42 Deal Announcement and WINNERS for the Blog Celebration!

OMG Announcement!

A couple of weeks ago, when the blog hit 1,000,000 visits, I was stunned and excited, and I wanted to share it with everyone. I asked the people who most inspired me along my YA blogging/writing/reading journey to give me the names of their two favorite books so I could share those with other YA readers and writers. And that made me very happy.

VERY happy.

Then THIS was submitted to Publisher's Marketplace on Thursday night:

Martina Boone’s Southern gothic trilogy—with a dash of magic—following Barrie, a teen sent to live with her dead mother’s twin on a decaying plantation where she discovers a centuries-old feud and dark secrets that require making peace with the local spirits, who may not be as welcoming as the sunlit boy who steals Barrie's heart, to Annette Pollert at Simon Pulse in a pre-empt by Kent Wolf at Lippincott Massie McQuilkin (World).

And THIS appeared last night:


And THAT was the cherry on my happiness sundae. If the sundae was the size of Mt. Kilimanjaro. And made of Nutella-flavored gelato. And whipped cream, because everything is better with whipped cream. And chocolate . . .


Eh, hem. I digress.


Did I mention I am OMG-can't-stop-dancing THRILLED?

Kent Wolf, my miracle-working agent, teamed me up with Annette Pollert, an editor whose books I adore, and the whole, ninja force at Simon Pulse.

For the next four years, we all get to talk about Barrie and Eight and Cassie and Pru and Seven and Mark and Lula and all the other quirky residents of magical, moss-draped Watson's Island, South Carolina as if they are real. Because to us, they are. Which is the most incredible thing ever.

During my first conversation with Annette, she told me she would have loved to call Barrie on the phone, only then she remembered that Barrie had lost her cell phone, and the plantation only had the old, square rotary one... And that was what cemented every syllable of rightness I'd felt talking with her up until then. I knew, knew, I wanted her to be my editor.

The first of my three books about Watson Island will be out in the Fall of 2014, and my deadline for revisions on the first book is August 1st. Um. This year. But who needs sleep? :)

The Pinterest board for the book is here, if you're curious.

FYI, I'll be doing CampNaNoWriMo to get my revising mojo revved up. If you're writing or revising and need encouragement or want to give me a hand (or a swift kick in the butt-in-chair), please stop by! There is nothing like having support and help along the way, right?

If I had to put all the people who have helped me get my book into deal-shape together in one place, I would need a large hotel. They all know who they are, and this isn't the place for it, but THANK YOU!!!!!! Thank you, every single one of you who believed!

And now without further digressions... Here are the Million Visitor giveaway winners! 

The Grand Prize

The STORY MASTERS four-day workshop November 7-10 in Menneapolis, MN, an opportunity to study with Donald Maass, Christopher Vogler, and James Scott Bell, was generously provided by Lorin Oberweger from FREE EXPRESSIONS SEMINARS AND LITERARY SERVICES.

And the winner is:  Sharon Mayhew

Day One Prizes: 6/8/13

Prize Pack One - Jan Lewis' Prize Pack Pick (for readers)

Winner: Lysette Lam

Incarnate
by Jodi Meadows

Katherine Tegen Books; First Edition edition

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Box Set: The Giver, Messenger, The Gathering Blue
by Lois Lowry

Laurel Leaf
Released 6/8/2013

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Prize Pack Two - Casey McCormick's Picks (for writers)

Winner: Kristi Stultz

The Sky Is Everywhere
by Jandy Nelson

Dial

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The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
by Noah Lukeman

Touchstone; Original edition

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Prize Pack Three - Natalie Aguirre's Picks (for writers)

Winner: Jalyn Ely

Unraveling
by Elizabeth Norris

Balzer + Bray

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Plot and Structure

by James Scott Bell

Writer's Digest Books; 5 edition

Released 6/8/2013

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Prize Pack Four - Katie B. from Mundie Moms' Picks (for readers)

Winner: Beth DeRenzis

Shadow and Bone
by Leigh Bardugo

Henry Holt and Co.


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Clockwork Princess 
(Infernal Devices)
by Cassandra Clare

Margaret K. McElderry Books


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Prize Pack Five - Martina's First Prize Pack Pick (for readers)

Winner: Allie Liang

The Scorpio Races

by Maggie Stiefvater

Scholastic Press

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The Raven Boys

by Maggie Stiefvater

Scholastic Press

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Prize Pack Six - Martina's Second Prize Pack Pick (for writers)

Winner: Margie Senechal

Wired for Story

by LIsa Cron

Ten Speed Press

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Second Sight: An Editor's Talks on Writing, Revising, and Publishing

by Cheryl Klein

Asterisk Books

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Prize Pack Seven - Bonus Prize Pack (for readers)

Winner: Sarah O'Reilly

If You Find Me
by Emily Murdoch
Advance Reader Copy Giveaway
St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition edition
Released 3/26/2013


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Kindness for Weakness
by Shawn Goodman

Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Released 5/14/2013


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Prize Pack Eight - Bonus Prize Pack (for readers)

Winner: Tia Dalley

Revenge of a Not-So-Pretty Girl
by Carolita Blythe
Hardcover Giveaway
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Released 4/9/2013

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Mojo
by Tim Tharp
Hardcover Giveaway
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Released 4/9/2013

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Welcome to Day 2 of our Blog Party celebrating all the people who made 1,000,000 visits possible! If you haven't stopped by Day 1, please pop over.

