Kerri Maniscalco's Blog, page 14
October 11, 2017
HUNTING PRINCE DRACULA is a NYT bestseller for a THIRD week!
honestly, i’m so floored and am filled with SO MUCH gratitude for each of you. thank you for the incredible word of mouth promotion, for all of the excitement across social media, all of the requests you put in at your libraries, and all of the tweets to my publisher, asking for MOAR. and thank you for continuing to tell everyone you know about these gothic, feminist mysteries.
cheers to YOU, dear reader, you are making your voice heard.
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October 3, 2017
50-Page MG or YA Manuscript Critique from Editor Jenny Bak and Signed Copy of Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco
friends! you can win a manuscript critique by my AMAZING editor! also? she’s giving away a signed copy of HUNTING PRINCE DRACULA. please help spread the word for this wonderful cause! xoxo
Editorial director Jenny Bak is offering a detailed critique on the first 50 double-spaced pages of a middle-grade or YA novel. She will also send the winner a signed copy of Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco.
Jenny Bak is Editorial Director at JIMMY Patterson Books, an imprint for childr...
September 27, 2017
HUNTING PRINCE DRACULA is a NYT Bestseller!!!!
it was a good thing my sister was driving when my phone rang a few minutes after 5pm today because OH MY GOODNESS, i was flailing like you wouldn’t believe when my agent and editor excitedly passed along the news….HUNTING PRINCE DRACULA debuted on the NYT bestsellers list!!!!
HOLY. WOW.
YOU GUYS. Just LOOK at that list…
[image error]i cannot even begin to wrap my brain around this. thank you so much to readers who purchased pre-orders and copies this week. to everyone who told their friends, shouted about...
September 19, 2017
HUNTING PRINCE DRACULA is now available!!!!
the day has finally arrived! HUNTING PRINCE DRACULA is now in the world and i don’t think this feeling of overwhelming gratitude will ever, ever get old. i’m so lucky to have so much love and support behind my books, and hope you know how very much it means to me.
This story was written from my heart and now it belongs to you, dear reader. I hope you love sinking your teeth into it! (I couldn’t resist at least ONE vampire pun!) Please tell all of your friends and share the release day love—yo...
September 17, 2017
One day left for preorder prizes!
AND TWO DAYS LEFT UNTIL PUBLICATION DAY OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.
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in other non-freakout news, there’s only one more day left to snag your copy of MEETING THOMAS CRESSWELL before the preorder incentive disappears like Cinderella at midnight. (September 18th going into the 19th.)
if you’d like to get a copy, please take a screen shot of your receipt and upload it to the site before then. once the giveaway is closed, there won’t be another way to read the novella.
September 5, 2017
STALKING JACK THE RIPPER paperbacks are now available!
happy paperback book birthday to STALKING JACK THE RIPPER!!! i cannot believe hardcovers have been in the world for almost a year and now the paperbacks are joining them. AND OMG HUNTING PRINCE DRACULA will be on shelves in exactly TWO weeks!!!
if you haven’t done so, be sure to upload your HPD receipts to claim your Thomas novella prize.
xoxoxo
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SJTR Paperback order links
MEETING THOMAS CRESSWELL
September 1, 2017
18 days until publication (!!!) and Cressworth items for your bookish collection
guys…there are only 18 days left until HUNTING PRINCE DRACULA is in the world!!!! HOW on earth has it already been a year since STALKING JACK THE RIPPER came out??? (side-note, there are just over two weeks left to snag a MEETING THOMAS CRESSWELL novella, don’t forget to upload your receipts to claim one!)
i am so blown away by the complete and utter outpouring of love and support for these characters and stories. you guys make this even more amazing and i hope you know how much i appreciate...
August 29, 2017
KidLit Cares: Hurricane Harvey Auction SJTR themed “book box”
hi friends! there’s an amazing auction going on (hosted by author Kate Messner) to help people affected by Hurricane Harvey and i’ve donated a personalized “book box” filled with items curated by myself.
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Included is:
a signed hardcover collection of my books (STALKING JACK THE RIPPER and the forthcoming HUNTING PRINCE DRACULA) magnetic bookmarks of my characters candles bookish tea a tea infusing ball character cards a signed map from my second novel.please bid if you can, and if you can...
August 27, 2017
STALKING JACK THE RIPPER is $1.99 TODAY!
SURPRISE, FRIENDS!!!!
several online retailers are hosting a special promotion and you can snag an ebook of STALKING JACK THE RIPPER for $1.99! YAY!!!!
it’s for today only, so please tell your friends and shout over the interwebs rooftops to any readers who might not have gotten it yet. i’m so thrilled that it’s being offered for this price and hope it will find its way to more readers.
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heck, buy yourself a copy or give a friend or family member a gift. sometimes it’s nice to get lost in a...
August 25, 2017
Updated Fall Tour + MEETING THOMAS CRESSWELL novella
hi friends! i have a two quick updates for you as publication day draws closer (!!!!!!!).
Update #1: the Knoxville event has changed times and locations, please see the updated tour poster for details. (there’s also an AWESOME writing contest going on for all Knox County students. see their site for details on how to submit your entry at Friends of the Knox County Public Library.)
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all special guests have been announced and i’m THRILLED to be hitting the road with so many fiercely talented ba...
