MY NOVEL GETS PUBLISHED IN ELEVEN DAYS AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A COPY OF IT
How are you guys holding up in anticipation of September 5, 2013, the day that my debut YA novel Vivian Versus the Apocalypse is published by Hot Key Books and literature as we know it changes forever*? Are you vomiting every day OUT OF SHEER EXCITEMENT? I feel that.
Tumblr, you have been so very good to me over the last five years. Together we’ve laughed, we’ve cried, we’ve stared transfixed at Harry Potter gifs together. Without you, I probably would have produced 100% more writing than I’ve produced with you, but that’s neither here nor there. I love you, People of Tumblr. And because I love you, I would like to give one of you a free (FREE!) copy of Vivian. I don’t do this in exchange of a glowing five-star review, or even a promise of your reading it from cover to cover—I do it just as a token of my love and appreciation. (However, if you could post multiple selfies of yourself with Vivian over the course of the next few months, along with the captions “WOW BEST BOOK EVER” or “ERNEST HEMINGWAY WAS A FRAUD,” I wouldn’t object.)
Here is how to get your hands on this 288-page thrill ride: either 1) reblog this post, or 2) send me a message over the next seven days. Include in this message either a question (about the book, about writing, about myself, about cheeseburgers) OR a detailed description of how and when you think the apocalypse will hit, and your plans for surviving it. YES WE’RE GETTING DARK HERE, PEOPLE. Next Sunday, I will randomly select a winner. Then I’ll send you my book! Inside I’ll write you a personalized note based on the contents of your Tumblr. So like if you post a lot of pictures of Benedict Cumberbatch, I’ll be like, “Have you ever seen Atonement? Shit’s cray, right?” And then you’ll have something to treasure for the rest of your life.
It is a very scary, exhilarating thing, to write a book and then send it out into the world. Having this sweet, intense, hilarious Tumblr community to visit makes the process a little easier. I LOVE YOU GUYS.
Oh, and also you can:
- BUY VIVIAN VERSUS THE APOCALYPSE
- READ THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS ONLINE
- ADD IT ON GOODREADS
- FOLLOW ME ON THIS WEBSITE AND OTHERS.
*Deliberately overstated for comedic effect.
I’m not even reposting this as part of the giveaway (I still have to work out how to ship a hundred books to the US, and another is a bad idea, so I’ll be buying the ebook instead), but Katie is brilliant and you should definitely pay attention to this.