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Fun Fall Book Events! Win Prizes & Grab Great Reads!

CAUTION: Booklover fun ahead!

The historic Prallsville Mill in Stockton, NJ, on the picturesque Delaware River will be the backdrop for the River Reads book festival on Sunday, Oct. 23rd from 10 to 4pm. I’ll be there along with 45 other local authors, nonstop readings, a special section for young readers plus scavenger hunt, Unionville Winery tastings, Bonjour Creperie food truck, a chance to prizes, & more!

Lots of special things for young readers too!

Visit the Facebook page and click “Interested” or “Going” to get updates in your feed. What better way to spend a crisp fall day than discovering that perfect fireside book, or two!

It’s been a fun bookish fall so far with school visits and book events! Here I am presenting at my alma mater school, Academy of the Holy Names, in Albany, NY. I traveled back in time for my 30-year high school reunion this month and to step back once again into the halls of my youth. It was an amazing time and to see old friends and classmates and hopefully buy phentermine inspire their children. Was truly special to return and spend time with my vice-principal from 1986 who is still there but now as the head of the school! Want me to visit your school? Check out my school visits page!

I also had a wonderful evening at the Book House in Stuyvesant Plaza signing books and celebrating the launch of Joshua and the Arrow Realm with old and new friends. Folks even came out from my old elementary school I hadn’t seen in 35 years!

Next month I’ll also be guest author at Philcon, the world’s first and longest-running conference on science fiction, fantasy, and horror, in Cherry Hill, NJ, November 18-20. Come on out and get your fandom on!

Also, don’t forget to enter this fantastic giveaway! 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.

Enter below! Contest runs from 11am EST October 10th through 5pm EST October 24th.

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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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Celebrating Children’s Book Week Blog Hop + $10 B&N Gift Card & Book Giveaway!

By Donna Galanti

**UPDATE** Congrats to Maggie S. for winning the book bundle and B&N Gift Card! I will be emailing you for information.

It’s Children’s Book Week, the annual celebration of children’s books and reading! Established in 1919, it is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country.

In honor of this celebration I’m participating in a fun blog hop hosted by BookHounds and am giving away an awesome book bundle, including a copy of JOSHUA AND THE LIGHTNING ROAD, and a $10 Barnes and Noble gift card!

Check out my book bundle of middle grade and young adult fantasy books and enter to win them plus a $10 B&N gift card via the Rafflecopter giveaway below! (U.S. only please). What are your favorite children’s books? Let me know! One of my favorite buy tramadol series is The Ranger’s Apprentice and you could win a book from the series. Check out the book summaries and reviews on Goodreads by clicking the links below. And check out ALL the participating blogs at the end of this post to hop on over too!

Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Ranger’s Apprentice: Sorcerer of the North by John Flanagan
The Land of Stories: The Wishing Well by Chris Colfer
Joshua and the Lightning Road by Donna Galanti

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And check out all of the other wonderful blogs participating in Children’s Book Week with fabulous giveaways! Hop all over to win great bookish prizes. Happy hopping!

Pre-order Joshua and the Lightning Road & win an iPad Mini + 5-star review!

By Donna Galanti

So many fun things are popping about with Joshua and the Lightning Road (coming May 19th!) that I had to share in the excitement with all of you folks!

First, Joshua and the Lightning Road is now available for pre-order on some outlets! Amazon & Barnes & Noble

And I’m so giddy that I’m doing a pre-order giveaway with lots of goodies!

How awesome is this?! Even if you don’t win an iPad Mini look how cool this 18 x 24 map poster of the world of Joshua and the Lightning Road is that you could win!

Second, I had so much fun in my first interview about Joshua and the Lightning Road and received my first review – 5 stars! I’m also giving away a print galley (a pre-publication copy). Check it out on This Kid Reviews Books . Even more amazing is that this book blog is run by 13-year-old Erik, who also happens to have his first book published! He is truly inspiring. Watch for his interview on my site this month featured in my Kid Heroes series.

Here’s some of what Erik had to say:

The descriptions in this book were so vivid I could feel, smell and envision the setting. The characters were solid. Joshua was totally believable. He had all the right characteristics of a great main character – brave, smart and kind, but he also acted like the kid he is. The story has a lot of action but also a great plot line that strings everything together. The ending is satisfying but leaves the reader buy ambien wanting to get into the next book in the series. (Read more)

In other bookish news, I also had an amazing time presenting at my first two writer’s conferences in March, at Liberty States Create Something Magical Conference in Iselin, NJ, and The Write Stuff in Bethlehem, PA . I spoke about how to position yourself as an author before you get a book deal, foundations of world building, and revision techniques. I finally got over my anxiety of teaching (eek!) and met some great new folks and met up with old friends.

You can also catch my latest post on Project Mayhem about blurring the line between good and evil in fiction. Stop in and chat about your favorite villains, heroes, and anti-heroes!

And you can see me speak this month in NJ at the The South Jersey Writers’ Group at the Barrington VFW on April 16th, and at the Bethlehem Public Library, Bethlehem, PA, on April 25th at YA Fest Jr. where I’ll be signing free copies of Joshua and the Lightning Road that my amazing publisher Month9Books is giving away – plus I’ll be hanging out with tons of cool authors!

Check out all my events that keep growing. Would you like me to come speak to your group or school? Just email me! See what I include in my school assembly presentation.

So come party with me as Joshua and the Lightning Road blasts to Earth. My favorite space traveler Captain Picard says “make it so”!