C. Leigh Purtill's Blog, page 11
February 5, 2010
Random Thoughts on a Friday
Text and Subtext
1. Text: THE RISE OF GINNY COOPER is available *exclusively* and for *free* at The Story Siren until February 12th. If you haven't read it or downloaded all 4 parts, you can until next Friday,
Subtext: What are you waiting for? You can open a new window and then come back to this while you're waiting. That's one of the cool things about the internet - you can do more than one thing at once. And can I tell you how my life turned around when I learned the concept of "windows...
1. Text: THE RISE OF GINNY COOPER is available *exclusively* and for *free* at The Story Siren until February 12th. If you haven't read it or downloaded all 4 parts, you can until next Friday,
Subtext: What are you waiting for? You can open a new window and then come back to this while you're waiting. That's one of the cool things about the internet - you can do more than one thing at once. And can I tell you how my life turned around when I learned the concept of "windows...
January 31, 2010
January 29, 2010
Congrats to the Winner of All About Vee!
At The Story Siren, Kristi hosted a contest for a signed copy of ALL ABOUT VEE as part of my bookish experiment to release the sequel to Vee, THE RISE OF GINNY COOPER. And the winner is:
Kory!
Kory, I will send you a copy signed to you, unless you tell me otherwise. I'm happy to sign it to a friend or school, whatever you choose.
Yay! Many congrats! And thanks so much to everyone who entered, all 212 of you - wow!
And big thanks, as always, to Kristi the Story Siren herself, for hosting the...
Kory!
Kory, I will send you a copy signed to you, unless you tell me otherwise. I'm happy to sign it to a friend or school, whatever you choose.
Yay! Many congrats! And thanks so much to everyone who entered, all 212 of you - wow!
And big thanks, as always, to Kristi the Story Siren herself, for hosting the...
January 25, 2010
Is it the end...
Or THE RISE OF GINNY COOPER?
Today at The Story Siren, Kristi is posting the 4th and final installment of the sequel to ALL ABOUT VEE. As before with parts 1, 2, and 3, it's available exclusively at her site and for absolutely no cost. And you can enter to win a copy of ALL ABOUT VEE there too - today's the last day for domestic and international entries!
This has been so much fun - I've learned an awful lot about the process, about how I might do things differently if I were to do something ...
Today at The Story Siren, Kristi is posting the 4th and final installment of the sequel to ALL ABOUT VEE. As before with parts 1, 2, and 3, it's available exclusively at her site and for absolutely no cost. And you can enter to win a copy of ALL ABOUT VEE there too - today's the last day for domestic and international entries!
This has been so much fun - I've learned an awful lot about the process, about how I might do things differently if I were to do something ...
January 23, 2010
Contest info!!
Harmony at Harmony Book Reviews is giving away a copy of ALL ABOUT VEE at her blog. You can enter by posting a comment on this post about the contest or this post which was my guest blog. Contest ends Feb 2nd! Thanks, Harmony! And thanks to all who enter!!
Kristi at The Story Siren is giving away a signed copy of ALL ABOUT VEE at her blog also. This is part of the "bookish experiment" I am doing there with THE RISE OF GINNY COOPER - the fourth and final part of which will be posted on Mon...
Kristi at The Story Siren is giving away a signed copy of ALL ABOUT VEE at her blog also. This is part of the "bookish experiment" I am doing there with THE RISE OF GINNY COOPER - the fourth and final part of which will be posted on Mon...
January 22, 2010
Random Thoughts on a Friday
So-called news stories
1. Conan v. Jay - another late night hype. As of yesterday, Conan was walking away with $45 million for himself and crew and a vacation for 9 months, because you know someone is gonna snap him up for their own network in September. And Leno gets his old job back, which is fine with him because he's a workaholic who couldn't spend all the money he has in 50 lifetimes.
While HH, a Conan fan, has sworn to never watch the Tonight Show again, I could not care less. I find i...
1. Conan v. Jay - another late night hype. As of yesterday, Conan was walking away with $45 million for himself and crew and a vacation for 9 months, because you know someone is gonna snap him up for their own network in September. And Leno gets his old job back, which is fine with him because he's a workaholic who couldn't spend all the money he has in 50 lifetimes.
While HH, a Conan fan, has sworn to never watch the Tonight Show again, I could not care less. I find i...
January 21, 2010
Guestblog at Harmony Book Reviews!
Today, I'm guest blogging at the fantastic Harmony's blog, Harmony Book Reviews.
My post: "When Characters Blog"
Check it out! You might learn a few things you didn't know...
Thanks for having me, Harmony!
My post: "When Characters Blog"
Check it out! You might learn a few things you didn't know...
Thanks for having me, Harmony!
January 20, 2010
Jealousy and the writer
Recently, the American Library Association awards were announced (the Printz, Caldecott, Newbery, etc.) and some truly amazing writers won prizes. Congrats to them all. I wasn't familiar with most of the books on the lists since some were picture books and others were for young readers but I did recognize many of the names. That's the thing about this writing business: it's a small one. It just has a very wide reach. Or it can if you're lucky.
When you first begin writing seriously, you s...
When you first begin writing seriously, you s...
January 18, 2010
Are you ready for Part 3?
Here it is! Part 3 of THE RISE OF GINNY COOPER at The Story Siren!
Exclusive.
Free.
Plus you can enter to win a free signed copy of ALL ABOUT VEE! And yes, international readers are welcome to enter too.
Did I mention...free?
Gotta love free.
And while you're there, check out Kristi's post about covers and whether or not the content inside relates well. Among books like Justine Larbalestier's controversial "Liar" cover is mine. Readers familiar with Vee know she is well over 200 pounds yet the ...
January 15, 2010
Random Thoughts on a Friday
I just realized that I have been so focused this month on THE RISE OF GINNY COOPER experiment at The Story Siren that I haven't done any non-book related blogs at all.
But there are so many awesome non-book related things going on that I have to mention:
1. American Idol started again and I miss Paula. I only saw the Boston auditions this week so I didn't see Mary J. Blige but what I saw on Tuesday was really a bummer. First of all, I disliked Kara last season and while she seems to be a litt...
But there are so many awesome non-book related things going on that I have to mention:
1. American Idol started again and I miss Paula. I only saw the Boston auditions this week so I didn't see Mary J. Blige but what I saw on Tuesday was really a bummer. First of all, I disliked Kara last season and while she seems to be a litt...
