Blog Tour- BLUESCREEN by Dan Wells An Interview and Giveaway

I am so excited to be hosting a spot on blog tour for BLUESCREEN by Dan Wells I adore Dan and his books and it happens to be BLUESCREEN'S release day so ya!!!! I have an interview with Dan to share with you today! And make sure to enter the awesome giveaway for a finished copy of the book! 

Haven't heard of BLUESCREEN? Check it out!

Title: BLUESCREEN

Author: Dan Wells

Release Date: February 16, 2016

Pages: 352

Publisher: Balzer+Bray

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook

Find it: Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks

Los Angeles in 2050 is a city of open doors, as long as you have the right connections. That connection is a djinni—a smart device implanted right in a person’s head. In a world where virtually everyone is online twenty-four hours a day, this connection is like oxygen—and a world like that presents plenty of opportunities for someone who knows how to manipulate it.

Marisa Carneseca is one of those people. She might spend her days in Mirador, the small, vibrant LA neighborhood where her family owns a restaurant, but she lives on the net—going to school, playing games, hanging out, or doing things of more questionable legality with her friends Sahara and Anja. And it’s Anja who first gets her hands on Bluescreen—a virtual drug that plugs right into a person’s djinni and delivers a massive, non-chemical, completely safe high. But in this city, when something sounds too good to be true, it usually is, and Mari and her friends soon find themselves in the middle of a conspiracy that is much bigger than they ever suspected.

Dan Wells, author of the New York Times bestselling Partials Sequence, returns with a stunning new vision of the near future—a breathless cyber-thriller where privacy is the world’s most rare resource and nothing, not even the thoughts in our heads, is safe. 

Now on to the interview!

Hi Dan! First I want to say welcome back to Two Chicks on Books! I can’t wait for my readers to read BLUESCREEN and am so happy that you could stop by for a visit!

For the readers: can you tell us a little bit about BLUESCREEN and the characters?

Bluescreen is a cyberpunk story, which basically means "science fiction set in the very near future, with virtual reality and brain computers and a lot of moral gray areas." This is the first of my new Mirador series, about a group of teen girls in 2050 Los Angeles, who play video games on the semi-pro circuit, and get involved in a lot of dangerous digital crimes. Whereas today everyone has a smart phone, in 2050 we've all moved on to the next phase of technology, where everyone has a phone/computer/gaming console installed directly in their brain. This device is called a djinni, and it helps keep everyone connected 24/7, at the speed of thought.

There are a lot of characters, but I'll focus on four:

Marisa Carneseca is our main character, a part-time hacker from a fading LA neighborhood called Mirador. She does her best to keep up with school, but she's way more interested in Overworld, a virtual reality sport where she and her friends are practicing to reach the big leagues. Marisa's best friend is Sahara Cowan, the leader of their Overworld team and something of an Internet celebrity: she has two camera drones that follow her everywhere, recording her life and streaming it live in a 24-hour vidcast. Their other best friend is Bao Behar, one of the only people in LA who doesn't have a djinni. His family is on the poorer side of Mirador, and Bao has to spend his nights picking digital pockets to keep his family going. Last of all we have Anja Litz, the wild card--Marisa met her online and the two became fast friends, but Anja is shockingly rich and more than a little unpredictable. As the book begins, Anja introduces her friends to a digital drug called Bluescreen, that crashes your djinni to give you a buzz, and it turns out to have secrets of its own.

So book 2? Do we have a title yet? How about a cover?

Book 2 is done and with my editor now; we don't have a cover yet, but the tentative title is "Ones and Zeroes."

Why Sci-Fi have you always been interested in this genre?

I grew up reading SF, and watching it on TV with stuff like Star Trek and Doctor Who, so it's always been a favorite. When I got to high school I started to read William Gibson and Neal Stephenson, and others in the cyberpunk genre, and I'm thrilled to finally have a chance to tell my own stories about shady digital wastelands and beautiful, terrifying technologies.

Who was your favorite character to write? What about your least favorite?

My favorite character to write in Bluescreen was Marisa, and she was my favorite in the sequel, and will probably be my favorite in all the future books as well. I love her attitude, caught between so many shifting identities: she's a gamer, and a hacker, and a daughter, and a sister, and a friend, and a leader, and a follower, all at the same time. She's tough and angry but also loving and peaceful. She's hopelessly romantic, but easily disillusioned when people don't live up to her lofty dreams. My favorite way to describe her is this: in Overworld she's the group's warrior, but in real life she's the group's healer.

