My book Twisted: Tales to Rot Your Brain Vol. 1 got reviewed by Kirkus Reviews! http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nora-thompson/twisted-xobcEFVd/ Some highlights: “A clever collection of stories and comics by debut author Thompson. An experienced illustrator and graphic designer, Thompson organizes this flash-fiction book into 28 extremely brief chapters on many subjects and uses both text and spacing to heighten interest. Her artwork tends toward …
Are people seeing what the reviewers are seeing?
Hmmm. Sometimes I wonder what people out there think they’re reading. Or seeing. When you read, how much of what you see comes from what you yourself are bringing to the reading? The Twisted book just got reviewed by Kirkus last week (yay yay yay!), and I’m noticing a pattern here. I’m not a horror person, let’s just say that up front. …
Thumbs up review from Kirkus!
Oooh hoo! Kirkus Reviews has gone and reviewed my Twisted book, and I’m getting the idea they liked what they saw! A lot of the review is directed toward book buyers and summarizes some of the stories, but here’s a collection of parts where it’s all about the review: A clever collection of stories and comics by debut author Thompson. …
My Twisted book just won two awards!
I just found out yesterday that my book Twisted: Tales to Rot Your Brain Vol. 1 has taken first place in the category of “Fiction: Collection of Short Stories” in the 2012 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards! The interior design layout also won a second place award. They don’t have the winners listed yet on their site, so I can’t post a …
My book is totally available–with incentives!
It’s taken me a while, but I finally was able to get my book available for purchase on its own site: http://www.hairyeyeballs.com/books.html And that’s not all: If you buy the book directly from me (rather than through Amazon or Barnes & Noble), not only is it cheaper (cost-wise), I’ll also throw in a free bookmark (those are them to the …
Publishers Weekly liked the book!
Yes! THE Publishers Weekly! Here’s what they had to say (and how it looks on the printed page): In “Garlic Toast,” one of nearly 30 brief works of “flash fiction” in this collection of dark comedy and horror, the main character is brutally attacked and chased by a monster, before awakening in bed from a nightmare. “You wipe the sweat …
Five impossible things before breakfast
The last thing I saw before I went to bed Saturday night was the very end of Alice in Wonderland. I found it on ABC Family just as the White Queen and Hatter were standing outside the queen’s castle waiting and hoping Alice would show up to battle the Jabberwocky. That last paragraph doesn’t really matter much except that, when …
Nickelodeon cartoons on acid (!)
How exciting! Publishers Weekly, the book industry’s leading news magazine since 1872, has taken time out of their busy schedule to review my book, Twisted: Tales to Rot Your Brain Vol. 1! Just getting a review from them is outstanding, but it gets better: They actually liked it! Here’s a little bit of what they had to say: “In stories that last only …
I got to talk about writing and illustrating—and people actually listened!
A few weeks ago I was part of a panel at the Frick Art & Historical Center discussing kid’s books, writing and illustrating them and getting them published. The panel was in part in conjunction with their current exhibit: Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustration, but it was also to celebrate Women’s History Month. We talked about …
See? I wasn’t lying. Saturday rocked.
I totally survived my first book signing last Saturday at the Frick Art & Historical Center, and had a great time. It was fun seeing how people “got it” when they opened the book and got a look at the twisted illustrations inside. I don’t know who else I signed for, but I know one of my books will be going …
Just a reminder about how great Saturday is going to be
As I mentioned in my last post and to remind everybody, I’ll be doing my first book signing for Twisted: Tales to Rot Your Brain Vol. 1 this Saturday. Here’s the info: What: Book signing (along with my new buddy Stacy Innerst)Date: Saturday, April 14Time: 1:30-2:30 pmLocation: The Frick Art & Historical Center, in the museum rotunda For more information: …
Book signing @ The Frick
Last week I was one of the speakers on a panel at the Frick Art & Historical Center in Pittsburgh. We talked about writing and illustrating kid’s books, and I wrote a preview about it on my kid’s illustration blog here. The museum’s current exhibit is Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustration, and on Saturday, April …