Beth Revis's Blog, page 45

All the Creative Contest Entries!

I was finally able to get all the entries into the creative contest in one location! The permanent home of the images will be here, (I'll be snazzing up that page more soon) but I wanted to make sure everyone got a great good look at them all, so I've got them embedded below, too, with credit links.



I think you will be able to see why I couldn't pick just one winner from this. Every single person who entered will be getting a prize...although the prizes are currently back ordered! Apparently the seller didn't expect someone to order fifty at one time! But as soon as the prize is shipped to me, I'll be shipping them back out to you.



And let me also take a moment to say: YOU GUYS ARE THE BESTEST READERS EVER AND I <3 YOU ALL.




Seriously. This contest was just...wow.



That said...I do still have a prize that I'd set aside for the most creative entry. It was just one thing, a secret extra gift from Jennie, who designed the bracelet. I think what I'm going to do is just slip it in the person's envelope and let it be a surprise when s/he opens the envelope with the thank you :) What do you think? Good idea? I do like giving people little surprises and such :)



Meanwhile, I really want to know, which one is YOUR favorite? 







Visual Art




Word art by Eleanor W.




 


 

Cover redesign (dark purple) by Carina







 

Collage with quotes by Chloe







 

Batik Cloth Dying by Laura







 

Earrings by Anna
(These earrings won the random drawing prize, too)




 


 

Amy graphic by Kelsi







 

Amy cloth doll by Avery












 Library display by Becky







 

Watercolor of Godspeed logo by Cassandra







 

Cake by Cait










Paper & Metal Collage with logo by Tristyn







 

Purse by Melissa Click for more pics, including the inside that has a lining made with a koi fish print featuring quotes from the Gettysburg Address




 


 

Cover Redesign by Noelle










Desktop Wallpaper by Lara Definitely click to see a bigger version of this one--it's a lovely desktop wallpaper!




 





School library wall mural by Amber







 

Paper roses made by Amanda




 


 

Plastic Amy Doll by Vivien




 


 

Henna Tattoos by TheGirlOnFire27




 


 

Illustration by Christina




 


 

Custom stamp made by Amy




 


 

Cover redesign by Megan







 

Illustration of koi swimming in stars by Michaela. The illustration was done by "stippling"--adding hundreds of dots, one dot at a time!




 


 

Custom made Amy and Elder dolls by Jenny







 

Collection of haiku poems for each character in Across the Universe by Becky







 

Badges by Margaret




 


 

"I Have Seen Stars" necklace by Casey







 

"Sea of Stars" painting by Lillian (look closely; there are silver stars in the background)




 


 

Too cute charms of Amy and Elder by Lesley




 


 

Back of handmade quilt by Amanda







 

Front of handmade quilt by Amanda










Chalk drawing by Aubrey



Multimedia










Trailer video by April



 




Trailer video by Alayna



 




Song cover by Kayla



 




Flag routine by Lauren. Click her YouTube video for a full explanation of her entry!


Song recorded by April: click the heart in the top right corner of this page to hear it!


Hall of Awesome webpage by Rachel


Across the Universe Press Kit by Jess







Written Works






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Short story by Julia:

'We want the book! We want the book!' The crowd chanted. The scared booksellers huddled in the store, using the boxes of the book they were supposed to be selling, Across the Universe, to barricade the door.



'They're against the doors! GET THEM!' one man yelled.



The crowd surged forward, using their hands, clubs, pitchforks, other people in the crowd, whatever they could get their hands on to beat on the doors. They slowly moved in. The crowd was no match for the heavy boxes.



'Yes!' several people yelled. 'Autographed copies of Across the Universe!' They eagerly flipped through the pages, looking for the author signature.



'What the heck?' someone hollered.



'There's no author signature in here!'



'Well, um, she was supposed to come in today to autograph them,' the timid salespeople volunteered.



O O O



Beth Revis, the author of the aforementioned book, huddled in a janitor's closet at the back of the store. She wasn't about to go out into the angry mob, no way.



