Cover Reveal and ARC Contest!

Today is the day! Velveteen is a debutant and the internet is her grim little ball. But wait...don't go looking any further down this post to see her! There are three official cover reveals going on at three different blogs and each one is giving away a shiny new Advance Reader's Copy! That's three chances to win! PLUS! There's a chance to win this!

Yep. That's right. A paper bag with my ugly scrawl on it. What's inside. You won't know until we pick the winner. But that winner will be either delighted or mortified...I haven't decided. All you need to do is comment to win. There are different author photos and bios accompanying the cover. Just try to guess which one is the one that made the dust jacket! I dare you! Because the person that wins the ARC on the blog hosting the actual author photo wins the grab bag. Oh yes! So go! Now! A Good Addiction The ModPodge Bookshelf And Open to International: Novel Thoughts So excited to hear what y'all have to say about my dead girl!

Book Show Book Show - Giveaway Edition!

Oh yes. It's that time again. There'll be puppetry, puppies and a giveaway.

You know what to do...

Subscribe and comment on my Youtube channel to enter the contest!

FLAP LOVE!

So...I'm perusing Amazon the other day--like you do--when what do I find on the VELVETEEN pre-order page? The front flap description of the book!!!

Presented here without further chatter...

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Velveteen Monroe is dead. At 16, she was kidnapped and murdered by a madman named Bonesaw. But that's not the problem. The problem is she landed in purgatory. And while it's not a fiery inferno, it's certainly no heaven. It's gray, ashen, and crumbling more and more by the day, and everyone has a job to do. Which doesn't leave Velveteen much time to do anything about what's really on her mind.

Bonesaw.

Velveteen aches to deliver the bloody punishment her killer deserves. And she's figured out just how to do it. She'll haunt him for the rest of his days.

It'll be brutal . . . and awesome.

But crossing the divide between the living and the dead has devastating consequences. Velveteen's obsessive haunting cracks the foundations of purgatory and jeopardizes her very soul. A risk she's willing to take—except fate has just given her reason to stick around: an unreasonably hot and completely off-limits coworker. Velveteen can't help herself when it comes to breaking rules . . . or getting revenge. And she just might be angry enough to take everyone down with her.

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HOLY CRAPS!! Thoughts? Wanna preorder, yet? Added it to your Goodreads? VELVETEEN comes out on October 9th this year. And I'll be revealing an awesome cover peep show contest soon, including super secret grab bag prizes! Cannot. Wait.

Pre-order at Powell's Books, Amazon, or for pre-orders outside the U.S., The Book Depository.

How to Write Book: a Guide for the Insane

Okay. So the title is only a little tongue in cheek. This video is basically a run through of how I take an idea and turn it into a first draft. Any questions? How many ideas did you have during the video? Hmm?

Book Show Book Show: Best of 2011

It's that time again...or maybe it was that time a few weeks ago, but that's beside the point. What is the point? I've got a list! A list of my favorite reads of 2011. Like so... So, yeah. What were your favorite reads of last year? Do you agree with mine? Do you disagree? Can you bring me a plate of chocolate chip cookies, because, seriously, that would be amazing?

Velveteen Has a Release Date!!!

I got the okay to announce this just this morning! So needless to say, I've been busily chatting up every social network I could find. And making this FAKE cover image. I repeat FAKE!!!

So yeah! Go ahead and put VELVETEEN on your Halloween reading list!!!! OCTOBER 9TH, Y'ALL!!! And if you're so inclined--and burdened with the knowledge that preorders help a book gain momentum--feel free to go ahead and order your copy from Amazon. More booksellers will be on board later, but for now. Here's that link!

Book Show Book Show Ep. 5 - Contemporary YA

So my theme reading took me to new heights of literary genius this month. My first John Green book for one and it was amazeballs...but was it my favorite of my contemporary reads? Watch and see, bitches! What are some of your favorite YA contemps?