Scare-a-Thon Revealed!

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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.

260 thoughts on “Scare-a-Thon Revealed!”

  5. “The Right Honourable Augusta Ada, Countess of Lovelace”.

    Read about her on Wiki.
    Soo interesting.

  6. OMg! i miss this place, i don’t have time anymore. i wish i had time to go on here.i like ranting to the peeps of Scott Westerfeld! i hate everything but this site and the peeple on here. my friends have started a war between them, and my other friend has been thinking about getting high and hell like that. sucks right. also i have 2 advanced classes this year. SS and ELa, i also have to get ready for the oritoricle (speach giving contest) and it sucks. i hate it. 5 min. speech. yay. my bff is moving across the country too. sounds fun right?

  7. poor Sophie-la. hang in there.

    hey Emily-wa, are you SERIOUSLY moving to Canadia!? that is fawesome. but yeah. you shood try to work out getting to Aussiland. cuz its fool like that.

    hehe.

    -Lizzy-wa OUT! 😛

  8. IT’S THE WEEKEND!
    sry i needed to get that out…
    but GUESS WHAT?!
    my class is going to natue’s classroom for a week next week, so i have NO SCHOOL for nine days! and i have no homework, cuz the term just ended, so a million tests/quizzes, etc.
    BUT I’M DONE!
    sry, i’ll stop ranting! 😆 teehee

  9. my greatest fear is probably…forgetting all my homework and quizzes and tests and obligations…DON’T MAKE ME DO THAT!
    😡

  10. grandma soap?
    seriously?
    of ALLLL the things to be afraid of, you are afraid of grandma soap?!!
    well, good job facing your fear =P

  11. Snow is no longer happy-making. why? because i just had to shovel it (but my mom paid me $10, so it’s all good) . and my driveway is pretty big. oh and the snow just enhances my ability to fall down….well, i guess it’s really the ice that makes me slip a lot, but whatever….anyways, i’m trying out for basketball….you know, cuz i’m TOTALLY not busy enough (please note that that was sarcasm…i am completely busy enough). anyways, so now i’m saving up for a new mouthpiece for my clarinet cuz i really want one that makes the higher notes nicer and less squeeky….okay, i should just leave now….i mean, seriously, i need hot chocolate….

  12. any advice I just figured out my bff is XXXXXtremly jealous of me and AAAbsoulutly hates my mom because we took her home 15 minutes before the volley game ended and my mom took down the poster of animal club because it was on PTA property (she doesn’t seem to understand that) I know now we can not be bff or bf but even f is ok considering how much she seems to hate me now. I can’t apologize for bragging ( swear i did not brag at all or at least intetionaly when she said i was acting “all That” when i was trying to be fun and flamboyant) because the friend who told me i don’t want ot reveal her as a peeping tom i don’t want to end my relationship with her because i she does not know that i know about all hatred. Any advice

    Every one wants what they don’t have 🙁

  13. I love how books take u to another place. I read so many i need more!!!!!Could i have some sugestions for more books here are some i liked and have read

    Uglies trilogy + extras
    all midnighters
    maximum ride
    Chasing Yesterday (awesome book need 2 read it)
    twilight
    host
    princess diarys 1+2+3
    Young james bond
    New nancy drew
    love love New hardy boys (awesome action series)
    please help i needa distraction

  14. Abby-wa: Have you read Daniel X? It was really good.
    And Bad Kitty by Michele Jaffe.
    Alex Rider and Gatekeepers by Anthony Horowitz are some of the best books I’ve ever read.
    Mediator and Airhead by Meg Cabot (I figured that since you like Princess Diaries…)
    What else?
    Kiki Strike by Kirsten Miller. The characters are kind of young in the beginning, but it’s a really good series.
    I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have To Kill You by Ally Carter was really good! It’s so funny.
    Spy Goddess by Michael Spradlin was good.

    That’s all I can think of right now. Oh wait! In The Forest Of The Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes was a really good vampire book, which is saying a lot since I don’t normally like vampires.

