tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56176527758788008032024-02-07T02:33:56.984-08:00RT Teen DayRTTeenDayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236337393136759495noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5617652775878800803.post-25404639947817808922011-04-07T23:02:00.000-07:002011-04-07T23:02:46.032-07:00Featured Author: Heather Davis<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/hmh-ems/HeatherDavis200.jpg" /></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I would love to be Amy in The Clearing, so I could go back in time to 1944. It's a magical experience for her - one that takes her away from her very modern problems - and introduces her to a whole different way of life. And, of course, it doesn't hurt that her true love, Henry Briggs, is there in the past.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">After a particularly hard day at my day job I was nearly in tears. And then, when I got home, waiting for me was an email from a reader thanking me for writing stories that led her away from her troubled world of middle school. My day's problems vanished from my mind and I suddenly re-focused on what I was here to do with my life - write stories that encourage people, that take them away from their hard lives. That was a very special day. And, of course, I let the reader know how much her letter meant and that books had saved my life, too. <span class="apple-converted-space"><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I can write anywhere. When I'm drafting, I often go to a coffee shop to get things done with a set time limit for myself. When I'm revising, I prefer to be at home, where it's easier to take short breaks to clear my mind. I don't need anything but a good laptop or a notebook, but coffee does help.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">My next book is WHEREVER YOU GO, coming out from Harcourt Children's in November 2011. It's the story of Holly, who has felt lost and lonely ever since her boyfriend, Rob, died in a tragic accident. And it doesn't help that Holly has to spend most of her free time caring for her little sister and Alzheimer’s-stricken grandfather. When her grandfather claims to be communicating with the ghost of Rob, Holly wonders if the messages he has for her are real. And if so, how can the loved ones Rob left behind help his tortured soul make it to the other side? It's a book about letting go and moving on into the light. I wrote this book after losing my grandmother to the complications of Alzheimer's, so it means a lot to me to bring the story to other families who are struggling with the disease and to teens who are care-giving for ill family members.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Tell us about your latest or upcoming release.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My Soul To Steal</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (Soul Screamers 4) came out in January, and <i>If I Die</i> (Soul Screamers 5) will be out October 1. MSTSteal was a book of growth for Kaylee, as she was forced to fight for what she wanted. <i>If I Die</i>, though, is a game changer for the entire series. I’m looking forward to reader reactions to that one. ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span">Hmm, I think I'd like to be Cece Bradford, who is Violet McKenna's roommate in HAVEN (Violet is the book's main character). Mostly because Cece has a psychic gift that I'd love to experience-astral projection. I've been fascinated with the concept since I read Lois Duncan's classic STRANGER WITH MY FACE when I was eleven or twelve. How cool would it be to leave your body and travel wherever you wanted to go?!</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>What is your favorite place to write? Is there anything you need in order to write? (i.e. coffee, chocolate, music, etc.)</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;"></span>If you could be a character in your books for a day, who would you be and why?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's easy! Lily Sanderson, the main character in <i>Forgive My Fins</i> and <i>Fins Are Forever</i>. She is not only a mermaid (my lifelong fantasy) but also a princess! Win win. And there's the fact that she has the attention of a deliciously hunky biker boy that I wouldn't mind getting to meet in real life. Oh yes, I'd love to be Lily for a day.<br />
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<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Can you name one moment that stands out as a favorite since you've become a writer?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are a lot of little moments, but the biggest and most emotional was winning the Romance Writers of America RITA award for Best First Book. It was the culmination of years of hard work and tears and it was something I never dreamed my light beach read YA would ever achieve.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I absolutely can't get any writing done at home, so I spend most of my writing days in cafes and coffee shops. I affectionately refer to Starbucks as my office. Once there, all I need is a comfy seat, a caffeinated beverage, and music blasting in my ears to drown out the distracting conversations around me.<br />