The giveaways will run 6/8/13, 6/9/13, 6/15/13 and 6/16/13. Each day is a separate entry with its own prize packs, so be sure to enter all four days. I'll announce the winners on 6/22/13.

Day 2 Prizes: 6/9

Prize Pack Nine: Marissa Graff's Picks (for writers)

Winner: Kimberly Miller

Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein

Hyperion Book CH

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The Plot Whisperer: 
Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master
by Martha Alderson

Adams Media

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Prize Pack Ten: From the Bookshelf Muse -- Angela Ackerman's Picks

(for writers)

Winner: Frankie Brown

Daughter of Smoke and Bone
by Laini Taylor

Little, Brown and Company


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Writing Screenplays that Sell
by Michael Hauge
Collins Reference; Anv edition
Released 3/15/2011


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Prize Pack Eleven: From the Bookshelf Muse -- Becca Puglisi's Picks 

(for writers)

Winner: Chris Ledbetter

Graceling
by Kristin Cashore
Harcourt Children''s Books
Released 10/1/2008


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Becca's Craft Pick

Save The Cat! 
The Last Book on Screenwriting You''ll Ever Need
by Blake Snyder
Michael Wiese Productions


This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat!


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Prize Pack Twelve: Nicole's from Reading Teen's Picks (for readers)

Winner: Stacy Renee Comstock

Eyes Like Stars
by Lisa Mantchev
Feiwel & Friends
Released 4/13/2010

All her world’s a stage.


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Thief's Covenant
by Ari Marmell

Pyr
Released 2/21/2012


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Prize Pack Thirteen: Bonus Prize Pack (for readers)

Winner: Victoria Zumbrum

Spirit's Chosen (Princesses of Myth)
by Esther Friesner
Random House Books for Young Readers
Released 4/23/2013



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Out of This Place
by Emma Cameron
Candlewick
Released 5/14/2013


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Prize Pack Fourteen: Bonus Prize Pack (for readers)

Winner: Susan Eclaire

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
by Meg Medina
Candlewick
Released 3/26/2013

In Meg Medina’s compelling new novel, a Latina teen is targeted by a bully at her new school — and must discover resources she never knew she had.


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The Year of Luminous Love
by Lurlene McDaniel
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Released 5/14/2013


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Prize Pack Fifteen: More of Martina's Fiction Picks (for readers)

Winner: Joan Stradling

The Sky Is Everywhere
by Jandy Nelson
Dial
Released 6/8/2013


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The Book of Broken Hearts
by Sarah Ockler
Simon Pulse
Released 5/21/2013


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Day Three Prizes: 6/15/13

Prize Pack Sixteen: Lisa Green's Picks  (for writers)

Winner: Jennifer Pickrell

Going Bovine
by Libba Bray
Giveaway
Delacorte Books for Young Readers; 1 edition



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On Writing
by Stephen King
Giveaway
Scribner


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Prize Pack Seventeen: Susan Sipal's Picks (for writers)

Winner: Marcy Hatch

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J.K. Rowling
Giveaway
Scholastic Paperbacks

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Writing the Breakout Novel

by Donald Maass
Giveaway
Writer's Digest Books; 1 edition

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Prize Pack Eighteen: Elana Johnson's Picks (for writers)

Winner: Mary Lee

Birthmarked
by Caragh O'Brian
Giveaway
Roaring Brook Press


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Save The Cat! 
The Last Book on Screenwriting You''ll Ever Need

by Blake Snyder

Giveaway

Michael Wiese Productions

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Prize Pack Twenty: Stina Lindenblatt's Picks (for writers)

Winner: Ashley Ferguson

Lock and Key
by Sarah Dessen
Giveaway
Viking Juvenile

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Editor-Proof Your Writing: 21 Steps to the Clear Prose Publishers and Agents Crave
by Don McNair
Giveaway
Linden Publishing

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Prize Pack Twenty-One: The Pub(lishing) Crawl Picks (for writers)

Winner: Kayeleen Hamblin

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
by Anne Lamott
Giveaway
Anchor; 1 edition



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Eats, Shoots, and Leaves
by Lynne Truss
Giveaway
Gotham


