The Class of 2k12 is a collaboration of Middle Grade and Young Adult authors whose first novels will debut next year. They write in a wide range of genres – dystopian, paranormal, contemporary, historical, Steampunk, fantasy and verse, amongst others! They work in concert to promote their books and reading, and will have activities, contests and much more information on their website, www.classof2k12.com, in coming months.
You can find them on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ClassOf2k12 and Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/theclassof2k12
AND the Class of 2k12 is offering a swag bag to one lucky winner because they’re cool like that. It consists of a limited edition tote decorated with their logo, which will contain book marks and buttons from their Winter 2012 debuts. To enter, leave a comment!
Thanks for the contest
I want! I want!
That’s a cool vid, thanks for posting!
That’s a great video!
Such a great group! The 11 page editorial letter scares me, and I LOVE “write like no one’s watching.”
Thanks for such an inspiring video–good luck to all of you on your forthcoming publications!
So awesome! Thanks for posting this video, and count me in for the drawing!
Great, inspiring video. Looking forward to your books.
Thanks! It’s great to hear from those on the other side of “The Call”!
All the best to y’all! 
Awesome! Thank you for sharing some of your experiences and thoughts with us. I especially enjoyed the advice at the end.
Also loved the plug for Larry Brooks and Story Engineering. His blog is great too.
“What doesn’t kill us, gets us published. So there’s that.” Rofl!
Wow! That was really neat to watch. I had no idea there was such a group out there as the next “class” – how wonderful! Thank you for that vid. Now I have one more thing that I can add to my wish list
Look forward to your books coming out.
Best wishes!
Congrats Class of 2012! Very inpiring video… I especially liked the straws in the sugar bit.
Nice to hear from all you debuters! Thanks for your messages and thanks for the contest!
Wonderful – thank you for posting.
I love swag. Congrats on your upcoming book relearses. Go 2k12.
Awesome! Yes,congrats to the authors at 2k12!
Congratulations, class of 2k12! Can’t wait to see you books.
You all sare so inspiring!
“What doesn’t kill you, gets you published” is my new motto! Thanks and Congrats!
Love the video! Congrats to you all – can’t wait to read your books
Congrats on the debuts!
Sign me up! thanks for all those tips! And I’m completely sold on the editor part.
I’d love to win!
Thanks for sharing. Hi, Jennifer Wolfe. Someone I’ve actually met. (Northwest Writers Retreat)
Aesome video and contest! Thanks!
Congratulations to all of you! You made it!
Congrats to all of you! Yippee for achieving the dream!
This was so inspirational I listened to it more than once!
Great video!! Congratulations Class of 2012!! I have “write like no one’s watching.” taped beside my computer’s monitor as a daily reminder.
Thanks. YOu all are so generous with your time – and swag!!
Very nice!
Thanks for sharing your awesome advice. We all hope we’re doing that someday.
swag!!
I presume when you formed your group, 2012 seemed a world away.
Well, well, well. Your ship is coming in. Soon. Unbelievable. The days are flying. (Put on a seat belt. It’s going to be a wild year ahead for all of you!)
Wishing luck to all and… bring on the swag.
That was awesome! So nice to put faces and voices to people I’ve been reading about!
Swagsomeness! I look forward to reading all of your books.
I think I’ll take “don’t give up” as the best lesson. The more people say it, the more we can believe it. It’s hard when you have to defend why you’re taking all this time writing…
Lisa–HA! Believe it or not, “don’t give up” got edited out of my clip. Which just left you with…sugar.
*hides*
Srsly, tho–I think that’s the best advice ever. In fact, I’ll even repeat it here:
DON’T. GIVE. UP.
Whatever you do, keep on writing. We can’t give you the surefire way to get published, but we can say–the surefire way NOT to get published is to give up trying.
Thanks for the inspiration
Wow. This is why WOC is so awesome. It’s tough to get this many great authors in one place – but with the power of video editing, here they are!
Thank you for the advice. Congratulations to all of you!!
Awww, really cool to see that. Happy sales to each of you!
Thanks for the advice and inspiration, Class of 2K12!
Definitely inspirational. Thanks gals (and guy)!
Can’t wait to read your books!
Sooooo inspiring – made me smile.
Whee, swag bag!
BUTT IN CHAIR. Got it.
Thanks! I look forward to my first editorial letter…
Cool, I can’t wait to be one of them
Congrats 2K12!!