WInner and What's Up Wednesday

It's Hump Day! The week is half over! (Is this a good or bad thing?)

The winner of Janet Lee Carey's STEALING DEATH is:

Kristina Shields

Congratulations! Please send your mailing instructions to gerb(@) lindagerber (.) com and we'll get that out to you.

Everyone else, be sure to come back on Friday for a special Freebie Friday for a Twilight fan-ish celebration for the new edition release of A NEW DAWN, edited by Ellen Hopkins. A lineup of your favorite authors will be on hand, talking vampires, werewolves and answering the all-important question: Team Jacob or Team Edward? Check out our guest list - Rosemary Clement Moore, Janette Rallison, Ellen Steiber, Robin Brande and Kathy Nuzum. BenBella Books is throwing in three copies of A NEW DAWN for the giveaway. That's right - three winners. You won't want to miss it!

Meanwhile, don't forget Teen Read Week all this week. Readergirlz is hosting nightly chats with your favorite authors @ 9 p.m. You have three nights of chats left! Be sure to check it out.

Happy release week to Robin Brande (FAT CAT), Barry Lyga (GOTH GIRL RISING), Catherine Murdock (FRONT AND CENTER), Dan Elconin (NEVER AFTER) and L.K. Madigan (FLASH BURNOUT)!

Alyson Noel fans - the SHADOWLANDS trailer is live and on YouTube!

And finally, friends in Arkansas, I'll be at the Little Rock Books-A-Million Saturday, October 24 @ 5 pm for an event to die for -

Books, Blood & Bones
featuring killer authors
Rosemary Clement Moore
Melissa Francis
Stacey Jay
Marley Gibson
Chloe Neill
& Moi

FREEBIE FRIDAY - The Countdown Continues

Happy Friday, everyone!!! Welcome to this week's DEATH BY LATTE GIVEAWAY!

Wow... Lots of stuff happening this week.

I hope that you get a chance to peek below this post at the interview with Megan Kelly Hall, author of SISTERS OF MISERY. Megan's is the first of several author interviews I'll be bringing you in the coming months.

School is about to start!!! Has school begun where you are? Some of the kids in our area go back Monday, my kids are back in school the 25th. I am counting down the days...

The OLYMPICS! Yah! Have you been watching? How about that Michael Phelps?!? Phenomenal!

Not so phenomenal: the disgraceful switcheroo at the opening ceremonies. Yang Peiyi's voice was heard singing 'Ode to the Motherland,' but China's Olympic organizers didn't think she was perfect enough to be seen on stage, so another little girl got to stand in the spotlight, lip synching to Yang Peiyi's voice, taking the accolades and the bows. I hope they will allow Yang Peiyi to sing at the closing ceremonies. As herself. You can sign a petition on her behalf here.

Reactions to Stephenie Meyer's BREAKING DAWN are all over the charts. Looks like readers either accept out of loyalty, love, or really hate this last installment to the TWILIGHT series. Anyone here read it yet? What did you think?

Oh, and Aphra has begun to twitter... And watch for Kelly Parra's upcoming SECRET FATES Extravaganza wherein Aphra will be revealing secrets, leading up to...

The release of DEATH BY LATTE - just over a month away!!!

Which brings us to this week's FREEBIE FRIDAY GIVEAWAY. To be entered to win an advanced copy of DEATH BY LATTE and a really cool book thong, leave me a reply telling me what's new with your week.

Entries open until TUESDAY. Have a great weekend!

Game on!

Freakishly Fantastic Freebie Friday

Can you believe it's AUGUST??? I swear, this summer has gone by so fast! But it means that some stupendously exciting events are about to unfold...

For those of us anxiously awaiting the next book in Stephenie Meyer's TWILIGHT saga, BREAKING DAWN hits the shelves tomorrow!

Not only that, but the next book in Melissa Walker's VIOLET series, VIOLET BY DESIGN, makes its debut on Tuesday!


Wednesday, I get to join a fabulous group of authors for a book signing event at Books of Wonder in New York.

All this stupendousness calls for a celebration!!!!


So here's what I have for you this week...

In celebration of the VIOLET IN PRIVATE release, the fabulous Melissa Walker has donated all three VIOLET books for one lucky reader!!


In addition, to celebrate our upcoming event, the incomparable Claire Mysko has donated a copy of her book, YOU'RE AMAZING for another lucky reader!!

And, in celebration of the continuing TWILIGHT saga, I'm throwing in the A NEW DAWN anthology - edited by Ellen Hopkins - in which my essay on Quileute werewolves appears.

That's right. This week there will be three winners. For your shot at being one of them, here's what you need to do:

To be entered to win the VIOLET books, post an announcement on your blog, myspace, livejournal or facebook about the release on Tuesday and send me the link. You can get all the details about the books and the launch at Melissa's blog.

To be entered to win YOU'RE AMAZING, leave me a reply telling me what makes you amazing. Be sure to check out Claire's website.

To be entered to win A NEW DAWN, tell me how you will be spending your TWILIGHTish weekend...

Yes, in case you're wondering, you may enter three times to be considered for each one of the prizes! I told you it was freakishly fantastic.

This contest will remain open until after the signing event, Wednesday August 6.

Let the games begin!

Freebie Friday, a little early

I know, I know. It's Wednesday. But the next couple of weeks are going to be a little crazy so the freebies might bounce around a little bit. This morning (as soon as I get done posting this, as a matter of fact,) I head up to girls' camp until Saturday. No Internet access. (Gaaaaaah!)

(Want a little insider information? I was actually up at the camp Monday but had to come home yesterday so I could send in my edits on DEATH BY DENIM. I am excited about this episode of Aphra and Seth's adventure! Oh, and the kissing. I like the kissing...)

ANYWAY, next week will be relatively normal, except for the anticipation of waiting for the next TWILIGHT installment, BREAKING DAWN ! How many of you are going to a bookstore event to pick up the book at midnight?

And exactly two weeks from today, I'll be in New York City, reading and signing with Melissa Walker (VIOLET IN PRIVATE) and Lisa McMann (WAKE)!!! We'll be at Books of Wonder August 6th from 7 p.m. Any of you in the New York area, come visit!!! If you tell me you read about it on the blog, I'll have something special for you...

Following the signing, I'll be at the Backspace Writers' Conference, where I will be moderating an agents panel.

And then... well, it just gets crazier from there with back to school and the upcoming promotion for the next DEATH BY book, DEATH BY LATTE... but this is enough for one blog post!

So... to get to the point... for this week's FREEBIE FRIDAY, I offer to you a choice. I have three Sarah Dessen books up for grabs, THIS LULLABY, KEEPING THE MOON or DREAMLAND. To win one of these books, leave me a post telling me how the second half of your summer is shaping up and why I should choose you as this week's winner. Hint: sucking up is fun.

The contest will remain open until Monday, July 28.

Have a great week, everyone!!!