Tidbit Tuesday #6 - Guest blog, giveaways & new releases

To demonstrate the importance of that process, I'm writing a series of guest blog posts at TeenReads.com, where you can get a behind-the-scenes peek at the creation of Shade. The first installment went up last week, called "Putting the Shade in Shade."
If that's whetted your appetite for the book, there are a few places around the internet this week where you can win an ARC or the book itself:
1. Facebook fan page - I'll draw a name at 5pm Friday from the members of the page to win a signed final copy of the hardcover book. All you have to do is become a fan! Beyond giving you a chance to win a free book, the fan page is your best bet for hearing the latest on my contests, news, and events.
2. Class of 2k10 April giveaway - Comment to win a signed ARC of Shade, a signed hardcover of Rhonda Hayter's super cute middle-grade debut, The Witchy Worries of Abbie Adams, and much more!
3. Rosemary Clement-Moore's Nothing But Nets giveaway - To celebrate the paperback release of her YA novel Highway to Hell, the always awesome Rosemary is giving away a ton of prizes, including a $100 gift Barnes & Noble certificate, an ARC of her next book, and many other author-donated prizes, including a hardcover copy of Shade. All you have to do to enter is donate to the United Nations Nothing But Nets campaign, to provide low-cost mosquito netting to malaria-vulnerable areas.

Anyway, at the end of the review are some startling statistics (even for me, who worked on a domestic violence/sexual assault hotline for a few years). I especially agree with this assessment:
I hate to say this is an “important” book because it brings to mind words like – boring – lecture – preachy, and this book is none of those things, but I do think it is an important story to read. Not much is written about boys who suffer from abuse and the effect that has on their relationships.
If I weren't so tired, I would be able to string together a coherent sentence about Split (which I'm about 3/4 finished). But I'm running on empty, so I'll just throw out words like, "heartbreaking," "brilliant," and "irresistible." I expect it to win a bajillion awards. (EDITED TO ADD: Finished it this morning and wanted to add, "marvelous" and "perfect" to the list.)
Off to sleep now. Tomorrow I'll have a very exciting announcement about the WVMP Radio vampire series!
Labels: blog tour, Contests, good, reading


4 Comments:
Good luck with your test reading & rewrites for SHIFT..
"I'll Be Back" to check out the rest of the items here a bit later..
Take care!
~Debbie
Posted by:
WriterWannaB_NY at 4/14/2010 11:34 AM
I'm loving your guest posts about writing Shade.
Posted by:
Karen at 4/14/2010 9:27 PM
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Swati Avasthi at 4/15/2010 6:18 PM
Karen, I loved your post! You added a lot by including those statistics. Very thought-provoking.
Swati, I meant all those adjectives. SPLIT is definitely one of my two favorite books so far this year, along with THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE by Jandy Nelson. I find myself really wanting to read both again, which is very rare.
Hmm, is it significant my favorites are not paranormal?
Posted by:
Jeri at 4/15/2010 6:46 PM
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