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The Bookinistas: NIGHTSHADE CITY by Hilary Wagner (comment and win!)

Hilary Wagner is yet another innocent victim of LiLa's cyberstalking. We've been following Hilary's rise to superstardom since she was looking for an agent. And now her debut middle grade novel, NIGHTSHADE CITY, is being being blurbed by Rick Riordan. Wow.

"Fans of Redwall and the Warriors series will love this heroic tale of good versus evil in a subterranean society of rats." --Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series 

Here's what the cover copy has to say:
Deep...

WTF Wednesday

Wha???????


Just Lady Gaga, walking through JFK, about to catch her flight.

Half-naked. In hoof-boots. With what appears to be a pair of handcuffs chained to her underwear. Again.

*Yawn*

For the record, I'd pay good money to watch her go through security. Can you imagine how long it takes her to successfully make it through the metal detectors? The act of removing her chastity belt alone must take hours.

P.S.: Don't forget to head over to WriteOnCon for a chance to win a LIAR SOCIETY ARC. Yeah, yea...

Read the first chapter of LIAR SOCIETY and Win a 50 page Manuscript Critique

Holy contests Batman! We're not quite sure how it happened, but this appears to be the week that every single contest we've ever conceived of happens at the exact same time. 
Get excited. Get very excited.
First up: Name two LIAR SOCIETY character names and WIN!
That's right people. Head on over to the Teen Fire site to name two of our most bitchtastic characters and you'll automatically win the first chapter of LIAR SOCIETY. AND if we end up choosing one of your names as the winner you'll be...

Epic Announcement Monday - Our very first LIAR SOCIETY ARC Giveaway

Just to recap (or for those of you who can't watch the video)—WriteOnCon will now be hosting monthly live events. Each one will have a different topic and features—and possibly even a different night of the week, depending on the participant's schedule, so we'll be announcing each one as we arrange them.
The WriteOnCon ChatMonday, September 27th At 6:30 pm EDTFeaturing Jessica Sinsheimer of The Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency; and
Roseanne Wells of The Marianne Strong Literary Agency
So...

PERSONAL DEMONS Amazing Race!

We were lucky enough to get our hands on an ARC of PERSONAL DEMONS and we have one word for you: HOT.
Here's a bit about the book:
If you had to choose between Heaven and Hell, which would it be?
Are you sure about that...?
Frannie Cavanaugh is a good Catholic girl with a wicked streak. She's spent years keeping everyone at a distance--even her closest friends--and it seems her senior year will be more of the same...until Luc Cain enrolls in her class. No one knows where he came from, but...

Because really, it's all about ME

I'm a total narcissist. [Editorial note from Laura: You should see our home videos. She's a hard-wired narcissist.]

I'm a little selfish and very opinionated. It's kind of a wicked combination. [Editorial note from Laura: I wouldn't have in any other way. You're so much more fun this way.]
Laura and I were discussing the recent posts from Hannah Moskowitz and Ally Carter about the online community of young adult writers, and this whole "echo chamber" concept. For those of you who haven't had...

The Bookanistas: CLEO: THE CAT WHO MENDED A FAMILY

I've never been much of a cat person. Dogs? Oh yes--in fact, apparently when I was in fourth grade, my teacher contacted my parents asking if they could please get me a dog. I guess I wrote about my wish daily in my journal and she felt sorry for me. Quincy, the best dog ever, was the result. Anyway, when we were asked to join the blog tour for CLEO: The Cat Who Mended a Family, I wasn't prepared to fall in love with the book. But I fell. Hard.
Here's what the back cover has to say:
Helen...

WTF Wednesday - The Hilton Edition

Ok, so it's no secret that we kind of idolize the Hilton sisters. I mean we're clearly trying to position ourselves at the Hiltons of the Midwest in our blog profile:
The Hilton Sisters - spray tans + brains - 4 inches + 20 (ok, fine...30...50...75 - Hey, Lisa's 9 months prego and the Hiltons haven't consumed solid food since the late 90's, so cut us some slack!) pounds ÷ Cleveland, OH = Lisa and Laura Roecker
Laura has always felt a special connection to Paris. She was born four days before...

Vacation By Numbers

Well, we're thrilled to announce that the first ever mega-Roecker vacation was a raging success. We had a fantastic time relaxing and (as of this blog post) all members of the Roecker family are still (somewhat) happily married. Win.

In case you guys were curious about our week in the sun here's some stats to give you an idea of how the Roeckers roll.


Number of children who puked on the 12 hour drive to Hilton Head: 2Ounces of puke that can miraculously be contained in a french fry container...

THE DUFF by Kody Keplinger

Kody Keplinger has one of the most amazing publishing stories we've heard to date. She seriously landed an incredible agent and an incredible book deal in days. DAYS, people! Oh, and she's 19--she was 17 when she wrote THE DUFF! Now, if this had been us at 18 or 19 our heads would have quadrupled in size. Not the case with Kody. She is seriously one of the most down to earth, humble, kind-hearted, talented writers we know. She has a super-sucessful career ahead of her and we can't wait to...