HEY HEY! Wanna Win a Nightshade ARC???

My sister blog, GotYA, is giving away another highly sought after ARC this week, NIGHTSHADE by Andrea Cremer, which doesn't hit the shelves until October 19, 2010. You can enter by going HERE! Just Comment and Tweet! Pretty simple, right? Scroll to the bottom of the post to enter and don't forget to enter my giveaways while you're here (Psssst they are on the sidebar). Good Luck!!

(Isn't this cover freaking AWESOME?!)

Still Time To Win A Personal Demons ARC!!

My Bestie Krista Ashe recently went to a huge conference and scored some HOTOMGIHAVETOHAVE ARCs and she has been kind enough to put them up for giveaways over at our sister blog GOT YA! So this month she's doing ARCs of August and first up is this hot little number:

OMG! I know, right!

And guess what...It's a SUPER EASY contest with a low number of entries so your chances are still good!!

Just go to the bottom of this post to enter---> Flashback Friday

THANK YOU KRISTA!! You are made of the awesome! :)

Since we are gabbing about giveaways, be sure to check out my other sister blog FICTION FLURRY to win this novel:

It's not YA, but it's always fun to win books!!

Oh yeah, and I have some giveaways too!! Just check out my sidebar! :)

Summer Lovin' Giveaway!!

To go along with my review of THE SUMMER OF SKINNY DIPPING by Amanda Howells I am giving away a copy of the novel.

Complete Form to Enter! This one ends at mindnight on 08/31/10! Keep an eye out for more giveaways soon! Good Luck!!!

Flash Back Fridays: Old School Fashion

Just because I am a total follower, I'm posting a Flashback Friday because my good friend, Krista Ashe, tossed up some TOTALLY AWESOME posts at her blog and over at GotYA. So anyway the topic is 80s and 90s fashion, and because you all are cool, I'm willing to share some old 80s and 90s personal trends with you.

Ah, yes, the 80s. Time of the fabulous bowl cuts, even for girls (Thanks Mom). As you can see I was less than enthused with my fake Santa while I rocked my multicolored fish sweatshirt and I'm sure high-water pants. I'm so glad we don't "peg" our pants anymore. LOL

The 90s *Sigh*, I really can't say anything bad about these days other than they were, like, totally radical. Like most people who write young adult novels, I too loved high school, and would love to have it to do over again. Where are those dang wish granting fairies when you need them. Besides buying a hair straightener, I think I would also encourage myself to pay more attention in English class, and less time worrying about boys. If we only knew then, what we know now, right??

So now that I've shared a little personal flashback with you, anything from your past that you miss or totally wish you could do over???

Romantic Times Convention Recap!

I think the video gives you a pretty good idea of what went down at Romantic Times Conference this year. I will say the mission to get author signatures I told you guys about was a success!!! Stay tuned for some awesome giveaways at this blog and the two other blogs I am a team member of. :)

Flash Back Fridays: Movies

 The GotYA crew dedicated this weeks Flashback Friday to movies that inspire the writer you are today. I am soooooo guilty of being a movies fanatic, and 80's movies are my guilty little pleasure. There are so many movies from the totally awesome era that still inspire me today. Even as a little kid I enjoyed some movies geared toward adult, like these:

Where a woman, Shelly Long, is raised from the dead several years after her death to find her family has completely changed in her absence. Great fun, and even as a seven year old, I got the general concept of the story. I haven't seen this one for several years, but it's still fresh in my memory.

Okay, so who hasn't dreamed about getting back at a mean boss or some other meanie? Not me...*whistles innocently* This movie is great for so many reasons, besides being funny, there are a few scenes where the girls from the office totally let this imaginations go crazy of how they'd like to get even with their boss, and it's still great inspiration for a revenge story.

Big Business is the ultimate movie about twins switched at birth, and how they are later mistaken for each other. I must've seen this one like 50 gazillion times!

Now, let's not forget the teen movies I was obsessed with when I was young, practically wearing out the VHS tapes watching them so many times.

*Sigh* I could seriously post awesome movies all day long!

What movies inspire you??????? I'm always up for suggesties of ones to watch.

Where the Cool Kids Hang! Introducing GotYA

You guys remember Old People Writing for Teens, right? Well, we needed a facelift, and lets be honest, blogger is the best. Now, you guys can follow all of our nutty antics, because guess what...Blogger lets you have followers (Click here to visit GotYA)! Yippeeeee!! So we all figured, since we are movng blogging sites anyway, lets spruce up a bit and show you a little more about our personalitites.

Warning!!! The following promo video showcasing the crazy skills of the wacky girls of GotYA may cause uncontrolled laughter, so please don't watch it where you'll get busted, because we may not have enough bail money to go around!