January News plus Contest info (Enter by Jan 20th for a chance to win a signed copy)
Newsletter for January 2010
Amber Kizer
ONE BUTT CHEEK AT A TIME
MERIDIAN
Gert #2 Spring 2011
Fenestra #2 Fall 2011
ECHOES OF 1492 Spring 2012
www.AmberKizer.com
www.OneButtCheek.com
www.MeridianSozu.com
On Goodreads and Facebook “Amber Kizer”
Amber@amberkizer.com
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Contents:
A note from Amber
Contest
Recommended Reads
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A NOTE FROM AMBER
Hello my favorite readers!
Happy New Year—may it bring you health, happiness, sweet treats and sweeter dreams.
It’s been a wild fall with the release of MERIDIAN in the US and Germany. If you haven’t already seen it the German cover is on the website and very cool too. Turkish, Australian and Spanish editions will be coming out over the next year or so as well—when I know those dates I’ll pass them along.
I want to thank each and every one of you who made it to an event for MERIDIAN. It’s always such an honor when fans and friends take time out of their busy lives to stop by and say hello. As some of you know, I had to cancel several events because I ended up with a hideous case of H1N1 that went into other infections and mono—if you came to an event that I was not at---please, please, please email me and let me try to make it right with you! It is so not my style to cancel events and I hate to disappoint readers and booksellers—so please let me know. That’s also the reason you haven’t heard from me in a while, but I’m slowly on the mend!
The next public event I’m doing is May 20th at WICA in Langley, WA. I’ll tell you more about it as we get closer. In the meantime I am writing, writing, writing…and researching for both the sequel to MERIDIAN and my flu pandemic story coming spring 2012. When the paperback of MERIDIAN comes out August 24, 2010, I will be making the rounds again so don’t fret if you missed me!
I promise my newsgroup that they’ll know news first…I have news! Many of you have asked about the upcoming companion novel to MERIDIAN. I am working on it right now with a plan of release in the fall of 2011—I’m guessing August or September, but I don’t have a solid date yet. What I do have is the working title for you…at the moment we’re calling it WILDCAT FIREFLIES. The Wildcat is a creek in Indiana—if you were paying attention at the end of MERIDIAN you knew that’s where they were headed, but there is also a wild cat in this story. I will share more about the firefly connection, as well as bits of the story in the next issue.
Be sure to check out the teacher resource page for the full document of books, resources and organizations put together about GUTSY GIRLS IN YA. I collaborated with my mom who teaches 7th grade on this presentation for the 2009 NCTE ALAN Conference. The packet is free (I can email anyone the document) and designed to help teachers connect strong girls with their students in a variety of ways. But if you’re interested in the subject you don’t have to be a teacher to mine it for great stories and fantastic opportunities in the world around us.
This month’s contest is easy—I need your opinion. We are changing the cover and title of Gert’s second book. We got into too much hot water with the butt in the titles—while readers didn’t mind, book buyers censored the books. We knew going in it might be an uphill battle so for book two we’re taking out the butt to make it more palatable for the adults of the world! So below is a list of possible titles—email me your top three. That’s all you have to do. From those names I’ll draw two people randomly and they’ll get to choose to receive either of my books personalized (if you already own it but want to give it to a friend I can personalize it to them instead!). Respond by January 20th, 2010. Easy! I know you have an opinion!
Be sure to vote for MERIDIAN as a favorite book for 2009 on your favorite book websites, blogs, and contests. Below is a link to one such list—I’d love your vote.
http://www.teenreads.com/features/ccb...
In February, I’ll be sharing my favorite books, chocolate recipes, and have a special Valentine’s Day contest.
Questions, comments? Email me anytime Amber@AmberKizer.com
Take it one at a time,
Amber
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JANUARY CONTEST
Gert #2 (previously titled FROM BUTT TO BOOTY) is a sequel to ONE BUTT CHEEK AT A TIME. An excerpt is available on AmberKizer.com and on OneButtCheek.com under FROM BUTT TO BOOTY.
The high points of the story:
Gert’s sophomore year continues in her second semester of high school. She is dating Stephen, still infatuated with Lucas, learning how to kiss (and how not to!). She attends the tryout for the school’s soccer team along with Clarice and Maggie (and makes it!). She helps her brother pick out an engagement ring and set up the proposal. She and Lucas combine efforts to reunite Adam and Tim in time for prom. Her father goes to the hospital with a serious problem. And she gets her first job and her PSAT scores. All with her usual ranting and raving and lots of questions about growing up!
Possible titles contest—email your top three to Amber@AmberKizer.com by January 20th for a chance to receive a personalized copy of either ONE BUTT CHEEK AT A TIME or MERIDIAN. Feeling creative and a big fan of Gert? Email your own creation of a title in addition to selecting from the list!
