YA Indie Carnival : WINNING! Back To School Special!

HERE ARE THE WINNERS FROM OUR MASSIVE YA INDIE CARNIVAL GIVEAWAY!!!! YAY! Gratitude to all who participated. I hope you had a great ride! You will all be contacted by email by the Carnis to receive your swag:)

Dani Snell’s Winner is BBurton! You’ve won a Kindle copy of PineLight by Jillian Peery
and a Kindle copy of Filter by Gwenn Wright.
Patti’s Winner is Emily Tardy! Kindle copy of Run and Hide (YA thrillers, 1 and 2 in a series of 4)
Courtney’s Winner is Darby Karchut! Kindle copy Every Last Kiss
Fisher’s Winner is Winner Cassandra! Kindle copy The Understorey
Laura’s Winner is Vivien! Kindle digitally-signed edition of Winnemucca & Winnemucca Coffee Mug
Rachel’s Winner is amabe421! Kindle copy Into The Ruins
T.R. Graves’ Winner is LuvToRead09! Kindle copy of Warriors of the Cross
Cyndi Tefft’s Winner is Paige! Kindle copy Between
PJ’s Winner is Kimy Unalesca! Kindle copy Solstice
Alicia’s Winner is Julie Witt! Assortment of awesome YA paperbacks
Heather’s Winner is Avery Olive! Kindle copy of Perception
Abbi’s Winner is Jess! Kindle copy of Breathe plus very cool Breathe beach bag
Cheri’s Winner is The Queen of Teen Fiction! Kindle copy of Fracture
Amy’s Winner is krystallarson! Kindle copy of Soul Quest
Nicole’s Winner is Emily Ann Ward! Kindle copy of Fallen Eden

Congrats to the winners! But I sort of feel like we all won with all the great posts and comments! Thanks so much for stopping by this week. And this week we have LOTS of new faces:) PLEASE give a HUGE INDIE welcome to our new authors: Lexus Luke, Suzy Turner, K.C Blake, Gwenn Wright, Kimberly Kinrade, and J.L. Bryan!

YOU READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL? This week we’re all posting Back to School scenes from our books. And since 13 ON HALLOWEEN’s RELEASE DAY is Tuesday, Sept. 20:) I thought I’d share the BRAND SPANKING NEW trailer with you today! A fair amount of the book is set in different schools. Here’s a bit about the story:

Twelve-year-old Roxie sort of sees the world through animal-colored glasses. Wait a minute? Ok, well, let’s just say that Roxie views the world with a wild-animal filter. She refers to this as Roxie Speak. Here’s a bit of a primer. Roxie wants to be like Adrianne, the peacock [popular girl in class] who gets everything she wants––a trampoline, a flock to prowl around the mall with, and most especially invitations to parties despite the fact that Adrianne tarantulas [scares the heck out of people] and hamsters [hops from one thing to the other without really doing anything] and cats [completely annoys Roxie] and owls [knows everything] and eagles [gets all the attention] her way to get it all. But everything changes when Roxie invites all the peacocks in the eighth grade to her birthday party on Halloween and they all come. And a boy, the boy, actually talks to Roxie. Roxie eagles [soars] until the peacocks decide they want to celebrate Roxie’s birthday in a way Roxie never expected. In her attic. With the lights out. And a pact to swear to never tell a living soul what happens there. Roxie gets everything she’s always wanted, except her old life back.

On a personal note: I’m heading back to Chicago next week for my 30th high school reunion. So this post comes at a time when I’m looking backward. Those of you on FB will prolly see more and more ancient photos this week. I’m staying at my girlfriend’s with another great friend and it that alone will turn the clock back. A lot of the folks at the reunion I’ve known since kindergarten. And they have been some of my biggest supporters. So I’d like to give a huge shout out to all my buddies from HTHSC! This one’s for you!

Halloween is RIGHT around the corner and we’d love you to join some of us on a Haunted Book Tour of Savannah! Spread the word!

Ready to take another ride? NEED MORE? Swing by the rest of the carnival….

The Fuji Mermaid Dani Snell’s Refracted Light Reviews
Leopard Girl Patti Larsen Author of The Ghost Boy of MacKenzie House, The Hunted Series and the Hayle Coven Novels
Fire Breather Courtney Cole Author of Every Last Kiss, Fated, Princess, and Guardian. Also a contributing author in The Glassheart Chronicles
Strong Woman Nicole Williams Author of Eternal Eden, and Fallen Eden. She is also a contributing author in the Glassheart Chronicles
Champion Sword Swallower Fisher Amelie Author of The Understorey, as well as a contributing author in The Glassheart Chronicles
Siren Laura A. H. Elliott Author of Winnemucca and soon to be released 13 on Halloween
Snake Charmer Amy Maurer Jones Author of The Soul Quest Trilogy as well as a contributing author in The Glassheart Chronicles
Pretzel Woman Rachel Coles. Geek Mom. Book Reviewer Author of Diary of a Duct Tape Zombie, Whistles, Beergarden, Plagues, Bees of St. John, and Mushrooms
The Giant T. R. Graves T.R. Graves: Author of Warriors of the Cross
Jungle Woman P.J. Hoover Author of Solstice, The Emerald Tablet, The Navel of the World, The Necropolis
Shape Shifter Alicia McCalla Author of the upcoming science-fiction novel Breaking Free
Tarot Card Reader Heather Cashman Author of Perception
Fortune Teller Abbi Glines Author of Breathe, and the upcoming Existence and Vincent Boys
Knife Thrower Cheri Schmidt Author of Fateful, Fractured, and Fair Maiden
Fire Dancer Lexus Luke Author of Manitou, The Sky People Saga
Fire Breather Suzy Turner Author of December Moon and Raven
Dragonslayer K. C. Blake Author of Vampire Rules
Elephant Trainer Gwenn Wright Author of Filter
Ring-Leader Kimberly Kinrade Author of Bits of You, Pieces of Me and Forbidden Mind
Prestidigitator J.L. Bryan Author of Paranormals series- Jenny Pox. Tommy Nightmare & Alexander Death