Have you read the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan? It's about a kid who discovers he's the son of a Greek god, and it's brilliant. Seriously, how can you not love books with chapter titles like "I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher", "We Meet the Dragon of Eternal Bad Breath", and "We Hail the Taxi of Eternal Torment"?I wrote an essay about the series for the newest Teen Libris anthology from BenBella Books called Demigods and Monsters: Your Favorite Authors on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series. It's edited by Rick Riordan himself, and it includes essays by Kathy Appelt, Rosemary Clement-Moore, Paul Collins, Cameron Dokey, Sarah Beth Durst (hey, that's me!), Jenny Han, Carolyn MacCullough, Sophie Masson, Elizabeth M. Rees, Ellen Steiber, and Elizabeth Wein.
It will be available at Borders stores starting this month, but BenBella Books was kind enough to send me a couple extra copies, so... IT'S CONTEST TIME!!!
The Challenge
Invent a Greek god.
All I need is the name and a one-line description of a brand-new Greek deity. The funnier, the better. For example:
Chocollus, god of chocolate and revelry-with-chocolate
or
Cheeriodon, god of breakfast cereals and British greetings.
The Prize
As in prior contests, two winners will be selected, one for skill and one for luck. The "skill" winner will be the person whose deity is my favorite. The "luck" winner will be chosen at random from all the entries, so the more you enter, the better your chances!
Each of the two winners will receive a free copy of Demigods and Monsters.
The Rules
Leave a comment with the name and description of your deity. (Or if you can't think of a deity but still want to be entered in the "luck" drawing, just leave a comment.) You can enter as many times as you'd like. Deadline is next Monday, May 19th, and the winners will be announced soon after.
Good luck, and have fun!
Teen Libris Interview
On a related note, I just found out that the awesome folks at BenBella have posted an interview with me on the Teen Libris website, in which I ramble on about Percy Jackson, Narnia, my books, and the Tooth Fairy! If you're interested, you can read the interview here.
Apathea- the goddess of indecision.
ReplyDeleteBelgatherial posted these in the comments to the LJ syndication of this blog:
ReplyDeletedewidiphia - the goddess of placing dewdrops on flowers
OR
pediosthene - goddess of comfortable shoes
Gaggliospoona - Goddess of the Valley of Epithets and Keeper of the Holy Navel Ring.
ReplyDeleteHazardius - God of Left Turn Lanes and Those Who Run With Scissors.
Curlenia - Goddess of hair rollers and ice games played with brooms.
Gandalphion - God of talking trees, giant spiders and teeny tiny people with hairy feet.
Agoraphobionicus - God of telephone booths, RV shower stalls and one-room apartments.
Sushiana and Quichandra - Twin goddesses of trendy foods.
Uppchuckionus - First cousin to the twin goddesses and God of bicarbonate of soda.
I love your contests! Entries soon to come!
ReplyDeleteBubbalemus, the god of all things redneck.
ReplyDeleteMy brain is going to be on auto-pilot for this last couple weeks of school and getting ready for a trip, so I'll just put in an entry for the luck-winner. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI wanna join for the luck! :)
ReplyDeleteOh, I've got one.
ReplyDeleteGoogleus - God of Google
And his parter would be
ReplyDeleteWikipedthea - Goddess of Wiki.
These are just my first few:
ReplyDeleteEuphoricups—The goddess of laughing so hard you get the hiccups
Cafarticus—The god of finding relief through flatulation
Neuresia—The goddess of worrying she’ll forget everything
Verbosa—The god of talking too much
Gastrophus- god of annal gases and arm pit farting noises.
ReplyDeleteOr
Dowlitterus- Goddess of reading books up side down.
the percy jackson series is the greatest ever, much better than the harry potter series
ReplyDeleteKenyon: I adore the series too. I finished Battle of the Labyrinth a couple weeks ago, and it was fabulous. Can't wait for the next one.
ReplyDeleteAequitas-Goddess of Justice/Indifference
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Animosu-Goddess of the Feelings and the Soul
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Argentum-God of Valubles
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Bestias-God of the Wild
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Caritas-Goddess of Giving
Theguy : God of not knowing what to say
ReplyDeletesarahbethdurst : goddess of this site
adrian : god of himself
mr.riordan : god of percy jackson books
o ya and
ReplyDeletegod : god of gods
dog : god of backwards names
zues no.2 : god of clones
g...g...guy : god of stuttering
bill gates : god of comps.
123 : god of numgers
lol: god of laughing too much
abc : god of letters
g2g : god of going places
watthe : god of questions
also r u gonna mail the prze or wat?
ReplyDeleteMashamanius- godess of mashmalows and hot coco
ReplyDeleteZinZag-godess of lizards and snakes
ReplyDeleteWhaCha-Godess of blue ribbons
ReplyDeleteBangBoom-godess of car acsedents
SlipKaroo-godess of slipery chairs
WhanChaGotCha- godess boyfreinds andboy truble
WowWowFlip-godess of text mesagess
KongaLonga-godess of cats and dogs (wild or domesticated)
Jumanji-godess of games
Peco- god of big butts
jewwhanna-godess of the things u disier
ReplyDeletehotteana-god of giving uglyness
milkia-godess and maker of the univers
Good Morning!!! sarahbethdurst.blogspot.com is one of the best resourceful websites of its kind. I enjoy reading it every day. All the best.
ReplyDeletehippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobicus--god of very long words
ReplyDeleteIhadthemjustaminuteagoious--god of misplacing things you know you were just holding
ReplyDeletethat-god-guy -- god of unoriginality
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ReplyDeleteDorian:god of Twilight keeper of all things pure in the Light but knowledgeable of the things of the Dark.
ReplyDeleteBlodgarm: god of wolves.
Neromnire: god of Vampires.
Orgasma: goddess of one-night-stands.
Bibya: goddess of candies and delectable treats.
Vestia: goddess of giggles and practical jokes.
I think Anonymous reads the Eragon series because Blodgarm sounds like Blodhgarm.
ReplyDeletePolarpolar:god of the North Pole.
Polapola:Polarpolar's little sister, goddess of South Pole.
OMG!!!!!! i read the series and i CANT WAIT until oct. 12 or 21 when the new series comes out!!!!! im dieing here!!!!!! at www.camphalfblood.com you can read the first 2 chapters of the new book. The password is: newhero. dont forget to check it out because the only person as amazing as rick riordan is james patterson who writes perfect books for my age (13)! he is reeeeeeeeeeeally good. check out the maximum ride and the daniel x series too!
ReplyDelete-Ciao!
P.S.
-Booksamaniaalaamazingalabookwormia
(bookmania)
Godess of all books amazing!
(im her daughter)
-Percy Jackson
God of bravery style and over all boy amazingness.
-Director of The Lightning Thief
God of annoyingness who todally MESSED UP the book with no mention of the prophecy!!!!!!
Okay sorry it was long ;) NOW i'm done.