tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75734432851833245902023-11-16T03:17:18.277-08:00Blogtastic!Rose Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11848631652522951216noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573443285183324590.post-23349164149450204712014-03-05T06:00:00.000-08:002014-03-05T06:00:05.951-08:00Better than Bacon? <br />
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So guess what I just found out....??? Hint: It's better than bacon.</div>
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Okay. ALMOST better than bacon. So go ahead. Guess!</div>
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Fine. Don't guess. I'll tell you then. I'm going on a<strong> *drum roll*.................</strong>trip!<br />
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Sigh. Not THAT kind of trip. By the way, I still kind of maybe sorta think Alice did fall down some kind of rabbit hole when she pulled that disappearing act in <a href="http://rosecooperwriter.blogspot.com/p/my-books.html" target="_blank">RUMORS FROM THE BOYS ROOM.</a> What do you think? <br />
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Anyways, totally sidetracked there. So really...my <a href="http://www.rose-cooper.com/" target="_blank">author person</a> is taking me with her (like she has a choice!) and I'll actually get to fly for the first time ever to.....<br />
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So where is Pasco, Washington?<strong> *shrugs*</strong> No idea, but it's far enough away to take a plane there! And I'm totally doing my happy dance right now! Can you picture it? No? Okay, it looks something like this....<br />
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I can bust a move like you wouldn't believe!!!<br />
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So now I must pack. and shop. and shop some more. And don't tell my BFF Nona just yet, I have to break the news to her very, very gently. after all, I'll be leaving her behind for almost a week (Gasp!).<br />
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Any ideas on how I can break this awesome (for me), horrible (for her) news to Nona?<br />
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For now, I will leave you with this brilliant and witty poem:<br />
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Roses are red<br />
Bacon is red<br />
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What has been YOUR favorite or most embarrassing thing to happen to you over summer? Don't worry....I'll keep your secret super safe!!<br />
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PS- read all about my summer adventures in SECRETS FROM THE SLEEPING BAG! It's Camptastic!<br />
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Who's your favorite characeter in GOSSIP FROM THE GIRLS' ROOM? It's okay, you don't <em>have</em> to say me. I will hold back my tears. <br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Last prompt posted was <a href="http://blogtasticnovel.blogspot.com/2011/03/writingdrawing-prompt-2-imagination.html">Imagination!</a> Thank you to Halli who made an awesome pic! (as soon as the image will let me upload it, we'll post your pic here!)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">On Thursday's I'll post the first beginning sentences to a story. Then, use that sentence to start your own story, or make a drawing based on that subject, using your creativity. <span style="color: black;">You can email me your picture or story and I can even put it up on my blog next week! You can send in your work for past prompts too!</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<em><span style="color: magenta;">In the parking lot, thunder rolled overhead and in that very instance, the rain poured down on me. That's when I noticed that something wasn't quite right. Why was I the only one getting wet?</span></em><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Last prompt posted was <a href="http://blogtasticnovel.blogspot.com/2011/02/writingdrawing-prompt-1-aliens.html">Aliens.</a> Thank you to Halli & Maddie who sent in their AWESOME pics to share!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><em>Did that painting on the wall just wink at me? A normal person might think it was just their imagination. But me? I'm not just your normal, everyday average person...</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Every Thursday I'll post the first sentence to a story. Then, use that sentence to start your own story, or make a drawing based on that subject., using your creativity. Good thing I'm not doing this on a Monday because really, my brain is missing on Monday's. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">So if you want, you can leave a comment and share some of your story, or email me your picture and I can even put it up on my blog next week (if you want to share it!)</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: magenta;">I just found out my bestie is an <em>alien</em> and i'm supposed to keep this a...a secret?</span></strong><br />
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1. Swatting mosquitos. Or spiders. But I only recommend this if the book is disposable. Like a telephone book.<br />
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2. Throwing at your friend. My BFF Nona threw a book at my head once. Among other things. Um yeah, that KINDA hurt!<br />
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3. Making you taller. Really. If you stack a bunch of books you can stand on them to reach something super high that you're probably not supposed to be reaching for. But it's the challenge, right? Oh, and make sure each book is Harry PotterThick. Otherwise, you'll need like, a bazillion skinny books. <br />
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</tbody></table> 4. Okay, the most obvious reason of all, reading. You probably thought I forgot about that one, huh? Well, one of my favorite authors is<a href="http://barriesummy.blogspot.com/"> Barrie Summy</a>. She writes these awesome mystery type books. It even has ghosts in it! Anyways, I finished reading another one of her books and i'm addicted. Good thing it's a series and there's a bunch out there. You can check out her website at <a href="http://www.barriesummy.com/">http://www.barriesummy.com/</a>. <br />
