It’s here! The day I’ve been eagerly anticipating for as long as I can remember has arrived! EVERLASTING is officially on sale in bookstores across the country, and I could not be more ecstatic--or terrified ☺
More than two years ago Scholastic took me on as one of their authors, and ever since I have been in alternate states of disbelief, wonder, fear, fulfillment, worry, and joy.
Today, I’m determined to be only joyous. I know most authors head straight to the bookstores on their release day to spot their baby on the shelves, and I will probably go hunting for mine before the day is over. But what I'd really, really love is to see Everlasting on shelves in other stores and in other states :-)
So here’s what I’m going to do through next Tuesday: I’ll be mailing out signed bookmarks to anyone who hunts down EVERLASTING in their local bookstore and snaps a picture, and then posts that picture on their blog or on Twitter. Just leave a comment with a link to the picture post! I can’t wait to see pics of it out there in the wild!
Oh, and before I forget, a few important announcements:
Join me and the Mundie Moms TONIGHT June 1 at 9 p.m. EST for a live chat! The Mundie Moms and I do solemnly swear that his will be a no spoilers chat ☺ Here’s the link (and for anyone who doesn’t know about the Mundie Moms, they are a Cassandra Clare Mortal Instruments fan site and they review YA books—and they’re just plain awesome! Come chat with us!)
I visited Chelle at Tempting Persephone and did a guest blog post about how I created Camille and Oscar’s characters. Plus, Chelle has links to who she sees when she reads Oscar’s character & even better, she's hosting a giveaway!
I also have a guest blog at Reading Rocks, in which I take a stroll down memory lane about my adventure-of-a-lifetime trip to Ireland when I was in college. Have you been to Ireland? Come leave a comment and tell me your favorite Ireland destination or memory!
- The BIG day & the EVERLASTING hunt
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I baked a cake on Friday, and I made the frosting blue specifically to celebrate EVERLASTING'S release! (though the cake was for my aunt's birthday, I included the title of your book on it. "Our love for you is EVERLASTING..." I wish I took a picture!)
Love, Hannah
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Next time, though, I HAVE to take a picture. Maybe I'll bake another cake on Saturday just for the heck of it. :)
It's cool since it was sort of a hidden message (if thats what you want to call it!). Only my cousin knew what exactly what it stood for. A me too, of course!
Love, Hannah
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Congrats!
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Congrats on the book release! How exciting! I had checked your blog for the release date since I knew it was coming soon and saw your post about wanting pictures of it "in the wild" so I did a blog post about it at: http://nyekeyesadventure.blogspot.com/2
Hope we can catch up some day soon.
Best of luck,
Michelle Keyes
Found it! :)
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Re: Found it! :)
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