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<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Tell us about your latest or upcoming release.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">This is my first year with two book releases, and I'm super excited about both of them. First up is </span><i style="color: black; line-height: normal;">Fins Are Forever</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">, the sequel to </span><i style="color: black; line-height: normal;">Forgive My Fins</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">, with more yummy romance, a handsome mer prince, and lots of adventure--both on land and under water. Then I launch a new trilogy about monster-hunting descendants of Medusa with </span><i style="color: black; line-height: normal;">Sweet Venom</i>. I call it Buffy meets Charmed meets mythology. I've never been more excited for a book and I can't wait for it to hit the shelves.<br />
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</b></span></div><div class="ecxmsoplaintext"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>If you could be a character in your books for a day, who would you be and why? </b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="ecxmsoplaintext"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Jacinda from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Firelight</span></em>, totally! She can fly, breathe fire and has two hot, good-hearted guys vying for her. Since it's just a day, I can overlook all the danger and other stuff attacking her left and right. ;)<br />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="ecxmsoplaintext"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>Can you name one moment that stands out as a favorite since you've become a writer? </b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="ecxmsoplaintext"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This is tough because I have felt rewarded so many times over. Mostly, the rewards stem from the readers -- meeting a fan who tells me how much my book has meant to her... I've been fortunate to live this moment more than once, and it humbles me every time. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="ecxmsoplaintext"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Oh, but also, to have a big Hollywood producer tell me how amazing my book is and that she wants to bring it to the big screen ... yeah, that's right up there.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="ecxmsoplaintext"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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</div><div class="ecxmsoplaintext"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>What is your favorite place to write? Is there anything you need in order to write? (i.e. coffee, chocolate, music, etc.) </b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="ecxmsoplaintext"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I enjoy writing on my lovely patio - especially when the weather is nice. I almost always have a latte in hand. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="ecxmsoplaintext"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Learn more about all the RT Teen Day authors and view the event schedule at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.rtbookreviews.com/genre/young-adult" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none;">http://www.rtbookreviews.com/genre/young-adult</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span>RTTeenDayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236337393136759495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5617652775878800803.post-64623599846443021992011-04-07T21:44:00.000-07:002011-04-07T21:45:32.305-07:00Featured Author: Marley Gibson<div style="border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><img height="211" src="http://ghostock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/marley_gibson_2010-300x199.jpg" width="320" /></b></span></div><div style="border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you could be a character in your books for a day, who would you be and why?</b></span></div><div style="color: black;"></div><div style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kendall Moorehead, the ghost huntress. Which...I sort of am ironically as I became one to research my books and now it's something I do on a regular basis. LOL!</span></div><div style="color: black;"></div><div style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Can you name one moment that stands out as a favorite since you've become a writer?</b></span></div><div style="color: black;"></div><div style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The very first piece of fan mail I got. I had given my first book to my boss' 8 year old daughter and she wrote me a thank you note telling me how much she loved it and that she wanted to be an author, like me, when she grew up. Really warmed my heart.</span></div><div style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div>RTTeenDayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236337393136759495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5617652775878800803.post-9030903072979428822011-04-05T08:11:00.000-07:002011-04-05T08:11:49.651-07:00Featured Author: Clare B. Dunkel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8T1yj0S5SU-M2ZGwEfNgsAPt33zm8DZooCrZsGtYbKYUmiktXs-_RPQr4rI8z3O8Tf2X0cNtnTtsiTe7YnK0ZSVZqEknBtrcCaAFZT-Tvmf2HqtBStk2tQNs8k8bWj0btBc_1xoKjhfM/s1600/Clare+B+Dunkle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8T1yj0S5SU-M2ZGwEfNgsAPt33zm8DZooCrZsGtYbKYUmiktXs-_RPQr4rI8z3O8Tf2X0cNtnTtsiTe7YnK0ZSVZqEknBtrcCaAFZT-Tvmf2HqtBStk2tQNs8k8bWj0btBc_1xoKjhfM/s200/Clare+B+Dunkle.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
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I'd be Miranda, from Book III of The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy. Her elf husband is the handsomest man alive. I'd like to see exactly what that looks like! And I'd like to go dancing with the elves for a night. It would be an unforgettable experience.<br />
