Reviewer Appreciation Giveaway Announcement!

For all of you who have left reviews for SKY JUMPERS or THE FORBIDDEN FLATS, and for all of you who will in the future, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!! Your thoughts about a book make a huge difference when other people are trying to decide if it's the right book for them.

To thank you for your reviews (past and near future), I'm having a giveaway! For every review you leave on Amazon, Goodreads, Barnes & Noble, or on Facebook, or a blog, you get entries to win a fabulous prize. What could this prize be, you ask?

THIS.

One lucky winner will get three soon to release hardback books from some of my very favorite authors. These books are all Middle Grade books, and are all about to be huge hits. All three are seriously amazing, and I am so excited to give them away! You guys are going to love them all.

Amazon, Goodreads, Barnes and Noble, Facebook, or your blog, and leave a review. It doesn't have to be long-- it just has to include whatever you thought about SKY JUMPERS and/or THE FORBIDDEN FLATS. Easy, peasy. Then paste the review link into the Rafflecopter widget below to enter. Feel free to copy and paste that same review in multiple places to get more entries.

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SOMETHING ABOUT LOVE Cover Reveal & Giveaway!

I am so excited to be part of Elana Johnson's cover reveal, because I received an ARC of SOMETHING ABOUT LOVE, and fell in love with it! (Ha! No pun intended.) Elana has a gift with verse novels. It was absolutely beautiful. The main character is a photographer, and I loved how much of the story that colored--- especially in the way she saw beyond the surface of other people and, ultimately, herself. I highly recommend it.

Annnnnnnnd....... Here's the cover!!

High school senior Olivia Winging gave up her love of photography when she gave up her boyfriend, Trevor Youngblood, a year and a half ago. She broke things off with Trevor because her mom married his dad, and dating your step-brother? Creepy.

Livvy hasn’t been on good terms with her mother since, and one of her stipulations for staying at the Youngblood’s every other weekend is that Trevor can’t be there. When she gets nominated for the Junior Photography in Excellence award, Trevor insists she enter. She agrees—only if every photo in the portfolio can be of him. Knowing that Livvy can capture a person’s deepest secrets through her lens, Trevor hesitates before accepting the deal.

As Livvy gets behind the lens of her camera again, her love of photography is rekindled. Unfortunately, the time she spends with Trevor also re-ignites the old flame for him she’s kept smothered for so long.

In order for Livvy to finish her portfolio, she’ll have to face her feelings for Trevor as well as deal with the animosity between her and her mother. Livvy’s always been able to capture a person’s soul from behind the camera—but she’s not sure she likes it when the lens is suddenly focused on her. If she can’t find a way to forgive her mother and admit how she feels about Trevor, Livvy may end up losing more than just the photography contest. She could lose her heart.

Special Promo: Elevated, Elana’s first verse novel, will be FREE for five days in September as SOMETHING ABOUT LOVE releases! (Another incredible book! Have I mentioned?) So get your copy of Elevated for free from Monday, September, 15 – Friday, September 19.

Praise for Elana’s first verse novel, Elevated:

“The taut poetry keeps tension high. The plot is deftly paced, as past intrudes on present, like a photograph emerging in developing fluid.” ~San Francisco Book Review

“Every word Johnson writes carries an emotional heft that lifts readers up to the highest happiness and then sends them crashing down to the depths of despair. It is easy to flow from the first word to the last without ever putting down the book. Johnson shows outstanding talent in this form, and her words are beautiful, important and deeply felt.” ~The Deseret News

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About Elana Johnson: Elana Johnson’s work, including Possession, Surrender, Abandon, and Regret, published by Simon Pulse (Simon & Schuster), is available now everywhere books are sold. Her popular ebook, From the Query to the Call, is also available for free download, as well as a Possession short story, Resist.

Her self-published novels include two YA contemporary novels-in-verse, Elevated and Something About Love, as well as a YA/NA futuristic fantasy series, which includes Elemental Rush, Elemental Hunger, and Elemental Release.

School teacher by day, Query Ninja by night, you can find her online at her personal blog or Twitter. She also co-founded the Query Tracker blog, and contributes to the League of Extraordinary Writers.

Social Media Links:

Website/blog | Twitter | Facebook | Tumblr | Wattpad League of Extraordinary Writers | WriteOnCon | Elana on Goodreads

ARC giveaway of Sky Jumpers 2: THE FORBIDDEN FLATS!

Release day is almost here! In just four weeks from today, two exciting things happen:

The hardback of THE FORBIDDEN FLATS releases! 

