Day almost there, Second Anniversary Highlights

The Teen home page on Amazon last night
pointed out to me by the blogger who runs PEACE LOVE TEEN FICTION
(I love and adore her!)

Just a few more days celebrating the second anniversary of The Pull of Gravity. On May 10, I'll randomly draw a name from the comments to these posts and that person will win a signed ARC of The Summer of Letting Go in October.

So, the best part about being published?

It's the people, baby. It's the connections.

For starters, the YA community is incredibly supportive. I've made some truly lifelong friends. They are talented, driven, and hard working. They are funny, silly and full of life.

me with Cat Patrick at TBF last year. Her new book
The Originals came out yesterday.
Yeah, I may have doctored the photo a little.

me with Geoff Herbach, whose third and final in the
Stupid Fast series came out yesterday, I'm With Stupid.
No, I didn't doctor this one at all. Really.

And, the teen readers are so much fun to engage with and so full of enthusiasm for what we do.

It's the Skypes and the school visits and the library book clubs.

From Advance review copy to paperback, hardcover in between.

It's not the books. They're just the beginning.

It's the people, baby.

xox gae

Day Three, Second-Year Anniversary Highlights: THE PULL OF GRAVITY

Day Three of my two-year anniversary highlights.

For Day One, go HERE, and Day Two HERE, or, you know, just scroll down past this entry.

I'm also doing a giveaway, you can read about it in those earlier posts. All you have to do is post a comment (and live in the US or Canada) to be eligible.

So, more highlights and favorites, random and totally incomplete, from THE PULL OF GRAVITY's first two years in print.

Thanks to all who have read, shared and spread the word:



ZOMG, this video review by this awesome girl named Jocelyn:

Okay, seriously, these adorable The Pull of Gravity
earrings made for me by the lovely blogger who runs
PEACE, LOVE, TEEN FICTION.

Ahh, the sometimes enjoyable juxtaposition of tweets.

THIS REVIEW from Mindy at Books Complete Me. I remember being terrified of her review -- one of my first blog tour reviews -- because she loves the big splashy "wings and fangs" books that The Pull of Gravity so isn't. But, alas, she loved it too.  I believe what she said is that it made her "GIDDY." And she's become one of its biggest champions. Thanks, Mindy.

Thanks, all!

xox gae