FORGET-HER-NOTS Winners Revisited

So, the last winner I picked did not contact me to claim her prize, so I had to pick a new one.

However, since I already had a swag pack winner, I've made the executive decision to bump that person into the winners circle and choose a new swag pack winner. (I can do that. It's my contest. Not to mention, it seems only fair.)

Congratulations Cherry! You are now the winner a whole bunch of awesome FORGET-HER-NOTS swag. That means that Elizabeth has been promoted and is now the winner of a signed copy of FORGET-HER-NOTS and a swag pack.

Congratulations ladies! Elizabeth, I have your address. Cherry, I've e-mailed you. Please send me your address within 48 hours and I will ship out your prize ASAP.

Thanks again to everyone who entered!

FORGET-HER-NOTS Contest Winners!

First off, thanks to everyone who entered. All 302 entries have been tallied! I organized them in a manner that only I would understand before I went to random.org and asked it to spit out two numbers. Both numbers ended in 6 which I thought was weird, but that has absolutely no bearing on anything really. I just thought I would share.

Translation: WE HAVE WINNERS!

A signed copy of FORGET-HER-NOTS and some super cool swag goes to... Jade.
A FHN swag pack, complete with signed swag goes to... Elizabeth.

Congratulations ladies! I have e-mailed you both. Please respond with your mailing address is 48-hours or a new winner will be chosen.

WARNING: I'm jumping on my soap box.

Lastly, can I just say that there would have been more entries if people followed instructions. I know that tweets and sidebar posts and all the various linkage I request can be tedious, but some people didn't even note that being a blog follower was required, so they were disqualified. Others had their profiles set to private so I couldn't verify that they were followers. The laundry list of offenses goes on....

I guess what I'm saying is that there are more contests coming up and following directions is key. I don't want to eliminate you on a technicality! Really I don't!

Also, in this contest and the last one I had numerous people not leave an e-mail address. It hasn't been a problem yet, but I don't want it to become one. The moral of this story is that leaving an e-mail in your comment makes our lives easy. You get cool books in a timely fashion and I am a happy blogger. Capish?

Brightly Woven Contest

Brightly Woven comes out in just about one week and author Alexandra Bracken is giving away a few copies on her website and livejournal as part of the Big Damn Contest. Go enter for your chance to win this fabulous book!

ABOUT THE BOOK

When Wayland North brings rain to a region that's been dry for over ten years, he's promised anything he'd like as a reward. He chooses the village elder's daughter, sixteen-year-old Sydelle Mirabel, who is a skilled weaver and has an unusual knack for repairing his magical cloaks. Though Sydelle has dreamt of escaping her home, she's hurt that her parents relinquish her so freely and finds herself awed and afraid of the slightly ragtag wizard who is unlike any of the men of magic in the tales she's heard. Still, she is drawn to this mysterious man who is fiercely protective of her and so reluctant to share his own past.

The pair rushes toward the capital, intent to stop an imminent war, pursued by Reuel Dorwan (a dark wizard who has taken a keen interest in Sydelle) and plagued by unusually wild weather. But the sudden earthquakes and freak snowstorms may not be a coincidence. As Sydelle discovers North's dark secret and the reason for his interest in her and learns to master her own mysterious power, it becomes increasingly clear that the fate of the kingdom rests in her fingertips. She will either be a savior, weaving together the frayed bonds between Saldorra and Auster, or the disastrous force that destroys both kingdoms forever.

Releases: March 23, 2010

Publisher: Egmont USA

Length: 368 pages

SEA giveaway from author Heidi Kling

SEA by Heidi R. Kling--Available Bookstores everywhere June 10, 2010! And pre-order now!


Haunted by recurring nightmares since her mother's accidental disappearance over the Indian ocean three years before, fifteen year old California girl Sienna "Sea" Jones reluctantly travels with her father's volunteer team to six months post-tsunami Indonesia. During her stay at the orphanage, she meets scarred and soulful Deni who is more like Sea than anyone she has ever met.
She knows they can't be together, so why can't she stay away from him? And what about her old-best-friend-turned-suddenly-hot Spider who may or may not be waiting for her back home? And why is her psychiatrist father so secretive about her mother's plane crash? The farther she gets from home, the closer she comes to the truth. And Sea's real adventure begins.

Praise for Sea
"From the opening pages of SEA, the hair stood on the back of my neck, as it does whenever I encounter a writer who really knows what she's doing with words. Tragedies and miracles coexist in this entrancing debut novel about the aftermath of a tsunami." -- Jennifer R. Hubbard, author of THE SECRET YEAR

"SEA is a richly woven story as turbulent and beautiful as the sea itself, plunging us headlong into the depths of loss, devastation, compassion, and hope. A touching and romantic debut about the redemptive power of altruism and the heart's capacity for love." -- Sarah Ockler, author of TWENTY BOY SUMMER

"Heartbreaking but always hopeful; achingly romantic but never sappy-- SEA is simply luminous. What a remarkable debut!" -- Jennifer Laughran, "Not Your Mother's Book Club" Books Inc., San Francisco


For more about SEA and Heidi please visit: http://heidirkling.com/
Enter to win an ARC here: http://seaheidi.livejournal.com/
SEA debuts June 10, 2010 with Putnam (Penguin)

Forget-Her-Nots Launch Report & Contest

So there is only one word to describe Amy Brecount White's launch party: AMAZING!

