Original Sin EPIC Giveaway Winner!!!

First...if you're in the San Diego area, I'll totally love you forever if you come out to Mysterious Galaxy to see me on Friday at 7pm. Yes, I know it's Harry Potter night, and honestly, I'd be at Harry Potter if I wasn't signing. But I am, and I already have my book, so I'd really love to sign some to other people too. So, here's the deal, you should go to the midnight show on Thurs night/Fri morning so you'll be free to come to Mysterious Galaxy at 7! Best of both worlds! ;p

Next...I have some AMAZING Personal Demons Book 3 (The Novel Formerly Known as Hellbent) news! We HAVE A TITLE!!!! But I'm not telling yet... You know me. I have to tease. It's in my blood. What I can tell you is that my stupendous critique partner, Andrea Cremer (Nightshade) gets the credit for coming up with it :p

And, I'm having a massive guilt attack. I've neglected my blog for a week--something I haven't done since its creation back in summer of 2009. But, I've had good reason. First, I'm wrapping up revisions on The Novel Formerly Known as Hellbent, and also, I was super busy meeting so many of you out on the road! Thanks to everyone who came out for the After Dark Tour! Leah, Courtney and I really appreciate it! Here's us at the Original Sin launch event at Books of Wonder in NYC!

FinePrint/Nancy Coffee Lit came out in force and so did Tor Teen! I couldn't have a better group of people in my corner!

On Wednesday we wrapped up the tour at the Barnes & Noble in Burlington, MA. I was totally impressed with the group that turned out at both events!

And...I sent out a challenge. I asked you for pictures of Original Sin in the wild, and you responded! Here are just a few:

Courtesy of @StormyWolf147                                                  Courtesy of Jillian

(And can I just mention that I LOVE that my humble little book is shelved next to my fabulous critique partner's Nightshade :p)

Everyone who Tweeted or Facebooked their picture was entered in my EPIC giveaway for all this:

That's signed copies of both books, an iPod with the playlist for the entire trilogy, and swag!

And the winner, as chosen by the randomizer, with this picture:


is....



Brea!!!

Congrats! You'll be hearing from me very soon! =)

Thanks so much to everyone who's been here over the last few months! I love hearing from all of you. Please continue to send pictures of OS and PD in the wild if you see them! (Cuz it makes me all tingly inside to see them! :p)

Love you guys!

More chances to win Original Sin!

Woot! I just gave away two Original Sin ARCs on Twitter this weekend! I love giving books away! If you didn’t win on Twitter, remember that you still have time to enter my “Spread the Word" contest here on the blog. There are already tons of entries and one entrant earned 66 points by posting links and voting on Goodreads lists. Not sure if that qualifies as stuffing the ballot box, but it's all about spreading the word, so... ;p

Also, Katie at Call Me Crazy Reviews is giving away a signed Original Sin ARC as part of her Birthday Bash, so head over and enter for your chance to win! =)

Spread the word and win an Original Sin ARC!

Woot!!!! So here we go! In honor of tomorrow marking four month to release of Original Sin, I’m launching the Original Sin “Spread The Word” contest here on the blog! Also, if you Tweet, we’re only 11 followers away from the 2000 Followers Twitter contest! I’m so excited! Can you tell! My exclamation key just exploded!!!!

So, here’s how the Spread the Word Contest works. From today until noon PST on Friday March 18th, you can earn one point for everyplace you spread the Original Sin word. Examples:

1. Post a link to this contest on any social network such as Twitter (hashtag #OriginalSin), Facebook or your own blog=1 point each
2. Link to any bookstore Original Sin pre-order page (indie or chain is fine—see my sidebar for links) on Twitter, FB, your blog, etc.=1 point each
3. Grab the Original Sin countdown widget (in my sidebar) and post it on your blog=1 point
4. Add Team Luc or Team Gabe buttons to your blog (in my sidebar)=1 point each
5. Add Original Sin to your Goodreads “to-read” shelf=1 point
6. Link to my Goodreads Original Sin page on any social network=1 point
7. Vote for Original Sin on any appropriate Goodreads list=1 point per vote
8. An Original Sin Waiting on Wednesday post on your blog=1 point
And anything else you can think of. Be creative!

Fill out the form below with the links to your posts by noon PST on Friday March 18th for your chance to win one of two Original Sin galleys and tons of Original Sin/Personal Demons swag. (Open internationally.) You must be a follower of this blog to win. Winners will be posted here after noon on March 18th.

