THIS CONTEST IS OVER
1. The contest runs through 5/8. The prize pack winners will be announced on May 8th, 2009.
2. To enter, copy the code (click on ‘share’) of the graphic above and post it to your blog, Facebook, Myspace, Website, whereever you want to share it. Add a link to my blog from your blog, Facebook, Myspace, wherever you put the graphic, and say “Click here to enter the DARING TIME CONTEST.
You may use a smaller version of the graphic, if you prefer, for one of your sidebars. Just change the height and width in the code to “180” by “150”. (Thanks Ann Aguirre, I learned that from one of your past contests.)
3. Come back here and reply to this post with a link to your blog entry or wherever you’ve posted the graphic and your answer to the following question: If you could time travel anywhere, to the future or the past, where/when would you go and why?
4. If you don’t have a blog, or if you are having difficulty posting, you can still enter the contest. Here’s what you can do: Blog about the DARING TIME contest on your Facebook, Myspace page or post about it in a yahoo group. Just leave a comment about where you posted it and provide a link. No Facebook, Myspace or group? Then get creative. Share the contest with two friends, and leave a comment about who you told. Tell your book club about the book and the contest. This will have to be on the honor system. The whole point of the contest is to spread the word about DARING TIME, so if you can convince me in some way that you did that, you’re in! Don’t forget, no matter how you spread the word, be sure to leave a comment with links and information, and answer the “Λwhere/when would you time travel to?’ question. If you have not entered correctly, you will not be in the final drawing, so please follow the instructions.
5. The Grand Prize and Second Place Prize will be given away on May 8th. Everyone who enters the contest correctly will be in the running for the two prize packs listed in the graphic. Authors are eligible to win as well!
You will always find the DAILY prize just below the contest post.
The daily prizes will be awesome as well! I’ve got some wonderful authors who will be coming by my blog, talking about their latest or upcoming releases and giving away free books and ARC’s (advanced review copies) to commenters EVERY MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, so be sure to visit daily. Scheduled authors will tell us about their books and give away a copy to one commenter per day.
Guest Author List:
4/6 Lacey Savage
4/7 Lacey Alexander/Toni Blake
4/8 Shayla Black
4/9 Surprise Giveaway
4/10 Fiona Jayde
4/11 Sierra Dafoe
4/13 Joanna Bourne
4/14 Lisa Marie Rice
4/15 Cynthia Eden
4/16 Julie James
4/17 Elizabeth Amber
4/18 Surprise Giveaway
4/20 Shelli Stevens
4/21 Elisabeth Naughton
4/22 Michelle Pillow
4/23 Eden Bradley
4/25 Anne Aguirre
4/27 Lauren Dane
4/28 Beth Williamson
4/29 Devyn Quinn
4/30 Megan Hart
5/1 Anya Bast
5/2 Denise Agnew
5/4 Dakota Cassidy
5/5 Beth Kery
5/6 Nalini Singh
5/7 Shiloh Walker
5/8 Larissa Ione
DARING TIME contest winner announced!
It’s very important that you return the next day to see if you won. If you haven’t contacted me within forty-eight hours of your name being announced, a new winner will be drawn.
That’s it! I hope you enjoy the contest, and thanks for helping spread the word about my erotic romance/time travel, DARING TIME which comes out May 5 from Berkley Sensation!
April 6th, 2009 at 10:37 am · Link
I posted it on my Facebook page here: http://apps.facebook.com/wildfire/fbhandler.ashx?mode=post_share&imp=1&siid=181422402
I’m not sure that link will work for you, though… So I’ll try to remember to check back to see if you need something different from me. π
If I could time travel, I’d go to my son’s future and make sure he’s OK.
~Lindy
April 6th, 2009 at 11:03 am · Link
So sorry–I had seven entries sitting in my spam folder. π I just put them up, though! Thanks so much, and sorry about that. I’ll check a couple times a day for contest entries going into spam, but if you still don’t see your entry up, just write me at bethkery@aol.com.
Thanks!
April 6th, 2009 at 11:28 am · Link
I put your widget on my facebook page at…http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=699660271&ref=profile
And I’d love to go back to the fifties. I love the music and the clothes.