O O O

'All right, all right We'll tell you where the author is if you just stop!' yelled the bookstore's manager.



The people from the mob stood in the middle of the store, surrounded by a pile of white paper and torn covers.



'Well, where is she?' multiple people hollered out.



'In the janitor's closet at the back of the store next to the YA novels.'



The mob stormed off. A few people started lagging as they looked at the book displays, but they were quickly herded back in by the rest of the mob.



When the mob reached the closet, everyone stepped back as a large man, who looked like he would be more comfortable in a pine forest then a bookstore, ran against the door.



It moves slightly.



'AGAIN!' yelled the crowd.



The man rammed into the door again, and continued to do so until the flimsy wood shattered, exposing the terrified author to the crowd.



'Don't hurt me, because if you do you'll never find out what'll happen between Amy and Elder,' squeaked Beth Revis.



'Hurt you? Why would we hurt you? You are going to go over to that table RIGHT NOW and sign out copies of Across the Universe or else!' screamed the aforementioned lumberjack-like man.


Beth slunk over to the table and chair, plopped down heavily, and pulled out a pen.



'Who's first?' she hollered.



A collective ME came from the entire crowd.



'Okay, you,' she said, pointing at random. 'You're first.'



A little boy skipped up to the table, holding the book to his chest.



'Aren't you a little young to be reading young adult novels?' asked Beth.



'It's not for me, it's for Mommy!' he said. 'Will you sign it, please?'



So she did.



All day, Beth sat there signing until she thought her hand would fall off. And then she signed some more. The author signed books for small children, old men, teenage girls, mothers, the list goes on. By the time she signed the last book, she had gone through fifteen pens and her name looked more like a scribble then her name.



The bookstore employees came over as the author stood up.



'You owe me. That was the most people I've EVER signed for at a time, and the first time



I've ever hidden in a janitors closet!'



'So… does this mean you won't be coming back next week?'



'Heck no!' exclaimed Beth. 'Never again!'






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Beautiful Lies by Patrick

The Godspeed,
a beautiful ship fueled by lies.



Those beautiful lies,
other and I believe are not true



But whose's there,
to telll them the truth?



The water,
full of life and beautiful lies.



It's life,
died beacuse of Phydus.



They are brainwashed,
mixed with truth's and beautiful lies.



They don't know the truth



The ancient Plague,

a time where disorder ruled.



There was none,

but there was Eldest.



The one,

who decieved and lied beautifully to everyone.



For the sake,
of order.



They don't know the truth,
but Elder and I will tell them.



Beautiful Lies hurt,
but the hidden truth hurts more.




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Ode to Beth Revis by Jade
I'm not good at writing,
I can't draw or sing
So I'm writing Beth Revis
A bad poem,



In Across The Universe,
We met Elder and Amy,
In a book that was original
And not at all same-y,



In the next book,
Their story goes on,
As they navigate Godspeed
Through A Million Suns



But alas, what is wrong!
(Be aware, spoilers are coming!)
Godspeed is slowing down,
WILL THE SPACESHIP KEEP RUNNING?!



Will Amy ever see her parents,
She was awoken too soon,
One a ship that may never make it through,
All the suns and planets and moons,



The story is compelling,
I was gripped from the first page,
This is a book I'd give to
Readers of any age,



I loved it that much
And I honestly can't wait,
That's why I need to win this competition,
I'll call it, like, fate!



So Beth, take pity on me,
I have no talents to speak of,
I'm just a girl that reads a lot
And with your books, I'm in love!






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The Ship of Lies by Brielle



A beautiful ship
flew into the sky.
They all knew
it wasn't goodbye.
.
They'd be home soon,
a new home at least.
They had them all fooled
a mystery to piece.
.
Until Amy came along,
this fiery redhead,
she strung it together
like needle and thread.
.
Something was wrong.
A lie was covered.
She saw these "stars"
and the truth was discovered.
.
A beautiful ship
flew into the skies.
Too bad that the ship runs on
nothing but lies.






