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A little bit of this, A little bit of that

August 13, 2008 at 5:06 pm

Vote for Rachel’s food blogging session. (There will be cupcakes!)

My fellow Seal Press author and cupcake blogger, Rachel Kramer Bussel, has proposed a food blogging panel for the annual SWSX festival next year entitled, “Nom Nom Nom: The Secrets of Successful Foodblogging.” Go vote for her. If she gets in and you attend, you will get a free cupcake.

Bitch about sportswear and get a free bra

MizFit is hosting a contest where everyone who leaves a comment about what bugs them about athletic apparel will get a free sports bra. (Looks like the bra is for A/B size runners, so busty women be warned.) Be sure to read the post, because you have to email the sponsor after leaving a comment. Only runs until midnight tonight!

ETA: MizFit commented below that “It’s HIGH IMPACT for A/B and low impact for larger cup women. My sister is a C almost D and likes hers (ok, she steals mine :)) but she uses it for lifting weights/elliptical machine.”

Welcome back Internet Explorer 6 users!

All of you who use Internet Explorer 6 are probably happy that you can see the site again. Yesterday I embedded a video of a Coco the Colossal Colon in my state fair entry which IE6 could not digest. I’ve removed the video, so everything should be fine. But let me just say, screw you, Maven player! You suck. Don’t be crashing my blog.

Viral video contest winner

July 6, 2008 at 8:07 pm

Congratulations to Kelly, who has already been contacted and confirmed her acceptance of her prize as winner of the viral video contest prize package. She was lucky number 63 of 83 entries. Thank you to everyone who posted my video on their web sites. I almost feel dizzy from all that spinning.

ETA: Kelly now has a blog at Losing it! Check it out.

Reminders

June 26, 2008 at 12:08 pm

You can still win $25 at Amazon.com!

You’ve still got 4 days left to enter my Viral Video Contest and be entered to win a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com, a Burt’s Bee’s gift basket, a free autographed book and a spaghetti scepter. (Do it for the spaghetti scepter.) Details are here.

Catch me in South Bend

I’ll be in South Bend, Indiana, holding court in the Barnes & Noble at 4601 Grape Road at 4pm on Saturday, June 28. I’m sold out of autographed copies on my book site, so this is one of the last times you’ll be able to score a signed copy unless you randomly bump into me on the street while carrying a copy.

Please spay and neuter your pets

It’s important to control the pet population…oh wait, sorry, this has nothing to do with me or weight loss. I’m just flashing back to the prime time edition of The Price is Right last night.

How to lose 192 pounds in 7 seconds: Viral video prize giveaway and super secret bonus content!

June 9, 2008 at 7:14 am

Contest! Woo-hoo! If you enjoyed the video above (and even if you didn’t) you can enter to win the Half-Assed Prize Pack in celebration of the release of my book, Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir. The prize pack includes:

A $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com
A signed copy of Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir
A signed galley copy. (Galleys are early uncorrected proofs that are sent to reviewers.)
A Burt’s Bee’s gift basket
My favorite kitchen gadget, the apple corer and slicer
A Spaghetti Scepter from the PastaQueen

Prize Pack

Interested? To enter, all you have to do is:

Embed the video in your blog, MySpace, message board post – whatevah. The code to embed the video is here:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hU8L0l85dp8" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Link back to this post: https://www.pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/06/how_to_lose_192.html
E-mail me a link to your entry at contest@halfassedbook.com

I’ll check your post to verify you did everything correctly and then you will be entered for the prize. The contest runs from now until 11:59pm EST on June 30, 2008. A winner will be randomly selected in July. You may enter as many times as you like, though each entry must be on a different site. Official rules are available after the jump.

Super Secret Bonus Content!

The purpose of the video is also to announce a promotional experiment I’ve been cooking up – Super Secret Bonus Content! If you bought a copy of my book, you can submit a ticket to access extra content including:

16-page commentary track pamphlet that provides additional insight and observations on the writing process
Every recipe mentioned in the book
Humorous video of what my cat does while I’m away, mentioned in one of the chapters
And more!

Details on how to apply are here. I know when I hear about an interesting book my first reaction is usually, “That sounds cool. I’ll go get that….from the library.” Because I’m cheap. And looking at the number of requests for my book at the local library, I’m not the only thrifty person in town. While I’m honored and grateful that so many people have given up hours of their lives to read the words I’ve written, I’d prefer it if they bought a copy instead of borrowed one. So I asked myself, what would make me buy a book instead of request it from the library? I would need some sort of extra incentive. Thus, the Super Secret Bonus Content was born. We’ll see how it goes. I reserve the right to redact the bonus content offer at anytime (if I determine it’s not worth the hassle), so get your entries in now.

Galley contest reminder

March 3, 2008 at 7:28 am

Just a reminder, but today is the last day to automatically be entered to win a free galley copy of my upcoming book by signing up for my mailing list. Quite a few of you have signed up for the list, but haven’t confirmed your membership, making you ineligible for the drawing. After you signed up you should have been sent a confirmation email with a link you needed to click to finish the sign-up process. If you didn’t get it, check your spam folder or try signing up again. I’d hate for you to miss your chance for a free book because of an email snafu!

Also, Amazon is currently offering an extra 5% on all books pre-orders. So, if there was something you wanted to preorder, you can save an extra 54 cents and buy yourself some gum afterwards! I don’t know how long they will be running this offer, but thanks to Sara for pointing it out.