April 6th, 2009 at 4:37 pm · Link
Great contest!
I posted the widget on my MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/marieimy
I would travel to the past, so I could find myself a rugged cowboy in the wild west π
April 6th, 2009 at 8:28 pm · Link
Eimy and Jody–thanks so much for participating!
April 7th, 2009 at 12:24 am · Link
Hi Beth, I posted the sprout widget on the main page (left sidebar) of my blog at http://allisonsreads.blogspot.com/ – as for where I would time travel to, the first that comes to mind is the world of Jane Austen. I have so many fav stories/made-into movies of Austen’s work. I would just love to experience it first hand (but not forever, right? I would miss the people around me now π
April 7th, 2009 at 5:36 am · Link
Hello, I told my husband about it and a friend at work because I love time travel stories. If I could go back in time, I would go back to the time of my birth so I could meet my parents and see them as people not just my parents. They have both passed on and this would give me insight into who they really were. I would also like to travel back to the time of Jesus and meet him, what was he really like in person that type of thing. Sorry about not posting link but am somewhat tech challenged.
:blush:
April 7th, 2009 at 12:42 pm · Link
Hi Beth,
Congrats on your upcoming release!
I’ve posted the widgit on
http://nenscl.blogspot.com
I’d love to go back to Arturian England. It would be nice to live as a fair maiden in love with one of Arthur’s knights. π
Hugs, Danette
April 7th, 2009 at 12:45 pm · Link
I added the graphic to the sidebar on my blog:
http://romancehaven.blogspot.com/
I think I would want to travel to Regency England to experience a ball first hand. I have read about so many of them, I think it would be fun. I would also like to ride in a carriage and see the clothing and hairstyles in person.
April 7th, 2009 at 1:08 pm · Link
You’re right, Lori Ann, it would be so interesting to see first hand how people actually looked in times of old! Are you a Regency Romance fan, by chance?
The widgit looks terrific. Nice blog. π
April 7th, 2009 at 1:34 pm · Link
Hey, I posted to my facebook account. I hope this is what you need.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1603115734&ref=profile
Have a great day.
April 7th, 2009 at 1:54 pm · Link
I posted the graphic to the right-hand sidebar on my blog http://cheekyreads.blogspot.com/
I would love to go back in time to see scottish highlanders in their hey day!
April 7th, 2009 at 2:32 pm · Link
Hi Beth,
Congrats on your upcoming release!
I posted the widgit on
http://nenscl.blogspot.com
I’d love to go back to Arturian times. Knights and fair maidens π
hugs, Danette
April 7th, 2009 at 3:07 pm · Link
Great Contest!
I posted the widget in the sidebar of my blog. You can find it at:
http://www.cheekyreads.com
Hello — time traveling abilites totally equals scottish highlanders in kilt time!
April 7th, 2009 at 3:09 pm · Link
Could my spelling be more horrible on that comment! So Sorry! :blush:
April 7th, 2009 at 3:30 pm · Link
You’re forgiven, Sabrina! lol. No pointing fingers about spelling around here. Thank you for participating, and I think you might see a few people from this contest vying for your kilt-wearing-alpha if you all time traveled!
Roberta–Thanks so much for participating. Your post is perfect…but what about where you’d time travel to? Call me nosy…
April 7th, 2009 at 3:32 pm · Link
Gloria,
Great answers, there! You don’t have to post the link. You could just tell a friend about the book and contest, and then tell us about it to spread the word. I included that rule because I’m very tech challenged as well.
April 7th, 2009 at 3:36 pm · Link
Allison,
As a P & P fan, I agree that would be an awesome time period to see. When I visited Bath, England awhile back, I kind of felt like I’d been transported back. Put everyone in costume, and it’d be eerily the same. Have you ever seen the BBC version of Persuasion? If you have, you know what I mean.
Thanks for participating!
April 7th, 2009 at 7:33 pm · Link
Hey Beth,
I forgot about the time travel part. I would want to go back to the time of the Civil War or the expansion of the Wild West. I love the times of Jesse James, Wyatt Earp, etc. I’d like to see what the old saloons were all about. Call me a bad girl at heart. Have a great day.
