To recap from the February Roadhouse Report:
A fan contest is announced!
Alert readers will have noticed that I’m re-running “The History of Kate Shugak in 22 Objects” series here on stabenow.com. I’ve even managed to keep all the original comments. Some are pretty funny and all of them are fun. Scroll down to read them for yourselves. Without question I have the best fans.
This re-posting marathon is a run-up to selecting an object for No Fixed Line, the 22nd Kate Shugak novel. See below for details and prizes, all three of which include the fry bread recipe from Kate22 and the ever popular Friends of Mutt sticker.
How you win…
March 22: Scroll down to the Comments on this post and write your own, making a case for the Kate22 object of your choice. Winners will be chosen on the strength of their argument for their chosen object.
You have a week so make it good!
March 29: First, second, and third place will be awarded. The winners will be announced in a post on stabenow.com, i.e., right here. I will have the prizes* in the mail that day. Well, maybe the next. But no later!
March 31: The winners will be announced again in March’s Roadhouse Report.
All of this builds up to the publication on April 11** of–ta dah!
Yes, that would be Not the Ones Dead, the 23rd Kate Shugak novel. I know, I can’t believe it, either.
Remember:
The first 400 people*** to buy a copy of the signed hardcover edition of Not the Ones Dead from the Poisoned Pen Bookstore will also receive a recipe card featuring Kate’s Salmon Bouillabaisse, which she cooks in the book. C’mon, you gotta love that. Pre-order link here.
*Prizes include books of the Stabenow oeuvre and various Alaska-themed tchotchkes, including Eskimo yo-yos made from real sealskin that were meant to be given away during the launch of No Fixed Line back in 2020. I forgot. My fault.
**April 13 in UK/Commonwealth. Not my fault.
***The recipe cards will be included in the first 400 copies of the Poisoned Pen’s signed hardcovers only. This is my way of encouraging sales for an independent bookstore.
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