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November 30, 2011
Somewhat the Year in Review
As of yesterday I'm about 105,000 words into the third Books of the Raksura, the one set after The Serpent Sea, probably with about 15,000 words to go. It's been going very slowly, but I really want to finish it by Christmas. Then I'd be on track for finishing a book a year since 2007. Not all of those books have sold to publishers, but still, they're finished. :)
Coming up on the end of this year, I'm in a much better place in my career/life than I've been since about 2004. I had a book come out, I had the audio version of that book come out (something that never happened before), and I have another book coming out in a month or so. There's no way to tell at this point whether it will continue, but I sure hope so. :fingers crossed: :knock on wood:
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A few links:
Fanfiction: Brief article in the Guardian about something I feel very strongly about, since I was in the original Star Wars generation and first wrote fanfic back before the internet and we had to walk both ways uphill through the snow and fight woolly mammoths: Fanfiction can be an eloquent tribute – it deserves more respect
I've said it before on here, but again: if you want to write fanfic about any of my books, go for it, have fun. I can't say I'll read it, but I consider it an incredible compliment.
From Writer Beware: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics: How Relying on Numbers Can Get You Into Trouble
I've seen these sorts of statistics (most of which appear to be plucked from thin air, and few of which are ever linked to actual sources of information) used again and again to justify bad decisions--from settling for fee-charging agents, to paying huge amounts of money to deceptive "publishers," to defaulting directly to self-publishing (there are good reasons to self-publish, but believing that it's impossible for a new writer to find an agent or a commercial publishing deal isn't one of them). It's unfortunately very easy for writers to buy into these faux numbers--whether out of fear, or inexperience, or simply because they vindicate writers' own frustration with rejection. But if you look at the numbers closely, they don't hold up.
Magick For Terri: The![[info]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1381030497i/3896036.gif)
magick4terri
fundraiser auction for writer/editor/artist Terri Windling is still going on, and there are some seriously incredible items up for sale, including jewelry, art, fanfic, original stories, signed books, knitted goods, delicious food items, and much more.
Terri and her family have been dealing with health issues that have drained financial resources, so if you can't bid, consider putting up an item for sale, or linking to the auction. But if you have money to spend this is also a great spot to find one of a kind holiday presents. (Those original drawings by Alan Lee could be once in a lifetime holiday presents.)
I entered signed copies of The Cloud Roads and The Serpent Sea The current bid is $150.00, which I am pretty thrilled with, because I would never have been able to donate that much on my own.
More places to do good things:
* Bastrop Public Library still needs Children's and YA book donations to replace books destroyed by wildfires. The Austin SCBWI is taking mailed books and donations up to December 8.
* There are a few days left in the GuysLitWire Book Fair for Ballou Senior High School. These books will go to the school library and there is still some SF/F and graphic novels on the school's wish list.
Coming up on the end of this year, I'm in a much better place in my career/life than I've been since about 2004. I had a book come out, I had the audio version of that book come out (something that never happened before), and I have another book coming out in a month or so. There's no way to tell at this point whether it will continue, but I sure hope so. :fingers crossed: :knock on wood:
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A few links:
Fanfiction: Brief article in the Guardian about something I feel very strongly about, since I was in the original Star Wars generation and first wrote fanfic back before the internet and we had to walk both ways uphill through the snow and fight woolly mammoths: Fanfiction can be an eloquent tribute – it deserves more respect
I've said it before on here, but again: if you want to write fanfic about any of my books, go for it, have fun. I can't say I'll read it, but I consider it an incredible compliment.
From Writer Beware: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics: How Relying on Numbers Can Get You Into Trouble
I've seen these sorts of statistics (most of which appear to be plucked from thin air, and few of which are ever linked to actual sources of information) used again and again to justify bad decisions--from settling for fee-charging agents, to paying huge amounts of money to deceptive "publishers," to defaulting directly to self-publishing (there are good reasons to self-publish, but believing that it's impossible for a new writer to find an agent or a commercial publishing deal isn't one of them). It's unfortunately very easy for writers to buy into these faux numbers--whether out of fear, or inexperience, or simply because they vindicate writers' own frustration with rejection. But if you look at the numbers closely, they don't hold up.
