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A Stampede of Books!
So I have a lot of books coming out soon. A stampede of them that threatens to trample me, in fact. It has been a crazy year. I wrote a lot of books and revised a lot of books and, thanks to the vagauries of publishing, and some unfortunate delays in on-sale dates, the stars aligned so that they all are coming out very close to each other. In fact, in the next four months, I will double the number of books I'm publishing!
Here's what's happening:
World Read Aloud Day!
This Wednesday is World Read Aloud Day, a global day of advocacy and a celebration of the power of words.
A Giveaway! Free Books Hooray!
Check it out and enter to win a free signed copy of the brand new paperback of We Are Not Eaten By Yaks!
Goodreads Book Giveaway
We Are Not Eaten by Yaks
by C. Alexander London
Giveaway ends February 24, 2013.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
The Next Big Thing: You're It
Kate Milford, the lovely and talented author of The Boneshaker, The Broken Lands, and The Kairos Mechanism told me about the &ldquo
Update on Book 3, We Give a Squid a Wedgie
Due to some factors beyond my control, the 3rd book in the Accidental Adventure series, We Give a Squid a Wedgie, has a new publication date in April 2013 (and a new look...more to come on that). You can, of course, pre-order it so you get it right when it comes out.
I apologize for the delay and I assure you, it will be worth the wait!
Here's a random part of the book to whet your appetite:
The Endangered Authors Tour!
I'm about to head out on a multi-state, multi-author tour with Jacqueline West (The Books of Elsewhere), Adam Gidwitz (A Tale Dark and Grimm), and E.J. Altbacker (Shark Wars). We've teamed up with the extremely talented Story Pirates to present the “Endangered Authors Tour” — a game-show themed program where horrible things happen to us authors. We'll be visiting schools and bookstores in Texas, California, and New York.
GeekDad!
One of my favorite blogs, GeekDad at Wired.com has a fun and thoughtful review of the Accidental Adventures series up. You can read the whole thing here, but I wanted to share my favorite part:
Your Accidental Adventure in Six-Words. WIN A KINDLE!
“Surprise revolution took away my cartoons”
That Six-Word Memoir tells the true story of the inspiration for my first novel for young readers in the Accidental Adventures series, We Are Not Eaten By Yaks. To read the story behind it, click here.
To celebrate the publication of Book 2 in the Accidental Adventures series, We Dine With Cannibals, I’m teaming up with SMITH Magazine’s Six-Word Memoir Project and we want to know about your most accidental adventure.
Between November 10th-30th, share a Six-Word Memoir about your own most accidental adventure and you’ll be entered to win a Kindle (with special offers)!*
There are 2 ways to enter the Accidental Adventures Kindle Contest (AAKC!):
On SMITH Magazine:
Answer the Six-Word Question (in 6 words) on SMITH Mag: What was your most accidental adventure?
And you’ll automatically be entered to win.
Or, on Twitter:
1. Follow @ca_london
2. Tweet your Six-Word accidental adventure memoir with the hashtag #AccidentalAdventure
That’s all you have to do!