April 7th, 2009 at 7:59 pm · Link
Roberta–forgive me, but you have perfect name for that period. Lovely!
You are entered into the contest, and thanks!
April 8th, 2009 at 12:12 am · Link
Great post about your contest. Although I am technically challenged as well, all I can do is tell my 5 daughters who will tell 5 friends etc etc. π Anyway, as far as Time Travel I’d also love to go back to those beautiful Alpha Highlanders who loved to bathe and wear clean kilts. lol
Good luck to everyone and great success Beth on your book.
Carol L.
April 8th, 2009 at 5:03 am · Link
http://cindyreadsromance.blogspot.com/2009/04/beth-kery-giveaway.html
Thanks for the ROCKIN’ contest Beth!!!
Let’s see, I would probably go back to 1600 Scotland and find me a Laird with a kilt! I know it was probably rough, but
April 8th, 2009 at 6:46 am · Link
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1104115244
hey this is the link where i posted .
if i get the chance then i would like to travel in the future because past is gone i cant change.
so if i get the chance then i want to stay where i m rite now see what changes will be there and what i do to improve the situation .
April 8th, 2009 at 7:29 am · Link
What’s rough, the times or the laird, Cindy? LOL. Thank you for putting up the contest on your blog!
Thanks, Riti! Thoughtful time travel answer. π
April 8th, 2009 at 5:32 pm · Link
I did it, yeah, LOL. I’m so not techy, but I’m proud I got it on there on the sidebar! Its located here. (And thanks Beth!)
http://caffeys-reads.blogspot.com/
April 8th, 2009 at 6:33 pm · Link
I don’t have a blog, but I told two of my friends from college. I would love to travel back in time to Ancient Egypt. I love the political intrigue and maybe visit the Library at Alexandria.
April 8th, 2009 at 7:26 pm · Link
Hi Jane! Thank you for passing on the word about Daring Time, and you are entered!
April 9th, 2009 at 10:39 am · Link
Caffey,
It looks great, too. Nice job. π
Sorry I didn’t respond earlier. Your entry had gone into spam. π
April 10th, 2009 at 7:34 pm · Link
Posted at nancyg1950@livejournal.com
I would LOVE to visit ancient Egypt during the reign of Akhnaten and Tutenkhamen; I have a “thing” for that period. I actually have two times I’d like to visit, the second is a little stranger; I’d like to go to London in 1888 and find out who Jack the Ripper REALLY was!! (Yeah, I’m certifiable, LOL)
π
April 11th, 2009 at 5:03 am · Link
Nancy,
I did a Jack the Ripper walking tour once when I was in London–around the Whitechapel area. It was rather eerie. We did it at night, of course.
Thanks for the entry!
April 11th, 2009 at 5:44 am · Link
i posted it on my tagged profile
http://www.tagged.com/forever_eternally_his_zene
if i could go back in time to any part i think id go back to the dark ages durring camolot and such or to be more literal or practical id like to go back in time and tell thos who i love and lost that i loved them one more time to spend that lazy saturday with my best friend who i later lost change how somethings turned out would be great but honestly going back would change history and whos to say where id be now if it wasnt for then
April 11th, 2009 at 7:01 pm · Link
Hi Beth,
Unfortunately, I don’t have a blog or a facebook account, I guess I’m too busy with the kiddies, and entering contests! I told several of my friends all about your books and this contest. I hope that’s sufficient.
As far as time travel, I lost my grandmother when I was 17. She practically raised me and her death is still the most painful event in my life thus far. I would love to go back in time to 1984, and spend time with her again. That would mean the world to me.
Thanks for the contest Beth! π
April 12th, 2009 at 2:40 am · Link
Tracy,
That sounds like a wonderful time travel wish.
Yep, that’s a way to enter the contest. The whole point is to spread the word, and gabbing about the book and contest with friends is one way to do that!
Thanks, Tracy!
April 12th, 2009 at 8:54 am · Link
Beverly,
Yeah–that time travel conundrum–if you go, maybe you can change something for the better, but what if other things are worse. Maybe it’s the cosmos’ way of saying–deal with what you have.
Thanks for your entery, Beverly!
