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Win $10 B&N Gift Card + Middle Grade Book Giveaway!

I’m cleaning out my bookshelves this week and made some awesome finds in fabulous condition. A great mix of middle grade fantasy reads – two are in hard cover! And since I’ve got spring fever soooooo bad I’m giving them away! Enter giveaway at the bottom of this post.

Check out this great middle grade book bundle of award winning books and authors:

Off the Page by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer

Bad Magic by Pseudonymous Bosch

Curiosity House by Lauren Oliver and H.C. Chester

Love to win this amazing bunch of goodies? Enter below. And don’t forget to leave these great authors a review after reading. What are some of your favorite children’s authors?

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Happy 1st book birthday to THE SECRET FILES OF FAIRDAY MORROW + Book Giveaway & Enter to Win a $50 Visa GC!

By Donna Galanti

Happy 1st book birthday to THE SECRET FILES OF FAIRDAY MORROW! It’s been a year since the mystery of the Begonia House was revealed to the world, and now the paperback will be available January 3rd, 2017. Check out my 5-star review of this wonderful mystery adventure! The new cover stays true to Fairday’s snazzy style, sprinkling in a few added charms. Can you spot the differences from the hardcover?

Catch the book trailer to find out more about the story…

Planning to pick up the paperback? Pre-order a copy and you could win a $50 VISA card to treat yourself after the holidays. Contest is open to all! For more details on how to enter, click here.

For more information about the book, visit the DMS at fairdaysfiles.com

Write What You Know. It’s Full Of Surprises!
By Jessica Haight & Stephanie Robinson

One idea that will help give your writing a certain texture and realness about it is to write what you know. There are several scenes in The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow where this tool has come into buy soma play.

When we first began revising with our editor at Delacorte Press, it was suggested that we make Fairday and Lizzy a little more different. We realized that they did talk a lot alike, and of course they did! We’ve been friends for a long time, and we tend to sound the same too. The
answer became obvious once we thought deeper about our characters and who they are. We knew Lizzy was from Minnesota (Stephanie’s family is from there.). People in Minnesota say “You betcha”. Bingo! That was it.

Another example where we incorporate a personal experience in the story had to do with a wardrobe that was full of surprises. The inspiration for the scene Fairday and the DMS find themselves in is based on real circumstances we encountered while living as roommates when we purchased a piece of furniture together. Needless to say, it was a memorable event and we laugh every time we read that part in the book!

Enter to win a paperback edition of THE SECRET FILES OF FAIRDAY MORROW!

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Enter to Win a $220 Amazon Gift Card!

By Donna Galanti

Wouldn’t it be wicked to win $220 to spend on books? This October I’ve banded together with 8 other authors to stir up a giveaway. In the cauldron is a $220 USD e-gift card to spend on Amazon.

Click on a Rafflecopter giveaway to enter or enter below! Contest runs from 11am EST October 10th through 5pm EST October 24th .

Would you like to find out more about the authors behind this giveaway? Explore their websites…if you dare. Bwah-ha-ha-ha!

Amy Allgyer

Jennifer Bardsley

Jennifer DeGiovanni

Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

Click on the covers to check out each book!

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Book Trailer Reveal for Joshua and the Arrow Realm + Giveaway!

By Donna Galanti

Today is the big book trailer reveal for JOSHUA AND THE ARROW REALM, book two in my fantasy adventure Lightning Road series, arriving August 30th!

The Midwest Book Review calls book one, JOSHUA AND THE LIGHTNING ROAD, “a heart-pounding thrill ride full of unexpected twists and turns from start to finish.” Grab book one for just $.99cents now on e-Book through September 20th!

Be sure to enter the grand giveaway package at the bottom of this post that includes a paperback of book one, poster of the Lost Realm, bookmarks, and a $25 B&N gift card (U.S. only).

Now check out all the great bloggers who are revealing the book trailer today! Be sure to stop in and visit them all. Some have additional giveaways too!

