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November 9th, 2010
It’s here! I’ve been getting emails all year asking when THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY’s e-book would be available for Kindle, Nook, iPad, Sony Reader, etc. I’m delighted to announce that it’s finally here for all you e-reader fans!
As a new Nook buyer, this is extra fun. I’ve already downloaded the sample chapter just so I can see it on my Nook. 
For your convenience, here are the links to the e-book version on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
In other news, I’m also happy to announce the winners of THE MOCKINGBIRDS by Daisy Whitney. This was a special giveaway I wanted to host because a) Daisy is fantabulous and wonderful, and b) because Cindys always stand up for what they believe in (and that’s an important part of THE MOCKINGBIRDS). And the winners are:
Aimee Bartis and Kristi Helvig
Congratulations Aimee and Kristi! Please contact me here with your mailing address to receive your prize.
November 2nd, 2010
Happy release day to Daisy Whitney and her debut, THE MOCKINGBIRDS! If you haven’t met Daisy yet, high-tail it over to her web site (or visit her on Twitter @daisywhitney) and get to know this incredibly sweet dynamo.
Daisy is not only a fellow Tenner, but also a fellow girlfriend on the Girlfriends Cyber Circuit. To celebrate her release (and thank her for being such a huge supporter of me and authors everywhere!), I’m delighted to be sponsoring a THE MOCKINGBIRDS giveaway to not one, but two lucky commenters. It’s a double whammy! Stay tuned at the end of the interview for all the details.
GCC presents… Daisy Whitney!
It’s GCC time to kick off November! This week, I’m ecstatic to bring you the amazing and wonderful (and so so smart)…
Daisy Whitney
Welcome, Daisy!
The Girlfriend
Name:
Daisy Whitney
Short Bio:
Daisy Whitney is a new media producer, reporter, and internationally-known Web show creator, and The Mockingbirds is her debut novel. A graduate of Brown University, Daisy believes in shoes, chocolate chip cookies, and karma. She lives in San Francisco, California with her fabulous husband, fantastic kids, and adorable dog, and you can follow her writing blog and new media adventures at DaisyWhitney.com.
The Book
The Mockingbirds
November 2, 2010
Little, Brown
**On shelves TODAY!**
Some schools have honor codes.
Others have handbooks.
Themis Academy has the Mockingbirds.
Themis Academy is a quiet boarding school with an exceptional student body that the administration trusts to always behave the honorable way–the Themis Way. So when Alex is date raped during her junior year, she has two options: stay silent and hope someone helps her, or enlist the Mockingbirds–a secret society of students dedicated to righting the wrongs of their fellow peers.
In this honest, page-turning account of a teen girl’s struggle to stand up for herself, debut author Daisy Whitney reminds readers that if you love something or someone–especially yourself–you fight for it.
Up Close and Personal
1. PURSUING YOUR DREAMS: Everyone has the ability to be extraordinary, they just have to embrace what makes them unique and special and pursue their dreams with passion and confidence! Was being a published author a dream of yours? If so, how does it feel to have achieved your dream?
I pinch myself every day. Life is a wondrous extraordinary thing and I truly believe if you keep working hard dreams have a funny way of coming true.
2. CHANGING YOUR WORLD: Changing the world doesn’t have to mean finding a cure for cancer or creating lasting world peace (though it definitely can!). It just means finding a way that you can make the world a little better off for having lived here, whether it’s making a difference to one person or a million, to the earth, to animals… whatever is important to you. What is one way you would personally like to make the world a better place?
I try to live an eco-friendly life by recyling, re-using, and buying sustainably grown food. I also made a decision to return to vegetarianism earlier this year for many reasons including a love of animals and a desire to make as low an impact on the earth as possible.
3. GRATITUDE: Gratitude is a huge part of the You 2.0 life. Taking a moment to count our blessings is the best way to remember what’s truly important (especially when life is hectic and crazy!). What are you grateful for?
