Miscreation? Book Launch

Thank you awesome readers and launchers!

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A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came and made it such a great hour. And of course, THANK YOU to everyone who bought a book either before or during the launch.

Despite a last-minute panic about possible Zoombombers streaming inappropriate material and a frantic upgrade to Zoom webinar to avoid this, it was lots of fun. Thanks to everyone for the impromptu brainstorming on your genetic predispositions, the Quizizz fun and making the effort to be genetics/ science-themed!

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The YA/ SFF/ Indie Publishing Quiz

I was a little worried the quiz would favour my writer friends. But that turned out to not quite be the case with quite a few non-writing competitors in the Top 10 (including one friend who says she hasn’t read a book in 20 years – SACRILEGE – but I will forgive her). Here are some highlights from the quiz:

• Half the competitors in the Top 10 were NOT writers.
• The most-correctly answered question – 67% of participants said the Hunger Games, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Winnie the Pooh had all been banned at some stage.
• The least-correctly answered question – 67% of participants incorrectly said Marissa Meyer (Cinder), Emily Suvada (This Mortal Coil) and Isobelle Carmody (Overnewtyn) were all Australian (Marissa Meyer is American).
• Made up story names – I was very amused to see the people who chose Nexus-6 or The Replicant’s War as the short story that the film Bladerunner was based on. Nobody chose Deckard Loves a Robot. But 52% correctly chose Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
• Wishful thinking royalties – 5% of participants thought traditionally published authors get 70% of the RRP cover price. We wish! But 52% correctly said it was 10%

Here was the final leaderboard – I only did Top 10 to avoid embarrassment for others.

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Prize Winners

Here are the prizes and a couple of the winners!

Prize Pack 1 – Miscreation? book + 500-Piece Periodic Table Puzzle, for those with a genetic predisposition to science
CONTEST: Most creative genetic predisposition – having a tail so she could hang upside down.
WINNER: Jen Painter

Prize Pack 2 – Miscreation? book + M for Miscreation rainbow pop it keyring + Glow in the Dark Stars to bring the universe to your home.
CONTEST: Miscreation? Trivia Question. For the correct answer to the question: “According to Marcia, what is the ultimate renewable resource?” (If you want to know the answer, read the book, haha.)
WINNER: Michelle Kenney

Prize Pack 3 – Miscreation? book + Mystery Mind Sword for the telekins in the room* + Genetically engineered Rainbow Penguin with Enhanced Ears*.
CONTEST: YA/ Scifi/ Self-publishing Quiz
RUNNER-UP: Lena Johnson (all the way from the US!)

Prize Pack 4 – Miscreation? book + Kinetic Sand + Genetically engineered Orangu-Mouse*
CONTEST: YA/ Scifi/ Self-publishing Quiz
WINNER: Alison Cui

Prize Pack 5 – Miscreation? book + Rubix Christmas Tree + X-Ray Vision Kit for those with genetically engineered eye powers*.
CONTEST: Most creative gene/ science-inspired outfit
WINNER: Cathie Tasker

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WA Book Launch

And a huge thank you to Sal De Freitas who hosted an in-person WA Book Launch at her place. I streamed in via Zoom and had an awesome chat about writing, creative inspiration and indie publishing! Sal went all out with genetics-inspired catering.