Because my agent is so very thoughtful, she's not only making an announcement about my AustenFest event today, but she's also doing the first ARC giveaway for According to Jane (the bound galleys are here--whoo-hoo!!!) on her LiveJournal blog. Check out Nephele's site for details later today. Hope one of you wins an advanced copy! I'll be posting an official "AustenFest Welcome" this Sunday the 21st, with introductions to my special guests and an explanation of their awesome book giveaways and our other great door prizes. But FYI: the big event will run from 6/22 through 6/30 with new posts about every other day, B&N giftcards throughout the fest plus other just-'cuz-it's-a-party surprises. This has been in the planning stages for months, and I simply can't wait to share the excitement with you.
A few other tidbits of fun: Congrats to Erica for winning a copy of Sheila's book! I hope you'll love it as much as I did :).
Also, I had the pleasure of being interviewed via telephone recently by the lovely Lydia Hirt, a writer and aspiring publicist, who is based in NYC this summer to study the world of publishing. She's a contributing writer at Beneath the Cover: Inside the Book Industry, and her article "Happy Endings, Love, and E-Books" just appeared on the site this week. Thanks, Lydia, for including me in your feature!
Finally, let your weekend begin with something positively snort-worthy: Check out Esri Rose's blog and scroll down a few posts to "Darth Thriller" on June 5th. Pamela Cayne, this is for you!!
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone, and please stop by as often as you can in the coming days to celebrate AustenFest with us. Feel free to spread the word to anyone who might be interested. (Janeite fanaticism is absolutely not required, but it's more than welcome... :)
12 comments:
Seriously? I won? I have never won anything in my life, save for a free Snapple! What a truly excellent way to start my Friday -- as opposed to scaling Mt. Laundry! So excited for a new, highly recommended read!
Austen Fest sounds like an amazing event!!! Almost as exciting as the upcoming release of your book. :-)
I'll be sure to check out AustenFest - sound like a lot of fun. But I am NOT entering any contests to win your book because I can't wait to BUY it fresh off a bookshelf!
Erica~congrats! And, hey, I like Snapple, too :).
Thanks, Maureen!! I'm excited about both, though much more nervous about the latter than the former...
Aw, Nadine, thank you! Hope you have a great weekend!
I'm looking forward to all of the festivities Marilyn because I'm so happy to be a part of this wonderful time in your career! (The launch of a very long and successful writing career I might add.) Congrats on the interview!
Have a great weekend! ((hugs))
Great idea, Marilyn, Austen Fest sounds wonderful and I will be sure to check back.
Best--
June
Robin, thank you! It's been a stressful but exciting time...and I'm really lucky to have such wonderful people (like you all) to share it with!!
June, I'm so glad you stopped by!! And, yes, please come back for the party :-).
Can't wait for the fun to begin, Marilyn!
Ooh, looks like I returned to the blogosphere just in time! It's been ages, and now I see there's some really fun stuff going on with your blog. Yay! Will be back tomorrow. First, though, off to catch up on all of your posts. Whew! It's been ages, but I don't want to miss anything.
Sounds very fun. I'll be back!
Debra, Caryn and Barrie~thank you!!! I'm so glad you popped over--the party's about to begin :).
Thanks for the shout out! I never get tired of that Darth Thriller video.
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