Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Sweet Venom 2 Title Hunt

*** Okay, now the contest is over. Winners will be posted soon. ***

With the release of Sweet Venom just one week away (ONE WEEK!) it's about time I reveal the title for the second book in the trilogy, due out next Fall. You know I never do anything easy, so I've constructed a title hunt challenge, with the help of a lot of my blogger friends. Here's how it works:

  • Visit the bloggers on the list at the bottom of the post.
  • Each blogger will give you a letter.*
  • Once you have all of the letters (see the clues below to know how many you should have) then unscramble them to find the title.
  • Then come back here and fill out the form below.

*Bloggers have duplicate letters. Just because you find several of one letter, that doesn't mean it's repeated that many times in the title.

The title will look like this:


Here are some hints:

  • There are 8 different letters in the title.
  • 1 letter appears three times, 2 letters appear twice, and the other 5 letters appear only once each.
  • Keep in mind that titles in series often share characteristics.

Once you're ready to guess (only one per person) fill out this form:


(enter the letters above in the box below)
Sorry, this contest is now over.

Oh, and did I forget to mention the prizes? Five (5) winners will get a signed copy of Sweet Venom, and the grand prize winner will also get a $50 gift card to the bookstore of their choice. Now, if you're ready to start, here's the list of participating bloggers.



ETA: It has been pointed out that some bloggers oopsied on posting their letters for the hunt. I've disabled their links. There are still plenty of other posts to give you all the letters.

The contest will be open for until midnight PT on Sunday, September 4.

Good luck!

Hugs,
TLC

PS. I always forget to say if things are open internationally, but this one is.
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Monday, August 29, 2011

Monday Winners: Sweet Venom

I had so much fun reading the answers to last Monday's contest question. You guys are definitely an eclectic bunch and you sure know where to shop. The winners of Sweet Venom are:

  1. Gaby (from Oh My Books!)
  2. Deserae McGlothen
  3. Safari Poet
  4. Kristen H. (@bookgoil)
  5. Valorie004

Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to everyone who participated. Winners email me your mailing info asap to tlc at teralynnchilds dot com and I'll get your prize in the mail!

Tune in tomorrow for another awesome contest, aka the Sweet Venom 2 Title Hunt!

Hugs,
TLC
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Friday, August 26, 2011

Venom Squad: Do You Have Bite?

You may have heard about my awesome Splash Team, the fabulous group of readers, bloggers, librarians and teachers who've helped me spread the word about Forgive My Fins and Fins Are Forever. Well, now it's time for Sweet Venom and the Venom Squad.


Membership opened up first to current Splash Team members and then to newsletter subscribers. But there are still a few spots left and now it's open to the general public. These spots will fill quickly, and when they're gone the form will be disabled.

If you're ready to find out more about the Venom Squad and sign up to help tell the world about Sweet Venom, then fill out this form.

Hugs,
TLC
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Monday, August 22, 2011

Monday Giveaway: Sweet Venom

*** contest over, see this post for winners ***

I know, I know. I've missed two Mondays in a row. But today, I promise to make up for it! Last week I got my author copies of Sweet Venom, which means I have two big boxes of shiny finished books.

These books won't do me any good sitting around in my apartment (I don't have that much storage space) so I've decided to give a few away. Five (5) copies to be exact.


Grace just moved to San Francisco and is excited to start over at a new school. The change is full of fresh possibilities, but it’s also a tiny bit scary. It gets scarier when a minotaur walks in the door. And even more shocking when a girl who looks just like her shows up to fight the monster.

Gretchen is tired of monsters pulling her out into the wee hours, especially on a school night, but what can she do? Sending the minotaur back to his bleak home is just another notch on her combat belt. She never expected to run into this girl who could be her double, though.

Greer has her life pretty well put together, thank you very much. But that all tilts sideways when two girls who look eerily like her appear on her doorstep and claim they’re triplets, supernatural descendants of some hideous creature from Greek myth, destined to spend their lives hunting monsters.

These three teenage descendants of Medusa, the once-beautiful Gorgon maligned in myth, must reunite and embrace their fates in this unique paranormal world where monsters lurk in plain sight.

Now this giveaway isn't going to be as easy as the usual Monday Giveaway. You're going to have to do more than just comment. Here's how to enter:

  1. Follow this blog, if you don't already.
  2. Go check out the character collages on my Sweet Venom page.
  3. Decide which girl you are the most like.
  4. Come back here and leave a comment telling me what store you think that girl would most likely shop at. (i.e. You might say Greer would shop at Nordstrom--but don't, because I just gave you that one.)

This contest will run through next Monday, the 29th, and if winners get me their addresses quickly they'll get the books before release day!

Hugs,
TLC
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Sweet Venom 2 Title Hunt Sign Up

So, Sweet Venom 2 has a title. At the moment it's still secret, but I'm ready to share. Only you know I don't just give titles away. I'm organizing a hunt. This one won't be (quite) as complicated as the last one.

