Hi, guys!
I can't believe the day has come when I can say this, but in under three weeks (!!!) HUSH, HUSH debuts. Three weeks. It feels so soon. I was telling a friend the other day that I'm starting to have pre-release jitters, namely nightmares in the form of showing up for a book signing without a pen, and no one in the store having one either. Oh, and there was the nightmare where Stephen King started yelling at me for setting the book in Maine...
Anyway, since we're less than three weeks away, I've decided now would be a good time to announce two contests I'm holding to celebrate the release of my first novel. Drumroll, please...
1. The Big HUSH, HUSH Launch Contest
Many of my author friends have done this, and since I love the idea, I think I can't NOT do it. Contest rules: be the FIRST to capture a picture of HUSH, HUSH out in the wild (be it at your local indie store, Barnes and Noble, Borders, Books-A-Million, etc.) and email it to me (becca at beccafitzpatrick dot com) and I'll send you a prize pack including:
1 signed copy of HUSH, HUSH (hardback)
1 $10 iTunes card
1 HUSH, HUSH tee
2. The Really Big HUSH, HUSH Launch Contest
Take a picture of you with HUSH, HUSH (hardcover, not ARC) and post it to your blog, Twitter, Facebook, etc. between now and October 31st, and enter for a chance to win the really big prize pack, including:
1 signed copy of HUSH, HUSH (hardback)
1 audiobook
1 bag of HUSH, HUSH personalized M&Ms
1 HUSH, HUSH tee
1 HUSH, HUSH locker poster
1 $10 iTunes card
A five-page critique from my agent, Catherine Drayton, plus she'll help you whip your query letter into shape!
Email me the link(s) to your pictures (becca at beccafitzpatrick dot com), and I'll give you one entry point for every location you post. Also, I'm more than happy to ship internationally, so if you're from, say, The Netherlands, and happen to be in Los Angles or London or Des Moines during October and take a picture of yourself with HUSH, HUSH, as long as you post the picture and email me the link(s), you're entered.
Make sure the picture includes both you and HUSH, HUSH. Oh, yeah. And maybe, just maybe, there will be bonus points for creativity!
(Tee not pictured)
Becca