- Jun 16, 2013
- 6 min
Thanks to my family/friends for the Surprise Shudder Launch Party!
So, yesterday was a busy day. I worked from about 6:30 am to 3 pm straight gearing up for the release and getting all the promotional work in place, updating links all over the internet to Shudder’s Amazon pages, sending out review copies to bloggers with upcoming dates, etc. By the time the afternoon rolled around I was wiped, but my husband (Deep) had suggested earlier in the week that we go out for dinner to celebrate the release and I’d been craving hibachi for a while
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- Jun 9, 2013
- 2 min
Added Prizes to Stitch Free Days Giveaway! (THANK YOU!)
I missed the screenshot at #13, whoops! I am so incredibly blown away by the success of the Stitch free days – and so grateful for all the help that so, so many of you have given me in spreading the word – that I decided to add a few more prizes to the giveaway so I can thank more of you for everything you’ve done for Stitch! This morning, Stitch peaked at #13 on Amazon’s Top 100 Free Books, and though it has since dropped to #24 overall (which is still amazing), it remains i
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- Jun 8, 2013
- 1 min
Stitch Reaches #19 on Amazon’s Top 100 Free!
WOW. Wow wow wow. Thank you so, so much to everyone who’s grabbed a free copy of Stitch in the past 24 hours. Apparently it’s been a lot of you, b/c somehow Stitch has made its way into the Top 20 Free books on Amazon!! Look – here it is at #19! Only in my wildest dreams did I dare hope that Stitch might make it into the Top 100, let alone the Top 20, so this is really an amazing surprise! I feel SO grateful that so many people (just about 7600 at this point according to
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- May 31, 2013
- 2 min
Thank You Brewster High School for an Absolutely Awesome Visit!
Anyway, I got to meet with the Humanities club which is run by two of my favorite teachers, Ms. McLeod and Mrs. Fine (shout out also to Mr. Stack for organizing!), and 20+ AMAZING students showed up for the discussion. I was SO blown away by these kids, seriously – they ranged from freshmen to seniors and were just so incredibly thoughtful and bright and well-read, and had so much to say about a great variety of topics. We touched on everything from my inspiration for Stitch
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- Apr 25, 2013
- 1 min
Thank you Stamford High School for the AMAZING Visit!
I just got back from what was definitely one of the *coolest* experiences I’ve had as an author thus far – I got to visit the Stamford High School Book Club (in Stamford, CT) for an awesome discussion about Stitch (which they read recently) and my experience as an author! Let me tell you – talking to readers is about the awesome-est thing ever (and yes I know awesome-est isn’t word, but it is now!!), and I hear from a lot of you guys online (which is AMAZING), but this was my
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- Mar 1, 2013
- 1 min
Announcements: “Get Stitched” Swag Pack Winners & Author of the Month
Very excited to share TWO big announcements today. First, winners have been selected for the Get Stitched for Valentine’s Day Swag Pack giveaways! In case you’ve forgotten, here were the AWESOME prizes from that giveaway: Prize 1 (US only) – Stitch Swag Pack, including: Signed print copy of Stitch Stitch long-sleeve t-shirt One-of-a-kind signed Stitch bookmark $5 Amazon gift card And the winner is… Jenna Bearden!!! Jenna, you should have received an email from me with detai
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- Jan 27, 2013
- 1 min
I got BLURBED! The Isolated by Ellen Stokes
Ahhh! Super excited to share my very first “blurb” experience with all of you! The book that so graciously honored me on its cover is The Isolated by Ellen Stokes. Check it out! Here’s the synopsis: It’s been seventeen years and Gray has never tasted salt. She’s never tasted sugar. She’s never heard the swelling voices of a crowd or felt the heat of bodies in a packed room. She’s been banished from society since birth and merely waits to die in Griseus, the endless moor of
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- Dec 30, 2012
- 1 min
Stitch Top 3 Book of 2012 @ A Thousand Lives!
Wanted to share some awesome news – Stitch was selected as one of the Top 3 books of 2012 by A Thousand Lives book blog! Take a look at what Jannah and Nicki had to say about Stitch: This book had a little bit of everything and weaved it all together in perfect harmony. This is Durante’s debut novel and I believe the girl has a really bright future as an author if this book is any indication of things yet to come. I’m BEYOND honored for Stitch to be included on this truly aw
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