It's a good thing the holidays keep me busy lest I be tearing my hair out waiting for January 3 to arrive. (Okay, I'm still tearing my hair out a little bit, but not as much as if it hadn't been the holidays).
Here is the last teaser before next Tuesday's release:
"One thing." He leaned down to whisper in my ear. "One thing that I'd always been afraid of. I still am."
As you've read the Nightshade series I hope it's been obvious how much I respect and admire wolves. They are beautiful, intelligent creatures with complex social relationships. If you follow environmental news, you may already know that gray wolves were recently delisted from the endangered species list. I'm deeply troubled by this decision. Humans and wolves have an ugly history; one that drove wolves to the brink of extinction. Since the delisting, wolf hunts are already being organized in Minnesota and across the country. Killing a wolf is not a sporting act. Wolves live in deeply connected communities. To kill a single wolf is to disrupt a family, a social system.
Because I'm committed to advocating for wolves, I've decided to tie in BLOODROSE to this action: for every picture of a reader and her/his new copy of BLOODROSE that is sent to me via email, Facebook, or Twitter I will make a $2 donation to Defenders of Wildlife.
And to up the stakes: If in its first days of release BLOODROSE climbs into the top 10 of the Barnes and Noble (and remember that B&N has an exclusive edition with additional content!) and/or Amazon rankings I'll up that donation to $3 per picture.
And finally: Because BLOODROSE is book 3, Nightshade moves from the New York Times Chapter Book list to the notoriously-difficult-to break-into Series list. If BLOODROSE hits in the top 5 of the NYT series list I'll increase my donation to $5 per picture.
I encourage you to support wolves and spread the word about the risks of taking gray wolves off of the endangered species list. I hope you're as excited as I am for next Tuesday. Thank you so much for sharing Calla and the packs' journeys with me!
It's nice to see someone else who is passionate about protecting animals and who has a respect for them. I'm going to make a note in my planner to send you a pic just for this worthy cause. Thank you for caring.
ReplyDeleteI just saw that you are coming to WA sweet! now I just need to get book 2 and start reading :)
ReplyDeleteWhat is your E-mail? I dont have Facebook or Twitter.
ReplyDeleteEmail pics to andreacremerwrites@gmail.com Thanks!!!
ReplyDeleteAndrea i love your books of the Nightshade series. they make me feel as if it were all real.
DeleteI read Wolfsbane in 1 day i loved it so much. i couldn't pull away from it. i wish you would write more after Bloodrose. i wish they never ended. I have yet to read Bloodrose but im looking forward to it. i should be getting it in the mail monday.
How do we go about sending it via Facebook?
ReplyDeletePost a picture on my wall: https://www.facebook.com/adrcremer?ref=tn_tnmn
ReplyDeleteI have been donating as much as possible, so I will take you up on this to help out!!! I am going see them in Montana next week (I'm a vet tech so I'm going help out with a few things) & I am so so so excited!!! I think you just became my biggest hero to do this! THANK YOU!!!!
ReplyDeleteI was loving this series so much, now I'm sorry I ever read it or spent any money on it. Bloodrose was just awful, most terrible ending to a book ever. What were you thinking?
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your books I have the entire trilogy and just finished reading it. I also hope that your trilogy will be made into movies.
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