Twenty Weeks of Buzz
We all had such a good time with the 2009 online celebration “Fifteen Weeks of Bees,”we’ve decided to do another for 2010. This time, we’re celebrating twenty LRK books, so it’s Twenty Weeks of Buzz.
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This is a party—your party. So although we’ll be doing our part—blogs, prizes, all sorts of things— will be a place for your Russell-based enthusiasm: artwork, fan fiction, ideas, guest blogs. To find out more, keep reading, skip ahead to the contest details , or download the press release here. You can also download double-sided flier here or a flier for the Indy Books “Birth of a Green Man” campaign here. | |
| Click here for a Printable Press Release |
Here’s what we have in mind, between now and the April 27th publication of The God of the Hive:
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And your part of the Twenty Weeks? Having fun. Yep, that’s mostly it.
For those of an artistic bent, we’d love to see your Russellscapes and other works of art (instructions are here—get started now!) For the literary, there’s fan fiction and love letters to look forward to. If you like crosswords and word puzzles, we’ll have those as well.
We’ll be adding to the schedule below as we go along, so keep an eye, and remember—spread the buzz! Download the press release here or a double-sided flier here.
Twenty Weeks of Buzz: Contest Details
| Week One: Newsletter Drawing | This week’s winner, drawn from the newsletter list, wins a T-shirt from the LRK CafePress store or a “Venomous Death” mini-broadside. Joe Pace was this week’s winner. Congrats Joe! |
| Week Two: Newsletter Drawing | This week’s winner, drawn from the newsletter list, wins a T-shirt from the LRK CafePress store or a “Venomous Death” mini-broadside. Donna Swedberg was this week’s winner. |
| Week Three: Sherlock Holmes Contest | Celebrate Sherlock Holmes’ birthday (January 6) by sending us your thoughts on: What Sherlock Holmes means to me. You may write an essay or letter (maximum of 500 words, extra points for under 250) or conduct a very brief conversation, or do a piece of art and scan it, or… What does this character, considered fiction by most of the world, mean to you? Send your entry to bees@laurierking.com, and we’ll pick a winner on Sunday (January 17) for a prize of a t-shirt from our Cafepress store or a “Venomous Death” mini-broadside, and post the winning entry on Mutterings the following week. Elizabeth Burden won the guest blog contest. |
| Week Four: Puzzle 1 | The first puzzle of the Twenty Weeks is made up of ten LRK titles and 24 character names, which can be found in any direction: up, down, or diagonal, and written either backwards or forwards. The clues will be posted on Thursday January 21, and the answers on Sunday January 24. A winner will be drawn from the correct answers sent in to bees@laurierking.com. You can scan it or take a photo and send us that, however you like, just so we get your finished puzzle by the end of day on January 24. Click here to see and print off this week’s puzzle, or here to see it with clues. Have fun! |
| Week Five: Newsletter Drawing | A name will be drawn from among those who open the newsletter in the first two days to be our second winner of: an Advanced Reader Copy of The God of the Hive! Here’s where you can sign up for the newsletter and make a try for the ARC. |
| Week Six: Newsletter Drawing | This week’s winner, drawn from the newsletter list (sign up here for your chance to win!), will get a T-shirt from the LRK CafePress store or a “Venomous Death” mini-broadside. |
| Week Seven: Puzzle 2 | Can you determine why this odd snippet of free verse might be of interest to readers of The God of the Hive? If so, send your answer to bees[at]laurierking.com by Sunday February 14 and you’ll be entered into a drawing for “A Venomous Death.” Download the puzzle here, and check back here for the answers! |
| Week Eight: Newsletter Drawing |
This week’s winner, drawn from the newsletter list (sign up here for your chance to win!), will get a T-shirt from the LRK CafePress store or a “Venomous Death” mini-broadside. |
| Week Nine: Newsletter Drawing |
This week’s winner, drawn from the newsletter list (sign up here for your chance to win!), will get a T-shirt from the LRK CafePress store or a “Venomous Death” mini-broadside. |
| Week Ten: Puzzle 3 | Another puzzling challenge from Our Friend in Connecticut. Some of you have seen a version of this before, but that only makes your life easier, doesn’t it? Send your answer to bees[at]laurierking.com (changing the word “at” to an @ symbol) by Sunday, March 7 and you’ll be entered into a drawing for “A Venomous Death.” Download the puzzle grid and clues over at the Puzzles page, and check back next weekend for the answers! |
| Week Eleven: Sherlockisms | The Sherlockism is a pithy turn of phrase as favored by Mr Sherlock Holmes: “There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.” ”I saw no one.”
”That is what you may expect to see when I follow you.”
Now, you have an opportunity to exercise your own tart pithiness. This year, we’re asking for a Sherlockism that Laurie can slip into the as-yet-without-title novel for 2011. The prizes: an Advanced Reading Copy of The God of the Hive, and your name in the thanks page of the next Russell and Holmes, plus a copy of that hardback when it comes out. Sharpen your pencils and/or your quills, and let us see your brilliance by emailing your submissions to bees@laurierking.com by Sunday the 14th. The winner will be announced on Mutterings probably Monday the 15th, with all of the submissions listed on the Sherlockisms page. |