Magick For Terri: The
magick4terri
fundraiser auction for writer/editor/artist Terri Windling is still going on, and there are some seriously incredible items up for sale, including jewelry, art, fanfic, original stories, signed books, knitted goods, delicious food items, and much more.Terri and her family have been dealing with health issues that have drained financial resources, so if you can't bid, consider putting up an item for sale, or linking to the auction. But if you have money to spend this is also a great spot to find one of a kind holiday presents. (Those original drawings by Alan Lee could be once in a lifetime holiday presents.)
I entered signed copies of The Cloud Roads and The Serpent Sea The current bid is $150.00, which I am pretty thrilled with, because I would never have been able to donate that much on my own.
More places to do good things:
* Bastrop Public Library still needs Children's and YA book donations to replace books destroyed by wildfires. The Austin SCBWI is taking mailed books and donations up to December 8.
* There are a few days left in the GuysLitWire Book Fair for Ballou Senior High School. These books will go to the school library and there is still some SF/F and graphic novels on the school's wish list.
November 28, 2011
Magick for Terri Auction
I just posted an auction for
magick4terri
, the fundraiser auction for writer/editor/artist Terri Windling.
Signed copies of The Cloud Roads and The Serpent Sea, minimum bid $10.00
There are tons of fabulous items up for auction, including jewelry, art, fanfic, original stories, signed books, and much more. Christmas shop for one of a kind gifts and help someone too!
magick4terri
, the fundraiser auction for writer/editor/artist Terri Windling. Signed copies of The Cloud Roads and The Serpent Sea, minimum bid $10.00
There are tons of fabulous items up for auction, including jewelry, art, fanfic, original stories, signed books, and much more. Christmas shop for one of a kind gifts and help someone too!
November 27, 2011
Post-Thanksgiving Report
We had a really good time for Thanksgiving. We went to a friend's house, and had excellent turkey, stuffing, rolls, garlic mash potatoes, bacon-braised green beans, then pumpkin and apple pie. There wasn't actually as much overeating as it sounds, and playing Active Life Explorer for three hours on their Wii sort of balanced things out.
We went shopping on Friday (our idea of Black Friday shopping is to do it the same way we would do normal weekend shopping -- roll out around noon, eat lunch, then wander around from store to store looking for free samples and not buying anything unless it's a huge sale). I did end up borking the ankle that I've had problems with starting last year, probably from walking on hard floors plus too much Wii, but it's better today. We also ate twice at Beaudreax, which has wonderful tasty Cajun food. (I had fish and crispy shrimp Piquant, nom nom nom.)
Saturday we went to Murder by the Book and bought many books, and I'll be doing a signing there on at 4:30 on January 7, for The Serpent Sea, with Kimberly Frost and Jaye Wells, and it will be awesome.
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Some links for the rest of the weekend:
The Serpent Sea was featured on Fantasy Cafe as a book she's looking forward to in 2012.
If you got a new ereader, remember I have several older books available (cheap) on Nook, and at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Germany, Amazon.fr, plus The Cloud Roads is only $6.00 at the Baen Webscription site.
Anne Aguirre's Big Honking Holiday Contest Enter to win signed books, an eReader, and other prizes. (One of the prizes is a signed copy of The Cloud Roads)
If you have some spare cash, think about buying a book from Powell's online for the GuysLitWire Book Fair for Ballou High School. There is SF/F, mysteries, graphic novels, romances, and more to buy for the high school library.
The Guardian: JK Rowling 'felt invaded' at note put by press in daughter's schoolbag. This is J.K. Rowling's testimony at the Leveson inquiry. Diane Duane live-tweeted this testimony, and the things they did to her were way more outrageous than this article makes it sound. (Like publishing her home address plus details about the security of the house.)
Judith Tarr at the Book View Cafe Blog: Goodbye, Annie Mac on Anne McCaffrey.
SFX has a good list of Top Ten Ghost Stories in books and film. I've seen several, including Curse of the Demon, which is just as scary as they say it is.
We went shopping on Friday (our idea of Black Friday shopping is to do it the same way we would do normal weekend shopping -- roll out around noon, eat lunch, then wander around from store to store looking for free samples and not buying anything unless it's a huge sale). I did end up borking the ankle that I've had problems with starting last year, probably from walking on hard floors plus too much Wii, but it's better today. We also ate twice at Beaudreax, which has wonderful tasty Cajun food. (I had fish and crispy shrimp Piquant, nom nom nom.)
