Ashfall with Mike Mullin, Q&A and Ashen Winter ARC contest

Tell us a little bit about your novel Ashfall and how you came to write it.
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Photo by Margot Wood at The Real Fauxtographer |
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Image found at http://pinterest.com/pin/32510428529998822/ |
I think she did a lovely job capturing the feel of the post-apocalyptic landscape. And there have been hundreds of reviews and written reactions—some of them are linked at www.ashfallbook.com.
6. Ashfallis going to have a sequel, Ashen Winter. Can you tell us a little bit about what we can expect to happen and when to look for it in stores and libraries?
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Win it! As we wait in anticipation for Ashen Winter, you can enter to win an awesome prize package: 1 signed ARC of Ashen Winter by Mike Mullin and 1 8×10 of the Ashfall inspired photo by The Real Fauxtographer, Margot Wood. To enter, simply leave a comment between now and May 21st. The winner will be posted here on May 22nd and will have 1 week to contact me at kjensenmls@yahoo.com so that we can get their awesome prize to them. Conest is open to US residents only please (although all comments are welcome regarding the content of the post). TLT would like to extend a sincere thank you to Mike Mullin and Margot Wood for this post and generous prize donation – and for their amazing art.
Mike Mullin’s first job was scraping the gum off the undersides of desks at his high school. From there, things went steadily downhill. He almost got fired by the owner of a bookstore due to his poor taste in earrings. He worked at a place that showed slides of poopy diapers during lunch (it did cut down on the cafeteria budget). The hazing process at the next company included eating live termites raised by the resident entomologist, so that didn’t last long either. For a while Mike juggled bottles at a wine shop, sometimes to disastrous effect. Oh, and then there was the job where swarms of wasps occasionally tried to chase him off ladders. So he’s really hoping this writing thing works out.
Filed under: Ashen Winter, Ashfall, Margot Wood, Mike Mullin, The Real Fauxtographer

About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
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Love the connection between Mullin's book and photography – so interesting how the different artistic formats feed into each other. Looking forward to ASHEN WINTER!
Ohh, I loved Ashfall 😀 And I have actually read Ashen Winter already (A) But via NetGalley. And I would love to win an ARC of it so that I can read it again 😀 And that picture is stunning. Really want that one as well 🙂 Doesn't say if the giveaway in international; hoping it is so. Anyway! Loving the Q&A 😀 Thank you for sharing 🙂
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Thanks for pointing out that I didn't specify this parameter on the entries. It is actually US only but I will enter your name into the contest and pay for shipping myself if you win. Going to go put that in the post now, so thank you. And thanks for the heads up that Ashen Winter is available on Netgalley. Going to go request it now.
Awesome giveaway! I loved Ashfall so much and I've been looking forward to reading Ashen Winter. I'm dying to find out what happens to Darla & Alex. 🙂
I live 2 hours from Yellowstone National Park and have been there a number of times. I have Ashfall on my book list to order this month and would love to receive a copy of Ashen Winter so I can read them both this summer.
Stayed up way too late last night reading Ashfall. Would love to do the same with Ashen Winter
Stayed up way too late just last night reading Ashfall, but would love to do the same with Ashen Winter!
This is one sequel I'm anxiously anticipating! I would love to win!!
This is a sequel I am anxiously anticipating! October is too far away! I would love to win!!
Oh my gosh! I would LOVE to be able to give this as a prize to my teens!
oh my gosh, my teens would LOVE to compete in our SRC programs to win this!
wow, the artworks are pretty impressive! And it's good a book has such an emotional impact!
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I loved Ashfall and can't wait for the release of Ashen Winter – mostly because Mike Mullin will be at my library the week after it's release!!! The photograph is incredible as well.
Love Mike Mullin and am feeling quite lucky today. Please throw my hat into the ring. Would love to win ASHFALL and art. DM
I love Margot Wood's work and her photo of Ashfall inspired me to grab it from the library. I am starting it this week. Can't wait.
So cool! This will make a great SRP prize (if I can bear to part with it…) or a really cool display highlight in out teen section. (Hmmm… maybe we can even launch a draw-your-favorite-book-character contest for our art wall!)
I loved Ashfall and have been dying to get my hands on a copy of the next book!
I'm so bloody excited for Ashen Winter. I absolutely LOVED Ashfall. The world building is just phenomenal 🙂
I can't wait for the release of ASHEN WINTER 😀 😀
I haven't read Ashfall yet but after this post I'm putting it on my summer reading list! It sounds great! Just what my high school students love.
I loved Ashfall and – just like everyone else commenting here – I can't wait for Ashen Winter. It's always interesting to find stories based on real life “What if?” situations. Love that the story was based on “What if Yellowstone decides to erupt?”
Thank you so so much 😀 Also, I do not mind helping with the shipping costs if I do win. 🙂 Since the prize would be worth paying for. Thank you. <3 Awesome 🙂
I am looking forward to Mike Mullin visiting my school in the fall. I would love to give away an ARC of Ashen Winter to a deserving student (after I read it myself, of course).
Linda S. is the winner of our Ashen Winter ARC giveaway. Please contact me at kjensenmls@yahoo.com for more information Linda – and congratulations. My apologies for the delay in posting the announcement. My tech friend was helping me create a unique database to do contests so we didn't have to use Rafflecopter and like all tech projects, it did not go as planned.