DEFY THE DARK Signed Hardcover Winner!

And the winner of the DEFY THE DARK signed hardcover is:

ADRIANA CHAVEZ

Adriana, check your email!

Everyone else, thanks so much for spreading the word!

DEFY THE DARK Giveaway Winners!

The Random Number Generator has spoken and the winners of the signed DEFY THE DARK ARCs are:
From my blog entries:
DANIELLE WILLIS and from my tumblr:
AKOSSKET
I don't have an email address for either of you, so please contact me and let me know your mailing addresses so I can get these ARCs out to you!
Thanks so much for entering! There will be more chances to win finished copies during the DEFY THE DARK blog Tour coming soon!

Giveaway Winners!

The winner of DESTINED is:

Chingyi!

The winner of THE WHITE ASSASSIN is:

Anita Saxena!

Be on the lookout for an email from me!

Thanks so much for entering. I will be having another giveaway soon!

Three Things on a Thursday (WINNERS!)

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!
Don't drink and drive!

1. Look what Pretty Little Liars sent me! A clover plant! How cute is that?

Next Monday, March 21, they're doing a marathon leading up to the Spring Finale! Don't miss it!

2. I wrote a letter to my teenage self for the awesome website Dear Teen Me and it's up today. Read all about My Tragic Youth (And see some rather embarrassing photos of my "fashion sense")! And then read the other letters from some amazing YA authors like Sarah Ockler, Hanna Moskowitz, Shannon Messenger, Jo Knowles, Sara Zarr, Elana Johnson, I could go on and on!

3. Now for what you've been waiting for, the winner of my Back From Branson Giveaway Part 2! They are:
BEA
TRISHA

Congrats to the winners! Look for an email from me soon! Thanks so much to everyone for entering and spreading the word! I have a lot more books to give away now that BEA is coming up! So you've got plenty of chances to win!

Mega International Giveaway Winners!

So this took waaaaaay longer than I thought it would. Buzz My Blog and the Contest Winner Picker have disappeared from the internets, which means I had to hand enter every entry into my spreadsheet (and some people had 40 entries!). This also means that I was extremely disappointed when I went to check the randomly selected winners (I ALWAYS check every winner to make sure they earned all the points they said they did. It's only fair.) only to find that they had lied. And then I had to remove their entries, because, yeah, not going to sit there and figure out how many entries you actually earned, and start all over again. So in the future, PLEASE don't say you linked to me/added me to your blog roll/etc when you didn't, or lie about how many entries you have. It just wastes everyone's time.

And now, the winners!

Winner of the Paranormal Prize Pack!
CASSIE (GBU REVIEWS)

Winner of the Contemporary Romance Prize Pack!
JESSICA (TOTAL BOOKAHOLIC)

Winner of the Boy Books Prize Pack!
APRIL (LITERATURE AND AMERICA)

Winner of Any Two Books from my shelf!
SARAH (THAT BOOKISH GIRL)

International Winner of Any Two Books from my shelf!
EMILIE (EMILIE BOOK WORLD)

Winners, look for an email from me today. Thanks for entering everyone! I've got another big giveaway planned for the holidays so check back!

Five Things on a Friday + WINNER!

First up: WINNER! - The winner of the signed ARC of RETURN TO PARADISE by Simone Elkeles is CAROLINA VALDEZ MILLER! Check your email, I will be contacting you soon for your mailing address.

2. The Apple Pecan Chicken Salad at Wendy's is my new addiction! If you love salads, you must try this! The Pomegranate Vinaigrette is amazing!

3. I'm not really a huge Katy Perry fan, but I can't stop singing Teenage Dream this week.


4. I'm STILL emotionally drained from reading MOCKINGJAY.

5. I spent ALL day Wednesday working on my new blog look! What do you think?

Birthday Extravaganza Winners!

It's time to announce the winners! WOW! I had a TON of entries! Picking the winners was a lot of work this time because the Contest Winner Picker is down and Excel hates me. Boo! At the close of the contest I had 498 followers, which means that both the 400 and 450 follower bonus prizes were triggered. Anyway, here they are!


Grand Prize
My Fave Books of 2010 So Far

WINNER: TV AND BOOK ADDICT

2nd Reader's Prize
Choice of ANY pre-order from my wish list:

Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
The Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
The Replacement by Brenna Yovannoff
Glimmerglass by Jenna Black
Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick
Sister's Red by Jackson Pearce
Fixing Delilah Hannaford by Sarah Ockler

WINNER: MARIA GUAJARDO aka GABY

400 followers Prize
Choice of ONE of my Favorites of 2009

WINNER: ROBIN K

450 Follwers Prize
International Winner so Choice of ONE of my faves of 2009 or 2010

WINNER: LALE

Writers Grand Prize
Choice of:

A 30 page critique
Writing The Breakout Novel by Donald Maass
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Brown and Dave King

OR if you don't want a critique

Writing The Breakout Novel by Donald Maass
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Brown and Dave King
The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler
Write or Die - Desktop Edition (works on both PC and Mac)

WINNER: HEATHER FEASEY

2nd Writer's Prize
The You Can Write A Novel Kit OR if you'd rather, 30 page critique
WINNER: I did not hear back from the first winner so the new winner isMELISSA (at I Swim For Oceans) SHANNON

Congrats to all the winners and thank you to everyone who entered and spread the word! It made my birthday that much more awesome this year!

Winners, I will email you, if I don't get a response by the end of the day Monday, June 24th, I will pick a new winner. If you don't hear from me, check your spam filter and/or email me at valeriekwrites at gmail dot com!

Winner! Stolen by Lucy Christopher

The Random Number Generator has spoken and the winner of Stolen by Lucy Christopher is:

SKYLA11377

Congrats Skyla! Look for an email from me so I can get your address and send it out!

If I don't hear from the winner in 48 hours, I will choose a new one. Thanks so much to everyone for entering!

Guardian of the Dead Winner!

The random number generator has spoken and the winner of Guardian of the Dead is:

MARDEL

Mardel I sent you an email. If I don't hear from you by Monday night I will choose a new winner.

I'm going to have a HUGE INTERNATIONAL GIVEAWAY when I reach 400 followers so spread the word! The sooner I hit 400 the sooner I have the contest!

2010 200 Follower Contest Winners!

Thanks to Google Docs and The Contest Winner Picker Here are the winners!

2nd PRIZE - Winner gets choice of one book!
Natalie at Mindful Musings

1st PRIZE - Winner gets a choice of two books is:
Jenn-ay at My Tea Time is Book Time

Congrats to the winners! I have emailed you both. If I don't hear back from you within the next 2 days I will choose another winner. I'll be doing another contest in February so be sure to check back.

And don't forget the contest my crit group is having at our blog Sisters In Scribe. You can win a signed hard cover copy of the Vampire Academy book Blood Promise by Richelle Mead. Go here to enter!

Contest Winners!

Here are the winners for my Best YA Books of 2009 contest as chosen by Random Number Generator. You all should have received emails from me, if I don't get a response from you by December 5th, I will choose a new winner.

1st Choice: Meghan from Meghan's Book Blog!
2nd Choice: Pixie from Page Turners
3rd Choice: Yay Reads
4th Choice: Kate from The Neverending Shelf
5th Choice: Jo from Once Upon A Bookcase

Thanks so much for entering! I will be doing more giveaways in the new year!