{"id":13158,"date":"2015-05-05T05:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=13158"},"modified":"2015-05-10T08:45:26","modified_gmt":"2015-05-10T15:45:26","slug":"little-kunoichi-launched-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=13158","title":{"rendered":"Little Kunoichi: LAUNCHED!! + Giveaway [CLOSED]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Taiko drum roll please…..<\/p>\n

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Little Kunoichi<\/a> is large and in charge! Today is THE day, and I am\u00a0doing imaginary backflips and round-offs of excitement!! The build-up has been so long, I thought I would be all blas\u00e9 and casual and “Oh, is it the launch date today?”, but no no no<\/em>. It’s a big deal. A huge<\/em> deal. I am planning on visiting as many bookstores as I can today to surreptitiously snap photos of my book on shelves because this will never, ever, ever happen again: my first published book! (though I hope I will get to work on many, many more books)<\/p>\n

I’m jumping up and down and full of nervous energy so I’m keeping this short. I thought I would show you my favorite parts of the book today:<\/p>\n

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You’ve seen the island map before, but I just love it to pieces.<\/p>\n

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And then there’s the secret ninja girls’ school, of which Little Kunoichi is a pupil.<\/p>\n

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And then….my pride and joy, the island festival page. I’ve hidden Little K and her new friend Chibi Samurai and the page is chock-full of Japanese references that are too numerous\u00a0to list here, but if it’s of interest, I’d be happy to go into it\u00a0another time.<\/p>\n

Oh…this is so unreal. I am counting my blessings and trying to bottle this surreal feeling of a dream come true. Infinite thanks to my amazing editor Tegan and to the whole crew at Sasquatch Books that made this such a lovely expedition. And thank you<\/em>, for the cheering on, the don’t-give-ups and for welcoming Little Kunoichi into your homes.<\/p>\n

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I have the impression that many of you have already gotten a copy of the book, but if anyone out there would like to win a copy, I’ve got some to offer up. Or, if you’ve already got Little K in your hands (or a copy is on its way), I would also love to give away prints of my favorite\u00a0pages that you see above. The island print is 8″ x 8″, and the ninja school and island prints are about 6″ x 11″, all printed on high quality, archival paper. I’ll select five winners and you have the choice of the book or one of the prints.<\/p>\n

M made a comment that made me laugh so hard, I have to share: he said that if I made $100,000 with the book,\u00a0he would immediately go out and get a Little Kunoichi tattoo. This, I have to see. Neither of us has a tattoo so this is a significant thing — we shook on it! So please tell everyone about my book! It might take several decades to get to that amount, but he’ll be a rockin’ senior citizen with a cute ninja tattoo. To enter the giveaway, any comment will do, but maybe you have a suggestion for where the tattoo should go? I’m still trying to decide…<\/p>\n

I’ll keep the give away open until this Friday, May 8th.\u00a0Good luck!<\/p>\n

P.S. I’m skipping tomorrow as I prepare for the launch party on Sunday<\/a> and wrap up some work for book #2. Would love to meet you if you’re local! And see you back here on Friday!<\/p>\n

P.P.S. Just in case I confused people, which I am known to do, I’m considering today Little Kunoichi’s official day of birth…hence, she’s saying “it’s my birthday” up there.<\/p>\n

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  Taiko drum roll please….. Little Kunoichi is large and in charge! Today is THE day, and I am\u00a0doing imaginary backflips and round-offs of excitement!! The build-up has been so long, I thought I would be all blas\u00e9 and casual and “Oh, is it the launch date today?”, but no no no. It’s a big deal. A huge deal. I am planning on visiting as many bookstores as I can today to surreptitiously snap photos of my book on shelves because this will never, ever, ever happen again: my first published book! (though I hope I will get to work on many, many more books) I’m jumping up and down and full of nervous energy so I’m keeping this short. I thought I would show you my favorite parts of the book today: You’ve seen the island map before, but I just love it to pieces. And then there’s the secret ninja girls’ school, of which Little Kunoichi is a pupil. And then….my pride and joy, the island festival page. I’ve hidden Little K and her new friend Chibi Samurai and the page is chock-full of Japanese references that are too numerous\u00a0to list here, but if it’s of interest, I’d be happy to go into it\u00a0another time. Oh…this is so unreal. I am counting my blessings and trying to bottle this surreal feeling of a dream come true. Infinite thanks to my amazing editor Tegan and to the whole crew at Sasquatch Books that made this such a lovely expedition. And thank you, for the cheering on, the don’t-give-ups and for welcoming Little Kunoichi into your homes. I have the impression that many of you have already gotten a copy of the book, but if anyone out there would like to win a copy, I’ve got some to offer up. Or, if you’ve already got Little K in your hands (or a copy is on its way), I would also love to give away prints of my favorite\u00a0pages that you see above. The island print is 8″ x 8″, and the ninja school and island prints are about 6″ x 11″, all printed on high quality, archival paper. I’ll select five winners and you have the choice of the book or one of the prints. M made a comment that made me laugh so hard, I have to share: he said that if I made $100,000 with the book,\u00a0he would immediately go out and get a Little Kunoichi tattoo. This, I have to see. Neither of us has a tattoo so this is a significant thing — we shook on it! So please tell everyone about my book! It might take several decades to get to that amount, but he’ll be a rockin’ senior citizen with a cute ninja tattoo. To enter the giveaway, any comment will do, but maybe you have a suggestion for where the tattoo should go? I’m still trying to decide… I’ll keep the give away open until this Friday, May 8th.\u00a0Good luck! P.S. I’m skipping tomorrow as I prepare for the launch party on Sunday and wrap up some work for book #2. Would love to meet you if you’re local! And see you back here on Friday! P.P.S. Just in case I confused people, which I am known to do, I’m considering today Little Kunoichi’s official day of birth…hence, she’s saying “it’s my birthday” up there.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-giveaway","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13158"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13198,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13158\/revisions\/13198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}