♥♥♥These Paper Walls Release Hop♥♥♥

Over twenty-four authors have came together to help support the release of These Paper Walls.

In doing so, each author will be giving away a prize on their Facebook page AND by going and liking each of their pages, you can be entered in this amazing grand prize!

START HERE at my page and continue on to each amazing author!

Aleya Michelle

Andrea Heltsley

Annalisa Nicole

Bethany Lopez

Brenda Pandos

briana gaitan

Casey Bond

Chelsea Cameron

D. Kelly

Elana Johnson

Elisabeth Barrett

Heather C. Leigh

Jamie Farrell

Jennifer Snyder

Kat Vancil

Melissa McClone

Nicole Zoltack

Rachael Brownell

RaShelle Workman

Scarlett Metal

Stacey Wallace Benefiel

Susan Burdorf

(Or don't enter so I can keep it for myself)


Check out all of the authors and their amazing books that are included!

 

Enter the Rafflecopter below to win all of this. Let me break it down for you.

$10 Amazon egift card from Susan Budorf

Signed copy of Crossing by Stacey Wallace Benefiel

Audiobook of Devour or Dissolve by Andrea Heltsley

 

ecopy of Second Chance Ranch by Liz Isaacson

ecopy of the Not So Lucky, Dead Lucky, and Lucky In Love by Rashelle Workman

-ecopy of The Test of Time by Nicole Zoltack

 Signed Swag Packs from Annalisa Nicole, Jennifer Snyder, Jamie Farrell, Magan Vernon, RL Syme, Melissa McClone

 ecopy of the Holding On box set (3 books) by

Rachael Brownell

Heather C. Leigh- Signed Paperback of Relatively Famous by Heather C. Leigh

 

Three signed books from RL Syme

Signed Paperback of Mr. Good Enough by Jamie Farrell

 Signed Paperbacks of Beautiful Stranger and Bride of the Harvest Wolf: Episode one. by Alicia Kat Vancil

Signed PB, Footie socks, $5 Starbucks giftcard, Keychain, post it notes, and book marks.

 by Melissa McClone

 

Signed Paperback of My Paper Heart by Magan Vernon

Now for the amazing grand prize! Please enter the raffle copter below to win all of these amazing signed books, swag, and gift cards! a Rafflecopter giveaway

If I were a character in Kiersten White's PARANORMALCY series...

Over here Kiersten White is having a contest for a signed ARC of the third book in her Paranormalcy trilogy.

I know, I know, it has been awhile since I've done some sort of contest thing, but I figured this one was perfect..

If I were in Kiersten White's Paranormalcy series, the paranormal character I would be is...

A unicorn!

You thought I would be an alien, didn't you?  There actually aren't any aliens in this series by Kiersten, but I actually do believe there are some hidden throughout the book. (Oh come on, like you didn't KNOW the gym teacher was from Venus!)

But since aliens are real, I would have to go with the paranormal unicorn. Why?

WHY THE HECK NOT?

They poop rainbows, their horns are the only thing that can kill an evil goblin, and they always have awesome hair.

What paranormal creature would you be? Did you KNOW that the gym teacher AND the History teacher are aliens?

Name a character

While I work on revisions to Life, Love, & Lemons and How to Break up with an Alien I am also drafting Alien book #3. (Title will be announced this summer).

But I need all of your help!

There is a new girl in book three, a new character that is VERY important to the story line.

Here is what you need to know about her:

She is eighteen
Enviornmentally concious
Short, cropped hair
Vegan
prefers the company of women

I actually picture her to kind of look like this.



Here is the deal:  You come up with a name for this character and I give you an Ecopy of How to Date an Alien and an E-ARC of Life, Love, & Lemons and an E-ARC of How to Break up with an Alien (you wont get this one until May, but it will be worth your while)

So come on come up with some names!

How to Date an Alien Lunch Launch!

How to Date an Alien is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You can pick up the Ebook at these fine online retailers today!

Amazon     Smashwords

How are we going to celebrate?  By going to lunch of course!

