Rock 'n' Read Photos!

Didn't make it to Rock 'n' Read? Well, I hate to say it, but you missed out! Stephanie Kuehnert and Alexa Young put together an awesome day of music & books, and I had such a great time meeting everyone, hanging out with friends, and, of course, rockin' 'n' readin'- that if they ever do it again, I am so there!

Anyway, here's a few photos so you can see what I'm talkin' 'bout!

Ms. Stephanie Kuehnert reading from I WANNA BE YOUR JOEY RAMONE


Alexa Young, reading from FRENIEMIES


Dirty Spanglish (lead singer is so cute he reminds me of Rey in KISS & BLOG!)




Kim Culbertson, reading from SONGS FOR A TEENAGE NOMAD



Megan Crane, reading from NAMES MY SISTERS CALL ME






Noah Stone


Norfolk





Lucid Nation


Oh, and I read from CRUEL SUMMER





And did I mention the AMAZING raffle bags??! My niece was lucky enough to win one and she walked away with some major, drool worthy, booty!!

So don't miss out next time- just click HERE to see if they're coming to your town!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

EVERMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was completely gobsmacked this morning when I woke up and found this in my in box:






That is the cover for my new EVERMORE series, and it's even dreamier than I dreamed it would be!

Kudos and Confetti and a huge glittery GRACIAS to the amazingly talented people in the St. Martin's art department!

Oh yeah, and pictures from Rock 'n' Read are coming soon!!

(Spoiler alert: It was AWESOME!!!!)

Last Call!

See you there??

Freebies!

Okay, I admit, I LOVE free stuff!  Anyone who saw me in action at BEA or ALA knows this to be true.  So imagine how happy I was when I was tooling around on iTunes yesterday, not even looking for freebies when I came across a free download of one of my all time favorite books, THE ALCHEMIST by Paul Coelho-- as read by Jeremy Irons!  To get yours, just visit the iTunes store and click on audiobooks-- but hurry, the offer ends July 15!

And then today, I came across THIS. 

For those of you not wanting to click, it's a free download of Sherrilyn Kenyon's SEIZE THE NIGHT, in celebration of her upcoming release, ACHERON, the latest in her dark-hunter series. It's a new marketing tool a lot of publisher's are employing-- giving away free downloads of an earlier book (for a limited time) to gain interest in a new one-- and I think it's a great idea!

And if you're interested in winning an entire grab bag of free books, then just click HERE.

Oh, and if you're looking to visit a cafe where you can hang out for free for as long as you like, then head on over to the Teen Fiction Cafe. We're talking about friendships this week, and we're delighted that two new friends have joined us: the amazing Sara Zarr and Stephanie Kuehnert, so please stop by and say hi!

And of course, for free entertainment this weekend, stop by ROCK 'N' READ for a rockin' good time.  All of the details are HERE!

Have a good day everyone!

Rock 'n' Out!

Today's post is dedicated to Rock. Partly because my husband came home last night with a wii and the Rock Band game to go with it. And since my niece and nephew are in town for their annual surf camp visit, we all stayed up past midnight totally rockin' out--and we had so much fun this is now, officially, my favorite thing to do. It fulfills my greatest rock star fantasy and after getting a perfect score singing Bon Jovi's WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE-now all I have to do is work on my scissor kicks and I am so totally there!

Also, in the spirit of rock-- Rock 'n' Read is happening this Sunday, July 13, at 3:00 pm at the Virgin Megastore on Hollywood & Highland- and it promises to be, well, a rockin' good time!  There will be bands, authors, raffles, etc. I'm really looking forward to it and I hope to see you there too! For more information click HERE

Rock on everyone!