Inside a Dog

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Just when you thought obsessive refreshing was the most fun you could ever have . . .

This whole month, Justine and I are guest-blogging at Inside a Dog, the premier website for Australian YA. We’ll be posting more frequently than I do here, and answering reader questions. It should be fun.

And while you’re there, you can explore the rest of Inside a Dog’s (insideadog.com.au) awesome contents:

Tons of book reviews.

Interviews with YA authors like M.T. Anderson, Margo Lanagan, Carol Wilkinson, and many more. (Oh, and me and Justine!)

Audio dowloads and screensavers.

And, one of my favorite features, the first chapters of new and upcoming titles. Highly useful.

Before you ask, the whole first-comment-wins-a-sampler thing doesn’t work over there. But we will be giving away some cool stuff over the next month. Because we have I’m an Extra T-shirts all over the place, and they must go!

We’ll be blogging there until August 6*, so come over and check us out.

*And I’ll be here too, of course.

P.S. The NY Times reports what we already knew: librarians are cool.

260 thoughts on “Inside a Dog”

  12. wait so doea that mean i dont get a sample, i hope not

  20. or wiat.. i was up until 5 oclock in the morning.. and I’ve ready told them about insideadog scott. ive answered and asked quesions already

  23. Not fair, didn’t he say he wouldn’t post until tonight!?!

    oh well. I’ll never win this anyways 🙁

  24. well i have come to a realaization, obessive refreshing is not working for moi and that I have to spend my time doing other things (like writing) and I shall be watching silently evntually being forgotten to only strike and win (homeschooling has its advantages…) bye pplz and i hope my comments on the last post are answered someday… s.c.o.t.t.w lives even though i wont be on for a while

  25. Ok I was watching the Wimbledon Final against Federer and Nadal and i missed his blog. At least i got the player i wanted to win but next time, the sample is mine………

  31. i’ll go 2 the other blog now 🙂
    wow i’m lik the only one to post a comment on the actual blog post and not whining about losing haha XD

  39. I keep telling myself “check the blog”, and I dont!! Grrr … i will now proceed to kick myself. I keep forgetting :/

  41. well, some people are a little obsessed. i know its a blasty-blast to get a sneak peek, but still. have a life outside of scott westerfeld. no offense scott!

  46. Does this mean we wont be getting autographed booklets if we win? I really wanted an autographed preview… but if you sign the t-shirt I’ll still be happy!

  50. grrr…why must scott ALWAYS post when i am at work!? doesn’t he know i’m saving up to buy extras and the rest of his novels–and still have money left over? (i get all my books from the library–i only buy the ones i REALLY end up liking)

  53. have you noticed that these posts that we can win on have A LOT more comments than usual?? just saying…

  56. and my reason for missing these posts are because ive been at my grandmas all week…i know its stupid =P

  57. Hehe I like reading the posts you do together. Especially the first one, it was funny. I really like the picture of you too together as well.

    Woohoo more yummy book things to win!! Definitely checking both sites ^^

    Congrats to the newest winner too!

  60. actually, no! one better, dee! YOU GOT 59TH! HUZZAH! hehe…

    oh and ally-wa…can you give me the link for that maureen johnson blog entry about scott and the helicopter and…well you know what i mean by now! but yeah i’ve checked–and refreshed–her blog numerous times, but there’s no new entries. so yeah if you see this, just like post the link in your comment por favor!

  62. what the heck does that mean allichie? sorry just never heard that–um, expression (???)–before!

  69. Hmph. This wierd thing came up and told me
    “You are posting comments too fast. Slow down”
    But I am not a slow person 🙁

  71. Go to bed, sillies!

    I’m not going to post again on Sunday. And maybe not tomorrow!

    (Definitely on Tuesday, though.)

  74. Scott, I don’t think you knew what you were getting yourself into with this contest.
    You might soon find yourself being blamed for causing insomnia for a great number of people.

