Happy Summer Solstice, Everyone,
Hope you all are enjoying a change of pace as we officially march into summer on Monday.
Miscellaneous.
- The Clive Staples Award for Christian Speculative Fiction will close the nominations in a few weeks. Then the voting begins. As I mentioned before, 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. Please let your blog readers and friends know about the award. Information is available at http://clivestaplesaward.wordpress.com/ .
- Congratulations to K. M. Wilsher, our latest winner of the CSFF Top Tour Blogger Award for her posts in our May (By Darkness Hid) tour. In case you missed her posts, you can look them up at http://kmwilsher.blogspot.com/ .
- CSFF member Bryan Davis, author of our July selection, is available for interviews. Contact him at bryan_spam_@_spam_dragonsinourmidst.com (remove the _spam_ from before and after the @ sign) .
- If you ordered a copy of Imaginary Jesus 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.
Imaginary Jesus Tour. Our June tour features member Matt Mikalatos’s Imaginary Jesus (Tyndale). The tour begins Monday, June 21 and runs through Wednesday, June 23. 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:
*Imaginary Jesus – http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1414335636/
Author blog – http://mikalatos.blogspot.com/
Author Web site – http://imaginaryjesus.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:
* 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)
* August 16-18 – The Last Christian by David Gregory (adult futuristic, published by WaterBrook – tentative)
Current Participation List.
Those who posted in May (By Darkness Hid tour) are listed below:
Brandon Barr
Jennifer Bogart
Keanan Brand
Beckie Burnham
Valerie Comer
Karri Compton
R. L. Copple
Amy Cruson
Stacey Dale
D. G. D. Davidson
Jeff Draper
Epic Rat
April Erwin
Andrea Graham
Tori Greene
Timothy Hicks
Becky Jesse
Cris Jesse
Jason Joyner
Julie
Carol Keen
Krystine Kercher
Dawn King
Leighton
Rebecca LuElla Miller
New Authors Fellowship
John W. Otte
Crista Richey
Chawna Schroeder
Rachel Starr Thomson
Fred Warren
Dona Watson
Phyllis Wheeler
KM Wilsher
I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to what you have to say about this book!
Becky