(CONTEST IS CLOSED.) Win a signed copy of THE GODDESS TEST! Simply comment below with your word association for one or all of Aimee’s words from question #3! Contest ends Monday 9/6 at noon Pacific. Shipping is to US only.
with Aimee Carter
Aimée Carter was born and raised in Michigan, where she currently resides. She started writing fan fiction at eleven, began her first original story four years later, and hasn’t stopped writing since. Her first novel for young adults, The Goddess Test, was be published by Harlequin Teen in May 2011. The sequel, Goddess Interrupted, will follow in February 2012.
Your doorbell rings. The UPS guy is outside with a shoebox-sized package for you. You open the box, and inside is…
The best thing you can imagine - A bonsai tree that regrows solid gold nuggets instantly.
The worst thing you can imagine - A severed body part.
The weirdest thing you can imagine - A neon pink and green puppy that speaks perfect English and French. This was also a contender for best thing I could imagine.
If you were the eighth dwarf, what would your name be?
Picky. I’m a picky eater, a picky reader, a picky dresser, a picky dater…it’s a problem.
Word association – what’s the first word that comes to mind?
wheat – cereal
clank – Scrooge
rewind – VCR
dollar – store
cloudy – Sunday
Care to explain any of the above?
This was tough because I’m a visual thinker. I don’t think in words much at all, unless I’m writing, so images were the first thing that came to mind. And I’m pretty sure ‘Scrooge’ came from the ghost that had chains. Which clank.
What’s your favorite book you’re shy about recommending to people–and why?
Probably The Horse Whisperer, mostly because I read it when I was nine, and it’s a pretty adult book. Also Lucas, by Kevin Brooks – I haven’t read it in years, and I don’t really remember much about what happens, which I’m embarrassed to admit. But I do remember that I absolutely loved it and went out and bought all of his books afterward.
Share a photo of yourself (not your author photo!) that you love and tell us why you love it — DOUBLE bonus if you look goofy/weird/terrible in the pic.
Click the photo for a larger view!
This is a picture of several friends and me on the Tower of Terror in Disneyland back in 2007. The five of us are in the back row, and I’m second to the right, with my hand clamped over my mouth. If you’re not familiar with this ride, they take a photo of you right when the window opens and you’re however many stories up. This is a photo of that photo (we were cheap).
I have a massive fear of elevators – I would rather walk up twenty flights of stairs than take one – but my friends convinced me to go on this ride anyway. I’m also not a fan of heights, so I was already on edge when the window opened, revealing the entire park. A second before this picture was taken, I screamed out, “F-CK!”, and…well, there was a little girl sitting right in front of me. Hence why my hand is over my mouth and all of my friends are laughing. Her parents didn’t seem to mind too much though.
Thanks, Aimee!
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wheat – Home made bread
clank – car trouble
rewind – VHS Blockbuster label: “please be kind. Rewind.”
dollar – origami (is it just me, or is it everywhere right now?)
cloudy – clean, relaxing rain
Wheat- Will Wheaton
Clank – Wall-E where he’s watching My Fair Lady.
Rewind- remote control
Dollar – buckwheat singing I got a dollar! Hey hey hey hey!
Cloudy- Quote from the movie Casanova – “just another good kind of weather…”
wheat – cereal – milk
clank – Scrooge – geezer
rewind – VCR – tape
dollar – store – buy
cloudy – Sunday – Mass
cereal goes with milk. Scrooge is a miserable geezer for the most part. VCR needs to operate with a tape. At a store you buy stuff. Sunday I usually go to Mass that day.
these are really great questions! thanks for doing this and the giveaway
wheat – cereal-milk
clank – Scrooge-regret
rewind – VCR- DVD
dollar – store- books
cloudy – Sunday- lazy
wheat – cereal – cheerios
clank – Scrooge- Duck
rewind – VCR – Old
dollar – store – shop
cloudy – Sunday – Sad
wheat – cereal-FIELDS
clank – Scrooge-BROKEN CAR
rewind – VCR-Yep, VCR too
dollar – store-SILVER
cloudy – Sunday-SKIES
wheat – cereal – bread
clank – Scrooge – green peas
rewind – VCR – time travel
dollar – store – $1 food
cloudy – Sunday – PARTY!!
I realized you said Aimee’s words so here those are instead!
Word association – what’s the first word that comes to mind?
wheat – cereal — brinner (breakfast for dinner)
clank – Scrooge — Kermit
rewind – VCR — childhood
dollar – store — shopping
cloudy – Sunday — Chipotle (I have lunch there most Sundays)
Thanks again for the contest!
christinaferko(at)gmail(dot)com
wheat – cereal- Kids
clank – Scrooge- Christmas
rewind – VCR- DVD
dollar – store- Shopping
cloudy – Sunday- Church
wheat – cereal (Farm)
clank – Scrooge (bang)
rewind – VCR (VCR)
dollar – store (store)
cloudy – Sunday (rain)
wheat – cereal – soggy
clank – Scrooge – evil
rewind – VCR – old people
dollar – store – ugly hats
cloudy – Sunday – Green Day
wheat – cereal — Cheerios
clank – Scrooge — Christmas
rewind – VCR — Old
dollar – store — Books
cloudy – Sunday — Lazy
wheat – bread
clank – noise
rewind – be kind rewind (MIB2)
dollar – Money
cloudy – cold and wet
wheat – bread
clank – hammer
rewind – movies
dollar – bill
cloudy – rain
wheat – Thins
clank – chain
rewind – life
dollar – menu
cloudy – skies
wheat – bread
clank – huh?
rewind – fast forward
dollar – money
cloudy – rainy
thanks for the giveaway.
truebloodfan@rock.com
wheat-cereal-cookie
clank – Scrooge-ring
Rewind-VCR-life
dollar – store-spend
cloudy – Sunday-day