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February 29, 2012

WRITER WEDNESDAY: Winner of the “HARBINGER” Signed Galley Contest Announced!

Filed under: Books,Writing For Young People — Tags: , , , , — paulayoo @ 8:00 am

HARBINGER by Sara Wilson Etienne (Putnam 2012)

Welcome to WRITER WEDNESDAY! Today we announce the lucky winner of our most recent signed galley contest giveaway drawing with Young Adult debut author SARA WILSON ETIENNE (“Harbinger”/Putnam ’11)!

We interviewed Sara earlier this month. You can read that original Q&A blog here: http://paulayoo.com/blog/?p=1258

This month’s winner, picked at random, is… VAL MULLER!

Val wins a personally autographed galley copy of Sara Wilson Etienne’s debut YA novel HARBINGER (Putnam’11). Congratulations, Val! We’ll contact you shortly to make arrangements!

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But wait! There’s more! You STILL have a chance to win in a future contest!

Stay tuned for our March 2012 WRITER OF THE MONTH, DAVID LAMPSON (http://www.davidlampson.com/). His YA debut novel, THIS ONE TIME WITH JULIA (Razorbill 2012), just debuted this month. We’ll be doing a fun Q&A with David and featuring a signed book giveaway contest drawing with him as well. David Lampson’s WRITER WEDNESDAY Q&A blog will be posted on Wednesday March 7, 2012. As always, remember to post a comment on his Q&A blog or email me at paula at paulayoo dot com to be included in the drawing. The winner for the David Lampson signed book contest drawing will be announced on Wednesday March 28, 2012!

Until the next blog, remember… HAPPY WRITING! WRITE LIKE YOU MEAN IT! :)

February 13, 2012

MUSIC MONDAY: Another Great Deceivers Gig This Saturday Feb. 18th!

Filed under: Music — Tags: , , , , , — paulayoo @ 5:13 pm

The Great Deceivers, a King Crimson Tribute Band!

Welcome to MUSIC MONDAY! Just a brief blog to remind everyone that my band, THE GREAT DECEIVERS (a King Crimson tribute band) has a gig this Saturday February 18th at Paladino’s in Reseda at 8 PM. For more info, go here: https://www.facebook.com/events/242043365878985/ and here: http://www.paladinosclub.com/Calendar.html#0218 We’re playing with a crazy lineup – bands include a Dio tribute band, a Black Sabbath tribute band, and a Motorhead tribute band. Hmmmm. Maybe you should bring some earplugs! :)

My February has been pretty busy with writing in the batcave. So this month is rather blog-lite. But some quick updates:

– WRITER OF THE MONTH: SARA WILSON ETIENNE: Don’t forget to check out my Q&A with Sara Wilson Etienne, debut YA novelist, whose YA novel HARBINGER was just published by Putnam. We’re featuring a signed galley contest with Sara – please comment on my blog here: http://paulayoo.com/blog/?p=1258 or email me at paula at paulayoo dot com to be included in the drawing. Winner will be announced in a Writer Wednesday blog on Wed. 2/29/12!

– NAPBIOWRIWEE: Yup, National Picture Book Writing Week is coming up in a few months. I’ll be making some huge announcements about this year’s event next month, so please stay tuned. To find out more about this fun event, go to my blog here: http://paulayoo.com/napi/ and check out this article from last year: http://paulayoo.com/napi/?p=11

Well, time to go back into the writing (and violin) batcave. Until the next blog, remember… HAPPY WRITING! WRITE LIKE YOU MEAN IT! :)

 

February 8, 2012

Writer Wednesday: Q&A with HARBINGER YA Novelist SARA WILSON ETIENNE

Filed under: Writing For Young People — Tags: , , , , — paulayoo @ 8:00 am

HARBINGER by Sara Wilson Etienne (Putnam 2012)

Welcome to WRITER WEDNESDAY! Our Writer of the Month for February 2012 is author SARA WILSON ETIENNE, whose debut YA novel HARBINGER (Putnam 2012) launched this month.

In addition to our Q&A with Sara, we are also offering a free signed galley from her. Please comment on this blog or email me at paula at paulayoo dot com to be included in our special galley prize contest drawing. The winner will be announced in a special blog to be posted on Wednesday Feb. 29th! For more info on Sara, check out her website here: http://www.sarawilsonetienne.com/

(Please keep reading after the jump for our Q&A with Sara!)

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