[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-jerboa-warrior":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Today's morning sketch:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/giant_jerboa_zpsdbde9c58-804a04d880.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nThere are loads of inked drawings being made this month for \u003Cb>Inktober\u003C/b>, which you can see on \u003Ca href=\"http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/inktober\">Tumblr\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://web.stagram.com/tag/inktober/\">Instagram\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23inktober&src=typd&f=realtime\">Twitter\u003C/a> and elsewhere. \\r\n\\r\nToday \u003Ca href=\"http://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-blogs/news/229/\">Booktrust\u003C/a> have announced the \u003Cb>Roald Dahl Funny Prize shortlist\u003C/b>! To be frank, we judges fought like cats about the books, there was not a lot of consensus, but we eventually came up with these choices. (You can read my blog from the \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/592209.html\">Judges Day here\u003C/a>.) And Martin Chilton's written about it in the Telegraph! \u003Ca href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookprizes/10399568/Roald-Dahl-Funny-Prize-2013-shortlist.html\">See the whole shortlist and previous lists here.\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookprizes/10399568/Roald-Dahl-Funny-Prize-2013-shortlist.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rdfp_shortlist_telegraph_zps0a4ca7f8-c6a8728061.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nHey, exciting stuff: I'm a big fan of \u003Ca href=\"http://audreyniffenegger.com/\">Audrey Niffenegger\u003C/a>'s book \u003Ci>The Time Traveler's Wife\u003C/i>, which I read three times and couldn't stop thinking about. She's released the first 25 pages of the sequel, which follow the time-traveling of Clare and Henry's daughter, Alba. I love it, even in those few pages, there are so many great ideas and exciting promises. I want to find out more about this yellow house that Alba keeps going back to, with a strange man's clothes in it, and a slightly creepy birthday cake. \\r\n\\r\nYou can download \u003Ci>The Time Traveler's Wife\u003C/i> with this bonus material exclusively from Zola Books. It's an American price tag, but from Britain, we can pay by Paypal. (I read it on my iPhone.) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://zolabooks.com/book/the-time-travelers-wife/about#about-full\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/audrey_zolabooks_zps4b2d5ad6-a33a8865b4.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAudrey's a much bigger fan of print books than eBooks, but she's invested in Zola Books to give near-monopolies like Amazon a run for their money, and encourage decent eBook deals for authors. Zola are doing their best to grow and expand, and I think it's a good eBook alternative retailer to support.\\r\n\\r\nOh, and did you see yesterday's gallery from \u003Cb>International Draw-a-Wallaby-with-Your-Eyes-Shut Day\u003C/b>? \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/600054.html\">So fabulous...\u003C/a>","2013-10-24T07:54:00.000Z","jerboa-warrior",[],"jerboa warrior",1776628725766]