I'm Baaack!

I'm back from the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association Trade Show. I had a blast. I met a bunch of new friends, including Tor's super hot director of publicity, Patty Garcia. This was my first trade show, but Patty made sure I didn't miss a step. She is on it! I signed lots of books, and met some very cool fans and booksellers. Because of this show I now plan to do an event in Northern Cal in the very near future. So Stay tuned. And thanks so much, Patty, for making things go so smoothly.

The highlight of my weekend in Northern Cal, however, was my Friday night dinner with blogger Velvet of VVB Reads. Velvet is the brains behind September Zombies. If you don't know about September Zombies, it's an awesome blog with lots of fun things for zombie book and movie fans. The blog helped spread the word about Never Slow Dance With A Zombie, and we were celebrating its success. Click here: September Zombies. I had a wonderful dinner with Velvet and Her husband, where I spilled some details about what's coming up in the world of E. Van Lowe. For more on the dinner, and a photo of me and Velvet, check out Velvet's blog Click here: vvb32 reads: Dinner with E at B in O.

BTW: is my nose really that big?

Twitter Contest

The Never Slow Dance With A Zombie Twitter Contest ended with a bang, with nearly 300 tweets for the Grand Prize. The prize went to Truebookaddict. One of my favorite of her tweets was: To NEVER SLOW DANCE WITH A ZOMBIE could be considered discrimination!
How true! Congratulations, Truebookaddict! And I'd like to send out a final thank you to The Park Avenue Princess for hosting the contest. The tremendous success of the contest is due to her and her followers. Thank you, Princess!

To stay abreast of what I'm up to next please subscribe to my website http://www.evanlowe.com/. There is a really neat freebie coming very soon, and it's for subscribers only. So subscribe. And if you love contests and books (and who doesn't) you MUST follow The Park Avenue Princess Click here: Park-Avenue Princess . She does a great job with both contests and books.

That's it for now, but please check back tomorrow when I will be officially announcing the Never Slow Dance With A Zombie Fest and telling you how you can get on the star studded guest list.

Until then, sleep tight, don't let the zombies bite.

Over!

The Never Slow Dance With A Zombie Twitter Contest is over. Day 6 winner is Gofita who tweeted: @Evanlowe has the awesomest 80s music references in his book Never Slow Dance With a Zombie! I agree. The selection of 80s songs playing during the finale are awesome. Thanks for the plug, Gofita.

The Park Avenue Princess and I would like to thank everyone who played. But there's still one more prize to give away. The Grand Prize winner will be chosen from the over 3600 tweets we received over the last 6 days. That announcement will be made tomorrow.

If you had fun and really like contests, please follow The Park Avenue Princess (Click here: Park-Avenue Princess. She has contests galore going on all the time.

There's also a lot going on at http://www.evanlowe.com/. Check it out, and please subscribe, this way you'll automatically be updated on my contests and events. And I have an awesome new illustrated novella coming out soon that will only be available there. More on the novella at a later date.

And finally, I will be in Northern California this weekend at the NCIBA trade show this Saturday at 11:00AM. For more details Click here: NCIBA: Home.

The Final Day

That's right! Today is the final day of tweeting for the Never Slow Dance With A Zombie Twitter Contest. Yesterday the title Never Slow Dance With A Zombie was tweeted 253 times, pushing our 5 day tweet total to just over 3500 tweets.

I want to thank everyone who has tweeted the title over the past 5 days. The contest has been a huge success. The Park Avenue Princess and I are overwhelmed with gratitude. But it's not over yet. You still have til midnight Eastern time to get your tweets in. Just one tweet not only qualifies you to win you a free book, but also qualifies you for the grand prize of an Amazon gift card for $54.90, which happens to be the cover price of all 6 books added together.

Today's winner is Fayeflame. Faye tweeted sage advice, such as: NEVER SLOW DANCE WITH A ZOMBIE unless u meet his parents 1st. And: NEVER SLOW DANCE WITH A ZOMBIE unless he has an AWESOME car. Great advice, Faye, and congratulations.

The rest of you slackers, if you haven't tweeted at least once, today is the final day to get in on the fun. What are you waiting for?

Dancing Zombies

This is quite interesting. It's a world record attempt for the most people performing the dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller. The attempt which took place in Nottingham, England was successful with 1,227 dancing zombies breaking the previous record by 199. So why is this on my blog today?

Because it's almost time for the Never Slow Dance With A Zombie Fest. What is the blah, blah, blah, blah Zombie Fest, you ask? In lieu of having a launch party, and to celebrate Halloween. I will be hosting the Never Slow Dance With A Zombie Fest, featuring a reading, signing, and party where we will Zombie Dance the night away. The room will be decorated as the Winter Dance from my novel. This amazing event will take place on October 24th (exactly one week before Halloween) at a secret location (for now). All guests are encouraged to come in costume. And it's FREE! How do you get on the guest list? I'm saving that, along with several other surprises for later. Stay tuned.

