E.C. Myers's Blog, page 20
May 18, 2012
YAmazing Winners!
Congratulations to Molly, Angela, and Taffy, who won Fair Coinprize packs in my YAmazing Race with MGnificent Prizes giveaway. They will each receive a signed bookmark, postcard, coin case, and personalized and signed bookplate–hot off the presses. (Want your own bookplate? E-mail me.)
To select the winners, I listed each commenter’s name once per entry in an Excel spreadsheet, shuffled them up and assigned a number to eachatrandom.org, then generated three random numbers: 86, 216, and 60, whi...
May 13, 2012
teen writing workshop & book signing
On Saturday, May 19, I will be joining two otherApocalypsies to host a teen writing workshop at Chester County Book & Music Co.:
ATTENTION TEENS!
Sign up for a writing workshop
with three young adult authors,
members of the Apocalypsies,
and be eligible for a fabulous door prize!
K.M. Walton,author ofCRACKED
Elisa Ludwig , author ofPRETTY CROOKED
E.C. Myers,author of FAIR COIN
Saturday, May 19
Workshop 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. ($10)
Signing 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 pm (free and open to the public)
Cost inclu...
May 9, 2012
crits for critters!
I’m offering up a short story critique (up to 5000 words) or a critique of a query letter and the first 30 pages of your novel, in the Pens for Paws Auction to raise money for Fat Kitty City, a no-kill, cage-free cat sanctuary in El Dorado Hills that also rescues dogs (as foster homes allow). I am happy to aid our feline overlords, even at this great personal sacrifice.
If you’re wondering what makes me qualified to critique anything you write, that’s a very good question! I have at least a li...
May 1, 2012
north, miss tessmacher! north!
I probably should have mentioned this earlier, but my next reading from Fair Coin will be this Thursday, May 3 at 7:00 p.m. at Water Street Books, 26 Water Street, in Williamstown, MA. This event is generously co-sponsored by the Religion and English departments at Williams College.
If you live anywhere near Williamstown, I would love to see you there! A discussion and signing will follow the short reading, and there will be plenty of swag for the taking. I expect it to be a fun event, what wi...
The YAmazing Race with MGnificent Prizes, Part II
Hello! The previousYAmazing Race with MGnificent Prizeswas so fun and successful, we decided to do it again. If you’re here at my stop on the blog hop, you probably know what it’s all about already. But if you’re lost or have no idea what I’m going on about,please visitthe Apocalypsies websiteto read the complete rules and get started. Please note that the contest does not begin until Wednesday, May 2 at 12:00 p.m. EST.
FAIR COINby E.C. Myers
Sixteen-year-old Ephraim Scott is horrified when he...
April 25, 2012
missing blog posts
assigned reading
My delight that Fair Coinhas been selected as a book for classroom discussion at a Bronx middle school is moderated by sheer horror–one of the things I learned in school is that nothing takes the joy out of a book and reading more than it being assigned as homework. Still, I am honored and intrigued; from what I can tell, what recommends Fair Coinmost at the moment is that none of the class has read it yet, and probably hadn’t even heard of it before this.
I don’t know about how wellFair Coinw...
April 23, 2012
radio interview
If you missed it on Saturday morning because you were sleeping or watching cartoons or out enjoying beautiful, pre-monsoon weather, my interview with Barry Eva of A Book and a Chat is now online for your listening enjoyment!
I really enjoyed this one. We talked a bit about books and writing, of course, but we also covered a range of topics from Back to the Futureto Quantum Leap, two topics I can discuss for hours. Barry even slipped in a reference to the classic SF film Short Circuit! Given th...
April 20, 2012
a book and a chat
Tomorrow morning (Saturday, April 21) at 11 a.m. EST, I will be talking with Barry Eva, author of the YA romanceAcross the Pond, on his radio show A Book and a Chat. I like tea and talking about writing and books, so I’m looking forward to this! If you’re awake that early on the weekend, you can grab your own cup of caffeine and chat with us too, by calling into the program at 347-237-5398. Call! Ask questions!
a surprise twist I didn’t see coming
When words fail to describe how you feel, a screencap will do.
I had some other things I’d planned to blog about today, but when you find out that io9 has not only reviewed your novel, but given it a great review, that kind of distracts you from everything else.
I usually make many stops at io9 throughout the day (except for the one day I’m on it, apparently–Google Alerts, you fail), so I consider being featured there, with even the tiniest mention, as one of the ultimate, nigh unattainable ach...
