Tour Dates

OMG I just realized something... I NEVER TOLD YOU THE TOUR DATES!
Ah, well, I am a little late... sorry :(

Uncle Rick will be visiting New Jersey, North Carolina, Alabama, Ontario, Florida, and Texas. Sadly, he can't travel anywhere outside of the US and Canada because of deadlines. : / (see his full, detailed schedule: http://rickriordan.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-mark-of-athena-tour.html)

If you do go to an event, here's what will take place. Each event has 1,000 exclusive Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter t-shirts and signed copies of Mark of Athena. Don't bring your books from home to get signed; there will NOT be a signing line because there are wayyy too many people. The event's about an hour long. He'll tell cheesy jokes, read part of a story that hasn't been heard yet (perhaps that story he tweeted about a while ago?), and answer some questions. (More details here: http://rickriordan.blogspot.com/2012/09/more-tour-details-what-to-expect-not.html)

As much as I'd LOVE to go to one of these, the closest one is 3 hours away. :(

But good luck getting to one and have fun if you are!

The Equinox Q&A has ended!

Did you know that Reyna is Puerto Rican? Or that Uncle Rick prefers Ogygia over Olympus? Or that Nico likes Chinese food? Or that in high school, RR and his now-wife had a ship name? Neither did I... until this weekend.

Uncle Rick answers these questions and more! Read the full Q&A transcript here:

http://rickriordan.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-equinox-q-from-twitter.html

(Thank goodness he got to it before I did this time! That was wayyyy too much work, and then HE had to post it like a day later... -_-)

Equinox

Yes, there is good news in addition to the bad news from yesterday. Some of you may already know this, but...
THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER TWITTER Q&A!
This time, it's for the fall equinox, instead of the summer solstice. It will be on the weekend of September 22nd. Start thinking of questions you might want to ask, but don't send them yet! Also, RR encourages you to read his FAQ page first, in case your question has already been answered there. :)

Here's my question:
Why exactly is he doing this for the equinox? We all know that every deadline in Percy Jackson is a solstice. No one in these books really cares about an equinox! Percy's in school during the equinoxes!

But let's not complain... this is better than waiting until the winter solstice!

My Laziness, MoA Tour Dates, Twitter Hacked, and More

I'M SO SORRY FOR ABANDONING YOU! *cries*
I am! Will you forgive me??? I'm just too lazy to type up these really long posts... What, that's not a good enough excuse? Hmph. Well then. I haven't even gotten out of bed yet today. I'm blogging to you  when I'M JUST WAKING UP. Isn't that good enough for you? Well, that reminds me. I'm kinda hungry. I should go eat... yeah I'm gonna do that. Be right back! (Not that you'll notice, since this isn't going to be posted until I'm done with the whole thing. Oh, well, I'll be right back.:))

I'M BACK!

Anyway, a few things have been happening lately in the world of Heroes of Olympus and Rick Riordan, one of which I'm saving for a future post. The first is some bad news: Uncle Rick's twitter got hacked. D:

Last night, I looked at his Twitter account. He was un-verified and his picture was some random blonde chick. What happened?

But the good news is: Later he tweeted that he was back to normal and it seems that he wasn't the only one who was hacked. It's a bug going around Twitter with verified accounts. Well, I checked, and his Twitter is just fine! Phew.

The second thing is also some bad news... temporary bad news. Yesterday, the Mark of Athena tour dates were supposed to be announced. Nada. :(

So that's what's going on. Expect another post very soon... and this is good news! :)

Tumblr

2 hours ago, Rick Riordan posted a picture of his dog, Speedy with the caption, "Speedy says, Zzzzz."

He posted this on................................
HIS NEW TUMBLR BLOG!
Yes, Uncle Rick is getting up to date and into modern times. Surprising, huh?
http://rrriordan.tumblr.com/

Hercules and Arachne art confirmed!

 Guess what? Hercules and Arachne are officially official!

This is our character art for Hercules. His Greek name is Heracles, but most know him by his Roman name, Hercules. He's a minor god, but he doesn't take the word "minor" very well. Um, and, don't mention that Disney movie of him. You see that baseball bat (club, baseball bat, whatevs) in his hand? He likes to use it. But the real question is...
Hercules: Friend or Enemy?
*dun dun dun*

Next up is Arachne!!! So, the myths I've read say that she made beautiful woven fabrics. Everyone said, "Wow, you must have been taught by the goddess of Athena herself!", and Arachne denied it. She even said she was better than Athena. Then an old lady told her not to pretend she was one of the gods. Arachne said, "Well, then Athena can challenge me herself." The lady transformed into Athena and accepted the challenge. They both began to weave, and both of their tapestries we wonderful. Athena worked more quickly and with more skill. Athena didn't appreciate Arachne's attitude ("Eh, mine is better obviously."), so she slapped her across the face and turned her into a spider, cursing her to spin forever.

SO, we'll meet Arachne in MoA. RR says that she's one of his favorite villains. We'll have to see what happens!! :D