  79. aaaah this is so bad, im going to camp on tuesday!! i wont have a computer for aggeeessssss (only 5 days realy but thats along time to not be able to check here and obsesivly refresh)

  80. Just a little note to Scott:
    When you were in Melbourne resently at the Reading Matters thing, do you remember a woman (my school ibrarian) come up to you and tell you that she had a student that was completely jealouse of her getting to meet you? Well, if you do, that student was me! So thank you very much for your bookmark/autoghraph!!!
    (you should have heard me squealing to my friends and, for that matter, anyone who would listen hehe)

  82. Ugh… I refreshed it, what, five minutes after he posted, and there were already 34 comments. And before you mention that I’m the 81rst, I only worked up the nerve to say something today (At five am. I know, it’s insane). So, the something: …hi. And what’s the chat room people were talking about on one of the posts? And – this might seem silly if you’re reading this and he has – but is Scott going to post today?

    Cat

  83. Huh, in a couple hours it will be Tuesday in australia I guess. Werid, here it’s six. And I’m commenting obsessively because I’m a pathetic person who for what is quite possibly the first time this year woke up before the sun was up, and, natcherly* went on the computer.
    Oh, and to those who like photoshop: Photoshop is awesome, but there’s no metalic silver effect in Elements Two (I doubt my computer could run CS anything)… Maybe in 4?
    Oh, and to Ally-wa: Which version of Photoshop’s trial did you download? And, if you’re interested, there’s an open-source program called the GIMP that’s similar to it. I haven’t tried it but I have a friend who likes it, and he is an über-geek so I’m fairly sure you can trust his judgment 🙂

    Cat

    *Means naturally. I just find it amusing to write it that way.

  84. Hopefully Scott posts today!! Cause i’m here! But he will probably post while im on my way home, because thats how lucky I am!

  87. Ok, since no one else is here, now would be a good time 2 post scott! lol. But you won’t post until after 11……which is not good 4 me!

  91. dangg you people are up late…or early. i am awake at those hours but not waiting on the computer for a post!! but i wont be able to win because im going on a trip with no compute acsess 🙁 anyone want to give up their sample?

  92. I’m on my phone again bc the computer is off bc theresba constent roll of thunder and VERY loud lightning. I will be on shortly hopfully if it doesn’t flash flood first

  93. Cat-kha: I got Elements 5.0. Its really cool but I only got to the tools on the side last night. Thanks for the info!

    And the Chat room is on aim so if u want in just comment here with ur s/c and we will let u in. The room is call Obessive Refreshers. or either obessed

  95. I got it off the Adobe website. It’s really cool. Theres the Healing brush and a bunch of filters. I cant really describe it. Its awesome though.

    Im eating chocolate covered coffee beans!! i love them.

  96. that Inside A Dog such a cool quote…i think it may be my new myspace headline.

    i love how on your guest blogging site deaalio, justine wrote your bio and you wrote hers. that was cute.

  104. he always posts outside his given times for Australia. I stay on the comp on the computer for all the given hours and then he posts at like 1am or somthing! lol

  106. hehe im usually insane by the time i get off lol. Also my brother is really annoyed cause he wants to use the computer

  109. thanks for the link, ally-wa! and ooh…now i think i’m gonna get that photoshop trial thingie…i’m taking graphic design (not now, of course–it’s summer) and that’s one of the programs i’ll be using, so i want to get a feel for it now. i never knew there was a trial, though…i’m totally getting it.
    hey could someone explain to me what exactly is going on in the last 3 posts (Camille–EXTRAS. x.blackpoison.x@gmail.com–asd. Camille–haha.)?
    and HUZZAH!!! tomorrow my day off from work which means I CAN CHECK EVERY FIVE SECONDS!!! i’ll probably be like 149th anyway though lol.

  110. your welcome!

    He is now in New York people!! So that would mean tomorrow! Eatern Time! Even though the clock is in Aus. time 🙂

  111. oh em gee…i almost posted another comment saying that he’s in NYC now so his tuesday is the US’s tuesday (not australia’s tuesday), but i refreshed one last time and you beat me to it…*narrows eyes*…haha jk.