(Update: Some of you are entering in comments. I'll try to check them, but the only way to guarantee your entry is to fill out the form.)

Feel free to stop back as many times as you need to list all your links and get all your points. Multiple Tweets, FB postings, etc count as long as they’re spread over time.

Enter early and enter often! Good luck and thanks for your help spreading the word! :p

Who wants an Original Sin ARC?

This coming Saturday marks four months until the release of Original Sin, so I think it's time for some CONTESTS! How about you?

Here's what's brewing:

Tweeples, if you can get me to 2000 Twitter followers (that's just 69 more) by Friday night, on Saturday I'll give away two signed Original Sin galleys on Twitter! If you don't Tweet, you should! It's like a big pajama party! Set up an account and follow me at @LisaDez!

And, here on the blog, it's time to start spreading the word, so I'll be having a "Spread the Word" contest (So creative with the title, I know.) in which two more lucky winners will receive signed Original Sin galleys and tons-o-swag. Stay tuned for details.

That's four copies of Original Sin going up for grabs later this week, so don't forget to check back.

15 Original Sin ARCs up for grabs!

Happy Valentines Day!! Spread the VD love. Or...um...you know what I mean...

I'm currently possessed by my WIP, and Luc's not even in it, so I can't blame him. But...I have some fun news if you're interested in reading Original Sin, which Luc definitely is in ;p

You have three different ways of entering to win one of 15 Original Sin ARCs through Tor.com. Go here for deets.

Good luck!!!

Original Sin teaser and giveaway!

For those of you who have been soooo kind and emailed, Tweeted and Facebooked that you loved Personal Demons and can’t wait for book two, I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. And…I have good news. Today, Tor.com posted an exclusive excerpt. You can read chapter one of Original Sin here.

SPOILER ALLERT!

The very first line of Original Sin is MAJOR SPOILERY for Personal Demons. If you’ve not yet read Personal Demon, and you want to be surprised, then take your finger off the mouse and back slowly away from the computer.

If you do read, please stop back and tell me what you thought!

Even if you don't want to read just yet, you can enter the Tor.com Facebook giveaway to win one of three Original Sin galleys here. AND/OR...you can enter the @tordotUF Twitter contest for one of three galleys. For details, check out my Twitter feed (@LisaDez) or follow this hashtag:  #TorUFgiveaway 

Good luck! Happy reading!

ORIGINAL SIN COVER REVEAL AND THE FIRST EVER ORIGINAL SIN ARC CONTEST!!

Happy December!

I know some of you are here to enter my much anticipated (to me, anyway) December Debut Contest for a signed copy of Personal Demons and a second mystery ARC. But...I have some exciting news!

Do you want to see the Original Sin cover?

Well, do ya????

I thought so.

I'm going to send you on a little journey to find it. And when you find it, make sure to notice the tagline, cuz you're going to need it if you want to enter my Original Sin ARC contest! You heard me right! You--yes, YOU--can win the very first Original Sin ARC! You want it? Uh-huh.

So, here's the deal. I have some seriously cool bloggers helping me with the big reveal. Go to one or more of these lovely blogs to check out the cover, then come back here. Go ahead. I'll wait.
Mundie Moms
The Naughty Book Kitties
Harmony's Radiant Reads
Bloggers [[Heart]] Books
YA Addict
Narratively Speaking
A Good Addiction
Book Chic Club
The Bookish Type

Did you comment on the blog while you were there? No? Well, you might want to think about going back and doing that, cuz you'll get one extra entry into the contest for each of those cover posts you comment on. (One per blog, please ;p) So, if you comment once on each of their OS cover posts, that's nine additional entries!

You can also earn extra entries for Tweeting or blogging links to this contest! (+2 each)

To enter, you must be a follower here on the blog and fill out the form below. This contest ends at midnight PST tomorrow (12/2/10), so get theeself to those blogs and comment, then fill out the form! Good luck!

And I haven't forgotten about my December Debut Contest! It will post tomorrow, cuz you know me. I can't stop myself!

Personal Demons Reviews, oh my!

