Friday 28 September 2012

I'm Back! (With A Thank You, Book News And Info About A Good Cause)

A MASSIVE thank you to Ellen Oh, April Tucholke, Mindy McGinnis and Amy Tintera for stepping in and keeping this blog alive while I finished off my WIP. I hope you enjoyed their guest blogs as much as I did.

Book news: The first draft of my WIP is now with my editor *chews nails*, and yesterday, I got my proof pages for ACID - squee! 


Don't they look fab? I love the fonts they've used for the titles and section and chapter headings, and as for the bits where… aha, well, you'll have to wait and see. I can't wait to start reading through them. And I may have ARCs - Advance Reader Copies - soon too!

And now for something completely different. Some Twitter friends of mine, headed by the lovely Nettie Thomson, are collecting jokes to be published in a book which will raise money for the mental health charity SANE. Mental illness affects many people from all walks of life, and charities like SANE campaign to encourage awareness and understanding and initiate vital research into conditions such as schizophrenia and depression, as well as supporting people affected by it, along with their families and carers. 

So how can you get involved? Firstly, go here to find out more about it. Then, if you're not on there already, sign up for Twitter, and tweet your favourite joke, plus the hashtag #TweeHee, in 140 characters or less. There's 3 days left to contribute jokes, so get tweeting!

See you next week!

20 comments:

  1. This is a great project, Emma - and I've giggled at many a joke on Twitter. (Though what is it about trying to think of a joke that my mind goes into blankness? - Some people are just so clever!)

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    1. I know, Jo! I don't know how comedians do it.

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  2. Eeek! Must be so exciting to see it all poshly printed up!

    I wants it for my own precious! *gollum* *gollum*

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    1. It really is! I haven't stopped grinning yet. :D

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  3. Great stuff. Very exciting to get your proofs. Well done, I'm so pleased for you. Not long and it'l be right there in the shops, pushing the other books aside and saying 'OI! Look at me, I'm fab.'

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  4. Oh, and 'Hooray!' I finally managed to post a comment on your blog!!!!!!!!

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  5. The proofs of ACID look fab! And well done on getting 'the other one' finished in time. Congrats on both counts! And #TweeHee is a fab cause - thumbs up to that too!

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  6. How exciting to get the proofs -- the fonts look very cool! I can't wait to read it!

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  7. Ack! It's got to be so nerve-wracking to have a new book with your editor. I'm sure she'll love it, though. And, yes, fantastic font on Acid! (Which kind of makes it sound like the font is doing cool stuff while taking illicit drugs, but you know what I mean...) So glad to hear you're happy with how the book looks so far.

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    1. Thanks, Caryn. It is… but I'm sure it will be fine. I MUCH prefer revisions to first drafts, and I'm really excited to hear her thoughts on it and start making it better. Glad you like the fonts! :)

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    2. Me too! I always thought I would be more into drafting. Then I learned how revise and discovered that it's much more fun.

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  8. Your proofs look fabulous, Emma! I love that title font!!! I hope you're enjoying your read-through. Can't wait to read it myself. :)

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  9. Man that copy of ACID looks great! Bet you can't stifle the smiles :-)

    The joke book looks fantastic. I would contribute, but I'm crap at jokes. Good luck with it!

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    1. Thank you, Joe! Yep, still grinning about it. :D

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