Here's the deal:  All you have to do is list the most interesting thing that you have ever eaten. You can describe it or just give me the name. Write it here in the comments and make sure to post on Twitter or Facebook using the hashtag #HTDALunchLaunch

What will you win?  Just a few things...

A $25 gift card to your choice of the following for lunch:

Cheesecake Factory
Chilis
Outback Steakhouse
Starbucks
Mcdonalds

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE

Since I have such amazing author friends, they decided to help me out and I will also be giving away some great Indelibles EBooks!


The Winner will also get a Darkside Ebook pack including:  The ENTIRE Cloud Prophet trilogy by Megg Jensen, Into the Shadows by Karly Kirpatrick, Loramendi's Story by Angela Carlie, and SoulKeepers by GP Ching.

But since I have SUCH amazin author friends in my life I'm also giving away TWO more Ebook packs. You can read them in your spare time at lunch!

The second prize winner will get to choose FIVE of the following:

Clockwise by Elle Strauss
The Secrets of Spruce Knoll by Heather McCorkle
Ethereal by Addison Moore
Running Wide open by Lisa Nowak
Exiled by Rashelle Workman
Open Minds by Susan Quinn
Untraceable by SR Johannes
The Fairy Godmather Dilemma: Catspell by Danyelle Leafty
Bound by Christine Bryant

And the third place winner will get four Ebooks from these amazing authors!
This is open internationally and to all particpants. If you are under 18, then you will need parent permission. This contest ends at the end of the blog tour on December 17th.

300 Followers? YES PLEASE.

I'm dangerously close to 300 followers, so when I get that far I will have a contest.

What will you win with this contest?

Oh...I guess you know maybe I could throw in an E-Arc of HOW TO DATE AN ALIEN.

But wait, THERE'S MORE.

You will also get the chance to have a character based of you in the second book of the series!

Oh, wait...you want more?

Okay, I GUESS I can throw in a query and first chapter critique for any writer that enters.

What do you have to do?

Spread the word for me to get 300 followers and I'll open up the contest to all!

Olivia has chosen a winner!

Okay...so actually Olivia didn't pick the winner.  She just whined that I was on the Ipad and not paying attention to her, so I had to wait until her morning nap on Saturday (and after all the bugs were worked out of blogger) to pick a winner.

And the winner is...

Nicole Settle!

HOOOORAAAAAAAAY

*Throws Confetti*

Thanks for all who entered, Nicole I will be emailing you, and everyone should still pick up a copy of this book anyways and check out my review of the second book in the series, Queen of the Dead next week!

Love don't come easy

Yes, it's a cheesy song and, yes, I've been gone for awhile.  But in celebration of yesterday being mother's day (and my return to try and blog again) I thought I would share with everyone something that I've learned from my daughter....the things that you love don't come easy.

In October of 2009 I left work very sick and found out that I had Polycystic ovary syndrome.  My gynecologist put me on medication and told me that I might have trouble conceiving.  I was engaged and was devastated that after getting married that I could possibly not have children.  I could have given up at that point, wallowed in my own self pity and started looking at adopting, but I didn't.  Instead I lost weight, took medication and did what I needed to do increase my chances of having a child (even though I thought they were slim.)

And then low and behold I did get pregnant.  Yeah...those people that say shows like Teen Mom are making people want to get pregnant, all of these teen girls need to just hang out with a pregnant woman before they decide they want a child fashion accessory.  I was tired, nauseous, and the size of a small house-- I just wanted the baby out of me and then she came.

I love my daughter, but the first two weeks of motherhood are HARD.  You're sore, tired, and both you and baby are getting used to each other so nothing comes easy...I honestly didn't think I could do it.

But now my daughter is almost a month old and we're both still alive, so it's definitely a plus.

What does this have to do with writing?  Or anything really?  Well the other day I got an answer back from an agent that has had my manuscript for awhile.  She said my writing was good, but the story was just too light for her.  I could have cried, I could have said it was time to give up, but then my wise husband said something.  "The more that you work for something the more that you appreciate it."

