Book Bomb: It's Lit!

(pun intended)

My friend Luisa just alerted me to a great contest and a great cause.
For the next 23.5 hours, we're trying to take Rob Wells' new YA novel, Variant, to the top of the Amazon bestseller list. All we have to do? Is buy a great book. And then maybe buy a few more copies to give as gifts.

This benefits the author, Rob Wells, who is a talented author and dare I say—friend? Just a few weeks ago I spent a couple of hours with him over lunch, picking his brain about all things writing and publishing, and he was so very generous and encouraging with his advice and expertise.

But Rob has recently been diagnosed with panic disorder, a condition which I know can be debilitating. He had to cancel his national book tour as a result of his illness. And he was recently laid off from his job — which could elicit a whole different kind of panic altogether. Now a group of friends is rallying around Rob to help take his novel to the top of the charts. Today. But we need your help.

The good news? Is you can't go wrong. It is, by all accounts, an amazing book—with suspense and action and even romance—literally something for everyone. My favorite quote — again, from Luisa: "I just read Variant in one euphoric gulp!"  —That would be a great endorsemnt for the back of the book!

And what could be more fun than shopping on Amazon, knowing it's for a great cause? Here's your link.

I'll also sweeten the deal by giving away a book of my own: What Think Ye of Christmas, the book I illustrated, will go to one fortunate person who comes back and comments that they bought a copy of  Variant today. I'll add an additional entry for every facebook post, twitter tweet, and message in a bottle you send off to sea. Just drop me a tally in the comment box and I'll see to it that you receive an additional entry for each.

Pretty soon I'll have all your Christmas shopping done for you—before December even hits!