Remember my blog about the Whimsical Bakehouse and the shark cupcake and Karin Slaughter? Well, Karin (or Slaughter, as I prefer to call her when she's not standing in front of me) and the Bakehouse women teamed up to make THE COOLEST CUPCAKE CONTEST EVER because it is the cupcake contest of incredible bloody grossness.   It includes instructions on how to make things like the CUPCAKE OF SKELETAL REMAINS. 

As you all know (or you do if you've read The Treasure Map of Boys), adorable baked goods are a major part of Ruby Oliver's continuing adventures. And if you haven't read the story of the boob cupcakes, I think you should do that right now and then come back. 

(Warning: there are cupcakes that look like boobs in this story!  If you are not ready to read about that, stay away from the link!)

Are you done? 

Okay good. Now you know the secret backstory to The Treasure Map of Boys that no one except the rest of the people on the internet knows. 

So you see,  I can't ask the Bakehouse women to make me themed cupcakes BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE CUPCAKES WITH BOOBS ON THEM and they are not that kind of a Bakehouse.  However, you can win a load of Slaughter's books and amuse yourself no end by entering this contest. 

Other news. My pal Lauren Myracle's book, Thirteen Plus One, is out now!   She is, you know, the #1 most banned author in America this year, but she is also deeply hilarious and a very, very honest writer and I think you will like her stuff if you don't know it. 

But you are all just saying "duh" to me right now because she is like, so popular, of course you know all about her. 

Also new:  In my pursuit of novel beauty experiences (see face vacuuming from earlier post), I have gotten the gel manicure.  It is supposed to last weeks and weeks.  They like, baked the polish on.  It was very serious.  My nails are red!  They are never red, because I chip my polish in a day -- so if I ever do get polish, I just get beige so the chips don't show.  But now my nails are va va va voom. 

And another thing.  Under my other name (can you spot me?) I am in the Horn Book's list of vegetarian authors, which includes Lauren, Scott Westerfeld, Carolyn Mackler, Jackie Woodson, Coe Booth, David Levithan -- the list goes on.  The list is attached to a very smart essay by Jennifer Armstrong -- a must-read, I think. 

This is a very linktastic post. I am sure you are fatigued.  I certainly am. 

In final news, I have finished my death-defying revision (Hi, Donna!) and am feeling perky! Have a good week.

xoE