Which is SO true!  I had to work to have our daughter, I had to work hard those first few weeks of her life, and I've been working SO hard to get published the past two years.  If you really love something then you'll work for it.  Publication may not come easy, but if you love something then it's worth working for.

What hasn't come easy for you?  What makes you want to push farther?  Doesn't my daughter look like she is innocent in that picture?  (She actually cried her entire newborn photo session...those two weeks can kill you.)  And have you entered my contest for a signed copy of The Ghost and the Goth?  (Ends Friday!)

Olivia is giving away an autographed book!

In celebration of the birth of my daughter, Olivia, and the upcoming release of Stacey Kade's 2nd novel in the Ghost and the Goth series, Queen of the Dead;  Olivia and I decided that we should give away an autographed copy of The Ghost and the Goth!

I told Stacey Kade how much I enjoyed the first book and after reading the second book (review coming at the end of this month), I really wanted to do a giveaway to celebrate the book and to thank all my blog followers for still following me after my little having a baby hiatus. Also?  You all need to read The Ghost and the Goth and then go and purchase Queen of the Dead when it comes out on the 31st!

How do you enter?  All you have to do is fill out the little form below before next Friday (the 13th) and 12pm central and you could be a winner!  This contest is for US residents only, but otherwise just about anyone can win!  Happy entering!

Pay it Forward: Fangirl style

So the lovely Shelli is running a Pay it Forward contest on her blog in which we have to write a post about someone who gave back to us, whether in writing or just in life in general.

Today I regale you with a writer girlmance that started over the summer when a down on her luck writer hadn't even started writing about aliens yet, and was dealing with the woes of rejection from her first manuscript.

Yes, I do look like a lolcat when I complain or cry about writing.  But, anywhoo... I was browsing through Querytracker.net success stories when a familiar name came up "Ketch."  (Or the great Kelsey Ketch)  I had seen here query some of the same agents as me, and even receive some of the same rejections.  So I read her success story and was BLOWN away by her perserverence after sending out 199 queries until she found the right agent.  Then the Fangirl in me came out...

I wanted to talk to her.  To see how she had such perserverance and I just wanted to hear her story.  So I lurked on Querytracker for awhile until I finally got the courage to message her and ask for an interview.  Which she TOTALLY said yes to and raised my meagerly followers rating that I had at the time.  (She is a pirate rockstar!)  But our story didn't end there...

We became Twitter friends.  Sending eachother differant messages and posting on eachothers blogs whenever we could.  But then came the day when I realized how much the Fangirl needed her pirate.  I was finishing up my second draft of HOW TO DATE AN ALIEN and realized that it needed more action, but for some reason my brain couldn't get that to my fingers and I needed help. So I asked Kelsey if she could maybe take a look at my manuscript and give me some ideas.

This is where the epic Pirate V. Alien debate was born!  She returned the notes for my manuscript within WEEKS and had some awesome suggestions!  BUT she didn't stop there.  If I ever had a question or just needed help getting my brain to function, she was there to help!  I have no idea how I would have written so many action scenes without her help.  Or knew that one girl could have so many alien jokes....

So today the Fangirl pays it forward to salute the awesome pirateness of Kelsey Ketch and hopes that I can someday have her mad pirate skills! 

(Note:  Sorry Kelsey, my picture of you wouldn't load, so I thought this was a good likeness...)

BLOGFEST WINNER!!!!!**UPDATE**

Tiffany D. said...


Great Books!! :)



+1 New Follower

+1 Tweet:

http://twitter.com/mommy2mcs/status/24121162252



mtm.dudley{at}gmail{dot}com



September 10, 2010 9:55 AM



CONGRATS TIFFANY YOU GET YOUR CHOICE OF SOME AWESOME BOOKS!

Thank you soo much everyone for entering and I cannot believe all of the new followers!  I will try and not to let you guys down with my blogs!

Have a great rest of your day everyone!


