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Win-It Wednesday: Maine Squeeze
Great, great answers last week on which side character you'd like to see more of... if you haven't gotten a chance to read everyone's comments, browse here and on myspace--there are some really thoughtful ones! The winner of a signed copy of Violet by Design is... MYBKCLUB! Send me your address, and the book will be sent to you this week.
Now, I'm giving away an awesome summer beach read today. It's Maine Squeeze, by Catherine Clark, and it's complete fun to read. I actually just signed on with HarperCollins to do a beach read for summer 2009! Here are the details from Publisher's Marketplace: "Melissa Walker's LOVESTRUCK SUMMER, in which an indie-rock girl spending the summer in Austin on a coveted music internship unexpectedly falls in love with a college cowboy who makes her challenge her own stereotypes, expand her musical tastes, and ultimately open up her world." I hope you guys will like it!
So to win a beach read for this summer, do me a favor: Give me a suggestion for a band name--could be country, indie, r&b, boy band--anything. I need some fake band names to use in my new book, so let me know if it's okay to use it. I will try to use as many of your band names as I can in LOVESTRUCK SUMMER. Cool?
And I'll choose a random commenter next week to win a copy of Maine Squeeze.
Happy Wednesday! (Oh, and Happy Birthday to me... my boyfriend got me these flowers, which I really, really love. Aren't they so quirky and cute?)
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Comments (35)
Happy Birthday, Melissa and congratulations on your contract! I can't think of any great band names at the moment because I'm in the middle of finishing a WIP that's due Friday and my brain's fried.. But, I will tell you that you share a birthday with my absolute favorite aunt!
Have a great day!
Posted by Keri Mikulski | June 4, 2008 3:28 PM
Happy Birthday!
Congrats on the Awesome-sounding new book!
As for a band name, I have a few. You can use as many or as few as you want.
The Undies
The Seasick Pandas
The Succulent Strawberries
Undone
Inkstained
Exodus
Posted by Ink | June 4, 2008 3:35 PM
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to Melissa-even-though-I-didn't-win-a-copy-of-Violet!
Happy birthday to you!!!!
CONGRATS on the contract, too! I be that story is about me, the indie-rock girl, right? *grin*
Band name: Remote Storage
back to my admin job I go...
Posted by Cat | June 4, 2008 4:21 PM
Love the flowers! Very cute.
Hmm...band name. Peanut Butter and Jellyfish just came to me for some reason, lol. It's just weird enough that it could pass for a band's name.
Posted by ambeen | June 4, 2008 4:28 PM
Oooh, Happy Birthday! Those flowers are so cool!
Your new books sounds wonderful! I can't wait to learn more about it! Congrats!
Let's see, bandnames! This is pretty cool, my friends and I were coming up with some just the other day. Here's what we thought up:
Einstein in a Jar
Saturday Afternoon Vixen (don't ask...)
Byte Me
Cakewalk
The ridiculous and lame things that bored, caffeine-high nerds can come up with...
Posted by The Compulsive Reader | June 4, 2008 4:31 PM
Happy B day!!!!
Just finished reading "Violet by Design". It was great!
As for a band name (which you can use if you want to):
Elsewhere
Oxymoron
Endless Rain
Posted by Irene | June 4, 2008 4:34 PM
Happy birthday!
Really, your character would have better luck finding a college cowboy in College Station than Austin. However, Austin is definitely a fab setting for a music-based story. (Now you're making me eager for summer to end so I can move back . . . )
Suggested band name: Inconceivable Hat
Yeah, I'll write something else if I come up with a better one.
Posted by Liviania | June 4, 2008 4:36 PM
Lovely flowers! And I'm definitely looking forward to your new book! I love summer reads. =)
Band names:
~Aubergine Skies
~In The Nude (That's a joke on "that's what she said," by the way. Try adding it to any sentence [or after "that's what she said"] and it automatically makes it funnier!)... (Yes, yes, I'm a loser.)
