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September 25, 2013
BatDad: The Dad You Need, Not The Dad You Want
Okay, I must really live under a rock, but this is the first time I’ve ever heard of or seen BatDad, but it’s freakin awesome. So I thought I’d share! Check out the video below:
I could watch and enjoy 2 hours of this guy pretending to be Batman – embarrassing his wife and kids. Unfortunately, I cannot watch 2 hours of Ben Affleck pretending to be Batman.
- Boy Genius
September 24, 2013
FIND ME Twitter Party | 1 hour away
*** Where copies of FIND ME will be given away every TEN minutes! Follow the party host @novablogder ***
TWITTER PARTY – SEPTEMBER 24 – 7pm EST
Book Addicts, there’s more #FINDME surprises! September 24th at 7 PM ET/ 6 PM CST/ 5 PM MST/ 4 PM PST, there will be a Twitter Party hosted by Musings of a Blodger and Ensconced in YA for Romily’s debut novel. It will be Release Day twitter party! And who’s going to miss such an awesome party where there would be a lot of FIND ME fans and lots of prizes!?
See the details/rules/tips/info here: #FINDME Twitter Party
FIND ME Blog Tour + GIVEAWAYS | Day 7
In order to win a signed hardback of FIND ME + some slapbands you must enter the rafflecopter giveaway at the blogs on the tour.
The SECRET TO WINNING: you have to participate the most. Meaning, the winners will be those who have commented the most. So participate by leaving a comment at each of the blogs on the tour! See them all HERE, and see today’s tour stops below:
Read Books And Live Green | Interview, Review & Playlist
Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile | Review, Favorite Quote
Book Cover Justice | Review
Istyria Book Blog | Review
There will be more chances to win and even more giveaways tonight :
*** Where copies of FIND ME will be given away every TEN minutes! Follow the party host @novablogder ***
TWITTER PARTY – SEPTEMBER 24 – 7pm EST
Book Addicts, there’s more #FINDME surprises! September 24th at 7 PM ET/ 6 PM CST/ 5 PM MST/ 4 PM PST, there will be a Twitter Party hosted by Musings of a Blodger and Ensconced in YA for Romily’s debut novel. It will be Release Day twitter party! And who’s going to miss such an awesome party where there would be a lot of FIND ME fans and lots of prizes!?
See the details/rules/tips/info here: #FINDME Twitter Party
FIND ME: It’s finally here! | THANK YOU
Acknowledgement page:
It’s weird to see FIND ME with only my name on it because, God knows, I didn’t get here on my own. I have no idea where to begin so I’ll just dive in.
As always, I would be nowhere without my incredible parents who didn’t even flinch when I told them I wanted to be a writer…and wasn’t going to law school…and “oh-by-the-way it’s one of those creepy books so you probably shouldn’t tell your friends.”
Except they totally did tell their friends…and pretty much anyone else who couldn’t out run them. I am beyond lucky to have such support.
The same way I’m beyond lucky to have Wonder Agent, Sarah Davies, on my side. Words are supposed to be my thing, but I’m always flat speechless when describing Sarah. She has been my agent, editor, and fairy godmother all rolled into one. Needless to say, I wouldn’t be here without her. Every author should be so lucky as to have someone like her in his/her life.
Beyond grateful to my editor, Phoebe Yeh, for taking a chance on me and for not being completely weirded out when I trotted forward all the reasons I wanted Harper-Collins to be my publisher. I promise I’m not a stalker. I just did a lot of research…which, come to think about it, is probably exactly what a stalker would say.
A big thank you to my little sis, Merrill, and her husband, Ricky, for the repeated readthroughs and feedback. Another big thank-you to Alana Whitman, Olivia DeLeon, and Jessica MacLeish who make me look so much cooler and more pulled-together than I actually am.
I also want to thank Tanya Michaels, Jana Oliver, Valerie Bowman, and Debby Giusti who believed in me way before I believed in myself. You ladies rock. I must have been a much nicer person in a former life to have earned such support.
Special thanks to the following teachers and professors I had the pleasure of working with over the years: Priscilla Overstreet, Christopher Craig, Margie Lawson, Dianna Love, Mary Buckham, Dr. Mary Alice Money, Dr. Stephen Dobranski, Dr. Michael Galchinsky, and Dr. Malinda Snow. I so so so hope you enjoy FIND ME as much as I enjoyed your classes. I’m writing today because of you.
And thank you doesn’t even begin to cover what I owe my awesome critique partners, Jennifer McQuiston and Sally Kilpatrick. I am amazed that these ladies take my phone calls let alone read my dreadful first drafts. I am so lucky to have them.
