Advent Calendar Day 7
Happy 7th of December!
A good day to remember that things can always be worse. At least nobody is dropping bombs on us today. We're not in the middle of a world war. Things are looking up!
This year, for the first time ever, we've got an artificial Christmas tree. It's...pretty. It doesn't look like my trees usually do, but I did the best with what I had to work with. AND my Christmas shopping is all done. In fact, a bunch of prezzies have already been delivered. And the Advent Calendar is pretty well blocked out now, so I can just spend the rest of the month writing and enjoying the fruits of my rewards AKA drinking.
I'M KIDDING.
Well, not entirely.
Anyway, today we're bringing back one of our interactive Advent Calendar treats, and that's helping me make teasers for my stories.
In this context, teaser means a pithy quote from one of my stories matched with a visually striking
photo or bit of art. But you don't have to create the whole teaser (although you can if you want to!), you just have to come up with the pithy or memorable quote part.
Mostly I love this exercise because it's so intriguing (and often surprising) to see which lines resonate most with readers. Sometimes it's a line I love too and sometimes it's a line I never thought much about. But either way they give me something to hang a bit of promo on. I love making teasers, I love matching art to words.
So today's "game" if you will, is to share some of your favorite lines from your favorite JL stories. You can pick any story you like, but if you're looking for inspiration, I don't have any teasers from the first two All's Fair books, or from Strange Fortune or The Darkling Thrush or most of the short stories or the novellas. That's a lot of un-mined teaser territory to choose from.
To help you along in your endeavor, my dear friend and mod, the super talented Johanna Ollila, has created three of her own teasers, which she's offering as magnets to three authors of the teaser quotes randomly selected as our winners.
Ready, set... Share your favorite pithy JL quote in the comment section below!
