Contest for My Book

This week was a Long week with a capital L. Soooo long. It put me terribly behind on blogging and replying to comments and reading blogs and generally doing much online. I didn't even get this week's Grammar Daze written, even though I know what subject I'm tackling next. I will do that soon. Not today, though, because today is my birthday (I'm 28, wheeee) and I'm vegging.

I did want to make everyone aware that Laura Pauling is doing a giveaway for my book, Confessions from the Realm of the Underworld (Also Known as High School) right now, and you can check that out here: Laura Pauling's Contest.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Winner!

The winner of the signed Confessions book goes to:


Laura Pauling


Congrats, Laura! ^_^



*winner chosen using random.org

Some rambling about the current state of my brain and a contest for "Confessions"

I have a series of books that I'm co-writing with the fantabulous Faith King. The first book, Awakenings, was published last year and we were waiting on the second book to come out this year. Well, yesterday we got an email from our publisher, informing us that Awakenings is being retypsetted to a smaller font, the cover changed, and it's going to be re-released very, very soon, and then the second book, The Guardian Race, will be published within a few weeks of the first book.

This is excellent and exciting news because it means I'll have another book coming out soon, but it also hit me last night that this means that soon I'm going to need to jump back into getting-a-book-to-publication mode, and I just came out of that mode. I am now frantically racing to edit my most current manuscript, Rising (working title) so I can start writing its sequel, Rising2 (again working title). I'm going to see how much I can get written before my publisher releases the second book in our series.

Confused yet? I'm hardly following myself here. My brain is going in about a dozen writing/editing/publishing/blogging/whatamidoing directions at once. So instead of doing a writing blog this weekend, I'm going to have a contest for my latest book instead.

This is for a signed paperback copy of Confessions from the Realm of the Underworld (Also Known as High School).

Summary:

"Write what you know."

Persephone "Sephie" Benson scoffs when her creative writing teacher throws that little gem out there. Maybe this advice would work for a professional skydiver or a baseball star or a ninja princess. It's not so great for a high school student who doesn't even know what to do with the rest of her life. Add in being the oldest of six girls, having Responsibilities with a capital R, and living in a town the size of a tick, and you've got a recipe for boring soup.

At least, that's what Sephie thinks until her senior year. Now, her grandfather is losing his house. One of her sisters plays a starring role in the local high school scandal. Even things with her best friend Joey aren't the same. As Sephie deals with the changes in her life, she finds that nothing is quite what she expects--and that sometimes, the most extraordinary life can be the one that seems the most ordinary.

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Comment on this entry to let me know you want an entry. Rules are as follows:

1. Must be a follower of this blog.
2. Tweeting about the contest is an extra entry. (Kindly provide a link.)
3. Blogging about the contest is another extra entry. (Kindly provide a link.)

Contest will close on Wednesday morning at 10AM and I will announce the winner later on Wednesday.

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In the meantime, I'm back to editing. Happy weekend to you all!

of rambling, links, and contest reminders

*waves to everyone* And welcome to my new followers! You guys have put me over 150 blog followers! Thanks to all of you. ^_^

I have been allowing myself a break from writing/editing/blogging this week. Instead, I read several delightful, refreshing, heart and humor filled books and I'm now swinging back around to try to be productive with editing and rewriting. And yes, blogging. ;) I'll be starting homeschooling later this month. I can't believe it's already August! I've got all my schoolbooks and registration done, so I'm all set to go.

I feel like all I've been doing lately is announcing book-related stuff, but I did want to update everyone on my book's final links and post a couple of reminders:

First, Confessions from the Realm of the Underworld (Also Known as High School) is now available in print:

Confessions Paperback

And to update the ebook links:

Amazon Kindle
Barnes & Noble Nook
Smashwords

Second, there are still two in progress contests for a signed paperback copy, one on blogspot and one on DeviantArt:

Barbara's Contest on Blogger
Holly's Contest on DeviantArt

And now I'm back to edting and rewriting my last manuscript. Or I should say, editing and rewriting it for the millionth time.* What are you all working on this month?

*This might be a slight exaggeration.

Three "Confessions" Giveaways

I just wanted to let everyone know that there are three contests going on right now for a signed paperback copy of my new book, Confessions from the Realm of the Underworld (Also Known as High School).

Barbara Kloss is hosting one. Donna K. Weaver is hosting another. Holly, my cover illustrator, is hosting the third. Check them out for a chance to win! :)

ETA: I believe to comment on Holly's, you have to have or sign up for a DeviantArt account. (You can have one for commenting--you don't have to post any art or anything. :))

Some news and another heads-up on a contest.

Remember how I said I've been very distracted (re: a bad blogger who still hasn't updated her world-building series) because of many things, including trying to move back to Tennessee? Well, that's stepped up a notch, because I'm moving in fifteen days. O_O  I didn't know this until yesterday. We knew it could happen really fast, and I'm super excited, but I have so much sorting, organizing, and packing to do. Most of my day today is going to be spent organizing things for a very fast yard sale tomorrow. If at all possible, I'm going to squeeze in my world-building update during lunch, after I sort through all the books on my shelves.

But just as forewarning: my blogging over the next few weeks is likely to be sporadic. Thanks for hanging in there with me!

For now, here's a shiny contest that the lovely Becky Taylor is having over on her blog to win a $50 Amazon gift card. Check out her blog--she's fantastic! Becky Taylor's Amazon Contest

Contest

Miriam Forster is having a contest on her blog. She's an awesome person and has some great writing advice. You should check out the rest of her blog, too!

 Miriam's Contest

Another Contest

Also: a non-P post.  Robin Weeks and Michelle Davidson Argyle are having a contest to win a digital copy of Michelle's book, Cinders. Check it out here and here.

Win A Book

Because contests are fun and books are awesome.  Check out Geek Girl's blog and contest here: 6 month blogoversary

Fun Stuff!

Becky Taylor, YA writer, is having a $50 Amazon gift card giveaway contest here: Becky Taylor Blog

Contest Time!

My co-author, Faith King, and I are having a contest where one person will win a signed copy of Restoration Book 1: Awakenings.  For details on how to enter, please visit our LiveJournal blog here:

"Awakenings" Contest