Sunday, March 8, 2015

3.14, National Wormhole Week, Hello Kitty Book Marks, and More!

2014 National Wormhole Week
3.14: This week we celebrate Dr. Albert Einstein’s birthday. It’s March 14. Einstein was born in 1879 in Ulm, Germany 136 years ago. He died April 18, 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey. 

 Also, pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. People often approximate pi. For many purposes you can use 3.141592653 (see T-shirts below). There's some nerd humor here.

Normally, I do a National Wormhole Blog Hop the week of Einstein's birthday. I’ve even filed to make March 14 National Wormhole Day. The point here is simply to bring attention and awareness to the youth of today and help inspire kids to get excited about science, astronomy, and math. Enough of Kim Kardashian’s photoshoped butt. 

2013 National Wormhole Week 
Everyone is so busy this year with this and that I’m skipping the Blog Hop. But you can still have fun with National Wormhole Week. Check out these awesome men and women’s T-shirts and hoodies in all shapes and sizes and colors commemorating this day Click Here. 

And next year, I promise we’ll have an epic National Wormhole Week for the ages! Hmmmm .... maybe you can help me with a theme for 2016. No time like the present to start planning. Unless of course you have a time traveling wormhole parked in the garage like I do. Then you can do it any time you damn well please.

Stupid Querying
It’s Query Time: Yep, I’m sending out my query letter to a gazillion agents and the New York Big Six imprint publishers. We’ll see what happens. I’ve had offers from smaller publishers with the Breakthrough series, but I respectfully declined as I just didn’t see the benefit. So it's all or nothing with a publisher. 

Salem’s Daughters ARCS: If you are interested in reading an Advanced Review Copy of Salem’s Daughters, email me at stephen.tremp@yahoo.com or leave a comment. You can read the synopsis Here or simply click the Salem’s Daughters tab above. 

And a very big thanks to everyone who commented on the cover designs and gave their feedback on last Wednesday’s post. You’re all the absolute bestest! 

Hello Kitty Book Mark
Bookmarks: Still my favorite, cheapest, and most effective bookmark ever. I never lose my page. 

Question: Do you have a favorite book marker? What's your take on querying? Any suggestions on what to do for 2016 National Wormhole week? Interested in reading an ARC for Salem's Daughters?
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28 comments:

  1. Susan Gourley/KelleyMarch 8, 2015 at 8:11 PM

    I'll miss The wormhole blog hop this year. Glad to know it will be back. I have my romances with a small press and I can't complain about the money I'm making there. You've heard about my fantasy publisher problems so I agree that you should go for with the big publishers.
    My favorite book markers come and go. I have so many given to me by authors and then my daughter picked one up for me from the Harvard Bookstore and I've been using that one a lot.

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  2. bettyMarch 8, 2015 at 8:35 PM

    Cute bookmark as your favorite. When I would get books from the library, I would use the due date receipt as the bookmark; otherwise, whatever scrap of paper I can find. Your wormhole blog hop sounded interesting; will look for it next year :_

    betty

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  3. Barbara In CaneyheadMarch 8, 2015 at 10:06 PM

    I would love and feel extremely privileged to read a copy of Salem's Daughters. I can so see Sheldon Cooper getting behind National Worm Hole Week. Perhaps you should submit to the producers of the Big Bang Theory?! Einstein still rocks! Guy with the old typewriter looks like Uncle Billy from It's a Wonderful Life.

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  4. D.G. HudsonMarch 8, 2015 at 10:11 PM

    I'll miss the Wormhole bloghop, too, but I am very busy trying to move abodes and prep posts for the A to Z. My fave bookmark are little ones drawn by hubs, or special ones given by friends, usually handmade. It's interesting to think of Einstein being born about the same time as the artists in Paris were just starting to stir things up in the ART world.

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  5. Stephen TrempMarch 8, 2015 at 11:14 PM

    Einstein still inspires long after he has passed. He is truly a cult of personality.

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  6. nashvillecats2March 9, 2015 at 1:51 AM

    Most interesting about Einstein, gosh being born all those years ago.I didn't realise it was National Wormhole Week. Though with the problems I've endured of late it's a wonder I remember what day it is..
    Have a good day.

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  7. Elizabeth Spann CraigMarch 9, 2015 at 4:37 AM

    I like the bookmark. :)

    Good luck with the querying!

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  8. Alex J. CavanaughMarch 9, 2015 at 5:30 AM

    Bummer you won't be doing the blogfest this week. But now you have time to plan a really great one for next year.
    Good luck with the querying.

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  9. JoMarch 9, 2015 at 5:59 AM

    Good luck with the queries Stephen. I don't have a favourite bookmark I just grab one from the pile beside my chair.

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  10. Stephen TrempMarch 9, 2015 at 7:16 AM

    We'll male up for National Wormhole Week in a big way. I already have some really cool ideas.

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  11. L. Diane WolfeMarch 9, 2015 at 8:00 AM

    My favorite bookmarks are my own - LOL! I do like the kitty one though.

    Good luck with those queries.