Saturday we went to Murder by the Book and bought many books, and I'll be doing a signing there on at 4:30 on January 7, for The Serpent Sea, with Kimberly Frost and Jaye Wells, and it will be awesome.
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Some links for the rest of the weekend:
The Serpent Sea was featured on Fantasy Cafe as a book she's looking forward to in 2012.
If you got a new ereader, remember I have several older books available (cheap) on Nook, and at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Germany, Amazon.fr, plus The Cloud Roads is only $6.00 at the Baen Webscription site.
Anne Aguirre's Big Honking Holiday Contest Enter to win signed books, an eReader, and other prizes. (One of the prizes is a signed copy of The Cloud Roads)
If you have some spare cash, think about buying a book from Powell's online for the GuysLitWire Book Fair for Ballou High School. There is SF/F, mysteries, graphic novels, romances, and more to buy for the high school library.
The Guardian: JK Rowling 'felt invaded' at note put by press in daughter's schoolbag. This is J.K. Rowling's testimony at the Leveson inquiry. Diane Duane live-tweeted this testimony, and the things they did to her were way more outrageous than this article makes it sound. (Like publishing her home address plus details about the security of the house.)
Judith Tarr at the Book View Cafe Blog: Goodbye, Annie Mac on Anne McCaffrey.
SFX has a good list of Top Ten Ghost Stories in books and film. I've seen several, including Curse of the Demon, which is just as scary as they say it is.
November 23, 2011
The ARC of The Serpent Sea
This is the ARC (advance reading copy) of The Serpent Sea. The actual book won't be out for another month, and the ebook versions should be out around January 1.
Bella and the ARC of The Serpent Sea
The ARC of The Serpent Sea, Tasha, and the Great Rat of Sumatra
Bella and the ARC of The Serpent Sea
The ARC of The Serpent Sea, Tasha, and the Great Rat of Sumatra
Links
So far today has been all about laundry, cleaning the kitchen, and making an apple pie.
Links:
I'm part of an SF Signal Mind Meld on Writing Tools and Excercises for Nanomowrimo
Anne Aguirre's Big Honking Holiday Contest Enter to win signed books, an eReader, and other prizes. (One of the prizes is a signed copy of The Cloud Roads)
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Don't forget about the GuysLitWire Book Fair for Ballou High School. There is SF/F, mysteries, graphic novels, romances, and more to buy for the high school library.
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Guardian: Hugh Grant's supplemental witness statement to the Leveson inquiry - full text
This supplementary statement is written nine days after the story broke. Tinglan is still being followed and harassed. Yesterday she was followed in her car and photographed coming into her house. In his efforts to restrain these photographers my lawyer asked if it might be possible to get pictures of them and their registration plates. Tinglan's mother, a lady of 61, started to take photos of one photographer parked outside. He immediately turned his camera on her, took some pictures and then accelerated hard towards her so fast that Tinglan's mother had to jump out of the way. Then he did a U- turn at the end of the street and drove fast towards her again in a deliberately menacing way. She was, and remains, extremely frightened.
Links:
I'm part of an SF Signal Mind Meld on Writing Tools and Excercises for Nanomowrimo
Anne Aguirre's Big Honking Holiday Contest Enter to win signed books, an eReader, and other prizes. (One of the prizes is a signed copy of The Cloud Roads)
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Don't forget about the GuysLitWire Book Fair for Ballou High School. There is SF/F, mysteries, graphic novels, romances, and more to buy for the high school library.
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Guardian: Hugh Grant's supplemental witness statement to the Leveson inquiry - full text
This supplementary statement is written nine days after the story broke. Tinglan is still being followed and harassed. Yesterday she was followed in her car and photographed coming into her house. In his efforts to restrain these photographers my lawyer asked if it might be possible to get pictures of them and their registration plates. Tinglan's mother, a lady of 61, started to take photos of one photographer parked outside. He immediately turned his camera on her, took some pictures and then accelerated hard towards her so fast that Tinglan's mother had to jump out of the way. Then he did a U- turn at the end of the street and drove fast towards her again in a deliberately menacing way. She was, and remains, extremely frightened.
