August 31, 2024 marks the third anniversary of the publication of The Great Stink and I’ve come up with a fun way to celebrate that allows me to get to know you and your work, while supporting my local independent bookstore, Once Upon a Time, in Montrose, CA.
Here’s how it works:
1. You buy TWO COPIES of The Great Stink fromOnce Upon a Time (and ONLY Once Upon a Time–this offer is NOT available if you purchase your books elsewhere) by September 15.
3. I give you a FREE PICTURE BOOK MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUE! (Up to 1000 words, one critique per person, and no rhyming text, please)
Exciting, right!?
Here’s some information that should make this whole process pretty easy (fingers crossed!) The page where you place your order for two copies of The Great Stink should look like the picture below. If it doesn’t look like that you’re at the wrong bookstore. Scroll away!
If you want to receive the two copies yourself, just fill out the requested information, as usual.
If you want me to sign the copies, scroll to the bottom of the page, and in the “Order comments” section, let them know to whom I should inscribe the books. If you’d rather I simply signed my name, just write “Autograph only.” If you don’t want the books signed, leave that space blank.
If you already have the book and/or you don’t want to receive any copies, I will donate them to a wonderful organization, called Access Books. They provide books (and libraries!) to schools serving low-income students in California.
If this is the case, check the box on the order form that says, “I would like to pick this book up in store…”. It looks like this:
Then scroll down and under “Order comments” let them know I will pick the books up and donate them to Access Books for you. (Please don’t judge my wonky oval. LOL. I’m a writer, not an illustrator!)
If you want to receive one book and donate the other, call the store at (818) 248-9668 and place your order over the phone. If the person on the phone is confused, ask to speak to Maureen or Jessica. They’ll know what’s going on.
If you have questions I haven’t answered, email me at colleen@colleenpaeff.com and I’ll get back to you after August 24.
Thank you, in advance, for supporting independent bookstores (and me!)!! I look forward to reading your work!