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Stars Awakening by Nicole
We knew we couldn't sustain. I think that was the worst part; knowing for so long, but never doing anything about it until it was nearly too late. I wish I could say I was one of those people who went wholeheartedly onto Godspeed, but being dragged unwilling doesn't quite fit the description. It would be an understatement to say I'm claustrophobic, and my father has known that ever since I was a boy. It mattered little to him, in the long run.



That's why I'm down here now, I suppose, in the deepest, darkest hull on the ship, with my knees tucked close to my body, shivering uncontrollably. It's nearly frozen down here; I wonder what they hold in the wall-high containers, why they have to keep the room so cold. I looked for a light earlier, but the motion detector must be malfunctioning. It's better this way, I think. The last thing I'll see is darkness, the one thing I'm most afraid of. So many things can go wrong being trapped in a ship that's on a course to a far-off planet that we've never even seen before. When I first got down here, I thought about all of them, until I exhausted myself and my eyes were weak with tears. I think I was hoping they'd be searching for me, check their video footage, and come rushing in. That someone, anyone, would care.



The quiet, distant hum of the machines reminds me that I'm not alone. I press my hands onto the freezing metal and push myself off the wall. I hear a click and I'm blinded by the sudden white light, and greeted by the slight stench of burning. The motion detector must be working after all. One of the long bulbs across the ceiling flickers, goes out, but there's enough light to see what's in the chambers.

They're bodies. Rows upon rows of bodies. My jaw hangs slack. I feel myself stumble over the grated metal floor to the frozen chamber in front of me, placing my hands against the cold glass. It's a girl. A girl with flowing red hair, full lips and closed eyes. She's naked, completely exposed–more beautiful than anything I've ever seen. She has the strangest look on her face, and I wonder what her last thoughts were. Her face is slack, but her lips look pinched, like she was afraid. Or in pain.



I bang my head against the glass. Get a grip, Kyle. I'm letting a girl that lies immobile in a cryochamber distract me from why I came down here in the first place.


But I can't help reverting my gaze back to her. Girls never paid much attention to me back home, and I've never seen this much of a body at one time, but somehow that matters little. I want to meet this girl, more than anything I've ever wanted.



I push myself back from the glass with resolve, my jaw tightening, and scan the panel of buttons along the bottom of the glass. There's so many, and all unlabeled. I'm about to press my finger to the only green button–when the door to the room whooshes open and I'm knocked to the ground.



I land with a thump and a grunt, feeling the rivets in the floor digging into my back, the air forced out of my lungs. I fight my attacker, but they take their weight off of me almost immediately, pinning only my wrists to the floor. I stop fighting. It's father.



"What," he seethes, "do you think you're doing down here?"



I grit my teeth. "Waiting to die."



Surprise flashes across his face, but it's fleeting, replaced quickly by anger. "Don't be so foolish, boy," father says. "You know not to be down here. I should have known I could not trust you on your own."



"Who are they?" I ask, ignoring his conceding tone.



Father starts. "What are you talking about?"



"The bodies in the cryochambers," I say, unwavering. "Who are they?"



Father clears his throat. "None of your concern."



"I want to talk to one of them," I say.



"Absolutely not." He stiffens. "Out of the question."



"Will you tell me nothing?" I plead. Secrets are all my father has, but if he tells them to anyone, it's always me.



Father snorts out a breath, and his eye twitches. "Which one?" he asks, releasing his grip on me. I can hear the defeat in his voice no matter how hard he's trying to cover it up as I climb off the floor and get back on my feet. I have to stop myself from smiling.



"Her." I point to the slim, red-haired girl. I'm still looking at her, my heart beating faster unwittingly, when I hear my father suck in a quick breath.



"It can't be…"



Another crashing sound echoes through the narrow room, and I look beyond father towards the door, just in time to see one of the guards bring his blade down onto father's back, sliding the blade cleanly through his body before pulling it out again. I hear someone screaming, and I realize it's me. The sound cuts off when the guard advances on me, stepping uncaring into the pool of blood that's appeared from beneath my father's body. I swallow hard and scramble backward. The guard's expression is cold, hard, unforgiving.