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Yay, Maddie! Now, when you get the flower, you must send a picture of you wearinig it so I can post it on the blog! hehe<br />
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Okay, so to celebrate this uber fab day, my BFF, Nona Bows is giving away one of her hair flowers! Yes, she ALWAYS wears a flower in her hair. And the way cool Stephanie Boman who owns <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/DinkybirdBoutique">Dinkybird Boutique</a> made a special flower for Nona Bows to giveaway. You rock, Steph!<br />
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So this is the Moxie Flower:<br />
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It will be mailed to you in a nice little wrapped package, and you might even get a few other surprises too! My NBFBE (Not Best Friend But Enemy), Mia St. Claire is always wearing a bow in her hair. And Andrew my Forever Crush wears his hat all the time. There's also this nerdy kid in my class who thinks he's so cool and wears sunglasses. Even on non-sunny days. Irritating, right?<br />
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So all you need to do to enter for this giveaway is leave a comment and tell me what <em>your</em> favorite accessory is to wear. Good luck!!<br />
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PS- To enter a ton of more giveways (for signed books and stuff)check out Rose's Blog at <a href="http://www.rose-cooper.com/">http://www.rose-cooper.com/</a>!<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd329/crissyren/sophiasiggie.gif" /></div>Rose Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11848631652522951216noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573443285183324590.post-54724037020433700762010-12-03T04:10:00.000-08:002010-12-03T04:10:00.224-08:00Yay For Winners!This was tough! But the winner is.......<br />
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But for the rest of you, (thank you so much for leaving comments!) I will be sending you one of these holiday cards from me! <br />
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So Emily and everyone else, please <a href="mailto:sofia@blogtasticnovel.com">email me</a> your addresses and I'll mail them to you right away! Yay!<br />
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They are like postcards with the picture on front and a place for you to write on the back. Each one has a matching envelope. <br />
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So all you have to do is comment on this post and one awesome winner will be picked on Wednesday, December 1st!<br />
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<img src="http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd329/crissyren/sophiasiggie.gif" />Rose Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11848631652522951216noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573443285183324590.post-33764806641648436812010-10-15T11:21:00.000-07:002010-10-15T11:21:00.310-07:00Never SleepIn the poll asking which ability you'd like to have most, the most voted answer was Never Need to Sleep. So, what kinda things would you do all night instead of sleeping? And if you could choose one person who could have the same ability as you and never sleep, who would you choose? <br />
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I would definitely pick Nona.<br />
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Or maybe Andrew. *sigh*<br />
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But Nona, she would be more fun. <br />
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Although I could stare at Andrew forever. *sigh*<br />
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<img src="http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd329/crissyren/sophiasiggie.gif" />Rose Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11848631652522951216noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573443285183324590.post-31748492357546915272010-10-01T09:40:00.000-07:002010-10-01T09:41:11.460-07:00WINNER OF THE GOSSIP CONTEST!<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Californian FB", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The winner was SO hard to choose. I mean, I seriously spit random drinks through my nose just reading those gossipy comments. You guys are so funny! It was really, really hard to pick. Thank you for everyone who participated! </span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Californian FB", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">And the winner who will be a character in the next book with me is: </span><br />
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<img src="http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd329/crissyren/sophiasiggie.gif" />Rose Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11848631652522951216noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573443285183324590.post-28301435834861088022010-09-30T07:08:00.000-07:002010-09-30T07:08:37.431-07:00I Solved the Mystery!<a href="http://blogtasticnovel.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-was-sick-but-not-really.html">Remember when I was sick but not really</a>? You'll never believe what happened. Okay, well you might believe it, but in all factness that I fell for it is quite actually the most unbelieveable part of it all.<br />
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So Nona got a teeny tiny bit mad when I would let her read the comments for the <a href="http://blogtasticnovel.blogspot.com/2010/09/contest-be-character-in-next-book.html">Super Gossip Contest</a>, which BTW, today is the last day to enter! And so she tried to get the ultimate BFF revenge on me. And I think she pulled it off.<br />
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Under my bed was a pair of her old, ugly, dirty, disguting gym shoes. And might I add, VERY worn and sweaty, smelly gym shoes. Yeah. Every bit as bad as it it sounds.<br />
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<span style="color: windowtext;">She shoved onions inside them. They reeked sooo bad that it was like...okay, I can't even compare it to anything that reeks, not even Mia St. Claire. THAT'S how bad it was. </span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext;">So now we know why my poor fragile stomach was so nauseated, and my eyes and nose were running uncontrollably. That's right. They were trying to run <em>away</em> from my body. Aways from the grossness of what is called Nona's gym shoes. *shudders*</span><br />
