April 28th, 2009 / 5:05 pm
Author News & Contests

‘A Jello Horse’ Contest

jellohorseTrue HTML Giant Matthew Simmons will release his first book, a novella, in May from Publishing Genius, fantastically titled ‘A Jello Horse,’ the inversion-politics of which already have me bubbling.

In the spirit of this soon forthcoming title, Matthew is running a contest at his blog: The Man Who Couldn’t Blog, in which you can one of a very limited run of hardback copies of the book.

Please do indeed:

There’s some pinball in A Jello Horse. I dated a girl who liked to stand very close behind me when I played. We were sort of dancing. And sort of not.

When the book comes out, I will be getting a very, very small number of hardcovers made. I will not be selling them, though. I will be giving them away. Let’s have a contest.

SEND ME IMAGES OF YOURSELF PLAYING PINBALL. Or someone playing pinball. A pinball image of some sort. Just one of your own. I am going to collect them, rate the quality and ingenuity of the photo and create a sort of lottery. My favorite photos will receive higher scores and more chances to win the lottery and win a hardcover copy of A Jello Horse. I will post the photos (or whatever you do…an image, you know? Drawings are acceptable. Little movies, too) on the blog unless you don’t want me to. I will pick winners the last week in May. So send them before that. Provide links to huge files if you have huge files.

There will probably be two winners. I may add other prizes, too, for photos I really, really like. Honorable mentions

That’s it. Send them to

happy cobra books

at

g

mail

dot

com

(Remove the spaces from happy cobra books. Just one word.)

Can’t wait for this one. Take some pictures. Get with the game. Do a win.

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32 Comments

  1. Matthew Simmons

      I feel bad that no one commented.

  2. Matthew Simmons

      I feel bad that no one commented.

  3. Adam R

      Stunned silent.

  4. matthewsavoca

      yay matthew simmons, hip hip horay, three cheers for matthew simmons

  5. Adam R

      Stunned silent.

  6. matthewsavoca

      yay matthew simmons, hip hip horay, three cheers for matthew simmons

  7. Nathan Tyree

      cool contest. Cool book title as well

  8. Nathan Tyree

      cool contest. Cool book title as well

  9. zachary german

      i’m going to enter this contest

  10. zachary german

      i’m going to enter this contest

  11. Jimmy Chen

      i like the book cover and title of the book a lot

  12. Jimmy Chen

      i like the book cover and title of the book a lot

  13. pr

      I’m just trying to figure out how to get a pic of myself playing pinball…because I want to enter the contest!

  14. pr

      I’m just trying to figure out how to get a pic of myself playing pinball…because I want to enter the contest!

  15. Jello Horse « Nathan Tyree’s Weblog

      […] He’s running a contest. Read about it here. […]

  16. David Erlewine

      Very cool, Matt and Adam.

  17. David Erlewine

      Very cool, Matt and Adam.

  18. David Erlewine

      I meant Matthew and Adam

  19. David Erlewine

      I meant Matthew and Adam

  20. Matthew Simmons

      I feel bad that people commented because I felt bad that no one commented.

      It’s very difficult to be me. But even more difficult to know me.

  21. Matthew Simmons

      I feel bad that people commented because I felt bad that no one commented.

      It’s very difficult to be me. But even more difficult to know me.

  22. Shya

      See, asking for a picture that people can’t take in their own home, preferably with their webcam, is asking for a high drop-off rate. I don’t even know where to find a pinball machine, let alone how to orchestrate a picture of me playing one. Okay, fine, I don’t even know what pinball is. See? You forced my hand.

  23. Shya

      See, asking for a picture that people can’t take in their own home, preferably with their webcam, is asking for a high drop-off rate. I don’t even know where to find a pinball machine, let alone how to orchestrate a picture of me playing one. Okay, fine, I don’t even know what pinball is. See? You forced my hand.

  24. pr

      Does Max Fish still have them? If they don’t, I may cry.

  25. Laura Ellen Scott

      heh. I own a pinball machine. William’s Earthshaker 1989. I like my chances with this contest.

  26. Laura Ellen Scott

      heh. I own a pinball machine. William’s Earthshaker 1989. I like my chances with this contest.

  27. Jimmy Chen

      haha bro you are neurotic!
      i love you

  28. Jimmy Chen

      haha bro you are neurotic!
      i love you

  29. Matthew Simmons
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  31. Matthew Simmons

      I remember that table. Yes, this is an advantage.

  32. Matthew Simmons

      I remember that table. Yes, this is an advantage.