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April 8, 2016
Happy Birthday Abbi Contest
We are celebrating Abbi’s birthday coming on April 16 with a contest to promote Up In Flames. You do not want to miss out on this giveaway because the prize is an Up In Flames gift basket that includes a
SIGNED ARC COPY OF UP IN FLAMES
There are many ways to enter the contest and the more you enter, the greater your chances of winning! The entry options are below. You must click below for your entries to count.
Also, don’t forget to enter the Spring Break Contest still going on:
Both winners will be announced in the blog post on Friday, April 15!
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April 1, 2016
Join Abbi’s Army!
Would you like to be the first to find out anything and everything when it comes to Abbi Glines? Then you need to join Abbi’s Army! You will receive a newsletter every month telling you all the upcoming things you have to look forward to, plus you’ll receive an exclusive first look at excerpts, announcements, product releases, and more weeks before it’s released to the general public. Here is your opportunity to join the club! Abbi’s Army is a private group dedicated to Abbi’s biggest fans. We also have a private Facebook group to chat about anything Abbi. Click on the link below and you could be part of this hot fan club.
Join Now! The April newsletter goes out this evening!
(You must join the Facebook page separately. Once you join the Abbi’s Army newsletter you will get an email that tells you how to send in your request to be added to the Facebook group.)
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March 25, 2016
Spring is in the Air! Let’s Have A Contest!
It feels like the right time to spring a contest on you!
We’re welcoming spring break with a fabulous contest for one lucky person to win a $50 Gift Card and one of my books of your choice signed. I want to see pictures of you enjoying spring or your spring break with one of my books. Are you at the beach? Are you shopping? Are you relaxing at home? Or are you working hard and reading on breaks at the office? Be creative! I look forward to seeing those pics!
There are several ways to enter the contest. You only have to do one to be entered; however, the more pictures you send in, the more times your name gets “put into the hat”. Here are the ways you can enter:
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March 18, 2016
Calling all Nan Lovers!
Calling all Nan Haters Lovers!!!
Now you can share your feelings about everyone’s favorite bitch of Rosemary beach.
On March 30, 2014, Natasha Tomic of Natasha is a Book Junkie fame, posted the following on Facebook
“ So, at the last signing that Abbi attended I wore this button and got quite a few people doing a double take and asking me, “Really?” Yes, really. I think Nan can be redeemed. She is not evil, she is the product of bad parenting, but I think there is a heart underneath all that malice. I’m hoping that I might have brainwashed Abbi with my “button strategy”, although she kept shaking her head at me and saying I was ruining her hashtag. #Whatever #NanLover #IWillWearYouDownAbbiGlines “
In tribute to the beginning of Natasha’s #NanLover campaign, we’ve designed this shirt for all you NanLovers out there. We have also recreated the button that started it all. Order yours today!
Congratulations to our Luck of the Irish Winner…Natalie Abitago of Round Rock, TX
Natalie, click HERE for information on how to claim your prize.
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March 11, 2016
Abbi, What Is Your Weight Loss Secret?
Over the past eight months (which was about when my weight loss really started to
show) I’ve received many emails, Facebook messages, Tweets, Instagram
comments, and questions at book signings all concerning my weight loss. To
everyone else it appeared to be a quick thing. Like I had a secret and they wanted in
on it.
There was no secret. This is exactly what happened…
On January 5, 2015 I went to my annual doctor’s appointment. I was one
hundred pounds over a healthy weight for my height and age. My blood pressure
was high and I was showing signs of other illnesses like diabetes. My doctor
informed me that if I continued on like I was, I’d die early and it would be a hard
death. My body was falling apart.
I was terrified.
I left that doctor’s appointment and went directly to a walking track in town.
I began walking that day. Two miles just about killed me. I was so out of shape. I
didn’t let that get me down though. I had a life to save and kids I wanted to raise.
I then went to the grocery store and bought healthy food. Snack items that
weren’t chocolate candies, or cookies. My now ex-husband told me I’d never stick
with it because I was going too hardcore. I couldn’t keep that up. If there is one thing
I can thank him for (other than my children) it is for telling me I couldn’t do
something…. because I am very competitive.
When I got home I took all the hidden snacks out of my office desk and tossed
them in the trash. We are talking Hershey’s kisses, Tim Tam’s, Twizzlers, and sadly
many more. I seriously had an issue.
