Hot Contests.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Don’t forget to enter the Second Annual Just Write Summer Reading Contest! You could win a free book! Or you could just have an opportunity to share with others what you’re reading! And you’ll make me stop using exclamation points!
The Summer Reading Contest is a strictly random drawing, unlike the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest. […]

Summer Reading: The Second Annual Just Write Contest.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

May 30, 2008 | 1 Comment

It’s time for the Just Write Summer Reading Contest! This summer I’m re-reading Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. You’re probably familiar with the Disney version, but the original was darker, stranger, and often more frightening than anything Disney would have gotten away with. Instead of opening with Gepetto making a puppet and wishing on a star, […]

Summer Reading: The Results Are In!

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

July 2, 2007 | 11 Comments

I’d like to thank everyone who submitted their favorite summer reads. The selections were as interesting as they were diverse, and I feel I learned a lot about the community of readers out there (as well as getting some great ideas for summer reading of my own). Here are the books some Just Write readers […]

Deadline Extended.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

June 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Because of the amazingly underwhelming response to the Just-Write Summer Reading Contest I’m extending the deadline to June 30th, 2007. Maybe you’re wondering what it is, or why I’m doing it. Well, here are some answers:
What is it? Do you have a particular favorite summer book–a book you like to take to the beach, or […]

Summer Reading: The Just Write Contest.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

May 1, 2007 | 2 Comments

Every summer I like to pull out an old favorite book and re-read it. This year it’s A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain.
Do you have a favorite summer book? Are you reading anything special this summer? Heck, what’s on your nightstand right now? Just Write wants to know! Submit your Summer […]