This is the sequel to Sky Jumpers, and has so much fun stuff in it. Hope, Brock, and Aaren get to leave White Rock and see what dangers & excitement are out in the rest of the world. There are some cities / settlements that were so very much fun to create, and some pretty awesome sky jumping scenes, if I do say so myself. :)

annnnnnnd....

The paperback of SKY JUMPERS releases!

I love that Sky Jumpers will be out in paperback! Its list price is only $6.99 (U.S.), which makes it so much more accessible. And you can even pre-order it now. :)

Want a chance to win an ARC (advance reader copy) of THE FORBIDDEN FLATS before it even releases? Yes? Okay, then. Here you go.

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Have a fantastic week!

SKY JUMPERS 2: THE FORBIDDEN FLATS Giveaway!!

I can't believe how close we're getting to the release of the sequel to SKY JUMPERS!! It releases on September 23, which is just over two months away.

That's 10 weeks.

Or 70 days.

WOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!

Guys. I'm so excited for this book to be out in the world. It was a very tough nut to crack, and it required a lot of very painful rewrites. And a lot of massaging and tweaking and reexamining and sweat and tears and changing and adding and refining and polishing, and I am so thrilled with the finished product!

Random House has been gracious enough to give away 5 advance reader copies right now on Goodreads.

Go forth and enter!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Sky Jumpers Book 2: 

THE FORBIDDEN FLATS

by Peggy Eddleman

Giveaway ends September 04, 2014.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

And keep watching here-- very soon, I'll give away another ARC to a lucky blog reader.

I hope your summer has been shaping up perfectly!

Welcome to the Forest! Cover reveal for Tara Tyler's BROKEN BRANCH FALLS

It's time for the highly anticipated, most spectacular cover reveal of the day!

BROKEN BRANCH FALLS (MG Fantasy)

by Tara Tyler

Release Date: June 24, 2014

Publisher: Curiosity Quills

Gabe is an average fifteen-year-old goblin. He's in the marching band, breezes through calculus, and gets picked on daily by the other kids at school, especially the ogres. Gabe's closest friends are goblins like him, but Gabe is tired of being a goblin - he'd like to try other things. And he has his eye on the new ogress at school. It's against all beastly rules, but there's just something about her.

When a prank goes wrong, Gabe is forced to join the football team as punishment - but finds a way to make it work. Soon the whole school is getting in on the fad of mingling with other species. Too bad the adults have to step in and ruin things by threatening to destroy the school and split up Broken Branch Falls. And Gabe is their scapegoat. With help from friends, old and new, Gabe sets out on a quest for the Book of Ages, which holds the laws of all beastkind and hopefully the key to saving Broken Branch Falls. After all that trouble, it better work.

Add it to your GOODREADS list!

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Also by Tara Tyler, techno-thriller detective series,

The Cooper Chronicles, Book One: POP TRAVEL

Tara Tyler started out as a math teacher. After having a hand in everything from waitressing to rocket engineering and living up and down the Eastern US, she now writes and teaches in Ohio with her three active boys and Coach Husband. Currently, she has two series, The Cooper Chronicles (techno-thriller detective capers) and Beast World (MG fantasy) She's an adventure writer who believes every good story should have action, a moral, and a few laughs!

AND you can get up to five entries in this fun raffle just for commenting on five of the many cover reveal posts (see below) - This week only!

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Cover Reveal Participants! Thanks you guys!! You the Beast!

A K Morgan	Book Bliss
Alex J Cavanaugh	Livia Peterson
Amanda Northrup	M J Fifield
Angela Brown	Meli Landry
Elizabeth Seckman	Michael Di Gesu
Elsie Elmore	Michelle Wallace
Fida Islaih	Peggy Eddleman
Heather M Gardner	Rae Quigley
Jen Estes	Sharon Bayliss
Julie Flanders	Sheena-kay Graham
Katie Teller	Trisha F

Giveaway of an ebook of ACEA AND THE ANIMAL KINGDOM!

Looking for a great MG fantasy? An author who lives not far from me graciously donated one filled with action and mystery for your winning enjoyment.

Twelve-year-old Acea Bishop was always the kid who would rather go to the library during recess to read about animals instead of playing basketball like the other boys. Now, after waking up inside of an ancient kingdom strangely resembling a zoo, Acea is running from those same animals he used to love reading about.

Worse yet? Acea’s not just on a quest to get home – his mom and the dad-he-never-knew are both being held hostage inside by an evil sorcerer with a vendetta. Realizing that his odds of survival and freeing his parents are dim, Acea raises an army of animals to combat the sorcerer and regain control of the kingdom.