My least favorite character isn't in the book anymore :) I can do that, because I am ALL POWERFUL.

What is your favorite passage/scene in BLUESCREEN?

There's a scene in the book where a gang war erupts right outside her family's restaurant. Her younger sisters' lives are at risk, and she has to do something to save them, and I'm very proud of the solution she comes up with.

Ooh! And the NeverMind! The NeverMind is a way of talking to people online that's totally secure, so you can't be spied on, but it's basically like a virtual reality formed by the other person's mind, and when Marisa uses it to talk to a mysterious informant things get very weird....

What kind of research did you have to do for the story?

Most of the research I did for this book was technological--what can we already do, and what will be able to do in 2050? It's a lot of speculation, a lot of educated guessing, and a lot of fun wish fulfillment (I totally want a robot to do my laundry).

What are you reading right now? Or what do you have on your TBR that you’re dying to read?

My favorite author is Bernard Cornwell, who writes historical fiction, and I just learned that he put out a new book in my favorite series, called the Saxon Chronicles. So I'm reading that :)

What inspired you to write YA?

Adult books are designed to impress you, but YA books are designed to entertain you. How could I choose anything else?

Lightning Round Questions

Twitter or Facebook?

Twitter

If the sorting hat were to place you into a house at Hogwarts which house would you be put in?

According to Pottermore, I'm a Hufflepuff.

Favorite Superhero?

Black Canary, but not the TV version. I love her in the Birds of Prey comic; she and Starling are such a great team.

Favorite TV show?

Of all time? Breaking Bad. If you're just talking about current TV shows, either Person of Interest or Agent Carter.

Sweet or Salty?

Salty.

Any Phobias?

Hypodermic needles. I can't stand them. I can watch the most gruesome autopsy scene CSI has ever filmed, and not flinch a muscle, but as soon as a character needs to get a shot I have to look away and think about my happy place.

Song you can’t get enough of right now?

I'm a huge K-Pop fan, and the one I can't get out of my head today is Her by Block B.

Movie you’re most looking forward to?

Mine! I also write horror novels, and one of them has been made into a movie! It's called I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER, and it debuts at the SXSW film festival in Austin next month! I'm practically bouncing off the walls.

Thanks so much Dan for answering my questions!

About Dan:

Dan Wells is a thriller and science fiction writer. Born in Utah, he spent his early years reading and writing. He is he author of the Partials series (Partials, Isolation, Fragments, and Ruins), the John Cleaver series (I Am Not a Serial Killer, Mr. Monster, and I Don't Want To Kill You), and a few others (The Hollow City, A Night of Blacker Darkness, etc). He was a Campbell nomine for best new writer, and has won a Hugo award for his work on the podcast Writing Excuses; the podcast is also a multiple winner of the Parsec Award.

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads

Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive a finished copy of BLUESCREEN, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week 1:

2/8/2016- Fire and Ice- Interview

2/9/2016- A Dream Within A Dream- Review

2/10/2016- One Night Book Stand- Guest Post

2/11/2016- 5 Girls Book Reviews- Review

2/12/2016- Kindle and Me- Guest Post

Week 2:

2/15/2016- Fangirlish- Review

2/16/2016- Two Chicks on Books- Interview

2/17/2016- Ryan's Bookish Confessions- Review

2/18/2016- Wishful Endings- Interview

2/19/2016- Downright Dystopian- Review

Spotlighting- BLUESCREEN by Dan Wells and A Giveaway!

I am SO excited for the Harper Winter 2016 Tour! And I am even MORE excited to be spotlight BLUESCREEN by Dan Wells! I adore Dan and his books and this book just sounds badass I can't wait to read it!!!!!



About The Book:

Title: BLUESCREEN
Author: Dan Wells

Release Date: February 16, 2016
Publisher: Balzer & Bray (Harper)
Pages: 352
Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Find it: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N | iBooks

Los Angeles in 2050 is a city of open doors, as long as you have the right connections. That connection is a djinni—a smart device implanted right in a person’s head. In a world where virtually everyone is online twenty-four hours a day, this connection is like oxygen—and a world like that presents plenty of opportunities for someone who knows how to manipulate it.

