Anyway, I'm not going to babble on about running-related stuff (because I don't really have any running-related experiences) so I'm jumping right in to today's bonus prizes. (Yes, plural!)
Prize #1: SLEEPLESS by Terri Clark
Eighteen-year-old Trinity Michaels has the ability to dream walk. It's a power she doesn't want, but it forever alters her life when she's unable to find an abducted teen before she's killed. While Trinity does help police capture the killer, Rafe Stevens, her involvement makes her his next target. Stevens pleads insanity and his convincing performance, aided by his despicable attorney, get him sentenced to a mental institute where a diabolical physician experiments on him. Now Rafe's escaped the sanitarium and he's after Trinity. Like her, he now has a special ability, one that allows him to stalk Trinity through her dreams. If he kills her in her sleep, she'll die for real. To survive she must find him first and the only person willing to help her is Dan Devlin, disillusioned son of the shady lawyer who knowingly aided Rafe in getting away with murder. Can she trust Dan with her safety, not to mention her heart?
Prize #2: INVISIBLE TOUCH by Kelly Parra
Kara Martinez has been trying to be "normal" ever since the accident that took her father's life when she was eleven years old. She's buried the caliente side of her Mexican heritage with her father and tried to be the girl her rigid mother wants her to be--compliant and dressed in pink, and certainly not acting out like her older brother Jason. Not even Danielle, her best friend at Valdez High, has seen the real Kara; only those who read her anonymous blog know the deepest secrets of the sign seer.
Because Kara has a gift--one that often feels like a curse. She sees signs, visions that are clues to a person's fate, if she can put together the pieces of the puzzle in time. So far, she's been able to solve the clues and avert disaster for those she's been warned about--until she sees the flash of a gun on a fellow classmate, and the stakes are raised higher than ever before. Kara does her best to follow the signs, but it's her heart that wanders into new territory when she falls for a mysterious guy from the wrong side of town, taking her closer to answers she may not be able to handle. Will her forbidden romance help her solve the deadly puzzle before it's too late...or lead her even further into danger?
I cannot even begin to imagine what it feels like to run a marathon. (The longest distance I've ever raced is the 500m swim, and I hated that.) It must be one of the hardest things a person can do in their life, but I bet it feels like a major accomplishment when it's over. So this is my question of the day: What is the hardest thing you've ever done?
For me, and this is probably going to sound cheesy, it's becoming a published author. It took me years--years full of sweat and tears and excitement and fears and writing, writing, writing. It's the longest time I ever spent pursuing any one dream (which is also how I knew that it's what I'm meant to be). When I finally got the call that I'd sold my first book it definitely felt like I'd gotten the gold at the end of a marathon.
WOMEN'S MARATHON CONTEST
Answer this question: What is the hardest thing you've ever done?
PRIZES
(1) copy of OH. MY. GODS. or teaser of GODDESS BOOT CAMP
(1) copy of SLEEPLESS by Terri Clark
(1) copy of INVISIBLE TOUCH by Kelly Parra
Enter below and check back tomorrow (and the day after that and the day after that) for a new contest. Winners of all contests will be posted on August 25th.
And don't forget the other contests:
Gold Medal Contest
COOP 1 I WANNA BE YOUR JOEY RAMONE by Stephanie Kuenhert
COOP 2 CRUEL SUMMER by Alyson Noel
COOP 3 HOW TO HOOK A HOTTIE by Tina Ferraro
COOP 4 REVENGE OF THE HOMECOMING QUEEN and TWISTED SISTERS by Stephanie Hale
COOP 5 SHRINK TO FIT by Dona Sarkar and VIOLET IN PRIVATE by Melissa Walker
COOP 6 LULU DARK CAN SEE THROUGH WALLS by Bennett Madison
COOP 7 ZETA OR OMEGA? and THE NEW SISTERS by Marley Gibson (writing as Kate Harmon)
COOP 8 YOU HAD ME AT HALO by Amanda Ashby
COOP 9 THE SPECIALISTS: MODEL SPY by Shannon Greenland
Hugs,
TLC
39 comments:
Definitely writing related - writing my first book. :) Although sports stuff is second - including winning championships and training for races and seasons. Writing and getting my book published is the hardest thing I've ever done. :)
It was so funny how the lady that won kept running even after she won the marathon!
The hardest thing I've ever had to do would be speak in public for the National Junior Honor Society at my school. I was only Historian (thank God I wasn't president) but it was nerve-racking. Everyone's eyes on you to hear you tell them what you were gonna say. What if I forgot what TO say?
In the end, I said my part fine.
The hardest thing I have ever done is overcoming my depression--it was very hard but I think I'm doing well so far.
The hardest thing I've ever had to do was suck it up. Just pretend like it didn't hurt, when it does. I don't like to show weakness or falter, its just an excuse to people to exploit you. That I think is the hardest thing for me to do, pretend like it doesn't matter and I don't care when its eating me alive.
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The hardest thing I had to do was read this book we had to make in class. I am VERY shy and I hate public speaking. I rushed through the whole thing. I couldn't wait for it to be over but i did get an A. :)
i'm not sure the hardest thing i've ever done. probably it's accept that (on the day me and my BFF were taping for Wheel of Fortune), that we didnt win the last prize :( i wont tell you what it was, but it was painful :(
The hardest thing I ever had to do was get in front of my whole english class and read a short story I wrote. I was scared that everyone would hate my story. Though I got through it and got an A on my story.
The hardest thing I've ever done was to quit smoking. Not kidding.
The hardest thing I ever had to do was tell my science research teacher that I was rejected from this summer research program I wanted to do.
It was especially hard because first the rejection hurt and then I felt like I let her down because she wrote me the greatest recommendation letter ever. So it was like a double whammy, not to mention that I was disappointed myself.
