As I’ve done for Gilded and Silvern, I videoed opening my box of author copies. Such a wonderful experience seeing all three books standing there beside each other! For this last book in the series I had a little adventure opening this box. 🙂
Here’s the video!
You are all invited to the release party of BRAZEN!
This event will be held at the Windermere Library located here.
RSVP’s are not necessary, but they do give us an idea of how many people will be attending. You can RSVP here on Facebook.
If you are unable to make it to the event, but still wish for an autographed copy + a BRAZEN poster, sticker, and bookmark, you can preorder here at Bookmark It. They can ship it to you!
Here is the line up for BRAZEN’s Blog Tour! Not only do you get to read tidbits about BRAZEN and get insider info, but you can enter to win a Kindle Fire and a $50 Amazon gift card! There will be two winners. The Kindle Fire is open to US only, but the gift card is international.
Be sure to leave a comment and pick up the letter for each stop at the end of their post to earn extra points in the Kindle Fire or $50 Amazon gift card giveaway! Collect all the letters during the blog tour to spell out the secret message to earn more points.
Sept. 21st– Rae Sontheyon‘s Blog – Review
Sept. 21st– Adventures: Blogging About Books – Review
Sept. 22nd– Eater of Books – Review
Sept. 22rd– The AP Book Club – Review
Sept 23th– Amia Book Lover – Review
Sept. 23- Don’t Blog But I Love Your Books – Review
Sept 25th– Young Adult Madness – Review
Sept 25th – The Wordsmithe – Review
Sept. 28th– The Queekie Girl – Video of Reading from Brazen
Sept 28th – All the Write Notes – Brazen’s Playlist
Sept 29th– Novel Reads – Review
Sept 29th– Twinning For Twins – Review
Sept. 30th– Pandoras Books – The Gilded Series Dream Cast
Sept. 30th– Pub(lishing) Crawl – Tips on How I Turned My Stand-alone into a Series
Oct. 1st– Room 22: Epic Reads – Top 5 Places to Visit Based on BRAZEN
Oct. 1st– Tammy’s Tea Time – Review
Oct. 2nd– Mine of Books – Review
Oct. 2nd– Ana Loves – Review
Oct. 5th– Louise Gann – Review
Oct. 5th– Philosophy By Christy –Tips on Drawing on Inspiration to Write
Oct. 6th– Joe’s Geek Fest – Review
Oct. 6th– Tiff’s Book Lair – Interview
Oct. 7th– Tez Says – Mythological Characters in Brazen
Oct. 7h– Claire Flynn – Review
Oct. 8th– Book Haven – Review
Oct. 8th– Beatrice Learns to Read – Review
If you haven’t seen the cover for BRAZEN yet on YA Books Central, here it is!
I’m so in love with it! Tell me it’s not the most awesome cover ever. I dare you. And there’s still time to enter the giveaway for this book in hardcover, paperback, and ebook over at YA Books Central here.
Make sure you add BRAZEN to your Goodreads list here and enter the giveaway that’s going on while you are there!
For those of you who love hardcovers, here’s the full hardcover jacket for BRAZEN. Isn’t it gorgeous?
And here’s the full jacket for the paperback:
This fall is going to be amazing! I’ll be going on tour with the YA Chicks all throughout the southeast. Tour dates and stops will be announced soon! This fall I’ll be attending and speaking at many incredible events. Check out my events page to see where I’ll be. This will be updated as events are confirmed. I hope to see you there.
Tomorrow I’ll also be announcing the blog tour for BRAZEN with prizes that will make you drool. You don’t want to miss out on discovering all the great blogs that are involved in this tour.
And very, very soon I have some epic news that I’ve been anxious to share with you for almost an eternity!!!
It’s finally here! The cover for BRAZEN! Guys, this cover is my favorite of the three books in the Gilded series, which is saying something because I adore all of my covers. Go check the cover out on YA Books Central and tell me what you think! And while there, enter to win a hardcover, paperback or ebook!