***UPDATE***

So I decided since some of you thought that the contest didn't end until Midnight, TOMMORROW I will announce another winner from the list to win two more books!  So don't get too discouraged!

BLOGFEST

It's finally here!  It's blogfest time!

From today (September 10th) till Sunday (September 12th) at noon I will be participating in Blogfest!

The question?  What is Mrs. Magan Vee going to give me?

Well The Fangirl really wanted to spoil you guys and decided to give you a CHOICE of TWO books from authors that I have interviewed for my Fangirl Friday slot.  (Three of them are upcoming).

So what books do you have your choice from?

YOU WISH by Mandy Hubbard
PRADA & PREJUDICE by Mandy Hubbard
PARANORMALCY by Kiersten White
QUERY TO THE CALL by Elana Johnson (her novel will be published in 2011, but this is a great book for your querying process!)
CHRONICLES OF CASEY V by Laurie Larsen
PREACHER MAN by Laurie Larsen
THE DUFF by Kody Keplinger
A MATCH MADE IN HIGH SCHOOL by Kristin Walker (Interview coming soon!)
THE GHOST AND THE GOTH by Stacey Kade (Interview coming next week!)
PERSONAL DEMONS by Lisa Desrochers (This is a pre-order since it's not coming out till Tuesday and her interview is also coming soon!)

How do you enter?  Well I tried to do a form thingy...but that didn't work out so well and I broke something (oops).  So just comment below to be entered.  Let me know if you are an old follower ( plus 2 points), A new follower ( plus 1 point), or Tweeted the contest (plus 1 point and make sure to reply me, @mrsmaganvee).

Sorry this contest is not international this time, but is open to all of the US and Canada.

And then after you're done checking out this contest hop on over to Girls just reading and enter that contest!

**UPDATE**  Even though Tiffany, did win since people thought this contest didn't end till Midnight I am going to be giving away another set of books tommorrow!!!!  September13th!

Happy Blogfest!

THE DUFF

Usually this would be a “Teaser Tuesday” or a “Tell All Tuesday” segment, but today is all about THE DUFF.


Kody Keplinger is running a contest for her debut novel THE DUFF over on her blog http://kodymekellkeplinger.blogspot.com/

You should enter, I know I did.

Why should you enter?

Well if you haven’t already ready my Fangirl Friday (insert link here) in which I interviewed her, then wouldn’t know how much I’ve Fangirled out over this book.

The concept drew me in IMMEDIATELY, (DUFF stands for Designated Ugly Fat Friend) and is about a DUFF who starts a secret relationship with the popular boy that gave her said nickname.

The book comes out September 7th…well at least I thought it did, but when I went with my husband to get a sports magazine at Barnes and Noble I SAW IT, IN THE WILD!

I literally squealed and then my husband looked at me to see if I was alright. I then grabbed the book and smooshed it in his face. “THIS ISN’T SUPPOSED TO BE OUT TILL SEPTEMBER.”

He shook his head and went over to the computer books section. While his pregnant wife stood in front of the YA section reading the first chapter of THE DUFF. Let me tell you it is SO mind boggling good that I wanted to take it home, put it in a pair of footie jammies and have it take a nap with me!

So you bought it?

NO. My reasonable husband looked at me and said, “Didn’t you just get ten new books for your birthday?”

Maybe.

“When you finish those you can buy another book. I’ll even let you buy it when we go meet Kiersten White at Anderson’s book store in September.”

FINE.

Thus, I am entering this contest and thought hey maybe I’ll even give my blog followers a chance to win their own copy when my Blogfest contest starts September 9th. (Along with books from other AMAZING Fangirl authors).

So…enter her contest to and go FANGIRL OUT.

Xoxo,

The Punching Bag

My Paranormalcy ARC contest entry

After a lot of hard work to get this to work, let us hope that this link works.
60 second commercial

I wrote the script and recorded it with some of my friends in my kitchen at home.  It received an honorable mention in the contest, but don't worry, I'll still be getting a copy of the book and be meeting Kiersten in September while she is doing a book signing in Naperville.

