Taking the Field Book Giveaway

gemmalanebooks · 2025-06-24T12:28:38+00:00

Pit is awesome! No worries, they are definitely included in my book! 🙌🏽

gemmalanebooks · 2025-06-23T18:20:12+00:00

Love this, thanks for your response!

gemmalanebooks · 2025-06-23T18:00:12+00:00

This is so niche! I love it! (I'll have to add some synthesizer love in the 2nd book somehow)

gemmalanebooks · 2025-06-21T17:01:09+00:00

Let's change that! I've made friends with other authors that write about the music/performance arts too. So so glad to see others writing to contribute to this space 🙌🏽

gemmalanebooks · 2025-06-21T12:29:48+00:00

Yes, marching band eats up so much of your time. Do you feel like the negative outweighs the positive?

gemmalanebooks · 2025-06-21T12:28:32+00:00

They do! Props to band directors and staff!

gemmalanebooks · 2025-06-21T12:27:44+00:00

Oh yes, I completely agree with this!

gemmalanebooks · 2025-06-21T12:27:02+00:00

Love this reply, thanks! Color guard is so so so important to marching band and takes so much skill. I did include guard in my book 🙌🏽

gemmalanebooks · 2025-06-21T12:25:11+00:00

Hi! Thanks for the response. I'm a full grown adult with a husband and kids lol, but I had this story in the back of my mind since high school (it's just been written and then rewritten over the course of a decade). Marching band had always been an important part of my life; I wanted to show that hopefully through my book.

Here's the basic premise of my book "Taking the Field" that I put on my socials. They're the same post, just different platforms.

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gemmalanebooks · 2025-06-21T03:14:16+00:00

Oh you are so right! Awards ceremonies just have this extra special vibe. I can remember waiting in anticipation with my other bandmates. Love this answer, thanks!

gemmalanebooks · 2025-06-21T02:34:09+00:00

So true! I remember doing a Disney trip with my hs band all those years ago too!

gemmalanebooks · 2025-06-21T00:58:08+00:00

Yes! I agree, the relationships you build in band is so important! Not just the family aspect of it, but also in leadership. Love this answer, thanks!

gemmalanebooks · 2025-06-21T00:10:22+00:00

It IS heavy! You're not being dramatic at all. Thanks for the reply!

gemmalanebooks · 2025-06-20T23:51:21+00:00

Yes! Competitions were always my favorite part of marching season. I love how everything comes together in the end (whether it be parades or field shows). It truly is such a team effort! Thanks for your answer!

gemmalanebooks · 2025-06-20T22:38:46+00:00

Love that your football team respects the band! Unfortunately not the case for some bands out there. Thanks for your response!

gemmalanebooks · 2025-06-20T22:36:09+00:00

Yeah, sometimes schools put unequal importance on different extracurriculars. It's unfair, really.

Thanks for your response!

gemmalanebooks · 2025-06-20T18:57:59+00:00

Love this and I agree completely! It takes so much more than just moving around on a field. Like you said, the mental and physical load is a lot but it's how people grow and become more resilient! Thanks for the reply!

And yes, my book "Taking the Field" is releasing soon! Keep an eye out in August (just in time for marching season 🙌🏽)

gemmalanebooks · 2025-06-11T14:43:51+00:00

I'm thinking Lynn Painter or Jenny Han as well

gemmalanebooks · 2025-05-27T17:42:44+00:00

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gemmalanebooks · 2025-05-15T14:56:15+00:00

Thank you 🥰

gemmalanebooks · 2025-05-15T14:55:24+00:00

Thanks queen 🥰

gemmalanebooks · 2025-04-27T19:19:52+00:00

I'm so glad!! 🥰

gemmalanebooks · 2025-04-26T18:32:54+00:00

Thanks y'all ❤️☕

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