Tooting the horn Tuesday: Celebrating Book Birthdays

I want to congratulate Amy Holder, author of The Lipstick Laws and Carole Dagg Estby, author of The Year We Were Famous for the releases of their debut novels yesterday.

Also, Gae Polisner, dear friend and author of The Pull of Gravity (releases May 10) has a blog tour happening right now.  Click here for info.

And please don't forget about the Write Hope auction to help Japan.  There are a variety of items that have been donated by writers and artists.  Please check it out.

And I'm eight followers away from giving away a gift card of your choice, amazon, barnes and noble, or itunes.  If you're my 100th, you win. (and if anyone referred you, they win too.  So spread the word.

Oh, yeah, and if I didn't already mention it, Never Eighteen is available for reviewers on NetGalley.com and for pre-order on Amazon.

Have a great Tuesday everyone.

Best,
~Megan

F³A: Rollercoastering

Life is full of ups and downs, and this week has been no different.  Of course is started out fab because I was in the sunny city of Scotsdale AZ with my mom and Thing One and Thing Two.  The last day of vacation however I started to crash.  I was missing someone important in my life and I was probably dreading coming home to the rain and gray that I knew awaited me in the wet but beautiful Pacific Northwest.

Yesterday  in itself was a rollercoaster.  I woke up to find out my novel, Never Eighteen, was available for pre-order on Amazon.  But was still crashing from being back in the rain, and having a few feelings of jealousy and "I suck" (it happens with us writers), and other icky feelings I needed to Shake off.   And my auction item on Write Hope only got two bids.  Not sure if it's because it's the second week and everyone who knows about the auction is tapped out (I know I am) or if no one is in need of a book trailer (it's the biggest part of my piece, also a signed arc and query critique.  It's still there if anyone is interested.)

Now it's Friday.  And I'm hoping today is better than yesterday because, well, it's Friday, I can look forward to a weekend of writing and planning a marketing strategy, work on video, which I love to do, and watch Things One and Two play soccer, which I love, win or lose.

So, until Monday I'm off the rollercoaster (fingers crossed) which is good because I was starting to get dizzy.

Until then Bloggy friends.

Truly,
~Megan

Oh, can't forget the weekly nibbles:

Random iPod shuffle song:  Bruno Mars, Grenade.  Many musicians I know have a musicians crush on Bruno because he's so talented.  I just have a regular old crush on him for other reasons.

Book of the week:  Deadline by Chris Crutcher.  I read this because it was similar to my own novel.  It was amazing.  Highly recommended.

Movie of the Week: Billy Elliot.  I had never seen this until the past weekend.  One word, Amazing.

Quote of the Week: Life is a roller coaster. Sometimes you're at the top of the hill feeling good. Other times your heading for the bottom feeling totally out of control. Life is full of things that are hard to handle, but you can get through them.

~ Reggie Dabbs

Thought Provoking Thursday: OMG

I can't really think straight.  My novel, Never Eighteen just got released to pre-order.  See that, over there to your left.  That would be my book on Amazon.  My heart is pounding.  Due out January 16, 2012.

Yeah, I was going to write a post about jealousy and feeling inferior today.  But now I can't even think.

Also, my auction item is going up today at Write Hope.  It's going to be a signed ARC (as soon as I get them), a query critique, and your choice of a book trailer or Amazon gift card. If you want to see what I do with my book trailers, you can go to my Youtube page by clicking here.  Basically it would be a video made from stock photos, audio, and/or video 1 to 2 minutes long.  Look for it at noon Pacific time.

That's all.  Thanks to those of you who already ordered. 

Truly,

Megan

Tooting the Horn Tuesday: Auction for Japan

If you don't already know this, there are a group of YA writers who have been pulled together by Write Hope.  Write Hope was begun by kidlit writer who were devastated by the disaster in Japan.  There goal is to raise money for the Save the Children emergency relief fund by holding an auction, which is happening right now..

Many of us have donated signed books, swag, critiques, Skype chats, and more for their auction.  There is some great stuff there.  Please, check it out by clicking here.

I donated a query critique, I know Gae Polisner, Julia Karr, and Carrie Harris have donated, and I'm sure many of your favorite authors have.

Next, I want to wish good luck to those who have entered ABNA, as the next round of cuts take place today.  But for those who don't make the cuts, don't give up.  Be vigilant in your pursuit.  If throw in the towel, you'll never get there.


Then there's me.  After two not so raving reviews of Never Eighteen on Good reads (they weren't horrible, I guess), I was happy to see a four star.  It said, "...Such a wonderful, sad story that was full of hope... Megan Bostic nailed all the emotions...I feel wrung out, but in a good way"

I want to thank Pam for that because she lifted my spirits. :)
 
That's it for today.  Be sure to check out the auction.  There are new items posted a few times throughout the day.