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From Tumblr…on movies

Hi all,

Reposting this from theallycarter.tumblr.com:

When you make your movie, would you ever consider letting a huge fan being a character/actor in your movies? (: I’ve been doing live Theatre for most of my life (I’m 18), and I’ve grown with the Gallagher Girls, and I would love to be apart of it. (:

ASKED BYeffervescenteliza

We get a lot of questions about movies. Or potential movies. It is nice and very flattering, but I’m afraid it doesn’t change the reality in which we live.

There MIGHT be...

On Book Festivals…

As an author of young adult literature, I’m lucky. As an author who has been blessed with publishers who love and support my work, I’m EXTREMELY lucky.

This means that I frequently get to travel (at my publisher’s expense) to conferences filled with librarians and teachers and book sellers.

It means I get to take off for weeks on end for book tours that take me all over the country (and sometimes even out of the country) where I get to meet readers and gatekeepers and members of the media.

It me...

Magnificent Mega Giveaway Monday!

Hi Everyone!

As promised we have a really great giveaway today!

Up for grabs are 3 Heist Society books, a Double Crossed Chapter Sampler, a Heist SocietyKeychain, & a pair of Heist Society Sunglasses!

To be entered to win just answer these questions from Double Crossed:

1. Who are the two main characters in Double Crossed?

2. What 2 Ally Carter Series are the main characters from?

3. What kind of masks did the masked men wear?

Good Luck! I will hold all comments with answers for 48 hours to give eve...

Happy weekend!

Hello, everyone,

I hope you guys had a great week and are gearing up for an even better weekend. (Even though I know today is Thursday, it has felt like Friday all day, so I’m just going to go with it!)

What is going on here, you ask? Well, quite a few things, actually.

1. I’m working on Embassy Row 2. I’m actually doing what can best be described as “pre-writing”. I haven’t written hardly any of the actual book yet, but I’m doing the stuff that will hopefully make the book writing go a lot easi...

Magnificent Monday

Hi everyone!

Well I know last week I hinted that we would have a giveaway this week but since I didn’t go into Ally Carter HQ last week I don’t know what fun things we have to giveaway. But I promise I will have a giveaway next week so please check back!

And while you are waiting for next week to get here please see Ally’s blog about the changes on the website here.

Have a good week!

xoxo,

Shellie

P.S. What fun things, that I have given away in the past, would you like to see up for grabs next week...

Changes!

Hi everyone,

I hope you’re having a great summer weekend. Me? I’m typing this from my new treadmill desk. Well, it isn’t so much a treadmill desk as it is a shelf that hooks on to my existing treadmill. But I get to write, type, surf, tweet, and blog from it, so I’m liking it quite a lot! (I just really hope I don’t…you know…break something–but don’t worry, Mom, I never go that fast.)

Today I wanted to bring your attention to some changes we have going on here at allycarter.com.

First, you’ll no...

Magnificent Summer Monday!

Hi Everyone!

Summer is in full swing around here! I just dropped my daughter off at art camp this morning. She loves doing different art projects and its something fun we can do together. Here is a picture of her latest project that she did for her Grandparents.

What summer plans do you have? Camps? Vacation?

xoxo,

Shellie

P.S. I may have a summer giveaway next week!

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5 Really Random Observations

hi everyone!

How’s it going? Me? I’m working on Embassy Row 2. Which is really weird since no one (besides a few friends/family members and my publisher has read Embassy Row 1.)

I know I promised you guys I’d blog more often, but I’m having a hard time coming up with anything to say. Because my head is filled with things I can’t say! Because it would totally spoil Embassy Row for you.

So I’m just going to offer you five super random observations instead.

1. It’s summer time! And the mosquitoes ha...

Magnificent Scavenger Hunt Monday

Hi everyone!

I thought I would mix it up today and post a fun scavenger hunt!

I will post some questions below the answers can be found on the website.

Questions:

1. What was the date of my first Magnificent Monday post?

2. Who did Ally say she was referring to when she dedicated Perfect Scoundrelsto “The Hale Girls”?

3. How did Ally come up with the Gallagher name?

4. What was Ally’s first book?

5. Who is the main character in Embassy Row?

6. What do I use for Fan Art Fridays if we haven’t gotten any...

TFiOS

Hi everybody,

So…I’ve got my tickets to see The Fault in Our Stars today. Do you guys have yours?

If, by some chance, you’ve been living under a rock for two years. This is the movie adaptation of John Green’s runaway tearjerker…I mean bestseller.

Probably the question I get asked the most is WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE YOUR BOOKS INTO MOVIES.

Boy, do I hate this question.

Not because I don’t WANT my books to be movies–in fact, the very OPPOSITE is true. It’s just that this question always reminds...