Book Hounds YA
Don’t Judge Read
Flashlight Reader
Fundimental
fuonlyknew
Greg Pattridge
Joe McGee
Kerry Gans
Karen Pokras Toz
Linda Smith
Log Cabin Library
Michelle Eisenhoff
Middle Grade Mafioso
Middle Grade Ninja
Nayu’s Reading Corner
Randomly Reading
Teaching My Baby To Read
The Author Chronicles
This Kid Reviews Books

The support of so many means so much to me!

ABOUT JOSHUA AND THE ARROW REALM:

On August 30th take the lightning road back to a world of beasts, bandits, and heroes in book two of the Lightning Road series. Join Joshua in a new fight for power in the Arrow Realm. Can Joshua and his friends conquer an unstoppable evil?

Joshua never thought priligy he’d return to the world of Nostos but is soon called to the Arrow Realm to free his imprisoned friend, King Apollo, kidnapped as a power pawn in Queen Artemis’s quest to conquer every realm. With his loyalties divided between our world and theirs, Joshua wonders whether he alone can restore magic to the twelve powerless Olympian heirs and save all those enslaved. But when he finds himself abandoned in his quest, he fears he cannot only save those imprisoned—but himself as well.

“Fast-paced and endlessly inventive, Joshua and the Arrow Realm is a high-stakes romp through a wild world where descendants of the Greek gods walk beside you, beasts abound, and not everything—or everyone—is as it seems.” ~ Michael Northrop, New York Times bestselling author of the TombQuest series

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JOSHUA AND THE ARROW REALM BOOK TRAILER!

Thank you also to everyone who has helped me toward my goal of reaching 1,000,000 people through social media on JOSHUA AND THE ARROW REALM’s release day! I am using Thunderclap to gather all the social posts of support in advance so that they all launch simultaneously on August 30th, 2016 at 9am! With your help, my on-sale date will make a HUGE social impact! I’m over half way there! Won’t you help me reach my goal? Takes a few seconds to sign up to the Thunderclap campaign.

xxoo-Donna

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Pre-Order Giveaway for Joshua and the Arrow Realm!

By Donna Galanti

One month from today Joshua and the Arrow Realm, book two in the Lightning Road series, releases!

Join in the fun! From today through midnight August 14^th I’ll be running a pre-order giveaway. Pre-order Joshua and the Arrow Realm in any format and be entered to win a paperback copy of book one, Joshua and the Lightning Road – PLUS all these goodies below!

Email your receipt here and be automatically entered to win! The winner will be announced on my blog August 15^th. Comment on this post and receive an extra entry!

Pre-order now:

One winner will receive the grand prize of a Lost Realm map poster, lightning orb light-up ball, $25 B&N gift certificate, and paperback of book 1 in the series, Joshua and the Lightning Road. (U.S. Only). Send your receipt here.

How else can you join in the fun? I’d love for you to support my Thunderclap campaign through social media and zap the world with so many others about the release of Joshua and the Arrow Realm on August 30^th! It’s free and takes seconds to sign up HERE.

And bloggers buy levitra there’s still time to sign up here for the book trailer reveal on August 15^th that includes a giveaway too!

If you haven’t visited my Facebook page, I’m sharing snippets of the map of the Arrow Realm plus book excerpts there all month long until book release day. Pop by and see! Here’s one to share for now 🙂 .

Draft illustration and excerpt of the Arrow Realm tree houses where the Wild Childs live:

“Ash motioned us to leave with her when they were all gone, and we stepped outside onto the tree house platform. Purple night deepened and long shadows softened the craggy world. We stood on a plank road with roped netting rail that zigzagged from house to house and floated under the forest’s canopy in a sea of darkness. Green lights glowed soft through lopsided windows, and branch shadows wrapped the tiny shacks in prickly fingers. Leaves battered the houses in the sharp wind as the Wild Childs skulked amongst the trees.”

Thanks for all of your support everyone!