Ever dreamed of being an author? If someone were to offer you $5,000 cold hard cash just to write a one-page synopsis, would you be interested?
In 2007, the highly original Christmas book Christine Kringle was test marketed in the UK and USA and received outstanding reviews. This year, author Lynn Brittney, is offering readers of the book the chance to win USD$5000 (five thousand) or the equivalent in their national currency if they can come up with a one-page synopsis of a plot for book two in the series.
“There are endless possibilities for future adventures for Christine Kringle and her friends,” explains the author,” and this competition gives me the unique chance to find out what characters and situations the readers would like to experience in the next book in the series.”
Christine Kringle, for those not familiar with the book, offers a new slant on the Santa story. It is revealed that there is not just one Santa Claus – in fact there are almost one hundred – each representing their own country and with their own special name. All of them are members of one large family corporation, called the Yule Dynasty and the job of each country’s Gift Bringer is usually handed down from father to son. However, Kris Kringle of the USA doesn’t have a son but he has a very competent teenage daughter called Christine and, at this year’s Yule Dynasty Conference, Kris is going to ask if he can pass his job onto his daughter when he retires. The Dynasty is just about to vote when disaster strikes. A town in England has banned Christmas! Could this be the end of the Festive Season as we know it? Not if Christine and her friends have anything to do with it! What follows is a sparkling adventure of comic intensity, with larger-than-life characters.
The author of Christine Kringle, Lynn Brittney, is an established writer, whose first Young Adult novel, an acclaimed spy thriller set in the Elizabethan era, called Nathan Fox: Dangerous Times, is about to be released in the US under the Feiwel & Friends imprint. Christine Kringle is beautifully illustrated by artist Brita Granström, whose outstanding work has garnered many awards and commendations.
Entry forms for the competition can be found on the website, www.christinekringle.com and anyone aged over 9 and under 90 can enter. The entries must be in English and the competition runs from 1st September 2008 to 31st January 2009. “That gives people who have received the book as a Christmas present another month in which to submit an entry,” adds the author. “It’s important that readers really get under the skin of the characters in order to formulate the plot of another adventure.”
The winner will not only receive the cash prize but will also have their name on the front of the next book in the Christine Kringle series.
Check out the full details at this page.
With such a stunning prize on offer, you’ll want to get those creative juices flowing!
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