Cara Lynn Shultz's Blog, page 18

Hey guys! As with Spellbound, Spellcaster also boasts its own playlist of songs that Brendan and Emma listen to during the course of their adventures.

Click here to check out music from All Time Low, Paramore, Rise Against, New Found Glory and more!

It's the release date for Spellcaster  — and the music blog tour continues over at Read Me Bookmark Me Love Me, with an interview with Angelique! Check it out here!

I posted this on Twitter:

I was rejected from the h.s. paper when I tried out. My 2nd book comes out today. Don't let ANYONE tell you that you can't do it. You can.

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Cara Lynn Shultz (@caralynnshultz) March 27, 2012

Just wanted to share with you guys here, too. Don't ever let ANYONE tell you that you're not smart enough, or talented enough, to make your dreams come true.

And now back to our regularly scheduled posts about iPods and pictures of kittens.

Cara

The Spellcaster Music and Book Tour continues today at Book and a Latte! Check out the song Ashley picks as Emma's "theme song" — and enter to win a final copy of Spellcaster!

And don't forget, if you follow the tour, you can win an iPod Nano! So check out today's tour stop at Book and a Latte, and are the tour stops so far:

Tour kick off – Harlequin, Paranormal Blog

Monday  March, 19th – My Cute Bookshelf 

Wednesday, March, 21st – Mundie Mom's

Friday, March, 23rd –  VerbVixen

The Spellcaster blog tour continues at Mundie Moms, where Angelique picks a theme song for a certain black-haired New Yorker. She's not exactly his biggest fan….

Click here to read the post, and find out how to win a Spellcaster iPod Nano!

The Spellcaster blog tour kicks off today! Check out My Cute Bookshelf for an interview with Emma Connor—and start following the tour for a chance to win an iPod Nano!

Spellcaster comes out in three weeks—but you can read the first chapter now! Just click "Browse" on the little widget at the top right—or click HERE—and don't forget to pre-order Spellcaster before its March 27 release!

Thanks to everyone who entered my joint giveaway with Aimee Agresti! We got some incredibly thoughtful and insightful questions—we had a tough time picking out a question for Emma and a question for Illuminate's heroine, Haven, to answer. You guys rock!

And now, without further ado, here's the winning question (and Emma's answer!), asked by DARSHANA CHANDER.

Why is it, that even after knowing that your love is doomed, you still fought for it? Why not give up?

Giving up was never an option. I'll never give up, no matter how tempting it can be to hide under the covers and eat cookies. And I love cookies. So much has happened to me that was out of my control, but I had faith that this was something I could beat. It had to be. Plus, I knew I could count on Brendan to have my back. He's good like that.   —Emma

Thanks for such a great question, Darshana! You've won signed copies of Spellcaster and Illuminate! Make sure to check out Aimee's site to read Haven's answer to the winning question.

If you didn't win, there will be PLENTY of opportunities to snag a copy of Spellcaster! I'm doing another book tour with the fabulous Kismet Book Touring, so stay tuned for more interviews, giveaways and fun content!

And don't forget to pick up Aimee's book, Illuminate! It hits March 6, and it's fantastic! I've read it, but I'll get a copy too, just so I can pet that cover. So pretty.

As I count down to the reveal of Spellcaster, I've joined forces with some awesome blogs—and I wanted to share the following with you guys, in case you missed it:

Emma's love letter to Brendan, on Miss Page-Turner's City of Books

Brendan's IM interview on Read Me Bookmark Me Love Me

And I'm psyched to announce another blog tour with Kismet, who ran the very awesome Spellbound tour! There will be lots of fun content coming up, so stay tuned!

And if you haven't yet, don't forget to enter my joint contest with Aimee Agresti, author of the fabulous YA book Illuminate!

Brendan & Emma, refusing to look at the camera.

Hey guys! I just got a big box of pretty in the mail over the weekend! Spellcaster will be out in just a month and a half. So in honor of my shipment of books—and a certain holiday that rhymes with Schmalentine's Schmay—I thought it would be fun to share a quote from a certain witchy soul mate! Check it out after the jump—and since I now have a hard copy of Spellcaster in my hands, I can tell you this quote comes from page 140. Check it out after the jump!

And if you want your very own (signed!) copy of Spellcaster, don't miss my giveaway with fellow YA author Aimee Agresti. Trust me, you want your hands on her incredible debut, Illuminate. Enter now to win a signed copy of both books!

Click on the jump to read a quote from Emma:

"Stop making me want you when I have witchcraft to study." — Emma

Romantic and sexy enough for Valentine's Day?