Mieradome dress

If books were dresses...

(a weekly post where I create fashionable wear with book cover art)

For those who adore the fae world...

Mieradome
by Kate Hegarty

Release date ebook: March 2010

Exciting news: Mieradome is coming to us in print along with ebook format! -- release is set for July 16, 2010.

If you haven't already, enter the giveaway for this book here (you pick which format).

Description from author site:
Mieradome, revolves around a young girl named Amavia, who believes she is a human girl, but slowly comes to find she is a faery in the world of Mieradome.

Amavia's mother, Anastasica, had taken her out of the faery realm and hidden her away here in our human realm, so that she may be protected from her parents' past mistakes.

But that was not enough, the forces that be found Amavia, and brought her back into the cosmos of the Grandmother Tree. There she meets other faeries, goblins, Telkar dragons, and Utopisols.

Slowly who Amavia really was began to unravel to show the truth. The truth, that she just may be the evil they need to destroy.



Amusing tidbit:
Interview with Kate excerpt from Chick Lit Teens:

Which one of your characters do you relate to most? Why?

I think I relate most to Prince Boyt because I am slender (like he is) and also a super duper klutz! Honestly, I think you need special skills to trip and bang yourselves into walls more than once like I do! But other than that, Prince Boyt has a tendency to fear the unknown. I do too. I think I fear success just as much as I fear failure. But just like myself, Prince Boyt keeps trying even when things get hard. We both know a new situation is just another place for growth and to gain knowledge. It’s about continuing on the journey even when things get difficult.

~*~* image source Mieradome mask

*if you would like to learn how to make your own Book Fashion silhouette, let me know in comments with your email

*source for silhouette: designerwear.uk

Winner - Alice challenge

Here is the winner for the giveaway that
ended March 15, 2010.

Thanks to all contestants!

One winner was selected with random.org

I will email winner for mailing addresses.
Winners, feel free to contact me with your info if you don't get my email
or if you're just too darn excited and want to let me know -- like NOW ;-D

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Alice in Whatsitland Challenge
March 7-14, 2010

Prize:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
written by: Lewis Carroll
illustrated by: Camille Rose Garcia
Winner:

Shana
of Kreating Insecurities

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Alice in Whatsitland challenge links:
Check these out, if you haven't already and be eligible to win Alice in Verse by J.T. Holden here.


Alice in Wonderland film reviews
Titania86 of Fishmuffins of Doom
Heather at Gofita's Pages
Shana of Kreating Insecurities
Margaret of The French Bear

Alice crafts
m'Alice - Malice, the Marauder created by icitea
m'Alice with clothes by icitea
Alice Drink Me doll by Shana of Kreating Insecurities
Alice keychain by Shana of Kreating Insecurities
Alice inspired wrist warmers Margaret of The French Bear

Alice collections
Shop on Satuday - Alice in Wonderland
by Amanda Leigh of Not-really-southern Vamp Chicks

Alice music
Almost Alice soundtrack
by Shana of Kreating Insecurities

Alice games
American McGee's Alice
by Titania86 of Fishmuffins of Doom

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Alice in Whatsitland is not yet over,
sign up for giveaways that end April 11, 2010.

Alice in Verse giveaway

Alice in Verse:
The Lost Rhymes of Wonderland
by J.T. Holden
illustrated by Andrew Johnson

Just released: January 11, 2010

My Waiting on Wednesday last week was this book. I am thrrrrilllled to say that Candleshoe Books has agreed to have me host a giveaway for this Alice trrrrrrrrrreat! Want one? Details below...

Description from the amazon:
Have you ever wondered...

Who really stole the Queen's tarts? Whatever did become of the Walrus & the Carpenter after their nefarious jot down the briny beach with the little Oysters? Is there truly any sense to be found in nonsense at all?

Come follow Alice down the rabbit-hole once again as Lewis Carroll's timeless classic is reimagined through the lyrical language of Wonderland...where a Caterpillar dispenses an indelible lesson, a Cat offers safe haven and (fairly) sound advice, and a Hatter and Hare throw a mad tea party before matching wits at the trial of the century!

Limited Hardcover Edition with introduction by the author and over 35 pages of all-new illustrations.

*** Giveaway ***


Win this book.

Open to all.

Offer ends: April 11, 2010

To do:

Read 2 challenge posts below and leave them a comment.

+1 per extra post read

Let me know who you visited with your email in comments below.

Spread the word for extra entry points:

+2 tweet, facebook, or other social network
+3 place link to this on your sidebar
+5 blog about this

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Contest has ended - winner is here

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And, we'll throw in this White Rabbit bookmark!

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* giveaway prize, image source of the rabbit bookmark and book display courtesy of Candleshoe Books
Thanks Derek!

