Waiting on Wednesday and Blog Hop Winner Announcement

"Waiting On Wednesday" is a weekly event, hosted by Jill from Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

My selection for this week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:  CRACKED by K.M. Walton.

I first saw this book when I joined the Apocalypsies and I was fascinated by the cover.  I immediately went to see what it was about, because I just couldn't figure out what the book was supposed to be about from that cover (it's perfect, though, right?)  The description had me at hello and now I can't wait to read it.

Sometimes there's no easy way out.

Victor hates his life. He has no friends, gets beaten up at school, and his parents are always criticizing him. Tired of feeling miserable, Victor takes a bottle of his mother's sleeping pills—only to wake up in the hospital.

Bull is angry, and takes all of his rage out on Victor. That makes him feel better, at least a little. But it doesn't stop Bull's grandfather from getting drunk and hitting him. So Bull tries to defend himself with a loaded gun.

When Victor and Bull end up as roommates in the same psych ward, there's no way to escape each other or their problems. Which means things are going to get worse—much worse—before they get better….

And now onto the Giveaway hop winner!

Wow, guys, I'm blown away by how many people entered the Book Lover's Holiday Giveaway hop!  Thanks to all who entered, tweeted, blogged, and otherwise spread the word.

I'm super excited to announce that the winner is:

                           SiNn

I've emailed you with instructions, so be checking your inbox.  :D  Thanks for entering and congratulations!

And, if you're interested, I'm at the BNW blog today talking about the different incarnations of my favorite fairytale. 

Tor Tuesday: Anna Dressed in Blood Winner Announced

Hey all!  Sorry I'm a little late this morning with the results. I've been buried under a mountain of laundry and have only just now dug myself out.  :P

And now the results you all have been waiting for.  The winner of ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD is:

                                                   
                                                     DONNAS!


Congratulations!  Email me at j.souders (at) jasouders (dot) com.  Remember you only have 48 hours to claim your prize before I pick another winner.

Again congratulations.

Silence of the blog

So…do you guys remember a week or so ago, when I apologized for being so busy that I couldn’t post on my blog?  And remember I said I had a good reason why and that I would tell you why as soon as I could?  Well, that day is today! 

Some of you may have already seen why, since Publisher’s Marketplace was a tiny bit excited by my news and decided to let everyone know on Saturday instead of today.  ; )  So, I won’t make this all long and drawn out like I wanted to.  :P 

I SOLD MY DEBUT BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

(*Pauses for applause, bows, blows kisses, wipes the tears from my eyes*)  

Yeppers, THAT’S the reason. Pretty good reason, huh?  :)  I’ve been so busy with getting it ready for submission, the BEING on submission, then keeping my mouth shut AFTER I had an offer that I didn’t blog.  Although, to be fair, the keeping my mouth shut after the offer didn’t really keep me too busy to blog.  I was just terrified that I’d someone let something slip, I just kept my fingers busy with other things, namely plotting the next book in the series, because it’s a THREE BOOK DEAL!!!!!!!! 

See what I did there?  Hehe!

And now onto the actual announcement from Publisher’s Marketplace so you can have all the details.

Jessica Souders's RENEGADE, about a female assassin in an underwater Utopia who realizes her memories have been altered and her mind and body aren't under her own control, to Melissa Frain at Tor, in a nice deal, in a three-book deal, by Natalie Fischer at Bradford Literary Agency (World English). Translation: 
taryn.fagerness@gmail.com

I'm still in a state of shock.   The last few weeks I've been pinching myself almost contstantly to see if I'm dreaming.  I think the bruises speak for themselves. :D

I’m so excited to be able to work with such an awesome editor and a fantastic publishing house.  Heck, I practically GREW UP reading books from Tor (my family is a huge fan of Science Fiction—not all that surprising, huh?)

And, one last thing, I wouldn’t have been able to do this without my awesome crit partners (Liz Czukas, Larissa Hardesty, JaclynDolamore, Leah Crichton, and Anne Sheridan), my numerous beta readers, my family (specifically my husband), and last but certainly not least my fantabolous agent, Natalie Fischer (you are SO getting a hug when I see you in NJ). So, I want to say a heart felt thank you to all of you, it doesn’t even come close to how grateful I am for each one of you (Ha! Since I did a small acknowledgement here, just wait to see what I put in the book’s acknowledgement page!  Bwahahaha!)

Well, I could go on forever, but I’ll just wrap this up with a huge…

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~J

250 blog contest winners announcement.

1st place:  Alexia Chamberlynn

2nd Place:  Kulsuma

3rd place:  Heather McCorkle

Congratulations to all of you!  Give me a few days to mail these out. I hope you enjoy them!