Twitter Contest Day 4

Day 4 was another amazing day of tweeting. My book title was tweeted 944 times yesterday. Day 4 winner is Nfmgirl who tweeted fun statements such as: Father, I cannot tell a lie. It was I who cut down your cherry tree. But on the bright side, I'll NEVER SLOW DANCE WITH A ZOMBIE! and
I kissed a zombie and I liked it, but I'll NEVER SLOW DANCE WITH A ZOMBIE! Don't you just love the way she worked in the title to Adam Selzer's new book. Two book titles in one tweet. You go girl!

There are two more days of tweeting (including today) to go. A Park Avenue Princess is still giving away your choice of the six books. And just one tweet qualifies you for the October 8th grand prize. More information is on A Park Avenue Princess' website-- click here:
http://tinyurl.com/yc57dm4


Today has been an incredibly slow day of tweeting. Only 22 tweets since 12:01 AM. The heavy tweeters seem to be all tweeted out, so it's the perfect opportunity to sneak in and steal yourself a prize. What are you waiting for?

Twitter Contest & More

I want to thank everyone who came out to the Zombies & Other Creatures of the Night panel yesterday at the West Hollywood Book Fair. For those of you who didn't come, it was standing room only, and we had a blast.

This coming Saturday, October 11th, at 11:00AM, I will be signing at the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association trade show, at the Oakland Convention Center. For more details Click here: NCIBA: Home


Twitter Contest

The Never Slow Dance With A Zombie Twitter contest hosted by A Park Avenue Princess has been a huge hit. We are overwhelmed by the response. Over 2600 tweets the first three days of the contest. Today is day 4. We're still giving away a book a day just for tweeting. Details are on A Park Avenue Princess' site here: http://tinyurl.com/yc57dm4.

Day 2 Winner was Seth Marsden who did over 160 tweets. Seth must really love to read. One of my favorite Seth tweets was: Always listen to your father. Unless he tells you to slowdance with a zombie. Never Slow Dance With A Zombie. Very cool, Seth. Seth chose You Are So Undead To Me, by Stacey Jay as his prize.

Day 3 Winner, who also tweeted up a storm over the weekend, was Nikkayme. She had some of my favorite tweets so far. Never Slow Dance With A Zombie... FLASHDANCE, had me laughing out loud. I love the retro. She also tweeted: I'd mosh with them, do the electric slide with them, and even the macarena, but I'd Never Slow Dance With A Zombie. Bravo, Nikkayme! I love that one, too.

Today is day 4. So far today we've had over 700 tweets. But you only need one tweet to win. One tweet and one tweet only, gives you a chance at a prize. So come on and join in the fun. You know you love tweeting. It's time you made it pay!

Day One Winner

The Day one Winner of the Never Slow Dance With A Zombie Twitter Contest is Mellerita. Congratulations, Mellerita.

She did a number of tweets. My favorite of hers was: Never Slow Dance With A Zombie unless you have a Haz-Mat suit! Really cute, huh? Mellerita is getting an autographed copy of my book... you know the title by now ;)

There have been a lot of great, funny tweets. The turn-out for the contest has been overwhelming. Nearly 1000 tweets on day one. Wow! But today is day two, and since midnight there have only been 73 tweets. Now's your chance to sneak in and win a prize. All you have to do is tweet a sentence with Never Slow Dance With A Zombie in it. It's that easy. What are you waiting for? You can still win your choice of 6 YA zombie books. Contest ends on October 8th, so hop to it!

I want to send a special thank you the Park Avenue Princess (Click here: Park-Avenue Princess ) for doing such an awesome hosting job. Thank you, Princess!

NSDWAZ Twitter Contest Starts Tomorrow

Are you ready to win some free books--mine included? The Never Slow Dance With A Zombie Twitter Contest starts tomorrow @ 12:01 AM. Each daily winner gets their choice of one of six YA zombie books. These are the books to choose from:

Never Slow Dance With A Zombie (autographed) -- E. Van Lowe

I Kissed A Zombie and I Liked It -- Adam Selzer

Zombie Queen of Newbury High -- Amanda Ashby

The Forest of Hands and Teeth -- Carrie Ryan

Generation Dead -- Daniel Waters

You Are So Undead to Me -- Stacey Jay

There will be a new winner chosen every day from the 2nd to the 7th. Entries are good for one day, and one day only. The key to winning is to enter often.

Grand Prize

On October 8th we will award one grand prize chosen from all the tweets sent over the six days. The grand prize will be an Amazon gift card for $54.90, which just happens to be the cover price of the six books added together. Yeah, that was my idea. Clever, huh? All prizes will be mailed within two weeks of the contest.

The Contest is being graciously hosted by The Park Avenue Princess. Click here: Park-Avenue Princess. Thank you, Princess! For more contest details check Tuesday's post.

Okay you Twitterers. Now's your chance to make tweeting pay! The fun begins just after midnight!