A Summer Break Reading Challange…

by Zoë.Bestel on July 28, 2010

I noticed this on a friends blog (Love Reading X) and thought I’d have a go at ‘making’ my own virtual book.

What you have to do:

1. Go to ‘Fake Name Generator‘ The name that appears is your author name.

2. Go to ‘Random Word Generator‘ The word listed under ‘Random Verb’ is your title.

3. Go to ‘FlickrCC‘ Type your title into the search box. The first photo that contains a person is your cover.

4. Use Picnik or something similar to put it all together. Be sure to crop and/or zoom in.

5. Write a short synopsis to go along with it.

Here is my ‘book’

(Pictures with help from snazzy computer dad)

Run by Keira B. Barlette

Avalible in Paperback or Hardback…lol


The gunshot rang through my ears. I stood there, a bead of sweat trickled down my forehead. I fell against the wall behind me, too shocked to move. I watched as the limp body fell to the ground. A lump formed in my throat, making it even harder to breath. My brain felt like it was scattered into a millions pieces. What should I do? Where should I go?  I pulled in a gasp of air. I knew one thing. That this was it. I was the only one left and they knew where I was hiding. All I could do was what I do best, what I was known for, the way I escaped out of everything and anything that life threw at me…

Run.

What do you think? Would you pick this up and want to read it in real life? Tell me in comments.

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Ria July 29, 2010 at 11:23 am

Your book looks amazing! So real!
I’ve tried this, it’s really fun :)

Zoë.Bestel July 29, 2010 at 1:28 pm

- Ria
Thanks, it took me ages and when I had finsihed it snazzy computer dad told me to pull this lever, turn that switch and press that button…after what felt like forever we came up with them. Ha ha.
I loved yours, Swirl! I saw your blog and decided to do mine. I was looking for Love Reading X ‘s post and actually scrolled past it thinking it was a real book! So they are very effective :-)
Thanks for commenting,
Zoë x

Iffath July 29, 2010 at 1:42 pm

Zoë, your book is really good! Love the picture you chose, and wow, it looks like a proper book! Your dad is very cool! You should definitely write the story for it.. :}

Iffath
xo

Zoë.Bestel July 29, 2010 at 6:24 pm

- Iffath
Thank you very much :D
Ha ha, yes my snazzy computer dad is the best xD
Aww, Thank you. I actually am thinking of doing that – Must find think up a story to go with it!
Zoë x

Emma August 16, 2010 at 6:06 pm

Hi
I’ve tried it and it’s awesome! But I can’t get it into book form. It’s just a normal picture. How do you do it?
I’d definitley buy your book.
Emma :-)

Zoë.Bestel August 16, 2010 at 6:26 pm

- Emma
My snazzy computer dad did it and you need certain program to do it. I also don’t have a clue how he did it either so I’m not much help, Sorry.
Aww, Thank you :D
Zoë x

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