~Inspired By Ross
~Student ID
~1337xCORE (NERD BAND! haha =)
~Albino Night
~Hold the Mayo
~Dino-Sprinkles
~Owl Eyes
~Falling Sparkles
~The End
AND I GOT PLENTY MORE WHERE THOSE CAME FROM!!! (Feel free to use any of them. :])
Happy birthday! =)
Posted by Stephanie Wade | June 4, 2008 5:27 PM
They're perfect! Happy birthday to you! Have a great one. Have an Oreo!
Posted by PJ Hoover | June 4, 2008 5:38 PM
Ooooh, fun one!
Neptune
Luminous Energy
The Van Dykes
Harriet and the Spies
And Happy Birthday! What lovely flowers!
Posted by Lexi | June 4, 2008 6:10 PM
Happy Birthday!
Congrats on the deal for the summer romance book! I will definitely be reading it, as those are some of my favorite books ever!
Band names:
The Old Fashioned Adventures
Shuffle Along
The Eco-Trips
Pandas are Cute
Posted by Meredith | June 4, 2008 6:32 PM
JONAS BROTHERS!!!!!
and Happy Birthday!!
Posted by Grace L | June 4, 2008 7:04 PM
happy happy bday! and the flowers are gorgeous :D
some random names (that could be band names, you never know):
-Broken English
-Distorted Perception
-My Almost Life
...and that's all i can think of right now. if i think of more, i will let you know :D
Posted by The Book Muncher | June 4, 2008 7:11 PM
oh wait...
you were asking for FAKE band names...
WHOOPS!!!
haha sorry about that...
ok so fake band names, hmmmm
Move along
the home boys
pinkberry (name of my favorite yogurt place...yum)
haha some of them are really random...
Posted by Grace L | June 4, 2008 7:14 PM
oh wait...
you were asking for FAKE band names...
WHOOPS!!!
haha sorry about that...
ok so fake band names, hmmmm
Move along
the home boys
pinkberry (name of my favorite yogurt place...yum)
haha some of them are really random...
Posted by Grace L | June 4, 2008 7:14 PM
Happy Birthday! Your new book sounds like it's going to be amazing. Can't wait to hear about it is it develops.
Here is some randomness you can use as you see fit:
The Don't Give A Damns
The Snobs
The Librarians
Long Armed Stapler
The Transfer
Letter To No One
Dewey The Decimal
Say Yes
The Bad News First
Return To Nowhere
The Stab Stich
Meet Me At The Library
Posted by Alea | June 4, 2008 9:02 PM
Hey Melissa,
Congrats on the book deal!
Here are some possible band names:
21 Jumpstreet (hahaha....who can resist a young Johnny Depp)
The Tragic Heroes
Textbook Slaves
The Ninth Floor
Pauper Palace
You can use whichever one you like.
Posted by Nevin | June 4, 2008 9:38 PM
Okay, so my suggestion for a Band Name: The Flamin? Squirrels. This is actually my the band name my friends and I use in Rock Band. I'll think of some more later. You can use it if you want. I, as well as my friends, would probably love it actually, but It is a pretty stupid name so whatever. Well, since I'm obviously just rambling because I don't want to sleep, I'll finish now. The End!
Oh yeah, did I mention how excited I am for this new book? Wooo!
Adios,
Hillary
Posted by Hillary | June 4, 2008 10:07 PM
Band Names:
Behemoth
Courtship
That's all I got. My brain isn't functioning well right now.
Plus, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Hope you had a good one. (:
Posted by khyrinthia | June 5, 2008 12:15 AM
Hey those flowers were so cute
anyways band names umm
how about
Brain Freeze
Love that Red
Baby girl
Art girls gone bad ( my fav )
have fun picking from all of these names
Luv ya
Katie
Posted by Katie | June 5, 2008 10:17 AM
Happy Birthday!
Hmm... for the band name...
The Silver Lining
:]
Posted by Megan | June 5, 2008 10:17 AM
Yay for you on the book deal!!
Band name...um...
