Reading Week!
Teen Read Week goes from Oct 13 – 19. Are you ready? Whether you’re a teen or not, here are five things you can do this week:
1. Read. Well…duh, right?
2. Recommend a favorite book to your friend. If you’re encouraging others to read a great book, then peer pressure is great!
3. Go to the library, especially if your library is participating in the event.
4. Talk to your English teacher about Teen Read Week. Spread awareness!
5. Go HERE and vote for your favorite book off the list. (If The False Prince happens to be that book, then great, please vote – but there are other amazing ones too). And yes, in response to a question I’ve been asked a few times, you can vote more than once. The winners will be announced on October 22nd. To those who have already voted, thank you!
Also, in a completely unrelated thread, I’ve got a few emails asking what I’m doing right now. Here’s the answer: I’ve been traveling a lot, to Houston, Boise, and Denver in the last couple of weeks alone, and next month I will also be in Los Angeles and Boston (though there may not be any public events). I also recently got back from Rome where I did research for my next series.
The picture to your left is one I took from on top of the Colosseum looking down onto the Roman Forum – the center of all life in Ancient Rome. It may not look like much now, but two thousand years ago, this place was rockin’!
I’m now writing that new series, The Praetor War, with an escaped slave, stolen magic, and a fight to stop the fall of Ancient Rome. I’m about 20,000 words into my first draft.
My next book to release is Infinity Ring 6: Behind Enemy Lines (more about that soon). The third book of the Ascendance Trilogy, The Shadow Throne, will release on February 25, 2014. Pre-order now from your favorite local bookstore.
There’s no movie news. Sorry. Also, there’s nothing yet I can tell you about The Shadow Throne.
And yes, I will have advance copies of The Shadow Throne available in December. There will be a giveaway contest on this blog. If you want a chance for a copy, be sure to check in then!
Thank you all for reading, following the blog, and for contacting me either via comments here, Facebook, email, or with snail mail. I appreciate you very much!
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I hope I can vote for the False Prince everyday. :)
I'm finally reading The Runaway King and I'm loving it as much as The False Prince! I'm officially obsessed with your series and telling everyone I can about it :) Thanks for writing such amazing books!!
I really hope the false prince gets picked! It is one of my fav. books and i cant live without them. i know this is a trilogy, but you should write more books based of this series.
Traci wrote: "I hope I can vote for the False Prince everyday. :)" Thanks Traci!
David wrote: "I'm finally reading The Runaway King and I'm loving it as much as The False Prince! I'm officially obsessed with your series and telling everyone I can about it :) Thanks for writing such amazing b..."I'm glad you've been enjoying the series, David. I would love to eventually continue them.
Ellie wrote: "I really hope the false prince gets picked! It is one of my fav. books and i cant live without them. i know this is a trilogy, but you should write more books based of this series."Thanks, Ellie!
Jennifer wrote: "David wrote: "I'm finally reading The Runaway King and I'm loving it as much as The False Prince! I'm officially obsessed with your series and telling everyone I can about it :) Thanks for writing ..."Sounds great! I've got a question for you, Jennifer. I run a large YA group (1,800 members) here on Goodreads, and we have an author Q&A program where we feature bestselling authors, like yourself, that have a lot of fans in the group. A few of the other authors on our schedule are Marissa Meyer, Neal Shusterman, Hugh Howey, Ilsa Bick, and Barry Lyga. As you have many fans in the group, we'd love to extend the same invitation to you. Essentially it's a week long Q&A where members can pop in and post questions, which I then summarize for you, and you can answer at your leisure and as time permits. Typically you can expect 20-30 questions over the course of the week. It's not a significant time commitment, but the fans seem to love it. We would also have one of your books as one of our Books of the Month while you're participating, to try to encourage other members of the group to become new fans of yours.
No pressure, of course (I'll still love your books either way!), but if you're interested, let me know and I'll send you a Goodreads message to work out the date that works for you. We currently have a week available in November, as well as one in December. Or, if you prefer, we could schedule it further out, around the time of one of your book releases. Whatever works for you :) Thanks for your consideration and all the best!
David, this sounds great for November. Contact me via email: jen@jennielsen.com
Jennifer wrote: "David, this sounds great for November. Contact me via email: jen@jennielsen.com"Amazing! Thank you SO MUCH :) I'll e-mail you now to work out the details!
Your welcome. I have ? is the war Carthya vs. Avenia
Ellie wrote: "Your welcome. I have ? is the war Carthya vs. Avenia"Ellie, the nature of the war is described in the last scene from The Runaway King. Avenia is definitely involved!