"Please," I whisper. "Don't hurt me."



He smiles then, toothy and ruthless. My head snaps back as he brings back his blade for the strike–



"Stop!"



The guard turns around so quickly that he nearly loses the grip on his blade, the set of his shoulders giving away his surprise. And I can see why. There's a man in the doorway, dressed in a white lab coat, with gray-speckled short hair and stormy eyes. He's standing with his fists clenched at his sides, jaw tight, expression hard.



"This area is restricted." The man's voice echoes low and deep along the metal walls. "Even to guards." He eyes the guard, and the murderer's shoulders sink in submission. The doctor steps into the room, ignoring the dead, bleeding body on the floor. He moves his gaze from the guard, who leaves the room in a rush, over to me, his eyes traveling down the length of my body and back up again. He's turned curious, less menacing.



"Why are you here?" he asks me.



I don't answer, and without thinking, my eyes find the girl in the frozen chamber. She remains unchanged. The doctor follows my gaze and a small smile finds its way onto his lips. He looks back at me, eyes sparkling.



"We can arrange that," he says.



My eyes widen, and I'm about to speak when the doctor lunges forward, stabbing me with a needle. Pain shoots up my arm, but I can't cry out; whatever he's injected me with has already slowed my mind.



"It's better this way," he assures me. My vision blurs and he manages to hold me up before laying me down on the floor. "You won't want to feel the pain when I freeze you."



I wish I could panic, but I can't feel much of anything now as the poison makes its way through my system. He won't kill me; somehow I know that. But…



"You're going to see us land in the new world, child," he tells me softly. "There's nothing left for you here."



Finally my vision leaves me, along with the rest of my senses. And all I can think is that, when I wake up, I get to see the girl with the red hair again.

Bookanista Review: Maureen Johnson's THE NAME OF THE STAR

Maureen Johnson is a must-buy for me. I see a book with her name on it, I buy it.



If you are an MJ fan like me, then you will be so freaking excited by


So here's the thing: MJ knows how to tell a story well. Just follow her Twitter--if she can make 140-character tweets that entertaining, imagine what she can do with a whole book.



But the best part about THE NAME OF THE STAR? Is the plot itself. It's riveting. The basic plot is a girl from America goes to England for boarding school just as a Jack the Ripper copycat killer goes on a rampage. But then the girl becomes a witness--to a killer only she can see.



There's a little of everything in this book: a little funny (true laugh-out-loud moments), a little sad (I cried, I'm not ashamed to admit), a little mystery (who's killing--and how?), a little adventure (see: final battle), and a whole lot of amazing.



Here's the short story: this is a fantastic story wrapped around amazing writing. What's not to love?



Still on the fence?


To find out what the other Bookanistas are reading this week, click any of the links below!






Elana Johnson is in a tizzy over Texas Gothic
LiLa Roecker celebrates Something Like Hope
Christine Fonseca  is transformed by Shifting
Shannon Whitney Messenger takes a shine to So Silver Bright – with giveaway
Scott Tracey is on board for Starship Academy
Beth Revis shouts out The Name of the Star
Shana Silver loves Lola and the Boy Next Door
Rosemary Clement Moore is distracted by Alien Invasion & Other Inconveniences
Sarah Frances Hardy adores Birdie's Big Girl Dress
Stasia Ward Kehoe takes a fancy to Fracture
Carolina Valdez Miller goes gaga for Glow and Shifting – with giveaway




Also: a special thanks to Pam for getting me a copy of the ARC to read!

What Would You Like to See on the For Writers Page?

So I've been thinking about updating my website. I've already revamped the Books page, and if you were clever enough to find the secret page on the website, get your eyefull now, because that's about to go down and be redone, too...



Meanwhile, the page that I think is most lacking in my website here is the For Writers page. I always meant for it to be more, I just....never got around to it.