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Alice in Whatsitland challenge posts:


Alice in Wonderland film reviews
Titania86 of Fishmuffins of Doom
Heather at Gofita's Pages
Shana of Kreating Insecurities
Margaret of The French Bear

Alice crafts
m'Alice - Malice, the Marauder created by icitea
m'Alice with clothes by icitea
Alice Drink Me doll by Shana of Kreating Insecurities
Alice keychain by Shana of Kreating Insecurities
Alice inspired wrist warmers Margaret of The French Bear

Alice collections
Shop on Satuday - Alice in Wonderland
by Amanda Leigh of Not-really-southern Vamp Chicks

Alice music
Almost Alice soundtrack
by Shana of Kreating Insecurities

Alice games
American McGee's Alice
by Titania86 of Fishmuffins of Doom


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* part of Alice in Whatsitland - GO - read this fanciful adventure!

Steampunk Weekly - 03.15.10

Les Aventures Extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec
directed by Luc Besson
coming April 2010
a bit of steampunk from France


Well, this movie clip hints at steampunk. Hey, there's a dragon-looking creature. Is he flesh or cyber? Anyhooooo, the word is out that this is a steampunk movie.

The movie will be released across the seas in April. I'm hoping it will reach the U.S. shores too. Otherwise, we will have to wait for the DVD in a year or so. boo-hoo.

Would love a translation of what the man is saying at the end of the clip. Please ;-D

I haven't heard of this story before so I went to the wikipedia. Amazing female character here folks!

Per wikipedia:
Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec (The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Dry-White) is a Franco-Belgian comics adventure series written and illustrated by French comics artist Jacques Tardi.

The adventures, set in Paris in the years before and after World War I, revolve around the protagonist Adèle Blanc-Sec. A cynical heroine, she is initially a novelist of popular fiction, who turns to investigative journalism as her research and subsequent adventures reveal further details of the mystical world of crime.

Themes of the occult, corruption, official incompetence, and the dangers of patriotism suffuse the series. One interesting feature is the hiatus which separates Adèle's first exploits, taking place in 1910s Paris, from later ones, instead set in the post-WWI milieu.

The separation is explained with her having been cryogenically hibernated following a grave injury. The expedient was deemed necessary by Tardi to avoid her entanglement in the First World War. In an interview he declared: "Her feisty nature made it impossible to provide her with a place in the war. She would not have been allowed to fight, and could no more have settled for being a nurse, than she could have remained home rolling bandages".

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Did catch all the steam happening during Alice in Whatsitland last week?

If not, take a look at the schedule and there's still time to enter the various giveaways.

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I'm a-thinking. Thinking of doing a steamPink weekend, June 4-6. Let me know if you want to help me out with it... guest posts, giveaway offers, you-tell-me, etc.

steamPink = female heroine stories with romance, adventure or mystery in a steampunk world (sample books here)

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*my weekly post on things steampunk (Victorian sci-fi/fantasy)

*totally inspired by steampunk posts written by Celia of adventures of cecelia bedelia

Alice in Whatsitland - Departure

Would you look at the time?
It is time to end Alice's adventure in Whatsitland. I had a blast introducing Whatsitland and some of its wonders.

Thank you for joining Alice and adding your thoughts along the way.

If you please complete this super short 5 question survey (you'll be anonymous). Your feedback will help me plan future events. AND, you can be eligible for the Question of the Day giveaway mentioned in the welcome post - make sure to let me know you completed the survey in comments below for credit.

Giveaway winners will be announced and notified via email on April 13, 2010.

Special thanks for guest posts from...

Authors:

Elizabeth Beckwith author of Raising the Perfect Child Through Guilt and Manipulation
for Mr Snail

Sasha Soren author of Random Magic
for ! Bird Blurbs ! here and here

Fellow bloggers:

Charlotte and Mr. Illustrator of The Book On The Hill
for Eat Me
for Drink Me

Misty of Book Rat
for Cerulean Queen and giveaway

Shana of Kreating Insecurities
for Take Me - Alice doll giveaway

Publishers for giveaway prizes:

Candleshoe Books

Quirk

Random House

Simon & Schuster UK
via Book Chick City for her Suspense & Thriller challenge

Skullvines Press

St. Martin's Press

Family:

kvb - aka hubby, for Mr Gorilla and Mr Dragon limericks

svb - fairy creations


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OH YES, and a most special thanks to
Lewis Carroll for giving us Alice!

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* image source credit: Rosie Hardy
first spotted at Jaebumfangirl

* part of Alice in Whatsitland (see schedule)

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Blogosphere giveaway:


Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy – Curiouser and Curiouser
from Sweeps4Bloggers
-ends March 27, 2010
-and tell them I sent ya!