You know what is really wonderful five days prior to your book's release?
A fabulous review!
The LA Times on Nightshade
I'm still starry-eyed about this review, which hit on all the points I could hope for a reader to take away from the book.
Thank you LA Times!! Now it's off to Texas!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Online Appearances
Tomorrow's a big digital day. From noon until midnight I'll be answering questions over at Bitten by Books. Stop by to say hello! You can also enter to win a finished, signed copy of Nightshade.
And, in case you missed it, Shay has just posted his final video of Shadow Days. If you want to learn about the marketing campaign and how to get the prequel I wrote from Shay's point of view, stop by between 7 and 8 p.m. (EST) at www.facebook.com/shadowshay where I"ll be answering questions!
Big day of Q&A and then I'm on a plane to Texas! Any Austin area folks head out to the Texas Book Festival to see me - I'm signing in the Penguin booth on Saturday.
The wait is almost over!
And, in case you missed it, Shay has just posted his final video of Shadow Days. If you want to learn about the marketing campaign and how to get the prequel I wrote from Shay's point of view, stop by between 7 and 8 p.m. (EST) at www.facebook.com/shadowshay where I"ll be answering questions!
Big day of Q&A and then I'm on a plane to Texas! Any Austin area folks head out to the Texas Book Festival to see me - I'm signing in the Penguin booth on Saturday.
The wait is almost over!
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Trading Posts
I thought some of you might be wondering about these acronyms (MBA, GLIBA) that have been keeping me busy of late.
The American Booksellers Association (ABA) has many regional branches and around this time of year these branches hold their annual trade shows.
Tradeshows are neat because they are full of people who love books so much they've made a career out of it. Booksellers get together to talk about how to best sell books, how to use new media, publicity tactics, and they get to meet authors. That's where I come in - I've been making the rounds at trade shows to talk about NIGHTSHADE. It's so much fun because I get to talk about my book to people who are really excited about getting it into the hands of readers.
And wow do booksellers know their readers. One of my favorite parts of the show was at my signing table and having booksellers ask me to personalize NIGHTSHADE for a loyal customer or beloved niece/nephew who they are certain will love the book. That's so exciting and wonderful!
I signed a lot of books (there were probably five more boxes on the floor behind me).
Thanks so much to the amazing Allison, of Penguin publicity, who was my buddy for the show. She rocks.
This weekend I'm headed to Austin for the Texas Book Festival. This event is of a different sort than the trade shows as its much more oriented towards the readers than the book sellers.
I'm also going to be in a Zombies vs. Unicorns face off. I cannot wait.
The American Booksellers Association (ABA) has many regional branches and around this time of year these branches hold their annual trade shows.
Tradeshows are neat because they are full of people who love books so much they've made a career out of it. Booksellers get together to talk about how to best sell books, how to use new media, publicity tactics, and they get to meet authors. That's where I come in - I've been making the rounds at trade shows to talk about NIGHTSHADE. It's so much fun because I get to talk about my book to people who are really excited about getting it into the hands of readers.
And wow do booksellers know their readers. One of my favorite parts of the show was at my signing table and having booksellers ask me to personalize NIGHTSHADE for a loyal customer or beloved niece/nephew who they are certain will love the book. That's so exciting and wonderful!
I signed a lot of books (there were probably five more boxes on the floor behind me).
Thanks so much to the amazing Allison, of Penguin publicity, who was my buddy for the show. She rocks.This weekend I'm headed to Austin for the Texas Book Festival. This event is of a different sort than the trade shows as its much more oriented towards the readers than the book sellers.
I'm also going to be in a Zombies vs. Unicorns face off. I cannot wait.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Here I Am!
I'm getting ready to head to Michigan for GLIBA - hooray! I love meeting booksellers :)
This week I was delighted to spend time on the blog of Brenna Yovanoff (yay, her awesome debut The Replacement is a New York Times bestseller!).
As I'll be traveling and not posting you can stop by and see my guest blog and interview if you should miss me. I miss you too!