But when I stare blankly at it, I wonder...what would YOU like to see? Because honestly? I'd like to really make that page for fellow writers, not me. Now, keep in mind that I'm not expert and I don't really know what I'm doing and I spend a lot of time just bumbling around in the dark, but given that...are they any topics you'd like to see on that page? Any specific items or whatever you'd like to see?

This is Relevant to November

(And also, I'm having fun playing with Poll Daddy)






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Another Day of Infamy

It's hard to believe that ten years have passed.



I was in college when 9/11 happened. I worked as an RA, and I woke up early and grumpy to do my assigned hours at the front desk in the lobby. There was something on the radio--an attack, something happening in NY--but I flipped it over to a music station.



Another RA came by. "Did you hear about the attack?"



"What attack?" I asked.



We turned the radio back to the news station.



As soon as I could, I ran back to my dorm room and turned on the television. By that point, only one tower had fallen. Before my eyes, I saw the second fall, too.



It was at that moment when I knew things had changed for me forever.



Glimmers of memories stand out from that time. Classes canceled. A friend, whose mother worked in the towers, crying unconsolably. My boss, who was a Muslim and wore a traditional head scarf, afraid to leave her office for a week. A campus-wide meeting, in which we warned, since we were located at the state capital, that we might be next.



But I don't think I really understood how the world had changed until I became a teacher, and started teaching kids who couldn't really remember a world before 9/11.

Do You Notice the Publisher? On EBooks, Money, and Publishers

Even though I'm still in my debut year as an author (holy cow, that's insane, no?!), I've been writing for ten years and reading for most of my life. And I'm an avid reader--constantly seeking the next book, with a veritable of TBR books and even more already-read shelves of books.



So: I'm completely aware of books, authors, and--the subject of what I want to talk about today--publishers.



As you can probably guess: I'm a somewhat unusual reader. I definitely pay attention to who publishes what, and I have very clear, distinct opinions on publishers. Through years of reading and paying attention to who published what, I know that some publishers tend to publish books that I will universally like--and some publish books I universally don't. When it comes to buying a book, I first weigh the story: if I love the premise, I buy the book, if not, I put it back down. If I'm on the fence, though, I'll consider the author--if I know him/her (even just through online stuff), I'll buy the book. If not, or if I'm still on the fence, I look at the publisher. If it's from an imprint that I usually like--I buy the book. If not, I don't. There's one imprint in particular--and, merely because I've been paying attention to this stuff for so long--there's one editor in particular at that imprint, whose books I just don't like. It's not that they're bad--it's that this editor and I clearly have very different tastes. There were agents who I didn't query before I signed because I just didn't like the books that thanked that agent in the acknowledgements--and I could safely assume that our tastes were so different that those agents wouldn't have liked my book, either.



But as I've said: I'm an unusual reader. Most people, don't know the editor at a publishing house at all. Most readers, I think, don't even pay attention to who publishes what.



I'm thinking about all this today because of a post Nathan Bransford recently had on his blog.  In reference to ebooks in particular, I think that if readers are not currently looking at who publishes what, they will be soon. Right now, we're in a weird sort of "anything goes" age of epublishing--people are trying new things (different price points, established authors self-pubbing ebooks, interactive content, etc.) to see what will stick and what will be the best method in this new epublishing age.



Not too long ago, there were a lot of fight about what the maximum price an ebook should be. Many publishers and professionals insisted on a $9.99 price point--and Amazon, notably, was in favor of a lower price point. This is me just spit-balling here, but from that debate, it seemed to me that Amazon figured it would make more money with ereaders than with the sale of ebooks.



Recently, Amazon announced that they will be developing a new tablet (think: iPad, but with an Amazon brand name), and I read an article that speculated that the tablets will likely be sold at cost or even at a loss to Amazon in an effort to drive more sales to ebooks--which seems to me to indicate that Amazon now sees ebooks as the driving source of funds, not ereaders.