Big shout out to all my friends at Georgia Romance Writers and, of course, my beloved DoomsDaises who will probably end up ruling the world so everyone better stay on their good side.
Another thank you to my awesome buddies downtown: Drew Nabbefeldt who told everyone I was his favorite author before I even had a book out, Abra Schwartz who encourages my bad behavior, Joann Steele, Kristin Smith, Larry Rodrigues, and Steve Herbein who always cheer me on, and Alexis Kole and Nichole Pitts who are pretty much made of awesome.
Particular thanks to Cecily White and Meg Kassel for those lightning reads. As well as to Dr. Patricia Recklet who not only takes care of Tempi the Wonder Pony, but also read FIND ME and, to my utter delight, asked for more.
And, of course, thank you to my husband, Tony Bernard, who was with me the whole way and believed in me even when I didn’t. Most girls dream about marrying a super hero. I actually did. I love you, sweetheart.
September 23, 2013
FIND ME Blog Tour + GIVEAWAYS | Day 5 & 6
The Book Cellar
| Review
Working for the Mandroid
| Review, Dream Cast
Tressa’s Wishful Endings
| Review, Excerpt
Read. Sleep. Repeat | Review, Excerpt
Paranormal Book Club | Review
Enticed by Books | Review, Dream Cast
Forever 17 Books | Review
Tomorrow FIND ME will be in stores everywhere, and I’m so excited!
In order to win a signed hardback of FIND ME + some slapbands you must enter the rafflecopter giveaway at the blogs above.
The SECRET TO WINNING: you have to participate the most. Meaning, the winners will be those who have commented the most. So participate at each of the blogs on the tour! See them all HERE
There will be more chances to win and even more giveaways tomorrow night :
TWITTER PARTY – SEPTEMBER 24 – 7pm EST
Book Addicts, there’s more #FINDME surprises! September 24th at 7 PM ET/ 6 PM CST/ 5 PM MST/ 4 PM PST, there will be a Twitter Party hosted by Musings of a Blodger and Ensconced in YA for Romily’s debut novel. It will be Release Day twitter party! And who’s going to miss such an awesome party where there would be a lot of FIND ME fans and lots of prizes!?
See the details/rules/tips/info here: #FINDME Twitter Party
September 21, 2013
FIND ME Blog Tour + GIVEWAYS | Day 4
Musings of a Blogder | Review + GIVEAWAY of signed ARC
Sarah Elizabeth’s Bookshelf | Review, Dream Cast
Curling Up With A Good Book | Review
How do I enter to win the giveaway?
There will be two winners
You must be 13 or older to enter this giveaway
It’s an US ONLY giveaway. Sorry, international readers (FIND ME will launch in the UK on Jan 16, 2014 and I will have giveaways – just for y’all)
Each day there will be available a #QOD (question of the day) in each participant blog. You can earn more points by answering the question or just leaving a comment.
The SECRET TO WIN: you have to participate the most. Meaning, the winners will be those who have more points. So participate at each of the blogs on the tour! See them all HERE
There will be more chances to win and even more giveaways at:
TWITTER PARTY – SEPTEMBER 24 – 7pm EST
Book Addicts, there’s more #FINDME surprises! September 24th at 7 PM ET/ 6 PM CST/ 5 PM MST/ 4 PM PST, there will be a Twitter Party hosted by Musings of a Blodger and Ensconced in YA for Romily’s debut novel. It will be Release Day twitter party! And who’s going to miss such an awesome party where there would be a lot of FIND ME fans and lots of prizes!?
See the details/rules/tips/info here: #FINDME Twitter Party
September 20, 2013
FIND ME Blog Tour + GIVEAWAYS | Day 3
Win (1) of (2) signed hardback copies of FIND ME by Romily Bernard and some FIND ME slapbands
(US ONLY)
How do I enter to win the giveaway?
There will be two winners
You must be 13 or older to enter this giveaway
It’s an US ONLY giveaway. Sorry, international readers (FIND ME will launch in the UK on Jan 16, 2014 and I will have giveaways then – just for y’all)
Each day there will be available a #QOD (question of the day) in each participant blog. You can earn more points by answering the question or just leaving a comment.
The SECRET TO WIN: you have to participate the most. Meaning, the winners will be those who have more points. So participate at each of the blogs below!
The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club
There will be more chances to win and even more giveaways at:
TWITTER PARTY – SEPTEMBER 24 – 7pm EST
Book Addicts, there’s more #FINDME surprises! September 24th at 7 PM ET/ 6 PM CST/ 5 PM MST/ 4 PM PST, there will be a Twitter Party hosted by Musings of a Blodger and Ensconced in YA for Romily’s debut novel. It will be Release Day twitter party! And who’s going to miss such an awesome party where there would be a lot of FIND ME fans and lots of prizes!?
