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So Silver Bright Cover Reveal - Day 2

Cover Fragment the Second!



Somehow, I doubt very much that's a napkin they are holding.

Can you guess what it is before Friday, when we reveal the WHOLE THING?

And in the meantime, would you like to win a signed paperback of Eyes Like Stars ?
(Warning: plot spoilers for ELS and PTD ahead!)

Visit the following blogs for chances to win signed paperbacks of Eyes Like Stars this week!!

Monday 2/14 Fragment One
http://www.princessbookie.com/ http://www.pageturnersblog.com/ http://laurasreviewbookshelf.blogspot.com/ http://www.fantasticbookreview.com/ http://onthenightstand.net/   Tuesday 2/15 Fragment 2   http://bibliophiles-journal.blogspot.com/ http://abookwormshaven.com/ http://www.greenbeanteenqueen.com/ thecozyreader.com http://writeforareader.blogspot.com   Wednesday 2/16 Fragment 3   http://www.storiesandsweeties.com/ http://thekams.wordpress.com/ http://www.superreadergirl.com/ Karissabooks.blogspot.com http://mypileofbooks.blogspot.com/ http://vampsweresandcassay.blogspot.com/   Thursday 2/17 Fragment 4   http://ramblingsofawannabescribe.blogspot.com/ www.yabliss.com http://foreveryoungadult.blogspot.com/ 

So Silver Bright Cover Reveal - Day 1

Cover Fragment the First!



and yes, I will be locating rings like this to use as give-away prizes during Release Week

And I will need one as well! For... er... signings and stuff.



In the meantime, would you like to win a signed paperback of Eyes Like Stars ?
(Warning: plot spoilers for ELS and PTD ahead!)

Visit the following blogs for chances to win signed paperbacks of Eyes Like Stars this week!!

Monday 2/14 Fragment One
http://www.princessbookie.com/ http://www.pageturnersblog.com/ http://laurasreviewbookshelf.blogspot.com/ http://www.fantasticbookreview.com/ http://onthenightstand.net/   Tuesday 2/15 Fragment 2   http://bibliophiles-journal.blogspot.com/ http://abookwormshaven.com/ http://www.greenbeanteenqueen.com/ thecozyreader.com http://writeforareader.blogspot.com   Wednesday 2/16 Fragment 3   http://www.storiesandsweeties.com/ http://thekams.wordpress.com/ http://www.superreadergirl.com/ Karissabooks.blogspot.com http://mypileofbooks.blogspot.com/ http://vampsweresandcassay.blogspot.com/   Thursday 2/17 Fragment 4   http://ramblingsofawannabescribe.blogspot.com/ www.yabliss.com http://foreveryoungadult.blogspot.com/ 

SSB Cover Reveal Winners

The following candidates have been picked from the Sorting Hat!

Catherine
http://onthenightstand.net

Shelly
http://writeforareader.blogspot.com

Cassay
http://vampsweresandcassay.blogspot.com

Aubrey
http://mypileofbooks.blogspot.com

Mary
http://foreveryoungadult.blogspot.com

STAY TUNED and no need to despair! The cover reveal begins Monday, February 14th, with MORE CHANCES to win Advance Review Copies of So Silver Bright following the Grand Unveiling!

Not only will there be contests, but I will also open the doors to formal requests by bloggers and reviewers just as soon as the ARCs are printed.  I _will_ be asking for links to your reviews on ELS and PTD, plus any info you think might help (blog stats, follower numbers, etc) in case you need to get caught up with the series.

Worth about 78,000 manuscript words

ProofDoom(because -Doom is the new -Punk.) 
Don't forget, you have until midnight PST tonight to enter the "SO SILVER BRIGHT Cover Reveal (and ARC)" thingamajig! :)

So Silver Bright Cover Reveal

If you're looking forward to seeing Jason Chan's fabulous artwork, I can now tell you that the cover reveal for So Silver Bright is going to happen the week of February 14th, with a series of posts from YA book bloggers and theater fans that will include daily mini-reveals and giveaways of signed Eyes Like Stars paperbacks, courtesy of Feiwel & Friends.

Interested in participating? Are you a book blogger who reviewed ELS and PTD? Are you a theater-series super-fan who wants to join us onstage? Best of all, would you like to be among the first to receive a shiny-new ARC of So Silver Bright ? Comment below with the reason why you should be issued a ticket for this virtual red carpet event. Better yet, blog/FB post/Tweet your reasons and leave the links (and your contact information) below! This is indeed a case of your enthusiasm helping you secure a spot, so bust out your bullhorns, your sprinkles, your bribes of chocolate cake. :)

Cupcakes for everyone if we can get #sosilverbright as a trending topic. ;)

Deadline: the twelfth bell of midnight, Tuesday, February 8th with winners contacted on Wednesday the 9th.