I think the shift has come from people who are burnt out of the 99-cent price point. Speaking on solely a personal level, I got an ebook reader for Christmas last year. I downloaded a crap-ton of free and 99-cent ebooks...and quickly became really rather disgusted by them. It became a matter, to me, not of how much money I was willing to spend, but how much time. To put it frankly, many of the cheap or free books were not worth the pennies I paid for them. I became the type of ebook reader who would rather take a chance on a $9.99 book than on a 99-cent book: I valued my time in reading the book more than the money I spent to purchase it.



Personally, I think a lot of people are going to end up doing the same. They are going to seek out quality over quantity--rather than buying many cheap books, they'll spend more money on fewer books of quality.



As Nathan points out in his article, one way that people can distinguish quality is through a publisher--it's a type of cachet, a sort of assurance that the book has been vetted in some way. A quality seal.



But of course, that only works if people actually notice who a publisher is.



So, I wanted to turn to you, fair readers: Do you notice who publishes a book?






Do You Notice Who Publishes a Book?

And, to go along with that: What influences your purchase of an ebook? Please note: I've allowed multiple answers for this one!



What Influences Your Purchase of an Ebook?

WINNERS of the Creative Contest!

I...am still just so gobsmacked by the Creative Contest that I cannot even begin to put into words how awesome you guys are. I think it's pretty obvious that, basically, I have the best readers EVER and I will monkey-cage-fight anyone who disagrees with me.



Now, if you remember, there were originally going to be two prizes for this contest. The first was going to be a random drawing of all the entrants, and that winner would get a signed ARC and a custom-made charm bracelet by Jennie on Etsy.



So, after putting together all the entrants and using the trusty-old Random.Org, I'm happy to announce that the random-drawing winner of the Creative Contest is....




*drum roll please*




ANNA PETT

Her entry, a pair of earring with the covers of both books, can be seen here.




Now, you'll remember that I also said that I reserved the right to give a prize to the person whose entry I thought was the most creative and neat.




And that's where I ran into a problem.




Because. Um. I couldn't pick.




It's YOUR fault, really. I mean, come on! You guys were making amazing things here! Paintings and henna tattoos and songs and videos and dances and sculptures and jewelry and poetry and MORE. How on freaking earth was I supposed to pick just ONE thing from that list of awesome!??! I can't, that's how. 




Sooooo.......




I decided to do something a little crazy.




I decided to give every single person who entered the contest a prize.




That's right. If you entered the contest, you get a prize. It's not huge (and not ARCs, sorry! I don't have that many!)--but it is a special, unique prize, and it is a secret prize. Why a secret? Because the prize will actually be a clue about A MILLION SUNS. And if you were one of the 42 people who entered the contest, then you get it. And no one else. Nanananabooboo.




I've emailed all the entrants already about this special prize--but three emails bounced back to me. If you entered and didn't get an email, shoot me a line so I can tell you how to claim your prize, and please include a link so I know it's you! :)




Meanwhile, stick around! I'm working on a new webpage right now featuring all the entries--and you'll be able to see for yourself how impossible it was to decide on just one winner!




ALSO: Safari Poet was awesome enough to translate my German book trailer, so check out the comments of yesterday's post to read her awesome translation!

German Book Trailer!

Still recovering from Dragon*Con and Decatur Book Fest--I think I picked up a nasty cold there, which is sad-making. Also sore-throat-and-runny-nose-making. But! Big announcement of prize winners TOMORROW!



And until then, can I entice you with the German Book Trailer for Across the Universe? I have NO IDEA what it says, but that bit at the end gave me goosebumps! Click here to see for yourself.

Dragon*Con and Decatur Book Fest

I'm leaving! For the rest of the Labor Day Weekend, I'll be splitting my time between Dragon*Con in Atlanta and Decatur Book Fest in Decatur (near Atlanta). If you're near the area, come introduce yourself to me!



