It’s the end of another Spotlight Week, which means it’s time for another awesome giveaway.
Today, I’m giving away a SIGNED COPY of STRUCK!
(Plus a signed bookmark)
To win, just Leave a comment below and tell me why you’d like a copy of the book.
I’ll put all your names in my magical drawing box and pick the winner.
I love encouraging people to unleash their imaginative and creative sides, so the more creative your answers are, the more chances you have of winning. If your comment/answer tickles my fancy, I’ll add another slip of paper (or two) with your name on it to my drawing box.
Also, if you tweet about this giveaway, or share it on Facebook, I’ll add more slips of papers with your name on it.
The contest will end on January 30th, 2013, Wednesday.
This month the spotlight was on Gretchen McNeil and her suspenseful paranormal YA book, POSSESS.
Check out my REVIEW of Possess, and my INTERVIEW with the musical Gretchen McNeil.
To cap off this spotlight week, I’m giving away a SIGNED Hardcover copy of POSSESS, plus some cool swag!
To win, just Leave a comment below and tell me why you’d like a copy of the book.
I’ll put all your names in my magical drawing box and pick the winner.
I love encouraging people to unleash their imaginative and creative sides, so the more creative your answers are, the more chances you have of winning. If your comment/answer tickles my fancy, I’ll add another slip of paper (or two) with your name on it to my drawing box.
And, if you tweet about this giveaway, or share it on Facebook, I’ll add more slips of papers with your name on it.
The contest will end on November 30, 2012, Friday.
This week, the Spotlight was on Jenn Reese and her fantastic, action-packed MG novel ABOVE WORLD.
If you haven’t heard of ABOVE WORLD, you can check out my Review.
Also check out my Interview with author Jenn Reese.
It’s the end of another Spotlight Week, which means it’s time for another awesome giveaway.
Today, I’m giving away a SIGNED COPY of ABOVE WORLD!
To win, just Leave a comment below and tell me why you’d like a copy of the book.
I’ll put all your names in my magical drawing box and pick the winner.
But wait! I’m not done giving away stuff yet!
I’m also giving away 5 SIGNED copies of Jenn’s first book: Jade Tiger!
I love encouraging people to unleash their imaginative and creative sides, so the more creative your answers are, the more chances you have of winning. If your comment/answer tickles my fancy, I’ll add another slip of paper (or two) with your name on it to my drawing box.
Also, if you tweet about this giveaway, or share it on Facebook, I’ll add more slips of papers with your name on it.
I haven’t read his books, yet, and I figure that since we share a love for munching while we write…Alex on hot tamales while I “chain smoke” my carrots like a rabbit on speed…I definitely need a chance to win these books!
My Flat Stanley cut-out has gotten sadly misplaced, and I figure a book written by a ninja captain would be a fine companion on my various adventures. Also, such an object would need the capability to fly. I have little doubt CassaStar has that capability built-in.
I have no air-conditioning. We’re in the middle of a heat wave. No relief in sight. Please put a bright spot in my day by sending a couple of good books my way.
Shelly really, really wants to win b/c she’s piss-pot-poor right now. And Alex’s book trailers made me salivate. And b/c I really, really like to read even though I’m slow sometimes. Please, please pick me. Please.
My grandson Caden is an advanced reader. He loves sci-fi. He never asks me to get him anything. He enjoys drawing with me. I don’t spend money on him because I can’t. He says my time is a valuable gift! I’d love to give him, not only the books, because I know we will read them and share our stories about them, but also because I see that Caden can write to Alex and Alex will write back, and that is the most valuable aspect of the exchange! Caden also batted .497 in Pony League, and his all-star team is playing Arizona next week too!!!
Well, my reason is simple…besides the fact that I would trek over mountains filled with eye-eating gorillas and through the jungle that sucks out your soul to get a good copy of a great book….my daughter and I can’t share. Everytime we buy a book, we must have a copy on the Kindle and hard copy. We are so selfish.
