Contests
National Library Week
This is the last day to submit your description of your library thrills in honor of National Library Week to thrills@laurierking.com. For details, see https://laurierking.com/events/library-week-2012
Read MoreFive day countdown: PaiKu winner and…gigaflops?
We have a PaiKu Winner! Well, we have a whole lot of winners, since I thought all the poems were a hoot. Thanks to everyone who sent in their pirate haiku (and thanks, too, all of you who voted and saved me from having to judge!) All four of our top winners get a Pirate…
Read MorePaiKu!
The Pirate Way was democratic–everyone voted, everyone shared. And although I can’t share out a prize among all of you (half a page each?) I can ask you to choose a leader. A PaiKu leader, that is. Who wrote the very best example of Pirate haiku? Click here, and vote (once!) for your three favorite…
Read MorePiratical cruciverbalists, ahoy!
The Pirate Crossword awaits, and if you send it to us in the next week, your name goes into the drawing as well, isn’t that fun? The puzzle and instructions are here.
Read MoreKids + pirates = ARrrghsome!
How can you not love a place that not only helps kids write, but does so by selling pirate gear, space travel supplies, and spy equipment? Here in the world of Laurie R. King, every new book is a chance to pay it back, to dedicate fundraisers for projects related to that year’s novel. In 2011, it’s 826…
Read MoreParrots and Pirates
Because I have a couple extra ARCs of Pirate King, I’ll be giving one away this Saturday to someone who has sent in a submission to the Parrot King illustrated story contest. It’s a drawing, not a best-of prize, and since at the moment we only have four (if you mailed one and it’s not…
Read MorePirate ready to sail!
Pirate King sets sail three months from today! That means it’s time for: Details of the contests, drawings, and piratical shenanigans will be given in weeks to come, but for the moment, you should know from here on out, the excerpts will be given first in the LRK newsletter, then some days later on the…
Read MoreWe Love Libraries!
Happy National Library Week! I had an impressive tour of the Santa Cruz library last week, from check-in to donations collection. I’ve also had a haul of books from the university library, building blocks for the story I’m working on. Both reminded me how much I love and depend on libraries. Don’t go to your…
Read MoreGuess the gent?
You need another hint as to the natty gent’s identity? Here’s a photo of me (looking quizzical, which is quite appropriate) with his bronzed version (no, that’s not a euphemism for drunk.) It was taken in March:
Read MorePeripheral prizes
Want to know more about The God of the Hive? Like, how on earth a person like Robert Goodman came to be? You have a chance to win “Birth of a Green Man,” the illustrated short story about a key moment in Goodman’s history, by sending me the receipt for the book purchased from an…
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