Harry Potter Blogfest continues! #Potterchat +THE FAERIE RING giveaway on CASTER GIRLS and BOYS site!

Good Morning Potterheads!

Our Harry Potter Blogfest continues with these fascinating posts today:

Paranormal Point of View by Lisa Gail Green on How To Leave 'Em Wanting More! The Wonderful World of Potter

Lyn Midnight: Against the Odds, by Lyn Midnight on The Boy Who'll Live Forever... in Fan Fiction


And don't forget these great prizes are available if you answer the 8 questions correctly:

Scavenger Hunt Prizes:

• A copy of The Faerie Ring when it releases Sept 27th from Kiki Hamilton
• A first chapter critique by Lisa Gail Green
• 3 chapter Beta read swap from Bekah Snow
• A first chapter (20 pages or less) critique from Alivia Anders
• A query letter critique OR critique of your first 5 pages by Avalon Jaedra
• Beta read up to 5K words OR a free book from the large collection of Jami Gold
• A first chapter critique (up to 20 pages) by S.P. Sipal
• A critique of your first two chapters OR a guest spot on my blog from Lyn Midnight
• A PDF or Kindle copy of A Writer's Guide to Harry Potter by S.P. Sipal

Scavenger Hunt List of Clues:

Here are the clues that you will have to follow and find throughout the week. Once you have visited all 8 blogs and found ALL 8 clues, please e-mail your list of answers and which blog they were found on to Potterchat8@gmail.com.

Please note: You cannot submit your entry until 9 a.m. Eastern on Friday, when all 8 answers have been revealed on the blogs!

1. In Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, when Professor McGonagall introduces Harry to Oliver Wood saying that she's found him a Seeker, she also notes that Harry caught the Remembrall in a dive that even who could not have done?
2. In Chamber of Secrets, who helped get Harry out of trouble in Filch's office by persuading Peeves to crash the vanishing cabinet on the floor above?
3. In Prisoner of Azkaban, what shape did Dean's Boggart take?
4. In Goblet of Fire, what does Dobby reveal to be his pay per week for working at Hogwarts?
5. In Order of the Phoenix, the Weasley twins planted this outside of Umbridge's office before leaving Hogwarts.
6. In Half-Blood Prince, during Dumbledore's visit to Tom Riddle's orphanage, he instructs Tom to empty items out of his box in his wardrobe.  Name one of the three items mentioned.
7. In Deathly Hallows, this gift was the end of Peter Pettigrew.
8. In Deathly Hallows, on the radio show Potterwatch!, although he wanted to be called "Rapier," Lee Jordon initially introduced one of the Weasley twins as... (this name)

IN OTHER NEWS ----

The lovely ladies over at THE CASTER GIRLS & BOYS (thank you Erin!) are giving away a signed ARC of THE FAERIE RING along with a TON of other great stuff!!  Go HERE to get all the details!!

Hope you all have a great Thursday!
~Kiki

Shameless Saturday Promotion: Two chances to win an ARC of THE FAERIE RING

Don't forget there are TWO chances to win a signed ARC of THE FAERIE RING:

July 2011 Contest: Go to THE FAERIE RING CONTEST page and leave a comment! You can gain extra entries by tweeting about the contest and becoming a follower of my blog.

and

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Faerie Ring

by Kiki Hamilton

Giveaway ends September 01, 2011.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Thanks for spreading the word and good luck!


Hope you're having a great weekend!


~Kiki

Last Day to enter to win an ARC of THE FAERIE RING

Happy Thursday, my lovely Poppets! (I had to think twice about what day it is - I'm totally goofed up this week!)  I just wanted to remind you that today is the last day to enter to win an ARC of THE FAERIE RING here:  The Faerie Ring Contest.  Remember, you get extra entry points if you post my trailer or countdown widget on your site!  The winner will be announced next week! Thanks so much to everyone who has entered and spread the love!! <3

I'm going to think up a new contest for the month of July - so look for that next week too!

Then, I just wanted to share this quote from a very lovely reviewer who I was lucky enough to meet at ALA. She got an ARC of TFR and has already read and posted, but I'm not going to link to it because it has spoilers, but I did want to share this one part, which made me laugh out loud:

"Seriously, pay attention to the details. You can thank me later." 

  

Have a great day!

:-)  Kiki

****HEY!  I'm coming back in to say HAPPY LAUNCH DAY to my friend, Sarah Aronson, whose AWESOME book, BEYOND LUCKY,  releases today:

I was taking a class from Sarah when she was writing this book and I got to read the story in development and I can tell you - it's GREAT!  You should definitely go check it out!!


K

Goodbye New York and The Week Ahead: Giveaway Results, Contests & Buttons

This was part of the view from my room on the 45th floor of our hotel in New York. That's the Hudson River in the distance and the City-That-Never-Sleeps below. Beautiful. Here's another view:

I have had the most wonderful week here.  Everyone was so nice, the weather was sunny, the friends were plentiful, the subways on time, we were filmed standing on the plaza at the Today show (yes - really!) and I met so many wonderful people that share a love of books and especially faerie stories, that my heart is overflowing.  Thank you to everyone!

I'm headed home today and already planning a few fun things for the blog next week, some of which includes:

TUESDAY - Final day to enter the Goodreads Giveaway of THE FAERIE RING ARC:

 
 

    Goodreads Book Giveaway
 

 
  
   

    
       
    
   

  
   

     

      
          The Faerie Ring
      
     

     

      
          by Kiki Hamilton
      
     

    
     

      
         
            Giveaway ends May 31, 2011.
         

         
            See the giveaway details
            at Goodreads.
         

      
     

   

   

  
  
      Enter to win
  
  
 

WEDNESDAY - Announcing a new Giveaway on THE FAERIE RING Contest page:

THE FAERIE RING CONTEST

and FRIDAY will be the June Button Giveaway Day!

So be sure to check back and get in on the fun!!

Thanks again to the Class of 2k11, Patty Garcia and Alexis Nixon of Tor Publicity, and everyone who made this trip to BEA so special.

Now it's Friday - so let's do something FUN - click here to go to fellow 2k11'er Carrie Harris' blog and watch this hilarious trailer about ZOMBIES and BAD TASTE IN BOYS!!

Happy Friday!
~Kiki