Last one! RT/repost/share with comment about your resolution(s) for the new year for a chance to win a signed copy of HOW TO BE BRAVE! (US only, 9pm PST, tag me please!) #youcandoit #resolution2016 #NewYear #howtobebrave #yalit #bookstagram #quotestoliveby #quotes #quoteoftheday #believeinyourself #youwillshine
#amwriting (Well, really, I’m taking pictures of how I’m about to start writing but you know what I mean 😂😂😂) (at Brand Library & Art Center)
I’ve had so much fun posting all these pics from the interactive trailer. Thanks to those who have liked and shared! Two more to go! Today’s photo from the interactive trailer also features artwork by my ninety-year old aunt! Repost to win a signed copy of HOW TO BE BRAVE (US only, by 9pm today, please tag me!)
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Share/repost/RT with a comment about how you will try to be brave today, for a chance to win a signed copy of my book. By 9pm PST, US only.
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Day 2 of my first ever giveaway, featuring quotes from HOW TO BE BRAVE and images from the beautiful interactive trailer filmed by Neha Dutta.
Share/repost for chance to win a signed copy of HOW TO BE BRAVE by 9pm PST. Be sure to tag me! #NewYear #giveaway Day 2/5 US only.
View the trailer at http://www.howtobebravebook.com
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“You are possibility and change and beauty.” Day 1/5 of my first ever giveaway! Posting images from the interactive trailer. Simply share/ repost this for a chance to win a copy of HOW TO BE BRAVE by 9pm PST. US only.
View trailer at http://www.howtobebravebook.com #newyearresolution #newyear2016 #bookgiveaway #yalit #ya #giveaway #howtobebrave #selflove #believeinyourself
Every single year, I write resolutions for the new year, and even though research states that for many, they don’t work, I can’t help it. I’m an eternal optimist. I love first chapters, seedlings, the early morning light, the smell of new babies – any chance to start over, to begin anew.
In the first chapter of HOW TO BE BRAVE, Georgia is intent on starting over, finding a new way to live with courage and optimism, despite her grief. Late last year, we filmed this interactive trailer, which shows how Georgia faces each moment as a new opportunity, a choice. When Neha Dutta, the director, pitched the idea to film it similar to a choose-your-own-adventure story, I was thrilled. I like to think of my book as less of a “how to” (as much as I love the title) and more of an invitation to reflect on what it means to live each moment with meaning and intention.
I believe that each moment of our lives is an opportunity for a new beginning. Sometimes if my daughter and I are having a rough day – you know the kind – everyone’s cranky, the milk is spoiled, we’re out of coffee, she’s stubbed her toe, the cat just coughed up a hairball the size of a bowling ball - I’ll say that it’s time for a do-over. A do-over is where we both go back to bed, pretend to be asleep, and then she calls out to me, just like she does every morning, and we pretend to start our day over, anew, with a whole new attitude. Usually, this does the trick. We smile and hug and we try it again.
Recently, I’ve had many people tell me that they somehow missed seeing the trailer we filmed, so I’d like to give it a do-over. I also had a wonderful debut year, full of new friends, exciting travel, and endless surprises. I’d like to start 2016 from a place of gratitude, with some small offering to the world. A giveaway seems like a nice way to do that - and it’ll be my first book giveaway, so that’s exciting, too! Each day I’ll post a new image from the trailer, along with a quotation from the book, and a link to the trailer itself.
I also hope the quotations themselves will spread love and encouragement for those who are committing to new resolutions for 2016. I don’t care what the research says. I believe any moment that invites hope and promise is a moment worth celebrating.
(January 1-8, 2016, five books total, U.S. only.)
Here’s to new years and new days and new moments!
And to hope and peace and optimism for a better world!
@rominagarber with @repostapp.
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At an awesome 2015 #YA #debut event! Come join us at @chevaliersbooks! 🎉❤️
Thanks to @chevaliersbooks for hosting our panel! I had SO much fun with @gretchen_mcneil (who’s the world’s best moderator) & @charlottexhuang @michellelevy @nicolayoon @jenkleinbooks ❤️
#Repost @chevaliersbooks with @repostapp.
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#Repost @nicolayoon with @repostapp.
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Los Angeles! Come see this Saturday (12/5, 3-5PM) at @chevaliersbooks with fabulous YA authors @charlottexhuang @jenkleinbooks @michellelevy @ekatpic & @gretchen_mcneil We’ll laugh; we’ll chat; we’ll sign some books! #yalit