April 12th, 2009 at 5:12 pm · Link
Hi Beth ! What a great contest. I posted it to my facebook wall and profile.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1329505888&ref=profile
Also I emailed a couple of friends about it :).
If I could travel in time I would like to travel to the regency or medival period in Europe.
Pam S
April 12th, 2009 at 5:22 pm · Link
Those two time periods would certainly be eye-opening, especially considering how much we read about them in literature.
Thanks for your entry, Pam!
April 12th, 2009 at 6:05 pm · Link
hi π
here’s the link:
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=397678142
I hope you do great with this contest. Very posh!
Jewls
April 12th, 2009 at 6:09 pm · Link
Thanks, Jewels. That’s a lovely avatar you have up on your myspace page.
April 12th, 2009 at 6:11 pm · Link
Oh, Jewls–Make sure you leave a comment about your where you’d time travel to in order to complete your entry. π
April 13th, 2009 at 8:01 am · Link
I’d tme travel back to when my parents were still alive and I could show them more how much they meant to me. Oh, if only I could.
April 14th, 2009 at 6:14 am · Link
I posted the widget on my blog π
I would love to go to late 19th century Victorian England. Love the dress, art, books and the atomosphere.
April 14th, 2009 at 6:50 am · Link
Thanks, Katie.
Victorian England would probably be my choice as well. Late Victorian or early Edwardian, actually. I’ve had to research the dress quite a bit for several books I’ve written. I love to look at these Harper’s Bazaar books I bought that contain all the undergarments, dresses and nightclothes from that time period. π
April 15th, 2009 at 12:47 am · Link
At this point in time I don’t know if I would want to do any time travel at all.
While I love reading historical and futuristic stories … I don’t really think I would love to live that life style, especially going back in time! π I like my creature comforts.
Good luck with the contest!
April 15th, 2009 at 3:32 am · Link
I posted the widget on my facebook page.
If I could travel in time I would go back and finish high school (instead of getting my GED) and go out with the boys I was too shy to say yes to and go to my senior prom and keep in contact with the many friends I lost touch with.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:01 am · Link
Hi Cheryl,
Yeah, the lack of hygiene, the horse poo in the streets, etc. would defintely make things much less romantic. lol. Cheryl, do you have a few friends you can tell about the contest? If so, I’ll get you entered. Just tell me about it here.
Katy–you know, I wonder if high school isn’t the most common thing we all might say we could go back and alter some. Thanks for your entry, Katy!
April 26th, 2009 at 8:12 pm · Link
It seemed safest to say high school, lol. I try not to have regrets, but that’s when most of mine are.
As for traveling to another time period, history was really unfair to women and I wouldn’t feel safe going there in actuality; and the future seems just as unsafe what with global warming and populations booming. So, that’s why I chose a time in my lifetime π
April 15th, 2009 at 10:09 am · Link
Hi, Beth!
I posted your contest, Daring Time, on my blog at AuthorBlogSpot.blogspot.com. You have a great site!
If I could time travel, I’d like to go to 1800 Ireland to meet my great grandparents and see what brought them to America, or visit early 1900 Puerto Rico, to meet my grandparents on my father’s side.
Ester
April 15th, 2009 at 11:03 am · Link
Hi Ester,
I saw your post, and thanks for entering the contest, Ester.
That’s a great time travel answer. To see our ancestors would be so amazing. I often wonder the same thing–what circumstances made them leave the homeland? Did they regret it? Was it hard for them? There was such an ethic back then of doing things for the sake of future generations.
Well, that’s us. It would certainly be something to be able to see and thank them in some way.
April 15th, 2009 at 2:43 pm · Link
I posted here:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1084897775&ref=profile
http://bridget3420.blogspot.com
April 15th, 2009 at 2:45 pm · Link
If you could time travel anywhere, to the future or the past, where/when would you go and why?
I would travel to the future, maybe the year 3000 to see how much has changed.
I posted at http://www.myspace.com/bridgetlaprairie
April 15th, 2009 at 3:02 pm · Link
Hi Bridget!
3000, huh? You’re an advenurous one, but we need the type!
Thank you for your entry.
Beth