Marisa Carneseca is one of those people. She might spend her days in Mirador, the small, vibrant LA neighborhood where her family owns a restaurant, but she lives on the net—going to school, playing games, hanging out, or doing things of more questionable legality with her friends Sahara and Anja. And it’s Anja who first gets her hands on Bluescreen—a virtual drug that plugs right into a person’s djinni and delivers a massive, non-chemical, completely safe high. But in this city, when something sounds too good to be true, it usually is, and Mari and her friends soon find themselves in the middle of a conspiracy that is much bigger than they ever suspected.

Dan Wells, author of the New York Times bestselling Partials Sequence, returns with a stunning new vision of the near future—a breathless cyber-thriller where privacy is the world’s most rare resource and nothing, not even the thoughts in our heads, is safe.

My secret word is.......

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Giveaway Details:
1 winner will receive– A Harper Teen Winter 2016 Catalog prizepack of 40+ books*.
*All YA titles in the winter2016 catalog with the exception of The Siren by Kiera Cass, Yellow Brick War by Danielle Paige and Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard.*

1 winner will receive – 5 Finished Copies from the Harper Teen Fall 2015 Catalog
5 books are: The Lies About Truth, Walk on Earth A Stranger, Dreamland, Dumplin’, and Da Vinci’s Tiger

How to enter:
Collect the daily word from each blog stop during the Harper Winter 2016 Tour (a total of 45). Once you’ve collected them all, email the complete saying to: HarperTeenTour@gmail.com

Prize Rules:
1.)    Winner must have a valid US mailing address to receive the prize
2.)    Winner must be over 13
3.)    Only one (1) entry per person for Prize #2 – duplicates will be deleted.
4.)    Only a completed phrase will be accepted as an entry – do not email each word/phrase daily. Wait until you have the complete saying and then email in.
5.)    All email submissions must be received by 11:59 PM EST 11/30/2015.
6.)    Winners will be selected 12/1/2015 and will have 48 hours to claim their prize before another is selected.
7.)    Participating blogs and bloggers are not responsible for unsent, damaged, and/or stolen prizes offered by the publisher.

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Top Ten Tuesday (45)- My Top Ten Author Duos You'd LOVE To See Write A Book Together

Hi thanks for stopping by!!! And welcome to my Top 10 Tuesday post! 

Thanks to the lovely ladies at The Broke And The Bookish for creating this weekly meme!

Here's this week's topic.

October 13: Top Ten Author Duos You'd LOVE To See Write A Book Together 

There's a ton of authors that I can think of for this lol

1. Tahereh Mafi and Ransom Riggs. They may be married but they need to write a book together. :)

2. Dan and Robinson Wells. I'd love to see what this team of brothers would come up with!

3. Maria V. Snyder and Rae Carson. With the amazing world building and compelling characters they both write. These two could write one EPIC high fantasy together!

4. Sabaa Tahir and Renee Ahdieh.I think these two besties could write an amazing story!

5. Claudia Gray and Dan Wells (yes he's on the list twice lol) I bet these 2 could write one amazing sci-fi with dual POV's!

6. Cat Winters and Katherine Longshore. I bet these two ladies could write an amazing historical series together!

7. A.G. Howard and Marie Rutkoski. With these 2 writing together I think we could have one hell of a fantastic fantasy.

8. Kresley Cole and Gena Showalter. These two together could write a paranormal series (YA, NA, or Adult) that would probably be the best paranormal series ever.

9. Sarah J. Maas and Susan Dennard. Yes I know they have an online sci-fi serial but I'd like to see them write a book or a series for print.

10. Julie Kagawa and Melissa Marr. These two would make fae magic together :)

So what about you? What authors would you like to see write a book together? And come back next week for my 10 Wishes I'd Ask The Book Genie To Grant Me.

Hugs,

Jaime

Top Ten Tuesday (42)- Top 10 Books on my Fall TBR

Hi thanks for stopping by!!! And welcome to my Top 10 Tuesday post! 

Thanks to the lovely ladies at The Broke And The Bookish for creating this weekly meme!

Here's this week's topic.