Follow Acea as he travels through the exotic zoo habitats and unlocks the secrets of the kingdom’s mysterious past that hold the key to his fate.

Acea has secrets. Big ones. He just doesn’t know it yet.

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Want to learn more? Go to Kyle Shoop's Website.

Cover reveal & giveaway for Jessie Humphries' KILLING RUBY ROSE

I am so thrilled to be a part of my girl Jessie Humphries's cover reveal! This book is going to knock your socks off. It's the most amazing blend of uberly smart and incredibly funny, all wrapped up in an amazing thriller. Much like Jessie herself, actually. Here's officially what it's about:

In sunny southern California, Ruby Rose is known for her killer looks and her killer SAT scores. But ever since her dad, an LAPD SWAT sergeant, died six months ago, she’s also got a few killer secrets.

To cope with her father’s death, Ruby has been trying to stay focused on school (the top spot in her class is on the line) and spending time with friends (her Jimmy Choos and Mahnolo Blahniks are nothing if not loyal), but after months of therapy and more than a few months of pathetic parenting by her mom, District Attorney Jane Rose, Ruby decides to pick up where her dad left off and starts going after the bad guys herself.

But when Ruby ends up killing a murderer in defense of another, she discovers that she’s gone from being the huntress to the hunted. There’s a sick mastermind at play, and he has Ruby in his sights. Ruby must discover who’s using her to implement twisted justice before she ends up changing Valentino red for prison orange.

With a gun named Smith, a talent for martial arts, and a boyfriend with eyes to die for, Ruby is ready to face the worst. And if a girl’s forced to kill, won’t the guilt sit more easily in a pair of Prada peep-toe pumps?

See what I mean? It's amazing, and you're definitely going to want to pick this baby up in another two months when it comes out. But let's get on to the cover!

(Hint: Amazon has it for an UNBELIEVABLE price right now!)

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Jessie Humphries was born and raised in Las Vegas, NV. She received a BA from San Diego State University, where she cultivated her love of the beach, then lived in France, where she cultivated her weakness for shoes, and finally earned a law degree from UNLV, where she cultivated her interest in justice. After practicing law for several years she began writing, and, appropriately, her debut novel Killing Ruby Rose is a thriller about vigilante justice set in sunny southern California with a shoe-obsessed protagonist. Jessie currently writes and practices law in Las Vegas, where she lives with her husband and children.

Jessie's links:

Website | Blog | Twitter | YouTube | Facebook | Tumblr | Goodreads

ELEVATED by Elana Johnson-- Cover Reveal and Giveaway!

I'm thrilled to be part of Elana Johnson's cover reveal for ELEVATED, because I think the cover is incredible! What do you think?

About ELEVATED: The last person seventeen-year-old Eleanor Livingston wants to see on the elevator—let alone get stuck with—is her ex-boyfriend Travis, the guy she's been avoiding for five months.

Plagued with the belief that when she speaks the truth, bad things happen, Elly hasn’t told Trav anything. Not why she broke up with him and cut off all contact. Not what happened the day her father returned from his deployment to Afghanistan. And certainly not that she misses him and still thinks about him everyday.

But with nowhere to hide and Travis so close it hurts, Elly’s worried she won’t be able to contain her secrets for long. She’s terrified of finally revealing the truth, because she can’t bear to watch a tragedy befall the boy she still loves.

Buy:

Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/elevated

Praise for ELEVATED:

"ELEVATED will take you on an emotionally gripping journey

through the highs and lows of first love."

~Carolee Dean, author of Take Me There and Forget Me Not

"Poignant, raw, and intense, ELEVATED is a novel that will grip your heart

and linger in your mind long after you turn the last page."

~Stasia Ward Kehoe, author of Audition and The Sound of Letting Go

"This book was brilliant and beautiful and touching and captivating and heartbreaking and amazing and kept me glued to my Kindle screen while I laughed and cried, always dying to know what happened next. LOVED it."

~Peggy Eddleman, author of nothing even close to verse

Okay, so maybe I'm not one of her official reviewers, and I just stole that from my own Goodreads review... But seriously, guys-- this book is amazing, and you should go on over to Goodreads right now and add it as a to-read. Here-- I'll even provide you with the link.

