Perhaps today’s the day + non-crappy prize
That’s right, the final book of the trilogy, Magic’s Child should now be available in the US of A (and possibly Canada too). You can celebrate by
- buying Magic’s Child
- borrowing it from your library (or getting them to order it in ’cause they’re very unlikely to have it already)
- reading it
- reading the whole trilogy through all in one go (please to let me know what that’s like)
- reading the first draft of the first book in the series, Magic or Madness and laughing at how bad my first drafts are
- downloading a special Magic’s Child screensaver (they’re on the sidebar to your right—pretty flutterbyes!)
- Reading through the various reviews of Magic’s Child
- Making origami ammonites
Or if you’re me, the mad author, you sit and play with the hardcovers of Magic or Madness, Magic Lessons and Magic’s Child and chuckle madly to yourself “I did it! I did it! Look at my pretties! All finished! All finished!”
[Accompanying image of mad author assaulting her books censored. Your eyes are grateful.]
The first person to send me photographic evidence of actual copies ofMagic’s Child in an actual book shop will win a signed copy of the book complete with matching Magic’s Child bookmarks.
Posted by Justine at 0:16, 23 March 2007 under Magic or Madness trilogy, Writing goals & milestones | 13 Comments »

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Jenn Says:
I would send you proof but the book i ordered is the only one the bookstore had. But I did get it on March 22.
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:21 am
margo Says:
Congratulations, you old trilogy-writer you. I wish you had left that image in, though.
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:32 am
cecil Says:
hey there. Congratulations! you third book now on the shelves girl!
xo
cc
March 23rd, 2007 at 3:22 am
Rebecca Says:
i’m going with option 5.
i would do 4, but every minute of every day through next week is currently already schedule. bah.
i do the happy dance for you!!!! mucho happiness.
March 23rd, 2007 at 3:52 am
orangedragonfly Says:
i’m planning to read the whole trilogy in one go…but since i’m in germany i have to wait for amazon to ship *magic’s child* to me over here…
and since i’m on semi-bedrest due to contractions, i’ve got plenty of time. see the good side, right?
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:57 am
Maggie Says:
Yay!!! I’m going to have to go Chapters to see if it’s out in Canada yet.
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:30 am
Kristin Says:
See, this is just perfect–my birthday is in 2 weeks, and I asked my pops for an Amazon giftcard. I bought Magic or Madness with my Christmas giftcard, and I plan to buy the other 2/3 of the trilogy with this one. Serendipity, eh? I know your publisher *totally* planned it this way, just for me…. =)
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:50 am
Dawn Says:
I’m totally getting that prize!
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:06 pm
9. Justine Says:
Dawn: Indeed if you’re first to send me that photo it’s all yours. So far all I’ve gotten is verbal reports.
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:09 pm
jennifer, aka literaticat Says:
BOOYAH!
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:06 pm
jennifer, aka literaticat Says:
dang. the picture didn’t show up.
le sigh, i’m sending it to you.
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:09 pm
12. Justine Says:
Jennifer, I have devoted a whole post to it here.
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Haley Says:
Magic’s Child isn’t in any of the bookstores around! It’s terrible!!! I have to order mine through amazon.com, which is earlier than any of the bookstores are getting it in. Thank god for online shopping.
March 23rd, 2007 at 5:53 pm