Speaking about rape and a SPEAK Giveaway
Swing over to my crit group blog for a special post and a chance to win SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson and a censorship button. Contest ends Oct 4th.
FOREVER, the last book in Maggie Stiefvater's SHIVER trilogy! Pre-Order signed copies!
Maggie's favorite indie bookstore, as usual, will have signed copies of FOREVER!
Pre-order here: http://www.fountainbookstore.com/autograph-maggie
How freaking awesome is that cover?
Also, Maggie is having a mega contest of awesome where you can win lots of fantastic signed prizes!
Heads Up
I know it's only Thursday, but I wanted to give you a heads-up about Tuesday, September 27th.
On my critique group blog, Sisters in Scribe, Kristi will be putting up a very special #SPEAKloudly post. Kristi is a clinical psychologist and has personally worked with both rape victims and rapists. For info on #Speakloudly, visit author Laurie Halse Anderson's blog.
Also, the fourth and final installment of The Importance of a Strawberry Tart will be posted on Tangled Fiction.
Don't miss it!
Zombies vs Unicorns Smackdown!
The editors of the new collection Zombie vs. Unicorns Holly Black(The Spiderwick Chronicles) and Justine Larbalestier (Liar) (pro-unicorn and zombie, respectively), gathered strong arguments for both sides in the form of short stories by an eclectic group of YA novelists. At this event the editors are joined by contributorsMaureen Johnson (13 Little Blue Envelopes), Libba Bray(Going Bovine), Scott Westerfeld (Leviathan), Naomi Novik(Temeraire series), and Alaya Dawn Johnson (Racing the Dark), who will argue for their side. What side are you on? Team Zombie or Team Unicorn? Ages 10 and up.
In Zombies vs. Unicorns, half of the contributors portray the strengths for good and evil of unicorns, and half show the good and evil side of zombies, with the two editors adding their own hilarious commentary throughout the anthology. The original zombie/unicorn debate between Black and Larbalestier started on their blogs in 2007 as a feud about which creature made for better fiction: The original feud, as well as downloadable assets and a voting area, can be found athttp://promo.simonandschuster.com/zombiesvsunicorns/.
"I am extremely pleased to be working with Simon & Schuster to ensure the clear and final victory of the majestic unicorn over the zombie. For too long, the zombie has dominated the public consciousness, but the reign of the unicorn is at hand!"
-Team Unicorn editor Holly Black
"I think that posterity will look upon this as the moment when the mythology of rainbow-farting unicorns was finally laid to rest, and zombies took their rightful place at the top of the food chain,"
-Team Zombie editor Justine Larbalestier
Unicorns are sort of awesome, and I love Holly Black's WHITE CAT, but I am
Tangled Fiction Tuesdays!
Part III, by me, of The Importance of a Strawberry Tart is up on the TF blog! Go check it out! And come back next week for the deliciously creepy conclusion by Anne Marie!
The Importance of a Strawberry Tart, Part III
Smoke filled the room. It was almost enough to nullify the ghastly odor of the raccoon. Almost. Georgia rubbed her eyes, trying to lessen the sting. “Eudora?”
“Georgia! Oh, thank heavens!”
Georgia lifted her skirts, stepping carefully through the cloud of hickory smoke, lest she step on George and squash the other side of his face. Her stomach twisted at the thought of that milky white eye exploding beneath the weight of her buckled shoe
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Tomorrow
Tomorrow I post my installment of The Importance of a Strawberry Tart on Tangled Fiction! Stop by and check us out!
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Speak Loudly
It's September and the book banners are at it again. Being challenged this time is SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson - the story of a girl trying to move on after she'd been raped by a classmate. Book banner calls it "soft porn" when there's no sex in the book! Spread the word and fight book banning. #speakloudly
Visit Laurie's blog for more on the conflict:
http://madwomanintheforest.com/this-guy-thinks-speak-is
http://madwomanintheforest.com/this-guy-thinks-speak-is
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