Barnes & Noble Signing!

Hey Everyone-

Just wanted you to know I'll be signing this Saturday, June 11 at 2:00PM at the Barnes & Noble in Aliso Viejo, CA as part of their B-Fest Teen Book Festival!

Hope to see YOU there!

xoxo

Alyson

Win a Signed Copy of EVERMORE!!!

Hey everyone,

The amazing team at Authors Are ROCKSTARS! is giving away a signed copy of EVERMORE HERE! I recently had the opportunity to chat with Authors Are ROCKSTARS! about THE SOUL SEEKERS, my writing routine, and more. Click HERE to listen to the podcast!

 Me with the Authors Are ROCKSTARS! team (Ava, Allison and Michelle)!

And, I’m so excited to share that the European SOUL SEEKERS tour is only a few weeks away and I can’t wait to see YOU at one of the signings, so please save the date for:

GERMANY
October 14, 14.00Uhr
Frankfurter Buchmesse / Halle 3.0 Stand E 111
Ludwig-Erhard- Anlage 1
60327 Frankfurt

October 15, 17:00Uhr
Mayersche Buchhandlung
Neumarkt 2
50667 Köln

October 16, 17:00Uhr
Buchhandlung Leuenhagen & Paris
Lister Meile 39
30161 Hannover

October 17
Thalia-Buchhandlung E. Konnecke GmbH & Co. KG Elbe—EKZ
Osdorfer LandstraBe 131
22609 Hamburg

October 18, 19:00Uhr
Livestream-Lesung im Gartenhaus
Lovelybooks

You can view all the latest details for these signings on my German publisher's website here.

GREECE
October 22 -23
Details to come!

PORTUGAL
October 25 -27
Details to come!

SLOVAKIA
October 29 -30
Details to come!

HOLLAND/BELGIUM
November 1 -3
Details to come!

Also, ECHO will be in stores on 11.13.12 and you can now read the first chapter online 
HERE!

And, in case you haven’t seen it yet, the DAIRE MEETS EVER story is now available HERE!

More news to follow soon!

xoxo

Alyson

Creative Labs MP3 Player Giveaway - Day 10!

Congratulations to yesterday's winner...Sophie Bannon!

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Updates, Giveaways, & a video!

Hey Everyone-

It seems it's time to play a little blog catch-up here, so here goes:

First- the giveaways:

Over at Free Book Friday Teens they're giving away 5 signed copies of NIGHT STAR! For your chance to win, click HERE!

Over at YA Fantasy Guide, they're giving away a signed copy of EVERMORE to "my biggest fan." Think that's you? Click HERE and tell them why for your chance to win!

Now, the updates:

I'll be dropping by GoodReads all week, from Monday 2/21 to Saturday 2/26, chatting and answer your questions, which you can start posting now by clicking HERE!

Also, while we're still working on the final Spring/Summer signing schedule for both the SHIMMER and EVERLASTING releases, here are some local, Southern California events that are now confirmed:

Saturday, February 26

2011 SCIBA Childrens Books & Literacy Dinner

Pasadena, CA

April 6-10 RT Book Lovers Convention

Westin Bonaventure Hotel

Los Angeles, CA

Thursday, April 7, 11:15 - 12:15 Panel: "Not Another Teen Panel: YA for Adults"

Saturday, April 9, Teen Day!

2:30 - 3:30 Author Speed Dating

4:30 - 5:30 Panel: "How Do You Build A World-And Characters For It: An Interactive Workshop

For More info on Teen Day, click HERE!

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For more info on the Covention click HERE!

Saturday, April 16, 1:00

Ontario City Library Teen Book Fest!

Talk & Sign along with YA authors:

Katie Alender, Cynthia Hand, Nancy Holder, & Marlene Perez

Ovitt Family Community Library

215 East C Street

Ontario, CA 91764

April 30 - May 1

LA Times Festival of Books!

USC Campus

Los Angeles, CA

Details coming soon!

More event listing coming soon--so stay tuned!!

And the video:

This video comes courtesy of the wonderful Scholastic Book Fair People who spent an entire day at my house filming--mostly chasing the light as we'd just moved in and I had no window coverings, and not much in the way of furniture either for that matter! Anyway, it's for RADIANCE, which is a featured Scholastic Book Fair Pick!

Have a good weekend, everyone!

Alyson
xoxo

BLUE MOON in Germany!!!!

Hey Everyone-

I'm so excited to share with you the new German website that just launched for THE IMMORTALS series!!

BLUE MOON was released there this week, and they've got all kinds of fun stuff going in, including interviews with Damen & Ever, interviews with moi, they even have a forum, so make sure you stop by!! Oh, and they'll be adding more, so make sure you bookmark it so you can check back.

It's all happening HERE!!

Auf Wiedersehen!

Alyson

xoxo

Everyday is Like Sunday

(Blog title courtesy of Morrissey)

It seems I have a lot of catching up to do and lots of links to be shared, so, in the interest of time, allow me to get to it!

1. Don't forget to head on over to Free Book Friday Teens by tomorrow for your chance to win one of 5 signed copies of SHADOWLAND!

