A few days ago, I got an email from Lauren Myracle, author of the TTYL series and a very scary horror novel called Bliss. It was a challenge . . .
to a Scare-a-thon!
Now, a Scare-a-thon is possibly the scariest thing you can be challenged to, at least in modern times. To survive it, you must face your greatest fear, and then blog it.
If you succeed, you’ll have learned something about yourself, something rich and squishy from your subconscious. But on the other hand, you could die of fear!
So don’t try this at home.
Also challenged were M.T. Anderson, Holly Black, Libba Bray, Meg Cabot, Cassandra Clare, Melissa De La Cruz, John Green, Shannon Hale, Maureen Johnson, Stephenie Meyer, Kirsten Miller, Sarah Mlynowski. I link to some other Scare-a-thon entries below, and will update them as more appear on the interwebs.
Here’s my entry:
Ahhhhhhh!
Okay, not so much scary as disgusting. But it was scary to me.
As for my fellow Scare-a-thon members, I dare you to watch this scarifying video entry from Shannon Hale, in the spirit of Blair Witch Project.
And here’s Meg Cabot’s blog entry, for all you fairy-phobes.
Not to be outdone, Lauren herself met the challenge by learning the dance to “Thriller”.
Finally, here’s where we discover that Melissa de la Cruz is afraid of . . . dentistry!
I’ll be updating as the other entries in Scare-a-thon 2008 appear.
Still to come:
M.T. Anderson
Holly Black
Libba Bray
Cassandra Clare
John Green
Maureen Johnson
Stephenie Meyer
Kirsten Miller
Sarah Mlynowski
Let’s get going, dudes.
UPDATE
Click here for my election-eve post on YA for Obama!
UPDATED SCARES
Kirsten Miller faces her fear of eggs.
TYCleader:
I was just randomly looking back at the older posts on this blog and I saw your song: it’s sooooooo fawesome! I could actually imagine GreenDay singing that. PUT IT UP ON YOUTUBE! Sure everyone would like it even more if they could hear the beat to it. Although I have to wonder what was shoved up Dawn’s butt, the third grade part was more than a tad rude, and if global warming is “NATURAL,” than I’m President Bush…..
some of these r really funny i watched the one with the notes and the meat… EAT IT!!!! lol
SOAP… AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Lol. I think I’d be spitting pink all week after that!!!
wow! I GOTZ TO TRY THAT! (NOT FER REALZ)LOLZ
omg i luuuuuuuvvvvvv urbooks plz write a sequal 2 l8r g8r!! other authors u cowards!!!
nat pigtails day screw it 2 being adults whhooo yahootie
i luuuuvv lauren myracle!!! twilight sux steph meyer is a poo wah!!!!!!!! : ) write a sequal 2 l8r g8r plz!!!!! mwah!
i luuuuvv lauren myracle!!! twilight sux steph meyer is a poo wah!!!!!!!! : ) write a sequal 2 l8r g8r plz!!!!! mwah!
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