Health! My children! My husband! My dog! Everything! Most of all I am so grateful that my family is healthy and happy!
Author Fun!
4. SECRET SQUEE MOMENT: What is the coolest thing that’s happened to you since becoming a published author?
I went on a pre-pub tour this summer and it was totally surreal to meet all these booksellers and librarians who were excited about my book!
5. ALL-TIME MOST MEMORABLE BOOK: What book had the greatest impact on you growing up?
I’d have to say The Little House on the Prairie books because whenever I look back on reading as a child I was always curled up with those books. They showed me how books can take you away to another world.
6. THE REAL DEAL: If you could go back in time and give your teen/tween self one piece of advice, what would it be?
Being the only one who missed the Madonna concert is not the end of the world!
Thanks to Daisy for a terrific interview!
The Giveaway!
In celebration of Daisy and her debut, I’m happy to be sponsoring a giveaway of THE MOCKINGBIRDS to two lucky commenters! Comment below and tell us why you think it’s important to stand up for what’s right. A bonus entry to every commenter who also shares a story about a time when they personally stood up for something they believed in! Comment below by Monday, November 8, 2010. (Giveaway open to US only.)
October 27th, 2010
It’s time to announce the winner of Denise Jaden’s debut LOSING FAITH, a US/Canada giveaway sponsored by her publisher!
The winner of LOSING FAITH is:
Lauren
(aka 365 Days of Reading)
Congratulations, Lauren! Please contact me here with your mailing address and I’ll forward it to Denise so her publisher can send along your copy of LOSING FAITH.
September 9th, 2010
I’m delighted to be participating in Christine Johnson‘s delightful (and yummy!) Great YA Bake Sale of 2010! If you haven’t seen her launch post for it, here’s what it’s all about from the magical Christine herself.
from Christine:
It’s here, it’s here – The Great YA Bake Sale of 2010!
It all started when I realized that YA authors seem to have one big thing in common – an obsession with sweets and baking.
That gave me an idea. I started calling (well – okay, emailing) around and ended up with more than a dozen kind, sugar-loving authors on board to bring you one amazing contest.
Here’s the deal:
To enter, simply leave a thoughtful comment on an author’s Bake Sale blog post, or tweet about the contest with the hashtag #YABakeSale10. Voila! You’re entered.
When you enter, you become eligible to win any one of the Personal Prize Packs (i.e. a comment on Saundra Mitchell’s blog may net you the Cyn Balog prize pack. You’re entering the whole contest, not just that particular author’s part of it.) You also become eligible to win the humongonormous Grand Prize Basket.
What’s in the Grand Prize Basket?
Each author has hand-written two copies of a favorite sweet-treat recipe. One copy has gone into a beautiful recipe book that is part of the Grand Prize Basket. In addition to the (hand-written! Did I mention that?) recipe collection, the Grand Prize winner will receive:
A signed copy of Cyn Balog’s SLEEPLESS
Bookmarks for KAT, INCORRIGIBLE by Stephanie Burgis
A special THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY prize pack with a mini glass slipper and a shiny glass slipper bookmark from Kay Cassidy
Signed bookmarks for THE CRESCENT and HALF MOON, pencils, and a crescent moon and crystal-studded star necklace from Jordan Deen
A (signed?) copy of THE BODY FINDER, a THE BODY FINDER tote bag, sticker and bookmarks from Kimberley Derting
An EVERLASTING-themed notebook, bookmark and pin from Angela Frazier
A signed copy of CLAIRE DE LUNE, signed stickers and a silver, moon-themed bookmark from Christine Johnson
A signed copy of SHADOWED SUMMER, matching chocolate candies, Twilight-themed heart candies, bookmarks and THE VESPERTINE dance card from Saundra Mitchell
A signed copy of THE PACE, by Shelena Shorts, along with bookmarks and THE PACE pencils
A signed hard-cover of SHADE and a Keeley Brothers pin from Jeri-Smith Ready
A signed copy of PERSONAL DEMONS, a PERSONAL DEMONS tank top, temporary tattoos, and bookmarks from Lisa Desrochers
. . . AND MORE!!! All for ONE LUCKY WINNER!