September 22: Top Ten Books On My Fall TBR

I'm a total mood reader so this will probably change and there is no order to this list I'm just paging through mt TBR on Goodreads. Plus most of these books aren't all fall books but some winter and 2016 books as well.

1. WINTER by Marissa Meyer. I will be reading this one as soon as I get it.

2. SPINNING STARLIGHT by R.C. Lewis. I loved her first book!

3. UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN by Renee Collins. This one has been on my TBR for a while.

4. THEIR FRACTURED LIGHT by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. I DNF'd book 2 but I loved book 1 so I will give this one a go since all the characters are supposed to be in it. I missed Tarver in book 2.

5. FROZEN TIDES by Morgan Rhodes. This one will be a DEAR so soon as it arrives!

6. ENDURE by Sara B. Larson. I can't wait to see how this series ends!

7. THE SHADOW QUEEN by C.J. Redwine. This will be in my possession soon and I can't wait to read it. I love C.J.s books!

8. BLUESCREEN by Dan Wells. This one is sitting on my book shelf saying "read me"

9. BURNING GLASS by Kathryn Purdie. This one is coming my way soon too. Can't wait for it!

10. THE GREAT HUNT by Wendy Higgins. Same as 7 & 9 and I can't wait for this one either!

So what about you? What series haven't you finished? And come back next week for my Ten Books To Read If You Like This Super Popular Book/Author (I'll probably go with Maria V. Snyder for 2 reasons I adore her books and it's POISON STUDY'S 10 year anniversary!)

Hugs,

Jaime

Dying To Read (116)- BLUESCREEN by Dan Wells

Hey y’all thanks for stopping by to see my Dying to Read post and of course as always I have to give credit to the lovely Jill over at Breaking the Spine for the Waiting on Wednesday Meme!

I adore Dan and his books and this book just sounds badass I can't wait to read it!!!!!

Title: BLUESCREEN

Author: Dan Wells

Release Date: February 16, 2016
Publisher: Balzer & Bray (Harper)
Pages: 352
Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Find it: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N | iBooks

Los Angeles in 2050 is a city of open doors, as long as you have the right connections. That connection is a djinni—a smart device implanted right in a person’s head. In a world where virtually everyone is online twenty-four hours a day, this connection is like oxygen—and a world like that presents plenty of opportunities for someone who knows how to manipulate it.

Marisa Carneseca is one of those people. She might spend her days in Mirador, the small, vibrant LA neighborhood where her family owns a restaurant, but she lives on the net—going to school, playing games, hanging out, or doing things of more questionable legality with her friends Sahara and Anja. And it’s Anja who first gets her hands on Bluescreen—a virtual drug that plugs right into a person’s djinni and delivers a massive, non-chemical, completely safe high. But in this city, when something sounds too good to be true, it usually is, and Mari and her friends soon find themselves in the middle of a conspiracy that is much bigger than they ever suspected.

Dan Wells, author of the New York Times bestselling Partials Sequence, returns with a stunning new vision of the near future—a breathless cyber-thriller where privacy is the world’s most rare resource and nothing, not even the thoughts in our heads, is safe.

So what do you think? Will you be adding this to your pile? What are you dying to read this week?

Blog Tour- RUINS Timeline Scavenger Hunt by Dan Wells and a Giveaway!!

I am so excited to take part in the RUINS Timeline Scavenger Hunt Blog Tour! I loved this series and when I asked Dan if he'd like us to host it through Rockstar Book Tours he said yes! I was stoked and knew that I wanted to do something different and interesting for this one. So we came up with the idea of doing a timeline of all the events that came before the Partials wars. So everything you could possibly want to know that happened before the first book in the series! Check out my portion below and find the word bolded and highlighted in PURPLE for extra entries in the giveaway and make sure to check all of the tour stops for their portions of the timeline and their secret words!
Haven't heard of RUINS? Check it out!

RUINS

Author: Dan Wells

Release Date: March 11, 2014

Pages: 464

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Goodreads/Amazon/Barnes & Noble

Kira, Samm, and Marcus fight to prevent a final war between Partials and humans in the gripping final installment in the Partials Sequence, a series that combines the thrilling action of The Hunger Games with the provocative themes of Blade Runner and The Stand.