One Step Closer

Voila... page proofs for So Silver Bright have arrived!



The thump of quite a lot of paper hitting our porch never fails to thrill.  Thank you, steadfast UPS delivery man!

If anyone needs me, I will be in the proofreader's cave with a bag of candy, my reading glasses, and a mechanical pencil.

Silver Phoenix (Go! Buy! Read!)

The Silver Phoenix paperback releases today! I highly, highly recommend this lush, gorgeous Asian YA fantasy, and the fairies HIGHLY recommend the food that is served up on its pages. ;)

From the author: "It also includes my mom’s veggie homestyle mapo tofu recipe (it is delicious!). See Greenwillow’s very own Head Chef Martha Mihalick’s first delicious attempt here. Also included is a teaser for Fury of the Phoenix and some comments about writing my debut by me."

 

The Master Plan

Behold, I have seen teh shiny that is the SO SILVER BRIGHT cover comp, and lo! it was beautiful and wondrous, as one can expect of Jason Chan's art. The moment I am permitted to share, so shall I. Until then, keep your shirts on and stop yelling at me to throw you some beads. :)

In the meantime, I am plotting ways to take over the world, Pinky promote the conclusion of the trilogy, and I figure the sky's the limit of my imagination, so here goes:

1) Tim Burton is going to call me up, ask me to lunch, and buy the rights to the films, which means Johnny Depp would end up the Theater Manager and Helena Bonham Carter plays Mrs. Edith.

2) Justin Bieber ends up cast as Nate, but then dies two minutes into the movie (cut down by ninjas in a heretofore unread attack by brigands) and is replaced by Nate's magical theater understudy, that hot guy from the Narnia movies.

3) People attend the movie in droves just to watch Justin Bieber get a ninja star to the eye.

4) The "now a major motion picture" edition of the books start selling in Costco, Walmart, and airport bookstore. Men at freeway exits start selling them in place of bouquets and oranges. Questionable men in trench coats want to sell you a knock off edition on the streets of NYC.

5) Oprah calls.

6) I let it go to voice mail. Repeatedly.

7) The "How to Cook For Your Marzipan Man" cookbook by Peaseblossom debuts at #2 on the NYC Bestseller list, right behind So Silver Bright. The Food Network fires Sandra Lee and turns the set from Semi-Homemade into the Kitchen Stadium for the all new "Aluminum Chef" with Pease as the ChairFairy. Moth and Cobweb appear as regular guest judges.

8) Mustardseed ends up in rehab, gets married to Lindsay Lohan, and makes her PUT ON HER DAMN UNDERWEAR. Theirs is a groovy kind of love.

9) CUPCAKES FOR ALL HUMANKIND THE END.

*gets right to work on all this*

So long and thanks for all the fish (NorwesCon)

Just to let my three faithful local readers know, I was not invited to be on programming at NorwesCon this year and subsequently won't be attending.

That is all! *cues the recessional music for the door man in The Wizard of Oz*

Not to go all Laura Ingalls on your arse

But I'm contemplating the foreshadowed sneauxpocalypse with a great measure of "screw you, bring it on."

Put into context, the first winter we lived in our now-house, the electricity cut out no fewer than 5 times. Funds that might have gone toward a vacation were spent on a generator (thrill!) and wiring a separate electrical panel to run off generator power so we didn't have to throw a bunch of switches when we fired the damn thing up. As long as the gas holds out, we can use the size generator we have to run the lights, the TV, the satellite, the inside fridge, the internet, and just about any small appliance we have, including the espresso machine and the vacuum, albeit not everything at once. Switch everything over for a few hours, and we can run the hot water heater long enough for everyone to have a shower before bed.

We cannot run the heat pump. That's where the wood-burning stove comes into play. Nor can we run the washing machine, the dryer, or the dishwasher. With this weather advisory, I have not let more than one hamper's worth of dirty clothes accumulate as a precaution. No doubt TinyDoom! will withhold a poo-splosion to the very second I cannot run a load of laundry, but that cannot be helped (not without a cork and some Superglue, that is.) (I kid.) (Mostly. You should have seen how he violated his walker last night.)

As far as food goes, we have the pantry I already try to keep fully stocked and a chest freezer outside and the SUPER IN CASE OF EMERGENCY rations we purchased in case of natural disaster.

An excess of precaution? Yes. But I am responsible for myself, for the family, for the animals. The first winter, when we didn't have a generator and I was boiling water on top of the stove to put in a watering can to sprinkle over the SugarBean's head in an effort to "shower" her off as she cried about the house being dark and cold and she wanted a bath, I made a promise to myself that we would do without in some places to be better prepared the next time. The next day, our water supply cut out, and I was the one crying on the bathroom floor.

(Mental note to check the stored water, so at the very least, we can flush toilets.)

As we head into this, I hope you will all be safe. But also be responsible. And so far as it is within your power, be prepared.