Anne McCaffrey
Anne McCaffrey has passed away.
She gave me my first ever book blurb on my first novel The Element of Fire, in 1993. It was wonderful to get encouragement from an author I'd read for years.
IO9: R.I.P. Anne McCaffrey, Creator of Pern and The Ship Who Sang
Anne McCaffrey wasn't just the inventor of Pern, the world where a whole society is based on dragon-riding. She was also an incredibly influential author who helped transform the way science fiction and fantasy authors wrote about women, and the way all of us thought about bodies and selfhood. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award, as well as a Grand Master of science fiction.
Besides the Pern books, McCaffrey wrote the classic space-faring novel The Ship Who Sang, in which a severely disabled girl becomes the core of a starship, or Brainship, with her mind controlling all its major functions. McCaffrey's novel provided a startling new way to think about personhood and the nature of the mind/body connection, but also helped pave the way for a whole subgenre of posthuman space opera, in which heavily modified humans explore space.
She gave me my first ever book blurb on my first novel The Element of Fire, in 1993. It was wonderful to get encouragement from an author I'd read for years.
IO9: R.I.P. Anne McCaffrey, Creator of Pern and The Ship Who Sang
Anne McCaffrey wasn't just the inventor of Pern, the world where a whole society is based on dragon-riding. She was also an incredibly influential author who helped transform the way science fiction and fantasy authors wrote about women, and the way all of us thought about bodies and selfhood. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award, as well as a Grand Master of science fiction.
Besides the Pern books, McCaffrey wrote the classic space-faring novel The Ship Who Sang, in which a severely disabled girl becomes the core of a starship, or Brainship, with her mind controlling all its major functions. McCaffrey's novel provided a startling new way to think about personhood and the nature of the mind/body connection, but also helped pave the way for a whole subgenre of posthuman space opera, in which heavily modified humans explore space.
November 21, 2011
Busy Weekend
We had a pretty busy weekend. St. Michael's, the small private school that a friend teaches art at, was having another "make enough money to keep the school open" garage sale (the school is pretty vital for students who need special attention, have special needs, or who can't speak English. Plus students who just want a curriculum that includes everything from Latin and Greek to competing in robot-building contests.) So we donated our old and far too huge TV cabinet. Two very nice men from the school came to get it, looked at it, went away and came back with a third nice man and a furniture-moving dolly, and they got it out of there. I just hope they sold it.
This opened up a whole third of our living room which we hadn't seen in more than ten years. It feels like the living room grew a pseudopod. We had the cabinet for years and really liked it, but now I feel like that was Stockholm Syndrome. The tiny cheap cabinet we had ordered to replace it got delivered unexpectedly on Saturday morning, so we spent some time getting it put together and rearranging everything.
Then we went to a large Thanksgiving party that friends in town have been having every year for about twenty-six years. It sort of grew out of the SF/F club associated with the university (which has been around for longer than that) but the party has now taken on a life of it's own, with the grown kids of the original group showing up.
Woke up to rain this morning. That hasn't happened in a long time. When I first moved here, it started to rain in Fall and didn't stop till summer.
MSNBC Depleted Texas lakes expose ghost towns, graves
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Cracked.com Five Old-timey Prejudices That Still Show Up in Every Movie
Malinda Lo: YA Heroines Outside the Straight White Box
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Writer and editor Cat Rambo is offering an online workshop
As both a writer and editor, I bring a focus that lets me advise you from both sides of the desk. My experience as the fiction editor of award-winning Fantasy Magazine as well as short story collections and anthologies combined with the fact that I'm a working, selling writer helps me provide you with solid, up-to-date market advice for both online and print publishing. My teaching experience includes the Johns Hopkins University, Towson State University, and Bellevue College and I've studied with John Barth, Stephen Dixon, Octavia Butler, and Connie Willis, to name just a couple of people I've had the pleasure of learning from.
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ETA: GuysLitWire: is doing another Book Fair for Ballou High School
Book Fair for Ballou High School
GLW is partnering up again with school librarian Melissa Jackson to get some more books to Ballou. While the year began with less than one book for each student in the Ballou library (the American Library Association advises a minimum of eleven books per student), after our successful spring book fair and the publicity that surrounded it and Melissa's own efforts, Ballou now has four books for each student which is a huge improvement. But, improving is not enough, we want to hit and then exceed the ALA minimum and so we are going to shamelessly take advantage of everyone's holiday joy and gift-giving mood this time of year and hopefully add to the stacks at Ballou with this smaller, but no less enjoyable book fair.
