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Contest winner – and yet another chance to win. Fancasting contest, anyone?

First of all, drum roll please, because the WINNER of brand-new copies of THE CHAOS OF STARS by Kiersten White and THE DREAM THIEVES by Maggie Stiefvater is … 

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THE LAST MIDNIGHT SPELL (a SPELLCASTER novella) – plus, contest!

So, you’ve read SPELLCASTER and can’t wait for more, but you have to somehow make it through the arduous months before STEADFAST arrives in March. Or maybe you haven’t yet dipped into the new series, but you’re curious. In either case, you’re in luck ..

 

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Our September movie is … ::drum roll::

I LOVE watching movies with you guys via Twitter, and even more do I enjoy turning those movie marathons into contests for you guys. This month – as we all deal with back-to-school, the end of the summer, etc. – I think we need something special to watch. Something extraordinary. Something that, as far as I can tell, has inspired approximately 57% of all posts on Tumblr ever. Yes, we’ll be watching …

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And now a message from the YA Scavenger Hunt team!

 

And now, an announcement from the one and only Colleen Houck, letting everyone know about the upcoming Fall 2013 YA Scavenger Hunt – which I am lucky enough to be a part of!

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The bad news: My book lost its title! The good news: My book has a new title!

I am almost unique among authors I know in that – so far – I’ve titled every single one of my books. However, the YA science fiction novel I have coming out in fall 2014 — that one’s special. Because I got to title it three times!

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Join us for “The Traveling Story”!

I got this invitation a few weeks ago but had to wait to share it with you all — but now, finally, I can let the cat out of the bag (poor kitty!) and announce the next project I get to be a part of …

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The unkindest cut of all

I knew it was coming. Really, I’d suspected it all along. But nothing ever fully prepares you for the moment when you take your complete manuscript and rip a big 13,000-word chunk out of it.

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Cool Things Roundup

A small collection of interesting things, including a website I long to fangirl about:

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And the title of the first book in the Firebird trilogy is ….

You know how I’ve been talking for months now about my upcoming science fiction trilogy, the Firebird trilogy, which kicks off in fall 2014? And how I haven’t had a final title to share with you? (If you don’t know this, by chance, time to follow me on Twitter. But I digress.) Well, we finally have the title to share with you all. Drum roll, please ….

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Watch “Moulin Rouge” with me tonight and WIN BOOKS!

Not only can you watch Baz Luhrmann’s gloriously over the top “Moulin Rouge” with me (and, hopefully, other film fans) on Twitter tonight, but you can also win autographed books. Want to know how?