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1. The Fellowship for Alien Detection - Interview with Kevin Emerson
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By: alethea aka frootjoos, on 3/9/2013
Blog: Read Now Sleep Later (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:  HarperCollins, interview, podcast, author interview, Walden Pond Press, KevinEmerson, FellowshipforAlienDetection, Add a tag



Thanks to Walden Pond Press for including us in the blog tour for The Fellowship for Alien Detection by Kevin Emerson. Click the widget below to listen to our interview*!

*Apologies in advance for the sound quality going in and out--I blame Skype :P






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Order The Fellowship for Alien Detection on Amazon 

Kevin's Bio:

Kevin Emerson has never been abducted by aliens, at least not that he remembers. He has been to Roswell, but all he found there was a cool key chain. Kevin is the author of a number of books for young readers, including the Oliver Nocturne series, Carlos Is Gonna Get It, and The Lost Code, the first book in the Atlanteans series. Kevin is also a musician. His current project is the brainiac kids’ pop band the Board of Education. He lives in Seattle with his wife and two children. You can visit him online at www.kevinemerson.net or tweet with him at @kcemerson.

Check out all the blog tour stops below! (Some are not up yet as of publication time, so check the dates!)

Monday, March 4th - Fat Girl Reading - Review, Author Interview & Giveaway

Tuesday, March 5th - Icey Books - Review & Giveaway

Tuesday, March 5th - Jenn's Bookshelves - Review & Giveaway 

Wednesday, March 6th - Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers - Review & Giveaway 

Thursday, March 7th - Candace's Book Blog - Review &  Giveaway

Friday, March 8th - Bumbles and Fairy Tales - Review, Giveaway & Author Guest Post

Saturday, March 9th - Read Now Sleep Later - Podcast Author Interview 

Sunday, March 10th - Milk & Cookies: Comfort Reading - Author Guest Post: Food from Fiction

Monday, March 11th - The Write Path - Review & Giveaway

Monday, March 11th - Word Spelunking - Review, Giveaway & Video Interview with Author 

Tuesday, March 12th - Buried in Books - Interview with the Characters of Alien Detection

Wednesday, March 13th - There's a Book - Turkeybird Interview with Author

Wednesday, March 13th - The Secret DMS Files of Fairday Morrow - Review & Giveaway

Thursday, March 14th - Novel Novice - Author Guest Post: Kevin Emerson's Writing Playlist

Friday, March 15th - Jean Book Nerd - Review & Giveaway 

Friday, March 15th - The Secret DMS Files of Fairday Morrow - Author Interview

Saturday, March 16th - Alison's Book Marks - Giveaway
© 2009-2013 Alethea Allarey / Read Now Sleep Later / Book Reviews, Events & Giveaways for Young Adult, Middle Grade and Picture Books

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2. Not Reading - Tiny Rant (2) and Giveaway (US ends 3/17)
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By: alethea aka frootjoos, on 3/8/2013
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JacketFlap tags:  TimberWolves, not reading, TammyBlackwell, KevinEmerson, NickLake, giveaways, Printz, Add a tag



So it's not often that I find myself not-reading. I almost always am reading except when I'm too busy writing/listening/typing... I can't process words incoming and outgoing at the same time. It's just too confusing! No reading makes me pretty crabby.

The last couple of weeks, in all of my spare time I have been designing websites, which was... a lot of hours. Really a lot. I'm torn between sleeping (I've been averaging two hours a night) and prying my eyes awake to get through another 30 pages of print, a battle I have lost more often than I have won. Ah well! It's not a total loss, and the things I have been doing other than reading have been fullfilling too. 



Tonight, for example, I'm staying up late to edit the podcast I recorded with Kevin Emerson. (It'll go live on Saturday morning for the Fellowship for Alien Detection Blog Tour! Some of the tour stops are already open, so check them out if you love road trips, aliens, and middle grade books!