I love book fairs! The post includes the link to the high school library's wish list at Powell's online bookstore, plus the address to ship the books to.
This opened up a whole third of our living room which we hadn't seen in more than ten years. It feels like the living room grew a pseudopod. We had the cabinet for years and really liked it, but now I feel like that was Stockholm Syndrome. The tiny cheap cabinet we had ordered to replace it got delivered unexpectedly on Saturday morning, so we spent some time getting it put together and rearranging everything.
Then we went to a large Thanksgiving party that friends in town have been having every year for about twenty-six years. It sort of grew out of the SF/F club associated with the university (which has been around for longer than that) but the party has now taken on a life of it's own, with the grown kids of the original group showing up.
Woke up to rain this morning. That hasn't happened in a long time. When I first moved here, it started to rain in Fall and didn't stop till summer.
MSNBC Depleted Texas lakes expose ghost towns, graves
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Cracked.com Five Old-timey Prejudices That Still Show Up in Every Movie
Malinda Lo: YA Heroines Outside the Straight White Box
***
Writer and editor Cat Rambo is offering an online workshop
As both a writer and editor, I bring a focus that lets me advise you from both sides of the desk. My experience as the fiction editor of award-winning Fantasy Magazine as well as short story collections and anthologies combined with the fact that I'm a working, selling writer helps me provide you with solid, up-to-date market advice for both online and print publishing. My teaching experience includes the Johns Hopkins University, Towson State University, and Bellevue College and I've studied with John Barth, Stephen Dixon, Octavia Butler, and Connie Willis, to name just a couple of people I've had the pleasure of learning from.
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ETA: GuysLitWire: is doing another Book Fair for Ballou High School
Book Fair for Ballou High School
GLW is partnering up again with school librarian Melissa Jackson to get some more books to Ballou. While the year began with less than one book for each student in the Ballou library (the American Library Association advises a minimum of eleven books per student), after our successful spring book fair and the publicity that surrounded it and Melissa's own efforts, Ballou now has four books for each student which is a huge improvement. But, improving is not enough, we want to hit and then exceed the ALA minimum and so we are going to shamelessly take advantage of everyone's holiday joy and gift-giving mood this time of year and hopefully add to the stacks at Ballou with this smaller, but no less enjoyable book fair.
I love book fairs! The post includes the link to the high school library's wish list at Powell's online bookstore, plus the address to ship the books to.
November 18, 2011
ASCBWI Book Drive for Bastrop Public Library
Hoping to get rid of a large piece of furniture that we no longer need today. Cross your fingers for us.
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Austin Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators: Book Drive for Bastrop Public Library
The book drive is to replace books that were destroyed in the wildfires that burned so much of the town and the surrounding forest, and they're particularly in need of children's and YA books.
From now until December 8th, the date of our Holiday Hoedown, we are asking illustrators and authors from all over Texas to donate a book and/or make a monetary contribution to the ASCBWI Bastrop Library Fund. The library is in need of all kinds of children's books – from picture books to YA – as a vast number of books were checked out and were sadly burned in the wild fire.
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There are several ways for you to participate in this important outreach. If you are not able to bring your donation to the Holiday Hoedown on December 8th, you can either bring your book and/or monetary donation to the November 12th monthly meeting where Carmen will be available to receive your thoughtful gifts to be placed in the hands of the children of Bastrop. Or checks, made out to the Austin SCBWI with Bastrop Library Fund written in the memo portion of the check, can be mailed to ASCBWI, 709 Wood Mesa Ct., Round Rock, TX 78665. Book donations can be sent to that address, as well.
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Austin Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators: Book Drive for Bastrop Public Library
The book drive is to replace books that were destroyed in the wildfires that burned so much of the town and the surrounding forest, and they're particularly in need of children's and YA books.