But that’s not all!
Each author has one other handwritten recipe that will be part of each author’s own Personal Prize Pack.
The prize packs include:
Cyn Balog – Signed copy of SLEEPLESS and a handwritten recipe for Coconut Bread.
Stephanie Burgis – UK paperback copy of A MOST IMPROPER MAGICK and a hand written recipe for Apple Muffins
Kay Cassidy – Hand-written recipe for Chocolate Decadence Bundt Cake and a special THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY prize pack with a mini glass slipper and a shiny glass slipper bookmark
Megan Crewe – Hand-written recipe and giveaways
Shannon Delaney – Hand-written recipe and giveaways
Jordan Deen – Basket with Pampered Chef baking gear and a recipe for Orange Pineapple Cake
Kimberly Derting – Signed copy of The Body Finder, stickers, a totebag, bookmarks and a recipe for Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Lisa Desrochers – A copy of PERSONAL DEMONS and a recipe for Sunday Coffee Cupcakes
Angie Frazier – A signed hard-cover copy of EVERLASTING, bookmark, and a recipe for Butter Rum Cupcakes with Coconut Buttercream Frosting
Judith Graves – Copy of UNDER MY SKIN, a character card, and a recipe for Dead Lady Fingers
Christine Johnson – A signed hard-cover copy of CLAIRE DE LUNE, stickers, a silver moon-themed bookmark and a recipe for Chocolate-Chip Butterscotch Blondies
Saundra Mitchell – Recipe and giveaways
Jennifer Murgia – ANGEL STAR swag, Octogram earrings, and a hand-written recipe
Shelena Shorts – Signed copy of THE BROKEN LAKE and bookmarks and a hand-written recipe
Jeri Smith-Ready – SHADE UK paperback edition and a recipe for Scottish Oat Scones
Fine print: The contest entries must be posted by midnight eastern time on September 20th. This contest is open to the U.S., U.K. and Canada.
TO PARTICIPATE: (All comments must be posted by September 20, 2010)
** To enter to win Christine’s grand prize basket with all of our goodies, go to her blog and comment on the Great YA Bake Sale of 2010 post!
** To enter to win my special THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY prize pack with a mini glass slipper and a shiny glass slipper bookmark PLUS a hand-written recipe for Chocolate Decadence Bundt Cake, comment on this post below.
** To enter to win any of the other author prize packs, check out their blog post and comment there too!
Happy entering (and happy baking)!
July 31st, 2010
International Winners!
I am delighted to announce the winners of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY International Book Blogger Tour! (What a strong showing from Team Brazil! Now I really can’t wait for you to meet the Brazilian character in the sequel to TCS, titled CINDY ON A MISSION – coming Fall 2011 in the US!)
Huge congrats to:
– Renata Chaves (Roses’N’Wine)
– Lynsey Newton (UK Book Tours)
– Mariana Paixão (Muito Pouco Crítica)
– Priscila Braga Curto (Bookaholic)
WINNERS: Please contact me here with your mailing address to receive your touring copy of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY!
And now…
The 10 in ’10 Teen Chick Lit Challenge Check-In!
Can you believe it’s the end of July already? Where did this month go??? It’s time to post our progress on our 10 in ’10 Teen Chick Lit Challenge reading lists.
I so happy to finally have gotten some reading in this month despite being on deadline for CINDY ON A MISSION. Kiersten White’s fabulous PARANORMALCY is a Must. Read. If you’re a fan of Rachel Hawkins’ HEX HALL (i.e. if you love The Funny and The Paranormal), then PARANORMALCY should definitely be on your radar. It recently got bumped up by a month on the release schedule, so look for it at your local bookstore on August 31st!
