And the winner of Shifting is....

Anne N. Kenny!!!!

Shoot me an email at authormichellemclean (at) yahoo (dot) com and I will get your SIGNED copy of Shifting sent out :D

Congrats and thanks for entering everyone!!!

A Haunted Contest!

Jessica Verday's The Haunted, sequel to The Hollow, is finally here! To celebrate, I will be giving away a copy of either The Haunted or The Hollow (whichever you'd prefer).

To Enter:
Just leave a comment ON THIS POST and you are entered! Be sure to tell me how many points you have :)

Extra entry opportunities:
Blog, Facebook, Tweet about it - 1 extra entry each
"Like" The Haunted fanpage - 1 extra entry
"Like" The Hollow fanpage - 1 extra entry
"Like" my Author Page - 1 extra entry

The contest will end this Friday, the 3rd at 11:59 EST (and international readers are more than welcome to enter!) :)

*I can get the book signed but it may take a while as Jess is crazy busy for the next couple months touring with her book*

Good luck to everyone and HUGE CONGRATS for Jess!!!!

Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Borders

And the Deathday Winners Are....

Again, a huge thanks to Shaun for spending last week with us and for putting his lovely signature on our prize books. The winners are.....

1. Chosen by the ever handy Random.org.......

Matt Rush!!!!

and winner 2, chosen by my wonderful son who loves the "pick a number" game :D.......

Kristi!!!!!

Congrats guys!!! Send me your addresses (my email is on the sidebar there) and we'll get your autographed books out to you.

Thanks everyone!

Book Contest

I'm always a fan of contests, especially those with free books as prizes :) Head on over to Steph Bowe's blog Hey, Teenager of the Year for a chance to win three awesome books. She's taking entries until Feb 14th and there are several ways of getting extra entries (like blogging about it) ;-D

Prizes listed are The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan, Liar by Justine Larbalestier and Paper Towns by John Green.

So hurry on over! 

And the Winner Is........

First of all, thank you so much to everyone who entered, especially those who helped spread the word about Jess's and Elana's books. You guys are awesome, every single one of ya ;-D

And now for our winner!!! It will probably come as no surprise, since she had 12 entries!

Our grand prize winner is Laura Martone!!!

Congrats Laura! Email me your address (use the contact button on the sidebar) and I'll get your prize sent out to you!

I had so much fun doing this, I think I'll have to come up with some more contests :D Thanks again everyone!!

And just so you don't wither away from a lack of our usual dose of our Monday Muse, here is a clip of one of my favorite "poetry" scenes :D

Contest Is Closed

Thanks to everyone who entered!!! The contest is now closed. The winner will be announced bright and early on Monday morning!!

Good luck everyone and thanks again!

Book Lover Contest!!!

Welcome to my first ever contest! Well, drawing, I should say. As I said yesterday, it's time to make room for some new books! (Plus, I have a really bad habit of buying books and movies and forgetting that I already have them) :D

Entering is very easy. All you have to do is LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST and you are entered. That's it! You can enter any time from today to midnight on Thursday, September 10th (Mountain Time).

Opportunities for extra entries:

1 entry = for being or becoming a follower of this blog

1 entry = for referring someone here - make sure they mention your name in their comment!

1 entry = mentioning this contest on your blog/website/Facebook, MySpace or Twitter account (if you have all of the above, you will get one entry for each mention. So, if you mention this contest on your blog, your website, and Facebook, you'd get 3 extra entries and so on)

1 entry = mentioning Elana Johnson's soon-to-be released ebook From the Query to the Call on your blog/website/Facebook, MySpace or Twitter account (by the way, she will also give you a discount on her book for mentioning it - check it out HERE for details)

1 entry = mentioning Jessica Verday's newly released book The Hollow on your blog/website/Facebook, MySpace or Twitter account

Leave your total pointage in your comment. I will tally everything up and draw a winner who will be announced on MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14th!

Grand Prize:

(Almost all of these are new hardcovers)

Hunted by P.C. and Kristen Cast
Intent to Kill by James Grippando
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon by Diana L. Paxson
Ice Trap by Kitty Sewell
Tribute by Nora Roberts
The Appeal by John Grisham
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
The Nature of Monsters by Clare Clark
The Memoirs of Helen of Troy by Amanda Elyot
The Book of Shadows by James Reese
The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
A Painted House by John Grisham
The Summons by John Grisham
Midwives by Chis Bohjalian

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian DVD
Le Divorce DVD (starring Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts)

And various other fun writer trinkets.

Hurry and get your entries in!! The contest will run for one week only! Good luck!

If You Love Books, Check This Out!

Had to post about this - Do you want to win a ton of books? You know you do :D Here's what you can win:

The Winner Will Get All These Books.

1. Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick ARC
2. Along For The Ride by Sarah Dessen ARC
3. Kiss of Life by Daniel Waters ARC
4. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater ARC
5. Troy High by Shana Norris ARC
6. Love You Hate You Miss You by Elizabeth Scott ARC
7. Reincarnation by Suzanne Weyn ARC
8. Lovestruck Summer by Melissa Walker
9. Death by Series by Linda Gerber (3 books total)
10. a 5 dollar giftcard from Walmart (you can buy yourself half of a book with it, lol)
11. 3 Sarah Dessen books ( Just Listen, This Lullaby, Someone Like You)
12. Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
13. Fire By Kristin Cashmore ARC
14. Last but not least, I have some extra amazon cards, so I will also include a preorder for CATCHING FIRE BY SUZANNE COLLINS. It will be shipped to on or around Sept 1st (whenever they ship it)

AND a book of your choice (under $15.00 please and it can be a preorder as long as it comes out in September-so many good books get released)

There are several ways to enter so don't miss this great opportunity!! Just click HERE for all the details :) Oh, and be sure to tell her I sent you and we'll both get an extra entry :D