Before I go, a few quick updates:




In the past two days, the entries for the Creative Contest literally doubled! Between the increase in entries and the fact that I'm leaving tomorrow--I just can't decide on the winner right now. It will be the first thing I do when I get back early next week, though, I swear! It's just that you guys are so awesome that I can't decide!!
I will probably be unable to check email, post here, etc., but I DO plan on tweeting (yay for SmartPhones!), so if you want to keep up with me, follow me at @BethRevis


And, just in case you'll be in Atlanta for it, here's my schedule!





















Friday

·     
5:30-6:30: DragonCon: A707 Marriott

o   The
Hunger Games: What did you love the most about the series? (all three books)

·     
8:30-7:30: DragonCon: Hanover C-E Hyatt

o   Harry
Potter from Page to Screen: High and low points of the movie franchise; did the
books translate well?




Saturday

·     
11:00-12:30: Decatur Book Fest; The Escape at
the Decatur Library

o   Past
and Future Loves: the allure of romance both historic and futurisitc

·     
1:00-2:00: DragonCon: Hanover C-E Hyatt

o   The
Hero's Journey of Neville Longbottom: How does the Hero's Journey translate to
Neville and other secondary HP characters?

·     
4:00-5:00: DragonCon: Beth Revis reading

o   Roswell-Hyatt




Sunday

·     
10:00-11:00: DragonCon: A707-Marriott

o   Read
and discuss AtU book club style

·     
11:30-12:30: DragonCon: Manila/Singapore/Hong
Kong-Hyatt

o   The
Why and How of YA: Is YA right for you? Discuss differences in YA, MG, and
adult fiction

·     
1:00-2:00: DragonCon: A707 Marriott

o   Online
Interactions: How do kids and teens use technology to interact with books and
authors today? Do they expect more as they turn the last page of that novel?

·     
2:30-3:30: DragonCon: M301-M304-Marriott

o   DragonCon
Autographs




Monday: Leave!

Creative Contest Entries!

You have until midnight to get any last entries in, but I wanted to show you all the entries I've received so far!



To showcase everything, I created a Glog for you--an interactive poster with all the entries on it! You can click on any picture--or the song, or the video--and you'll go to the site of the artist. If the embedded poster below is too small to see (there were a lot of entries to fit in!)





YOU CAN CLICK HERE TO SEE A LARGER VERSION OF THE POSTER--AND REMEMBER, THE WHOLE THING IS INTERACTIVE, SO FEEL FREE TO CLICK AWAY!





Below is a list of full credits for the above Glog and links to other entries. If the entry was sent via a link, I've linked it both below and in the Glog. If it was emailed or given to me in person, there is no link. Please let me know if anything doesn't work!





"Beautiful Lies" poem by Patrick (click for more)
Song recorded by Ashley (click the pink heart in top right corner to hear it)
Cover redesign (dark purple) by Carina
Collage with quotes by Chloe
Batik Cloth Dying by Laura
Earrings by Anna
Amy graphic by Kelsi
Amy cloth doll by Avery
Short story by Julia (click for more)
Library display by Becky
Watercolor of Godspeed logo by Cassandra
Hall of Awesome Website by Rachel
Cake by Cait (more pics include creation)
Funny Poem by Jade
Paper Flowers by Amanda
Plastic Amy Doll by Vivien
Henna Tattoos by TheGirlOnFire27
Paper & Metal Collage with logo by Tristyn
Purse by Melissa (more pics include inside)
Cover Redesign (light blue) by Noelle
Desktop Wallpaper by Lara (click for larger version)
School library wall mural by Amber
Star-shaped Word Art by Eleanor




Not Pictured:

-Across the Universe Badges by Margaret (she gave them to me in person, and my camera's broken at the moment! Will upload pics ASAP!)

-Across the Universe Press Kit by Jess (it's not really the kind of entry that can be pictured!)

-Work by Sheri--there was one entry that came through as an error. If you're Sherri and your work isn't pictured, please let me know

-Anyone who submitted their entry after 2:00 EST August 30 isn't in the Glog, but I'll be adding updates here when I can!