Tuesday, October 14, 2014

THE CURE FOR DREAMING International Spotted-in-the-Wild Giveaway!

Samples of the poster.
It's the official release day!!!! Now that The Cure for Dreaming is showing up in bookstores and libraries around the globe, I'm offering a Spotted-in-the-Wild giveaway, open internationally! The full prize package is listed below, but one of the giveaway items will be a signed, limited-edition poster featuring the cover of The Cure for Dreaming.

The giveaway will run until December 8, 2014, so don't worry if The Cure for Dreaming hasn't yet reached your area. If you live outside the regions in which the novel will be sold, Book Depository offers free shipping to several countries around the world.

Here are the rules:

1. You must be 13 years or older to enter.

2. Take a picture of yourself with a finished hardcover copy of The Cure for Dreaming. The book can be located at a bookstore, your house, a librarywhereverbut it must be a finished hardcover, not an ebook or paperback proof. If your bookstore does not have a copy in stock, please request them to order it (you'll then have my sincerest gratitude!).

3. Post the photo somewhere online (Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter—anywhere that can involve a link to the photo).

4. Fill out the following form to let me know where you posted the photo. You must submit your entry through this form in order to be eligible for the giveaway.

THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED.

5. If you post the photo on more than one day, or on more than one site, the posting will indeed count as an extra entry, but please fill out the form each time you share the photo.

6. The giveaway is international. These posters are not easy to ship, so this will likely be a one-time-only opportunity. :)

The giveaway will close at midnight PST on Monday, December 8, 2014. Three winners will then be randomly drawn from all of the entries.

The prize:

Three winners will receive one signed, limited-edition poster featuring the cover of The Cure for Dreaming. The posters are a beautiful, glossy quality, and the cover art jumps out in a vivid shade of green (see the photo above). Winners will also receive The Cure for Dreaming bookmarks and a signed bookplate. As I said above, the giveaway is open internationally. 
 
Bookmarks and signed bookplate.

Buy The Cure for Dreaming today:



Monday, October 13, 2014

The Blog Tour Continues . . . and an Interview of Me on the First Draft Podcast Series

The Cure for Dreaming arrives tomorrow! To celebrate, I'm continuing my blog tour stops throughout this entire week (giveaway included; full schedule below), plus the kind and generous Sarah Enni interviewed me for her First Draft podcast series. Find out all about my creepy story inspirations, my long journey to publication, and what the Smurfs had to do with my writing career here.

Thanks so much to Sarah for driving out to my house in Oregon for that wonderful in-depth chat, and thanks to Rock Star Book Tours, for hosting the blog tour. Here's the full tour schedule:

Week One

10/6/2014- Word Spelunking- Interview
10/7/2014- Two Chicks on BooksGuest Post
10/8/2014- Me, My Shelf and IReview
10/9/2014- Falling For YA- Interview
10/10/2014- Crossroad ReviewsReview

Week Two

10/13/2014- Xpresso Reads- Interview
10/14/2014- Candace's Book BlogReview
10/15/2014- I Heart YA FictionReview
10/15/2014 - Not part of the blog tour, but Corsets, Cutlasses, &Candlesticks will be running an extensive interview of me this day.
10/16/2014- Rainy Day RamblingsReview and Guest Post
10/17/2014- Bad Bird Reads- Guest Post

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Music: "Mostly Ghostly," composed and performed by Kristen Lawrence.

Monday, October 6, 2014

THE CURE FOR DREAMING Blog Tour & the Paperback Release of IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS

Two big things are happening this week in the world of my books. First of all, today marks the first day of The Cure for Dreaming Blog Tour!

The tour is being hosted by Rock Star Book Tours, and it will include ten days of guest posts, interviews, and reviews, as well as a tour-wide giveaway. Here's the full schedule:

Week One

10/6/2014- Word Spelunking- Interview
10/7/2014- Two Chicks on BooksGuest Post
10/8/2014- Me, My Shelf and IReview
10/9/2014- Falling For YA- Interview
10/10/2014- Crossroad ReviewsReview

Week Two

10/13/2014- Xpresso Reads- Interview
10/14/2014- Candace's Book BlogReview
10/15/2014- I Heart YA FictionReview
10/16/2014- Rainy Day RamblingsReview and Guest Post
10/17/2014- Bad Bird Reads- Guest Post

In other news, the paperback edition of In the Shadow of Blackbirds debuts this Tuesday, October 7! I've received my copies, and they're absolutely beautiful. A special bonus: The book includes a sneak peek of The Cure for Dreaming at the back. Some photos of the paperback:



Order the paperback online: 

Amazon  
Barnes & Noble  
Powell's Books  
IndieBound 
Book Depository
Abrams  
Amazon UK
Indigo

Coming next week: The Cure for Dreaming (October 14)!

Saturday, October 4, 2014

A Lovely Award for BLACKBIRDS and a Nomination for THE CURE FOR DREAMING

Today I had the honor of accepting the Oregon Spirit Book Award in the category of Young Adult Fiction. Huge thanks to the Oregon Council of Teachers of English for naming In the Shadow of Blackbirds the winner! They gave me a beautiful plaque and Oregon Spirit Book Award seals to place upon the book. If you work in a bookstore and would like some seals for your copies of the novel, please contact me.


Recently, I learned that The Cure for Dreaming received an honor of its own: it's been nominated for the 2015 Amelia Bloomer Project, Recommended Feminist Literature for Birth through 18, presented by the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association. I'm extremely proud of both of my books and the recognition they're receiving.

The Cure for Dreaming debuts in less that two weeks now. Be sure to check back this upcoming Monday, October 6, 2014, for blog tour info. The entire tour schedule is now posted at RockStar Book Tours.

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Music: "Mostly Ghostly," composed and performed by Kristen Lawrence.