This week author Susan McCormick took over our Twitter as a part of our weekly Thursday Twitter Takeover. Susan McCormick is the author of the YA book The Antidote. (See YEM’s interview with Susan McCormick here.) See highlights from the takeover below.
I’m Susan McCormick and I’m taking over YoungEntMag’s Twitter account today. Come with me and learn about my new book, The Antidote, a medical fantasy, and also about writing, doctoring, and dogs. #YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr #fantasybooks #kidlit pic.twitter.com/UxFjKkkDuR
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
This is Albert, my gigantic, slobbery, silent writing companion for my book, The Antidote. Albert isn’t with us anymore, but his slobber is still on the ceiling. #YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr #fantasybooks #newfoundlands #newfie pic.twitter.com/bU18sX5Zav
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The Antidote is about a boy who can see disease, who sees skin melt away to reveal the problem beneath. He battles an ancient evil, the physical embodiment and creator of disease. #YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr #fantasybooks #kidlit #yafantasybooks pic.twitter.com/Mx9QA2LkPE
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
Watch this video about my dogs, the inspiration for the special dog in The Antidote. https://t.co/7m9s541bPp #YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr #fantasybooks #dogs #newfoundlands #englishmastiff
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
Kirkus Reviews says: “A high-stakes and exciting tale of good versus evil that thoughtfully reflects on modern maladies.” https://t.co/W7XP1uV3dp #YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@KirkusReviews #fantasybooks
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
The Antidote weaves in maladies like The Lightning Thief weaves in mythology. Ever wonder about appendicitis, heart attacks, sudden death in a young athlete? Wonder no more. https://t.co/H3X88Sb8Me #YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr #fantasybooks #percyjackson
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Heimlich? AED? What to do in an avalanche? The Antidote’s got you covered in this one-of-a-kind adventure of disease, darkness, and deception. #YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr #fantasybook #kidlit pic.twitter.com/fXc1GhaUyL
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
There is a special dog in The Antidote. Many dogs are special. A dog's sense of smell is 10,000 times better than ours. They can smell changes on our skin or breath and know we are sick. #YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr #fantasybooks #newfie #amazingdogs pic.twitter.com/e1bmC8JkVA
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
Because The Antidote also deals with diseases and pandemics of the past, Kirkus Reviews calls it “impressively timely and resonant.” #YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr #fantasybooks #kidlit #YAFantasy pic.twitter.com/CnoVdboYqU
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
I am a doctor and a mom, so not a lot of time to write. This book was written in the early morning weekend hours before my family woke up. #YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr #fantasybooks #newfies #newfoundlands #fantasyauthor pic.twitter.com/MSP1Ck92zG
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
Speaking of doctoring, here I am heading out to give vaccines at a mass vaccination clinic. Get your vaccine when it is your time! #YAAuthorTakeover #fantasybooks #YAFantasy .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr #covidvaccine pic.twitter.com/eiy4iRoe3J
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
My other books all have medical themes. Granny Can’t Remember Me is a lighthearted picture book about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. https://t.co/FZzz71kzHz #YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr #kidlit #Alzheimers #PictureBooks #Dementia
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
My cozy murder mystery series, The Fog Ladies, features a young doctor-in-training plus a gaggle of spunky senior sleuths who live in an elegant apartment building in San Francisco. https://t.co/ZZeApxDCj9 #YAAuthorTakeover #cozy .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr #cozymystery pic.twitter.com/pV4w7TlHCp
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
Book 1 of The Fog Ladies is shortlisted for Chanticleer’s Murder and Mayhem Best Mystery Award. https://t.co/ZZeApxDCj9
#YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr #cozy #cozymystery #cozies .@ChantiReviews pic.twitter.com/eENHfEel38— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
Back to The Antidote, it was inspired by a chicken wing dissection class. I volunteered in my son’s school and wished kids knew as much about the human body as they did about mythology. Or dogs.#YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr .@washingtonstem .@TeachingSTEM pic.twitter.com/Toc28YEZ1i
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
The Antidote: The Lightning Thief meets Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. #YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr .@FauciFan #medicine #STEM #fantasybooks .@washingtonstem .@TeachingSTEM #percyjackson #YAFantasy #mgfantasy pic.twitter.com/93c8MUbwvp
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
Fun fact. Anthony Fauci has been one of the editors of Harrison’s Book of Internal Medicine forever.#YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr #anthonyfauci .@FauciFan #STEM #fantasybooks .@washingtonstem .@TeachingSTEM pic.twitter.com/qnhSK63zAn
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
The Antidote: Percy Jackson meets the CDC. https://t.co/Ftle90KXku #YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr .@FauciFan #medicine #STEM #fantasybooks .@washingtonstem .@TeachingSTEM #PercyJackson pic.twitter.com/VUySEzhvlS
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
Another fun fact. Dogs have 1700 taste buds. We have 9000. No wonder they are satisfied with kibble. #YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr #newfoundland #newfie pic.twitter.com/m8gdnJZkNQ
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
Another fun fact. Dogs have 1700 taste buds. We have 9000. No wonder they are satisfied with kibble. #YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr #newfoundland #newfie pic.twitter.com/m8gdnJZkNQ
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
“He held the health of the world in his hands.” From The Antidote, medical fantasy coming out May 5.https://t.co/Ftle90KXku #YAAuthorTakeover #STEM .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr #fantasybooks #YAFantasy pic.twitter.com/od7RZco9vk
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
One more time with the dog video, the dogs that inspired The Antidote dog. https://t.co/7m9s541bPp #YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks .@booksforwardpr #fantasybooks #dogs #newfoundlands #englishmastiff #mgfantasy #YAFantasy pic.twitter.com/PC5wk7JCqg
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
That’s it from me. Another picture from Albert. Enjoy The Antidote! Thanks to @YoungEntMag for the #YAAuthorTakeover .@smccormickbooks https://t.co/Ftle90KXku .@booksforwardpr #fantasybooks #yafantasy #mgfantasy pic.twitter.com/V82smdTDJK
— WATCH 📺 LISTEN 🎧 READ 📚 (@YoungEntmag) April 15, 2021
