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Thankful Thursday: FIRST EVER GUSHY FANMAIL <3

(Printed by permission from generous teen blogger/reviewer Alicia Guerrero and encouraged to post by magically delicious TWITTER followers. Some gushy parts were removed because they contained SPOILERS.)

"OMG Heidi, you are like God! Sea was totally amazing!!! I swear, one of my favorite books ever, like top 5 favorite! I have no clue how to put into words how much I loved it. It just blew my mind.

Spider and Deni? Totally-freaking-awesome! I loved both of them equally! How did you come up...

FRIDAY FIVE: #AAW! Vampire Diaries Anthology! Existential Thoughts

1. First of all good news in the form of #AAW: Thanks so much to everyone who participated in my creative whim that became Author Appreciation Week! What a wonderful community of writers, readers, bloggers and book fans we have. I feel fortunate every day to be a part of it and am dazzled by the outpouring of enthusiasm for the project! Hundreds of people participated--from all over the world--on behalf of all the authors you made so happy, I thank you.

2. Bad news: my doggy is sick. :( My sw...

Reports from Haiti

Picked up Doc Dude at SFO last night. Other than being charged by a rogue pig and flea-beaten he is good. His reports, however, were not. These are two of the main AP articles after his team was interviewed about the grave humanitarian crisis against women and children in the make-shift tent villages:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/16/rape-in-haiti-women-girls_n_501588.html

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/03/16/world/AP-CB-Haiti-Earthquake.html?pagewanted=2

PLEASE, PLEASE spread the ...

#AuthorAppreciationWeek: MONDAY MAVERICKS

I admire SO many YA authors I had to narrow it down. The first word that popped into my head was "Maverick".

In this changing/growing/oh-so-hip-my-90-year-old-grandma-reads it* genre of YA, writers are getting more creative with ways to connect with their readers and communities.

After deciding to narrow my focus a half-dozen authors popped to mind.
In the forefront these two women, who have taken the reins down the always exhilarating, sometimes confusing path of authoring particularly well. (...

Author Appreciation Week!

WHEN: March 15-19

WHAT: Write a blog post each day of next week about the authors you appreciate and why!

RULES: There are none. Be creative. If you want to pick five, pick five. Ten favorites? Go for it! Can't choose between your top twenty? Well, then you'll be doing a few a day. And they'll love you for it!

Avatars & Graphics: Feel free to use the one Sara from Novel Novice (www.novelnovice.com) made (above), there's a few on Twitter, or make your own. Remember to credit the generous, book-lo...

Thankful Thursday!

1. My husband. He is in Haiti. With a team of 3 other docs and 4 lawyers. He left last night and it was unbelievably sad watching him pack. I always hate that. The kids are sad, he's sad, I'm sad. Then he goes and we rally. Anyway, this trip is going to be amazing! The New York Times has a reporter/photographer capturing their work They are working closely with Partners in Health. They found an old office space to sleep in--it does have running water and one bathroom. They will most-likely al...

#I SEE SEA ARC WINNERS! (+Sneak Peak on Mid-March MADNESS!)

See that square tupperware in front of those awesome books? That's where all the many, many entry names are!



SEA ARCs! Prizes! Bookmarks! Orange Converse ornaments!


Shake, shake, shake those names. Small hand picks a winner!



Next winner! (Boy wanted to photograph)



THE PRIZES!



You are UTTERLY AWESOME BLUE PEOPLE--and because it took me like two hours to write all your names down, some 44 times, and cut up the paper and fold them etc. etc. etc.) I'm leaving them in there tupperware home lid on tig...

SEA ARC GIVEAWAY~!

To celebrate getting 1,000 followers on Twitter, I'm giving away TWO signed/personalized SEA ARCs on my blog Sea Heidi Write!

People are doing all kinds of zany things to enter. Like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbmqin...

Or making signs for Twitter. Or changing their user pics to the SEA cover. Yeah, lots of people are doing that. We call them Blue People. And they are pretty much awesome. You can raise your chances of winning by voting for SEA on one of the many lists its on and adding it right here on Goodreads, which is also hosting a giveaway contest!

Contest details are here on my blog:

http://seaheidi.livejournal.com/17311...

I'm happy to send internationally as well!

Cheers!
-Heidi

SEA ARC GIVEAWAY! (I SEA BLUE BOOKS)

CONTEST ENDS AT MIDNIGHT MARCH 5.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED MONDAY MORNING. (California Heidi Time, so around 10 a.m.)

GASP! 1,003!

I promised my Twitter followers that when I reached 1,000 I'd giveaway an ARC of SEA. I was at 980 this morning and after I Tweeted that I was getting Dan-ger-ous-ly close and *may have* to give away a SEA ARC BEFORE the MASSIVE MASSIVE GIVEAWAY mid-March the charming creatures they are starting Tweeting, "GET HEIDI TO 1,000 followers" It was all very exciting and this is ...

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope you all have a great one!
The Smoochies Award Ceremony is this TUESDAY, February 16 to allow time for awesome.

Cheers!
-Heidi