ALL THAT GLOWS has been out in the world for a week now, and what a good week it's been! There were blog tours and a Twitter party and, of course, a real live and in-person launch party! This past Saturday was the night I've spent the past 30 months looking forward to (okay--let's be honest, I've really been looking forward to this my entire life).
Blue Bicycle Books on 420 King Street was gracious enough to host the launch. They allowed me to take over their counter space with hot tea, cookies and glowsticks:
The tea was custom blended for ATG. It's rooibos with vanilla and strawberry! Delicious!
The cookies were made by my mom! Just as delicious!
They allowed me to take over their back room with a photobooth and faery wing props:
Husband and I
My brother loves me very much.
So do my parents.
Husband. Bestie. Brother.
While my friends were playing around in the photo booth (excellent blackmail material, bwahaha!) I was signing books!
And people were signing my "guest"book:
It was such a fun, thriving evening. I'm fortunate to have a really huge community of friends both old and new. I've spend 26 out of my 27 years living in Charleston, so people from all walks of life came out. Friends I've known since before I could walk. High school teachers and class mates. College professors and roommates. Family and friends who feel like it. Even strangers!
And in the evening I caught sight of the wonderful window display!
I signed a lot of stock at Blue Bicycle Books, so if you want a signed copy of ALL THAT GLOWS you can stop in or order one via their website.
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In the meantime, I spent an entire month in China, filming promotional material for THE WALLED CITY and visiting some dear friends who live by Hong Kong. Husband and I were fortunate to travel around the country a good deal, which helped me deal with some of the jitters of the impending release week!
Harbin. Where they make a city entirely of ice. And it's -30F.
The Great Wall has been on my bucket list for a while. Struck it off beautifully!
Rice terraces of Pingan.
PANDAS!
BAMBOO!
The five colored pond at Jiuzhaigou.
Hong Kong in the evening is one of the most gorgeous sights there is.
And this is me freaking out over a model version of the Kowloon Walled City.
I'll be posting more about THE WALLED CITY as the release date draws closer (it's November 4th - 9 months away!), but visiting the site of the park where it once stood was just amazing. Just amazing.
The time for celebrations is fast approaching! February 11th is nearly upon us, which means there are lots of blog tours and giveaways and launch parties!
Here's where you'll find me in the online world the next few weeks:
This one will be from February 3rd to the 14th and there will be a giveaway as well!
Twitter Party! Come celebrate my launch with me on release day! I'll be on the hashtag answering questions and giving away more things! Custom tea blends and signed books! Yay!
The actual physical launch party!!!! I'll be at Blue Bicycle Books on February 15th from 5-7. There will be books and refreshments and glowsticks!! Come celebrate with me.
Well, we've almost hit the one month mark (give or take a few days!) for ALL THAT GLOWS's release! Today the book trailer is being unveiled over at Epic Reads. Go over and watch it and leave a comment to be entered to win an ARC from them!
I've also decided to hold another ARC contest of my own! Here's how to enter.
Spread the Faery love. Share the trailer.
Twitter: Faeries, modern London, partying princes, assassins... Watch the ALL THAT GLOWS trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZLNuXDOrw8 #allthatglows #yalit
Tweet this, and then link your tweet in the comments below! (I'll also be keeping an eye on the hashtag!)
Tumblr: You can either create your own Tumblr post using the video embedding code <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/7ZLNuXDOrw8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> and link it here in the comments or reblog this post.
Facebook: Share the trailer on your Facebook and post the link here in the comments.
Your Blog: Share the book trailer on your blog and post the link here in the comments. If you're on a blog that's not blogger, you can use the embed code here in your blog's HTML settings: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/7ZLNuXDOrw8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Oh and, this is what you'll be sharing!!! :) Many, many thanks to my wonderful friend and fellow YA author Phoebe North who designed the trailer!
If you have any questions feel free to put them in the comments! The contest is open until January 14th at 11:59 PM EST and US only.
So my manuscripts have been doing a bit of international traveling!
THE WALLED CITY has been picked up by France (Jean Claude Lattes), Germany (Rowolht Verlag), Norway (Cappelen Damm) and Brazil (Editora Schwarcz)!!!
France and Brazil also picked up the sekrit duology scheduled to come out a year after THE WALLED CITY.
So many beautiful and wonderful places! I'm beyond excited at the thought of having my words translated so international friends can read them! AND I'm excited to see different countries takes on the covers (though the US one is AWESOME (sadly, can't share yet)).
My three months three ARCs jubilee giveaway has come to a close! Many thanks to all who entered and showed their very great anticipatory enthusiasm. Without further ado, here are the winners, chosen by a highly functional numbers randomizer!
Twitter: @kellisamberlee_
Tumblr: tenismydoctor
New follower: @suekitty13
Three ALL THAT GLOWS are ready to fly/media mail their way to you! A huge congrats!
If you didn't win, fret not! There are still opportunities to snag an ALL THAT GLOWS ARC! There is currently a Goodreads giveaway sponsored by HarperTeen you can enter! And there will be a few more giveaways as the release date draws closer!
So, it is November 14th, which means that it's LESS THAN 3 MONTHS until ALL THAT GLOWS hits a bookstore near you on February 11th, 2014!
*book shimmy!*
I happen to have some advanced review copies burning a hole in my proverbial pocket, so to celebrate the nearness of release day I'll bye hosting an ARC giveaway! If you want a chance to read ALL THAT GLOWS before it hits bookshelves you should be all over this!
I have three advanced review copies of ALL THAT GLOWS that I will personalize and sign for the winners.
These pretties!
The contest will be open from November 15th to midnight EST November 24th. It is open to US & Canada.
Since there are three ARCs, there are three ways to win:
Twitter: One copy will be given to a random person who tweets the following. You may tweet once per day (and thus get one entry per day!).
Faeries, British royalty & paparazzi! @ryangraudin's ALL THAT GLOWS comes out 2/11/14. RT to win an ARC! Details here: http://tinyurl.com/mobhvm5
Tumblr: reTumbl this post. Again. Only one reblog per person per day.
Follow me: On Twitter or on Tumblr. Or both. I will pick one random entry out of my new followers from November 15th on for this ARC.
I think that about covers my bases! Best of luck!!! If there are any questions please leave them in the comments!
UPDATE: It was brought to my attention that the tweet was just a few characters too long, so I revised it with a shortened link! Feel free to use the old one or the new!
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