Category: Chosen

Win awesome Gelly Roll pens!

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Anybody interested in PRIZES? In CHOSEN, the main character, Lauren, is obsessed with pens. (Um, as am I and Editor K). Lucky for us, Sakura, the makers of the fabulously cool Gelly Roll pens as well as many others, gave me four sets of pink and purple pen to give away to Team Canterwood! Yay!

Each pack of three are “ice cream smooth” and they have a glitter pen, a metallic pen and a medium pen. So, if you win, you’ll get three pink rose pens and three purple violet pens. Total win! 🙂

Want to enter? Here’s how:

If you’re a US resident, leave a comment here and tell me what your fave Canterwood book is and why. 🙂 You’ll get TWO extra entries if you Tweet, blog, Facebook, vlog, etc., about the release of CHOSEN. Just tell me in your comment here if you did any of those things and give me a link. You must also leave me a way to contact you.

The contest closes on May 5th at 8am EST. I’ll email the winners within a week, so be on the look out for an e-mail from me. Good luck to everyone who enters!

Thank you, Sakura, for your generous give away prizes. For more on Sakura’s fun Gelly Roll pens, visit http://www.jellyroll.com.

Enter away!

Chosen cover flat contest!

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CHOSEN OUT MAY 3RD

Hooray CHOSEN release that’s coming up next week! In honor of this *very* sparkly Super Special, I think a giveaway is in order.

Anyone interested in winning a signed cover flat of CHOSEN? (That’s the cover of the book without the actual book inside. Just like the image above.) 🙂

I’ve got FIVE signed copies to give away. Here’s the deal: if you’re a US resident, leave a comment here. Tell me why you’re THE ultimate Canterwood Crest fan. 🙂 I’ll draw five winners at random. If you’re on Twitter and Tweet about the contest, make sure to Tweet at me and it’ll count as an extra entry. Also, it counts double if you blog, Facebook or use the Internet in another way to tell your friends about the release of CHOSEN.

The contest ends on Friday, April 29th.

I’ll announce the winners the following weekend or week. Be sure to leave me a way to contact you in case you’re a winner.

This book is extremely special to Editor K and me–we infused so many of our fave products, colors, traits, cities, etc., that we both agree it’s out favorite book in the series. Thank you, Team Canterwood, for allowing me to have my first Super Special!

xoxo

Initiation cover

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Cover copyright © 2010 Simon & Schuster. Photo © Monica Stevenson.


My supercool designer, Jessica Handelman, sent me the hi-res version of the INITIATION cover. Yay!! Click on it to see a bigger version. I love, love it and our new models are so fun. I don’t want to give away the character names yet, but the model in the front is Dayton and the model in the back is Kyra. Editor K and I weren’t able to make this shoot, but from everything we heard the models were awesome and I think it shows in the cover.

Are you getting ready for the release of CHOSEN? It’s almost here!


2 weeks till Chosen!

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It’s kind of crazy to think that CHOSEN officially releases in two weeks. Canterwood books have been known to pop up in book stores a week to a week and a half early, so I wouldn’t be surprised if some of you start to find it soon.

I am incredibly proud of this book. It’s 295 pages of pure sweat, all-nighters, crazy revising and mile-long outlines. Just when Kate and I had thought we’d finished the book, we realized there were LOTS of things we wanted to change. And with a deadline that couldn’t be moved, we had to do them fast. Kate stayed up with me for 2 nights in a row, yes, 48 hours of no sleep, to help me edit CHOSEN to make it a true Super Special.

I can’t wait for everyone to read it!

Prizes, anyone?

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So the time is faaast approaching! Chosen, the first EVER Canterwood Super Special, hits stores on May 3rd. The books usually release early, so I’m guessing it’ll be out in about 3ish weeks.

Anyone interested in winning a superawesome secret prize that I’ll reveal soon?

Rules are SUPER simple:

The first *THREE* people (US residents only, sorry!) to e-mail me a pic of themselves with their copy of CHOSEN and have parental permission (I need an e-mail from your parent’s address giving the okay) will win. I’ll only use your first name and age in the blog post if you’re a winner along with your photo of you with CHOSEN. Remember, you can’t win unless I get parental permission.

So, be on the look out for it and many, MANY more fun giveaways to come around the release of a beyond special book.

Much love.

Chosen trailer

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I thought it was time for a new trailer, so . . . here you go! This will *definitely* answer the question that everyone’s been asking:

Who’s the new girl?

Hope you like it! 🙂

xo

Next week is gonna be busy!

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This weekend, I’m in The Cave. You know, the 24/7 writing cave. As long as my arm holds out, with the help of medication, I’m working my way through CHOSEN. And man, it’s FUN. I think, well, hope, it’s going to be a great book and the voice is very different as are the horses, boys, characters and drama!

Next week, I’ve got 2 Skype classroom visits. If you want me to visit your classroom, have your teacher contact me. I’d love to “meet” you! 🙂

Back to work–got an orange cat and a sick 😦 BFF next to me. What’s everyone else up to?

Thank you, all!

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Thank you so much to everyone who helped participate in the super secret project! I’ll email the winners this week, so check your inbox by Friday to see if you’ve won a signed copy of SRL.

And who’s counting down with me to the release of it?? I sure am! I can’t wait! This was one of the most fun books to write in the entire series and I hope you’ll all love it!
Tomorrow’s going to be superbusy–I’ve got a lot of work to do on CHOSEN. Gotta live up to that gorge cover. 🙂