    Okay, now I definitely can’t think of anymore. Hope you like some of my suggestions. 😀

  15. Abby-wa,
    Try:
    -The Warriors Series (There’s a lot, so you’ll have tons of distractions.) by Erin Hunter
    -Percy Jackson and the Olympions by Rick Riordan (It’s kind of a modern Greek-myth thing.)
    -Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruzz (Vampire-chick-lit novel.)
    -Jenny Green’s Killer Junior Year by Amy Belason & Jason Osborn (May seam like mindless chick-lit at first, but give it a chance, you seriously wont regret it.
    -Peeps and The Last Days by Scott-la (Scott Westefeld, of course.)
    -Skinned by Robin Wasserman (If you liked the Uglies trilogy, you’ll like this.)
    -Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (‘Nuff said.)

  16. LOVE the video! “My spit has been pink and frothy for the past fourty-five minutes”, lol! Though I must ask, why did he wear a mask? Wouldn’t that just make it MORE difficult?

  18. Batty: Funny, I imed the ink to my friend and she said something similar and…ZOMG! Are you my Batty?! If not I shall feel veeeeery dumb.

  19. I am your Batty. XD Sara says ‘hi.’ Well… she actually said ‘I’ll murder you all’… Same thing

  20. KNEW IT! And I say ‘hi back’! That or ‘NOOOOOO I’M TOO YOUNG TAKE BATTY!”–same thing, lol.

  22. Abby-wa, if your still looking for something new to read, here’s a list of books. Hope this helps.

    Demon in My View, Amelia Atwater Rhodes
    How to Be Popular, Meg Cabot
    The Seer and the Sword, Victoria Hanley
    Bloodline, Kate Cary
    Shattered Mirror, Amelia Atwater Rhodes
    The Disruptable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, E. Lockhart

    I would put more, but I’m kind of drawing a blank right now.:)

  23. Sophie-la: sounds like ALOT of fun (sarcasm intended)
    Andrea-la: uh…if ur completely busy then how do u have time to make SHOES!?!??! just wondering.

    Abby-wa: uh…if u want some books to read i’ve got a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG list. and so little time but here are just some:

    Cherub series by Robert Muchamore (it’s about like teens who are spies. it’s pretty cool. i think there are like 6 or 7 books)

    Gone by Michael Grant

    How It’s Done by Christine MacLean

    Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
    This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen

    Evernight by Claudia Gray

    Life As We Knew It (don’t know who it’s by coz my sis is in our room and won’t let me in)

    Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan

    Undone (once again can’t remember who wrote it)

    well that should last u a little while and all of them are kick a** books so have fun!

  24. hmmm…realized i said a looooooooong list but didn’t really put that many…oh well if i put all the books that i thought would be fun to read well…let’s just say…i would need more than a couple of pages. hehe.

    GREEN DAY!!!!!!!!!! <3
    I see u,
    Down on the front line.
    Such a sight for sore eyes,
    Ur a suicide makeover.
    Plastic eyes,
    Looking thru a numb skull.
    Self-efaced, what’s his face.
    U’ve erased urself so shut up,
    U don’t let up.
    U have a growth that must be treated.
    Like a sever severe pain in the neck.
    U can smell it but u can’t see it.
    No explaination identified coz
    UUUUUUUU don’t know
    And uuuuuuuuuuuu don’t care’
    and u got no reply.

  27. Ooh, try reading these!:
    The Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare(The City of Bones and The City of Ashes)

    Tithe by Holly Black
    Ironside by Holly Black

    The Road of The Dead by Kevin Brooks

    I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder

    A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
    Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
    The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray

    The House of Night series by P.C and Kristin Cast

  29. TYC Leader: There are going to be twelve books in the Cherub series, though only the first six were published in the US. It is so unfair. That’s one of the major drawbacks to reading mostly British authors. The other is that they hardly ever tour anywhere but England meaning you miss all the books signings.

    p.s.
    I wrote about this injustice on my blog. You can email Robert Muchamore and ask why. I did, but I never got a reply.

  30. Lady Dahlia: 12! AND THEY ONLY PUBLISHED 6 IN THE U.S.!!!!!!!!! SOOOOOOOOOOOOO UNFAIR!!!!!!!!! UGH!!!!!
    Andrea-la: watever u say.