From now until December 8th, the date of our Holiday Hoedown, we are asking illustrators and authors from all over Texas to donate a book and/or make a monetary contribution to the ASCBWI Bastrop Library Fund. The library is in need of all kinds of children's books – from picture books to YA – as a vast number of books were checked out and were sadly burned in the wild fire.
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There are several ways for you to participate in this important outreach. If you are not able to bring your donation to the Holiday Hoedown on December 8th, you can either bring your book and/or monetary donation to the November 12th monthly meeting where Carmen will be available to receive your thoughtful gifts to be placed in the hands of the children of Bastrop. Or checks, made out to the Austin SCBWI with Bastrop Library Fund written in the memo portion of the check, can be mailed to ASCBWI, 709 Wood Mesa Ct., Round Rock, TX 78665. Book donations can be sent to that address, as well.
November 17, 2011
There were some really good suggestions for fun promo ite...
There were some really good suggestions for fun promo items in the previous post and on Facebook. There are two I'm going to try to do, and my favorite is the suggestion for a Fell and Raksura spotter's card, like the old WWII aircraft spotting and identifying cards.
A local magazine did an article about me: Local Authors Pen A Wide Array of Titles I did this interview and photo way back in the summer, so it was a surprise when someone told me yesterday that it was out.
more links
Kristan Hoffman: A reminder about what really matters
A few days ago, my dad forwarded me an email titled "the Charles Schulz philosophy." Now, snopes.com has informed me that Charles Schulz did not in fact come up with this little exercise, but it's still a good one. So I decided to adapt it for us writers.
The official launch of Patrick Rothfuss' Worldbuilders charity fundraiser will be next week, so keep an eye on his blog. The prizes for donations will be even more awesome this year.
National Geographic: 11 World Heritage Sites
A local magazine did an article about me: Local Authors Pen A Wide Array of Titles I did this interview and photo way back in the summer, so it was a surprise when someone told me yesterday that it was out.
more links
Kristan Hoffman: A reminder about what really matters
A few days ago, my dad forwarded me an email titled "the Charles Schulz philosophy." Now, snopes.com has informed me that Charles Schulz did not in fact come up with this little exercise, but it's still a good one. So I decided to adapt it for us writers.
The official launch of Patrick Rothfuss' Worldbuilders charity fundraiser will be next week, so keep an eye on his blog. The prizes for donations will be even more awesome this year.
National Geographic: 11 World Heritage Sites
November 16, 2011
Does anybody have an idea for a cute (or grotesque, whate...
Does anybody have an idea for a cute (or grotesque, whatever floats your boat) promotional item I could do for the Books of the Raksura? I don't think these kind of things help sell the book to new people, but they are fun to give out free to people who have already read the book.
Usually these things are some kind of paper item, but that doesn't lend itself well to the world of the books. (![[info]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1380924027i/3298574.gif)
falzalot
came up with the idea for a plushie fledgling Raksura which would be awesome, but since the budget is hovering around zero, it wouldn't be practical.)
In other news, it did rain yesterday (finally) but now I have an allergy headache the size of my head.
I started a Pinterest page for inspirations a while back, so there's a link to it.
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The Books for Boobs Auction
The Books for Boobs auctions end TOMORROW MORNING. We're currently at $950 in bids, and 12 of 26 auctions have no bids yet! Can we hit $1,000? Let's make it happen! Bid if you can, and spread the word!
Autographed books and charity donations make fantastic holiday gifts. Here's a great opportunity to give both together! All books are autographed, and nearly all auctions include a photo of the author with an Avon bear. All profits go to the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer.
Usually these things are some kind of paper item, but that doesn't lend itself well to the world of the books. (
falzalot
came up with the idea for a plushie fledgling Raksura which would be awesome, but since the budget is hovering around zero, it wouldn't be practical.) In other news, it did rain yesterday (finally) but now I have an allergy headache the size of my head.
I started a Pinterest page for inspirations a while back, so there's a link to it.
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The Books for Boobs Auction
The Books for Boobs auctions end TOMORROW MORNING. We're currently at $950 in bids, and 12 of 26 auctions have no bids yet! Can we hit $1,000? Let's make it happen! Bid if you can, and spread the word!
Autographed books and charity donations make fantastic holiday gifts. Here's a great opportunity to give both together! All books are autographed, and nearly all auctions include a photo of the author with an Avon bear. All profits go to the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer.
