CSFF’ers,
Miscellaneous.
- You may or may not know about the Clive Staples Award for Christian Speculative fiction, something I’ve been working on for a few years. We are now taking nominations for the 2010 Readers Choice selection. We’re not trying to put together an exhaustive list of books published in 2009, but we want the very best (published by a royalty paying house), so if you know of a book that should be included, please add your nomination at my site – http://rebeccaluellamiller.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/clive-staples-award-2010-accepting-nominations/ or at the award site – http://clivestaplesaward.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/clive-staples-2010-accepting-nominations/#comments . Just as important, I need your help to alert readers to this award. This year anyone who has read TWO or more of the nominations may participate. Voting will begin in July.
- Congratulations to Rachel Starr Thompson, our latest winner of the CSFF Top Tour Blogger Award for her posts in our April (Raven’s Ladder) tour. In case you missed it, she went above and beyond, posting four days!
- CSFF member Matt Mikalatos, author of our June selection, is available for interviews. Contact him at matt.mikalatos@gmail.com .
- If you ordered a copy of By Darkness Hid, please be sure to opt into the upcoming tour if necessary (see current participants’ list at the bottom of this email). You are not required to post a positive review, but by accepting the book you have agreed to participate in the tour.
By Darkness Hid Tour. Our May tour features member Jill Williamson’s By Darkness Hid (Marcher Lord Press), book one of the adult/YA fantasy series Blood of Kings. The tour begins Monday, May 17 and runs through Wednesday, May 19. Those who are able to post each day will again be in the running for the CSFF Top Tour Blogger Award. Each of you may vote on the poll at my site after the tour to choose the winner.
The links you’ll need are as follows:
*By Darkness Hid - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0982104952
Author Web site and blog - http://jillwilliamson.wordpress.com/
*Participants’ links (available Saturday evening) – must be included at least once in the body of your blog OR updated in your sidebar to show the April participants.
*indicates required link(s)
Also, don’t forget (I usually do at least once during the tour!) the need to meet the FTC “disclosure” policy by including a line in your post such as the following:
In conjunction with the CSFF Blog Tour, I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.
Opting In/Out – Please check the list below for your name.
- IF your name is on the list below and you plan to participate, DO NOTHING.
- IF your name is on the list and you do not plan to participate, OPT OUT by responding with your name and “Opt Out” in the body of the email.
- IF your name is NOT on the list and you plan to participate, OPT IN by responding with your name and “Opt In” in the body of the email.
Deadline for notifying me of your opt in/out status is Saturday noon (Pacific Daylight time).
Schedule.
Our schedule for the coming months is as follows:
* May 17-19 – By Darkness Hid by Jill Williamson (Book 1, The Blood of Kings series; adult/Ya fantasy published by Marcher Lord Press)
* June 21-23 – Imaginary Jesus by Matt Mikalatos (humorous supernatural time travel for adults published by Tyndale)
* July 19-21 – Starlighter by Bryan Davis (Dragons of Starlight, Book 1, YA fantasy, published by Zondervan – tentative)
* August 16-18 – The Last Christian by David Gregory (adult futuristic, published by WaterBrook – tentative)
Current Participation List.
Those who posted in April (Raven’s Ladder tour) are listed below:
Brandon Barr
Rachel Briard
Keanan Brand
Beckie Burnham
Melissa Carswell
Valerie Comer
Karri Compton
Amy Cruson
Stacey Dale
D. G. D. Davidson
Shane Deal
Jeff Draper
Emmalyn Edwards
April Erwin
Ryan Heart
Joleen Howell
Becky Jesse
Cris Jesse
Jason Joyner
Julie
Carol Keen
Krystine Kercher
Dawn King
Rebecca LuElla Miller
John W. Otte
Crista Richey
Chawna Schroeder
Andrea Schultz
James Somers
Rachel Starr Thomson
Robert Treskillard
Steve Trower
Fred Warren
Phyllis Wheeler
KM Wilsher
By the way, besides being nominated for the Clive Staples Award, By Darkness Hid has been nominated for a Christy Award in the Visionary category. The second in the series, To Darkness Fled, released last month, but we decided to tour the first book so those unfamiliar with the series could begin at the beginning.
Becky