OMG Announcement!
VERY happy.
Then THIS was submitted to Publisher’s Marketplace on Thursday night:
Martina Boone’s Southern gothic trilogy—with a dash of magic—following Barrie, a teen sent to live with her dead mother’s twin on a decaying plantation where she discovers a centuries-old feud and dark secrets that require making peace with the local spirits, who may not be as welcoming as the sunlit boy who steals Barrie’s heart, to Annette Pollert at Simon Pulse in a pre-empt by Kent Wolf at Lippincott Massie McQuilkin (World).
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And THAT was the cherry on my happiness sundae. If the sundae was the size of Mt. Kilimanjaro. And made of Nutella-flavored gelato. And whipped cream, because everything is better with whipped cream. And chocolate . . .
Eh, hem. I digress.
Did I mention I am OMG-can’t-stop-dancing THRILLED?
Kent Wolf, my miracle-working agent, teamed me up with Annette Pollert, an editor whose books I adore, and the whole, ninja force at Simon Pulse.
For the next four years, we all get to talk about Barrie and Eight and Cassie and Pru and Seven and Mark and Lula and all the other quirky residents of magical, moss-draped Watson’s Island, South Carolina as if they are real. Because to us, they are. Which is the most incredible thing ever.
During my first conversation with Annette, she told me she would have loved to call Barrie on the phone, only then she remembered that Barrie had lost her cell phone, and the plantation only had the old, square rotary one… And that was what cemented every syllable of rightness I’d felt talking with her up until then. I knew, knew, I wanted her to be my editor.
The first of my three books about Watson Island will be out in the Fall of 2014, and my deadline for revisions on the first book is August 1st. Um. This year. But who needs sleep? 🙂
The Pinterest board for the book is here, if you’re curious.
FYI, I’ll be doing CampNaNoWriMo to get my revising mojo revved up. If you’re writing or revising and need encouragement or want to give me a hand (or a swift kick in the butt-in-chair), please stop by! There is nothing like having support and help along the way, right?
If I had to put all the people who have helped me get my book into deal-shape together in one place, I would need a large hotel. They all know who they are, and this isn’t the place for it, but THANK YOU!!!!!! Thank you, every single one of you who believed!
And now without further digressions… Here are the Million Visitor giveaway winners!
The Grand Prize
The STORY MASTERS four-day workshop November 7-10 in Menneapolis, MN, an opportunity to study with Donald Maass, Christopher Vogler, and James Scott Bell, was generously provided by Lorin Oberweger from FREE EXPRESSIONS SEMINARS AND LITERARY SERVICES.
And the winner is: Sharon Mayhew
Day One Prizes: 6/8/13
Prize Pack One – Jan Lewis’ Prize Pack Pick (for readers)
Winner: Lysette Lam
Incarnate
by Jodi Meadows
Katherine Tegen Books; First Edition edition
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Box Set: The Giver, Messenger, The Gathering Blue
by Lois Lowry
Laurel Leaf
Released 6/8/2013
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Prize Pack Two – Casey McCormick’s Picks (for writers)
Winner: Kristi Stultz
The Sky Is Everywhere
by Jandy Nelson
Dial
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The First Five Pages: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
by Noah Lukeman
Touchstone; Original edition
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Prize Pack Three – Natalie Aguirre’s Picks (for writers)
Winner: Jalyn Ely
Unraveling
by Elizabeth Norris
Balzer + Bray
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Plot and Structure
Winner: Beth DeRenzis
Shadow and Bone
by Leigh Bardugo
Henry Holt and Co.
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Clockwork Princess
(Infernal Devices)
by Cassandra Clare
Margaret K. McElderry Books
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Prize Pack Five – Martina’s First Prize Pack Pick (for readers)
Winner: Allie Liang
Scholastic Press
The Raven Boys
Prize Pack Six – Martina’s Second Prize Pack Pick (for writers)
Second Sight: An Editor’s Talks on Writing, Revising, and Publishing
Prize Pack Seven – Bonus Prize Pack (for readers)
Winner: Sarah O’Reilly
If You Find Me
by Emily Murdoch
Advance Reader Copy Giveaway
St. Martin’s Griffin; First Edition edition
Released 3/26/2013
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Kindness for Weakness
by Shawn Goodman
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Released 5/14/2013
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Prize Pack Eight – Bonus Prize Pack (for readers)
Winner: Tia Dalley
Revenge of a Not-So-Pretty Girl
by Carolita Blythe
Hardcover Giveaway
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Released 4/9/2013
Mojo
by Tim Tharp
Hardcover Giveaway
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Released 4/9/2013
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Welcome to Day 2 of our Blog Party celebrating all the people who made 1,000,000 visits possible! If you haven’t stopped by Day 1, please pop over.
