August Tour for OffworldHope you are all having an enjoyable summer.
July CSFF Top Tour Blogger Award.
I appreciate your participation in the polls to select a winner. Congratulations to Rachel Starr Thomson, http://www.rachelstarrthomson.com/inklings/ , who took home her second CSFF Award!
Clive Staples Award for Christian Speculative Fiction.
Are you aware of the effort to generate a prestigious award to draw attention to our genre? So far the award is in its infancy. We are considering the idea of making this a readers choice award, at least until we can generate more support. If you’d like to participate in a poll on this subject, visit the award site: http://clivestaplesaward.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/thoughts-on-the-clive-staples-award/ . And if you’d like to take the practice survey, a mock ballot, go to this post: http://clivestaplesaward.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/clive-staples-award-update/
August Tour.
The tour for Offworld by Robin Parrish (Bethany House Publishing) begins Monday, August 17 and runs through Wednesday, August 19. Don’t forget the importance of including the book link I give you though you are free to include another Amazon link as well.
For those of you new to the tour, you may wish to take a moment to check out the information I learned through Technorati about increasing blog traffic: http://csffblogtour.com/?p=302 .
As always, we encourage you to participate in the tour all three days with your own posts and with comments to other participating blogs. Those who requested a review copy of the book are expected to write a review, though as you know, we ask for your honest opinion, not token approval.
Another reminder: those who are able to post each day will be in the running for the CSFF Top Tour Blogger Award. After the tour, be sure to take time to vote in the poll at A Christian Worldview of Fiction for the blogger that posted your favorite three articles. By the way, CSFF Blog Tour members who do not participate in the tour officially can still comment on other blogs and vote for the Top Tour Blogger.
Opting in and Out of the Tour.
Your tour participation status remains the same from month to month unless you make a change. Deadline for changing your status for the Offworld tour, by opting in or out, is Saturday morning, August 15.
Please take time to check your status. The current list of participants appears at the end of this post: http://rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/csff-blog-tour-%e2%80%93-the-enclave-by-karen-hancock/
OPT OUT of the tour if you participated last month but will not participate this month.OPT IN If you did not participate in July but plan to participate this month.
Do nothing if your status is unchanged.
Deadline for changing your status by opting in or out is Saturday morning, August 15.
Links.
The book link you will be required to post for Offworld is http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764206060
Optional links you may wish to include:
Robin Parrish’s Web site - http://www.robinparrish.com/
Robin Parrish’s blog - http://twitter.com/robinparrish (that’s the address he gives for his blog on his Web site)
I will provide you with the participants’ links no later than Sunday. Be sure to include these at least once in the body of your blog OR update your sidebar to show the August participants.
Schedule.
At present, our schedule for the coming months is as follows:
* August 17-19 – Off World by Robin Parrish (adult science fiction)
* September 21-23 – The Vanishing Sculptor by Donita Paul (YA fantasy)
* October – Haunt of Jackals by Eric Wilson (adult supernatural suspense – tentative)
* November – Curse of the Spider King, Book 1 of The Berinfell Prophecies by Wayne Thomas Batson/Christopher Hopper (YA fantasy – tentative)
* December – Faery Rebels: Spell Hunter (HarperCollins Children’s Books) by R.J. Anderson (general market middle grade fantasy – tentative)
* January – North! Or Be Eaten by Andrew Peterson (middle grade fantasy, second in the Wingfeather Saga)
You all make this tour work!
Becky
Hi, I’m working on BBAW (Book Blogger Appreciation Week) and your blog has been nominated for an award. More information will be forthcoming via e-mail, but I need you to send me your e-mail address as soon as possible (within the next 48 hours at the latest). My e-mail address is skrishna [at] skrishnasbooks [dot] com. Thanks!
For more information on BBAW, here is the website: http://bookbloggerappreciationweek.com/