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Monday, August 22, 2011

Conference Swag Giveaway

Morning, all. Let's start the week off with a giveaway, eh? 

I have a giant pile of AAD conference swag. My giant pile of AAD conference swag, let me show you it. (Click to make gianter.)


Comment if you want it, and I'll select one winner at random on Friday. Also, yeah, that's my conference badge in the back there, and yeah, it is indeed powered by tiger blood. I'll send that along too if the winner wants it.
Posted by Rachel Haimowitz at 3:01 AM
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21 comments:

  1. JimAugust 22, 2011 at 3:07 AM

    Hey Rachel, How did you enjoy the conference? Do you find them useful?

    BTW, Do you have any intention of adding Crescendo for Pre-Order at B&N?

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  2. Rachel HaimowitzAugust 22, 2011 at 3:21 AM

    Hi Jim,

    I enjoyed the conference very much, but whether I found it "useful" or not definitely depends on how you define that. Did I feel like I grew as a writer? Not particularly, no. The panels, for instance, were generally very amusing and interesting conversations, but revealed very little new information. On the other hand, I definitely met a ton of wonderful people, did a lot of networking, and made a lot of new connections that I'd consider deeply useful. Not to mention very, very fun :D It was wonderful to finally be able to put faces to the names I see online every day.

    Re: Crescendo, I don't control that, my publisher does. You can pre-order an ePub through the publisher site (which is the exact same file format sold on B&N for your Nook), but if you want to buy it through B&N directly, you'll have to wait until release day. There are many benefits to pre-ordering from the publisher--you get the book two days early, you get entered into some neat prize drawings, and more of your purchase price goes directly to the author and publisher--but I certainly understand that everyone likes to shop in their own favorite places. The book will be available in as many of those places as possible on release day :)

    Thanks for stopping by!

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  3. BarbaraAugust 22, 2011 at 6:05 AM

    Hi Rachel,

    I can't believe that when I was absent for such a long time, so many new and exciting things happened :). Congratulations! And I'm really looking forward to reading Crescendo - next week I'll pre-order it. And then I have patiently wait till October.

    It's great to hear that you have such a lot of fun during the conference. New connections are always useful - you never know when you need them :D. And you badge looks huge. Was it uncomfortable to wear?

    Best wishes,
    Barbara

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  4. Rachel HaimowitzAugust 22, 2011 at 6:12 AM

    Hi Barbara! THanks for the congratulations--it's true that an absolutely insane amount of awesome stuff has happened in the last few months. As for Crescendo...Hey, October's not so far away now, right? Plus you'll get to read it two days early :D

    The conference badge isn't so big as it looks, mostly because the stuff on the sides is all just ribbons. Wasn't uncomfortable at all. It did keep flipping around though; everyone's did, for some reason, which was kind of inconvenient because then you never knew who you were talking to :-p

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  5. AnonymousAugust 22, 2011 at 10:31 AM

    Re-the pre-order. You save $2 too!

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  6. Rachel HaimowitzAugust 22, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    @lskoester: Oh, yep, that's true!

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  7. jayhjayAugust 22, 2011 at 12:53 PM

    Sounds like so much fun. I have always wanted to go to a conference and meet folks. I would have loved to go to gay rom lit but it is over my anniversary this year. Hopefully next time.

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  8. Rachel HaimowitzAugust 22, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    @jayhjay: Excuses excuses ;-p Bring the SO; you can have your anniversary in New Orleans! :D

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  9. June M.August 22, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    I hope you had a great time at the conference. Does the publisher have other formats available for preorder? I have a kindle so mobi/prc is what works with it.

    June M.
    manning_j2004 at yahoo dot com

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  10. HollyAugust 22, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    I would love to win this! :) Thanks for the opportunity.

    Holly
    fullmoonbites[at]gmail[dot]com

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  11. Rachel HaimowitzAugust 22, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    @June: I had a wonderful time :D There's even some hilarious karaoke video from the conference on my facebook page.

    The publisher offers many formats for preorder, including mobi :)

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  12. Rachel HaimowitzAugust 22, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    (In case anyone needs the pre-order link: http://stormmoonpress.com/books/Crescendo.aspx)

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  13. Rachel HaimowitzAugust 22, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    @Holly: You're welcome! On my birthday (Sept 28), I'll give away all the free books I came home with, too :D

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  14. AnonymousAugust 22, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    Hey there hun,

    I totally want your hot conference swag package ;-) hope you enjoyed your self and got lots of information and all ... keep up the awesome work and love always visiting this site special with all the goodies and picture you have up to help me entertain my day xoxox

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  15. AnonymousAugust 22, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    Hey there hun,

    I totally want your hot conference swag package ;-) hope you enjoyed your self and got lots of information and all ... keep up the awesome work and love always visiting this site special with all the goodies and picture you have up to help me entertain my day xoxox

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  16. Rachel HaimowitzAugust 22, 2011 at 4:32 PM

    Hello Kai! Aww, I'm glad you enjoy my blog so much, and I shall indeed enter you in the swag drawing :)

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  17. Mary PrestonAugust 22, 2011 at 6:38 PM

    One day I will get myself to a conference - somehow. They always seem like so much fun.

    marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com

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  18. Loveless3173August 23, 2011 at 12:51 AM

    Oh! I want a chance to win some Awesome swag! lol...
    Glad you had a good time at the conference! :3


    Judi
    arella3173_loveless@yahoo.com

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  19. Rachel HaimowitzAugust 23, 2011 at 2:33 AM

    Thanks for stopping by, Marybelle and Judi :) I've entered you both. And yes, AAD really was a blast!

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  20. msmjb65August 24, 2011 at 8:59 PM

    Sure. Why not put my name in for some swag. Better cluuter my shelves/closet thatn yours, right? :)
    MJB
    msmjb65 AT gmail DOT com

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  21. Rachel HaimowitzAugust 29, 2011 at 1:09 AM

    LOL, agreed, msmjb :)

    Sorry for the delay folks--I just realized I forgot to do this drawing in the mess with Irene. Random.org says the winner is Judi. Judi, I'll drop you an email to get your mailing address. Thanks to all who entered, and keep an eye out for the post over my birthday (September 28) when I give out the dozen or so books I got to take home from the conference.

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