Happy release day, PICKLE IMPOSSIBLE! To celebrate the release of Eli Stutz's debut, he's holding a contest over on his Facebook fan page. Want in? Yes you do! Because we're giving away these prizes:
- First Prize: A signed copy of PICKLE IMPOSSIBLE and a partial manuscript critique from me.
- Runners Up: A query letter critique from both me and Eli (who writes FANTASTIC queries--learn from the master!)
All you have to do is...tell us about the prickliest pickle you've ever gotten yourself caught up in. How easy is that? Surely you've gotten stuck in a sticky situation of some kind. Now it can win you something!
Rules:
- Become a fan of PICKLE IMPOSSIBLE on Facebook.
- Leave your pickle of a situation on the wall.
- Contest closes on Friday May 28th at noon Eastern time.
Go forth!
Another great book hits the shelves today, and this one is an odd twist for my usual areas of representation. A big happy release day to authors Ken McKenzie and Todd Harra for MORTUARY CONFIDENTIAL!
I may mostly do children's books, but who could say no to collection of true-life stories from undertakers?
The authors also won me over with the way they met: doing a calendar, called Men of Mortuaries, that Ken started as a vehicle to raise funds for his breast cancer treatment foundation, KAMM Cares. Ken will also be donating a portion of the profits from the book to his foundation.
So run, don't walk, to pick up this awesome, heartwarming, and macabre collection of a profession you've always been curious in that morbid kind of way.
The winners have been chosen! Thanks to everyone for participating in the DOUG-DENNIS and the FAT FIB contest! Darren and I had a great time today reading all your fibs, you fantastic liars, you.
Before I get to the winners, I want to mention that there were a few funny trends in the lies, which lead me to believe you are all constantly thinking about the follow:
- Chuck Norris
- JK Rowling
- Food
Seriously!
Also, after reading the fibs, Darren and I realized we couldn't stick strictly to our first, second and third place prizes. So we changed it up just a bit. There was actually a tie for the grand-prize, and we also liked a whole lot of them for third place, so we decided to a group of honorable mentions that all get BAH stickers. More winners!
And now, without further ado...
The GRAND PRIZE winners of a signed book and a partial manuscript critique are:
- @DelilahSDawson for: "I don't make snow angels. I make snow narwhals."
- @mistyprovencher for: "I did not eat the crayons. I just smile rainbows."
SECOND PLACE of a limited edition BAH poster and a query letter critique goes to:
- @LiteraryMouse for: "Just below the Earth's crust is a thin layer of chocolate pudding. Geologists don't talk about it because they want to eat it themselves."
And a whole batch of HONORABLE MENTIONS who are getting BAH stickers:
- @Donna_Earnhardt for: "I carved the faces on Mount Rushmore...with my toothbrush."
- @KeimComley for: "My homework ate my dog."
- @KCBooks for: "I did not eat brownies for breakfast."
- @YolaRamunno for: "I don't know what I really look like because every mirror I look into shows me someone different."
- @JaneLebak for: "Actually, Wednesday will be held on Thursday this Friday."
If you are one of the winners, please email me at: elana [at] johnsonliterary [dot] com.
Congrats to everyone! And happy release day, DOUG-DENNIS AND THE FLYAWAY FIB!
At long last DOUG-DENNIS AND THE FLYAWAY FIB by Darren Farrell will be released into the wild this week!
It's a hilarious, wacky, and whimsical picture book, that introduces you to a compulsive little liar of a sheep named Doug-Dennis. The reviews have been great. Doug-Dennis has been likened to Homer Simpson, and Darren compared to Mo Willems and Jon Scieszka. You can't get much better than either of those! So I just know you'll fall in love with this book and its unlikely hero.
So. We're running a brand-new kind of contest 'round these CJLA parts. A Twitter contest!
The task: Tweet us your BEST FAT FIB. That's right, we want a "140 characters or less" little white lie, fat yellow fib, or what have you.
Let's start with the prizes to entice you.
- The GRAND PRIZE WINNER of the FAT FIB contest will receive:
- A signed copy of DOUG-DENNIS AND THE FLYAWAY FIB
- A partial manuscript critique, from me, Elana.
- The pride (and shame!) of knowing you are one fantastic liar!
- Second prize: A signed + numbered letterpress BAH Poster (250 limited edition! You'd be very special!) plus a query critique from me.
- Third Prize: A pack of BAH stickers. This is official membership to the Doug Street Team! (Check out Darren's blog for places the BAH sheep has been sighted.)
So you think you're a fabulous liar? Then you better participate. Here are the rules.... (Note: after the pitchslam last month, I am going to be more of a stickler about this one. You MUST follow all of them. I just don't care to make exceptions this time around. And if I change the rules? Deal with it.)
- Follow the brilliant Doug-Dennis/Darren Farrell on Twitter: @HonestDoug.
- Enter ONE fabulous, fat fib on Twitter. (Fibs posted as comments to this blog post will be enjoyed, but not judged. For some ideas of how to fib, check out the Fib Factory.)
- You MUST use this hashtag in your tweet: #fatfib (If you don't use it, we'll never see it!)
- You may enter once, and once you may enter.
- How do lies and fibs cross the globe, growing bigger all the way? By repeating them! Spread the word about the contest!
- Darren and I will be the sole judges of the contest.
- The deadline for this contest is 9AM Eastern Time on Thursday, March 4th (release day!). Winners will be announced Friday morning. There are no exceptions to this! If any fat fib tweets are sent after that time, they will NOT be read.
Now get thee to Twitter and start fibbing!
~Elana
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