It was held Tuesday night at the National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. and Amy rocked the house. It was beautiful decorated in pink with flowers placed around the galleries, complete with cards that stated there meaning to keep with the theme of FORGET-HER-NOTS, Amy's debut novel.

It was hard to say how many people came because the space was packed, but I would say that well over 100 people came out for the event. Aladdin's Lamp: Children's Books and Other Treasures, an indie store based in Arlington, brought boxes upon boxes of books and sold over 250 copies!

And Amy signed each and every one. She even signed a book and a swag pack for one lucky reader. (More on that later.) Have a look at the festivites...

It was a flurry of activity from the time the launch started. People immediately jumped in line to buy books and Amy was signing before she could even sit down. The signing line was long all night and, at one point it actually ran the length of the gallery and curved around along the back wall. Everyone was desperate to get a moment of face time with the author. 

She also read a passage from FORGET-HER-NOTS, which you can listen to below.

CONTEST CLOSED

Alright ladies and gents, let's make this one international. Grand prize is a signed copy of FORGET-HER-NOTS and a swag pack full of buttons, temporary tatoos, and signed bookmarks and post cards. The runner-up will receive a swag pack with all of the aforementioned goodies.

To enter answer this question: Which do you think are more romantic, roses or tulips?

Leave your answer and e-mail address in a comment below. You must be a follower to win. There are also opportunities for extra entries.

Extra Entries

+3 Old Follower

+2 New Follower

+5 Post the FORGET-HER-NOTS cover and description on your blog along with a link to buy the book, which you can find HERE.

+3 Add Wastepaper Prose to your blog roll

+2 Follow @wastepaperprose on Twitter

+1 Tweet about the contest (Include @wastepaperprose)

+1 Link this contest on your blog

Be sure to leave me links! If I can't find a post, then it doesn't exist.
Contest closes at midnight on 3/27.

The Iron King Signing & Contest

So over the weekend I spent a little more than 20 hours in the car driving from Virginia to Louisville, KY. Why you ask? Well, to meet Julie Kagawa of course!

While I was there, I picked up a signed copy of The Iron King, Julie's amazing debut novel and the first book in The Iron Fey series. But more about that later...

I hopped in the car at 4AM Saturday morning and road over the mountains, braving ice and snow and rest stops full of surly truckers, to attend her first signing. Kristi, The Story Siren, and Chelsea, The Page Flipper, also came down for the festivities, fighting through Snowpocolypse: The Sequel to be there. And I'm glad we all made it because the whole night was a blast.

The four of us went to Sake Blue for sushi that afternoon. The food was delicious and for extra flare Julie orders a a whole eel. Julie was the only one who ate any.

This is the King Cobra....

We opted to head back to Borders after lunch, deciding that none of us would be unhappy surrounded by books, and it was straight to e the cafe for caffeine. Julie had stashed a Mountain Dew in her coat pocket for just such an ocassion. The addiction runs deep, but until they form Dewholics Anonymous I fear there's no helping her.

Borders set Julie up at a table in the YA section, stacked high with copies of The Iron King. Nearly 30 people showed up to listen to and get their books signed, including Tenners Kelly Creagh (Nevermore, 8/31) and Jessica Leader (Nice and Mean, 6/8).

The night went a little something like this...

 

CONTEST CLOSED

(U.S. Only)

So let's give away this signed copy of The Iron King and a few bookmarks.  

UPDATE:

Grimalkin, the sarcastic gray cat from The Iron King, can't keep his nose out of anything! So much like he popped into the book, he has decided to make an appearance here and weasel his way into the contest, probably in an effort to steal the show. As Julie said to me once, "Grim has more fans than the heroine."

So Julie decided to put Grim up as a special prize. Well, a reasonable facsimile of him. The winner will now receive a hand-painted Grimalkin rock in addition to the signed book and bookmarks. It will be painted just for the winner and shipped direct from Julie. Look to the right for a glance at the handsome Grimalkin clone...

You must be a follower and leave a comment below with your e-mail address to enter. But there are multiple chances for extra entries.

Extra Entries

+3 Old Follower

+2 New Follower

+3 Add Wastepaper Prose to your blog roll

+2 Follow @wastepaperprose on Twitter

+1 Tweet about the contest

+1 Link this contest on your blog

Be sure to leave me links! If I can't find a post, then it doesn't exist.
 Contest closes on 3/20.