There is no avoiding it—the war to decide the fate of both humans and Partials is at hand. Both sides hold in their possession a weapon that could destroy the other, and Kira Walker has precious little time to prevent that from happening. She has one chance to save both species and the world with them, but it will only come at great personal cost.

For information on the other books in the series check out Dan's website!

Ooh and check out the trailer!




Now on to the post!

2043: Weather patterns around the world grow increasingly uniform—the lows get higher, the highs get lower, and so on. While this is initially blamed on regular climate change, some scientists suspect that the changes may be caused by the bio-weapons left over from the 2037 war.

2044: ParaGen releases the Watchdog, a semi-sentient animal designed to accompany soldiers into battle, similar in concept to a K9 police unit. Engineered to be perfectly loyal and fiercely obedient, Watchdogs become very popular among soldiers in the field, and prove especially valuable in urban combat.

2045: The North American nations remain stable, but as the Isolation War comes closer and closer to an actual shooting war, analysts worry that the need for troops and the corresponding reduction of their work force will cripple the economy. Encouraged by the success of the Watchdog, ParaGen visits the US leadership and proposes a bold new plan: artificial life that doesn't just support the soldiers, but replaces them altogether. With a budget designed to pay for fighter jets (20 million dollars each), but with virtually none of the resources required to actually build new combat vehicles, the government agrees to fund a limited test.

2048: World weather patterns continue to erode. Winters are rarely even cold anymore, and this year marks the last time it will ever snow south of the 55th parallel.

About Dan:

Dan Wells writes in a variety of genres, from dark humor to science fiction to supernatural thriller. Born in Utah, he spent his early years reading and writing. He is the author of thePartials series and the John Cleaver series. He has been nominated for both the Hugo and the Campbell Award, and has won two Parsec Awards for his podcast Writing Excuses.

Website/Blog/Twitter/Facebook/Goodreads/The Partials Facebook Page

Giveaway Details:

Two trilogy sets, signed by Dan US Only

Two Partials T-shirts, one ParaGen and one Plague Baby. We can find out what size the winners are and send them something that fits. International.

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Tour Schedule

Week One:

3/3/2014- Magical Urban Fantasy Reads

3/4/2014- Fiktshun         

3/5/2014- Step Into Fiction         

3/6/2014- Two Chicks on Books

3/7/2014- Fantasy Book Addict 

Week Two:

3/10/2014- Parajunkee 

3/11/2014- Tales of a Ravenous Reader

3/12/2014- Mundie Moms          

3/13/2014- Supernatural Snark 

3/14/2014- All Things Urban Fantasy

Dying to Read (40)- RUINS by Dan Wells

Hey y’all thanks for stopping by to see my Dying to Read post and of course as always I have to give credit to the lovely Jill over at Breaking the Spine for the Waiting on Wednesday Meme!

This week the book I’m dying to read is RUINS by Dan Wells!!!!! He about killed me with book 2 FRAGMENTS and wouldn’t give me any hints about book 3! So yep I’m dying to get my hands on this one!!!!

Ruins

Dan Wells

Release Date: March 11, 2014

Paperback: 352 pages

Publisher: Balzer + Bray (Harper)

ISBN: 978-0062071101

Goodreads

Amazon/Barnes & Noble /The Book Depository

Kira, Samm, and Marcus fight to prevent a final war between Partials and humans in the gripping final installment of the blockbuster Partials Sequence.

Our time is almost up.

As the clock ticks closer and closer to the final Partial expiration date, humans and Partials stand on the brink of war. Caught in the middle, thousands of miles apart, are Samm and Kira: Samm, who is trapped on the far side of the continent beyond the vast toxic wasteland of the American Midwest; and Kira, now in the hands of Dr. Morgan, who is hell-bent on saving what's left of the Partials, even if she has to destroy Kira to do it.

The only hope lies in the hands of the scattered people of both races who seek a way to prevent the rapidly escalating conflict. But in their midst appears a mysterious figure, neither human nor Partial, with solemn warnings of the new apocalypse-one that none of them may be able to avert.

The last book in the Partials Sequence is a thrill ride of epic proportions, as the last remnants of life on our planet fight to determine its final fate.

So what do you think? Will you be adding this to your pile? What are you dying to read this week?

Announcing The 2nd Annual Authors Are Rockstars Tour Author List and Sign-Ups!

