Guest Post and AWESOME giveaway - the INSOMNIA Pre-Order Blog Hop with Jenn Johansson!

<!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-sign<a id="rc-fec2f16" class="rafl" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/disp..." rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a><script src="http://emmapass.blogspot.com//d12vno1... ature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:11.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;} .MsoPapDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:10.0pt; line-height:115%;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} </style> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Today, I'm welcoming fellow Lucky 13 Jenn Johansson onto the blog! Jenn's debut YA thriller, INSOMNIA, is out on 10th June from <a href="http://www.fluxnow.com/">Flux..., and is also being published in Italy (<a href="http://www.newtoncompton.com/argoment... Compton</a>) and Germany (<a href="http://www.heyne-fliegt.de/buecher.ph... Fliegt</a>). Read on to find out more about INSOMNIA and which part of it Jenn enjoyed writing the most, plus you can enter an epic pre-order giveaway!</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z66YpUD1ozA..." imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z66YpUD1ozA..." width="207" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 119.4pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Her</span> eyes saved his life. Her dreams released his darkness.  </i></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 119.4pt;"><br /><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After four years of sleeplessness, high school junior Parker Chipp can’t take much more. Every night, instead of sleeping, he enters the dreams of the last person he’s made eye contact with. If he doesn’t sleep soon, Parker will die.</span></i></div><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Then he meets Mia. Her dreams, calm and beautifully uncomplicated, allow him blissful rest that’s utterly addictive. But what starts out as a chance meeting turns into an obsession; Parker’s furious desire for what he needs pushes him to extremes he never thought he’d go. And when someone begins terrorizing Mia with twisted death threats, Parker’s memory blackouts leave him doubting his own innocence.</span></i> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US">My favorite part of writing Insomnia</span></u></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US"> There are so many things that I love about writing, but one is a more recent discovery. My first book wasn’t a thriller. I thought I wanted to write paranormal or contemporary, something a little more mainstream. I fought the surge of excitement I felt every time things got scary or intense. I tried to love writing the kissy scenes, I really did—but it’s just not in me. I love me some creepiness. I love the cathartic release after a scary book has tied me in knots and it finally lets go. And I love writing intense scenes. Everything a reader feels when reading a particularly tension filled scene, I feel while writing it. My pulse pounds and my head spins. My fingers ache from being held too tightly around a pen or over the keys. There have even been times when I’ve freaked myself out so badly over a particularly suspenseful scene that I had to walk away before it became too much. It’s incredible. It’s exhilarating. It’s a true rush.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Insomnia</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> helped me learn to embrace the rush. </span></span><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OEMP2VPAcWs..." imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OEMP2VPAcWs..." width="133" /></a><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">J.R. JOHANSSON</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> is a young adult thriller author published with Flux & FSG/Macmillan. She has a B.S. degree in public relations and a background in marketing. She credits her abnormal psychology minor with inspiring many of her characters. When she's not writing, she loves reading, playing board games, and sitting in her hot tub. Her dream is that someday she can do all three at the same time. She has two young sons and a wonderful husband. In fact, other than her cat, Cleo, she's nearly drowning in testosterone. Find her on </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://twitter.com/JennJohansson&quo... style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, her </span><a href="http://www.jennjohansson.blogspot.com... style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">blog</span></a></span>, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.jrjohansson.com/">... style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">website</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://jrjohansson.tumblr.com/"&... style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Tumblr</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jenn.johanss... style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Facebook</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and on </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Goodreads</span></a></span></span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>. </i></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks for such a great post, Jenn! And now, drum roll please…</span></i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Preorder INSOMNIA from any of these retailers:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/Insomni... lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Book Depository</span></span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/978073... style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Indiebound</span></a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Insomn... style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Books A Million</span></a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/insom... style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Barnes & Noble</span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Insomnia-The-Ni... style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Amazon</span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Why? Because if you do, you could WIN a </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><b><span id="yui_3_7_2_30_1368713796850_104">NookHD 16GB with a blue case! Enter the INSOMNIA Pre-Order Rafflecopter giveaway here:</span></b></span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a class="rafl" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/disp..." id="rc-fec2f16" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><script src="http://emmapass.blogspot.com//d12vno1...