best. day. ever.

May 9, 2011

See? Like this!

The big day is finally almost here, just about, kind of!!! My debut Young Adult novel Jane Jones: Worst. Vampire. Ever. is officially on sale May 10, 2011. To celebrate, I’m having a drawing!

All ya gotta do to enter is email JaneJones.Worst.Vampire.Ever@gmail.com to tell me you bought the book! I’d accept…

 

  • a screencap of your receipt
  • a scan of your packing slip
  • or even a nice photo of you, reading the book, in a setting that is clearly not your local Barnes & Noble!

If you downloaded the Kindle, Nook or iBook version, hold your e-reader up to your smiling mug and snap a pic! I won’t be too much of a stickler about how you show me, and I know all of you will think of something clear and creative!**

All entries received before midnight EST on May 24, 2011 will be entered into a random drawing for the following prizes:

One 1st Prize – Apple TV

 

Two 2nd Prizes – A pair of Ryka Revive 3 Women’s athletic shoes (your choice of size, their choice of color)

 

Three 3rd Prizes – A 5-piece Anna William handbag/clutch/accessory surprise pack (selected for you)

 

That’s six chances to win! One of the winners COULD be you! I believe in you!!!

Best of luck and a million thanks to every one of you for all you’ve done to help me get this far. I had a ball writing this book, and I’m excited for the chance to finally share it with all of you. xxxooo

**To make this all legal and on the up-and-up, I have to let you know that NO purchase is necessary to enter or win. If you’re not buying the book, you can just leave a comment below that says “enter me, please” and consider yourself entered!

WE HAVE OUR WINNERS! (With the help of Random.org)

Congratulations to the new owners of the Anna William handbag & accessory surprise packs: Derek Martz (I’m sure HE loves purses…), Virginia Corbett (a lady, thank goodness) and Tarpo (these are the perils of random drawings, folks…) I know 33% of you will enjoy those bags!

Congratulations to the winners of the Ryka Revive 3 shoes (also for women): Cindy & Gerri H!

Finally, yay for our Grand Prize Winner, who will receive a totally unisex AppleTV: Sharon Snyder!

Thanks to everyone for participating and reading and being so supportive. Every time an entry came in, I felt like *I’d* won something. You are all better than ANYTHING!

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sometimes one thing leads to another…

May 7, 2011

The thing people might not know about authors is that many of us have day jobs, because writing a book does not automatically mean that you are rich and/or famous! In fact, it usually means the opposite. The good news for me is that I love my day job! Actually, it’s a day and night job. I work for a television show that’s on late at night and I’m on a team with a very small group of people who are hilarious and smart and kind, and if it weren’t for all of them and how easy and fun they make my days, I might never have written Jane Jones: Worst. Vampire. Ever. in the first place! Thanks especially to Deirdre, John Jude, Sarah, Robyn and Chase!

When my boss, Andy, told me he was going to show my book on our show, I was really excited. Not just because I thought it would help sell some copies, but because I’m proud that I wrote it and it made me feel good that he wanted to do something so nice for me. Look at how awesome the cover looked on TV! Then…something truly awesome happened. He gave my book to our guest that night, who has her OWN TV show that’s on every morning and then THIS happened…

 

 

 

That’s Kelly Ripa holding my book up on TV too! I have the clip on my DVR, but I haven’t watched it yet because every time I pick up the remote, my hands get all shaky. Lots of people told me it was pretty fun, though. She said nice things about the show I work on and my book. I think she said that my job was as a stage manager, which isn’t exactly what I do…BUT WHATEVER, CLOSE ENOUGH!

I’m not sure what I did to deserve all this, but I will take it!!! Thanks again to Andy Cohen, the amazing Kelly Ripa, her wonderful husband Mark Consuelos (who isn’t pictured here, which is too bad for all of us) and to Regis Philbin for wearing a tie that I think complements the cover nicely.

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coming soon, to a town near me!

May 5, 2011

I love the town I live in. It’s close to New York City, where I do my day job. It’s by the ocean, where I spend many weekends. And the library? The library in my town is THE KICKER! Everything about the library in my town is lovable. The books, the building, the comfy chairs [...]

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i’d like to think ms. day would be proud of me…

May 5, 2011

During School Library Month, I told you all about my first school librarian, Ms. Day and how much she meant to me. When my editor let me know that Jane Jones: Worst. Vampire. Ever. had been reviewed here, I thought of Ms. Day all over again. I got goosebumps imagining that soon, somewhere in the [...]

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thanks, jo frost!

May 5, 2011

I love Supernanny, Jo Frost, so I was pretty excited to learn that she had recommended my book on her website. Lookit! (SO much better than being sentenced to “The Naughty Chair” isn’t it?)

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love your librarian

April 11, 2011

Ms. Day was the first librarian I ever knew. She ran the teeny school library at Crocker Elementary and, decades later, my stomach still does a little flip thinking about her. She was willowy, with grey hair and glasses on a jeweled chain around her neck. Her manner of dress was clearly from “her day,” [...]

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i’m a giver

March 31, 2011

One of the great things about writing your first real book is that you learn a ton about how the publishing world works. This is an ARC – or “Advanced Reader’s Copy – Not For Sale” of Jane Jones: Worst. Vampire. Ever. This is what Random House printed up and sent out to bloggers, and [...]

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a podcast is a little like a radio show…

March 28, 2011

Many of you know what a podcast is, but I know some of you might not yet. A podcast is a little like a radio show, with the added benefit of knowing what you’re about to listen to, rather than just hanging out waiting for someone to mention a subject you care about. Here’s a [...]

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i love trailers!

March 17, 2011

When I go to the movies, I have to get there early enough to see all the Coming Attractions or I will have a mini-freak out. For real, I would even skip lining up at the concession stand for popcorn if it meant getting my butt in my seat before the lights go down. That [...]

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thanks, professor nana!

March 17, 2011

Professor Nana is known as the Goddess of YA literature, and if you’re ever looking for something good to read, you should check out her blog! I was pretty psyched to learn that she’d had a chance to read Jane Jones and posted about it here. Thanks, Professor Nana!

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