Announcing My Next Humor Book: RED DOG / BLUE DOG (and Giveaways To Celebrate!)

It's been more than a year and a half since my first humor book, HOW TO SURVIVE A GARDEN GNOME ATTACK, came out. Writing that book was a fun, crazy journey that has now led me here. I am so freaking excited to finally announce the release of second humor book, RED DOG / BLUE DOG, a collection of dog photos with humorous politically-oriented captions. Because of this news, I am celebrating with some fat giveaways (details at the end). (Update: bdaniels119, Kelly Mogk and skoneal90 won the contest.)

THE BOOK

You may remember how several months back, I was putting out calls through Facebook and Twitter soliciting interesting photos of dogs. Well guess what? Here is the result. Thanks to cooperation from so many dog owners who submitted photos (a generous feat that is nothing short of miraculous), I was able to have thousands of images to choose from. The end result was a product that matched two of my greatest loves: dogs, and politics. The book will hopefully provide some much-needed levity right in the heart of the election season this summer (releases July 2012, Running Press). It rips on both sides of the political spectrum evenly. Here's a sample of the silly humor inside RED DOG / BLUE DOG (sorry the text is small):

MONEY FOR CHARITY

I am extremely excited to give a portion of the book's future proceeds to no-kill shelters. My own dog, Graham (a very flabby poodle mix), was a rescue dog himself.

MEDIA/REVIEW COPIES

If you're part of the media or run any dog-centric blogs or anything that would cover such a title, would you be interested in receiving a review copy of my book? E-mail me at chuck.sambuchino (at) fwmedia.com and tell me about your media outlet or site. I will pass all review requests on to my Running Press publicist. Thanks!

THE GIVEAWAY: (Update: bdaniels119, Kelly Mogk and skoneal90 won the contest.)

OK, OK -- on to the giveaway. In celebration of the book deal, I will award three lucky winners at random who comment on this post. Here's the deal. If you're picked, I will 1) edit your query letter or synopsis (one page max for length) for free, and 2) give you any one of my books. You can pick from the following:

There's more! If you share news of this post/giveaway through Twitter, say so in your comment by mentioning your handle. If I pick you and you indeed shared news via Twitter, I'll also edit the first 10 pages of your work -- for freebies. Contest ends after 2 weeks -- at end of day April 19, 2012.

Thanks, all!