Hey, kids — I’m extending the REVENGE OF THE AWKWARD AUTHOR PHOTO contest (in which you can win your own death inside a the fifth Miriam Black book) by one week (6/23). I’ve been out of commission for the last almost-week, and haven’t really promo’ed this much. So, giving it one more week for folks to jump in. Put your own spin on an awkward, cliched, silly, weird, or otherwise uncomfortable Author Photo. And then win stuff! Click the link above for tasty deets.
Let’s see, what else?
– The Decatur Book Fest author list is up, and I’m officially on it — alongside authors like Delilah S. Dawson, Richard Kadrey, Daniel Jose Older, and Libba Bray. Also means I’ll be at DragonCon, bee-tee-dubs. Which is a con for dragons, isn’t it? MY BREATH WEAPON IS BEES.
– The first two Heartland books are on sale digitally in the lead-up to the third book. You can buy both Under the Empyrean Sky and Blightborn for $1.99. You can pre-order The Harvest, too, if you’re feeling sassy. The Harvest concludes the trilogy, for those folks not interested in buying a series until it’s all tied-up-tight. Also: for those wondering how I’ll do with Star Wars: Aftermath, well, I think these books are the closest analog presently on shelves.
– Speaking of The Harvest — hey, look, a Goodreads giveaway!
– I have other news I can’t share, so just assume that it’s cool.
– Cover images for THE SHIELD #3! Go see!
– Last thing last — I’m putting my Gonzo E-Book Writing Bundle on sale. It’s eight total e-books on writing, including my newest, 30 Days In The Word Mines. Normally, $20 — but with coupon code ARTHARDERMF, you can drop that price by 25% to $15. Link to the bundle here, if you wanna check it out. Please to enjoy.
urdith says:
Who is that rakish cad in the photo? Oh, wait…
I cannot wait to see this year’s contest entries. It should challenge 70’s men’s catalogs for awkwardness.
June 16, 2015 — 9:08 AM
Joelle Reizes says:
So excited you will be at DragonCon!
June 16, 2015 — 9:51 AM
Miri says:
I don’t want to fill up the whole comment section with this, but YES. SO VERY YES. DragonCon is my hometown con and I definitely hope to meet The Wendig!
June 17, 2015 — 10:47 AM
Miri says:
(Also, if Mr. Wendig has a t-shirt size publicly available, I will absolutely furnish a beautiful dragonesque “MY BREATH WEAPON IS BEES” souvenir shirt.)
June 17, 2015 — 10:49 AM
thedebc says:
This is so fun. I can’t wait to see the entries.
Oooh, this actually gives me an idea for short story – where only one woman enters the contest and wins, because as it is revealed, the entire contest was only in her “floating in a jar of formaldehyde, mind.”
Hahahah, I crack myself up.
June 16, 2015 — 9:52 AM
anzanhoshin says:
Really should be biting an arm of the glasses. Or just touching it to the lower lip, archly.
June 16, 2015 — 11:16 AM
Ink Hopp says:
Both books for only 1.99? I’m in!<3
June 16, 2015 — 4:55 PM
Doc Coleman says:
Facebees?
June 17, 2015 — 7:59 AM
C_N_Martin says:
I’m way to sexy of a man-beast for any picture of me to be truly “awkward”. But I submitted ony anyway.
June 17, 2015 — 1:40 PM
C_N_Martin says:
*too sexy.
Damn all the typos!
June 17, 2015 — 1:41 PM
C_N_Martin says:
*one anyway
Damn trying to do this from work!
June 17, 2015 — 1:42 PM
Marisol Riddell says:
It’s really hard to choose when I took so many awful pictures.
June 18, 2015 — 5:03 PM
Pimion says:
That photo on the top is quite awkward. Is he taking part in this challenge? I’d vote for him)
June 25, 2015 — 10:36 AM