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<b>Can you name one moment that stands out as a favorite since you've become a writer?</b><br />
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That would have to be the day that my WUTHERING HEIGHTS prequel, THE HOUSE OF DEAD MAIDS, got a great review from Bronteblog (complete with seven footnotes) *and* a starred review from The Horn Book magazine. My mother was a children's lit professor and a Bronte scholar, so I grew up reading books about the Brontes and hearing about how important The Horn Book is in the world of children's lit. That day, my life came full circle. Now The Horn Book magazine staff and the Bronte scholars are reading about me!<br />
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<b>What is your favorite place to write? Is there anything you need in order to write? (i.e. coffee, chocolate, music, etc.)</b> <br />
I write in my office for the most part, although I've been known to drag my laptop all over the house in search of inspiration. Coffee's important but not essential. I can't write without chewing gum, though--it's crazy, but there it is.<br />
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I just had a book released in paperback: BY THESE TEN BONES, a werewolf tale set in the medieval Scottish Highlands. Maddie, the daughter of the town weaver, meets a pale, green-eyed woodcarver named Paul and soon begins to fall in love with him. But when a hideous creature leaves the young man wounded, Maddie gets drawn into a secret. Soon, other people in her town begin to die, one by one. Maddie can save them all--but only at a terrible price.<br />
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You might call this book a paranormal romance, but I call it an old-fashioned love story. This book is a great favorite of mine. I love Maddie's confidence, and her strength, which comes from her sense of optimism. And she and Paul are so sweet together.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>RTTeenDayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236337393136759495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5617652775878800803.post-36673080140477239372011-04-02T09:48:00.000-07:002011-04-02T09:48:43.141-07:00Featured Author: Richelle Mead<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.richellemead.com/images/small206-3.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Enter to win a Teen Day VIP Pass below and be among the first in line</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">to meet Richelle on April 9!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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What is your favorite place to write? Is there anything you need in order to write? (i.e. coffee, chocolate, music, etc.)<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">This is a busy year! One of my adult series (Dark Swan) is being made into a comic in May, and that'll be followed by a Vampire Academy graphic novel in August. Also in August, we'll see the last book in my Georgina Kincaid series and the first of Bloodlines, which is the spin-off series to Vampire Academy. And just to keep that month interesting, I'm having a baby then too!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></b></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Be among the first in line to meet Richelle and the other authors at RT Teen Day April 9!<br />
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2 winners</span></b><span style="color: #535353;"> will receive <b>1 Teen Day VIP Pass each.</b> Readers with a VIP pass will be the first in line to meet the authors at the Book Fair. Limited number of passes available. Please note you will still need to <a href="https://ssl4.pair.com/rtbook/register.php" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none;">purchase the $25 teen day ticket</a><a href="https://ssl4.pair.com/rtbook/register.php" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none;"> online</a> or $5 Book Fair ticket at the door in order for your VIP pass to be valid.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">to meet Colleen on April 9!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you could be a character in your books for a day, who would you be and why?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Can you name one moment that stands out as a favorite since you've become a writer?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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2 winners</span></b><span style="color: #535353;"> will receive <b>1 Teen Day VIP Pass each.</b> Readers with a VIP pass will be the first in line to meet the authors at the Book Fair. Limited number of passes available. Please note you will still need to <a href="https://ssl4.pair.com/rtbook/register.php" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none;">purchase the $25 teen day ticket</a><a href="https://ssl4.pair.com/rtbook/register.php" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none;"> online</a> or $5 Book Fair ticket at the door in order for your VIP pass to be valid.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you could be a character in your books for a day, who would you be and why?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’d be Damen. He’s gorgeous, gifted, magical, well traveled, and has lived such an incredibly rich life—witnessing historical events in the making, and hanging with everyone from the great artists of The Italian Renaissance, to the great thinkers in science, to Marie Antoinette, to The Beatles—and yet, he’s managed to remain humble and lovely and true to himself. Um, guess I have a bit of a crush oh him. :)<br />