2. I did a really fun interview talking about writing & marketing that you can read HERE.

3. I'm over at Living Your Five today blogging about how I've been Living My Five and would love to hear all about how you've been living yours! Click Here to spill!

4. I've got a new Immortals series page over at Facebook! Click HERE to join and be the first to learn about the latest breaking Immortals type news!

5. Speaking of The Immortals--there are some very exciting, brand spanking new audio clips now available over at The Immortals website! Just click on the tulips to eavesdrop on scenes not included in the books, including scenes from SHADOWLAND!

6. And speaking of SHADOWLAND, it's now less than a week away until it lands in a store near you on November 17th!! I'm so excited about this book and can hardly believe it's already upon us! Oh, and I really hope to meet you at one of the signings!

Whew, I think that's it!

Have a good day everyone!

Alyson

Brand New Day

(Blog title courtesy of Sting)

Wow, somehow this week really got away from me--I can't believe it's already Thursday!

Which, means I am now, officially, just one day away from seeing David Sedaris live--I can't wait!!!

I paid an embarrassing amount to sit front row center, and just after clicking "submit" I have to admit I felt more than a little dumb. I mean, the guy stands at a podium and READS--it's not like there will be any singing or dancing. But still, the truth is, I love him, and I just can't take the chance that someone with an especially big head, wearing an especially big hat will come between us.

Nope, I just can't risk it.

But that's all for tomorrow, for now, I just wanted to remind you of a few things, the first being: Free Book Friday Teens--the awesome site run by author extraordinaire Jessica Brody, where you can win a signed book every Friday--all you have to do is click HERE to sign up! And, while you're there, if there's anything you want to ask me--any burning Immortals related questions, just fill out the box on the right hand side bar, as I'll be dropping by in November to answer the top ten! But hurry, last day to submit your question is November 1!

Also, I'm Living My Five this week HERE and giving an interview over at The Enchanted Inkpot HERE!

And, I just wanted to thank you all, yet again, for all of your amazing support!! EVERMORE & BLUE MOON continue to stay on the New York Times Bestsellers list for their 38th & 16th weeks respectively, and I just learned that they hit the WalMart bestsellers list too--and I couldn't have done it without you! So thank you - thank you - thank you!!

Hope you all have a great day!

Alyson

PS- Just 19 more days until SHADOWLAND is in stores. . .

Just a Reminder . . .

I'll be signing copies of my books this Monday, October 26th here:

Book Discussion & Signing

6:00 - 9:00 PM

Barnes & Noble

El Camino North Shopping Center

2615 Vista Way, Oceanside, CA 92054

(760) 529-0106

And I hope to see YOU there!!

Heart of Gold

(Blog title courtesy of Neil Young)

So, I'm over at The Cafe today, blogging about Friends & Boyfriends and would love to hear your take--all you have to do is click HERE.

Also, I just wanted to thank you yet again for your continued support! I was just informed that EVERMORE & BLUE MOON made the New York Times Bestsellers list once again for their 37th and 15th week respectively -- so Thank YOU so very much for that!!

I also wanted to give a shout out to my friends Stacia Deutsch and Becca Fitzpatrick who also made the list!!! CONGRATS!!!

Okay, back to work for me--hope you all are well!

PS- Oh, and this just in-- SHADOWLAND received 4.5 stars (out of 4.5) from RT magazine and was chosen as one of the December issues Top Picks!!! Woo-Hoo!!!

Alyson

<3

The Story

(Blog title courtesy of Brandi Carlile)

So, yesterday was a great day.

Not only did EVERMORE & BLUE MOON remain on the New York Times Bestsellers list for 36 & 14 weeks respectively, but I received, hot off the press, straight from my publisher, the finished, hard cover copy of SHADOWLAND!!!

And it's BEAUTIFUL!!!

Seriously. Beautiful.

I am in awe of the talented people in the St. Martin's art department--they really outdid themselves this time!!

(And no, I'm not giving it away--not even to my mom--it's too pretty--and it's mine-- all mine!!!)

In other IMMORTALS related news, I've recently learned that EVERMORE is also a bestseller in both the UK and Spain--so Rock On my transatlantic friends-- THANK YOU-THANK YOU-THANK YOU for that!!!

And I hear that today it's being released in France as ETERNELS-- Viva France!!!

Also, I wanted to remind you I'll be chatting with the ReaderGirlz, on Monday, October 19th from 6:00 -9:00 pm Eastern, in honor of YALSA Teen Read Week! So please stop by and say hi if you get the chance.

And speaking of dropping by . . . I'll be signing copies of EVERMORE, BLUE MOON, (and any other book with my name on the cover!), alongside Cinda Williams Chima on Monday, October 26th at:

Barnes & Noble
El Camino North Shopping Center
2615 Vista Way, Oceanside, CA 92054
(760) 529-0106

And I really, really hope to see you there!!

Oh, and yesterday I was over at Living Your Five, um, living my Five! So to find out what the car wash, Orlando Bloom, and holiday cards have in common, click HERE.

That's it for now--have a great day everyone!!

Alyson

:-D