The giveaways will run 6/8/13, 6/9/13, 6/15/13 and 6/16/13. Each day is a separate entry with its own prize packs, so be sure to enter all four days. I’ll announce the winners on 6/22/13.
Day 2 Prizes: 6/9
Prize Pack Nine: Marissa Graff’s Picks (for writers)
Winner: Kimberly Miller
Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
Hyperion Book CH
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The Plot Whisperer:
Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master
by Martha Alderson
Adams Media
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Prize Pack Ten: From the Bookshelf Muse — Angela Ackerman’s Picks
(for writers)
Winner: Frankie Brown
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
by Laini Taylor
Little, Brown and Company
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Writing Screenplays that Sell
by Michael Hauge
Collins Reference; Anv edition
Released 3/15/2011
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Prize Pack Eleven: From the Bookshelf Muse — Becca Puglisi’s Picks
(for writers)
Winner: Chris Ledbetter
Graceling
by Kristin Cashore
Harcourt Children”s Books
Released 10/1/2008
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Becca’s Craft Pick
Save The Cat!
The Last Book on Screenwriting You”ll Ever Need
by Blake Snyder
Michael Wiese Productions
This ultimate insider’s guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran who’s proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat!
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Prize Pack Twelve: Nicole’s from Reading Teen’s Picks (for readers)
Winner: Stacy Renee Comstock
Eyes Like Stars
by Lisa Mantchev
Feiwel & Friends
Released 4/13/2010
All her world’s a stage.
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Thief’s Covenant
by Ari Marmell
Pyr
Released 2/21/2012
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Prize Pack Thirteen: Bonus Prize Pack (for readers)
Winner: Victoria Zumbrum
Spirit’s Chosen (Princesses of Myth)
by Esther Friesner
Random House Books for Young Readers
Released 4/23/2013
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Out of This Place
by Emma Cameron
Candlewick
Released 5/14/2013
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Prize Pack Fourteen: Bonus Prize Pack (for readers)
Winner: Susan Eclaire
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
by Meg Medina
Candlewick
Released 3/26/2013
In Meg Medina’s compelling new novel, a Latina teen is targeted by a bully at her new school — and must discover resources she never knew she had.
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The Year of Luminous Love
by Lurlene McDaniel
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Released 5/14/2013
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Prize Pack Fifteen: More of Martina’s Fiction Picks (for readers)
Winner: Joan Stradling
The Sky Is Everywhereby Jandy Nelson
Dial
Released 6/8/2013
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The Book of Broken Hearts
by Sarah Ockler
Simon Pulse
Released 5/21/2013
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Day Three Prizes: 6/15/13
Prize Pack Sixteen: Lisa Green’s Picks (for writers)
Winner: Jennifer Pickrell
Going Bovineby Libba Bray
Giveaway
Delacorte Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
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On Writing
by Stephen King
Giveaway
Scribner
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Prize Pack Seventeen: Susan Sipal’s Picks (for writers)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J.K. Rowling
Giveaway
Scholastic Paperbacks
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by Donald Maass
Giveaway
Writer’s Digest Books; 1 edition
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Prize Pack Eighteen: Elana Johnson’s Picks (for writers)
Winner: Mary Lee
Birthmarked
by Caragh O’Brian
Giveaway
Roaring Brook Press
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The Last Book on Screenwriting You”ll Ever Need
Prize Pack Twenty: Stina Lindenblatt’s Picks (for writers)
Winner: Ashley Ferguson
Lock and Key
by Sarah Dessen
Giveaway
Viking Juvenile
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Editor-Proof Your Writing: 21 Steps to the Clear Prose Publishers and Agents Crave
by Don McNair
Giveaway
Linden Publishing
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Prize Pack Twenty-One: The Pub(lishing) Crawl Picks (for writers)
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
by Anne Lamott
Giveaway
Anchor; 1 edition
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Eats, Shoots, and Leaves
by Lynne Truss
Giveaway
Gotham
