Soman Chainani's Blog, page 21
September 11, 2019
September 4, 2019
CONTEST: BOOK 6 COVER!
Hi Evs and Nevs! The journey to Book 6 — ONE TRUE KING — has launched with gusto, and we’re announcing a new Contest for you all.
For this one, we want you go all out and mock up covers for Book 6 ahead of our official cover reveal, which is coming up!
As usual, we’re not judging based on artistic ability — we’re going purely off of creativity, originality, and/or how well you know the books and characters.
Rules
Up to three entries per person.Book 5 spoilers allowed.SGE characters AND original characters allowed.No text aside from the title of the book.You can use any medium or materials — meaning you can draw (by hand or digitally), paint, sculpt, Photoshop, etc. but it has to be YOUR work.Nothing explicit, gory, etc. — keep it PG at most!Submit in .PNG or .JPG format to the Reader Gallery with “Book 6 Cover Contest” somewhere in the title. (*NOTE: it MUST be smaller than 2 MB big, or it won’t upload!)Enter by midnight EST on October 1st, 2019.
The grand-prize winner will receive a signed copy of Book 6, when it releases June 2020!
We’ll announce winners on EverNever TV — and for those who entered the Draw Douggie Contest, we’ll be announcing winners on next week’s reunion ENTV episode! Giveaway winners to be announced soon after.
Make sure you’re staying on top of the latest SGE news by subscribing to us on ENTV: https://www.youtube.com/evernevertv
See you guys next week, and good luck!
September 1, 2019
August 22, 2019
August 19, 2019
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: Calling All Boy Fans
Boys of the EverNever Army — now is your time to stand up and shine!
As part of a top-secret video we’re making, we are putting together a montage of boy SGE fans, and want YOUR voice to be featured in it.
For the chance to win a signed copy of Book 5 AND appear on EverNever TV, send us your video reaction to The School for Good & Evil series, answering the following questions:
1. Your thoughts about Tedros. What makes him heroic, or un-heroic? What are his strengths, his weaknesses?
2. Your favorite boy character in SGE and why.
3. Your favorite action scene in SGE. Fights, chases, escapes. Let us know all of them!
Send this video reaction to EverNeverTVChannel@gmail.com
You can do this either as a YouTube Link, which you can make Public or Unlisted, so it’s private.
Or you can send it directly by attaching it in the body of your email, though your file will have to be under 25 MB.
For Girls — never fear, your own Special Assignment will come soon… And for 50 Points, feel free to answer the above three questions for yourselves!
August 12, 2019
July 29, 2019
July 18, 2019
GUEST BLOG: Jamie’s EverNever Internship 2019
Hi! I’m @Snail_Jam.SGE on Instagram and this is my second guest blog for the SGE website. While I usually stick to posting SGE memes on Instagram, on Saturday, June 16th, I packed my suitcase and headed to NYC for an EverNeverTV internship! I’m back again as an EverNeverTV intern and I’m super excited to share my week with you!
Day 1: Tuesday, June 18th, 2019
Tuesday. The first day of my ENTV internship. The picture in the apartment I stayed at appeared just as surprised as I was when I woke up and realized the day I had ahead.
I headed up to Soman’s apartment on the first stop of the day, not to meet Soman, but instead to meet Jun. I met him at the entrance of the apartment building and we headed to the subway for a 30-minute ride downtown to HarperCollins — which publishes Soman’s books.
Thankfully, we were able to get subway seats on our way as it can be very difficult to do so. Anyone who doesn’t get a seat has to hold onto one of the many metal handlebars inside the train.
We arrived at the HarperCollins building one hour before our interview with Toni Markiet (Soman’s editor for the SGE series) so we went to the Starbucks inside the building. There, Jun showed me how he organizes ENTV content in preparation for the editing I would have to do for the ENTV videos we shot throughout the week. We then headed up the elevator to meet Toni Markiet!
I helped set up the tripod and the interview commenced! I got the opportunity to ask Toni about working with the SGE series as well as what she enjoys baking (and more! Check out the ENTV episode to hear about the full interview). Fun fact: she relates the most to Agatha!
Shortly before the interview ended, Toni flipped the tables and began asking me questions. I really enjoyed talking with her about the SGE series and I also found out that we have a shared interest in rock collecting. Toni is one of the sweetest people you will ever meet and I’m so glad I was able to speak with her for a second time!!!
Finished with the interview, Jun and I took the subway back uptown to upload the content we recorded onto Jun’s computer drive. We sat down at a coffee shop as the NYC rain had begun to worsen and I had a broken umbrella.
After opening the audio recording app on Jun’s phone, tragedy struck. The microphone glitched and didn’t record the entirety of the interview. Thankfully, the office we recorded in didn’t have a large amount of background noise, so we were able to use the camera’s audio.
