Keeping with the spirit of the journey, a driving theme for the Once Upon a Time Challenge, come travel with me to a few places with news that will delight your literary heart, nourish your creative side, feed your inner geek beast, etc…
But first:
Are you blue? If so, then you are not alone.
(From The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo)
Monday morning. There is a light rain falling, giving this traditional start of the work week a deliciously melancholic air. It is in that same bittersweet spirit that I remind you that the Once Upon a Time Challenge is in the final days. In fact, counting today, only four days remain.
“I cannot live without books.”
~Thomas Jefferson
It may be my disease, but why should I suffer alone? For today’s participation in the Thursday Thirteen project I give you:
Future Lust: Thirteen Currently Unattainable Books that I Crave.
(When available, I will include some author editorial review snippets as featured on Amazon.com.)
(James Jean cover for The Umbrella Academy #1)
Recipe for today’s Stainless Steel Droppings post:
1. Listen to a lot of My Chemical Romance for a week; watch MCR videos; allow to simmer in the brain pan.
2. Season liberally with this month’s issue of Previews (the what-is-coming-out-in-a-few-months bible for comic book geeks). There are many, many flavors to choose from in this particular issue.
3. Draw inspirational ingredients from this post by Chris, talking about the love of rain and Tori Amos’ album Little Earthquakes.
4. Mix until you begin to see the threads that tie these apparently disparate ingredients together.
5. Bake in the oven of a mind slightly mad, on a Wednesday (traditional release date for new comics), and be sure to use non-stick spray.
6. Remove from mind, partake immediately, allow the nonsense to digest until confusion has passed and all of this starts making sense. Do not swim for 48 hours after understanding blooms.
The witching hour has passed, and with it your chance of being one of the first kids on your block to own an advanced reading copy of Colleen Gleason’s forthcoming book, The Bleeding Dusk. My hope is that we had some small part in creating a successful opening week for Rises the Night.
If you were not one of the people who rushed out to pick this up last week, you are not off the hook! Get out there and purchase a copy this week…let’s make week two even better!
Okay, commercial over. The most likely reason you have tuned in on this fine Monday is to find out just who won the advanced reading copy of The Bleeding Dusk. And I want to tell you, I really do. But first, let us enjoy the various contest entries, shall we?