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<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can you name one moment that stands out as a favorite since you've become a writer?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first time I saw my debut novel, <i>FAKING 19</i>, on the bookstore shelves my mom was with me and we jumped up and down and squealed like fools. It was the realization of a long-held dream come true. <br />
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<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is your favorite place to write? Is there anything you need in order to write? (i.e. coffee, chocolate, music, etc.) <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I write at home—my office is comfy, and warm, and I painted the walls purple so I’d have something nice to stare at while I’m thinking up new ways to torture my characters. My writing ritual involves a scented candle, a cup of green tea, a playlist created for whatever book I’m working on, and a crystal necklace a reader gave me—once those things are all gathered and ready, I’m good to go!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Be among the first in line to meet Alyson and the other authors at RT Teen Day April 9!<br />
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1 winner</span></b><span style="color: #535353;"> will receive <b>1 Teen Day VIP Pass.</b> Readers with a VIP pass will be the first in line to meet the authors at the Book Fair. Limited number of passes available. Please note you will still need to <a href="https://ssl4.pair.com/rtbook/register.php" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none;">purchase the $25 teen day ticket</a><a href="https://ssl4.pair.com/rtbook/register.php" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none;"> online</a> or $5 Book Fair ticket at the door in order for your VIP pass to be valid.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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Only the first 250 teens to</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"><b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://ssl4.pair.com/rtbook/register.php">REGISTER ONLINE HERE</a></span><br />
will receive one. Hurry before they're all gone!!!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><b></b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SWAG bag includes <u>FREE books</u> from the following publishers<br />
(additional details coming soon!)...</span></b></b></b></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bloomsbury</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dutton</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Egmont USA</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Harcourt</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HarperCollins</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Harlequin Teen</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hyperion</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Little Brown</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Simon and Schuster</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Splinter</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">St. Martin’s Griffin</span><br />
Walker</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><b>Plus these cool items donated by our SWAG Bag Sponsors...</b></b></span></div></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Melissa Marr (Awesome Bags!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Alyson Noël (Rad Rubber Braclets)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Melissa de la Cruz (Makeup Bags)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">C.C. Hunter (Notepads & Compacts)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Simone Elkeles (Pens & Bookmarks)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Kensington (USB Drive Bracelets)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Blue Crush 2 (Cool Blue Watches)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Carolina Pad (Fun Pencil Cases)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Adele's Lit. Library (Bookmarks)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Assure (Delish Energy Beverage)</span></div></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Awesome water resistant watch from the movie Blue Crush 2!</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The SWAG bag is totally free <br />
if you're one of the first 250 teens to <a href="https://ssl4.pair.com/rtbook/register.php">register online</a> for RT Teen Day! <br />
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And the <a href="http://www.rtbookreviews.com/convention/teen-day">all-day Teen Day ticket</a> is only $25--plus you get to bring one adult for free.<br />
So what are you waiting for? <a href="https://ssl4.pair.com/rtbook/register.php">Register online here</a>. And spread the word to your friends and family now because these bags are going fast! Can't wait to see you at Teen Day!</span></div><br />
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</b></span></div>RTTeenDayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236337393136759495noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5617652775878800803.post-35019100884893420472011-03-11T00:00:00.000-08:002011-03-11T00:00:02.102-08:00Featured Author: Margaret Stohl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Enter to win a Teen Day VIP Pass below and be among the first in line</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">to meet Margaret on April 9!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I'd be Link from BEAUTIFUL CREATURES. I'd write some better lyrics for his band, the Holy Rollers, then knock back 7 pieces of Amma's pie.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Can you name one moment that stands out as a favorite since you've become a writer? <br />