See the details/rules/tips/info here: #FINDME Twitter Party
You Named Your Heroine What?
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I have to apologize in advance for this post. I had writer’s block. It wasn’t pretty. Then again, very little I do can be considered pretty. It’s mostly flailing. And swearing.
In this case, it involved canned spray cheese and a box of Triscuits…and, eventually, just the spray cheese.
Open wide, my hons! Here comes heart disease!
Ahem. Where was I? Oh, yeah, I recently got an email asking where I came up with the name Wicket Tate.
The short answer? I have no idea and, if you’re pressed for time, you could stop reading now and still feel like you’ve accomplished something. I won’t judge. Neither will Boy Genius. In fact, if you’re standing around the water cooler with the guys from advertising and someone says “What’s the deal with naming a heroine Wicket?” You can say, “The author is just as baffled as we are.” and you will be right and everyone will think you have the inside track. Next they’ll be asking you for investment advice.
You’re welcome.
Unless you don’t feel like answering questions about mutual funds, in which case, I’m sorry. Sometimes these things happen. Especially when you hang around me.
The longer answer? I have a thing for weird names. It’s probably because I have a weird name so it doesn’t seem so weird to me. It actually feels kind of normal. Still, I did have some issues with contest judges going all WTF? when reading FIND ME. I think one judge even said “No one names heroines Wicket.”
Technically, someone does.
Anywho, I don’t actually remember deciding on a name for Wick. It just sort of…came to me. And that’s the closest brush with having an artistic muse, I’ve ever had. I attend monthly meetings of Georgia Romance Writers and people often discuss their inspirations and muses.
Okay, it’s not like an every meeting thing, but it’s enough to give me a complex. They’re all “I was watching Despicable Me and, suddenly, I visualized this girl and this boy and they were…doing stuff. And then I wrote it all down. It was wonderful.”
Gives me the urge to kick something.
I don’t have inspiration, but I do have ambition, which is almost the same thing if you squint…and can’t spell very well. FIND ME was actually born out of a lie I told the agent I wanted. Sarah passed on my YA paranormal and asked me what else I had.
I had a big, fat nothing, but that didn’t stop me from shooting off my mouth (I like to think of that as one of my better qualities). Of course, the problem with shooting off your mouth and saying you want to write a YA thriller is the agent will sometimes say “Yay! Send it to me!”
And then you have to do the work.
Actually, I don’t really mind that part. I’ve gotten good at the slog. It’s the bubbling-over inspiration and touchy-feely parts of writing that I still don’t have. Other writers talk about the joys of story discovery and, when it’s my turn, I squint a bit so everyone thinks I’m sifting through brilliant answers. Then I ruin the illusion by saying, “Okay, see, it looked like agents wanted thrillers so I…wrote one.”
And before FIND ME, I wrote two historicals, one women’s fiction, and a YA paranormal. Because that’s how badly I wanted this.
So you can imagine how excited I am to be here with Annie on Book Blather! Huge thank you for reading and I so hope you enjoy FIND ME!!
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September 19, 2013
FIND ME Blog Tour + GIVEAWAYS | DAY 2
Click on any of the blog links below, scroll down, leave a comment and enter to win a signed hardcover of FIND ME and a FIND ME slap band!
SEPTEMBER 18th
The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club & A Reading Nurse | Welcome to the Fantastic Flying Book Club
SEPTEMBER 19th
Coffee, Books and Me | Review, Favorite Quote, Playlist
Literary Meanderings | Review
Reader Rising | Review, Interview
Oops! I Read A Book Again | Review
Warning
Don’t forget if you don’t win a book on the blog tour, you could win one at the FIND ME Twitter Party! Come join me as I give away books, slap bands, and other giveaways! See information below:
TWITTER PARTY – SEPTEMBER 24 – 7pm EST
Book Addicts, there’s more #FINDME surprises! September 24th at 7 PM ET/ 6 PM CST/ 5 PM MST/ 4 PM PST, there will be a Twitter Party hosted by Musings of a Blodger and Ensconced in YA for Romily’s debut novel. It will be Release Day twitter party! And who’s going to miss such an awesome party where there would be a lot of FIND ME fans and lots of prizes!?
See the details/rules/tips/info here: #FINDME Twitter Party
Which Harry Potter Character Are You?
Do you know your Myers-Briggs personality? If not, take a Myers-Briggs-style test and see which Harry Potter character you’re most like!
Huh. I’m married to a Draco Malfoy. That explains so much... Kidding! I’m kidding. Boy Genius uses his powers for good…mostly.
So what character are you?
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