Barbara Caridad Ferrer and I cooked up a contest for your creative pleasure – you name a character for her latest book, and win books to read! Woot!
Ferrer explains:
“Be careful or you’ll wind up in my novel.” I have this saying on a sweatshirt. I love wearing this sweatshirt. It always prompts a nice little double take.
But this isn’t about me. Well, it is, but it’s also about you, dear readers. Have you ever wanted to create/name a character? Well, here’s your chance. I’m beginning work on a sequel/companion novel to Adiós to My Old Life. I say companion novel because it’s not another YA, but rather, an adult story, taking place ten years after the end of Adiós, where we get to revisit all the characters we loved and those we didn’t love so much.
For those of you who read the book, remember Fabiana? Raging poseur bitch from hell?
For those of you who haven’t read the book, Fabiana—just Fabiana—is a raging poseur bitch from hell. Think… Bastard love child of Madonna, Gwen Stefani, & Shakira, but with not as much talent and with Axl Rose’s ego. Yeah, she’s really that bad.
Anyhow, in the sequel, Fabiana has become a tabloid talk/variety show host and I think she needs a boyfriend – and this is where you come in. I need some suggestions as to a name and type of guy he might be. The only guideline is that I see him as the lead singer of some sort of band— what type of band, not a big thing. He can be like Residente, from Calle 13 (rap/reggaetón) or like Fehr, from Maná (sort of hard rock) or even like Ricky MartÃn— and he’s going to be stupider than dirt, poor thing. Fabiana wants him for his buns and his ability to be arm candy.
So what’s in it for you?
Aside from the fact that you can get revenge on the boyfriend who broke your heart and immortalize him as a complete jackass, the ten best, as judged by me and the Smart Bitches, will get signed copies of my latest release, It’s Not About the Accent, and as extra incentive, what with the holidays and all coming up, there’s gonna be a Extra Sooper Grand Prize, which will be copies of both Adiós and Accent and a copy of GUITAR HERO III for the gaming system of your choice. (Yeah, I know what the real draw’s gonna be, my ego’s not THAT big.)
You’ll also get my undying gratitude.
So put the thinking caps on and give us your best loser rock star name.
Bueno! Head on down to the comments and give us your entry: we need a name and a five word description of said dude. You have 24 hours starting now – so name that dude!
Byron “Beat” Staccato
Five Words: He’s got the beat.
Radford Dudley
Five Words: He’s a rad dude, man.
Trent Travis
Oblivious and cheesy with it.
Richard Mc_____(fill in the blank)
five words: God’s gift to mankind.
fav pick up line: I lost my phone number/e-mail can I borrow your’s?
(not an ex and not his real last name but I knew him and this would describe him perfectly. he was an actor but wanted to be a musician. think Dave Matthews or John Mayer but not as smart and in Spanish. the band would be named after him to sooth his ego. his mother was Columbian and routinely called him “Reechard” loud enough for most of the people in a 500 foot area to hear it.)
Lance Hasty: Thinks disco’s back for good.
LOL what about
Rico (as in Federico) Tevez,
which has a nice little double meaning in Spanish. “You look yummy”.
Jorge MacPherson
Description- husky voice is from herpes.
Rafael Araullo
(Real name: Russell “Rusty” Araullo)
Description: Former nerd, hardcore rockstar wannabe.
LOL, JaneDrew.
What if his name was Rhys? Then they could be FabRhys and smell fresh and fabulous together! Even better if his name were Rhys Rozannadanna, so she could think about becoming Fabiana Rozannadanna someday, and weep tears of self-pity.
Rico Fernando Rodriguez
5 word description: slick, devious, rocker, brave, fine
He think he’s all that.
Noah Archer—N.A. as in brains not applicable. =)
A surfer-blonde, eyeliner-free Rob Thomas.
Asp Rattler
Tight. Snakeskin. Pants. And Eyeliner!
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Hoff Herrera
Mama Herrera Likey Hasselhoff Era
Name: Eaton (His last name was Eaton, but he wanted to explore himself, so he dropped his first name and goes by his last.)
Occupation: singer, world class mooch (aka what happens when the guy who lived/worked on your couch has access to a whole new socioeconomic level of girlfriend?)
Band: Plain White T’s-esque, only in Spanish, aka lovelorn and only recently successful
Manos Miggs (Born Mason, of course)
or maybe
Kilroy Jenks
I like Samuel Edward Xavier, “my initials are my life.” Way better than anything I could have come up with!
Street or Wall Street
Real name Wallace Stonestreet.
Former boy band member trying to become the next Eminem. Tabliods call him Wally. Deepest conversations revolve around hair products.
Santiago Mariana Florencia
(His middle name is a touchy subject.)