</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The first time I saw my first book -- I cried like a baby.<br />
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I need massive earphones and the soundtrack to Spring Awakening. I would have said diet coke but I just gave it up!<br />
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Our third book (w/ Kami Garcia) in the Caster Chronicles comes out Oct 2011 - and it's pretty terrifying.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> MEET MARGARET - WIN A TEEN DAY VIP PASS!</span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Be among the first in line to meet Margaret and the other authors at RT Teen Day April 9!<br />
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1 winner</span></b><span style="color: #535353;"> will receive <b>1 Teen Day VIP Pass.</b> Readers with a VIP pass will be the first in line to meet the authors at the Book Fair. Limited number of passes available. Please note you will still need to <a href="https://ssl4.pair.com/rtbook/register.php" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none;">purchase the $25 teen day ticket</a><a href="https://ssl4.pair.com/rtbook/register.php" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration: none;"> online</a> or $5 Book Fair ticket at the door in order for your VIP pass to be valid.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;">Enter below to win! </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Deadline is Friday, March 11, 2011 at 11:59 PST.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="1063" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="https://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?formkey=dEtWTDh5VUx6VFc2LTlxRzRBbF9PUVE6MQ" width="760"></iframe></span></span></b></span></span></div>RTTeenDayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02236337393136759495noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5617652775878800803.post-6643573592121900482011-03-04T00:00:00.000-08:002011-03-04T07:56:26.249-08:00Featured Author: Kami Garcia<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enter to win a Teen Day VIP Pass below and be among the first in line <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you could be a character in your books for a day, who would you be and why?</b></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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If I could be one of our characters for a say, it would definitely be Amma. She is a Mortal, but she's a powerful Seer. I would love to see the world through her eyes -- and find out what's in all those mason jars in her bedroom. (Of course, I'd also bake myself some pie.)</span><br />
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Can you name one moment that stands out as a favorite since you've become a writer?</span></b></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
The moment I really realized I was a writer was when the galley (Advanced Reader Edition) of BEAUTIFUL CREATURES arrived at my house. Holding the actual book made it real for me.<br />
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None of them! I'm perfectly happy being me, so the idea of being anyone else sounds horrible.<br />
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Can you name one moment that stands out as a favorite since you've become a writer?</b><br />
This job is filled with fabulous moments, but one of the recent ones that tilted my world was having an artist whose music I've listened to for a decade tell me he was a fan. I’ve listened to every CD his band has done (including having his music as a default on my writing playlists), so knowing that he’s read my novels were utterly surreal. <br />
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<b>What is your favorite place to write? Is there anything you need in order to write? (i.e. coffee, chocolate, music, etc.)</b> <br />
I don’t write without music unless I’m outside. Typically, I work at my desk, caffeine in hand, music blaring, feet propped up, and at least one of my Rottweilers beside me. I take retreats though (Scotland, San Diego), and then I write outside by the sea, a loch, ruins, cactus gardens, etc. In that case, nature provides all the music I need. <b><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="clear: left; color: black; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Darkest Mercy (Feb 22, 2011) is the 5th and final book in the Wicked Lovely series. It pulls together the events of the first four books, both romantically & politically. Pretty soon after that, my debut adult book, Graveminder, is out (May 17, 2011). That’s a story of a mortician, a commitment-phobe, a dead girl, and a town where the dead don’t always stay dead. So, right now, I’m focused on both books simultaneously—which is very interesting as they as such different types of stories.<br />
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1 winner</span></b><span style="color: #535353;"> will receive <b>1 Teen Day VIP Pass.</b> Readers with a VIP pass will be the first in line to meet the authors at the Book Fair. Limited number of passes available. Please note you will still need to <a href="https://ssl4.pair.com/rtbook/register.php">purchase the $25 teen day ticket</a><a href="https://ssl4.pair.com/rtbook/register.php"> online</a> or $5 Book Fair ticket at the door in order for your VIP pass to be valid.</span></span></span><br />
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