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For Day 8 of my blog tour at Pop Culture Junkie, I discuss what my typical day is like. Alea is also giving away a signed copy of Waiting for You , along with all other hosts of my blog tour. Yesterday's tour stop was over at Shooting Stars Mag with High School Myth #7, which is all about the karma. I also discuss the Waiting for You playlist.

And there's more!
Reading Keeps You Sane interviewed me about the Waiting for You title and cover. The Book Girl Reviews reviewed Waiting for You . I l

The waiting is almost over. Waiting for You will be released this Thursday, May 14. Actually, I've heard from some readers who've already read it! Libraries and Borders got this party started early. Now all we need is cake.

I am immensely honored to be the first author reviewed at a shiny new book blog! Alley of Books reviewed Waiting for You  and made my heart happy. When I write a book, I want my readers to feel like they've completed (or are just beginning) a journey by the time they fini

Welcome to Day 6 of my blog tour. You can find me over at Reading Keeps You Sane. I just loved Kelsey's questions! She also shared her review of Waiting for You.

On Wednesday, May 13, I'll be reading with some other friendly YA authors at Teen Author Reading Night here in New York. We'll be at the Jefferson Market Branch of the New York Public Library at 6th Avenue and 10th Street. The reading starts at 6:00, followed by a Q&A session. If you're in the nabe, stop on by! I'll be joining th

Only one week of waiting left until Waiting for You is out in the world!

For Day 5 of my blog tour, I discuss my dream library with Bookluver-Carol. You can enter to win a signed copy of Waiting for You just by leaving a comment on her blog!

I still haven't heard from the He Was There All Along Contest winner, aboldstory . Please send your name and address to me at friendly.neighbor [at:] hotmail.com. If I don't hear from you by Sunday, I'll have to pick a new winner (from the neighbors who ente

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It's Day 4 of my blog tour. Today I'm over at The Story Siren, where I reveal which author I'd trade lives with for a day.There are only 8 days of waiting left until Waiting for You is released!Reviewer X is giving away 2 copies of Waiting for You.May 14 isn't only the pub date of Waiting for You. It's also when Take Me There will be released in paperback. To spread the word, Tatyana Cabrera created a Take Me There book trailer! I interviewed Taty last year, since she contribute

It's Day 3 of my blog tour. You can find me over at Frenetic Reader for High School Myth #3 and what I like the most about being an author. Khy also asked me one of my fave questions of this blog tour: Why do you include both a failed relationship and a new one in each of your books? Sharp observation!

Only 9 more days of waiting until Waiting for You is out in the world!

The only thing that can cause almost as much excitement as my new book release is getting to see Jon Stewart for a taping of

Welcome to Day 2 of my blog tour! Today you can find me at Presenting Lenore. My interview on Day 1 of the tour wasn't posted yet when I blogged, so in case you missed it you should head over to For the Love of Books. Taylor also included her review of Waiting for You. Also, you can win a signed copy of Waiting for You at each blog tour stop!

The winner of last week's He Was There All Along Contest with Elizabeth Scott is aboldstory . Congrats to you! Please send your name and address to me

May 1 = May Day = my birthday = gifts for you! It's time to give back to all of you as my way of saying thank you for this life. So I'm starting my second contest today. The wonderful Melissa Walker and I have teamed up to present you with our Soul Mates Contest. Her new book, Lovestruck Summer, comes out this month along with Waiting for You. You can win signed copies of both books!

Melissa created this video of us, in which we discuss the contest prizes, the rules, and a bit about the thin

Starting tomorrow, I will be embarking on a blog tour. I'll be visiting ten blogs, every weekday until Waiting for You is released, sharing my Top Ten High School Myths with you.

Here's where you can find me:

May 1 - For the Love of Books

May 4 - Presenting Lenore

May 5 - The Frenetic Reader

May 6 - The Story Siren

May 7 - Bookluver-Carol

May 8 - Reading Keeps You Sane

May 11 - Shooting Stars Magazine

May 12 - Pop Culture Junkie

May 13 - Laura’s Review Bookshelf

May 14 - The Compulsive Reader

At each site

Some author videos promoting the May 14 release of Waiting for You are out. I definitely haven't overcome my voice phobia, but I did put it aside long enough to watch these. I'd feel better about them if my voice didn't sound so weird out there in the world. It sounds okay in my head.

Here's one about soul mates that Penguin's using on its sites. Note: When I'm talking about the boy who inspired the character of Tobey in When It Happens and my mortifying junior prom picture is shown, that's