Starting that day I got up every morning, saw the kids off to school, and went
to the track to walk. I built up to walking five miles a day on that track during the
month of January. I also purchased a FitBit and began to compete against friends
and readers. Again, I am very competitive, and I would walk until I had beaten
everyone I was in challenges with for that day. I walked rain or shine. Even pouring
rain. I was determined. However, after I walked in the first bad rain I went home, got
on Amazon and ordered myself a treadmill. Things got real then.
Since I had a treadmill set up in my office, whenever I got stumped in a scene
instead of eating a cookie I walked it out. By the end of February I was walking ten
miles a day. I had also lost fifty pounds.
March rolled around and my weekly weight loss almost completely stopped. I
was still walking ten miles a day and eating really healthy but I wasn’t losing. So I
got mad one day and ate all the stuff I’d been craving…. which, let me tell you, was a
lot of stuff.
The bad side is that made me sick at my stomach. The upside was I had just
found a trick. At the end of that week I’d lost five pounds. I realized that if I let
myself have a cheat day during the week it helped to jump start my metabolism.
To this day I still have a cheat day. I normally only cheat one meal now. The
stomach pains, that a big cheat day can cause, hurt. I don’t like that. And I don’t get
that hungry anymore. I don’t know if this is healthy so please don’t go jumping all
over me if you believe otherwise. My health is fantastic now and when I was one
hundred pounds overweight I had one foot in the grave. That’s all I need to know.
June 2015 I went back to my doctor because he was giving me time to lose
some weight before he put me on blood pressure medicine. I asked him to let me
attempt to get my number down before he put me on it. If my high blood pressure
was weight related I was going to fix it.
And I did.
I weighed in that day having lost ninety pounds. He walked into the room
shaking his head and accusing me of having surgery to lose the weight. I swore to
him I hadn’t. So he made me show him my stomach. He was amazed and gave me a
high five. I was incredibly proud of myself.
As of January 5, 2016 I’ve officially lost one hundred and twenty five pounds.
I now just maintain. I have a curvy build and I like it. I don’t want to lose my bottom
or my hips. I’m completely good with them. As long as they’re firm.
I walk four miles (sometimes more) a day and three days a week I add
weights, lunges, squats, crunches, and a few others. I think about everything I put in
my mouth and mentally tally the calories I intake a day. I keep it at a healthy number
and make sure they aren’t empty calories. My empty calories come once a week
when I cheat. I also drink at least one hundred ounces of water a day. I won’t lie this
is a newer thing for me but I wish I’d done it from the start. I’ve only been doing this
about two months now and I don’t know how I lived without all my water. I think it
would have been a tremendous help in my weight loss journey if I’d added it.
There you have it. That’s my “secret”.
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March 4, 2016
Get Lucky… Luck of the Irish Contest
Get Lucky… with a Luck of the Irish contest, that is!
Promote the upcoming Up In Flames by Abbi Glines and our favorite red-head, Nan, for your chance to win Up In Flames products. Prize includes #NanHater shirt (available now), NanLover shirt, NanLover button, and an Up In Flames candle that is in the works.
Competition is now through Thursday, March 17 at midnight.
You must enter through the competition tracker below:
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February 24, 2016
Apollycon 2016
I will be attending Apollycon 2016 this weekend.
Come see me! I have special Up In Flames buttons to give away!
From the Apollycon website:
When: February 26th – 28th
Where: Hilton Savannah Desoto in Savannah, GA
SCHEDULE:
*Subject to change
Friday
Barnes & Noble Book Sales (at the Hilton Savannah Desoto)
Open for V.I.R & Party Ticket holders 6 PM – 9 PMMeet & Greet
Dessert Party
7 PM – 9 PM
(NO BOOKS WILL BE SIGNED AT THIS EVENT)
This event is Sponsored by
Saturday
Bookstore opens to the public 9 AM – 3 PM
V.I.R Early Entry into the signing 12 PM – 1 PM
Public Book Signing 1 PM – 4 PM
After Party
Will be held across the street from the hotel in a beautiful ballroom
8 PM – 11 PM
Sponsored By:
SPECIAL GUESTS
Model Drew Leighty as Seth from the Titans Series.