Jennifer wrote: "David, this sounds great for November. Contact me via email: jen@jennielsen.com"Just making sure you got my e-mail? No rush in responding, but hoping it didn't go to spam :) Thanks again!!
Jennifer wrote: "Ellie wrote: "Your welcome. I have ? is the war Carthya vs. Avenia"Ellie, the nature of the war is described in the last scene from The Runaway King. Avenia is definitely involved!"
Ooh yes, don't read this if you haven't finished The Runaway King, but the war is (view spoiler)
Hi Jennifer!Started reading Shadow Throne! Daily, I walk through our juvenile section and amazingly the Jennifer Nielsen's books (when available on the shelf - cannot keep copies of The False Prince or Runaway King in!)Are always show cased! Just the other day I recommended to a young reader a great adventure story about a boy named Elliot! :) Joyce
Joyce wrote: "Hi Jennifer!Started reading Shadow Throne! Daily, I walk through our juvenile section and amazingly the Jennifer Nielsen's books (when available on the shelf - cannot keep copies of The False Prin..."
Oh my gosh, did you get an ARC? SO LUCKY!! Jealous ;)
Yes, David I have uncorrected proof and it is even been signed by Jennifer herself!
Joyce wrote: "Hi Jennifer!Started reading Shadow Throne! Daily, I walk through our juvenile section and amazingly the Jennifer Nielsen's books (when available on the shelf - cannot keep copies of The False Prin..."
Thank you, Joyce. That's so kind. I hope you enjoy The Shadow Throne!
Joyce wrote: "Yes, David I have uncorrected proof and it is even been signed by Jennifer herself!"Wow!! Amazing! Enjoy :)
Hi, Jenniferfinished False Prince last weeks...really enjoy to read this. to be truth that this book is outside my radar (not even know bout this one) but there's a lot of my friend in Indonesian Fantasy Reader Group recommend this book. that's why I buy it.
And the truth is now I love this book >.<
Wahyu wrote: "Hi, Jenniferfinished False Prince last weeks...really enjoy to read this. to be truth that this book is outside my radar (not even know bout this one) but there's a lot of my friend in Indonesian ..."
Thank you for reading, Wahyu - I'm so happy the book is now available in Indonesia.
David wrote: "Yay! Another fan :)"Thank you, David!
Jennifer wrote: "Ellie wrote: "Your welcome. I have ? is the war Carthya vs. Avenia"Ellie, the nature of the war is described in the last scene from The Runaway King. Avenia is definitely involved!"
gotcha...What about the pirates??????????
U know im hanging about the pirates!!! r they really gonna help out Carthya. that is very questionable, even though Roden is leading them. Roden can still turn around and just have that hatred for mr.prince. like the killing hatred. These characters r sooo questionable it is confusing!
Jennifer wrote: "Wahyu wrote: "Hi, Jenniferfinished False Prince last weeks...really enjoy to read this. to be truth that this book is outside my radar (not even know bout this one) but there's a lot of my friend ..."
there's so many fans in here... we even talking about it when we know that this book come out...
is your giveaway will be international giveaway?
David wrote: "Yay! Another fan :)"
hahaha...yes..i'm a fan. when the original book came out (any books) i really want to buy them as soon as i can. but when it come to the tax and shipping, sometime i have to pay more than the the book's price..you know, goverment policy and the price of one book will be double or even triple than the original price...i really hate that
thats why i usually be a-late-fan because the process, translating them is usually take time most..as you know. we don't speak english here because we have our own language. but it's okay... it's never too late to read a book... :))
Ellie wrote: "U know im hanging about the pirates!!! r they really gonna help out Carthya. that is very questionable, even though Roden is leading them. Roden can still turn around and just have that hatred for..."
Erick leads the Avenian pirates now, but he is not their king. So there is a question of who they will follow in a war. Hmm...??
OHHHHH forgot about that part. i probaly need to read the book again so i can catch up. though,Avenia bribes the pirates,which is tempting-especially if your a pirate. But it seems like(correct me if im wrong) the pirates have jaren's loyalty. well, do u think the pirates might make eric their leader. well,do pirates even have a democracey??
Ellie wrote: "OHHHHH forgot about that part. i probaly need to read the book again so i can catch up. though,Avenia bribes the pirates,which is tempting-especially if your a pirate. But it seems like(correct me ..."Ellie, no, the pirates don't have a democracy, but that doesn't mean they have to accept their leader, or their king. We'll see in book 3. War is coming...
Honestly if they had a democracy they would be civilized. How intresting. So, they can just reject him?
Ellie wrote: "Honestly if they had a democracy they would be civilized. How intresting. So, they can just reject him?"They can challenge their leader. The one who dies, loses leadership.