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<img src="http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd329/crissyren/sophiasiggie.gif" />Rose Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11848631652522951216noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573443285183324590.post-78259378569614722712010-09-27T07:12:00.000-07:002010-09-27T07:13:46.061-07:00I Was Sick. But Not Really.So I stayed in bed all weekend because I felt nauseated, and my eyes were watering, my nose was running, I was one big mess. But guess what happened? When I got out of bed, I was magically better. Symptom free! Hmmm. So I got back in bed to see what would happen again and I started feel horribly miserable. Something is terribly wrong here. So now I'm staying away from my bed until I can figure out what is going on. Because there is definitely something going on. Definitely. But...what could it be? <br />
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It's a good thing that I, Sofia Becker, loves a good mystery! Does anyone else? Maybe someone has ideas on how to solve this one or what could be the cause of it? <br />
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I've tried to get Sam Sam to talk, because he always knows everything, but nope. He hasn't squawked a word. He's still talking about the <a href="http://blogtasticnovel.blogspot.com/2010/09/contest-be-character-in-next-book.html">Gossip Contest to be a character in the next book</a>. I haven't peeked at the Gossipy Comments yet, but he keeps saying "Funny, haha, squawk!" <br />
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Well, I'm off to hopefully solve a mysterious mystery now!<br />
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<img src="http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd329/crissyren/sophiasiggie.gif" />Rose Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11848631652522951216noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7573443285183324590.post-13895092108845251922010-09-22T09:19:00.000-07:002010-09-22T09:19:51.899-07:00Contest! Be A Character In The Next Book!<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Californian FB", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><strong>CONTEST TIME!!!!!!</strong> Winner will get to be in a character in the next book, Rumors from the Boys Room, which comes out Spring 2012! This book will also be published in Vietnam!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Californian FB", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Omg! Seriously now, I’m way excited. So excited I’m doing this weird happy dance that you have to see to believe. My BFF Nona Bows just rolled her eyes at me and said I’m really lame. Does your best friend say stuff like that to you?</span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Californian FB", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Like this one time Nona told me a secret and I swore I wouldn’t tell anyone. And I didn’t, but of course Sam Sam blabbed about it to anyone and everyone who would listen. Eventually my mom and dad and half the neighborhood knew. Nona blamed it on me. She said because he was my pet I’m responsible for him so that makes me guilty. I told her my mom and dad tell me all the time how irresponsible I am. She rolled her eyes. Then threw her shoe at me. </span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Californian FB", "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">You can enter as many time as you want. The one that makes me laugh the most will win. The last day to enter will be Thursday, September 30<sup>th</sup>. Winner will be announced here on Friday, October 1st and I'll email you too! </span><br />
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<strong>1.</strong> I have uber awesome colors on mine. like hot pink. and plaid. Take THAT!<br />
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<strong>2.</strong> My blog has skulls. I used to think only people with anger issues liked skulls, like my BFF Nona Bows. Never mind, I still think that.<br />
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<strong>3.</strong> My blog even says it's the best. In fact it says in all exactness, the best blog in the world. ever.<br />
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And then you know what Rose says back to me? She's all like, "I have all of that too!"<br />
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You know what that means, right? She totally ripped me off. So no more playing nice. I told her, well, I have super secret stuff. She kinda just whispered and said, "oh. I don't."<br />
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So yeah, I'll have lots of cool giveaways and contests and things so super secret that I don't even know about yet! I'll even have guest blogs from my BFF and maybe I can convince my almost forever crush, Andrew, to come on here too! OMG, my heart almost stopped beating just thinking about him. I need to go lay down.<br />
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The contest information will be posted on Wednesday, September 22nd, so don't miss it! I love making new friends!<br />
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Okay, I actually love blogstalkers. And I really heart getting emails. I will try my hardest (like eating all my chocolate fudge cake on dessert night) to answer each and every one! <br />
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You can email me (and Sam Sam) at <a href="mailto:Sofia@BlogtasticNovel.com">Sofia@BlogtasticNovel.com</a>. <br />
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If you want to email the lady who finally gave me this blog and put my book in bookstores, you can email her at <a href="mailto:Rose@BlogtasticNovel.com">Rose@BlogtasticNovel.com</a>.<br />
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OR, you can leave me a comment or question right here on my blog in this post, and I promise to read! And I swear, my fingers aren't even crossed behind my back!<br />
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