It's A Fact #3

3. To rebuild the ship today would cost about $400,000,00.

It's A Fact #2

2. RMS Titanic Inc. have no involvement with Harland and Wolff.

April Excerpt of "Violets Are Blue"

Because the purpose of this event is twofold--to commemorate the Titanic AND to celebrate the completion and hopeful publication of my book--I think it is most important to include several excerpts of Violets Are Blue, to be posted on this blog throughout the course of the event. One every month, to be exact. :) Shall that suit you?

This first excerpt is one of my favorite parts in the book because it deals with Ethan and Vi's first meeting. Enjoy, and please let me know if you have any suggestions on how to improve it. :)

The next day I went to the butcher’s shop to buy some meat. To my surprise, the butcher, Mr. Peterson, was not there. In his place was a young man who looked to be about sixteen. I bought the meat and was turning to leave when the young man tapped my shoulder.

“You would be Miss Bradshaw, correct?” he asked.

I whirled quickly. “Sir, how do you know my name?”

“My uncle has told me all about you. He says you come every Wednesday to buy a pound of meat, normally whatever we have on sale. Is that true?”

“I don’t know why that would be any of your business, sir. And who might your uncle be?”

“I’m not ‘sir,’ I’m Ethan. And my uncle’s the butcher. Pleased to make your acquaintance, Miss Bradshaw.” He held out is hand in a friendly gesture.

I dropped a curtsy. “And I’m not ‘Miss Bradshaw’—I’m just Violet.”

He grinned, then gestured toward my basket. “Is that enough to feed your family? I was sure that there were nine of you.”

“We get along well enough,” I said stubbornly, blushing. 

“Now, I didn’t mean to offend you, Violet,” Ethan said quickly. “It just didn’t seem like much meat to be taking home to a large family.”

“It’s all we can afford,” I said softly. I curtsied once more, than left the shop.

It's a Fact #1

Hello, ladies! I am Bree, Elizabeth Rose's younger sister. I am co-hosting this event with her, and for my contribution, I am writing up the 'It's a Fact' posts. For 'It's a Fact', 100 random facts about the Titanic will be posted throughout the course of the year on the Unsinkable blog. And that's a fact!

1. Harland and Wolff did not own the RMS Titanic.

More facts to come soon!

April - May 2011 Giveaway

**THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED**

Hello all, and welcome to Unsinkable! I hope you are all looking forward to this year-long event... or shall we say voyage. :) If you are unaware what Unsinkable is about, click the link in the navbar that says "The Wheelhouse." There you can learn everything necessary about what we hope this event will be.

Technically, the first giveaway was supposed to beging yesterday. Unfortunately, that was not possible, since I was literally out of the house all day. So, this first giveaway is starting a wee bit late, but it shouldn't matter much.

Because of the delay, I will waste no more time with formalities and simply skip on ahead to the first giveaway, since I know you are all very curious. :)

This month, you will be entering for a Titanic Art Glass Pendant, donated by ArchipelagoArts. (Keep in mind, too, that although not featured in the above image, the pendant you will win will also have an angel wing, a blue glass drop, a filigree heart, and a cross attached to it. Unfortunately, the correct image was not a high enough resolution to include in this post.)

Oh, the Ways You Can Win!

Please comment once for each entry (except the last one).

mandatory entry: Follow Unsinkable and leave a comment saying you do.

+1 extra entry: Follow Elizabeth's blog, Living on Literary Lane, and leave a comment saying you do.

+1 extra entry: Follow Bree's blog, He Designs My Life, and leave a comment saying you do.

+1 extra entry: Put the giveaway button (found on the sidebar) on your blog's sidebar.

+1 extra entry: Put the Unsinkable button (found on the sidebar) on your blog's sidebar.

+3 extra entries: Post, tweet, or Facebook about this month's giveaway and leave a comment with the link (publish the comment 3 times so as to be entered the proper amount of times).

This giveaway will end on May 12th at 11:59 P.M. CDT. The winner will be announced on May 14th, as will the next giveaway.

Southampton is behind us now: this ship has officially set sail!