Prize package #1
BECKY
Prize package #2
ANNE
Prize package #3
CLOCKWORKGIRL21
Ladies, please contact me via email or private message within 7 days with your shipping addresses to collect your loot!
And now, the answers.
Quiz #1:
What disease did the imperial children contract at the outbreak of the Russian revolution?- measles
Where and when did the tsar abdicate?
- March 2/15 1917, aboard the imperial train at Pskov (you didn't have to mention the train to win)
- Yakov Yurovsky
- Sverdlovsk
- July 17, 1998
Trick question:
What does “shvibzyk” mean in Russian?
What does “shvibzyk” mean in Russian?
- Absolutely nothing! It doesn't mean imp -- it's a made-up nickname, possibly derived from the German word "schwipsig," which means tipsy.
Ridiculous Bonus Challenge:
This cat's name is Vaska.
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By: Sarah Miller,
on 6/11/2011
Blog: Sarah Miller: Reading, Writing, Musing... (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: The Lost Crown, being reviewed, Add a tag
Today I fell off the anti-self-Googling wagon in spectacular fashion. For your amusement and edification, here's a sampling of what I found people saying about The Lost Crown:
"...you easily could have docked 50-100 pages."
"No chapter is useless or unnecessary."
Momentum:
"It is so well written and captivating that I couldn’t put it down; read it all in one sitting."
"...the book may have made me cry out of boredom at some parts..."
Style:
"She uses a lot of unique similes and metaphors throughout - which were mildly distracting..."
"I was floored in regards to her beautiful descriptions."
Characters' believability:
"The relationship between the sisters is realistic to the point of being eerie..."
"...all of the girls react in interesting ways and, sometimes in ways that almost don't make sense."
Voice:
"The book is told from Tatiana, Olga, Maria and Anastasia's POV, sounds lovely no? It wasn't, it's hard to keep track of who is who..."
"The book is told from Tatiana, Olga, Maria and Anastasia's POV, sounds lovely no? It wasn't, it's hard to keep track of who is who..."
"...I was impressed with Miller's ability to give distinct voices to each girl, while at the same time showing how similar they were..."
POV:
"Each princess has their own unique voice and offers different insight into what was happening-whether it be war-torn Europe or problems at home..."
"...having four voices going through basically the same things does make the book a bit confusing."
Historical scope:
"She seemed to leave out certain things, or just didn't go into them very much..."
"...The Lost Crown offers a whole lot more in the way of story and real historical events."
"Each princess has their own unique voice and offers different insight into what was happening-whether it be war-torn Europe or problems at home..."
"...having four voices going through basically the same things does make the book a bit confusing."
Historical scope:
"She seemed to leave out certain things, or just didn't go into them very much..."
"...The Lost Crown offers a whole lot more in the way of story and real historical events."
The bloggers and Goodreads members whose snippets I've ganked could argue that I've pulled some of these lines out of context. That's absolutely true. But you know what else is true? When you're the author of a brand new book, sometimes all you can see are the best and worst fragments of a reader's reaction. And the real kicker is, when the book is so sparkly-fresh that you're panting for feedback, you believe EVERYTHING everyone says.
It's enough to make you crazy, and in the beginning it usually does. All that noise can burrow into your head and start to taint your feelings toward your own book. That's when you've got to STOP typing your name into Google. But not forever, because after a while, when enough reviews and reactions have accumulated, all those opposing opinions suddenly become comforting as you begin to realize that nothing any one person says is going to mean life or death for your pretty new book-baby. I think that's where I am now. For a minute, anyway.
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By: Sarah Miller,
on 10/27/2010
Blog: Sarah Miller: Reading, Writing, Musing... (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: vanity moment, OTMA, The Lost Crown, Yay, Add a tag
There may still be 8 months to wait for The Lost Crown, but look what I can do with my brand new dust jacket and a great big book* from my own shelves in the meantime:
(*I've left a smidgen of a certain somebody else's great big book peeking out at the bottom. Bonus points if you can ID it.)
The spine is GINORMOUS. And pearly. The little purple square is glossy-laminated, and the title is embossed on the front. Possibly this is crazy, but my favorite part might be the back:
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By: Sarah Miller,
on 9/19/2010
Blog: Sarah Miller: Reading, Writing, Musing... (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: OTMA, publishing, revision, The Lost Crown, Add a tag
Page proofs for THE LOST CROWN arrived on Friday, and they are prettyful:
Appealing as that is, you know what I looked at first? The back matter. Nerdy stuff like photo captions and bibliography:
I kind of like this page, too:
So. I'm supposed to be correcting the text, not just ogling it. Confession: I'm not the world's greatest proofreader. Ever seen that email that begins,
I can read that without even blinking. (Well, except for where it says "it self" instead of "itself.") I'm much better at spotting formatting goofs -- like misplaced italics and reversed quotation marks -- than spelling errors.
Nevertheless, I'm finding plenty to keep me busy:
270 pages down, 163 to go...
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Congratulations to all the winners!
What a great contest!
All my compliments to those who won!!
I want to thank Stephania
for her help! Thanks girlfriend!
Congratulations to the winners. I spent hours researching the answers to quiz three and had to give up on the names of the plays.
Congratulations to the winners, and thanks for the opportunity! :)