Sunday, May 30, 2010

The Festival of Fins (aka Fins Fest)

The release week for Forgive My Fins, my third novel, is finally here! My mermaid tale hits bookstores this week, and to celebrate I've got some very fun things planned.

  1. Meet the Characters -- Over the next few days, the stars of Forgive My Fins are going to take over the blog, introducing themselves and giving you a taste of their part in the story. Stop by to meet Lily, Brody, Quince, Shannen, and Dosinia. Ask them questions in comments and they'll answer in a post on Saturday.
  2. Win the Book -- Release week always means contests and prizes. Every day, from Sunday through Saturday, I'll give away a signed copy of Forgive My Fins and a mermaid spa kit. (These are adorable sets my editor put together, full of fizzing lime bath salts and green nail polish.)
  3. Save the Oceans -- For every comment on my blog this week I'll donate a quarter (up to $500) to Oceana, a non-profit organization dedicating to ocean conservation. Right now they're focused on dealing with the massive oil spill disaster in the Gulf.
How's that for an awesome release week? (Pssst. If you want to double your chances to win the book, head over the Books, Boys, Buzz.... blog.)

Hugs,
TLC

44 comments:

Bidisha said...

Awesome! This looks like super week :D

MarjoleinBookBlog said...

wow, thas great and many congrats on the release!

Jenn (Books At Midnight) said...

I can't believe the release is almost here!! This week sounds awesome. :D

Precious said...

Yay! Congrats to the upcoming release! Awesome way to celebrate!

Margay Leah Justice said...

What a great way to celebrate! The oceans need to be protected, now more than ever.
Margay

Melanie said...

Congrats on the release, and thanks for making a donation to help clean up the oil spill!

bookaholic said...

This is such an honorable way to celebrate the release of such a lovely book! *a tip of the hat for you* Congrats on the release :)

Alex Bennett from Electrifying Reviews said...

My review will be up tomorrow! :)

jpetroroy said...

What a great idea! Good luck!

sunnynikki said...

Can't wait to read it! It is nice of you to make the donations to ocean health!

Anonymous said...

Woot woot it's finally here, can't wait to go to the bookstore!

nymfaux said...

Yea! Super exciting!--I have mine pre-ordered, I can't wait! And if that's not exciting enough...a good green nail polish (not to mention an autographed book) is hard to find! And that's SO cool about Oceana--TLC is such a rock start! Are we saving the oceans yet? :)

tetewa said...

Looking forward to this week, congrats on the release! tWarner419@aol.com

lanna-lovely said...

I can't wait to read it, it'll be the first mermaid book I've read. =P

Ella Preuss said...

This is awesome, Tera!
Can't wait :D

Mg (LWS) said...

Good luck this week!

And I think your idea of donating to Oceana is just great! :)

~Andrea

Mariah said...

Congrats on your book! Sounds like a fun week!

Kari said...

Congraulations on your release week, Tera! And on finishing Fins are Forever. I'm so happy that your helping to save our oceans, and I'm helping in my own little way.One of the reasons that I wanted to become a writer was to use some of my success to save our oceans. I've been very concerned about the oil spill, and I'm very glad that someone is helping to fix that problem. Congrats again!

Crissi said...

Looking forward to it!

Sweet Lady Jess said...

Gosh this week sounds great! And I'm helping the Ocean all at once! Yes!!

Wishing you the best in the release of the book!

-Jess

ylime1981 said...

I am so looking forward to the book! The preview chapters were awesome!

Amy J said...

I LOVED this book! I would so love to win the swag kit!

Congrats on release week! Everyone really needs to read it! Go Quince!!!

Tracy said...

Congrats on the release! And kuddos to you for helping the oceans :)

TheMermaidGuru said...

wooo! hope i win the book! i can't wait to get my hands on a copy!!!

Sara M said...

Congrats on the release! I'm looking forward to Forgive My Fins!

Erica said...

Congrats on your release :) I can't wait for Forgive My Fins :)

Julie said...

Yay! So cool!

Julie
breakingdownslowly@gmail.com

The Library Lurker said...

Congrats on the release this week! That's so awesome that you're donating for every comment!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on the release!! And it's amazing and inspiring to hear that you will be donating to help with the oil spill!

Hannah said...

OMGs!!! This week is gonna be GREAT! I <3 Quince! (((H))) ~Hannah

msdarcy said...

yea! Congratulations on your books relase! I can't wait to read it!

Aik said...

Wow! This sure is exciting!

Jessica said...

Congrats on the big release! :)

brendajean said...

It's so awesome that you are donating money to help protect our oceans!

Llehn said...

Congrats on the release of Forgive My Fins :D

nymfaux said...

Mine just downloaded!!!!!!!! Yea!!!!!!!

Sara said...

Yay! I look forward to the rest of the week, it's going to be awesome! I'll make sure to comment a lot so Oceana'll receive a lot of money! :P

Just Your Typical Book Blog said...

Awesome! I'm so excited for this book to come out and meeting all the characters this week!

GirlforChrist said...

This is sooo cool! I haven't read the book yet, but I love mermaid book!

deltay said...

That's such a cool way to celebrate! It'll be sweet to "meet" the characters :)

Michelle said...

Congrats on release week! Lots of fun things to look forward to!

Michelle said...

First of all, congrats on your release week! How exciting! Second, thank you for donating money to ocean conservation. After the Gulf disaster, they are going to need every dime!

sara.cr said...

I can't wait much longer it's so excciting!!!

Catie S (Book Bound) said...

I love the title to this post by the way. The Festival of Fins sounds so colorful.