Buried alive!

Sorry for the lame post today, but this is pretty much how I feel this week--totally buried alive.

I wanted to take a second to send a HUGE shout out to the awesome bloggers who have included Personal Demons in their Waiting on Wednesday posts over the last month! You guys totally rock! Thanks for helping me spread the word =)

I'm taking today off from torturing patients to get my ARCs mailed to those who have been waiting...and waiting...and waiting...

Once my post office run is accomplished I'll be buried in Original Sin revisions for my seriously cool editor, so you may or may not hear from me tomorrow.

What are you guys working on?

ARCs!!!!

The ARC fairy came while I was on vacation! 

And, not just to my house, but to GoodReads too! Y'all know you can win an ARC every month here on my blog, but, until August 12th you can enter to win one of forty (yes, you read that right: 40) ARCs my publisher is giving away on Goodreads. So, go and vote for Personal Demons on this list (currently #25) and any other lists you can find, then click through (on the cover or title) to the Personal Demons GoodReads page and enter to win! I'll love you forever <3

So, what do you think? Aren’t they beautiful? Course, no one will ever tell you when your baby is really ugly, but…well...just look at them. *beams*

It makes me feel like doing this. (Pic from whale watching in Puget Sound on Friday.)

So, those of you who have been soooo patient with me, your ARCs will be on their way soon! Promise. =)

Automated Out of Office Reply

I'm camping this week with very spotty internet access, so this is my "out of office" reply.

I am told by my neighbor that my Personal Demons ARCs were delivered safe and sound by the nice UPS man on Monday, so those of you waiting sooooo patiently, I'll have them out to you when I get home next week.

Thanks to all of you who dropped in and read the end of chapter 1 in my third Personal Demons sneak peek yesterday. I love all the Twitter comments. You guys rock! =)

Also, thanks to all the awesome bloggers who are continuing to list Personal Demons as their Waiting on Wednesday picks. This makes me =)

And, one more thank you to all of you who flooded the Macmillan booth at ALA looking for Personal Demons. My seriously cool editor said they'd run out of ARCs by Saturday morning, except for a very few she set aside. She said that even the display copies were stolen. (You know who you are and Luc would be proud of you. :D)

A reminder: My July Debut Contest goes up tomorrow, so if you didn't get a copy at ALA and would like your very own signed ARC (or one of four other debuts) stop back to enter. There is also another chance to win an ARC of Personal Demons on my fabulous agent, Suzie Townsend's blog, but it ends at midnight (EST) tonight, so hurry over there.

Newsflash: Personal Demons ARCs!!!!

Before I go all squeeish on you, I want to remind you that the second sneak peek at Personal Demons posts tomorrow. We've already heard from my demon, Luc. Check back tomorrow if you want to hear what Frannie has to say! =)

So, YAY! Personal Demons ARCs are at my publisher! Here one is on my editor's desk. SQUEE!!! Cupcakes all around!!

That means all the lucky winners of my monthly contest who have been waiting so patiently will have a package in the mail soon. (If you haven't entered to win a signed ARC of Personal Demons, you can do that here.) It also means, if you're going to be at ALA this week, you should be able to pick one up.

This is very exciting and a little scary. I'm so happy that Frannie, Luc and Gabe will be out there in the world and you guys will have a chance to get to know them. I'll be hiding under a rock while you read. *shaking in my boots*

Personal Demons ARC cover!!! And OBEALOAPP

No, that wasn't me having a seizure. It's the Official BEA Left-Out-Author Pitty Party. If you're participating, don't forget to log your wordcount for yesterday (or today, if your done writing--which you shouldn't be, BTW) in the comment section below.

So, the cover...

Keep in mind that this isn’t the “official” cover, but it’s the one you’ll see out there for the next few months, until Personal Demons releases in September.


Ready?


Okay…


So, the real cover will be done sometime in the next few months. Don’t forget to check back! ’Kay?


All right…here we go…


But, remember; don’t go looking for this cover in the bookstores in September. It will be different. This one is just for the ARCs.


So, here it is, the unofficial, mostly temporary ARC cover for Personal Demons.


Did I mention that I think it’s clever? I really like it, actually.


Oh, sorry… So, here it is:

What do you think? Simple but clever, yeah? :p

So this means that we should have ARCs soon, and we’ll be able to get them out to all of you. Yay!

If you haven't entered to win your very own signed ARC of Personal Demons, or another fabulous 2010 YA debut, head to my May Debut Give-Away. There are only two days left to enter. Hurry!

Cover news, take 2

So, here’s the latest cover news—and it’s almost all good. There will be Personal Demons ARCs, but they won’t have the official cover on them. There are a few of you chomping at the bit to get your hands on ARCs so we can’t really delay getting them out much longer. But, it looks like an amazing artist (can't say who now) will be doing my cover and it will take a few more weeks to pull something fabulous together.

So, I will have something to show you, but it may not be for another month or so. What’s that? You can’t wait? I know! Me either!!