This week I was delighted to spend time on the blog of Brenna Yovanoff (yay, her awesome debut The Replacement is a New York Times bestseller!).
As I'll be traveling and not posting you can stop by and see my guest blog and interview if you should miss me. I miss you too!
Monday, October 4, 2010
Booksellers Rule!
You'll be seeing me here and there on the blogosphere as we're within two weeks of Nightshade's publication. (TWO WEEKS!!!!! The waiting is killing me!)
So I don't go mad, I'm going to focus on things that make me happy. Talking to people about Nightshade makes me very happy and I'm getting to do a lot of that lately.
Last weekend I was thrilled to participate in Anderson's YA conference in Naperville, Illinois. But my events kicked off before the conference began.
First I got to meet amazing readers at a pre-publication dinner.
They let me talk a lot
And we had so much fun (and delicious chocolate cake!)
The next day I visited schools. Despite my trip to the principal's office, I had an incredible time talking with students.
And they gave me flowers! Wow!
Then it was on to the conference. I love writing/book conferences because it means I get to hang out with other authors. YA authors are ridiculously fun to hang out with. I finally got to meet Kiersten White, who has been my 'virtual' friend for a while now.
I love Kiersten! Her book, Paranormalcy, hit the NY Times bestseller list. Congrats, Kiersten!!
I also got to hang out with the super awesome David Levithan and John Green. I was on a panel with Antony John - his book Five Flavors of Dumb is fabulous - and Kirsten Miller (you've already heard me rave about Eternal Ones).
The next two weeks I'm heading to Michigan and Texas to talk more about Nightshade. Thank goodness. I need the distraction. Waiting is so hard!
So I don't go mad, I'm going to focus on things that make me happy. Talking to people about Nightshade makes me very happy and I'm getting to do a lot of that lately.
Last weekend I was thrilled to participate in Anderson's YA conference in Naperville, Illinois. But my events kicked off before the conference began.
First I got to meet amazing readers at a pre-publication dinner.
They let me talk a lot
And we had so much fun (and delicious chocolate cake!)
The next day I visited schools. Despite my trip to the principal's office, I had an incredible time talking with students.
And they gave me flowers! Wow!
Then it was on to the conference. I love writing/book conferences because it means I get to hang out with other authors. YA authors are ridiculously fun to hang out with. I finally got to meet Kiersten White, who has been my 'virtual' friend for a while now.
I love Kiersten! Her book, Paranormalcy, hit the NY Times bestseller list. Congrats, Kiersten!!I also got to hang out with the super awesome David Levithan and John Green. I was on a panel with Antony John - his book Five Flavors of Dumb is fabulous - and Kirsten Miller (you've already heard me rave about Eternal Ones).
The next two weeks I'm heading to Michigan and Texas to talk more about Nightshade. Thank goodness. I need the distraction. Waiting is so hard!
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Banned Book Winners!
Thanks so much to everyone for spreading the world and Speaking Loudly against censorship!
The winners of the contest (selected by random.org) are:
April (full set of Harry Potter)
Mundie Moms (Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak, Wintergirls, and Twisted)
KatieKnitsNY (Ellen Hopkins' Crank Trilogy)
Send an email with your address to andreacremerwrites (at) gmail (dot) com and I'll send the books to you!
Thanks again for raising awareness about Banned Books Week!
Friday, October 1, 2010
Lights, Camera...
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Action!!!
The Breathless Reads Video has arrived: Visit MTV's blog to see the premiere.
Don't forget you can see the other stills on my fellow authors' blogs:
-Kirsten Miller: http://theeternalones.wordpress.com/
-Ally Condie: http://www.allysoncondie.com/
-Brenna Yovanoff: http://brennayovanoff.livejournal.com/
And you can download the song "Breathless" by Miggs (heard in the commercial) on the Breathless Reads site.
Can't wait to hear what you think :)
Also - it's October! Only 19 days 'til Nightshade hits stores!!!
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