About Elana Johnson: 

Elana Johnson’s work, including Possession, Surrender, Abandon, and Regret, published by Simon Pulse (Simon and Schuster), is available now everywhere books are sold. Her popular ebook, From the Query to the Call, is also available for download, as well as a Possession short story, Resist. School teacher by day, Query Ninja by night, you can find her online at her personal blog or Twitter. She also co-founded the Query Tracker blog, and contributes to the League of Extraordinary Writers.

Social Media Links:

Website/blog | Twitter | Facebook | Tumblr | Wattpad 

League of Extraordinary Writers | WriteOnCon | Elana on Goodreads

Want to win $15 Paypal cash? Just help spread the word about ELEVATED!

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Thrice Interview & Giveaway!

Hi, Guys! I'm over at Jessica Spotswood's today, being interviewed as part of her Thrice Interviewed segment, and there's a giveaway of Sky Jumpers! Come on over!

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Want to win Sara B. Larson's DEFY?

I had the pleasure of going to Sara B. Larson's launch party for DEFY last week. Her speech was fun and touching and hilarious and heartbreaking and real and so enjoyable. Plus we got to sing Happy Birthday to her five year old son, who is freaking adorable.

Photo courtesy Erin Summerill Photography

I was lucky enough to read an advance reader copy of Defy, and absolutely loved it. I highly recommend reading it. Want a chance to win a signed hardback of Defy? Just fill out the Rafflecopter below!

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The hugest book giveaway ever.

Okay, so by now, I'm sure you're aware that I'm part of the Lucky 13s-- a group of kidlit authors who all debuted in 2013. Forty-three of us-- 43!-- are all participating in a massive New Years Bash giveaway of autographed books, advance copies, swag, critiques, and more! All during one week-- January 1-7, and it's all happening on Facebook. All you need to do is join this facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/NewYearsBash/, and each day during that week, you'll see 6-7 different giveaways that you can enter. Guys-- I've seen the list of stuff being given away, and it's AMAZING. Seriously incredible books and critiques by insanely talented people.

So what are you waiting for? Get over there and join!

Awesome things to check out

First lines are hard to write, no? Want a bunch (oh, say..... 49) as-current-as-it-gets examples? At the Lucky 13s, 49 of us share our first sentences of books we have coming out in 2014. Okay, seriously-- is there anywhere else where you could get that many examples of books so current they aren't even out yet? And from all different genres? Trust me: the list is FASCINATING. I keep reading it over and over-- it's that good. Definitely worth checking out.

The Lucky 13s First Lines

I just registered for my very favorite conference yesterday-- Storymakers. Why is it my favorite, might you ask? For one, they bring the most incredible agents and editors. (This year it's Josh Adams, (Adams Literary), Daniel Lazar (Writer's House), Laurie McLean (Forward Literary), Eddie Schneider (Jabberwocky Literary), and Melissa Frain (TOR books).) And incredible presenters (Like the keynote speaker who's also doing an intensive workshop, Orson Scott Card, and Brandon Sanderson (also doing an intensive workshop). Plus amazing attendees. I've met some of my favorite writer friends there! I'm also thrilled to be presenting two classes this year-- The Parent Problem in MG, and Getting Inside the Head of a MG Kid. If you live in Utah, I highly recommend it. If you don't and a trip to Utah in the spring (pretty!) is doable, I highly recommend it.

LDStorymakers Conference Website

Since you're here, I'm guessing you love books. And I'm going to assume that you love free books even more, especially if they just show up at your doorstep. Sound good? 43 of the Lucky 13s, myself included, are participating in a MASSIVE GIVEAWAY of epic proportions, including autographed books, advance copies, swag, critiques, and more! There's some seriously amazing stuff. Join the group now, and then Jan 1-7, there will be 6-7 giveaways A DAY. 

The Lucky 13s New Years Bash

And just for fun, this:



And then when you finish dying laughing, watch this:



All the laughing should boost your immune system for a good week or two. ;) Merry Christmas!

Two Awesome Things

I am absolutely thrilled about two things today.

First, I got an email yesterday from my editor saying that SKY JUMPERS was chosen as one of the New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing! It may have made me cry. Possibly more than once. Guys... People like Neil Gaiman are on the list. And I-- I-- Okay, do you know what? We need to change the subject, or I just might cry again.

How about let's change it to free stuff, just in time for Christmas?

At the League of Extraordinary Writers, we are having a HUGE year end celebration, where we are giving away some amazing books and swag from incredibly talented writers. People like Beth Revis, Lissa Price, Elana Johnson, Genn Albin, Mindy McGinnis, Lydia Kang, Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner, Lenore Appelhans, Bethany Hagen, Angie Smibert, Susanne Winnacker, E.C. Myers, Elizabeth Richards and me. FOUR PACKAGES of prizes total!

