Tomorrow is a very big day for Katerina and for me! To celebrate the launch of THE GATHERING STORM, I'm teaming up with the American Red Cross. On Saturday, we're holding a blood drive in Bay Saint Louis at Bay Books, where I'll be giving away Smolny Institute t-shirts to the first 25 blood donors.

Tomorrow, on January 10, we'll celebrate online! For every new "like" that the Katerina Trilogy page receives on Facebook, I'll donate a dollar to the Red Cross, and for every Twitter user that changes his or her icon to the cover of THE GATHERING STORM, I'll donate a dollar to the Red Cross! (Up to $200 total!)

There will be random giveaways of signed books and Katerina goodies on Facebook and Twitter, as well as a special prize for the first person to spot Katerina out in the wild on Tuesday!

Take a picture of THE GATHERING STORM on the shelf in your local bookstore (or library) and post it on Twitter or Facebook, and tell me about it in the comments here. First sighting wins a Class 2K12 swag pack and earns the Red Cross an extra five dollar donation!

It all starts tomorrow morning at 11 am CST! (Or 9pm in Saint Petersburg, Russia!)