But when I finally did build up the courage to tell her she was very sweet and understanding about it.
-May from YA Book Realm
well i have not many hard things so far in my life but i guess the hardest thing was when i tried to run for three hours straight in this small town in mexico, it was sooo hard and unfortunately i wasn't able to actually run throughout the whole thing, i had to take breaks i was so surprised that there were about 20 out of the 100 or so people that actually made it through to the end (not everyone ran of course some jobbed but i still couldn't make it) it was soo hard for me : (
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The hardest thing I've ever done? Well, I guess that would be leaving my friends and family when I moved out of the country. Thanks!
By far, the hardest thing I have ever done is swimming a mile for competition. It was absolutely horrible. I was the last one to finish and the whole time I kept wondering who the heck would ever volutarilty sign up to swim 66 laps for a race? Compared to the mile, the 500 free and 200 fly are soo easy.
I don't know what the hardest thing I've ever done is. Probably the time I had to make a speech at 8th grade graduation. My speech sucked, and I couldn't get out of saying it. And there was like 300 people listening. Eek.
There are so many things I could write, but maybe this was the hardest.
When I carried my twins, both in breach position, the doctor promised if everything remained equal I would be delivered via assisted normal delivery & oh boy, that gave me great relief beyond words, as I feared a cesarean section. Since carrying twins in breach positions, & via normal delivery, was not an everyday occurrence the doctor gently & tactfully, requested if I could allow some senior students to observe. He told me to take a week to think it over & yes it could be a no for an answer (so kind).
I went crazy for a week, as to which way I should decide, after all, delivering a baby (well babies in my case) is a private thing for most.
I reasoned, I could deliver without cesarean section only because the doctor had the skills.
After a week, I told the doctor to pack the delivery room when the time came as I wished for more medical students to save other mothers (just like me) in the future.
That was a difficult decision for me to make, but till today, I am so proud to have given back in my own small way.
The deliver went brilliant. My twins arrived into this world with great applause from the audience..ha ha.
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Hardest thing I have done...well this is sort of present. I am trying to loose an ungodly amount of weight right now. And Having tons of trouble...but it is definitely ranked one of the hardest things I have done.
The hardest thing I've done, is going back to college. It's a struggle financially but I know in the long run it's what is best for my future.
The hardest thing I've ever done? Oh boy, I can't really remember. I think it would have to be my summative for my history class this year. I worked very hard on it and I forced myself to remember every detail I could for my presentation. I was just one mark away from perfect.
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pulling my average up in algebra I during 8th grade. i was really sick at the time, so it was hard to focus in class. but i ended up pulling my average up a ton- i got it up to an A average
Having to watch my dads face when telling him, me and my now husband wanted to get married. It wasn't the fact of getting married that made my dad look scared or sad. It was just that I was a daddy's girl and he didn't want to give me away. So eventually he was happy for me but it took a while for him to stop asking me if I wanted to stay. It was a bittersweet kind of thing.
The hardest thing I've ever done is finishing 8 pages of my comic in 2 days! @__@
Speak in public. It was at a writing conference and I volunarily signed up, thinking "I'm gonna have to do this SOMEtime." Granted, there were only about 8-10 people in the room, but it was still nervewracking.
The hardest thing I've ever done is probably an ongoing thing...health problems are keeping me out of college and the hardet thing is probably not getting depressed by that and the other things I can do (right now)
The hardest thing I've ever done was trying to cope with my grandma's death.
Grace L
I've done a few things in my life that were really difficult, but I think the most difficult was admitting to myself that my dreams needed to adjusting.
activity wise... I think getting up Enchanted Rock... or at least it felt like it!
I am not naturally athletically talented, but I joined the track team anyway and started doing hurdles because no one else wanted to. I trained HARD, and though I never won any races, I did get the most improved award.
The hardest thing I've ever done is probably go to my grandfathers funeral. I'm not at all a fan on funerals, but who is? But it's probably one of my fears and it really bugs me. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do.
I've been in a spelling be in 5th, 6th and 7th grade, and, although the last few ones, are easier, the first time was so freaking scary. Another thing is in my very old house we have to go in the very scary basement to take a shower, and let me tell you,there are a TON of spiders done there, and me, who has arachnophobia it's hard for me to go down there. So I'm always proud of myself when I get down there, or pass a spider without screaming.
The hardest thing I've ever done is tell someone no. It sucked.
I really don't know. Public speaking is very hard for me, but that's more about fear. Probably the hardest thing I've ever done (and am still doing) is persevering in attempting to write a book. (It's been over a year and a half and I'm still not even done with the first draft.)
I would have to say learning to work well with others and be friends was the hardest thing I've done.
The hardest thing I've ever done, and am still doing, in fact is living up to my parents expectations. Being immigrants, they want whats best for me, but don't understand all the pressure that I feel.
One of the hardest things I've ever done was survive my childhood.
Um, I'd have to say getting my doctorate degree. I knew getting my EdD would be hard, but it's more difficult than I thought it would be. BUT, when I walk across that stage next year to become Dr. Rae, all the hard work, blood, sweat, tears (and there've been plenty tears), and headaches will definitely be worth it!
to present something in public I am e tremely shy so I get super nervous in front of a lot of people
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Moving away to get away from a boyfriend that I really loved but that I knew was not right for me. It was the best decision I ever made, but I still wonder sometimes...
The hardest thing I've done so far in my life is go back to college. I was so scared to go back after almost eight years of no school. It ended up being great and I'm glad to be back on the learning track.
Hugs, Danette
The hardest thing I have ever done is watch my grandfather die.
GirlwiththeBraids
(Adayla S.)
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