1) PUBLISHED THROUGH SWORD & LASER CONTEST: As a finalist in The Sword & Laser publishing contest, Practical Applications will be promoted by award-winning tv and podcast hosts Veronica Belmont (@Veronica: 1.76M Twitter followers) and Tom Merritt (@acedtect 92.2K Twitter followers)
2) BOTH AUTHORS HAVE STRONG BACKGROUNDS/AWARDS IN SKETCH AND IMPROV COMEDY: Nick Scott has trained and performed at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater; Noa Gavin was awarded the BlogHer Humor Voice Of The Year in 2011 and has been a featured writer for Nickelodeon.
3) YA genre cross-over: storyline and characters based in high school; plays with tropes of high school students, reminiscent of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER.