THE WINNER OF ZOMBIE IDOL: ROUND ONE!

Friends! I'm back from insideadog! Did you miss me?

For those of you who were following over there, we are at a critical day in ZOMBIE IDOL. Today, we have a winner of Round One.

(For those of you who don't know what I am talking about, look here and here and here.)

Before the winner is announced, I want to make sure you know that you still have ALL THIS WEEK to get entries in for ROUND TWO. Here's the schedule:

Thursday, February 21: Deadline for all entries, electronically marked by MIDNIGHT (U.S. Eastern Standard Time)

Friday, February 22: Round Two voting opens!

Monday, February 25: The Zombie Idol grand finale!

Yes, your Celebrity Judges (Meg Cabot, John Green, Justine Larbalestier, E. Lockhart and myself) will be reading all new entries!

Plus, all this week, I am running the hottest new salon anywhere on the blogosphere--an updated version of the Salon des Refusés--the Zombay des Refusés. I'll be showcasing just some of the HUNDREDS of amazing zombies that came in last week, organized by collection. Yes . . . a new collection of YOUR zombies, every single day! They will inspire you greatly!

But now we must get to what you have been waiting for so patiently . . . the winner of Round One.



The anticipation is growing!

It was a fierce, close battle, but in the end . . . only one zombie from this bunch can shamble on to the final round. And that zombie, with just over 50% of the vote, is . . .


is . . . .


HOW TO BE A ZOMBIE by Adrienne K.

Never stay dead. Learn to watch from shadows. Spread incurable viruses. Invite slow runners to tea. Collect occipital lobes and put them all over your house. Make friends with fear and trepidation. Look forward to nightmares. Make men cry in movies. Eat brains naked. In moonlight. Cultivate apocalypse. Refuse to “be entombed.” Do it for evil. Take lots of innocents. Give undeath away. Do it now. The living will follow. Believe in the cursed. Groan a lot. Celebrate every gorgeous medulla oblongata. Take bloodbaths. Steal others’ wild imaginings through transformative cerebrum-sucks. Revel in perfect chaos. Draw on the walls. With gnawed-off knuckles. Imagine yourself victorious. Giggle at shot guns. Listen to old people wail. Open them up. Dive in. Be free. Damn yourself. Drive in the fear. Play with entrails. You are unholy. Build a fort with corpses. Get revenge. Hug graves. Roam aimlessly. Massacre.

Adriennnnnnne! YOU are the winner of the VERY LAST ADVANCE COPY OF SUITE SCARLETT! Please send in your address!

Everyone else . . . the contest is only halfway done! Get your zombies in TODAY!