Hello, fellow reader and grammarians!
To celebrate the release of Lydia Cooper’s debut novel, My Second Death, we’re going a little retro. It’s time for some Mad Libs, Tyrus Books edition. Miss Cooper has tweaked a scene from said novel and made it Mad Libs ready for your enjoyment.
So here’s how it works: Listed below is a collection of words that you will need to supply for your submission. Make sure you fill out all of them, as incomplete entries will be disregarded. After the submissions are in, we’ll post the original scene and sit back while hilarity ensues.
1. Name of someone in the room
2. Relative
3. Verb ending in –ing
4. Noun
5. Adjective
6. Body part
7. Body part
8. Noun
9. Noun
10. Adjective
11. Adjective
12. Adjective
13. (same as #1)
14. (Same as #1)
15. Noun
16. Body part
17. Noun
18. (same as #17)
19. Verb ending in –ed
20. Boy’s name
21. noun, plural
22. Verb ending in -ing
23. Boy’s name
24. body part
25. (Same as #1)
26. Verb
27. (Same as #1)
28. (Same as #23)
29. Verb, past tense
30. (Same as #17)
31. noun
All entries need to be submitted by Friday, February 15th. Judging of all Mad Libs will take place over the weekend, and the top three submissions will be announced on Monday, February 18th.
Prizes include autographed copies of My Second Death, as well as some other very cool stuff.
Submit your final Mad Libs to publicityATtyrusbooks.com with MY SECOND DEATH in the subject line. We’ll forward them along as needed.