  112. oh! the clock IS in Australian time! i feel like an idiot now. Hehe. I was confused because of daylight saving, for those of you who know what that is.

  114. yeah i think the whole world has daylight savings…at least as far as i know! or else some people would be like a day behind or something eventually. well, we have it in the US, i can tell you that.

  115. Not eveyone in the US has daylight savings time actually, Indiana doesn’t. I dont know about anywhere else that doesn’t, but Indiana definatly doesn’t.

  116. whoa are you kidding me? that’s amazing! i’ve never heard of that, i just thought it was, well, madatory or something to make up for the fact that a day on earth only last 23 hrs. 56 min. and some-number-of sec!

  117. No it’s true, my aunt lives there. We always wake her up calling her because we forget about the whole daylight savings time thing.

  119. yeah, ihave photoshop 5.0 i think. its pretty awesome, there are different sections of photoshop to use. like, making something from scratch, fixing photos, photo effects etc.
    fawesome stuff.

  120. Taylor- the leap year makes up for our wacked calander, daylight savings just changes the time the sun rises

  121. wow! i didnt know indiana didnt have day light savings time! i knew only america had it, but i didnt know that there was a place inside the usa without it!

  122. a day is 23 hours and 56 min. and a year is 365.25 days. that is why ever 4 years we have a leap year!

  125. The only reason we have daylight savings time is because along time a Ben Franklin decided that it would be a good to do that so people could save alot of money on candles and wax. Because u no when it gets darker ealier they would have to use more candles and stuff so they just simply changed the time lol..i guess u could it helps us save electricity too

  128. I also noticed that Scott gave times for east coast and west coast, but not central, and I’m REALLY bad with time zones. (To me, they’re rediculous, because–like explained in Midnighters–time is different in different cities even though your clock doesn’t say so)

  129. Heather, scott is alway and hour a head of us (central) so when he does something at 2, it would be 1 for us 🙂 okay I’m in trouble. I have to get up at 7 in the morning but I can’t go to sleep. Scott, what have u done?! lol jk.. (im doing this off my phone. its like procrastinating for sleep. lol)

  130. Hey Scott!

    I normally comment over on Justine’s blog, but that doesn’t mean I don’t love you, too! I do, I do! There’s just a lot of competition for your attention over here. : / Good for you, bad for me.

    I’m loving your posts on Inside A Dog! You guys are awesome! Austin misses you. I’ve taken a poll and we’ve all decided that you need to come back soon. Have a great day!

  138. I’m at school checking out the website not summer school………………i’m at a college class……..for three hours……zzzzzzzzzzzz

  142. I’m in high school but i’mtaking a free college class….it’s sooooo boring ……AND it’s three Hours!!!!Did Scott say when he was gong to post???

  143. He said he would deffienatly post today!! I shouldn’t tell u that….. beacause you didn’t know!!! lol

  149. Hey i was looking through our member list on westerboard and noticed a few members i didnt get emails from.

    if you tried joining westerboard you have to email me back after you get the account information letter, it says at the bottom. otherwise you account isnt active

    thanks.

    http://www.westerboard.com

  172. lol yea well if i dont win i hope its you and not some random lucky sucker who happened to check at the right time

  174. I know!!! The people who win always just “happen” to be there at the right time!! They dont sit here and wait!

  183. i hope so too!!
    when i got up this morning i seriously didnt do anything but go straight to the computer

  188. No. Im in seventh grade, and im taking 9th grade math classes next year, so they have me doing workbooks and stuff. Wut grade r u in?

  190. no actually just one im going into 8th grade. Sorry didn’t mean 2 say 7th, it’s just kinda weird to say im in 8th grade

  191. you guys are lucky! i wish i could have gone straight to the computer like planned on but no, at the last second i got a call b/c i had to help out at the little kids’ camp in my town…i’m a counselor there sometimes but i wasn’t supposed to work there today…someone got sick and i got called in. great, i know. i’m just glad i didn’t miss a post–but at least i got to go to the beach!

