April 16, 2020 Vote For Your Fav New Dork Diaries Activity! Okay! I need to start by apologizing for posting this latest blog entry a few days late. I’m really SORRY!! But, I have a really good excuse. I’ve been SUPER busy brain storming new ideas for FUN and INTERESTING activities on my Dork Diaries website. I don’t know if you’ve noticed it or not, but lately, things have been VERY active around here. I’ve been getting a TON of web visitors and hundreds of comments posted! But, that’s probably because…ALMOST EVERY SINGLE KID IN THE ENTIRE WORLD IS HOME FROM SCHOOL AND TOTALLY BORED OUT OF HIS/HER SKULL DUE TO THE STUPID COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS AND MY FAMILY IS DRIVING ME NUTZ AND I MISS MY BFF’S, CHLOE AND ZOEY, AND MY CRUSH, BRANDON, AND I’M GOING TO STRANGLE BRIANNA IF SHE EATS ANOTHER PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICH IN MY BED AND HIDES HER STICKY, SLIMY LEFTOVER BREAD CRUSTS UNDER MY PILLOW WHICH MEANS I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING WITH GARBAGE STUCK TO MY FACE AND IT MAKES ME SO MAD I COULD JUST SCREEEEEEEEEEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, Nikki! Calm down! Breathe! Just…CHILLAX! Now, where was I?… So lately, all of you have been coming HERE to hang out at Dork Diaries! And, I LOVE IT!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! This means I need to make this place better! Even more EXCITING and more INTERESTING!! And, I need YOUR help! AGAIN!! I came up with FOUR brilliant ideas for brand new activities! I will explain each one below and then I’ll need YOU to VOTE for the one that you like best!! My first AWESOME idea is… DORK DIARIES ACADEMY Okay, how many of you are homeschooling online or doing remote learning because your school is closed?! Please RAISE your HAND. Okay! Now, how many of you are supposed to be doing school or homework RIGHT NOW, but are instead hanging out here at Dork Diaries, OR watching funny videos on YouTube and Tik Tok, OR posting at #BoredOutOfMyMind on social media?! Come, on! Be totally honest! If this is YOU, take your raised hand and SLAP YOURSELF! BAD, DORK!! GO TO YOUR ROOM! Hey, I’m just kidding! Since you are ALREADY hanging out at Dork Diaries instead of doing your homework, I came up with a BRILLIANT idea! I can post some FUN and EDUCATIONAL material right here in a special section called, DORK DIARIES ACADEMY! Now you’ll have the perfect excuse to come HERE and goof off…er, I mean EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE BY LEARNING FASCINATING NEW THINGS! And, your parents will FINALLY stop NAGGING you about wasting time online when you should be doing your school work. And, get this!! We’ll mostly discuss the stuff in my Dork Diaries books, like my BFFs, my crush, Brandon, and all of the KA-RAY-ZEE things that have happened in my life! But, it will all be LEGIT because a real certified TEACHER will be creating the lesson plans and giving you FUN assignments that YOU can complete at home. It will even have COMMON CORE standards (that your teachers and schools require) and STILL be SUPER EXCITING!! BOOM!!! That sound was your MIND BEING BLOWN!! Am I NOT an EVIL GENIUS?! My second FANTASTIC idea is… https://dorkdiaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/iStock-1212127428_1.mp4 DORK DIARIES BOOK CLUB Don’t you just LOVE this super cute video! Reading a book is like downloading info right into your BRAIN!! And speaking of brains, a Dork Diaries Book Club is a NO-BRAINER because everyone here LOVES reading Dork Diaries! Right?! We’ll read one of the books together, and then all of us (YOU, Rachel, Nikki, and the Book Club members) will discuss it together. You can even ask questions. But, the coolest thing about the BOOK CLUB is that we’ll be sending out a lot of FREE stuff, like stickers, bookmarks, posters, and even DORK DIARIES BOOKS to members! We can also read some of your favorite books by other authors. Now, how COOL would THAT be?!! My third EXCITING idea is… DRAW ME AS A DORK DIARIES BOOK CHARACTER! Also known as, DORKIFY ME!, these drawings are SUPER popular at Dork Diaries school visits!! Several times a month, Nikki Russell (yes, the OTHER Nikki and illustrator of Dork Diaries), will select one lucky Dork Diaries FAN and draw him/her as a Dork Diaries book character. Just imagine what YOU would look like if you stepped inside a Dork Diaries book and became part of my very WACKY world! SQUEEEEEEEEE!!! You can watch Nikki Russell complete the entire drawing process, from start to finish, in a video that will also be posted HERE on the website and on YouTube. The BEST part is that Nikki will EMAIL her drawing to YOU!! Then you can keep it FOREVER and EVER and show it to your CHILDREN and GRANDCHILDREN!! YES!! Just like me, all of YOU can have a CRAZY-COOL life as a Dork Dairies character! YOU: OMG! THANK YOU, NIKKI!! ME: You’re WELCOME!! My fourth and final, FABULOUS idea is… VIRTUAL MEET-N-GREET WITH RACHEL AND NIKKI! Rachel and Nikki Russell, the authors of Dork Diaries, have agreed to do a monthly Meet-N-Greet and Q & A on Live Stream just for YOU!! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE 😀!!! They will hang out and answer all of YOUR burning questions which you can ask live or email to them. Finally, you can find out everything you wanted to know about Dork Diaries and ME! And, get THIS!!! They will ALSO give you a SUPER, TOP-SECRET UPDATE on the DORK DIARIES MOVIE 😀!! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 😀!!! Okay…MAYBE they’ll give you an update on the MOVIE! Or…MAYBE they WON’T!! HEY!! You didn’t hear ANYTHING about a MOVIE from ME!! Sorry, my LIPS are SEALED 😛!! I think you will love talking to Rachel and Nikki because they are fun, silly, and will keep you laughing. Just like the Dork Diaries books! So, these are my FOUR new ideas for making things a bit more exciting around here!! Since I posted all of this a little late, I’ll probably let the vote continue for about a week and then announce the final result. Feel free to vote as many times as you like. NOW! Are YOU ready to VOTE?!! Then, click on the link below! Which of these ideas do you like best and why? Do you have any other ideas that you’d like to see me try on the Dork Diaries web site? Post your comments below. Also, if you see a cool idea for a new activity in the comments section that you really like, you can do a “write-in” vote for it in the comments section. If that idea gets enough votes, I will consider it the next time I add a new activity. IMPORTANT UPDATE: I saw in the COMMENTS section that many of you are requesting that we add all FOUR new activities to my website! Yes, I DO read your comments! Actually, I think this is a FANTASTIC idea! Okay, people! So, let’s make a deal. I will ADD any activity that gets at least 5,000 VOTES!! Let me know in the COMMENTS, if you like this idea. Love, Nikki