The big hunt will be on August 30th (one week before the Sweet Venom release) and I'm going to need some help. Lots of help, actually. Lots of blogger help. If you're a blogger and you want to participate in the hunt, just fill out this Google form and await further instructions.

(Note: Because of how the hunt will be set up, even blogger hosts who help out with the hunt will be able to enter.)

Let's get hunting.

Hugs,
TLC
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Check Out Birthday Palooza

Lucia at iLive, iLaugh, iLove Books is having a big, giant celebration in honor of her birthday. Among all the other great guest posts for her Birthday Palooza, I shared a very special letter to Lily from her mom. Read the letter on Lucia's blog and enter win a set of Fins books.

Hugs,
TLC
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Monday, August 1, 2011

YA Scavenger Hunt: Angela Corbett

*** contest over and the winner is Kelsey (kfergie13 [at] gmail [dot] com) ***

The YA Scavenger Hunt (the brain child of Tiger's Curse author Colleen Houck) is taking over the web and this is one of the stops. On this hunt you can read exclusive bonus material, sign up for giveaways, and get an all access pass to top secret insider information. This fabulous sneak peek into what’s coming up in YA literature is for one day only!

As a bonus we’ve put together a puzzle with one keyword found on each website. Complete it and you will be eligible for a fantastic grand prize which will include signed editions of books, signed bookmarks, jewelry, and many more exclusive gifts with at least one from every author!

Directions: Copy and paste the puzzle below onto a document or blank email page and fill it out as you proceed through the Scavenger Hunt. Search for keywords, one on each website that will be highlighted in RED, and insert them into the puzzle, then fill out the Google form here.

Rules: To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit this filled in puzzle before midnight on August 1st Pacific Time. All the keywords must be in the correct place, and you must include your full name and address. Entries sent in without name and address will not be considered!

Scavenger Hunt Puzzle

Welcome fans of young adult literature! Don’t forget to _______ up in time to join our special event! In ____________ you roll the dice and, like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get. Our scavenger hunt is very similar. Surprises wait around every corner. Turn one page and you’re chasing a _________ through a _________ _____________. Turn another and you are being ________ by a _______ which leaves your heart ________. YA ________s are full of ___________ heroes who must ___________ themselves for the greater good. Some of the characters travel through ______ or have a _________ __________. If there is one thing YA books have taught us, it’s that if you leave your ___________ keep an eye out for a patrolling ________. They’re very dangerous. Maybe not so frightening as a ____________, but still you should be careful. Also beware lest you become __________ by vampires. ______________ one is a different story. Just remember that bite has ___________ ramifications and that afterwards the sun can ______ you unless you get bitten by a glittering type. Whether you like dark, paranormal, romance, fantasy, ___________, Sci-Fi, or a combination of those, we’ve got something for you.

We think that each fan is a __________ and we love you all!

On With The Hunt!

I have the honor of hosting debut author Angela Corbett, whose book Eternal Starling comes out this December.

Here's the dish on Angela:

Angela Corbett graduated from Westminster College with a double major in communication and sociology. She started working for her hometown newspaper, The Leader, when she was sixteen and won awards for feature, news, and editorial writing. She has also worked as a freelance writer. Angela lives in Utah with her extremely supportive husband, Dan, and their five-pound Pomeranian, Pippin, whose following of fangirls could rival Justin Bieber's.

Here's the dish on Eternal Starling:

A love so strong, even eternity can’t separate them.

Evie Starling has lived a relatively uneventful life hanging out with friends, gossiping about boys, and driving her 1966 Mustang. All of that changes when she moves to Gunnison, Colorado, to start college and meets two mysterious men.

For centuries, Alex Night and Emil Stone have yearned for Evie—but they each have their own reasons for wanting to be with her. When both men claim to be her soul mate and tell her about an unbelievable past, Evie learns that she’s not the person she thought she was. Soon, Evie finds herself in the middle of an age-old battle between the Amaranthine Society—the soul protectors, and the Daevos Resistance—the soul destroyers. With a past she doesn’t understand, and a future rife with danger, Evie has to decide who she can trust. But Alex and Emil aren’t the only ones who want Evie, and her soul is about to become the rope in an eternal tug-of-war.

Here's the exclusive sneak peek at Eternal Starling:

Oops! The one day only Scavenger Hunt is over and the exclusive bonus material is gone. Be sure to check out Eternal Starling when it comes out in December!

Here's Angela's secret code word: Eternal

Now, track down the other stops on the YA Scavenger Hunt to find lots of other bonus materials (including an exclusive excerpt from Sweet Venom), to enter bunches of author-sponsored contests, and to enter to big massive Grand Prize contest.

Here's your next stop: Visit this author.

Here's a hint: Visit Angela and Colleen, too.


Here's a giveaway:

While you're here, let's do a giveaway. Here's your chance to win an autographed paperback set of Oh. My. Gods. and Goddess Boot Camp AND an ARC of Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini! Leave a comment about whatever topic your heart desires to enter.

Hugs,
TLC

PS. Monday Giveaways will return next week.

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