Now that you've been lured to my lair....*steeples fingers*
...it's time to get to work!
That's right. You heard me. Work!
I am giving away the lovely basket you see displayed here...and in return...
You get to name the hometown in my next novel, Going Home.
When a terminally ill police officer loads his family up for a journey to the hometown he left behind, the road trip hangs a left onto a time-tarnished Memory Lane as he struggles to share his beginnings with his young children who have themselves only begun.
So...where are they going?
Here's the situation:
He's a Denver Metro police officer. He's from Idaho originally. But, as you may know from the last time you looked at a map of the good ol' US of A, Idaho is a tallllll state. There is a lot of room for towns with quite interesting names...and even more open space where YOU can invent the town that I will use.
It's a small town, rural. From there...let your imagination explore.
So to recap...
To win the grand prize, suggest a town name - real or imaginary - oh, and tell me why!Entries are due by December 24th and the basket will be awarded to the winning town name on Christmas Day!
Hope you'll come back and visit me between now and then, as well, for my daily contests that offer up free ebooks in return for naming characters in MY future ebooks. I also have several author interviews coming soon for your reading pleasure...it's always fun to add new authors to your library!
Now it's time...to hop, hop, hop...remember that everyone who enters here and through other participating blogs will also get an entry to win a Kindle Fire!
Anne
Gilpin Valley - named after the first governor of Colorado and the mountains and valleys of the state
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Bear Creek - because I like the name.
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Cliffton Hills - I just think it has a ring to it.
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Broward - It's sounds small and generic, but homey
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summervalley
The Colony, because that's where I live and because people always do a double take when they see it thinking it's a compound LOL
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Rainbow's End
ReplyDeleteHere are some real Idaho cities with unusual names...
---Athol (Just don't say it with a lisp)
- Coffee Point
- Dead Dog Creek
- Garfield
- Gay
- Gayway Corner
- Idahome
- Lightning
- Magic
- Skeleton Creek
- Slickpoo
- Triangle
- Zaza
Tater Soup because I always think of potatoes when I think of Idaho and I love potato soup. I know it's terrible but really it's all my overly-caffeinated brain can come up with right now.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the high school football team can be called the Taters and there can be a little old man that knows everybody's business instead of a little old woman. Perhaps the founder had a sense of humor and the school mascot is a giant potato but no one there grows potatoes because the land just refuses to produce them for unknown reasons?
Maybe they have a yearly potato festival without a single potato dish in site? Whole town is in on the joke? Right and on that note I am totally done.
Happy hopping all :)
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Vincent, I just moved to the small town of Vincent...
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Guys, I am LOVING these town names. Keep 'em coming! I have a feeling the road trip in Going Home is going to drive through a LOT of these places!!
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Paradise Valley, because if you're going to go home to share great memories of growing up, it should be in Paradise Valley.
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Ooo, what a fun contest! I created a fictional name for the town in my novel, but the first 10 I came up with were actually real town names. Who knew? You could use my town and our characters could be neighbors (it's a rural Midwest town, so it could work)--Grandon Township. I also like Milton, Salem Rock, and Big Ridge.
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
Emlyn
Sugar Hill, NH (pop. 613)! Sounds very cute, but also could hide lots of secrets, etc (you know how small towns are!).
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Fun contest! For some reason I'm thinking of animal names like Deerland, Rabbit Run or Snakebite.
ReplyDeleteYou can use bonners ferry or santa idaho. Both real places. Thanks
ReplyDeletePeace River, cause it sounds like a wonderful place to stir up memories. richnkathy718 (at) msn (dot) com
ReplyDeletelaville because it was founded by french immigrant.
ReplyDeletei hope this giveaway is open to international ^^;;
all the best
isabelle(dot)frisch(at)gmail(dot)com
God love ya, Steve. My husband grew up in Bonners Ferry. By opening this contest up for town name suggestions, I wondered if his hometown might eventually get thrown in the hopper. Love it!
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ReplyDeleteHi, Anne! Whatta great contest you have, I'm loving it enough to tweet it!
Anyway, I'm thinking towns, hmm:
Snowy Heights, Idaho
Beaverville, Idaho
Exile, Idaho
Islip, Idaho
From Susan Ricci;
ReplyDeleteOpps, the resons why I chose those names is because they ring true to me, somehow...
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Tom H. says name it Naked Butt.
ReplyDeletePhilia. It means friendship in greek
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Nice. After the famous city. Except everyone in this town pronounces it "nice," as in "have a nice day."
ReplyDeleteDickshooter, Idaho
ReplyDeleteis located in Owyhee County, in the extreme southwest corner of the state. It's situated between Battle Creek and Deep Creek, about 24 miles northwest of Riddle, Idaho. The rugged, rural area (some have referred to it as desolate wilderness), near the Idaho-Oregon-Nevada border, offers many outdoor recreational opportunities.
Origin of its unusual name
Dickshooter, Idaho received its rather suggestive name from the man -- Dick Shooter -- who initially established a homestead there.
Recreational opportunities in the area
Fishing, hunting, trapping, camping, horseback riding, hiking, bird watching, ATV riding, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling
It sounded like an interesting place.
Weldry - cause the well went dry at one time. lol. This was fun and hard.
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Ridge --- the town i grew up in and miss dearly!!
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Northwood, It's homey, and sounds like it has a lot of hidden secrets.
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How about Rambling, you are going home so you won't be rambling any more. Or Peace, Hope, or Stringtown. There is a Stringtown not far from me.
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Blackwill.
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Ruby, because according to my search, Idaho is "the gem state" :)
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I think Spirit Lake is a good one. It is a real Idaho town name and really, how appropriate for going home to memories? LOL
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santa selene
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turbine valley
teressaoliver at gmail dot com
Since he's a police officer, and ill I think the name of the town should be
ReplyDeleteBlue Haven, ID
Blue for his uniform, Haven for shelter for the sick....Thanks for a great contest, your book sounds awesome!
meghan_L_P at hotmail dot com
Winston Falls
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How about 'River Ends'? lol I figured with a small town, people really dont go anywhere and if they do, the usually end right back home. ;) Thanks for the awesome giveaway! Happy holidays!
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Chance, Texas
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This is fun! How about Clear View? I just like the flow when I say it!
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