Come over to the League to see all the awesome and to enter. Best of luck to you all!

Sky Jumpers AUDIO giveaway + holiday swag!

Guys, I haven't blogged in FIVE WEEKS. Far cry from the days when I posted every week day, no? NaNo and school visits and family and holidays bucked me off the blogging horse. And then the horse ran away. I just barely managed to coax the horse back so I could jump back on. Such a long break calls for a giveaway, doesn't it?

Let's do it!

At the same time that Sky Jumpers released from Random House, the audio book released from Listening Library. The girl who reads it, Abigail Revasch, is INCREDIBLE. I have absolutely loved listening to her. So I'm giving away a copy of it on CD! If you win, you can consider it an early present for whatever holiday you celebrate this time of year. Or you can give it to that special child (or teacher!) on your list.

Giveaway starts Monday, December 2 and runs until December 7. Open internationally.

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How about one more giveaway? Are you thinking of giving Sky Jumpers away as a gift? If you are, email me at peggy @ peggyeddleman (dot) com with your mailing address, and I'll send you two free bookmarks (front and back pictured below) as well as a signed bookplate to include with your gift. Let me know in the email if you would like the bookplate personalized.

Happy holidays!

How to plan a big launch party, and giveaways!

If you've ever thought about having a large launch party, I'm spilling all the secrets about how I planned mine over at the Lucky 13s blog.

The Lucky 13s: How to Plan a BIG Launch Party

Giveaways! Giveaways galore! Want to enter to win a copy of SKY JUMPERS? You can at each of these places:

A signed hardback at Goodreads (also in sidebar)

A signed hardback at the amazing Elana Johnon's blog 

A fabulous review and copy of Sky Jumpers from Mindy at Min Reads and Review

My blog tour is up and running! And there are giveaways galore.

I don't know if I've mentioned this before, by my publicist, Nicole, is incredible. She hooked me up with some incredible sites for my blog tour, and most of them are hosting GIVEAWAYS! (Like the one from Monday at the Mixed-up Files where a simple comment gets you entered, or the one from today at Taffy's Candy.) A lot of them include interviews, and they asked some really fun and unique questions.

Here's the lineup with links:

September 9th: The Mixed-up Files of Middle Grade Authors *Giveaway!*
September 10th: David Powers King
September 11th: Taffy’s Candy *Giveaway!*
September 12th: Smack Dab in the Middle
September 13th: Once Upon a Story *Giveaway!*
September 14th: Inky Elbows
September 15th: Society of Young Inklings
September 16th: Me, My Shelf and I
September 17th: Kayla’s Reads and Reviews
September 18th: The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia
September 19th: Kid Lit Frenzy *Giveaway!*
September 19th: Word Spelunking *Giveaway!*
September 21st: The Mod Podge Bookshelf
September 22nd: The Write Soil *Giveaway!*
September 23rd: The Hiding Spot *Giveaway!*
September 23rd: Literary Rambles *Giveaway!*  
September 23rd: Nerdy Book Club
September 24th: OneFourKidLit

I just figured out that from book deal to release date, it will be 678 days. 678 days, and only 13 of them are left! I feel like I should be making a paper chain or something to count down the remaining days.

photo credit: joellybaby via photopin

SKY JUMPERS giveaway, link to MG questions, and SJ's origin

I am buried so very, very deeply in my revision cave, it took hours to climb back out! (Only not really. I'm actually just below the surface-- there's still a blog tour to write posts for and kids to get ready to go back to school this week and dinner to make, you know?) Anyway, how about a few updates?

I'm thrilled to announce that there's another giveaway of a SKY JUMPERS advanced reader copy (ARC), and it's also open internationally! There's a link to enter just right over there ----> in the sidebar.

Speaking of SKY JUMPERS... The American Booksellers Association just unveiled their list of Best Books for Children of 2013, and SKY JUMPERS made the list! (In case you were wondering, yes. This is what I use to get me over that feeling when I cross something off my to-do list, and realize that there are five more things on it than there was an hour ago...)

Yesterday I did a Q&A live forum event for WriteOnCon. I had so much fun! Everyone asked some very insightful and helpful questions. If you missed it and want to read through the questions and answers, you can right here, in the WriteOnCon forums.

Ever wondered what was the inspiration behind Sky Jumpers (including the soaring through the air that you see on the cover)? I've posted my origins story over at the Crowe's Nest.