Also, have you added BRAZEN to your Goodreads list yet? If not, go right now!
Don’t forget you can preorder the book at any retailer.
For an autographed copy, order from my local indie, Bookmark It!
Excuse me while I go drool over my cover…
I’m super excited for Jacqueline Garlick’s launch of LUMIERE! Check out all the fun details about her book releasing below!
Lumière
UPDATE: Blog Tour Sign-ups are Closed. THANK YOU everyone for all of your support and awesomeness in signing up. There was such a huge response!
Bloggers and Reviewers!
I’m super excited about the release of BRAZEN on Sept. 29, 2015! If you would like to be a part of the BRAZEN blog tour, here are the details:
For those who wish to review BRAZEN:
1. Fill out the form below.
2. If chosen, you will be given a PDF copy of BRAZEN.
3. Post your review on your blog at the date you are assigned. I also ask you post your review on Goodreads and Amazon.
4. Include the massive giveaway link or embedded rafflecopter along with your review.
5. Mid-September, you will be sent an autographed paperback of BRAZEN + a swag pack as a thank you. (you may keep these or give them away)
For those who wish to do a guest post or interview:
1. Fill out the form below.
2. If chosen, I will email you the post or interview.
3. Post the interview or guest post on your blog.
4. Include the massive giveaway link or embedded rafflecopter along with your review.
Hey guys! I’m super excited to offer another writing tip video for you! This one is super fun because while at LibCon 2015, I asked four published authors to share with you their tips for revision. The authors are: Lori Goldstein, Trisha Leaver, Lynne Matson, and Jeff Strand. And of course I had to toss in one of my tips too!
I have a new video for all of you writers out there! This one features the author’s voice. I could literally talk all day about voice. This video features thoughts on voice and some quick tips to hone your author voice to create a story that is uniquely you!
I also wrote a blog post here on the author’s voice over at MiG Writers.
I hope you will find this helpful and inspire you as you write!
To celebrate the release of Lauren Gibaldi’s debut YA book, THE NIGHT WE SAID YES, I’m sharing about a night where I said YES. So here’s my story that began as a nightmare, but turned into a fairytale.
It was Valentine’s Day weekend and I had flown up to Georgia to visit Doug, my boyfriend. He had a full day of hiking in the mountains planned so we packed up a picnic lunch and headed out for a day of fun.
When we arrived at Looking Glass Mountain in Pisgah National Forest and started up the trail, we discovered a cute, but very lost dog.
We decided to take the dog back to the parking lot and see if anyone wanted to claim him. But when we got to the parking lot, we realized we had locked ourselves out of the car!
And to make matters worse, the parking lot was deserted. A snow storm was blowing in and everyone was high-tailing it out of the park.
There were only two options:
1. Sit out in the cold and wait for someone to find us.
2. Start heading for town.
We chose option #2. Luckily after a few hours of trekking back toward town in the freezing cold and snow, an elderly couple driving by kindly picked us up (we still call them our angels!). They took us and the dog to their house where we were able to call my boyfriend’s parents.
Thankfully, Doug’s parents braved the snowstorm and picked us up, bringing the spare car key. It was after two a.m., exhausted, hungry, and cold that we arrived safely back at my boyfriend’s house.
After drinking a cup of hot chocolate, Doug and I snuggled under a warm blanket to watch the snow falling outside. My eyes were closing shut when he turned to me and said, “I was supposed to ask this at the top of the mountain, but I can’t wait any longer.”
Then he pulled out a small box from his pocket. He knelt down, opening the box to reveal a gorgeous diamond inside and said, “Will you marry me?”
And I said, “YES.”
I’m happy to say we kissed, married, and are living our happily-ever-after.
Do you have a night where you said YES? Share your memories in the comments!
Buy a copy of Lauren’s book here and stalk her on Twitter at @laurengibaldi!
