The winner of the critique giveaway is Kelli Estes!! Congrats Kelli! Send over your manuscript whenever you're ready :) Kelli writes fantastic women's fiction and is working on something extremely cool (and sticking to a VERY strict writing schedule -- even through the holidays!)
On the third day of vacation, DH and I landed in no other than JAMAICA! Jamaica was the place I was looking forward to visiting the most because the characters from my YA trilogy (The Jewels of Jamaica) are from, well, Jamaica! We landed at Ocho Rios and hustled through town taking in all the sights. It has a very India-like feeling and the locals are incredibly friendly. We stopped at a gift-shop to buy tea, coffee and some cigars for DH.Our afternoon adventure that day was one of the most exciting of the trip. We started by kayaking from the port to the Dunn's River falls. Now, if you've never don
e if, sea-kayaking is very different than lake-kayaking. The waves are literally crashing into your kayak and the whole time you think you'll tip over...straight into the Atlantic Ocean. It was an amazing adreneline rush though and I was thankful all my hours in the gym enabled me to kayak us around 2-3 miles.
e if, sea-kayaking is very different than lake-kayaking. The waves are literally crashing into your kayak and the whole time you think you'll tip over...straight into the Atlantic Ocean. It was an amazing adreneline rush though and I was thankful all my hours in the gym enabled me to kayak us around 2-3 miles. Then came the climb up the Dunn's River waterfall. This fall is 900 feet high and we made the climb straight up the fall over the rocks with water gushing down over us the whole time. It was amazing. One of the most amazing things I've done, by far.
We of course, celebrated our success with Coco Locos (Jamaican run in coconut water!)
And continued celebrations with Mai-Tais back on the ship!
Today's giveaway is one of my recent favorite books: THE LUXE by Anna Godbersen. This is the story of 4 young women living in New York City...the catch? It's the year 1899. While young ladies are supposed to be prim and proper, these four are anything but...with secrets galore.
I loved reading this book, it was such a guilty pleasure.
A randomly chosen person will be selected to win THE LUXE if you can answer this question: What is the capital of Jamaica?
Have a great day everyone and stay tuned!
10 comments:
I loved Dunns River Falls, even though I slipped on a sock someone left on a rock and nearly killed myself! It really is beautiful there.
I also loved The Luxe! I can't wait for the sequel!
Happy Release Week, Dona!
The capital would be Kingston, which totally is cracking me up right now, since I just happen to be jammin' to the song "Kingston Town" by UB40. Too funny!
Christina
I've heard so much about "The Luxe". Whomever wins it will love it, I'm sure.
I, however, love my prize from yesterday. Thank you for choosing me! I'll send you my manuscript in a couple months, after I get a chance to polish it.
Thank you, thank you, Dona!!
Your trip pictures make me want to visit Jamaica. And soon! The water in the sea kayaking picture is gorgeous!
Thanks!
Kelli
KINGSTON is the Capital !!! I'd love to read this book !
Anne-Marie Morand
Cool pics, I wish I was there!
Need pictures! I had to look up the capital of Jamaica, but it's Kingston. Best wishes on your release.
Kingston, which was my first instinct, but I also cheated by seeing these posts. I just bought a copy of the Luxe, so count me out of the contest but I wanted to say Happy Release Week!
It's Kingston! I'd love to be entered in the contest. Happy release week!
Alright missy, are we no longer blogging??? Que pasa? (I know I'm not exactly one to talk, but I figure if we can't kick each other in the butt over this who else is going to do it for us??
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