy household he was born into. Born in August of 2008 he’s already displaying a sweet disposition (from Donny) and sense of humor (from me.) He’s also beautiful. Like his Mama.

Sophie/Moon – My best friend since I was 12 and in junior high. We bonded over Guns n’ Roses and To Kill a Mockingbird. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two small children. She knows where the bodies are buried.

Richard/Tralfaz – Richard and I met on Myspace over two years ago (profile name: Tralfaz.) He’s one of few people that can put up with me, but I suspect he only does so because I’m one of the rare people alive that watches about as much television as he does. Richard is a magazine editor that resides in New Jersey.

Mike/Armand Assante’s Left Ventricle and Bette/Wonder Bitch – I met Mike and Bette on Myspace a few years ago. For a short time we had an internet radio show which was pretty much us making each other laugh for an hour. Mike and Bette are dating and live in Orlando, Florida.

Tara/Boozy Irish Floozie – Tara, another Myspace friend, lives in New Jersey as well. Tara is like me, but white. I suspect she doesn’t drink nearly as much as she lets on.

Other oft mentioned folk include my father and stepmother who are both retired NYC police detectives now living in Atlanta, my mother in North Carolina (also ex-NYPD), and various siblings so large in number that even I sometimes can’t name them all.