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Prize Pack Twenty-Two: The Pub(lishing) Crawl Picks (for writers)

Winner: Jessica Sankiewicz

Reading Like a Writer
by Francine Prose
Giveaway
Harper; 1ST edition


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On Writing

by Stephen King

Giveaway

Scribner; 10 Anv edition

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Prize Pack Twenty-Three: Bonus Prize (for readers)

Winner: Christine Ho

Prep School Confidential

by Kara Taylor

ARC Giveaway

St. Martin's Griffin

Released 7/30/2013

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Love and Other Perishable Items

by Laura Buzo

ARC Giveaway

Knopf Books for Young Readers

Released 12/11/2012

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Prize Pack Twenty-Four: Bonus  (for readers)

Winner: Rachel Edmundson

The Last Academy
by Anne Applegate
Advance Reader Copy Giveaway
Point
Released 5/1/2013


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Fat Angie

by E. E. Charlton-Trujillo

Hardcover Giveaway

Candlewick

Released 3/12/2013

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Prize Pack Twenty-Five: Bonus Prize Pack (for readers)

Winner: Christine Simons

Dead River
by Cyn Balog
Hardcover Giveaway
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Released 4/9/2013

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manicpixiedreamgirl
by Tom Leveen
Hardcover Giveaway
Random House Books for Young Readers
Released 4/23/2013


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Prize Pack Twenty-Six: Martina's Picks  (for readers)

Winner: Alicia Marie Ezell

Where She Went
by Gayle Forman
Giveaway
Speak; Reprint edition


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On the Jellicoe Road
by Melina Marchetta
Giveaway
HarperTeen

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Prize Pack Twenty-Seven: Martina's Picks  (for readers)

Winner: Jeanne Agee

Beautiful Creatures
by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Giveaway

Released 6/15/2013


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Wicked Lovely
by Melissa Marr
Giveaway
HarperCollins; 1st edition
Released 6/15/2013

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Day Four Prizes: 6/16/13

Prize Pack 27 -- Clara Kensie's Picks  (for writers)

Winner: Lauren Teffeau

Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
by Fanny Flagg
Giveaway
Ballantine Books


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Save the Cat Goes to the Movies: Guide to Every Story Ever Told
by Blake Snyder
Giveaway
Michael Wiese Productions


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Prize Pack 28 -- Cynthia Leitich Smith's Picks  (for writers)

Winner: Ellie Moreton

Blood and Chocolate
by Annette Curtis Klause
Giveaway
Ember

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What's Your Story?
by Marion Dane Bauer
Giveaway
Sandpiper


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Prize Pack 29: Georgia McBride's Picks (for writers)

Winner: Manju Howard

On Writing
by Stephen King
Giveaway
Scribner; 10 Anv edition


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Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself into Print
by Renni Browne and Dave King
Giveaway
William Morrow Paperbacks; 2 Sub edition
Released 6/16/2012


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Prize Pack 30: Lorin Oberweger's Picks

Winner: Lezlie Evans



The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
by Christopher Vogler
Giveaway
Michael Wiese Productions; 3rd edition
Released 6/16/2013

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Writing 21st Century Fiction: High Impact Techniques for Exceptional Storytelling
by Donald Maass
Giveaway
Writer's Digest Books
Released 6/15/2013


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Prize Pack 31: YA Highway's Picks for Writers

Winner: Jennifer Pun

Charm & Strange
by Stephanie Kuehn
Giveaway
St. Martin's Griffin
Released 6/12/2013


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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
by Anne Lamott
Giveaway
Anchor; 1 edition
Released 6/15/2013


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Prize Pack 32: Bonus Pack (for readers)

Winner: Sarah Miller

Mountains Beyond Mountains (Adapted for Young People): The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would
by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Hardcover Giveaway
Delacorte Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Released 4/9/2013


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The Language Inside
by Holly Thompson
Hardcover Giveaway
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Released 5/14/2013


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Prize Pack 33: Bonus Pack (for readers)

Winner: Carrie Slager

The Beautiful and the Cursed
by Page Morgan
Hardcover Giveaway
Delacorte Press
Released 5/14/2013


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Doomed
by Tracy Deebs
Giveaway
Walker Childrens

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Prize Pack 34: More of Martina's Picks (for readers)

Winner: Tiffany Drew

Tantalize
by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Giveaway
Candlewick; a edition


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Grave Mercy

by Robin LaFevers

Giveaway

Houghton Mifflin Books for Children; 1 edition

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Prize Pack 35: More of Martina's Picks (for readers)

Winner: Brenda Tjadan

What's Left of Me (Hybrid Chronicles #1)

by Kat Zhang

Giveaway

HarperCollins; 1 edition

I should not exist. But I do.

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Lips Touch Three Times

by Laini Taylor

Giveaway

Arthur A. Levine Books; Reprint edition

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