Day 6 of the Apocalypse! Teri Terry, author of Slated + Giveaway (INT)

It's been a great week so far, don't you think? If you're just now joining us, here's what you've missed:
Apocalypse Blog Hop
Jay Kristoff (Stormdancer, Kinslayer) guest post and INT giveaway
Phoebe North (Starglass) guest post and giveaway
Tim Marquitz (Demon Squad series) guest post and INT giveaway
Mira Grant (Feed, Parasite) guest post and INT giveaway

And here are today's posts around the blogosphere:

Rainy Day Ramblings: Horde by Ann Aguirre

Love of Books: Living with the Dead by Jesse Petersen
My Shelf Confessions: Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh

Have you read SLATED by Teri Terry yet? Late in the 21st century, the government, no longer the United Kingdom but the Central Coalition, found a new way to deal with criminals. Instead of prisons or even capital punishment, they get a clean slate, or more precisely, they get slated – their memory gets wiped clean and, if they’re underage, they get assigned to a new Mum and Dad, a whole new family they’re supposed to treat as their own.

Does this sound interesting to you? I loved it, and I loved the second book, FRACTURED, even more. So today, I welcome the wonderful Teri Terry to The Nocturnal Library. 

  

Teri Terry’s Top Ten to Avoid Going Bonkers in the Bunker

I’d like to tell you that when the apocalypse hits, I have a plan, and the cunning and kick-ass skills to survive. The reality is the only thing I have in common with Katniss, Tris and Kyla is that I’ve read &/or written about them. In fact, one of my nicknames is Princess Wuss, the Wussiest Wuss in all of Wussdom (though it’s good to have a title, isn’t it?).

So I think my best chance of surviving an apocalypse involves hiding in a bunker and waiting it out. Here is my top ten list of things I need to survive: assume I’ll have enough food and water, basic medical supplies, all the essentials. This is the stuff I need to fill the time to avoid going bonkers in the bunker.

Here goes:

1.   The Man. He prefers to remain anonymous, but he is good at being calm in a crisis. Besides, I’m kind of used to having him around.

2.   An extensive collection of interesting notebooks – A4 hardback coil bound - and blue gel 0.5 mm pens. Actually, I nearly have an apocalypse-surviving quantity of notebooks and pens in reserve, already (“hoarder alert”)

3.   Banrock the Bunny (Banrock is my chief muse).

4.   A popcorn maker – my ultimate comfort food.

5.   Scrabble. And a dictionary (I can’t spell).

6.   Every album Mark Knopfler has ever made. And as the Man is along, every Bruce Springsteen album ever made.

7.   A cardio cross-trainer.

8.   The complete recorded Ashes DVD collection (for those who don’t know, the Ashes isn’t what is left of the world after the apocalype. It is cricket, and involves England vs Aussies, wearing white, cricket bats, and a little red ball. Cricket is also immortalized in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Test match cricket goes on for days and days: perfect for bunker time fill).

9.   A piano, and extensive set of teach yourself to play piano books. I’ve always wanted to learn, and when would I ever have more time?

10.  BOOKS. Great piles of them. Though given the state of the world, I might avoid post-apocalyptic or dystopian tales, and go more for happy ever after. You know, to keep our spirits up.

Come to think of it....except for the piano, add some chocolate and this list is pretty much the writing cave survival list, too.

Teri has lived in France, Canada, Australia and England at more addresses than she can count, acquiring three degrees, a selection of passports and a silly name along the way. Past careers have included scientist, lawyer, optometrist, and, in England, various jobs in schools, libraries and an audiobook charity. The footpaths and canal ways of the Buckinghamshire Chilterns where she now lives inspired much of the setting of Slated. She hates broccoli, likes cats, and has finally worked out what she wants to do when she grows up.

Thanks to the lovely people at Hachette Children's UK, you can now enter to win a copy of Slated, or if you already have that, Fractured. This giveaway is international. Good luck, everyone!

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