Jun also taught me more about how to use Adobe Premiere, which is one of the editing programs used to create ENTV every week. I’m so glad I was able to learn more about the program, especially all of the shortcut tools I had never heard about.
Jun and I then headed for lunch. I introduced him to a very memorable meme video, known as the “rats, rats, we’re the rats” video. If you haven’t heard of it, please look it up on YouTube! I laugh EVERY TIME I watch the poorly-animated 19-second video.
After lunch, we headed to Central Park to do some location scouting for an ENTV video. We scouted for locations/things that we could add to a scavenger hunt list for a ENTV video. At one point Jun attempted to get a selfie with a squirrel to see if it would be feasible for an item on the list, but he was unsuccessful and we lost sight of the squirrel.
At this point in the day there was a downpour; however, much to Jun’s delight, we somehow managed to stumble upon a statue of Alexander Hamilton.
With our scouting complete, we continued our onwards in the rain back to Soman’s apartment.
At Soman’s apartment I had the task of going through Jun’s audio database to familiarize myself with what I had to work with when editing. You can find everything on that database from “human screams” to “bubble popping noises”. Jun and I left Soman’s apartment at about 4:00pm.
I headed back to the apartment where I was staying to begin brainstorming ideas for an ENTV video to film on Wednesday if it rained again. I proceeded to eat NYC pizza, work on the guest blog, read, and then go to sleep.
Monday’s meme:
Day 2: Wednesday, June 19th, 2019
I arrived at Soman’s apartment at 9am for our first day of filming for the week! The rain prevented the scheduled ENTV episode in Central Park (hopefully to be filmed at a later date) so we worked on a different video idea instead.
After a quick filming session with both Soman and JoAnn, Jun and I packed up the filming equipment and headed back out into the city.
I also got a picture with the whole ENTV crew! (I might have edited Douggie and Ramon into the picture.)
After not finding out any new info about Book 6, Jun and I headed over to the Museum of Natural History. Our main goal was not to examine the exhibits, but instead to locate outlets for Jun’s computer. We ended up in the “rainforest”, where the EverNever training session number two commenced.
Jun taught me how he makes all of the graphics for EverNeverTV so that I could do the same for the ENTV videos I would be in charge of editing. After that, we headed to the subway for some further location scouting.
After accidentally missing our stop on the subway, we arrived at Times Square. Our goal: figure out the best route for the ENTV playbill challenge. We scouted all of the theaters and decided on a set route for me and Soman to use when attempting to get playbills from the box offices. (Playbill hunting is where you go to a ticket office and attempt to get a playbill without actually going to see the show). I actually went playbill hunting last year so I was confident that I would be able to get more than Soman in the ENTV episode.
We then headed further downtown to New York Costumes. As I would be competing with Soman (AKA, The Duke) for playbills, I had to get something to fit in with the medieval theme.
Jun and I walked through the block-long building and eventually decided on a small crown. We exited the building and so ended my ENTV internship day two.
Tuesday’s meme:
Day 3: Thursday, June 20th, 2019
At approximately 10am I headed *back* to Times Square to meet up with Soman and Jun. Today was the day where we actually filmed in Times Square and I got to be featured in the episode as a competitor!
We only had 30 minutes with Soman before he had to head back up to his apartment to continue writing, so we had to move quickly. To see how many playbills Soman got, you’ll have to watch the Playbill Challenge ENTV episode 
July 8, 2019
CONTEST: Draw Douggie into SGE
What’s up Evs & Nevs! It’s your resident mod Jun here, with a brand spankin’ new contest for you.
Whether you’re an avid EverNever TV watcher or an SGE purist, chances are you’ve heard of Douggie, the friendly farting French bulldog, who frequently hangs out with Soman and the Gang on ENTV.
With a big ol’ Giveaway taking place now on EverNever TV (subscribe now to enter! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWQHFufTogk ) , we thought we’d hold a site-wide Contest in honor of our mascot and spirit animal, Douggie, to spread his message of sloth and snacking to the rest of the SGE fandom.
SO the Contest: we’re asking you to draw Douggie or Photoshop him into an iconic scene from the SGE books.
Don’t know Douggie too well? Never fear, for we have a 7 video playlist to give you a crash-course in all things Douggie-related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJEYWypn_-E&list=PLqLfYJb_ns47F8UwmbW8KxMv9gZlY68t7
The Grand Winner will receive an EverNever Swagpack — a carefully curated selection of SGE merch, all packaged in a trendy purple SGE backpack. This merch includes:
• “Dougg Squad” EverNever TV t-shirt
• SGE Pin (Ever/Never)
• SGE Survival Tips poster
Once you have your Drawing or Photoshopped image, upload it to the Reader’s Gallery as a JPEG or PNG, and make sure that your file is below 2 MB. As always, keep submission free of explicit content. Soman and the Gang are really looking forward to seeing your submissions! Douggie needs your love! #DouggSquad
