Ally Carter's Blog, page 33

2012 T-Shirt Contest

Hi everyone!

Well, it’s that time again… T-Shirt Contest Time!!!

This has been a long-running tradition here at allycarter.com. I can’t remember exactly how many years we’ve done it now. Three? Four? It doesn’t matter because each and every one has been super fantastic fun times, and I have no doubt that this year will be no different!

So, for the newcomers among you, here are the basics:

Every fall we have a contest where readers (just like you!) design logos which are used for t-shirts, mousepa...

A question

Hi Everybody!

Another question for you today. Please feel free to answer honestly–I’m not going to get my feelings hurt. Or not to answer at all.

I’m just always curious about what you guys are thinking!

-Ally

Online Surveys – Zoomerang.com

My favorite (unexpected) scenes

Hi gang,

A lot of you have been asking about the scenes I mentioned in the post on my process–which scenes I didn’t set out to write but are now among my favorites.

(MINOR SPOILERS MAY FOLLOW)

In Heist Society, it was the scene where Kat first goes to see Mr. Stein. I didn’t even know there WAS a Mr. Stein until Kat knocked on his door.

In GG3 it is the very short scene at the very end of the book when Cam is sleeping on the couch in Rachel’s office hears and sees all the reactions to what has ju...

Some updates

Hi everybody!

Thanks to all of you who have commented in the past few weeks about some of the things you’d like to see added to the site, and we have listened!

First, if you haven’t already noticed, we’ve added some new fun features to the sidebar here at the blog.

We have a new way to count down to the release of Perfect Scoundrels! If you have a blog, tumblr, or other web presence, please feel free to use it yourself! The “share” button on the bottom is for exactly that purpose.

We’ve also adde...

My Process

Hi everybody,

As most of you know, I’m working on Gallagher Girls 6 right now. (And, yes, it’s probably the last one. And, no, I don’t know exactly when it is going to be released. Sorry I don’t have any more info just yet.)

Every time I start a book I find myself thinking a lot about…well…how to write a book. It’s a question that I get asked A LOT and now I’m going to write about it here.

Not HOW TO WRITE A BOOK but rather HOW I WRITE BOOKS. Why do I make that distinction? Because there is no o...

Technical difficulties

Hi everyone,

Just a quick note to let you know we are having some slight technical difficulties. Updating the blog, approving comments, and all has been a little harder lately. We are working on it, and hopefully things will be back to usual soon.

In the meantime, have a great weekend!

Ally

Poll

Hi everybody,

I hope you’re all having a great weekend.

I have kind of a strange question for you today. Basically, I’m hoping that you can help me out with something.

It’s time to think about revamping this site, my overall marketing plans/concepts, and just things in general. Basically, what are we doing that you like, don’t like. What SHOULD we be doing–stuff like that.

So please take to the comments section and let us know.

Two quick requests:

1. PLEASE DON’T SAY “MAKE A MOVIE”! That is out of...

Cruisin’

Hi, everybody!

I’m baaaack. Vacation was fun. And tiring. And very, very pretty (as you will see below.)

My family and I were fortunate enough to take a Disney cruise from New York up the New England Coast and into Canada. It was a gorgeous ship…

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And we got to see some beautiful sights. Like Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia.

And the “reversing falls” in Saint John, New Brunswick.

And, of course, we had some beautiful days at sea.

And we got to have a lot of fun with some genuine rock stars.

Like a zi...

Vacation

Hey gang,

Weird news today: I’m going on vacation. With my family. On a cruise. These are all VERY unusual occurrences since my family has never done any of those three things. Well, I guess we went on a few vacations when my sister and I were kids, but we haven’t done it since–certainly not all together.

So…next week I will not be home and, it turns out, I will not have easy or inexpensive access to email, so there will no be updates here to the blog.

AND blog comments will not be checked or ap...

Things I am loving

Hello, all. It seems like lately there have been a lot of things that I’m loving and today I plan to share them with you (in no particular order).

* The Olympics.

Yes, I’m that person. I cry every time they do a medal ceremony. I tear up at all the commercials with the Olympians as little kids. I spend a lot of time thinking, “Dude. All men should look like SWIMMERS.” So, yeah, the Olympics are totally doing it for me!

* It’s a 10 Plus Keratin shampoo and conditioner

It’s no secret that I’ve been...