PARANOIA Blog Tour - Day 9 + Launch Party Tonight!

Because tonight is the PARANOIA Launch Party at The King's English Bookshop in Salt Lake City, for today's stop on the blog tour, I'm hanging out with my very good friend, Nichole Giles!

We made an awesome list for parties/conventions with hilarious/cool things you should do should you find yourself at one. :)

It was so much fun putting it together, so go check it out and get your giveaway entries for today!

If you're in the SLC area, hope to see you at the Launch tonight! :)

PARANOIA Release Day!

Today is a pretty big day. One year ago, I became a published author...and today I get to do it again.

And it still feels pretty freaking amazing.

Insomnia accomplished things that I never could have anticipated. It was a finalist for a Whitney Award, it's a Beehive Book Award Nominee for 2014-2015 and it was my publisher's bestselling book for 2013.

It already released in Hungary and in the next year it will be coming out in countries and languages all over the world.

Being published, just like writing, hasn't always been wonderful. There have been some serious struggles. I don't always want to write. I don't always feel like doing the marketing I'm supposed to do. It's hard to prepare yourself for something like this and there have been things that hit me harder, or hurt worse, than I was expecting. But I still love it.

Any career in which you send something you create out for people to openly critique can be painful and difficult...but it's also incredible and rewarding in ways that you can never expect.


More than anything else, on this day, I just feel incredibly lucky to be an author.


Thank you for supporting me and helping me continue to do what I love, and please celebrate that with me today.

Swag Giveaway Details!

I want to give bookmarks, buttons and signed books away today to celebrate!

If you'd be interested in winning, follow these steps:
1- post on any of these social media sites (instagram, facebook, twitter, tumblr)
2- tag my account
3- use the hashtag #ReleasethePARANOIA
4- tell me about a fear you have (funny or silly are acceptable)

That's all you do! I'll be picking randomly all day and sending out prizes! You are allowed to post in more than one place to increase your chances. And there will be a lot of prizes! We're talking 30+ prizes over the course of the day. So join in!

Thank you so much for celebrating with me! :)

And don't forget to get your blog tour entries today!

Blog Tour stops today:
Oops I Read A Book Again - Interview
Pearls Cast Before a McPig - Interview

PARANOIA Blog Tour - Day 6 & 7

We'll be hanging out at one blog all weekend, because this blog is awesome and obviously everyone wants to hang out at awesome places during weekends.

And do this:

So we will be at the Oops! I Read A Book Again Blog with Dianne! (Love that blog name. It's like she keeps slipping and accidentally reading another book. That happens to me sometimes...)

On Sunday there will be an INSOMNIA AND PARANOIA Review posted.

Also, I know that the *technical* release date of PARANOIA is the 8th, but since it's a Sunday and a weekend, we'll be doing all celebration of the Paranoia release on Monday the 9th.

So make sure to check in on Monday for lots of fun Release Day Giveaways!

On Release Day I'll be doing fun promos to give out signed books, bookmarks... and buttons. 

Yes, I said buttons...everyone wants buttons. 

YOU. WANT. BUTTONS.

Have a happy weekend everyone! :) And don't forget to get your entries for the rafflecopter giveaway this weekend!

PARANOIA Blog Tour - Day 5

June 6th blog tour stops:

We are getting so close to the PARANOIA release! It seems to be shipping from everywhere! I have some really fun things going on to celebrate the release next week so make sure to keep checking back! I'll be giving away all kinds of swag and signed books! :)

For today...

Stop by the Why Not Because I Said So blog where Sheila will be posting an interview along with her review of PARANOIA!

I'm also doing a Friday Craft of Writing guest post on The Art of Saying No over on the Adventures in YA Publishing blog. I'm talking a bit about how my background in marketing (and anything else, really) can turn into a distraction and get in the way of writing...if you let it.

Feel free to get your entries here, also! And have a fantastic weekend!

PARANOIA Blog Tour - Day 4

Today the blog tour stop will be with Mel over on the Novel Novice blog!

Mel took an early copy of PARANOIA on a Portland tour with her a few weeks ago and posted pictures on twitter. Her blog post will incorporate her pics with some other new fun stuff! I can't wait to see it!

Also, today is the LAST DAY that the INSOMNIA ebooks will be $1.99! If you know anyone that might be looking for a good, tense read, let them know TODAY!

Happy Thursday! :)

PARANOIA Blog Tour - Day 3

June 4th already? Wow...this tour is FLYING by! We are almost to the release date of PARANOIA!!

Today's blog stop is at the Shae Has Left The Room blog where we will be discussing the PARANOIA pinterest board and what inspired some of the images you'll find there.

Come check it out and get your giveaway entries for today! :)

PARANOIA Blog Tour - Day 2

June 3rd--For today's stop on the PARANOIA blog tour:

Head over to Becky Wallace's blog where she is doing an Editor's Note interview and asking me some questions what it's been like to work with my editors! Plus, another chance to enter to win!

Also, I'm so happy to announce that the YA Scream Queens blog that I'm a part of was nominated for a YA Web Award! Go over and vote for your favorite blogs when you get a chance!

Have a fantastic day!