I got my Original Sin revisions to my editor yesterday morning. YAY! For all of you fabulous bloggers who are waiting on interviews, I’m working on getting caught up. In the mean time, here are a few Personal Demons reviews that have started popping up in the blogosphere =)

"Honestly, one of the best YA's I have read all year."
—Wicked Lil Pixie (read the full review here)

"It's exciting and heart-racing and there's a twist when it comes to Luc, which is always fun."
—Juniper Breeze (read the full review here)

"Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers is one of those books that'll trigger the obsession switch in your brain."
—Omnomnom Books (read the full review here)

"There is romance, tension and intrigue all with a PG rating."
—BookHounds (read the full review here)

I'm a fraud--maybe

Thanks for all your input on choosing a project. The throwing them into a window fan suggestion was entertaining. Thanks GhostFolk (aka: Randy ) ;p

In the end, I decided to seek professional advice from my truly fabulous agent, who I trust implicitly.

While I pondered my problem (and your creative solutions) over the weekend, it occurred to me what the real source of all my angst was. Most of you who write can probably relate to this.

I wrote a book. I sent it to agents. Some really amazing agents wanted to represent THAT book. And my truly fabulous agent sold THAT book to my seriously cool editor, who loved THAT book.

THAT book.-->

I kind of felt like the all the stars had aligned and lightning struck, and my PowerBall numbers hit, and pigs flew, all at the same time with THAT book. It was like winning the lottery times ten. Like I got soooo super lucky and wrote something decent that got in front of the right people at the right time.

THAT book.

But the problem was, THAT book sold in a three-book deal. So I was supposed to be able to do THAT again. But I really wasn’t sure how I did it the first time. What was I going to do when everyone figured out how lucky I got with THAT book and that I, in fact, had no writing talent?

When I handed Original Sin (Personal Demons, book 2) off to my truly fabulous agent earlier this year, I was totally stressing, because she was going to know that I was a total fraud. And I was sure she was going to ask me who really wrote Personal Demons. (She was nice enough not to ask, but I’m sure she’s still wondering.) She helped me clean up Original Sin before I sent it off to my seriously cool editor last week, who DIDN’T HATE IT! *throws virtual confetti* I know she’s going to have a lengthy editorial letter for me, and I welcome it. She’s amazing at helping me make my book into the one I thought I wrote.

And, I’m starting to think that maybe I’m not a total fraud. Maybe…

But choosing a new project is hard for all those same reasons. I have three really cool stories that are dying to be told. That’s, like, nine characters in my head all talking at the same time (and that doesn’t even count Frannie, Luc and Gabe who are all still in there too). But I’m a little worried that, no matter what I write, if I can’t figure out how to make lightning hit and pigs fly again, it won’t matter. It’s a little bit nerve wracking.

How do you choose your next project?

This week marked a new chapter (both literally and figuratively) in my publishing life. I had a big red circle (because that’s what they tell us to do) around June 1. It was my first actual deadline. My manuscript for Original Sin (Personal Demons, book 2) was due to my editor. I’m happy to say, I made the deadline. Yay! *throws virtual confetti*

Truth is, I actually gave it to her a few weeks ago with the proviso that things might change and I’d have a final draft to her by June 1. Not much changed, just some clean-up, so she’s already read it and didn’t seem to hate it. Another yay!

So, now I’m working madly on Hellbent (Personal Demons, book 3), but I also have a few other projects bouncing around in my head. One of them is in a YA subgenre that’s trending right now, and I don’t really want to write to a trend, but I love the story. Another is a rewrite of an older manuscript. The writing is atrocious, but the plot, once it really gets going, is kickass. The third is a contemporary that popped into my head fully formed. I think it could be really good and it would be a pretty quick write, cuz it’s all right there, plot twists and all.

So, how do you choose what you’ll write when you have more than one idea?

Five for Friday

It’s been a good week. But, for this Five for Friday post, I’ll hit the highlights for you.

1. Excellent cover news from my editor! We should have a fabulous cover on brand spanking new ARCs within the next month. Squee!! (Thanks for helping with the design!) =)

2. Personal Demons sold to Eksmo Publishing House in Russia! That’s five foreign sales so far, and four of them I totally won’t be able to read. O_o

3. Personal Demons is up for auction on the Do The Write Thing for Nashville auction with a lot of other AMAZING things (agent phone calls, critiques, signed books) and you guys’ generosity is totally blowing me away! I’m going over to bid on stuff as soon as I’m done this post!

4. The amazingly talented Vania is doing my book trailer and already has some awesome ideas! So excited to see what she comes up with!!

5. I handed Original Sin off to my seriously cool editor! I hope she doesn’t hate it. *bites nails*

Have you entered my May Debut Contest? Why not!! Don't miss your chance at a free book debuting in May, or a signed ARC (we're getting close!!) of Personal Demons.

Hope you’ve had a fabulous week! What news?