TWEET FEST WINNERS

Well...

It wasn't the best thing that ever happened to contestdom, but I did get 100 followers and a whole 3 new blog followers!

But Tweet fest has ended and by random drawing from a basket at my desk we have our winners!

The winner of Glee soundtrack is:

JORDAN DEEN

The winner of an autographed copy of a Carrie Lofty book:

LYNSEY NEWTON

And for the grand prize of an autographed copy of The Chronicles of Casey V and a first chapter critique from author Laurie Larsen is *drum roll*

AMANDA CATHRYN


If you have won just DM on Twitter or send an e-mail to magan.vernon@gmail.com

Cheers everyone!

Oh what? TWEET FEST

Incase you forgot...

All you have to do is Tweet this contest, and @me (mrsmaganvee).

THAT'S IT.

Extra points if you're a Twitter follower or a blog follower

But what's in it for you?

Prize #1

Oh yeah Glee the music volume 2!

Prize # 2

An autographed copy of "Through the garden gate."

The grand prize:

An autographed copy of the Chronicles of Casey V PLUS a first chapter critique for writers from the author!

Why am I doing this?  I hit 100 Twitter Followers and just thought people deserved some attention!

When to enter by?  July 20th. 

So far there are less than 10 entries, so come on and enter you know you have a good shot!

MY FIRST CONTEST, TWEET FEST

And the moment you've all been waiting for...MY FIRST CONTEST...

I didn't know what to call it, so we shall call it "Tweet Fest."

First the rules:

You must be following me on Twitter. 
I would LOVE if you were following this blog as well, but I know that alot of people are over at Wordpress or Live Journal and don't want to switch, SO.  If you are following this blog your name will be entered twice.

I'm not exactlly up to 100 followers yet, but this contest will run from June 20th and end on July 20th at 12:00 am central standard time, so hopefully I should have 100 followers by then!  If somehow I reach 100 followers PLUS 50 blog followers I will add a fourth prize.

Here are the prizes.

1.)  Epic Award winner Laurie Larsen's book "The Chronicles of Casey V" autographed, plus if you are a writer she will give you a first chapter critique!
2.)  Autographed copy of "Through The Garden Gates" a collection of four short romance stories and autographed by Carrie Lofty.
3.)  Glee Season 1, Volume 1, the music

A fourth prize will be announced if and when I get 100 followers on Twitter and 50 blog followers.

How am I going to pick the winners?  The old fashion way...I put your names in a basket and my husband draws them out!

How do you enter?  Well I can't figure out how to do that whole creative thing where you enter your information on the blog and it goes into some MAGICAL place, so instead I'm going to count it by advertising this post on your Twitter feed.  All you have to do is give a shout out to my contest on Twitter, make sure to @mrsmaganvee, and that's IT. 

Spread the word!

The hiatus is over!

So I'm back from Sicily! It was definitely a beautiful country but I am glad to be back to air conditioning and tap water.

Since I like lists and I'm still suffering from jet lag...I'm just going to list what's going on, what's up and coming, and maybe some Sicily info.

*MY PAPER HEART has come back from my editor. Not actually that much to work on, but it's probably going to take me awhile.
*Eight more followers and my blog give away will be here!
*My husband informed me that he will NOT read a book I write until it's the equal to THE HUNGER GAMES, but he would like me to become a best selling author so that he can retire at 52.
*I am looking for a critique partner. I want someone that writes and also enjoys YA/Chick-Lit romance. Books that I have enjoyed reading include: A match made in high school, A perfect Chemistry, The Georgia Nicholson series, and Just Listen. I'm okay with some fantasy, but it's limited. I liked The Hunger Games, Twilight, and Stackhouse, but I have to feel a sort of realistic element to it. If you are interested you may know where to find me.
*Interview with Author/Agent Mandy Hubbard is coming up on this blog get excited!
*I ate canolis that were filled with gelato in Italy and it is clearly the reason that my jeans do not fit me.
*I'm not sure what else to say, BUT if we're facebook friends you can check out the honeymoon pictures!