Okay, your turn. What have you been reading in the YA chick lit realm?
July 8th, 2010
Happy July, everyone!
Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of review requests from international bloggers who don’t have an easy way to purchase a finished copy of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY. Unfortunately, my publisher doesn’t generally send ARCs internationally and I don’t have any ARCs left to give away.
But it got me thinking.
Right now, THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY is out on submission in a dozen or so different countries. We know that it will be released in Poland from the fabulous publisher Wydawnictwo NASZA KSIEGARNIA and we would love to see the Cindy message of “Celebrate your strength – Embrace your future – Be extraordinary” shared with girls all over the world!
The lovely Renata of Roses ‘n Wine book blog in Brazil wanted to help me get the word out about THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY in Brazil. So I was trying to figure out a good way for us to do that. US bloggers frequently “tour” books where one person receives an ARC and sets up a tour with a small group of other bloggers they think would love that book. I asked Renata what she thought about possibly doing something like that for THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY in Brazil and her enthusiastic response convinced me this was a great idea. Not just for Brazil, but for other countries as well.
And so, I’m delighted to announce…
THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY
International Book Blogger Tour!
For all you wonderful international bloggers who actively read chick lit and YA books, I am going to be sending out up to 5 finished copies of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY.
Because this is a big expense for me, I need to make sure the people who are signing up genuinely want to read THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY and are 100% committed to setting up a small book tour with other bloggers in their home country, bloggers they believe would also enjoy this particular book.
With that in mind, here are the guidelines for the book tour…
TOUR COORDINATOR GUIDELINES
1) If you receive a copy of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY during the TCS International Book Tour event, you agree to set up a 3-person tour of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY with other YA book bloggers in your country.
2) The 3 book bloggers you choose to participate in your country tour a) must be active readers of teen (YA) books and b) must LOVE the chick lit genre.
3) The 3 book bloggers you choose must also:
– Read the basics about THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY on the books page
– Read the excerpt of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY on the excerpt page
Your 3 bloggers must read those pages and be excited to read the rest of the book before they are confirmed to be part of your tour. This ensures that all of the bloggers on your tour are genuinely interested in THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY’s girl power theme and chick lit voice.
4) All book bloggers must agree to read the book within 2 weeks of receiving it on your tour and must mail the book, at their own expense, to the next person on the tour. (The last person on your tour will mail the book back to you to keep.)
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
If you would like to coordinate a book tour of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY in your country, here’s how to submit your name for consideration:
1) Read the basics about THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY on the books page.
2) Read the chapter one excerpt of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY on the excerpt page.
3) Tell your blogging friends about the event and link them to the basics and excerpt of the book (using the links noted above).
4) Make your list of 3 bloggers who have read the book blurb and first chapter, are excited to read the rest of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY, and agree to read the book within 2 weeks of receiving it and mail it (at their expense) to the next person on your tour.
5) Comment below by Friday, July 30, 2010 with the following information:
– Your name
– Your blog name and blog URL
– Your country
– The 3 bloggers (blog name and blog URL) you’ll be touring the book with if you receive a copy
– Why you are excited to read THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY
HOW I’LL CHOOSE PARTICIPATION
Since this is a large business expense for me, I’ll be making my decision like a publisher would. I’ll be looking at your blog and the kinds of books you usually review. I’ll be checking out the blogs of the other 3 tour members too. I’ll be considering which countries are represented (e.g. if there are several requests for the same country, they probably won’t all get chosen). And I’ll be giving a lot of thought to why you want to read THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY (so be as specific as you can about why THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY is a must read for you!).
My goal with this event is to make sure that the international book mailings go out to people who may genuinely enjoy THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY’s girl power themes and upbeat chick lit voice. I will be sending out up to 5 finished copies of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY. The final number of copies sent out will be decided solely at my discretion.
