First off, thanks for all the kind words about my new cover yesterday!
Anyone who wants to snag the newly redesigned countdown clock, it’s right here:
And keep those crazy unicorn stories coming! We’ll beat the zombies yet.*
This one, from Connie (hi, Connie!) is care of Holy Taco: 30 Awesomely Bad Unicorn Tattoos.
My favorite:
You really can’t beat a killer unicorn fighting a robot T-rex. This reminds me of the art designer who once called my book “Jurassic Park, but with unicorns.” (Which, to be honest, describes the second book a little bit more, but whatever.)
Strange tattoos, though. There’s an awful lot on that site which posit that a unicorn’s bodily fluids are rainbow-colored and/or sparkly. Bizarre.
And then, from Ellen, who I met in New York last month, we have this little gem out of Overheard in New York:
Six-year-old girl, with mace in hand: Look, mommy! A mace! Now I can hit unicorns and make them bleed. Death to unicorns!
Mom: That’s great, honey.
–8th Ave & Carroll St
It’s so great to see that some parents are encouraging their daughters to start their training early. (Seriously, I got a lot of email about this one, wondering if the girl had read my book, etc.)
Thank you so much for keeping me updated as to all the unicorn happenings around the internet! Go Team Unicorn!
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* Except, zombies hack highway signs. Unicorns don’t even know how to use computers, stymied as they are by their cloven hooves. However, they can bash ‘em real good.
April 28th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Actually, that tattoo looks like this unicorn vs. Dolphin picture:
http://basehead.deviantart.com/art/Unicorn-vs-Dolphin-13514316
Which I know about because the Boy had it on his laptop as a background image for quite a while.
I wish I\’d thought of sending it to you a while ago. 
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April 28th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Now that’s a cover!!
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April 28th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
This isn’t about unicorns, sorry–just wanted to let you know, Diana (and everyone else), that I’ve posted my (pretty much) spoiler-free review on Facebook and to various Peterfreund groups on the internet.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=28102470&ref=profile#/note.php?note_id=101963197064&ref=mf
Hope you’re all able to get to it, and hope it helps with the wait! (Please let me know if you can’t get to it, I’m trying to find a less restricted place to post, but this is difficult when one doesn’t have a blog)
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April 28th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Thanks, Tiff. I can’t get to it, but this may be because Facebook makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever.
I’m never able to find or do or figure out anything on that site. I can’t stand it.
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April 28th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
I’ve posted it on PeterfreundFans as well:
http://community.livejournal.com/peterfreundfans/6745.html
It’s very much aimed towards current readers of the books–I haven’t explained too much of the plot or anything, I just wanted everyone to get a sense of the book from a fan perspective. Enjoy!
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April 28th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
When I saw them I thought of your blog, I am glad you liked it.
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May 1st, 2009 at 6:03 pm
I preorder the book a few months ago and it was because I love the cover (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0061490008/sr=8-4/qid=1241218699/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books&qid=1241218699&sr=8-4) so I guess that was not the real cover. I’m a little disappointed because I really like the prior cover. Well I guess if it is a good book it will so doesn’t matter the cover selection.
Peace
Doxys
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