'tis the season....

...of many giveaways! and i intend to join in the festive fun with a giveaway of my own!!

so what are the prizes? ONE winner will have a choice between THREE prize packs:

Cassandra Clare Prize Pack:

• a box set of the Mortal Instruments series (books 1-3) click to read my review!
• a copy of Clockwork Angel

Books Galore Prize Pack:

• Three hardback/paperbacks of your choice
  

Multimedia Prize Pack:

• A CD of your choice
• A DVD of your choice
• A book of your choice

*NOTE: all items "of your choice" must each be under $15 and must be eligible on Amazon.com for free shipping


RULES:

• must be a blog follower to enter
• must spread the word about the contest somewhere (Twitter, blog, etc.)
• no international shipping (must live in/have address in U.S.)

alright! that covers just about everything...contest ends December 20th (so the winner can look forward to their prize as a post-Christmas/Hanuka/uh...New Year's! present)

good luck! here's the form to enter.

it's over

dear readers,

it is over. i am officially done with NaNoWriMo 2010! and a day early, too...

i am exhausted from my mad writing venture, but exhilarated that i wrote 50k words this month. i will take a small break to rest my writing voice, and then i shall be back with a contest! stay tuned for more details...

i hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and a fantastic November!

i'm back!!

hey everybody! okay, i am officially back from vacation now (and in one piece, no serious injuries!), and i have a few announcements:

first off, welcome and thank you to all my old and new followers! you guys are awesome. seriously. you make blogging worthwhile and meaningful.

second, don't forget to check out my big end-of-summer giveaway if you haven't already! you could win a pre-ordered copy of Mockingjay, Paranormalcy, Matched, Beautiful Darkness OR another fantastic book as well as one of two awesome box sets!

also, i've finally decided on my blogging schedule for the fall. this is going to be a very busy semester for me--it's my first full-time college semester at a university, and i'm also getting a PUPPY!! (yes i am crazy, clearly college just wasn't enough work).

anyway, here's the plan: i will have a "what i've been reading" post on wednesdays, a goal-setting post on fridays (which i will do in conjunction with NaNoWriMo when November rolls around), and an "in my mailbox" post over the weekend if i get any new books!

of course, i'll probably still throw in the odd post if i have something i really want to blog about.

sound good??

lastly, if your appetite for contests has still not been satisfied after entering my giveaway (clickclickclick if you haven't already), check out my sidebar for some more great links!

SO, what happened to YOU while i was away?? any exciting news?

ANNOUNCING MY BIGGEST CONTEST EVER!!!

it's finally here: my afore-mentioned end-of-summer book giveaway!!!

can you tell i'm excited? okay, now for the important stuff.

the giveaway is open until August 10th.

here are the prizes:

PACKAGE ONE

1. A pre-ordered copy of one eligible book (see list below)

2. A box set of Shannon Hale's Goose Girl series

3. A surprise

PACKAGE TWO

1. A pre-ordered copy of one eligible book

2. A box set of Cinda Williams Chima's The Heir Chronicles

*eligible books for pre-order:

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

Radiance by Alison Noel

Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

Matched by Ally Condie

The Duff by Kody Keplinger

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR??? WHY HAVEN'T YOU ENTERED YET??

oh yeah. the rules...

Okay. so you must be a follower. you must live in the US (sorry, i have no idea how to ship internationally!). you must mention this contest SOMEWHERE at least once.

here's the form to enter! good luck!!!

*under where it asks where you mentioned the contest, it says to pick the choice worth the most points as your answer. sorry that you can't read it!

weekly writing goal wednesday comes to an end

but don't be sad--i'll be back every friday with links to S.A. Larsen's weekly Check-In Challenge!

and on that note, fantasy friday is now switching to wednesday. (still working on a catchy title...)

so. today is the last wednesday for goal-setting (i made my goal for the week). my new deadline is friday, nine days from today.

ALSO, one last little minor announcement...

i'm going to be gone on vacation for 10 days starting tomorrow! YAY!!!!!


the only things is, i may get so caught up hanging out with my MULTITUDES of cousins that i won't have much time to blog, so i might be kind of absent...

just a heads up.

with this in mind, my goal is to WRITE every day, and to READ as many of my vacation books (books i saved for this trip) as possible! hopefully all of them!!

so, i'll visit as often as i can, and try to stop by all your blogs. meanwhile, don't forget to set YOUR weekly goal, too!

and i'll be announcing a CONTEST very, very soon, so don't forget to stop by!

(this will be me in a couple of days!!!)

don't know if you've heard...

just a quick announcement this afternoon before my official post:

Barnes and Nobles has been having a Summer Warehouse Clearance Sale (free shipping to all members on their orders, too!).

(personally, the two books i was most excited about were Sarah Dessen's novels, Lock and Key ($3.58) and This Lullaby ($1.99).)

copies are limited, however, so hurry over to browse through the selection before they're all gone! (Click on the picture below to head over to the site)


enjoy!