I will announce the official tour participants here on the blog on Saturday, July 31, 2010 and will ship out the books shortly thereafter to begin their tours. Best of luck to everyone who wishes to participate!
June 1st, 2010
Thanks so much for playing along with us last week during the Egmont debut author tour! Here are the winners of the wonderful goodies from last week’s blog posts here.
The winner of Chelsea Campbell‘s THE RISE OF RENEGADE X bookmarks is:
CINDY S.
The winner of Bree Despain‘s THE DARK DIVINE nail polish is:
MOLLY BOUNDS WILLIAMS
Congratulations Cindy and Molly! Please contact me here with your mailing address to receive your prize.
May 21st, 2010
Welcome to Day 5 of the High School Flashback Tour! It’s Friday, and you know what that means… SWAG!!!
Today on each of our blogs, we’ll be offering up a prize pack filled with all five of these fabulous goodies:
Five blogs, five goodie packs to win. Be sure to comment on everyone’s blog today!
To win the giveaway here, comment below with:
a) The most memorable thing you learned about Christina, Christy, Jen or Kim on my blog this week (+1 entry)
and/or
b) The most memorable thing you learned about me in my interviews here, here, here and here. (+1 entry)
The winner will be announced on Monday. Good luck and happy reading!
April 26th, 2010
Did you guess Kate’s lie? Be sure to check out the updated post to see if you guessed correctly!
Bundle o’ Bookmarks winner
Congratulations to…
Mallory
(aka Teen Bibliophile)
Congrats, Mallory! Please contact me here with your mailing address to receive your prize.
Chat tonight!
Tonight, Jessica from Chick Lit Teens is hosting me as the featured author in the 10 in ’10 Teen Chick Lit Challenge chat! Join us at 8pm EST to chat about The Cinderella Society and what you’ve been reading for the challenge. It’s never too late to join the challenge!
Permanent Chatzy link for 10 in ’10 Teen Chick Lit chats!
To make everyone’s life easier, here’s the permanent Chatzy link for our monthly 10 in ’10 Teen Chick Lit Challenge chats. It’s a premium room so we can accommodate as many people as we want!
www.chatzy.com/921886379231
10 in ’10 Teen Chick Lit check-in post
And don’t forget to check out this month’s 10 in ’10 check-in post, hosted by Jessica:
www.chicklitteens.com/2010/04/10-in-10-teen-chick-lit-challenge-april.html
I had a bunch of ARCs hit my desk in March – all of which were dark paranormals – so I didn’t read any of my chick lit books. With the debut of The Cinderella Society officially behind me, I’m looking forward to catching up on chick lit reads in May!
See you in chat tonight at 8pm EST!
April 16th, 2010
Thanks so much to everyone who sent emails, comments and tweets on The Cinderella Society‘s book birthday! It was absolutely a day I will never forget. And even though I’m woefully behind on ever catching up with individual thank yous, I can tell you that each and every one of them means the world to me. Thank you!!
I had a blast at the TCS Twitter launch party on Tuesday and hope you did too! MEGA thanks to Jen and Espe at Late Bloomer Online for coordinating that massive undertaking and to Jessica at Chick Lit Teens and Stacey at Page Turners for helping them with hostess duties during the epic 7-hour event.
I’ll be packaging up all the launch party prizes in the next week to ship them off to the winners. And there are four more winners to announce too! Check out today’s Good News Friday post over at Teen Fiction Cafe to see if you’re one of the four winners of special TCS launch swag from the official TCS blog launch party!
And if you’re in the Midwest and want to celebrate in person, my official launch party and signing for The Cinderella Society is tomorrow and open to the public with tons of giveaways and door prizes!
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Barnes & Noble – Metropolis
2540 Futura Pkwy. #135
Plainfield, IN 46168
2:00pm
** Official TCS launch party: author chat, signing, door prizes and more! **
Hope to see you there!
Cheers,
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