Break in the hiatus

So were on earth has Miss Bee been?

Miss Bee has become Mrs. Vee!

Now I say that it's just a break in the hiatus, but yes the hiatus is still in force.  I will be leaving on the honeymoon soon (here I come Sicily), but I just wanted to put a little post here to tell you all I'm still here.

And here are a couple of notes of interest.

I have 81 Twitter followers, which means I'm closer to 100.

So here's the deal, once I have 100 followers there will be a contest that could involve Season 1, volume 1 of GLEE.

But wait there's more!

I don't want to give too many details or jinx anything, but (please pray) if I do get the job I interviewed for, in Washington, I will officilaly be a professional writer and to celebrate will have another contest for all those aspiring writers!

Now to keep you all entertained while I go back to watching british teen comedies and packing for the honeymoon...here are WEDDING PICTURES.

We were all supposed to look and only I did.

Our cake was delicious!

With four of my bridesmaids, love em!

We stopped for fastfood before the reception

And even if you don't follow the blog, we'll still dance the night away!

Sorry for not updating!

Okay, sorry it's been awhile. I have the following things going on:

1.) 25 days till my wedding
2.) Applying for new jobs
3.) Working on a new project at work
4.) 30,000 words into a new work in progress
5.) Lots and lots of traveling.

Plus my internet has been on the fritz so I've been busy.

For those of you who didn't know I have won Mandy' Hubbard's mega contest! http://www.mandyhubbard.com/

We will be having a lovely chat sometime about why my mother never got me a Ken doll and how that's what I really wanted to win instead of a phone call from an auther/agent.

Okay truth be told I'm super stoked. We have exchanged a couple of e-mails back and forth and I think she's super cool an don't tell anyone, but I plan on querying her some day as an agent (shhhhhh!)

I will also have some interviews coming up (Hey if you have a geek to glam story I'm all ears!) and (drum roll please)...

I will be having a contest!

When I get to 100 followers on Twitter or 50 followers on this blog (whichever comes first) I will be having a massive give away!

With what may you ask? Oh just you wait...

(Really meaning that it's been simmering in my head and I'll be calling in some favors.)

So yes, pimp out the blog, pimp out my twitter and if you're really lucky I may even someday talk about my new WIP that contains: emo boys, catholic school girls, and lemons :)

Pssst...wanna win free stuff?

No...I'm not having a contest sorry 7 followers. I actually don't have anything to offer except insurance advice. But my favorite aussie YA writer, Steph Bowe, sure does!

Thursday, March 18, 2010
Massive Book Giveaway! Win, win win!

In celebration of Hey! Teenager of the Year's 1st birthday (two weeks from now, more competitions to come!), I have books to give away! Lots of them! To enter, all you have to do is follow the blog with Google Friend Connect, and fill in the form below! Here are the prizes:

•Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
•Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
•An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
•Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
•Dreaming of Amelia by Jaclyn Moriarty
•Blue Plate Special by Michelle Kwansey
•The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
•The Pact by Jodi Picoult
•World Shaker by Richard Harland
•Exposure by Mal Peet
•Sprout by Dale Peck
•Panama by Shelby Hiatt
Plus...

•Every winner will get lots of book swag - bookmarks, postcards, badges, etc...
•And if you're an aspiring YA author, you'll also get a query critique & first five pages critique of your YA manuscript from me!
Here's how the contest will work: I'll close entries on April 30th, and depending on how many Google Friend Connect followers I have I'll give away more prizes - if we have 800 followers, there will be 2 winners, who will each win two books of their choice from the above list. 850 followers means 3 winners, 900 followers means 4 winners, 950 followers means 5 winners & if I reach 1000 followers there will be 6 winners!

So, quick! Enter! By you spreading the word, the number of people following the blog will increase and the number of prizes will increase - increasing your odds of winning! Hooray!

Open internationally and entries close midnight April 30th, AEST.


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