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.
Matt Fischer says:
72
June 25, 2015 — 4:08 PM
J'aime says:
19, I like the simplicity and weirdness.
June 25, 2015 — 4:09 PM
partlowspool says:
2. Because awkward. Although I loved many of them.
June 25, 2015 — 5:06 PM
Jennifer says:
73
June 25, 2015 — 5:28 PM
Armani says:
38!
June 25, 2015 — 5:30 PM
candy says:
73
June 25, 2015 — 5:30 PM
Jason says:
73
June 25, 2015 — 5:44 PM
It's Just A Theory... says:
11
June 25, 2015 — 6:00 PM
Delaney says:
61 – Hilarious and a good spoof of artsy author pics!
June 25, 2015 — 7:29 PM
Saint Ham says:
8
June 25, 2015 — 7:31 PM
shareetha says:
72
June 25, 2015 — 7:36 PM
nick says:
73
June 25, 2015 — 7:39 PM
murgatroid98 says:
61
June 25, 2015 — 7:52 PM
Nilé Livingston says:
72! In a bathtub, so awkward
June 25, 2015 — 8:52 PM
Amanda says:
59 by a long shot!
June 25, 2015 — 9:03 PM
HC says:
72
June 25, 2015 — 9:05 PM
Laura W. says:
34, very funny…the dead serious look makes it perfect. 38 and 45 were close seconds, though!!
June 25, 2015 — 9:06 PM
Amanda says:
#59!!! Yes!!
June 25, 2015 — 9:09 PM
Michelle Dezort says:
Photo# 10
June 25, 2015 — 10:23 PM
Lavonne Walker Clausen says:
61, great pic, very original
June 25, 2015 — 11:56 PM
Kefirah says:
44 all the way!!
June 26, 2015 — 1:43 AM
wildbilbo says:
71
June 26, 2015 — 2:03 AM
maridevalerio says:
11
June 26, 2015 — 2:26 AM
Emmily Flachmeyer says:
#73!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 26, 2015 — 4:32 AM
Princess of Dragons says:
17. Definitely 17.
June 26, 2015 — 5:09 AM
MJ Brodeck says:
58!
June 26, 2015 — 7:45 AM
Sarah Duncan says:
41. All authors should have an alligator casually draped over their shoulders.
June 26, 2015 — 7:51 AM
weylyn42 says:
37
June 26, 2015 — 8:37 AM
sandralindseywales says:
72
June 26, 2015 — 8:49 AM
Mark Gardner says:
28 – I LOL’d
June 26, 2015 — 9:51 AM
Jake Rideout says:
61
June 26, 2015 — 9:51 AM
Av says:
72
June 26, 2015 — 9:59 AM
Kate says:
72!
June 26, 2015 — 10:07 AM
petehollmer says:
61
June 26, 2015 — 10:07 AM
srj says:
72
June 26, 2015 — 10:09 AM
Alex Dunne (@alexbdunne) says:
59! It made me spit out my tea
June 26, 2015 — 10:41 AM
Vanessa Rudzinski says:
72 for sure
June 26, 2015 — 11:14 AM
lala says:
72
June 26, 2015 — 11:17 AM
Peter Sturdee says:
2
June 26, 2015 — 11:34 AM
keith says:
72
June 26, 2015 — 11:40 AM
June Sunny Yoon says:
72 is Awesome!!check that out!
June 26, 2015 — 12:16 PM
Russell says:
#58, because this photo truly looks awkward without being staged.
June 26, 2015 — 12:27 PM
Alice says:
11
June 26, 2015 — 12:29 PM
PJ Carambia says:
#17
June 26, 2015 — 12:42 PM
Nooce says:
11, because of the fez in conjunction with Strunk & White. And the nipples. And the embarrassed look on that dog’s face.
June 26, 2015 — 12:51 PM
Amanda Helms says:
34
June 26, 2015 — 1:00 PM
C.E.L. Welsh says:
61
June 26, 2015 — 1:59 PM
Kurt Cox says:
41, and others like it that were styled as actual author photos rather than as spoofs of author photos. Hilarious! I laughed out loud at about 10 of them.
June 26, 2015 — 3:38 PM
Trisha says:
Definitely 72!!!!
June 26, 2015 — 3:52 PM
Karen Jeanne says:
61!
June 26, 2015 — 4:05 PM