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That's the cave, right there. |
Been locked in my cave working. They only let me out occasionally to eat and swim.
Also, they let me out to support PA libraries.
Don't forget that this Saturday, August 27th,
PAYA will be happening in West Chester, PA. I will be signing from 12-1pm, and the list of awesome authors is amazing!
UPDATE! PAYA will now be earlier (11-2) and I will not be able to make it! Still--a lot of great authors coming together to support PA libraries! If you can make it, do!
Now, for the fun!
WIN AN ARC OF EVERYBODY SEES THE ANTS!
Over the next month, you will get a weekly chance to win an advance read of EVERYBODY SEES THE ANTS because I'm going to run my usual pain-in-the-ass writing contests here on the blog. Why are they a pain in the ass? Because you have to work a little to win. I know. I suck. I've been told this before. But it's fun. I promise!
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That's an ANTS ARC, right there. |
Challenge: All you have to do is write a 100 word (or less) piece about your FICTIONAL summer vacation.
YOU MUST INCLUDE *ONE* OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS IN YOUR ESSAY:
Squid
Ohio
Calcium
Howitzer
(There are no bonus points for squeezing all of these words in, so don't hurt yourself.)
A very poor, late-night, 82-word example: (Please don't think yours should look like this. You don't have to have spaceships or actual squid and you don't have to feature rock n' roll superstars.)
The squid (that's me) spent a lot of time swimming in the warm Indian Ocean in early summer before the Martian spaceship landed in her back yard and beamed her ass up to Mars where she got to hang out with Elvis and learned the truth about Adam Ant by actually reading his Wikipedia page. Then she glowed red for believing such rubbish for so many years about Adam Ant. Turns out all the stuff she believed about Elvis was accurate.
How to enter: Type your entry in the comment area. Make sure to give me an email address in order to contact you if you win!
How to win: Make us laugh, snot through our noses or spit our coffee by writing something that we can tell you had a lot of fun writing.
Prize: A SIGNED advanced reader copy of EVERYBODY SEES THE ANTS.
Deadline: MONDAY, August 29th at 11:59PM EST EXTENDED due to hurricane Irene!
Happy inventing!
Now, Random Thank Yous & News
A huge thank you to Rene' (and Judy) at Third Place Books in Seattle for
this amazing review of EVERYBODY SEES THE ANTS. I now must come to see you. I've been planning a Portland trip, so maybe I can just, you know, figure out a way to get up there.
Another huge thanks to Junior Library Guild's Susan Marston who wrote
this awesome article for School Library Journal and included ANTS as one of her favorites.
EVERYBODY SEES THE ANTS has landed on the YALSA nomination lists for both Best Fiction for Young Adults AND Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers. Thrilled to see this! Go Lucky Linderman.
Back to the cave.
See you to announce a winner next Monday!