DEFY THE DARK Blog Tour! Four Chances to Win!

It's just over a week until DEFY THE DARK releases and that means its time for more giveaways! All week, I'm hosting a blog tour which will feature a review, and a chance to win a FINISHED COPY of DEFY THE DARK!

Here's the list of tour stops:

Monday, June 10 - Birth of a New Witch
http://birthofanewwitch.wordpress.com

Tuesday, June 11 - Seeing Night Reviews
http://seeingnight.blogspot.com

Thursday, June 13 - Reader Girls
http://www.readergirlsblog.com

Saturday, June 15 - Me!

Be sure to check out each blog, each day, to see what they thought of DEFY THE DARK and enter to win a copy of your very own!

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!

DEFY THE DARK ARC Giveaway!

So, I've been away for quite awhile... And I'm sorry for that. Blogging hasn't been at the top of my list lately, BUT, that's changing today. Because while I was away, this happened:

And then last Friday, I went to the last stop on HarperTeen's Pitch Dark Days Tour featuring Aprilynne Pike, Amy Tintera, Kiera Cass, and Liz Norris. (And even had dinner with with the lovely ladies as well as fellow Michigan authors Aimée Carter, and Courtney Allison Moulton!)

From left: D.J. DeSmyter, Amy Tintera, Aprilynne Pike, DJ's friend Andrea, Me, Kiera Cass, Liz Norris

And at the signing, this happened:

Twice! So now, I'm giving away two DEFY THE DARK ARCs signed by Aprilynne Pike (and me). One here, and one on my brand new(ish) tumblr. All you have to do to win here is leave a comment on this post. For an extra entry, tweet or blog about the contest, and post the link to it here as a second comment.

To enter to win the second ARC, head on over to my tumblr - valeriekwrites.tumblr.com, and enter there. This contest is open internationally. Which means I will ship this ARC anywhere in the world!

This contest will be open until 11:59pm Pacific Time on Saturday, May 18th. I will randomly select a winner from the comments and announce them on Monday, May 20th.

Twitter Chat Tomorrow (and other cool things!)

I'm excited to announce that tomorrow night, (Thursday, December 13th) I will be participating in a twitter chat hosted by the Mundie Moms and featuring some awesome YA authors!

Here are the details:

Who:

• Courtney Allison Moulton (@CAMoulton) author of the ANGELFIRE trilogy.
• Susan Dennard (@stdennard) author of SOMETHING STRANGE AND DEADLY,
• DJ DeSmyter (@LifeinFiction) author of HUNTED,
• David James (@DJamesAuthor) author of LIGHT OF THE MOON,
• and me, aka @valeriekwrites (!)

If you haven't noticed, there's a theme going on here. Most of us are from Michigan.

When: Thursday, December 13th at 9 PM EST - (It will last about an hour.)

What: Twitter chat - We will discuss our work, answer writing questions, giveaway stuff, and generally have fun!

Where: Under the hashtag #MundieChat

Which brings me to that other cool thing I mentioned. It appears that DEFY THE DARK has a release date - JUNE 18, 2013 - and IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!! *dies* And my name is even on the listing! I'm going to be in a real live book! With a hardcover and everything!

You can pre-order it right now, in both hardcover and paperback, from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and The Book Depository!

So, how are these two things connected? Well, I'll be giving away two hardcover copies of DEFY THE DARK during the chat - one which I will ship internationally. And I will even sign them, you know, if you want. So, be sure to come join in the fun tomorrow! (Learn more about DEFY THE DARK at DefyTheDark.com.)

NaNoWriMo!

It's that time again. I've decided to give it another shot. I haven't tried NaNoWriMo in earnest since 2009. Who's with me? Add me if you want, I'm valeriekwrites over there. I'll be updating my progress here, probably on a weekly basis.