    OK so the real reason i’m on here is coz i have something to tell all u GREEN DAY FANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ok soooooooooo they’re coming out with a new album in 2009 soooooooooooooo that means in 2009…*drum roll*

    THEY ARE GOING ON A WORLD TOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
    I CAN’T WAIT IT’S GOING TO BE SOOOOOO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    there aren’t a ton of details yet but i’ll keep u posted.

  32. Tally&Zane: SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!! I KNOW I CAN’T WAIT EITHER!!!!!!!!!! i am soooooooooooooo excited!!!!!!

  34. TYC Leader: Cool, it’s about time Green Day came out with something new. When did their last CD come out? 2004? I don’t really know because I only recently started listening to them.

    By the way, what does TYC stand for? The only thing I could come up with was Tally Youngblood Club (since this is Westerblog). Is that it?

  35. Happy late Halloween! I know that it passed a while ago, but still! I can’t wait for Twilight. I’m going to have a movie release party/campout on that Friday. I’m soo excited!!!!!!

  37. Oh, check out my uglies trailer on you tube. My you tube name is pretty much the same- Alexwa13. Just click on my name ( on only this comment, my name on the other comments go to somewhere else, which you should go to as well)

  41. Ooooh, okay! I knew about that but I’m like Uhhhh….Oh crap….Was I on like Americas Most Wanted last night or something?! HaHa, I can see it now! With Tally&Zane as my alias name! HaHaHaHaHaHaha, woooowww…

  42. lol…nice. my friend is trying to get me to audition for the provincial honor choir….yeah…..i don’t think that i have time to go through another audition process….but she wants me to audition….so that means that i might….

  43. yeah….the applications have to be in by tomorrow….it’s not gonna happen….so i’ll just focus on my honor band audition…..still deciding on which instrument to audition on……clarinet or oboe…..i’m pretty sure you can’t audition on alto recorder, lol….yeah…i’m pretty sure i’ll audition on clarinet and i’m gonna get myself a $100 mouthpiece, a $50 ligature cuz i’ve got those on my Christmas list….and i really want them to better my chances of getting into the honor band….my teacher came up to me on friday during jazz band and was all “what type of mouthpiece do you play on?” so I said “the one that came with my clarinet.” then he let me try his and it was AMAZING….then i asked “what type of mouth piece is it?” and he told me the type (i don’t remember it now) and then he went on about ligatures….yeah….plus he said i should be using strength 3.5 reeds…not 3 (which i only JUST moved up to). yeah. so i’m getting all obsessive about honor band now….

  44. Lady Dahlia: ya i know it has been a while since they came out with something new (American Idiot was their last album in 2004 so four years later is a long time) TYC: ok ur the second person to ask and u actually got it. Tally Youngblood Cult/Club either way it works. sounds extreme but it’s really just a rebellion group i wanna start. woo hoo!!! (no i’m not crazy just obsessed…ya….hehe)

    ugh…i wasn’t in the dedication coz i started posting on this blog AFTER all those post about BtB were done with. i read those posts but didn’t say anything (mostly coz i was trying to think of a kick a** name to post under. but i think i accomplished that)

    so i’m supposed to be doing homework right now coz i have a big a** pile of it coz i was out of school for 2 weeks (sucks i know) but i don’t feel like it coz i am sooooooooooooooooo pissed right now coz my mom got pissed at me for having a shi**y attitude at church (there are so many things that i don’t like about going to church and there have been many arguments between my parents and me about that.) so i don’t know how many of u are Catholic but i am. so today during church during the homily this guy gets up to talk about stewardship (which, if u don’t know, is like charity and stuff like that) well i hate in church when people get up to talk about finacial crap coz i just don’t think that should be talked about during Mass maybe before or after but not during. ugh! it just pisses me off soooooooooooo much. also my sister and i were “fighting” (we weren’t really she was just tugging on my shirt on the side where my shoulder hurts so i told her to stop and my mom gets mad!! i don’t understand) so on the way home she like blows up on my about my attitude and i said that i don’t care (well coz i really don’t) and she’s like “right all u care about is Green Day…”and i didn’t let her finish after that coz i knew where it was going (apparently my obsession with Green Day and reading Scott Westerfeld’s books is bad coz my parents always rag on me for that. ha! well it’s their fault that i read so much and listen to music. it’s so i don’t have to listen or think about the suckiness of my life) so i got i screamed “SHUT UP!” and jumped out of the car and walked away. so i was at the park cooling down (we were picking up my dog at my dad’s) and my sister had gotten my dog and wat do my mom and sister do? THEY LEAVE ME AT THE PARK! ALONE! so i got upset about this but i won’t let it show. then they came back and got me. we came home, had lunch, and now they left for my sister’s basketball scrimage without saying good bye (i might add) i haven’t talked to either one of them since. it sucks! i hate having my mom mad at me (other people i like getting mad, but not my mom)
    ok i’m done ranting. just had blow that steam off.