Model Pepe Toth as Daemon Black from the Lux Series
FEATURING AUTHORS…
Jennifer L. Armentrout
*Subject to change
Abbi Glines
Alexandra Bracken
Amalie Howard
Brigid Kemmerer
Caisey Quinn
Chelsea M. Cameron
Christina Lee
Cora Carmack
Donna Grant
Erin Bowman
Jamie Shaw
Jay Crownover
Jeaniene Frost
Jen Mclaughlin
Jennifer Jenkins
Julie Reece
K.A. Linde
K.A. Tucker
Kami Garcia
Katie McGarry
Kristen Ashley
Laura Kaye
Mary Lindsey/Marissa Clarke
Molly McAdams
Nichole Chase
Nyrae Dawn
Rachel Harris
Rachel Vincent
Rebecca Donovan
Sarah J. Maas
Sophie Jordan
Suzanne Young
Tessa Bailey
Tiffany King
Trisha Wolfe
Also, Doodles by Christina will be at ApollyCon 2016 with some her amazing work!
Check out her work here ››› http://www.dooodlesbychristina.com/
GRAB YOU TICKETS TODAY!
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February 22, 2016
Calling all my NanHaters!
For a Limited Time only! NANHATER shirts are here!!!
Share your feelings about everyone’s favorite bitch of the beach. You love to hate her so show it off with this limited time t-shirt. Stay tuned for her story though….
you might just change your mind about Nan.
PRE-ORDER UP IN FLAMES TODAY!
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February 14, 2016
Happy Valentine’s Day! And the WINNER is…
And the WINNER is…
Congratulations Misty Morin from Providence, RI
Information on how to claim your HOT prize here!!!
Don’t forget! You still have time to get your books in and signed. In case you missed it, throughout the month of February, send in ALL of your Abbi Glines’ books to be signed. Yes, you read that correctly, mail in ANY and ALL of my books with return postage; I will sign and personalize each one. You will also get a little Valentine’s goodie from all the boys of Rosemary Beach.
Here is how it work:
First decide how many books you will be sending in for signing, then
– Go to this link to purchase return postage
– Click “Add To Cart” and proceed to checkout
– Update the quantity of books you are sending to be signed.
– Proceed through checkout and enter your shipping information as you would if you were buying a product.
– Select the type of shipping in which you would like your books sent back to you (It may or may not give you options depending on the number of books you’re sending).
– Pay for your purchase.
– Ship your books and the envelope or box needed to ship it back to:
Abbi Glines
10 N Section Street Ste 147
Fairhope, AL 36532
– Once we receive your books and they are signed, a label will be printed and you will receive an email notification from our shipping system that your books are on their way back to you.
*Abbi Glines is not responsible for books lost or damaged in shipping. Please note that First Class shipping DOES NOT include insurance.
Surprise!!! There is a new T-Shirt in my online store…CAPTAIN’S SHIRT is here!!! 
Stay tuned…more new products coming soon.
I will be attending Apollycon 2016. February 26th-28th. Come see me! I have special Up In Flames buttons to give away.
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February 2, 2016
ALL Your Books Signed & a Special Valentine’s Day Card
You read that correctly, ALL YOUR BOOKS SIGNED!
It’s February and I’m in the mood to celebrate Valentine’s Day! In case you missed it, I am currently doing a Rosemary Beach Valentine’s Giveaway that I posted last week. In addition to that giveaway, I am opening my mailbox to receive ANY and ALL of my books for signing. That’s right! Any of my books can be sent in for signing through the entire month of February. When you send in your books with return postage paid, I will sign and personalize each of your books then send them back to you with a special Valentine’s Day Card from the guys of Rosemary Beach. This is a limited time offer and one I cannot have very often so be sure to take advantage while it’s here!
Here is how it works:
First decide how many books you will be sending in for signing, then
– Go to this link to purchase return postage
– Click “Add To Cart” and proceed to checkout
– Update the quantity of books you are sending to be signed.
– Proceed through checkout and enter your shipping information as you would if you were buying a product.
– Select the type of shipping in which you would like your books sent back to you (It may or may not give you options depending on the number of books you’re sending).
– Pay for your purchase.
– Ship your books and the envelope or box needed to ship it back to:
Abbi Glines
10 N Section Street Ste 147
Fairhope, AL 36532
– Once we receive your books and they are signed, a label will be printed and you will receive an email notification from our shipping system that your books are on their way back to you.
*Abbi Glines is not responsible for books lost or damaged in shipping. Please note that First Class shipping DOES NOT include insurance.
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