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DON'T BREATHE A WORD giveaway on Goodreads

The DBAW countdown has begun...and we're starting with 2 signed ARC giveaways on Goodreads!
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Goodreads Book Giveaway








Don't Breathe a Word


by Holly Cupala



Giveaway ends January 03, 2012.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.




Enter to win



DON'T BREATHE A WORD is coming January 3rd! Spread the word!

TELL ME A SECRET now on Audible!

Very exciting news: Audible.com bought the rights to distribute TELL ME A SECRET, read by amazing award-winning actress Jenna Lamia, and it's now available!
Download it here.

PLUS for a limited time during the holidays, the Special Edition MP3 CD (with cool shiny packaging and exclusive info!) is 40% off in our Amazon store!

Preview the first three chapters here.

Here's what people are saying about the TELL ME A SECRET audiobook:
"I already knew I loved TELL ME A SECRET. But the audiobook, which I listened to this past weekend, is a pleasure in itself. When a book is read aloud, the phrases get a chance to permeate in a completely new way. And Jenna Lamia, who narrates, is especially good with dialogue; the dialogue is acted, rather than simply read." ~ Holly Schindler, author of PLAYING HURT and A BLUE SO DARK

"I highly recommend this audiobook! Listen to it, read it, whatever, just devour and love it like I did!" ~ Abigaile at Reading Teen

"Jenna Lamia's voice was perfect for the part of Rand. Plus, she gets the bitchy of Delaney so WELL. Then you can feel the condescension in her voice as she plays Rand's mother. It's wonderful and youthful and easy to fall into. Just, trust me that it's awesome." ~ April at Good Books & Good Wine

"I love this book! I just wished for the Tell Me a Secret Special Edition Audiobook on my Amazon Wishlist." ~ Jolie at Actin' Up With Books

Let me know what you think!

The DON'T BREATHE A WORD sneak preview has arrived!

Thanks to all of you who asked about a sneak preview (and lit a fire under us to get it out in the world)! It can be linked to/downloaded/shared/plastered anywhere you like here:

DON'T BREATHE A WORD 2 Chapter Preview

I can't wait to hear what you think!

DON'T BREATHE A WORD...preview coming soon!

Lots of you have been asking about a sneak preview of Don't Breathe a Word...and I just wanted to tell you, it's coming soon! In fact it will be in nifty downloadable pdf format that I designed myself. :)
In the meantime, here are some other goodies:

The official Don't Breathe a Word site (we'll be adding more and more special content!)
My site at HarperCollins, with lots of exclusive tidbits
Add me on Facebook
Follow the madness on Twitter!
Add Don't Breathe a Word on Goodreads!
Preorder on Amazon

Visit the {Teen} Book Scene DON'T BREATHE A WORD tour!




And finally...the Don't Breathe a Word countdown!

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#justcontemporary interview at Chick Loves Lit

Huge thanks to Shanyn of Chick Loves Lit and Ashley of Basically Amazing Books for inviting me to participate in their Just Contemporary event - you can check out the interview here!

Stretches for people who write too much

I'm hard at work on Novel #3 (Four voices...four terrible secrets...one explosive murder that will connect them all...), so I thought I would repost one of my most popular blogs ever when NANOWRIMO season rolls around, especially when Children's Book Insider featured it on their Best Blogs of the Day, yay!


Stretches for People Who Write Too Much

Five thousand words per day: good for the soul, baaaad for the body. Back, neck, and shoulders...ouch!

So my awesome massage therapist gave me a sheet of stretches to do while making a mad dash toward the work-in-progress finish line:



Keep stretching and writing, folks! I'll be back Monday for another 5K. Come one, come all! Let's cross the finish line together.

Cricket...Cricket...

Hi, everyone! Perhaps you have noticed that it's been a bit quiet around here lately...

That's because lots of things are in the works - some DON'T BREATHE A WORD things, some crazy life things, some TELL ME A SECRET audiobook things, some working-on-the-next-book things...

Here's a quick rundown:

DON'T BREATHE A WORD is coming JANUARY 3, 2012!!!!!!



{Teen Book Scene} is hard at work on a seriously epic blog tour for DBAW - three weeks, three stops a day, LOTS and LOTS of prizes and secrets along the way.

Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus loved DBAW!!! Publisher's Weekly called it "a tense, riveting story...tangibly and impressively rendered," and Kirkus said, "the author's considerable narrative gifts keep readers engaged throughout." Thank you, PW and Kirkus!

You can add DON'T BREATHE A WORD to your Goodreads list, and you can preorder it here!

Contact me if you'd like to interview me on your blog or want to help get the word out about DBAW! (There may be swag and secrets involved...)

And...

[image error] The TELL ME A SECRET special edition audiobook is now available!
It's gorgeous and shiny, and we worked really hard on it. It's an MP3 disk that you can load on your computer and some cars stereos, plus it has really nifty packaging that we designed and included a booklet with info about the product.  
You can order it here.
And people are saying very nice things about it!

Audible has bought the rights to distribute the TMAS audio recording on iTunes, so stay tuned for that! The first couple of chapters are still available free via our TMAS site.


Third Novel Update

Last but not least, I've been working on a third novel...top secret, but there will be a few tidbits about it on the DBAW tour. Hint: there may be a few familiar faces cropping up in unexpected places. Plus, as you've come to expect from me, it's full of secrets, twists, suspense, and a whopping emotional rollercoaster.

I'm shamelessly using NANOWRIMO (National Novel Writing Month in November) for writing momentum so I might be a bit quiet for the rest of this month... Hope you accomplish your goals this month, too!

Envy of Birds Author Panel on Sunday

Join me and fellow Seattle author David Patneaude (EPITAPH ROAD) to chat about "The Writing Life" at a teen novelist anthology party, hosted by Katherine Grace Bond (SUMMER OF NO REGRETS - coming in May 2012!).

Where: Parkplace Books, 348 Parkplace Center, Kirkland, WA
When: 2-5pm October 9th (today!)

There will be food, readings, an author Q&A with David and myself, and books! Hope to see you there!

Just in time for Banned Books Week...

Extraordinary news: I just found out yesterday that my YA novel, TELL ME A SECRET, was challenged in an Oregon public library, but the library fought to keep it in their collection (this news comes via @MultCoLib and @NovelNovice: full story here).
Thank you, Oregon Public Library, for standing up for TELL ME A SECRET!
In honor of Banned Books Week, I am giving away one signed copy of TELL ME A SECRET.
HOW TO ENTER? Post or tweet about the challenge (my original tweet is here for easy re-tweeting), and contact me to enter.
Thank you for supporting my book and Banned Books Week!

Northwest Bookfest this weekend!

Hanging out in Seattle this weekend? What could possibly be better than a giant event dedicated to books?
At noon on Saturday, I'll be on a panel with SHIFT author Jennifer Bradbury and FORGOTTEN author Cat Patrick (who also did the lovely graphic above). Come for YA secrets and cookies! Plus we'll sign books after.
12:00 - 1:00 PM SaturdayNew Kids on the Block: YA AuthorsKirkland, WA348 Kirkland Avenue

I'll also be hanging out at the SCBWI booth on Sunday 3:00 - 4:00 PM to sign Tell Me a Secret, Dear Bully, and the special edition Tell Me a Secret audiobook featuring actress Jenna Lamia...plus a giveaway!


Northwest Bookfest 2011

Hope to see you there!