    GREEN DAY WORLD TOUR 2009!!!!!!!!!!!!

  45. TYC Leader: Okay, so that sounds like a crappy day. I couldn’t go to church today cuz i barfed yesterday (darn chinese food) and I’m assuming that barfing in the middle of a church service would be a very bad thing, not to mention embarrasing. My mom gets mad at me a lot. For example, today we had company over for brunch and my mom kept on telling me to put my book away and be social. So I do what she asks. Guess what? Nobody talked to me. It’s like I’m invisible until I do something wrong. So now I’m kinda sneaking out of talking to people in order to use the computer (soon I might just go downstairs to my room and see if anyone notices) so yeah. A few days ago my mom was mad at me for not doing my social studies project. Yeah. I did it the night before, got 100%, plus some got read outloud to the class cuz it was just that good. Yeah. It totally surprised my mom and she was almost upset that I had done so well on the assignment that she had yelled at me about (yeah…there were tears on my part) and I think she was really hoping for an “i told you so” but instead I got to say “i told you so” to her. Yeah. My parents rant about my obsession with the computer. I dont’ have an obsession. I honestly don’t. Then they’ll rant on about how annoying my instruments are and that I should only stick with one. To which I usually say “I specialize in nonspecialization.” to which they say “huh?” and I explain “it takes talent to be able to play a bunch of different instruments and i’ll get bored if i just play clarinet all my life” to which they say “then could you at least pick a quiet one next time?” to which I’ll usually respond “be glad i don’t play flute or trumpet”. That usually ends those conversations. Okay, now I need to go study for a social studies test (tomorrow) cuz if I don’t, I shall surely fail. And then my mom would get HER “I told you so”. So right now, I’ll be in the clear so long as my social studies mark is above 80%. Okay. *slowly walks away*

  46. Andrea-la: hahaha!! that sucks that they don’t notice u. and i’m like u…i wait till the last minute to do EVERYTHING. which is not smart, and yet i continue to do it…dunno why. ya it’s a crappy day here but i’m slowly getting over it(emphasis on slowly) it usually takes me a while to get over things i don’t know why.

  47. lol…they honestly didn’t notice me…i just walked back to the table for dessert as though i hadn’t even left….it was mega-funny…then i started playing oboe and they’re all “there she goes on her clarinet again.” and then the family who we had over, well they kid was crying so their dad takes them and is all “isn’t that like what squidward from spongebob plays?” and I’m all “no, this is an oboe. my clarinet is downstairs.” it was mega-funny….they didn’t even know that clarinets had a reed…lol…..and i don’t ALWAYS wait til the last minute, only for things that i really don’t wanna do…such as social studies homework….and i have yet to study for the test tomorrow…..yeah…..

  49. man, that was the most hilarious thing i’ve ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! soooooo much better than everyone else’s!!!!!!!!!!!!! i seriously was laughing my head off the entire time!!!!!!!!! that was also soooooooooooooo disguisting!!!!!!!!!!! why the heck would you eat soap for your dare?!?!?!?!?! i’m totally repulsed, yet entirely entertained by this video!!!!!!!! it’s so going in my favorites on youtube!!!! thanks scott, for making my day, well night actually (it’s 10:35 pm), a bunch better with this video!!!!!!!!!!!!

  50. Damn my school, no speakers for the compy…

    Looks and sounds funny, if only I could actually HEAR it and not just read comments about it…

    At any rate, I just thought I’d comment that I read those TTYL books.

    Yeahhhh. That was all I had to say. I thought they were good, for the record. An interesting twist to normal book format.

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