Andrea Cremer's Blog, page 17

Some News

I have very exciting news to share!

The American Booksellers Association just published their Autumn Indie Next List. What's an Indie Next List you say?

It's this: "The list features the top 10 titles for the autumn publishing season and an additional 48 selections, spanning all age groups. The Kids' Indie Next List is compiled based on nominations from independent booksellers nationwide."

And Nightshade is #3 on the list!!!!! Happy! Happy! Happy!

And thank you, thank you, thank you to the wond...

I'm Melting, I'm Melting!

While I enjoy sunshine, I wasn't built for heatwaves. My skin burns to a lovely tomato red in less than 60 seconds on a hot day. We're in the middle of a doozy right now. A week in the mid to high 90s with heat indexes well over 100 degrees.

This sort of weather renders me listless and spacey. I'm working on a super sekrit Nightshade-related project right now, which I will soon be able to share with you, and I keep forgetting to attach documents or links to emails and correspondence because th...

Eternal Ones Winners

Thanks so much for stopping by to see the awesome guest post and Q&A with Kirsten Miller!

The two winners of The Eternal Ones are:

Brooke

Arena (the nerd's wife)

Congrats!!

Please send your mailing address to andreacremerwrites (at) gmail (dot) com

Thanks to everyone who entered and congrats also to Kirsten - The Eternal Ones hits bookstores tomorrow!!

In Which I Am Opinionated

I generally consider myself to be a peaceable person, but a few things make steam come out my ears. At the top of the list: bigotry, sexism, and misogyny.

If you want to peer into my brain for a few minutes - stop by the Book Faery's blog to check out my guest post on sexual double standards in fiction, plus you have the chance to win a Nightshade ARC!

And don't forget to submit your designs for the Wolfsbane cover contest.

Contests Galore!

August has gotten off to a great start! We're three months out from NIGHTSHADE's release and a new month means a new ARC giveaway!

First - I want to draw your attention to two ongoing contests.

1) You still have a chance to enter Em's Reading Room contest to design a NIGHTSHADE t-shirt. The winner will receive their t-shirt, a NIGHTSHADE ARC, & an ARC of MATCHED by Ally Condie (I've read it, it's phenomenal!) Stop by Em's blog to enter :)

2) I just passed 1,000 followers on Twitter and am hostin...

Switchback

The Universe has been extraordinarily kind to me of late.

One year ago on this day, Philomel pre-empted Nightshade and my world has never been the same. I am continually grateful for the amazing path I've been traveling.

To celebrate I'm hosting a couple August giveaways. The first is on Twitter. Right now I have 900+ followers and when I hit 1000 I'll give away an iPod shuffle pre-loaded with the soundtracks to all three books in the Nightshade trilogy. So yes, you may not know what happens in...

Eternal Ones Q&A

Kirsten was kind enough to answer my questions about Eternal Ones and I also am thrilled to let you know that I have two ARCs of this fab book to give away!! Just leave a comment below and you'll be entered in the giveaway :)

Thanks so much for taking part in this Q&A, Kirsten!
1. I'm going to start with the cover (I LOVE it!) because I've always been fascinated by the symbol of eternity vis a vis the snake eating its tail. What is your take on the cover image?

I love it, too! We must have gone ...

Welcoming Kirsten Miller!

Special treat today, blogging friends. Author Kirsten Miller has provided a guest post. Hooray!

Hello!

My name is Kirsten Miller, and I'm the author of The Eternal Ones. I'm so thrilled that Andrea has invited me to "guest post" on her blog, since I'm a big fan of her work.

She's asked me to tell you a little bit about my book, so here goes . . . It's both a romance and a thriller. It's filled with secret societies, snake handlers, soul mates and people who've lived...

Review: The Eternal Ones

On August 10 you'll have the chance to pick up the first of Penguin's Big 5: Kirsten Miller's The Eternal Ones. This week I'm delighted to host Kirsten and her novel on my blog!!

I was lucky to get an early copy of this novel and I'm thrilled to shares my thoughts with you about this extraordinary book. It's the story of Haven Moore, a young woman whose dreams of the past and an undying love send her running from a stifling existence in Tennessee to a luxurious, but increasingly dangerous life...

One Year

It's my birthday. I love my birthday!

As an August 1 baby, I'm a Leo, which can be good
or bad
It means I love attention, but since I was raised by lovely parents who taught me manners, 364 days out of the year I feel rude and evil if I walk around with "ME! ME! ME!" attitude.

But on my birthday I feel like I get a free pass to say "this is what I want and we're doing it." It's 24 hours of guilt-free selfishness. Hurrah!

Today's agenda - going to Twins game and dinner at my favorite French resta...