Sydney Salter's Blog, page 29

You Comment, I Donate: Libary Blog Challenge

This is a library-loving blog challenge!

For every commenter on this post between now and March 28th, I will donate $1 per commenter to Room to Read, an amazing organization that builds libraries around the world, up to an amount of $250.

How easy could it be? You comment, I donate money, and kids all over the world have the chance to discover their own love of reading.

Note that my pledge is "per commenter"—so don't leave 50 comments all by yourself. But please do help me spread t...

Relationship Advice from Sarah Quigley

Today we hear from Sarah Quigley author of TMI. And, of course, I can't resist giving away a copy of her charming debut. Leave a comment to enter!
1. What is the dumbest or smartest thing you've done after a breakup?

My first love was the Norwegian foreign exchange student at my high school. We began dating in October and tearfully parted the following July when he had to go home. It was always understood that we'd break up when he left. That didn't stop us from falling in love and enjoyin...

Contest Winner!

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Elie wins Hate List by Jennifer Brown, Dark Rocks chocolate and Girl Scout cookies!

New Book Trailer!

Here's my new book trailer for Swoon At Your Own Risk:



I'm also excited because it starts shipping from Amazon.com today. Yay!!! I got my author copies this week and they're so adorable that I actually kissed them. Okay, enough about me...

Best of Kansas City Contest

Best of Kansas City (IMHO) Contest! Leave a comment here to enter.
Every year I meet up with my high school girlfriends for a weekend getaway. Last year we decided that we'd like to visit each other's cities. So last week I headed off to Kansas City which is in Missouri, but kind of in Kansas too--let's just say I was relieved when I landed at the right airport.
I came a few days early so I could do some author visits. First stop: the fabulous fourth graders at Indian Valley Elementary. What a ...

Contest Winner!

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Mandy is the winner of Stacey Jay's hilarious zombie books!

Didn't win? Watch for more contests this week, next week, and the ones after that...

Contest Winner!

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Yan won The Bedeviled books!!!!

You still have time to enter to win Stacey Jay's books. Leave a comment here to enter.

Breaking Up With Stacey Jay

Today Stacey Jay, author of the hilarious Megan Berry zombie series, shares one of her personal breakup stories. To win copies of the first two books in the series, leave a comment. Now here's Stacey:

BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO. FOR REAL.

Despite the fact that I was an "early bloomer"--I was the weird girl who was 5'6'' and wearing a bra in fourth grade and developing inappropriate crushes on all my camp counselors by sixth--I didn't go on my first real date until I was sixteen. I was shy and ...

Meet Otis, The Animal-Loving Kitten

I wasn't sure how our new kitten would get along with all of our other animals...

It took a few days, but now Otis and Magnum snuggle together like old chums. I also wondered how this small cat would get along with our large dogs.

Otis loves Jack and Rosie--and even sneaks under their legs to snack on their food! He also loves to hang out with our tortoises, Sunny and Sandy.

We now make sure the tortoise cage is covered. Otis still tries to share their sunshine.

One day I found Otis snoozing on t...

Relationship Advice From Shani Petroff

Today we're going to hear from Shani Petroff, author of the seriously adorable Bedeviled series. To thank Shani for her advice, I'm going to give away both books in the series! Just leave a comment to enter. Now here's Shani:

1. What's the dumbest or smartest thing you've done after a breakup?

I was seeing a guy that wasn't the greatest boyfriend in the world. Not even close. I wanted him out of my life completely after we broke up. But with Facebook status updates I was reading way too much ...