I’d REALLY REALLY like to win because I’m sci-fi challenged, I’ve never read a sci-fi novel in my life… but I reckon that the Cassa series will be the turning point… the moment of conversion…
I would love to win these books because I have NOT read them yet, even though they are both on my wish list. The main reason I want to win them though is because I am almost finished with my rocket ship and need something for the journey to prove that Stargates do exist, but they were all taken over by the Cylons. It’s going to be a long ride and what better way to live the sci-fi dream than with some awesome sci-fi books?
I had such a hard time picking from all these wonderful answers that I had to ask help from my magic box (my magic bowl was out of commission).
My magic box
The magic box spewed out two lucky names.
Congratulations, Powdered Toast Man, you win a copy of CassaStar!
And Congratulations L.C. Frost, you win a copy of CassaFire!
BUT WAIT!
Because I’m feeling generous, and because we wish to encourage the younger generation to keep on reading and loving books, I’m also giving Terry Toes a copy of CassaStar to give to her nephew Caden!
Congratulations Terry!
I’ll be emailing you all shortly with words of congratulations and some instructions for claiming your prizes.
This month, I’ll be training the Spotlight on another favorite author and her wonderful book.
Tune in next week to find out more about YA Author Sara Wilson Etienne and get a chance to win a copy of HARBINGER!
This week, the Spotlight was on Alex Cavanaugh and his exciting Sci-Fi novels CassaStar and CassaFire.
CassaStar and CassaFire just recently achieved Best Seller status on Amazon US and UK. These two novels continue to be in the top 15,000 and higher overall status on Amazon US, and are in Amazon UK’s list of top 100 science fiction novels.
If you haven’t heard of CassaStar and CassaFire, you can check out my review.
Also check out my interview with author Alex Cavanaugh.
Now that we’ve come to an end of another Spotlight Week, it’s time for another GIVEAWAY!
I’m giving away a copy of CassaStar and a copy of Cassa Fire!
To win, just Leave a comment below and tell me why you’d like a copy of the book.
I’ll put all your names in my magical drawing bowl and pick the winner.
But wait!
The more creative your answers are, the more chances you have of winning. If your comment/answer tickles my fancy, I’ll add another slip of paper with your name on it to my drawing bowl.
Why? Because I love encouraging people to unleash their imaginative and creative sides.
Also, if you tweet about this giveaway, or share it on Facebook, I’ll add more slips of papers with your name on it.
It’s already June and we’re halfway done with 2012! I think it’s the perfect time to share some Awards and announce some cool winners.
I got the Kreative Blogger Award for the 2nd & 3rd time thanks to two new bloggy friends. K.S. Collier shared the award with me last May 16th, and Jane did the same thing last May 22nd. Thank you both!
Tara Tyler did a hilarious and super creative take on the Versatile Blogger Award as well as the Kreativ Blogger Award. She was nice enough to share them with me last May 21st. Thank you Tara!
Since I’ve already received both awards, I thought I’d do something different and just share the award with all of you. If you don’t have any of these awards yet, feel free to grab them for your own awesome blogs.
And now to present the winners of my 2nd year Blogaversary Giveaway.
As you can see, my cat Millie helped me pick the winners.
Congratulations, Teresa C! You win a SIGNED copy of Orson Scott Card’s Shadows In Flight!
And
Congratulations Danielle! You win a SIGNED copy of Cassandra Clare’s Clockwork Prince!
Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all those who joined the contest!
If you didn’t win this time, don’t despair. I have another awesome giveaway which I’m sure you’ll love. I’m giving away a SIGNED copy of Lissa Price‘s STARTERS, along with some cool swag. You can enter the contest here.
This week we trained the Spotlight on YA Author Lissa Price and her awesome debut novel, STARTERS.
STARTERS has spent many weeks in both the Pacific Northwest Indie Bestseller List, and the top 10 SoCal Indie Next Bestseller, and is also now an International Bestseller.
This week, we also featured an INTERVIEW with Starters’ Author LISSA PRICE.
