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Top Shelf Tuesday BONUS: CELL PHONE Cover Story & Trailer!
Dying to know more about the making of the adorable Cell Phone book cover? Check out Melissa Walker’s Cover Story, as featured on the B&N Unabashedly Bookish blog! Is it rude to quote myself in providing you with a snippet? Too bad, I’m going to anyway:
I could tell instantly that [my publisher and I] were on the same page in terms of the general tone we were aiming for. I said as much to my editor and agent, both of whom agreed. So I was excited that we were heading in the direction I’d hoped for, and I was looking forward to seeing the finished product.
And in other news, I’m finally able to premiere the book’s very delightful, most officialicious TRAILER! Have a gander, why don’t you?
Release week and cell phone wisdom GRAND FINALE!
All good things, such as release weeks, must come to an end, sadly. But the good news is that, with What Would My Cell Phone Do out and roaming free in the world now, release week is never TRULY over. Oh, you lucky readers, you!
In the meantime, we’re finishing strong with some last words of cell phone wisdom!
From Nova Ren Suma, author of Imaginary Girls:
My cell phone would whisk me away to a deserted internet-free location—an island maybe, or a mountaintop—where it would force me to finish my novel. I’d like it to be strict and zap me with a shock if I didn’t write more than 2,000 words a day.
From Taylor Morris, author of the HELLO, GORGEOUS series:
My cell phone would stop texting and start calling. It’s amazing how much better of a conversation you can have with someone when you actually, you know, *talk* to them.
And last but never least, from David Ostow, illustrator of So Punk Rock: And Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother
I could hazard a guess as to what my cellphone would do but I’m sure I’d be wrong. As far as that phone’s concerned I’m wrong no matter what I say, although half the time I suspect it’s not even listening. I won’t even be halfway through a sentence before the thing starts in with its two cents, changing my “i”s to “I”s, my “hello”s to “help”s and my “you”s to “yui”s (which . . .uh . . . . what?).
My guess is that if it had its druthers, my cellphone would hit the town, crashing parties where it isn’t welcome, butting into conversations that are way over its head and alienating anyone who has the misfortune of crossing its path.One redeeming thing about my cellphone is its short-as-crap battery life. The thing would write a novel if it could, but it wouldn’t get halfway through the acknowledgments before its know-it-all butt powered down.
Release Day Delivery – and Cell Phone Wisdom, Part 4!
The thing that no one mentions about release day is how, really, it’s kind of anticlimactic. Unless you happen to have particularly attentive loved ones, the day of your book’s publication in and of itself is not necessarily momentous.
UNLESS…your publisher happens to arrange it so that your author copies arrive on your doorstep THAT VERY DAY!
(In other words — guess what I got this afternoon?)
What Would My Cell Phone Do?
BCCB had this to say about the book: “Fresh and funny…Readers looking for a lighthearted rom-com to kick off their summer will find much to like here.” Well, thank you!
Aggie’s cell phone has more fun than she does, and thus, we are soliciting CELL PHONE WISDOM this week. Whose phone is doling out the brilliance today?
Melissa Walker, author of Small Town Sinners
My cellphone would ask me to please stop leaving it at airport security, dropping it on the subway stairs and losing it between the couch cushions. It probably needs a better life than I can give it.
Denise Jaden, author of Losing Faith
My cell phone desperately wants to be put to use. If it were up to said cell phone, we would spend all day long together doing more than just checking my email. We would make use of the other forty apps, texting, and even phoning friends once in a while. The possibilities are endless (at least that’s what my cell phone tells me!)
Daniel Ehrenhaft, author of Friend Is Not a Verb
My cell phone would do the following, in no particular order:
1) Chastise me for getting sucked into its seductive void
2) Pat me on the back for being both impulsive and wise for my mobile iTunes purchases, even when I have the songs on CD at home
3) Toilet train my child
Um, not so sure about that last one, Dan. Cell phones may be wise beyond their years, but even technology has its limits!
Cell Phone Wisdom, Day 3!
In which we hear from a whole NEW crop of YA authors and their cellular machines.
Lisa Schroeder, author of The Day Before
My cell phone would take me to Paris, because it’s tired of hearing me complain all the time about how I’ve never been there and want to go SO BAD!
