Elana is...

...a dweller of Brooklyn, an agent of books, a support-teamer of Squarespace, a purveyor of snark, an employer of awkwardness, a lover of coffee, a mistress of bourbon, and an enforcer of comma-placement.

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Wednesday
Jul282010

The Fortune Cookie Contest!

Do you need some summer laughs? Of course you do! Well, good news. Laura Toffler-Corrie's debut middle-grade novel, THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF AMY FINAWITZ, will be released into the wild next week.

It's a hilarious novel, with a brilliant and wacky cast of characters, and I know you'll be that person who guffaws on the subway while reading it. Because I still do. 

So. We're running a contest: a Fortune Cookie Twitter contest!

"Why fortune cookies?" you ask, innocently. "Well," I say, "fortune cookies play an important part in our heroine Amy's story."

One awesome way you can get a feel for Amy's fortune cookie flair is to read the sample chapter here. But here are some examples of fortunes Amy finds in the book:

 

  • When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
  • When you make change, come back a dollar.
  • 7/5ths of all people do not understand fractions.

 

Your task: Tweet us your fortunes. What kind of fortunes? Well, fortunes specifically for writers! The fortune cookie you’d want to open if you were a writer working on a revision, or waiting for a review, or trying to get published, etc. The sky's the limit!

Let's start with the prizes to entice you.

  THE RULES:

  1. Follow author Laura Toffler-Corrie on Twitter: @LauraTofflerCor.  
  2. Enter your fabulous, fortunes on Twitter. (Fortunes posted as comments to this blog post will be enjoyed, but not judged.)
  3. You MUST use this hashtag in your tweet: #amyfortune (If you don't use it, we'll never see it!)
  4. You may enter up to 10 (TEN) fortunes.
  5. As we know, good fortune should SPREAD. Share the love! Spread the word about the contest! 
  6. Laura, Nancy, and I will be the sole judges of the contest.
  7. The deadline for this contest is 9AM Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 3rd (release day!). Winners will be announced Friday, August 6th. There are no exceptions to this! If any fortune tweets are sent after that time, they will NOT be read.

Now get thee to Twitter and start predicting!


Friday
Jul232010

Submission Update

Hey querying world,

I am taking a summer break from submissions. The pile has grown way up above my ears, and I'd like to be able to catch up on everything, and requested manuscripts, AND client work. So...

From August 1st to September 1st, I am not accepting queries. I'll update this on the submission page as well.

What will happen if you query me during the month of August?

Easy. You'll get a nice auto-response and the query will be moved to the trash. Please feel free to resubmit in September if you still think I'm a good fit for your project.

Thanks!


Thursday
Jul222010

Memento Mori



Memento Mori


Wednesday
Jul212010

This person and I should talk. Except I really hate THE GIVING...



This person and I should talk. Except I really hate THE GIVING TREE. 

fuckyeahtattoos:

first book i ever read. first book i ever understood. first thing i ever taught my baby sister, my best friend. first real way i discovered my passion.

Cred to Drewski @ Fuzion Ink in Norfolk, VA.

<3


Tuesday
Jul202010

sjaejones:This might be the best passive-aggressive note of...



sjaejones:

This might be the best passive-aggressive note of all time.

killsmedead:

notemily:

The 53rd Annual Punctuation Posse Round-up | PassiveAggressiveNotes.com


Monday
Jul192010

Stars – He Lied About Death (Metric remix)

http://www.last.fm/music/Stars

Metric – Gimme Sympathy (acoustic)

http://www.last.fm/music/Metric

Metric – Help I'm Alive (Acoustic)

http://www.last.fm/music/Metric

Monday
Jul192010

Metric – Waves (B-Side)

http://www.last.fm/music/Metric

Metric – Stadium Love

http://www.last.fm/music/Metric

Monday
Jul192010

Metric – Blindness

http://www.last.fm/music/Metric

Metric – Front Row

http://www.last.fm/music/Metric

Metric – Collect Call

http://www.last.fm/music/Metric

Monday
Jul192010

Metric – Gimme Sympathy

http://www.last.fm/music/Metric

Metric – Gold Guns Girls

http://www.last.fm/music/Metric

Monday
Jul192010

Metric – Twilight Galaxy

http://www.last.fm/music/Metric

Metric – Satellite Mind

http://www.last.fm/music/Metric

Metric – Sick Muse

http://www.last.fm/music/Metric

Monday
Jul192010

Metric – Help I'm Alive

http://www.last.fm/music/Metric

Monday
Jul192010

Built to Spill – Oh Yeah

http://www.last.fm/music/Built+to+Spill

Built to Spill – Life's a Dream

http://www.last.fm/music/Built+to+Spill

Monday
Jul192010

Built to Spill – Good Ol' Boredom

http://www.last.fm/music/Built+to+Spill

Built to Spill – Nowhere Lullaby

http://www.last.fm/music/Built+to+Spill

Built to Spill – Hindsight

http://www.last.fm/music/Built+to+Spill

Monday
Jul192010

Built to Spill – Aisle 13

http://www.last.fm/music/Built+to+Spill

Iron & Wine – Innocent Bones

http://www.last.fm/music/Iron%2B%2526%2BWine

Monday
Jul192010

Iron & Wine – Upward Over the Mountain

http://www.last.fm/music/Iron%2B%2526%2BWine

Iron & Wine – House by the Sea

http://www.last.fm/music/Iron%2B%2526%2BWine

Monday
Jul192010

Iron & Wine – Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car

http://www.last.fm/music/Iron%2B%2526%2BWine

Iron & Wine – Faded From the Winter

http://www.last.fm/music/Iron%2B%2526%2BWine

Monday
Jul192010

Iron & Wine – Wolves (Song of the Shepherd's Dog)

http://www.last.fm/music/Iron%2B%2526%2BWine

Iron & Wine – Cinder and Smoke

http://www.last.fm/music/Iron%2B%2526%2BWine

Iron & Wine – Gray Stables

http://www.last.fm/music/Iron%2B%2526%2BWine

Monday
Jul192010

Iron & Wine – Woman King

http://www.last.fm/music/Iron%2B%2526%2BWine

Iron & Wine – Southern Anthem

http://www.last.fm/music/Iron%2B%2526%2BWine

Monday
Jul192010

Iron & Wine – White Tooth Man

http://www.last.fm/music/Iron%2B%2526%2BWine

Iron & Wine – Such Great Heights

http://www.last.fm/music/Iron%2B%2526%2BWine

Iron & Wine – Promise What You Will

http://www.last.fm/music/Iron%2B%2526%2BWine

Monday
Jul192010

Iron & Wine – Teeth in the Grass

http://www.last.fm/music/Iron%2B%2526%2BWine

Iron & Wine – Sodom, South Georgia

http://www.last.fm/music/Iron%2B%2526%2BWine

Iron & Wine – Passing Afternoon

http://www.last.fm/music/Iron%2B%2526%2BWine

Iron & Wine – The Devil Never Sleeps

http://www.last.fm/music/Iron%2B%2526%2BWine