In the mornings I've been listening to this year's Printz award winner, In Darkness by Nick Lake, which is a great, well-written book but very ummmm... dark? (Sorry, I'm very tired obviously.) It's a grim tale of a boy growing up as a gangster in Haiti, with his story linked to that of rebel leader Toussaint Louverture. It's just as well my commute is only 40 minutes long or I'd probably be a crying, sloppy mess from all the emotion in this book. And I know it's a form of "reading" or rather, being read to, but it's not quite the same as sticking your nose in a book.

Anyway.

Instead of reading Siege & Storm as I SO want to do, I have been working on yarncrawlla.com and misstammywrites.com. Click through to check them out! Especially Miss Tammy Blackwell's site, because she's the author of the paranormal YA Timber Wolves series, and Victoria Faye just made her some super-cool swag!


Before:

Don't look too closely!

After:

Ok, now you can look! 

I'm so happy with the way it turned out that I'm doing a giveaway!

The winner gets to choose one of these possible prizes:

That's the shirt. You get to pick the color!

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  2. We are not responsible for items lost in the mail.
  3. One set of entries per household, please.
  4. If you are under 13, please get a parent or guardian's permission to enter, as you will be sharing personal info such as an email address. 
  5. Winner will be chosen randomly via Rafflecopter widget a day or two after the contest ends. 
  6. Winner will have 48 hours to respond to to the email, otherwise we will pick a new winner. 
  7. If you have any questions, feel free to email us. You can review our full contest policy here. 
  8. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE ANY PERSONAL INFO IN THE COMMENTS. Sorry for the caps but we always get people leaving their email in the comments. Rafflecopter will collect all that without having personal info in the comments for all the world (and spambots) to find. 
Good luck!

 Which prize would you choose if you won? Tell me what and why in the comments!
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© 2009-2013 Alethea Allarey / Read Now Sleep Later / Book Reviews, Events & Giveaways for Young Adult, Middle Grade and Picture Books

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3. Bridge to Books Presents: Get A Clue!
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By: fishgirl182, on 1/16/2013
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JacketFlap tags:  bridge to books, KathleenODell, KevinEmerson, KristenKittscher, LeslieMargolis, EllisWeiner, ShawThomasOdyssey, GordonMcAlpine, events, middle grade, Add a tag


Hello all you SoCal readers. We just wanted to let you know about a really fun event happening On Friday, Feb 1 in Pasadena. Get A Clue! is sponsored by Bridge to Books (headed by RNSL's very own Alethea and Aly from Kid Lit Frenzy). Bridge to Books organizes awesome local events that bring together authors, educators, booksellers, and readers. 

The first event of the year is Get A Clue! This is going to be a really fun mystery event that would be perfect for 7 - 12 year olds (give or take a couple of years). Participants will get to solve a mystery with seven great
MG authors. Authors include:

Kevin Emerson (The Fellowship for Alien Detection)
Kristen Kittscher (The Wig in the Window)
Leslie Margolis (Vanishing Acts: A Maggie Brooklyn Mystery)
Gordon McAlpine (The Tell-Tale Start (The Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe))
Kathleen O’Dell (The Aviary)
Shawn Thomas Odyssey (The Wizard of Dark Street)
Ellis Weiner (The Templeton Twins Have an Idea)

We hope that you can make it. We'd also appreciate you spreading the word any way you can. 

You can tweet the message: 
Get A Clue! Solve a mystery with 7 great MG authors on Feb 1 in Pasadena, CA. Get your tix now! http://bridgetobooks.org/get-a-clue/ @frootjoos

Official blurb and details below. Thanks!

Get A Clue!

Love a good whodunit? Join us on February 1 and solve some mysterious mysteries with seven middle grade authors, while learning a little bit about what makes up a good story.

Books will be for sale through Once Upon a Time Bookstore and time will be set aside for autographs. Snacks and drinks will be available (for a small cash donation) throughout the event.

Solve the mystery first and you could win the secret prize! (What could it be?)

Costumes–ahem!–disguises are encouraged but not required.

Ready to get a clue? Get your ticket today!

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© 2009-2012 Alethea Allarey / Read Now Sleep Later / Book Reviews, Events & Giveaways for Young Adult, Middle Grade and Picture Books

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