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Prize Pack Twenty-Two: The Pub(lishing) Crawl Picks (for writers)
Reading Like a Writer
by Francine Prose
Giveaway
Harper; 1ST edition
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Prize Pack Twenty-Three: Bonus Prize (for readers)
Love and Other Perishable ItemsPrize Pack Twenty-Four: Bonus (for readers)
Winner: Rachel Edmundson
The Last Academy
by Anne Applegate
Advance Reader Copy Giveaway
Point
Released 5/1/2013
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Fat Angie
Prize Pack Twenty-Five: Bonus Prize Pack (for readers)
Winner: Christine Simons
Dead River
by Cyn Balog
Hardcover Giveaway
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Released 4/9/2013
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manicpixiedreamgirl
by Tom Leveen
Hardcover Giveaway
Random House Books for Young Readers
Released 4/23/2013
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Prize Pack Twenty-Six: Martina’s Picks (for readers)
Winner: Alicia Marie Ezell
Where She Went
by Gayle Forman
Giveaway
Speak; Reprint edition
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On the Jellicoe Road
by Melina Marchetta
Giveaway
HarperTeen
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Prize Pack Twenty-Seven: Martina’s Picks (for readers)
Beautiful Creatures
by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Giveaway
Released 6/15/2013
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Wicked Lovely
by Melissa Marr
Giveaway
HarperCollins; 1st edition
Released 6/15/2013
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Day Four Prizes: 6/16/13
Prize Pack 27 — Clara Kensie’s Picks (for writers)
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
by Fanny Flagg
Giveaway
Ballantine Books
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Save the Cat Goes to the Movies: Guide to Every Story Ever Told
by Blake Snyder
Giveaway
Michael Wiese Productions
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Prize Pack 28 — Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Picks (for writers)
Blood and Chocolate
by Annette Curtis Klause
Giveaway
Ember
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What’s Your Story?
by Marion Dane Bauer
Giveaway
Sandpiper
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Prize Pack 29: Georgia McBride’s Picks (for writers)
On Writing
by Stephen King
Giveaway
Scribner; 10 Anv edition
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Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself into Print
by Renni Browne and Dave King
Giveaway
William Morrow Paperbacks; 2 Sub edition
Released 6/16/2012
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Prize Pack 30: Lorin Oberweger’s Picks
Winner: Lezlie Evans
The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
by Christopher Vogler
Giveaway
Michael Wiese Productions; 3rd edition
Released 6/16/2013
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Writing 21st Century Fiction: High Impact Techniques for Exceptional Storytelling
by Donald Maass
Giveaway
Writer’s Digest Books
Released 6/15/2013
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Prize Pack 31: YA Highway’s Picks for Writers
Winner: Jennifer Pun
Charm & Strange
by Stephanie Kuehn
Giveaway
St. Martin’s Griffin
Released 6/12/2013
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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
by Anne Lamott
Giveaway
Anchor; 1 edition
Released 6/15/2013
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Prize Pack 32: Bonus Pack (for readers)
Winner: Sarah Miller
Mountains Beyond Mountains (Adapted for Young People): The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would
by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Hardcover Giveaway
Delacorte Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Released 4/9/2013
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The Language Inside
by Holly Thompson
Hardcover Giveaway
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Released 5/14/2013
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Prize Pack 33: Bonus Pack (for readers)
The Beautiful and the Cursed
by Page Morgan
Hardcover Giveaway
Delacorte Press
Released 5/14/2013
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Doomed
by Tracy Deebs
Giveaway
Walker Childrens
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Prize Pack 34: More of Martina’s Picks (for readers)
Tantalize
by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Giveaway
Candlewick; a edition
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Grave Mercy
Prize Pack 35: More of Martina’s Picks (for readers)
HarperCollins; 1 edition
Lips Touch Three Times
Arthur A. Levine Books; Reprint edition