Michael Northrop, author of Trapped
My cell phone would upgrade itself. It would be like, “Just look at me: I might as well have a rotary dial!” Then it would hop in its tiny car and burn rubber to Best Buy.
Sarah Darer Littman, author of Want to Go Private?
My cell phone would hop in a performance convertible and take a leisurely drive cross country to California, ending up in Napa, where it would hang out in a bed and breakfast, write in text messages all day and drink really good wine & eat delicious food in the evening. Hopefully my cellphone would get fewer speeding tickets on the cross country drive than I would.
Sounds like a plan! Cell phone road trip, anyone?
Cell Phone Wisdom, Day 2!
Oh, those cellular telephones…So wise, so knowing. What insights do they have for us today?
Elizabeth Scott, author of Between Here and Forever
My cellphone would actually be on, because I wouldn’t have let the
battery drain without noticing!
Jo Knowles, author of Pearl
My cell phone would be so happy to run away from boring old rural Vermont where there’s no cell coverage, it would never look back. It would go straight to the nearest city where, for the first time, all four bars would light up! Then it would text me a million times to prove that it actually CAN text, I’m just too clueless to know how.
Sara Bennett Wealer, author of Rival
My cell phone would actually be off, as in not powered up, not accepting calls. Its whereabouts would be a mystery to all but immediate family, who would know that said cell phone was either at the beach or somewhere in Europe having fun and not worrying about a darned thing.
Thanks for joining us, guys! And readers: swing by all week for more of your favorite YA authors — and their cell phones, of course!
And now for something completely different…
In all of the hoopla of BEA, the family release party, and holiday weekend revelry, I nearly forgot that OH MY GOODNESS, I HAVE A NEW BOOK RELEASING THIS WEEK!
What Would My Cell Phone Do?
Lose your cellphone, find yourself — who would have thought?
Aggie’s cellphone becomes a guru/conscience/lifecoach hybrid for her, which of course got me thinking of all of the ways that my cell could — and probably should — kick my butt into living large. So I polled some of your fave YA authors — what would YOUR cellphone say/do/command of you, if given the opportunity?! Fun, right?
I’ll be posting their responses all week long. Post a comment here and let us know what your cell’s dying to tell us, and you’re eligible to win a copy of WWMCPD, and — because, I mean, why not? — family.
*And in the meantime, while we’re talking prizes, the two lucky winners of the family giveaway are Aisha, and Nina LaCour! Nina – I’ll be in touch, and Aisha, shoot me an email with your contact info and I’ll get that material out to you.
Now, without further ado:
TODAY’S CELLPHONE WISDOM:
Kody Keplinger, author of The DUFF: (Designated Ugly Fat Friend)
My cellphone would take advantage of the fact that I live in the greatest city in the world (NYC) and lead me on an adventure through every cool facet of SoHo, the Village, Chelsea, Midtown, the Upper East Side, and beyond.
Kirsten Hubbard, author of Like Mandarin
My cell phone would swear she’d call back all those people clogging her voice message field, but as soon as my back was turned, she’d get chai-drunk and go sprawl in some scenic park, enjoying the breeze on her loveworn OtterBox case and playing way too much Tiny Wings.
ZOMG, guys, how much would I LOVE to hang with your cellphones?! Thanks so much for playing along!
Chime in, readers — we’ll be here all week!
FRIDAY Readers’ Roundup (with *bonus* freebie, too!)
Oh, why not? Who says Thursday has to have all of the fun?
And today’s bookish news is fun stuff – for me, at least – as I’m super-pysched to let you know that I’ll be hosting a rousing round of “Three Blind Words” over on the Figment forums tonight, 5pm EST.
Here’s how the game works: I feed you a prompt of three random words, and you spin those words into a book premise. I pick the top three pitches. Lather, rinse, repeat. Winners receive a signed copy of my book
(That’s the “freebie,” by the way.)
But wait, there’s more! More freebies, that is, this being Friday and all. The family release giveaway closes on 5/15. Interested in being entered to win a signed copy of family, an arc of my upcoming release, What Would My Cell Phone Do?
1. post a comment on any blog post (posts left on my interim blog WILL be included in the drawing) through 5/15
OR
2. head over to my Facebook author page and click “like.”
That’s all! Nothing to it! Why are you even still reading this when there are contests to be entered?
Happy Friday, folks!