The Reading Bugs
The Page Jumpers
The Stickers
Die Hart Fans
Go-Getters
Teen Team (or Team Teen)
Library Lovers
You can use any of them you want to.
Posted by Ren | June 5, 2008 12:03 PM
hmm band names
what it is
high jumps
sixty3
caffeine and me
my best friend
living-till-dead
Posted by Sarah | June 5, 2008 1:05 PM
I like "Blue Solar System" as a band name. Don't know why but you're welcome to use it and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Posted by Aimee C | June 5, 2008 3:48 PM
Band Names:
Fretless Coma
Red Flags
Town and Country
Posted by Rachael | June 5, 2008 3:55 PM
Happy Birthday, Melissa! =D
Here's some band names I think would be cool:
-Fruit Crows
-The Man in Rome
-Love Suicide
-Kelly and the Heiresses
-Benjamin and the Heiresses (Just in case my name sounds too lame. =P)
-John Doe Meets Jane
-Fritz & Frats
-Candy not Crack
-Jeopardy! in the Park
-Sticks and Pop Rocks
-Declaration of No One
-Explosive Fuzzy Bunnies
-Killer Bunnies From Hell
-201 Bunnies Named Earl
-201 Bunnies Named Earl Are On My Doorstep
-Free Party Juice
You have permission to use any of these. I personally like the Jeopardy! in the Park one. =) And I'm so excited about the book!
Posted by Kelly | June 5, 2008 3:56 PM
Happy belated birthday, Melissa! I can't wait for Violet in Private. Can. Not. Wait. Posting a review asap of your first two Violet books, so folks can do some catching up whilst waiting for the third.
Posted by brina | June 5, 2008 4:25 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! ill keep on trying to win a book! i havent given up! lol. as for a band name? i like what Ink said at the top of the comment page. either UNDONE or INKSTAIND
Those are good names.
Posted by thekbseriesauthor | June 5, 2008 5:43 PM
Band names:
Unique in Nature
Eight Cents a Piece
Sure Loser
Love is a Tyrant
Trade and Vanity
So Far Under
Happy belated birthday!! :)
Posted by Angelica | June 5, 2008 5:49 PM
Happy birthday!
I love the flowers, they are so cute. ^_^
Band names:
Lower Case n
Chihuahua Chicks
Randomizer X
Sharp'n UP
Pointe Dexters
Pandas in Pajamas
Broccoli Babes
Posted by Kiki | June 6, 2008 3:12 AM
Congrats on the new book deal, Melissa!
I reviewed some of your books for hangPROUD.com but especially loved Violet by Design and can't wait for Violet in Private!
Thinking of band names is so much fun. Amazing to think that band members could all agree on one.
Band Name Suggestions:
Triple Helix
Clymenestra's Revenge
Pretty in Black
The Whippersnappers
Bustanji
Fractured Physics
Kit Carson Strikes Back
Posted by TG | June 6, 2008 4:37 AM
Band names:
Probable Lung Fungus (sounds kind of punk)
Pursued by Bear
Fine Romance
The Echomen
Inevitable Way
Sirenae
Organic Fruits
The Giblets
. . . I don't think I should be allowed to name bands.
Posted by Liviania | June 6, 2008 11:46 PM
The Bachelorettes (for a girlband)
that book of yours seems pretty cool, do I really have to wait until next summer?? ;P
Posted by Sara | June 8, 2008 7:04 AM
More:
-The Unsharpened Pencils (haha)
-The Fake Boyfriends (Boy group name...everyone needs an emergency fake boyfriend!)
-Double Sided Tape
-Tree Huggers (hippie-ish band?)
-Olive Branch
-The Dashboard
-Stick Lip Gloss (Girl Band)
-Chipped Nail Polish (Another Girl Band...idk, maybe Punk-ish)
I don't know. That's tough. I'm glad I'm not part of a band. We wouldn't have a name!
Hillary
Posted by Hillary | June 8, 2008 4:35 PM
band names tye dye boys, dreamin dolls, school boys
Posted by ruthie | June 11, 2008 5:34 AM