June Winner of an ARC of THE FAERIE RING!

As many of you know, I've been running a contest during the month of June over here, to win an ARC of THE FAERIE RING. 

THANK YOU to everyone who entered and posted my countdown widget and trailer on your sites!! I really appreciate it!

But, without further ado, the winner of the June contest is:

Sharli of Entre Libros !

Congratulations Sharli! 

Stay tuned for new details on a July contest to win another ARC. In the meantime, I hope you're having a great 4th of July!

~Kiki

And the winner is..... plus an update on ARCs

Happy Thursday! I've got TWO contest winners to announce. First up, the winner of my March contest giving away a copy of Melissa Marr's DARKEST MERCY is:

Shelley, the Storyqueen

and the winner of the paperback version of Cindy Pon's SILVER PHOENIX is:

Paula, from Write Now

Congratulations!!

Also, I wanted to thank everyone who has been contacting me to request an ARC or bookmark. Thank you! I love hearing from you.  As you know, right now I'm taking names to provide to the publisher. Tor Teen will be sending out ARCs in June. I will get back to everyone who has requested to let them know if they'll be getting one at that time.  BUT in the meantime, there are other ways to get your hands on an ARC of THE FAERIE RING! 

I will be giving away a copy of THE FAERIE RING on Goodreads in May, I will be giving away a copy on my blog in June and a copy will be given away through the Class of 2k11 in July.  So stay tuned!! (An easy way to get the advance news is to sign up for my monthly newsletter - go here.)

Thanks again!

~Kiki

Winner of Dark Goddess announced & misc other tidbits

Hello Poppets!  I hope you're having a lovely Wednesday!  First order of business is to announce that the winner of the DARK GODDESS  contest giveaway

(Sarwat Chadda's just-released sequel to his darkly delicious DEVIL'S KISS) is: Orchid!  Email me your shipping info and the book will be on its way.

In other news: I have seen the cover for THE FAERIE RING and let me just say this:  I am in LOVE.  I'm dying to post it online but still waiting for the okay from my editor and art director. After all these months of waiting and wondering, I am thrilled with the end result.  My editor was kind enough to ask my input over six months ago and what they came up with is perfection.  Every inch of the cover ties in with parts of my story.  *does happy dance* So stay tuned!  I'm hoping to post it any day now.

I have sent book 3 of The Faerie Ring series, entitled The Tara Stone, off to a few readers and I'm digging into a YA contemporary story with the working title of THE LAST DANCE.  

I actually got the idea for this story from a dream (I know, I know - Stephenie Meyer had a dream that resulted in Twilight - trust me - I'm not thinking my dream was quite as sparkly) but anyhoo....it was vivid enough that I jotted some notes down about it and even had the title, then, of course, promptly forgot about it. Then,  a few months ago I was digging around in my computer and found the file and opened it up and thought hmmmm, this sounds kind of interesting - so I'm starting to pick away at that.

What about you? What are you working on? And if you're a writer - where did your latest idea come from?

~Kiki