Yet another milestone reached--and a contest!!!!

Not sure if you saw this on FB or Twitter already, but yesterday I reached another crazy milestone. After three very long, marathon reading/working days, I made it through my LET THE SKY FALL  1st pass pages and fed-exed them off to S&S.

*jumps up and down*
*sniffles*
*collapses*
Turning in 1st pass is always (and by "always" I mean, yanno, BOTH times I've done it now) a strange mix of giddiness and terror (plus a healthy dose of exhaustion). It's my last chance to change anything from the ARC to the final copies people will buy, and when I turn it in I'm officially done with my work on the book. S&S will still be keying my changes in and proofreading a few more times. But for me, it's kind of like this:



Months and months and months of my life (and waaaaaaay more hours than I ever want to think about) have been poured into the book trying to make it as perfect as I can get it. I've read it eleventy billion times. Questioned and stressed and obsessed over every single word (no, really, I have friends who will back this up). And now... my work is done. All that's left to do is share it with you guys and hope it doesn't let you down.

Which is a SCARY and SUPER AMAZINGLY EXCITING thing. So I thought it called for a small celebration.

I don't think I've shown you guys the GORGEOUS bookmarks Keary Taylor designed for me:

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Aren't they AMAZING?????
And it's high time to give some away! (And they're even SIGNED)
I'm giving away 20--yes TWENTY--to lucky random commenters. 
*tries not to worry that she will not get twenty comments*
If you would like one, leave a comment on this post by 11:59 pm Pacific Time on Saturday, July 28th. I'll draw 20 random winners and post their names on Sunday, July 29th. International entries welcome!