So, I’m the luckiest writer-boy in the world.
As you’ll note here, Angry Robot failed to notice the curious blue powder I drizzled into their drinks and, as such, were bombed into such a stupor that they decided to re-up with me for another two books. I know, right? What’s wrong with them? Whatever the case, that means that you’ll see a new book from me called The Blue Blazes, and a third (!) Miriam Black book, The Cormorant.
Somewhere in the last year, seems I’ve built for myself a career as a novelist. Blackbirds, Mockingbird, Double Dead, Gods & Monsters, Dinocalypse Now, Beyond Dinocalypse, Dinocalypse Forever, Heartland Book One, Book Two, Book Three, Blue Blazes, The Cormorant, and of course, Bait Dog. It’s like I fell into a big bucket of sweet, sweet story-juice. This in addition to all the other ink I sling.
I’m going to be a busy dude.
And, again, to clarify: lucky, lucky, lucky.
As such, I feel like giving away some copies of Blackbirds.
To win, go to Twitter.
There you will play the, “Tell the world how you die” game.
Play on fear, play on fantasies, be real, be funny, be sad, whatever you want.
In a single tweet, tell the world how you think you’ll die.
Here’s the second — and very important — part.
You must use the hashtag:
#carpetnoodle
Okay? Tag your tweet with that hashtag or I just plum won’t see it.
(And that hashtag will make sense only to those who have read the book.)
I will pick three winners. Three favorites.
The most favoritest will get a signed copy of the book mailed to them.
The other two will receive unsigned copies.
(All mass market paperbacks.)
Open only to those in America, if you please. (International shipping is a bear.)
I’ll accept these until 10PM EST tonight (5/17). At which point I’ll announce the winners shortly thereafter.
You get one entry. Oh, and I get to use them at THIS IS HOW YOU DIE should I so choose.
Go forth and tweet your doom! #carpetnoodle
Jessica ( frellathon ) says:
I just got my magical Robot Army email letting me know the good news. Congratulations. I preordered Blackbirds and now I have a singed copy dangling in front of me ohh how you tempt us so. Now to think up a cool way to kill myself. I so wish I was writer imaginative.
Oh and I asked my library to bring in Double Dead. You’re now on the Dallas library book shelves well right now my own but once I’m done theirs.
May 17, 2012 — 6:55 AM
Jeff Xilon says:
Congratulations on all of your fantastic success! At this rate the 2010s may become known as the Wendig decade. I for one welcome our new bearded overlord.
May 17, 2012 — 7:12 AM
Mark says:
All hail the bearded overlord.
May 17, 2012 — 7:21 AM
Imelda Evans says:
We welcome the bearded overlord! (Who, just quietly, looks so much like bdub, beard notwithstanding, that I just can’t be afeared of his overlordiness – who’s an ickle cutie, then?)
I’m not in America and I already own Miriam, but I’m entering anyway, so nernerneenerner!
May 17, 2012 — 7:32 AM
LG Vazquez says:
Mr. Wending killing it in 2012! Congrats!
May 17, 2012 — 8:15 AM
ganymeder says:
I want to play, but I don’t need another copy so don’t enter me in the contest. And again, congratulations!
May 17, 2012 — 10:42 AM
Elizabeth says:
Congrats! One can never have to much Wendig. BTFO!
May 17, 2012 — 12:30 PM
Randall G. Hauk (@RandallGHauk) says:
Have passed it along the various channels. Congrats on the re-up. Dare I ask when we’ll see the next Miriam Black?
May 17, 2012 — 1:09 PM
Vero says:
OMG, you lucky little bastard! CONGRATULATIONS, Chuck!! You totally deserve it!
*marching band with glaring trumpets and dancing monkeys celebrating you*
#carpetnoodle…
Sigh. I loved Harriet.
May 17, 2012 — 2:03 PM
Marco @ AR says:
Tell Randall that MOCKINGBIRD is aimed like a heat-seeking missile at the start of September this very year. We don’t fuck about, us Robots. – Marco @ AR
May 17, 2012 — 3:22 PM
R Thomas Allwin says:
Bah! I do not have Twitter…
May 17, 2012 — 7:06 PM
Tyler Reeves says:
^ Sounds to me like it’s time to go make a twitter account
May 17, 2012 — 7:31 PM
Snellopy says:
If we’re not in the States, but we can sucker a friend into mailing it (or bringing it over when they visit us) can we still enter and give their address if we win?
Maybe I’ll just play anyway for the hell of it.
May 17, 2012 — 9:02 PM
David Grigg says:
Like ganymeder, I already have a copy of Blackbirds in my hot little hands. Will be reading it real soon now.
Congratulations on your obviously well-deserved success. I really hope that you’ll be able to keep up blogging with all of these commitments, I really enjoy visiting your site and attempting your Flash Fiction Challenges.
May 18, 2012 — 4:18 AM
M. Chapman says:
Wait, I’m slightly confused. So now Miriam Black’s books are a cycle…? I mean first they where a duology, now they doubled! You also said <ockingbird only took you a month to write… do you think your Blackbird books can easily sprout out of the confines of 4 books? It seems you could write ten in one year, if you wanted! (Or twelve, if you wrote a book a month!)
May 18, 2012 — 6:39 AM
Wulfie says:
Nice! BTFO, dude.
May 19, 2012 — 9:10 AM