Elizabeth Scott's Blog, page 19

want to win a signed ARC of The Unwritten Rule?

If you're interested in winning a signed ARC of The Unwritten Rule, you'll want to check this contest out:

My name is Katy*, and I run the Elizabeth Scott Fans! groups on Facebook and Goodreads, as well as the new and improved fan site: elizabethscottfans.tumblr.com

Right now, I'm having a contest to win a signed ARC of Elizabeth's upcoming book, The Unwritten Rule.

Here's how to enter:

1. Join tumblr and then follow Elizabeth Scott Fans! on tumblr

2. You get 1 entry for that, and then you can ge...

WOW! Awesome The Unwritten Rule news!!

I just found out from my editor that The Unwritten Rule is going be out before April 6th--in fact, it's going to be in stores on March 16th!!

I'm super excited about this, because a. The Unwritten Rule is going to be out sooner, which makes me happy because I can't wait for you all to read it! and b. Wal-Mart is going to carry the book and it's going to be in way more stores than Something, Maybe was AND they are going to carry the paperback of Something, Maybe too (which will be out on Feb 2...

don't forget about the free books...or yes, I am giving some away! (I know, the shock, right?)

Just a reminder that, as part of my first readergirlz videoblog, there's a free book contest going on--and if you want to enter, there's still time.

Also! Anything you'd all like me to talk about next month? Best suggestion gets a copy of Lauren Kate's New York Times Bestseller Fallen (and did you see the all ads for it on the CW last week during The Vampire Diaries??? Wow!)

Anyway, for your chance to win the copy of Fallen, just leave your suggestion for what my next redergirlz blog should be...

weekend and links

My husband, being the amazing guy that he is, took me out of town this weekend because he thought I needed to relax and he was right! One of the weirder things about working at home is that your house becomes your office. So, in a sense, you are always at work--if nothing else, you're always carrying around your story in your head. It was nice to just have it in my head this weekend and not everywhere I looked!

I also have to say Thank You! to you all for your super wonderful comments on my re...

your questions answered--and free books!

I'm so happy to say my first official author-in-residence* post is up at the readergirlz blog--YAY!! I had planned on answering fifteen of your questions, but the video ended up being super long, so I had to cut it down to five--but if you're interested in seeing my workspace, hearing about my writing rituals, learning about my writing "process," watch me discuss the best--and worst--reviews I've ever gotten and talk about why the concept of loss seems to figure into so much of my work, then ...

thank you

I want to thank all of you who commented, sent emails, sent me tweets, dropped me a note on facebook, and so on, about what I said yesterday regarding my books and what happens to me when they are downloaded illegally.

And yes, I did mean what I said when I offered help--if you need it, let me know.

Also, I do know that this is a big deal for a lot of you overseas, where finding my books can be very hard. I stumbled across a site a few months ago that will most definitely be of interest to you...

I forgot!

I was so nervous about making the video blog yesterday that I forgot to say that it seems pretty clear that everyone wants a release day chat and YAY!

I'd so much rather talk to all of you when the book comes out than make a trailer and you know I'm going to run contests anyway so this way it's the best of both worlds! (Sneak chat peak: I'll be revealing not one, but TWO huge secrets, so it's going to be fun!!)

I have to edit the video blog (you all asked so many great questions that the video...

link-o-rama!

Wow, has it been a ripe few days for awesome links! Which is good because as soon as I'm done sharing these, I'm off to make my readergirlz video blog, which I am feeling pretty good about, thanks to all of you and your awesome questions!

Okay, links:

Nice post about positivity--and how to stay positive -- lots of really great advice, like this: "don't get upset with yourself for getting upset. This is something I post about often. Look, rejection sucks. That's all there is to it. But you...

what a week! plus--do you want a book trailer making contest or a chat? Let me know!

Things have been a little crazy for me this week--my dad got super sick on Monday night--he was having trouble breathing--and had to go to the emergency room. He's okay now (it turned out to be an allergic reaction to some cold medicine he'd bought plus a really nasty secondary lung infection from the cold) but it was really scary. I know he's feeling better now, though, because when I suggested that maybe he might want to think about about moving (he and my mom still live where I grew up, wh...

wow, everyone's been busy!

Thank you all so much for the great comments and questions you suggested for the video blog--I knew you all would come through and you did! I am seriously SUPER lucky! Also, the winners of the free books were Llehn, Robby, and Haleyknitz.

As for the video blog itself, I will absolutely keep you posted on what's going on with it!

Also, how are you all feeling about The Unwritten Rule--do you still want a trailer for it, or would you rather have an on-line book release party/chat where we can tal...