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  12. UnknownMarch 9, 2015 at 10:52 AM

    Cute bookmark! LOL I have a Mickey Mouse one that looks similar. I always lose my bookmarks and I have a bad habit of bouncing around from book to book, so I've resorted to post-it's folded in half. Good luck with your queries! I'm in the same boat. :)

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  13. DL HammonsMarch 9, 2015 at 11:04 AM

    My favorite book marker is one of my writer business cards. Just seems appropriate! :)

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  14. H. R. SinclairMarch 9, 2015 at 2:18 PM

    Pi Day is going to be huge this year! My favorite bookmark tends to be the receipt for the book.

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  15. Christine RainsMarch 9, 2015 at 3:34 PM

    Good luck with querying! It's rough and I always dig deep in the trenches whenever I send something out. Adorable bookmark! I have a ton of bookmarks, but I use my CP's and friend's, Cherie Reich's REBORN bookmark most of all. :)

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  16. Heather R. HoldenMarch 9, 2015 at 5:22 PM

    Good luck querying! That never fails to be such a stressful experience, at least for me, heh. And what a fun bookmark! My sister would love that, since she's a Hello Kitty fan. I'm boring and just use plain, ol' index cards as bookmarks... XD

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  17. Carrie-AnneMarch 9, 2015 at 8:06 PM

    I have a bookmark in ransom note style, whom I really need to take the advice of. "Help! Help! Help! Please help me. I can't move! It's dark and the pages are uncomfortable. Please read more often. It gets boring stuck between the same pages." It's been in Franz Werfel's The Forty Days of Musa Dagh for too long, on Page 292, after Book One finishes. I also have a bookmark with a sailing ship, talking about how reading is an adventure, which I accidentally returned to the library and then found again years later when I checked that same book out. Now it's permanently kept in Hermann Hesse's The Glass Bead Game, at the exact spot where I was broken off when I attempted reading it for the first time. I've read the book all the way through, but want to honor the memory of that traumatic time in my life.

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  18. Stephen TrempMarch 9, 2015 at 11:35 PM

    Interesting to see what people use for bookmarks. Give me a good old fashioned paper clip any day.

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  19. Hilary Melton-ButcherMarch 12, 2015 at 2:10 AM

    Hi Steve - sorry I'm late .. and I don't use bookmarks ...whatever is to hand! Hopeless! I do or certainly did own book marks .. but never got to use them. National Wormhole day .. there's so much going on ... and so much scientific knowledge or ideas coming to the fore .. and I like DG's comment about art and science exploring life differently ... lots happening up there in space. I saw a programme on the birth ripple of our universe ... "The hunt for Gravitational Waves" ... fascinating ... cheers Hilary

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  20. Nick WilfordMarch 12, 2015 at 5:41 AM

    Pretty cool Einstein's birthday is the same as Pi. Quite fitting.

    My favourite bookmarks are a set of four my daughter made in school in different colours with her photo on. Although I don't read too many physical books any more.

    Best of luck for the querying! You'll rock.

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  21. LD MastersonMarch 12, 2015 at 12:02 PM

    My favorite bookmark is a cross-stitch a dear friend made for me. But to be honest, I'm just as likely to tear of a corner of a newspaper or scratch pad and use that.

    Best of luck with your querying. We'll be waiting for the news on which lucky devil snatched you up.

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  22. Nadine_FeldmanMarch 12, 2015 at 3:40 PM

    Great book mark! I usually just grab a piece of junk mail. National Wormhole Week looks great!

    I'm visiting your blog since you're on the A to Z list. Nice to meet you. Good luck with the challenge!

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    1. Stephen TrempMarch 12, 2015 at 9:15 PM

      Nadine, likewise. Great to meet you too and thanks for stopping by and saying hi!

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  23. Stephen TrempMarch 12, 2015 at 9:18 PM

    Interesting but not surprising all the simple ways to make a bookmark. Many people use something simple like a torn piece of paper. I never use bookmarks people give me that advertise their books. No particular reason. I just like paperclips. They never fall out of the book and hence i never lose my place.

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  24. UnknownMarch 13, 2015 at 7:44 AM

    oooooohhhh Love your bookmark!! And I LOVE Pi!! This Saturday will be the ULTIMATE PI DAY OF THE CENTURY!! On 3/14/15 at 9:26:53!!! Whooo hoooo! Visiting you from Celebrate The Small Things blog hop. I'm still trying to come up with all my A to Z posts, if I can't I won't participate this year. and that makes me sad.

    Jamie Dement (LadyJai)
    Caring for My Veteran

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  25. UnknownMarch 13, 2015 at 10:48 AM

    National Wormhole Week? Sounds like something they made up for Big Bang Theory! Good luck on the querying. (There are only 5 since Random bought Penguin, it's called the Big Five now.) I wish I had time to read an ARC 'coz yours sounds awesome! I'm sure you'll fid a lot of takers. :)

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  26. Sandra CoxMarch 15, 2015 at 1:07 PM

    Wishing you much success in finding the perfect home for your manuscript.

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