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"Name Theater Book 3!" ARC contest

Want to win an Advance Review Copy of Perchance To Dream? Here's your next chance!

So, Eyes Like Stars and Perchance To Dream are both quotes from Hamlet. The current working-title for Theater Book 3 is So Silver Bright (which is a  quote from King John.)  The full quote is as follows:

"Their armours, that march'd hence so silver-bright, Hither return all gilt with Frenchmen's blood."

DUHN DUHN DUUUUUUHN.  *G*

But there's always the chance we'll need to retitle, so I'm going to give you the chan...

Anatomy of a Mouse Circus Birthday

Very belatedly, I wanted to share the pictures from the SugarBean's 5th birthday party (which had a Coraline Mouse Circus theme!)




We decorated with a metric ton of plastic tablecloths, star garlands, twinkle lights, and balloons.



We had the movie running on the TV, and then the Wii hooked up to play carnival games.  (If you look closely on the counter, you can see the five Jump...

"What Would You Do For An ARC?" Contest Winners

Ok, my loves, I pulled in five expert judges (including my little one!) and the following entries have won an ARC of Perchance To Dream:

*cues drumroll*

*clash of cymbals*

#4   wastepaperprose  
#9  April McGuire
#10  chloeeepatd  
#16  saramcclung  
#17  claire8sterling  

Winners, please email your mailing information to lisa at lisamantchev dot com (subject title: ARC MAILING INFO so I don't miss it.)  And never fear! In the next few days, I will be announcing another contest for yet another cha...

*glee*

So I got a phone call on Wednesday, and then had to sit on this news for two days... but now SFWA has compiled the official ballot for the Nebula Awards, and ELS made the ballot for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy and is keeping some excellent company:

 

Hotel Under the Sand , Kage Baker (Tachyon, Jul09) Ice , Sarah Beth Durst (Simon and Schuster, Oct09) Ash , Malinda Lo (Little, Brown and Company, Sep09) Eyes Like Stars , Lisa Mantchev (Feiwel and Friends...

"What Would You Do For An ARC?" Contest Entries!

dragon_misstres created character sketches and storyboards!






ENTRY TWO:

intensewhisp  mocked up a cover!



ENTRY THREE:

evilangel101  put herself (at risk!) in the Green Room!

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ENTRY FOUR:

wastepaperprose   made a candy bar the size of a COOKIE SHEET




ENTRY FIVE:

jenniferohcious  is Bertie's doppelganger (and has the corset to prove it!)



ENTRY SIX:

mistymarshall   went blue... very, very blue!



Full set of pictures at her LiveJournal!

ENTRY SEVEN:

decoratedlove created a costume sketch for Bertie and the ...

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TEE HEE!


And the sequel!

Holiday, Celebrate!

1) I just emailed my editor and publisher the manuscript for Theater Book 3, working titled SO SILVER BRIGHT.

1b) *pause* *Kermit-flail* *OMG, my eyeballs*

2) I also told them a bit of news, which I will now share with you:
 

Steamy Goodness

Also buried in the writerly-deadline-goodness was the news that "As Recorded on Brass Cylinders: Adagio for Two Dancers" (a novella collaboration with flemco  and due to be printed in the next issue of Weird Tales)  is also going to be reprinted in the VanderMeers' Steampunk Reloaded anthology. 

Thus far I have seen similar announcements from shweta_narayan and samhenderson . Huzzah for TOC-mates! :)

PtD ARC Contest Update

Just a quick note to let everyone know that I am up to my eyeballs in a writerly deadline, and I will be compiling the entries for the "What Would You Do For An ARC?" contest early next week. I will also be calling in Official Judges (to be determined) to pick the winners.

(Which means, if you were unavoidably detained with schoolwork/snow/life, you technically have a grace period to get your entry in--say, midnight on Sunday--although I am taking it into consideration if the entries were subm...

Interview With Jason Chan

Given that I've revealed the cover for Perchance To Dream and then promptly made a just-for-fun trailer featuring all Jason's concept art, it's only fair that I invite the artist himself to sit down for cupcakes and a chat.


Jason: Aside from painting book covers, I also work full time in the games/entertainment industry at Massive Black. I also make art for Wizards Magic: the Gathering trading card game. Perso...