  197. haha jessie i’m in that whole one-year-ahead math thing at my school, too. i feel kinda bad for you, though. i don’t have to do workbooks! i think i’d like die…

  204. the curiculum changed here in michigan and we had to start learning physics last year in 8th grade and it sucks ’cause now I have to get five math credits in high school

  205. the good odds are still here, don’t worry. i have horrible luck so i’ll lose no matter what!

    eek sorry i’m a slow poster…the camp is at like this local building/club/whatever from 8 till 12, and at 12 we go to the beach until 3:30. then i had to give my friend (fellow counselor) a ride home (not me, my mom–no i definitely can’t drive!), and then i had to run some errands with my mom and i FINALLY got back.

  208. Yeah it’s due the very first day of school, or the second depending on how my schedule is

  210. i live super close to it…there’s a big lake in my town (it’s 32 miles long–once i did a project on it). but yeah in a way i guess i live at the beach…i’m always there! always use sunscreen, kids! DON’T GET SKIN CANCER!

  211. I live about 20 mins from a beach! I love going to the beach, and im super sunburned right now!! Like bright red!

  216. darn my slow posting…yeah it’s fun. sometimes the little kids can get annoying, but most of the time they’re pretty sweet. i also work at a local t-shirt/souvenir shop (the lake makes my town a big tourist spot in summer).

    and ouch, jessie! once i forgot to reapply after i got out of the water, and my shoulders were bright red when i got home. i’m not like super-pale though…i don’t burn that easily.
    i

  221. Yeah I ALWAYS forget to put sunscreen on again! And im not that pale either, but i’m blonde, so I burn easier.

  223. You live in Tennesee!! Thats so cool! I live in Florida, we go to Tennessee every year at christmas!

  225. ooh i’ve been to tennessee before! a few times, actually. i liked it. it was for NASCAR races. go dale earnhardt jr! i was seven at the time though

  228. i live in New York…small town, nowhere near NYC, so i haven’t been able to go there when scott’s been at signings yet

  230. thats so cool!! NYC is so much fun i went there like once
    it was so different from where i live lol

  234. the city’s awesome! i’ve been there a bunch of times, but never when scott’s been there. i have a few relatives there. i’ve been like begging my parent to let me stay with my aunt there for like a week this summer, but so far they aren’t cracking. usually we go in fall/winter. i want to go to 5th avenue! lol.

  238. I WAS SECOND!!!! We posted in the same minute! It still said 0 comments when I posted I thought I had won! I was so sad!

  242. oh, so CLOSE *Jessie*
    when I posted second, I was three minutes away
    no competition there

  243. Yeah I think mine was the 1000 sk8trs one. You can look, the times are the same! Which makes me wanna say I won 2! lol

  244. thats so sad!!
    lol i think i was like 8th and that one made me super mad i dont no what i would’ve done being 2nd

  245. I screamed really loud! For like an hour, and punched random things like pillows saying, “If only I was a half a second faster @ pressing refresh.” lol

  250. has anyone noticed that the winners have all been like the people who hardly ever comment? it’s never anyone like you (jessie), ally-wa, or kheidi-la!

  252. wait the list goes on: dee (although she’s at her camp), MoRgAn (did i spell that right?), allichie, and amy-la.

  254. like i mean they’re always people who like comment once a week or something, not the ones who stay up all night or wait all day

  256. i cant exactly be considered a person that comments alot though i kinda just started normally i read his blogs but i just dont comment

  258. yeah that’s me before he started this whole contest thing…now i’m always commenting. like occasionally i would but, not too often. but it’s not like anyone really did before this. there were never anywhere near 1000 comments!

  260. Thanks for the heads up on “Inside the Dog!” The site certainly is inspiring for those of us gung-ho about young adult books. Currently reading the excerpt from Extras; luckily someone went to ALA and picked me up a copy. Woot! I’ll pass it around here amongst the teens too (they’d kill me if I didn’t. In fact, I’m surprised they haven’t started stalking me at the library). Looking forward to the release of Extras. Later gator.

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