Tour Intro and Giveaway with Hannah Clark

First of all, a big thanks to Roxanne for featuring me today!    It’s awesome to be here and to have the chance to tell more people about my debut YA novel Cobbogoth. 
I just thought I’d kick off the tour by telling you all a little bit about my journey of becoming a writer. For those of you who’ve read my bio, you know that I’m dyslexic.  Writing, for me, has been a journey of overcoming some huge fears and major adversity—something me and my main character, Norah Lukens have in common.  Funny enough, in spite of my dyslexia, I can’t remember a time in my life, when I didn’t want to be a writer.  Sure, reading and writing were super hard for me, and I couldn’t spell worth a darn, but something in me craved stories, and something even stronger—an extremely active imagination—needed to tell stories.
 So, with the encouragement of an amazing mother, a super brilliant big sister willing to believe in me, and an inspired 4th grade teacher, I kept on writing, even though few people could read what I wrote, and many, many people made it very clear that they thought I’d never make it.  
Fast forward about 8 years and I graduated from High School with honors and a scholarship in English Studies at Utah Valley University.  By my Sophomore year of college, the first inklings of Cobbogothhad been conceived, and in 2006 after graduating with my Bachelors in English, I started writing my very first novel.
It took me six-and-a-half years to write, polish, and publish Cobbogoth, but I learned something very important, and it is this: No one can tell you that you can or can’t do something, except for you. 
                I hope you’ll l all take a chance on Cobbogoth.  Finishing it was a huge victory for me, and nothing would make me happier than to know it was out there inspiring others to face their own fears. 
Cheers!
Hannah L. Clark


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Cobbogoth  By Hannah L Clark Genre: YA Fantasy romance 
 Book Blurb: 
To seventeen-year-old Norah Lukens, the Cobbogothians were just a myth. But after her archeologist uncle's brutal murder, and being asked to translate one of his old research journals for evidence, she begins a journey to discover the truth for herself. 
Chasing the myth her uncle was obsessed with, Norah learns that his murder was a cover up for something far more sinister. If she hopes to save others from suffering the same fate he did--including the peculiarly magnetic James Riley--she must head to Iceland in order to find out the truth once and for all. If she succeeds, she'll gain the one thing she's always longed for. But if she fails, not even the gods can help her. 
Book site: www.cobbogoth.com 
Cobbogoth Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cobbogoth/201603626565950 
Cobbogoth Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY95wH2YrL8

About the Author: 
Hannah L. Clark was raised in the very small town of Oak City, UT with seven sisters and one brother. She spent most of her childhood daydreaming, writing stories, building forts, chasing after boys, and working really hard to earn money. (With six older sisters, her parents were really poor by the time she came along.) 
In spite of great learning difficulty brought on by dyslexia, Hannah graduated from high school with honors and was awarded a scholarship in English to Utah Valley University. In 2006 she graduated from UVU with her Bachelor’s degree in English Literature and immediately began two of her most exciting adventures yet: Motherhood and writing her first novel. 
Five and a half years later, Hannah completed Cobbogoth, a Young Adult Fantasy-Adventure novel, and book one in a seven book series.    
She currently lives in Pleasant Grove, Utah with her husband Michael, and their son. Hannah actively seeks to inspire kids and adults by speaking about her experiences of becoming an author in spite of dyslexia. 
Hannah still daydreams, writes stories, builds forts, chases after her boys, and works really hard to earn money. 
Favorite Quote: "Whatever you think you can or can't do, you're right." -Henry Ford 
Visit her online:
Website: www.hannahlclark.com 
Blog: www.hannieclark.blogspot.com 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/hannieclark

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