KEEPER'S FIRST BLURB!!!!!!! (and a contest to celebrate!)
A few of you might have seen me tweet this picture from the SCIBA event I went to last weekend:
This is me with Amber Benson (yes, Tara!) and Lisa McMann (otherwise known as: two super-cool S&S Aladdin authors--with a Shannon standing nervously in the middle!)
And you might notice that I do not have my arm around Lisa McMann in the photo--and there IS a reason for that. See, poor Lisa had already had to endure a couple of awkward Shannon-hugs that evening, so I decided it wasn't right to make her endure any more.
Which may make you wonder why I was hug-molesting poor Lisa McMann.
Well... there are many reasons:
- I'm ... kinda a HUGE Lisa McMann fangirl - She's arguably one of the nicest authors out there- But mostly, it had to do with this:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"A delightful and dangerous adventure with complex characters and relationships you'll root for to the end of time."
In case you can't tell--that is the first official blurb for KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES!!!
Nope--that's not enough exclamation marks:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Though, mostly... I get a bit teary every time I read it.
I mean, having someone say something nice about my book will always be an AMAZING thing. But to have it be from an author I've been admiring and fangirl-ing for YEARS--an author who writes both middle grade and YA with the kind of ease and skill that I aspire to, is just...
There. Are. No. Words.
(That does not mean I didn't ramble--mostly incoherently--to poor Lisa at the event, thanking her for taking the time to read KEEPER and giving such an amazing blurb. But I will spare you that because it's bad enough poor Lisa had to suffer through it. I'm just happy I didn't cry!)
And just so you guys can fully understand why this blurb means so much to me, I've decided to give away some of Lisa's amazing books to one lucky commenter, so you can see for yourself why having her like my book is such an incredible compliment.
One winner will receive:- A SIGNED Hardcover of CRYER'S CROSS- A Hardcover of THE UNWANTEDS- A Hardcover of DEAD TO YOU
To enter, make sure you leave a comment on this post by 11:59 pm PST on Saturday, March 10th. I'll draw one random winner and post their name on Sunday, March 11th. International entries welcome.
And whether you win or lose, I highly recommend you all check out Lisa's incredible list of titles. Here are links to all the ones currently available on Goodreads:WAKEFADEGONECRYER'S CROSSTHE UNWANTEDSDEAD TO YOU
She also has two amazing new books coming out in the near(ish) future:THE UNWANTEDS 2: ISLAND OF SILENCECRASH
And since I am SO excited about the new books--and I want you to be too--I will give one extra entry in the contest if you mark either of them as "To Read" on Goodreads. (just to be clear, that would be one extra entry for marking UNWANTEDS 2 : ISLAND OF SILENCE as "To Read" and one extra entry for marking CRASH as "To Read") And hey, while you're there, if you feel like marking KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES or LET THE SKY FALL as "To Read" I'll give one extra entry for either of those too. (I'm allowed to be a *little* shameless sometimes, right?) (The names are links--or I have a handy widget in my sidebar)
So that means if you mark them all, you could have FOUR additional entries, along with the one for commenting, for a grand total of FIVE entries. Pretty sweet. Or, you could just leave a comment and take your one entry and roll with it. TOTALLY your call. Marking "to read" is completely optional. Just let me know what you do in your comment so I can tally accordingly.
Um... I think that pretty much covers everything, but if you have any questions, ask away in the comments.
(And Lisa, if you're reading this--and I doubt you are because you have probably had QUITE enough of my gushing already--once again just... thank you. I am truly humbled and honored.)
Ready?
Go!
This is me with Amber Benson (yes, Tara!) and Lisa McMann (otherwise known as: two super-cool S&S Aladdin authors--with a Shannon standing nervously in the middle!)
And you might notice that I do not have my arm around Lisa McMann in the photo--and there IS a reason for that. See, poor Lisa had already had to endure a couple of awkward Shannon-hugs that evening, so I decided it wasn't right to make her endure any more.
Which may make you wonder why I was hug-molesting poor Lisa McMann.
Well... there are many reasons:
- I'm ... kinda a HUGE Lisa McMann fangirl - She's arguably one of the nicest authors out there- But mostly, it had to do with this:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"A delightful and dangerous adventure with complex characters and relationships you'll root for to the end of time."
-Lisa McMann~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In case you can't tell--that is the first official blurb for KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES!!!
Nope--that's not enough exclamation marks:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Though, mostly... I get a bit teary every time I read it.
I mean, having someone say something nice about my book will always be an AMAZING thing. But to have it be from an author I've been admiring and fangirl-ing for YEARS--an author who writes both middle grade and YA with the kind of ease and skill that I aspire to, is just...
There. Are. No. Words.
(That does not mean I didn't ramble--mostly incoherently--to poor Lisa at the event, thanking her for taking the time to read KEEPER and giving such an amazing blurb. But I will spare you that because it's bad enough poor Lisa had to suffer through it. I'm just happy I didn't cry!)
And just so you guys can fully understand why this blurb means so much to me, I've decided to give away some of Lisa's amazing books to one lucky commenter, so you can see for yourself why having her like my book is such an incredible compliment.
One winner will receive:- A SIGNED Hardcover of CRYER'S CROSS- A Hardcover of THE UNWANTEDS- A Hardcover of DEAD TO YOU
To enter, make sure you leave a comment on this post by 11:59 pm PST on Saturday, March 10th. I'll draw one random winner and post their name on Sunday, March 11th. International entries welcome.
And whether you win or lose, I highly recommend you all check out Lisa's incredible list of titles. Here are links to all the ones currently available on Goodreads:WAKEFADEGONECRYER'S CROSSTHE UNWANTEDSDEAD TO YOU
She also has two amazing new books coming out in the near(ish) future:THE UNWANTEDS 2: ISLAND OF SILENCECRASH
And since I am SO excited about the new books--and I want you to be too--I will give one extra entry in the contest if you mark either of them as "To Read" on Goodreads. (just to be clear, that would be one extra entry for marking UNWANTEDS 2 : ISLAND OF SILENCE as "To Read" and one extra entry for marking CRASH as "To Read") And hey, while you're there, if you feel like marking KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES or LET THE SKY FALL as "To Read" I'll give one extra entry for either of those too. (I'm allowed to be a *little* shameless sometimes, right?) (The names are links--or I have a handy widget in my sidebar)
So that means if you mark them all, you could have FOUR additional entries, along with the one for commenting, for a grand total of FIVE entries. Pretty sweet. Or, you could just leave a comment and take your one entry and roll with it. TOTALLY your call. Marking "to read" is completely optional. Just let me know what you do in your comment so I can tally accordingly.
Um... I think that pretty much covers everything, but if you have any questions, ask away in the comments.
(And Lisa, if you're reading this--and I doubt you are because you have probably had QUITE enough of my gushing already--once again just... thank you. I am truly humbled and honored.)
Ready?
Go!
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