HOW NOT TO KISS
SCORE
DEALING
KEEPING IT REAL
7 KINDS OF ORDINARY CATASTROPHIES
TANGENT: SORRY
COVERT GERT
OVERENTHUSED AND CONFUSED
MASTERING THE DIRTY ART OF SURVIVAL
FRENCH…KISS, FOOD AND FRIES
WARNING; GRAPHIC TANGENTS AND TEENY TINY QUMQUATS
RIDING THE AWAY BUS
THAT’S NOT KISSING, THAT’S CARPET CLEANING
IS HE A BAD KISSER OR AM I GAY?
QUESTIONS
MANLY BOYS AND TIZZY GIRLS
LOVE IS A MANY SPARKLIED THING
ON BEING GERT
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SUGGESTED BOOKS FOR JANUARY
SWIM THE FLY by Don Calame
This is a boy version of ONE BUTT CHEEK AT A TIME. I loved it—laughed out loud a lot. Three HS boys decide their goal for the summer is to see a real live naked woman. The boys made me sympathize with them and feel sorry for them and be utterly relieved I wasn’t them all at the same time.
LONG NIGHT DANCE
DARK HEART both by Betsy James
For those of you who love HUNGER GAMES (Suzanne Collins) or the Beka Cooper TERRIER/BLOODHOUND books (Tamora Pierce) this is a trilogy for you. It’s older—before the paranormal thing was huge. LONG NIGHT DANCE has a Selkie and sea connection while DARK HEART continues the main character’s journey inland. Very austere and compelling, the voice is fantastic and very enjoyable. The third book is called LISTENING AT THE GATE—I haven’t read that one yet so I’ll let you know if the momentum continues.
Happy Reading!
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PERMISSION TO REPRINT
You have permission to reprint any or all of the content in this newsletter, please include the following paragraph with the material:
Reprinted from Amber Kizer’s newsletter—get your own at AmberKizer.com. Amber’s debut novel ONE BUTT CHEEK AT A TIME was a NYPL 2008 Best Book For Teens. MERIDIAN starts the Fenestra Chronicles and is a dark paranormal available in hardcover now. Read more at www.MERIDIANSOZU.com. To read or listen to an excerpt, get up the minute news, and be eligible for cool exclusive promotions please visit www.OneButtCheek.com or www.AmberKizer.com to sign up to receive the newsletter.
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If you like this newsletter, please pass it on to your friends, family and colleagues.
Amber Kizer
ONE BUTT CHEEK AT A TIME
MERIDIAN
Gert #2 Spring 2011
Fenestra #2 Fall 2011
ECHOES OF 1492 Spring 2012
www.AmberKizer.com
www.OneButtCheek.com
www.MeridianSozu.com
On Goodreads and Facebook “Amber Kizer”
Amber@amberkizer.com
***************
Contents:
A note from Amber
Contest
Recommended Reads
***************
A NOTE FROM AMBER
Hello my favorite readers!
Happy New Year—may it bring you health, happiness, sweet treats and sweeter dreams.
It’s been a wild fall with the release of MERIDIAN in the US and Germany. If you haven’t already seen it the German cover is on the website and very cool too. Turkish, Australian and Spanish editions will be coming out over the next year or so as well—when I know those dates I’ll pass them along.
I want to thank each and every one of you who made it to an event for MERIDIAN. It’s always such an honor when fans and friends take time out of their busy lives to stop by and say hello. As some of you know, I had to cancel several events because I ended up with a hideous case of H1N1 that went into other infections and mono—if you came to an event that I was not at---please, please, please email me and let me try to make it right with you! It is so not my style to cancel events and I hate to disappoint readers and booksellers—so please let me know. That’s also the reason you haven’t heard from me in a while, but I’m slowly on the mend!
The next public event I’m doing is May 20th at WICA in Langley, WA. I’ll tell you more about it as we get closer. In the meantime I am writing, writing, writing…and researching for both the sequel to MERIDIAN and my flu pandemic story coming spring 2012. When the paperback of MERIDIAN comes out August 24, 2010, I will be making the rounds again so don’t fret if you missed me!
I promise my newsgroup that they’ll know news first…I have news! Many of you have asked about the upcoming companion novel to MERIDIAN. I am working on it right now with a plan of release in the fall of 2011—I’m guessing August or September, but I don’t have a solid date yet. What I do have is the working title for you…at the moment we’re calling it WILDCAT FIREFLIES. The Wildcat is a creek in Indiana—if you were paying attention at the end of MERIDIAN you knew that’s where they were headed, but there is also a wild cat in this story. I will share more about the firefly connection, as well as bits of the story in the next issue.