Last Saturday, May 19, 2012, Lissa had her first ever signing at COSTCO in L.A. You can check out her blog post about the event here.
Author Lissa Price signing books at Costco
Of course, Maiko, Lena and I tagged along as usual. We had nice surprise when one of Lissa’s friends, noted Film Critic and Author Leonard Maltin dropped by to show his support. Naturally, we three posed for a photo op.
Myself, Maiko and Lena with Film Critic Leonard Maltin
Lissa did special sketches for people who bought the books at Costco, and gave out some really cool swag.
The great thing about the swag and the book signed with the special sketch? Well, you get a chance to win them too!
Because now that we’ve come to the end of another Spotlight Week, it’s time for another GIVEAWAY.
Here’s what you’ll win:
1. A SIGNED Copy of STARTERS, complete with a special sketch by author Lissa Price
2. A special Starters button, and
3. A Starters LED necklace, with three modes of lighting, which will provide hours of entertainment for you, your child or your cat.
Starters Giveaway
To win this awesome package, enter the Rafflecopter form below
And in case you want to meet Lissa Price, here are her upcoming events:
Saturday, June 2, 11:00- 3:00 pm Klindt’s Bookstore in The Dalles, OR, special YA genre signing with M.T. Anderson, Brodi Ashton and many more. BBQ, prizes.
Saturday, June 16, 1-3 pm. Costco Westlake Village (Thousand Oaks).
We can get you in as a guest if you don’t have a card.
Thursday, July 12, 2012 through Sunday, July 15, 2012
Comic-Con – San Diego, CA TBA
Friday, August 3, 2012 through Monday, August 6, 2012
SCBWI Summer Conference – Los Angeles, CA
How to Apply Screenwriting Techniques to Make Any YA Book Better (Friday 11:45am)
Publishing is Not Dead — the Roller-Coaster Ride of the Really Big Sale (Saturday 3:15pm)
This Sunday, May 6th, I’m celebrating my 2nd blogaversary.
It feels like I’ve been blogging for longer than two years. I’m still learning a lot about blogging, but I’m certainly enjoying the process.
One of the best things about blogging is making awesome new friends. As a blogger, I’m thankful for many things, but I’m most grateful for all these wonderful relationships I get to build through this medium.
To show my appreciation for all of you amazing friends, I’m giving away two wonderful books:
A SIGNED copy of Cassandra Clare’s CLOCKWORK PRINCE
And
A SIGNED copy of Orson Scott Card’s SHADOWS IN FLIGHT.
Here’s how to win:
Tell me what book you’d like to win and why in the comment box below.
That’s it. I’ll pick the winners based on a random draw.
Of course, I like to give extra points.
Here are other ways to increase your chances of winning:
1. Share the link to this post on facebook (I’ll add 1 slip of paper with your name in my drawing bowl). Share the link on my comments box as well.
2. Share the link to this post ontwitter (1 slip of paper). Share the link on my comments box as well.
The contest will run from today May 4th, 2012 to June 1st, 2012, and is open to everyone.(Even international participants).
I have reached 317 Google Friends Connect followers and 78 Facebook Networked Blogs followers.
That’s another milestone in my writing journey, and I wish to share my happiness with you all.
To celebrate this achievement, I’m giving away some really cool, super-duper awesome prizes which I know you all would enjoy.
Here are the prizes:
1 SIGNED COPY of Sara Wilson Etienne’s HARBINGER
1 SIGNED COPY of Susan Patron’s LUCKY FOR GOOD
1 SIGNED COPY of Beth Revis’s ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
AND 1 SIGNED COPY of Rick Riordan’s PERCY JACKSON & THE LIGHTNING THIEF
So how do you win these fabulous prizes?
There will be 4 winners for this contest. The first place winner chooses first, the second place winner chooses second, and so on.
This contest is open to residents of North America, South America, Australia, Europe, and Asia. You must be at least 13 years of age to enter the contest.
Winners have 48 hours to respond to a winning notification before another winner is chosen.
The contest ends 12Am on Saturday, March 24, 2012.
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