Behold:
A brand new set of AWKWARD AUTHOR PHOTOS to gaze upon.
Folks entered. A whopping 73 of you, actually.
And holy shit, am I ever laughing.
Anyway — here’s how this works:
You click that link.
You look at the glorious buffet of authorial silliness.
You choose the one photo you believe should win the title of MOST AWKWARD AUTHOR PHOTO.
You take the number of that photo and you pop it into the comments below.
Please make the number of your choice clear. Begin with the number. If you have comments to add, add them after the number, and don’t use any other numbers (“Well, I like 16 but 42 is funny and 37 is awkward but maybe I’ll choose 71”) because I won’t know which one you’re voting for.
Translation: make this easy on me.
You get one vote.
I’ll tally the votes in one week (Wed, July 1st!) and we will have our winners.
DO YOUR CIVIC TERRIBLEMINDS DUTY. (Doody?)
And vote.
Kirstin says:
11
June 24, 2015 — 3:53 PM
Anne Hagan says:
7 because if he avoided that snake doing anything to his nether parts I’ll eat my keyboard
June 24, 2015 — 3:53 PM
kirsten says:
11- love the dog!
June 24, 2015 — 3:54 PM
Jane says:
17. Got to be.
June 24, 2015 — 3:58 PM
Suzanne Brazil says:
61 – and here’s why. Your category is “awkward” not “silly” or “funny” but “awkward”. Not so much the extra arms adjusting the glasses or holding the cup…more the claw marks creeping out of her shirt – all in all an awkward photo for the win!
June 24, 2015 — 4:00 PM
Dex (@dextrosinistral) says:
55!
June 24, 2015 — 4:00 PM
Les says:
#3 because it doesn’t get more awkward than that….
June 24, 2015 — 4:01 PM
Aly says:
61
June 24, 2015 — 4:01 PM
heroservice says:
45
June 24, 2015 — 4:01 PM
Tamara Guirado says:
59
June 24, 2015 — 4:02 PM
Ruth Nestvold says:
17
June 24, 2015 — 4:03 PM
Lauralynn Elliott says:
17
June 24, 2015 — 4:06 PM
MarMar says:
61.
61 is my favourite
June 24, 2015 — 4:10 PM
Shane Kroetsch says:
35
June 24, 2015 — 4:11 PM
writingmoose says:
32…awesome!
June 24, 2015 — 4:11 PM
simsikin says:
57
June 24, 2015 — 4:12 PM
Ryan Big T Wiggles says:
73.
June 24, 2015 — 4:14 PM
Laurel Avery says:
59
June 24, 2015 — 4:15 PM
Robin LythgoeRobin Lythgoe says:
21!
June 24, 2015 — 4:19 PM
Tina Venus says:
72.
June 24, 2015 — 4:21 PM
Sigrid Ellis says:
16
June 24, 2015 — 4:22 PM
Anni says:
43 She’s caught in an awkward phase of procrastination. She knows she should be writing. There are deadlines to meet, bills to be paid but she is trying to decide which crotchet tortoise shell warmer to put on her pet tortoise. There are 100s more shell warmers in the chest of drawers behind her. Should she crotchet another color combination? Maybe she should knit one this time. What ply, what size needles to use… The angst of indecision is plastered on her face.
June 24, 2015 — 4:24 PM
Tsara Shelton says:
38
My son helped me pick. He took my awkward photo and then spent the time looking at all of the other (freakin’ awesome!!!!!) awkward photos asking, “But do you think they had as much fun as we did taking the picture?”
We admit that our vote had a little to do with awkwardness, a little more to do with representing being a writer, and a lot to do with imagining the fun of the photo shoot!
June 24, 2015 — 4:30 PM
sroest33 says:
65
June 24, 2015 — 4:30 PM
Mark says:
17
June 24, 2015 — 4:31 PM
Amy says:
61
June 24, 2015 — 4:36 PM
Katy says:
17
June 24, 2015 — 4:38 PM
reggielutz says:
71
June 24, 2015 — 4:39 PM
JulieVK says:
61
June 24, 2015 — 4:43 PM
alysonmiers says:
59
June 24, 2015 — 4:44 PM
MsShonnerz says:
61, I’d probably be amazing with an extra set of arms & hands.
June 24, 2015 — 4:49 PM
Kristin Holt says:
17
June 24, 2015 — 4:53 PM
B-Rad says:
44
June 24, 2015 — 4:54 PM
Carl says:
66
June 24, 2015 — 4:56 PM
Stephen Blackmoore says:
66
June 24, 2015 — 4:57 PM
jbrayweber says:
38
June 24, 2015 — 4:57 PM
thedebc says:
17 … Hands down (no pun intended lol)
June 24, 2015 — 4:59 PM
Robyn says:
38
June 24, 2015 — 5:03 PM
Laura Roberts says:
61 is the clear winner here. So much so that I want to recreate this as my *actual* author photo. It has all of the authorial clichés AND an extra set of hands!
June 24, 2015 — 5:04 PM
Michelle says:
63! Just plausible enough.
June 24, 2015 — 5:06 PM
Erin Kenny says:
17. Could see my family taking a photo like that. :/
June 24, 2015 — 5:10 PM
leedunning says:
3 It looks legitimate enough and pretentious enough to end up on a back cover.
June 24, 2015 — 5:10 PM
Pat says:
55!!! The dog looks like he’s uncomfortable. 😉 I LOVE the inventiveness of #61. Fun contest this time around.
June 24, 2015 — 5:11 PM
Andre R says:
71!
June 24, 2015 — 5:14 PM
rufflerumps says:
40 fo sho
June 24, 2015 — 5:16 PM
Morticia says:
14 I have no idea what’s going on there but I want to a part of her awesome!
June 24, 2015 — 5:17 PM
Tatum Flynn says:
34. whatever genre this author writes, this is terrifying.
June 24, 2015 — 5:19 PM
Ang D. (@msfeistus) says:
28.
That one wins on merit of nearly making me snort Mello Yello out my nose.
Runner-ups? 38 and 11, in that order.
June 24, 2015 — 5:19 PM
Nancy Sartor says:
#45 is my choice.
June 24, 2015 — 5:25 PM
Andy Cowley says:
61
June 24, 2015 — 5:27 PM