Be sure to check out the teacher resource page for the full document of books, resources and organizations put together about GUTSY GIRLS IN YA. I collaborated with my mom who teaches 7th grade on this presentation for the 2009 NCTE ALAN Conference. The packet is free (I can email anyone the document) and designed to help teachers connect strong girls with their students in a variety of ways. But if you’re interested in the subject you don’t have to be a teacher to mine it for great stories and fantastic opportunities in the world around us.
This month’s contest is easy—I need your opinion. We are changing the cover and title of Gert’s second book. We got into too much hot water with the butt in the titles—while readers didn’t mind, book buyers censored the books. We knew going in it might be an uphill battle so for book two we’re taking out the butt to make it more palatable for the adults of the world! So below is a list of possible titles—email me your top three. That’s all you have to do. From those names I’ll draw two people randomly and they’ll get to choose to receive either of my books personalized (if you already own it but want to give it to a friend I can personalize it to them instead!). Respond by January 20th, 2010. Easy! I know you have an opinion!
Be sure to vote for MERIDIAN as a favorite book for 2009 on your favorite book websites, blogs, and contests. Below is a link to one such list—I’d love your vote.
http://www.teenreads.com/features/ccb...
In February, I’ll be sharing my favorite books, chocolate recipes, and have a special Valentine’s Day contest.
Questions, comments? Email me anytime Amber@AmberKizer.com
Take it one at a time,
Amber
***
JANUARY CONTEST
Gert #2 (previously titled FROM BUTT TO BOOTY) is a sequel to ONE BUTT CHEEK AT A TIME. An excerpt is available on AmberKizer.com and on OneButtCheek.com under FROM BUTT TO BOOTY.
The high points of the story:
Gert’s sophomore year continues in her second semester of high school. She is dating Stephen, still infatuated with Lucas, learning how to kiss (and how not to!). She attends the tryout for the school’s soccer team along with Clarice and Maggie (and makes it!). She helps her brother pick out an engagement ring and set up the proposal. She and Lucas combine efforts to reunite Adam and Tim in time for prom. Her father goes to the hospital with a serious problem. And she gets her first job and her PSAT scores. All with her usual ranting and raving and lots of questions about growing up!
Possible titles contest—email your top three to Amber@AmberKizer.com by January 20th for a chance to receive a personalized copy of either ONE BUTT CHEEK AT A TIME or MERIDIAN. Feeling creative and a big fan of Gert? Email your own creation of a title in addition to selecting from the list!
HOW NOT TO KISS
SCORE
DEALING
KEEPING IT REAL
7 KINDS OF ORDINARY CATASTROPHIES
TANGENT: SORRY
COVERT GERT
OVERENTHUSED AND CONFUSED
MASTERING THE DIRTY ART OF SURVIVAL
FRENCH…KISS, FOOD AND FRIES
WARNING; GRAPHIC TANGENTS AND TEENY TINY QUMQUATS
RIDING THE AWAY BUS
THAT’S NOT KISSING, THAT’S CARPET CLEANING
IS HE A BAD KISSER OR AM I GAY?
QUESTIONS
MANLY BOYS AND TIZZY GIRLS
LOVE IS A MANY SPARKLIED THING
ON BEING GERT
***
SUGGESTED BOOKS FOR JANUARY
SWIM THE FLY by Don Calame
This is a boy version of ONE BUTT CHEEK AT A TIME. I loved it—laughed out loud a lot. Three HS boys decide their goal for the summer is to see a real live naked woman. The boys made me sympathize with them and feel sorry for them and be utterly relieved I wasn’t them all at the same time.
LONG NIGHT DANCE
DARK HEART both by Betsy James
For those of you who love HUNGER GAMES (Suzanne Collins) or the Beka Cooper TERRIER/BLOODHOUND books (Tamora Pierce) this is a trilogy for you. It’s older—before the paranormal thing was huge. LONG NIGHT DANCE has a Selkie and sea connection while DARK HEART continues the main character’s journey inland. Very austere and compelling, the voice is fantastic and very enjoyable. The third book is called LISTENING AT THE GATE—I haven’t read that one yet so I’ll let you know if the momentum continues.
Happy Reading!
***
PERMISSION TO REPRINT
You have permission to reprint any or all of the content in this newsletter, please include the following paragraph with the material:
Reprinted from Amber Kizer’s newsletter—get your own at AmberKizer.com. Amber’s debut novel ONE BUTT CHEEK AT A TIME was a NYPL 2008 Best Book For Teens. MERIDIAN starts the Fenestra Chronicles and is a dark paranormal available in hardcover now. Read more at www.MERIDIANSOZU.com. To read or listen to an excerpt, get up the minute news, and be eligible for cool exclusive promotions please visit www.OneButtCheek.com or www.AmberKizer.com to sign up to receive the newsletter.
You are receiving this newsletter because you signed up for it at AmberKizer.com, MeridianSozu.com, or OneButtCheek.com, or you told me you want to subscribe. You may unsubscribe at any time.
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