We are so excited to be able to announce the details and begin the sign-ups for the 2nd Annual AUTHORS ARE ROCKSTARS Tour that we’re bringing back to you this August.

If you are unfamiliar with last year’s tour, check out the final tour schedule HERE.

Just like last year, our goal is to put as many of our favorite rockstar authors in the spotlight across the blogosphere as we can. So, for the month of August we’ll be matching up the rockstar authors who have agreed to go on tour with the bloggers who are their biggest fans.

Depending upon the number of authors who end up participating in the event, there could be as many as five or six authors being spotlighted around the blogosphere each day of the month.

And with 131 authors currently on board we’ve already surpassed last year’s totals.

Each stop on the tour will consist of an interview or guest post. Some stops may have a pre-written post or interview, but most stops will require the bloggers to come up with post topics and interview questions.

And some of the stops may have a giveaway provided by the author or publisher. As hosts of this event we do not ask for giveaway prizes, so not every stop will include a giveaway.

But every stop on the tour will be at a blog who thinks the author they’re hosting rocks!

And while we’d love to be able to include every single author we think is a rockstar and every blogger who signs up to participate, we are just three bloggers and we do have limits to the number of stops we can handle each day.

Last year’s event was amazing. And even though it was a lot of work to put it together, as event hosts we had a lot of fun. This year we hope to make it an even more exciting event. And this year we are super stoked to have Mindy of Magical Urban Fantasy Reads on board as a co-host.

All the information about the event and the link for bloggers to sign up is below. But first let us present to you the participating authors.

****The Authors****

Here are the authors (in alphabetical order by first name) currently on tour.

The list will be updated as new authors are added, so be sure to check back to see if your rockstar authors will be on tour this August!

** We are still accepting authors for the tour! New additions will be in blue**

A.G. Howard

Aimee Agresti

Aimee Carter

Alex Kahler

Alexander Gordon Smith

Alexandra Monir
Allison Van Diepen

Amanda Ashby

Amanda Hocking

Amanda Sun

Ammi-Joan Paquette

Amy Butler Greenfield

Amy Tintera

Andrea Cremer

Ann Aguirre

Ann Redisch Stampler

Anna Banks
April Lindner

Becca Fitzpatrick
Bethany Griffin

Brittany Geragotelis
CC Hunter
Cara Lynn Shultz

Cat Winters

Cecily White

Chelsea Pitcher

Chloe Jacobs

Chloe Neill

Christine Johnson

Cinda Williams Chima

C.J. Redwine

Clarie LaZebnik

Claudia Gray

Corrine Jackson

Cyn Balog

Cynthia Hand

Dan Krokos

Dan Wells

Danielle Ellison

Dawn Metcalf

Debra Driza

Elana Johnson

Elizabeth Miles

Elizabeth Norris

Elizabeth Richards

Elsie Chapman

Emmy Laybourne

Erin Bowman

Fiona Paul
Gabrielle Zevin

Gayle Forman

Gena Showalter

Gennifer Albin
Georgia McBride

Gina Damico

Gretchen McNeil

Hannah Moskowitz

Heather Anastasiu

Heather Brewer
Heidi Kling

J.A. Souders

J.K. Rock

Jackie Morse Kessler

Jennifer Archer

Jennifer Banash

Jennifer Bosworth

Jennifer Castle

Jennifer Echols

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Jennifer Rush

Jenny Han

Jeri Smith-Ready
Jessi Kirby

Jessica Brody

Jessica Spotswood

Jodi Meadows

Joelle Charbonneau

Jordan Dane

Josephine Angelini

Josin McQuein

Julia Karr
Julie Cross

Jus Accardo
Kami Garcia

Karen Ann Hopkins

Karri Thompson
Karsten Knight

Kasie West

Katherine Longshore

Kathleen Peacock
Katie McGarry

Katlyn Duncan

Kelly Keaton

Kiki Hamilton
Kim Harrington
Kimberly Sabatini

Kristen Simmons

Kristi Cook
Laura Toffler-Corrie

Lauren Miller

Lauren Oliver

Leah Clifford

Leigh Bardugo

Leigh Fallon

Lenore Appelhans

Lesley Livingston

Lisa Burstein
Lisa Desrochers

Lisa M. Stasse

Liz Coley

Louise Rozette

Mari Mancusi

Maria V. Snyder
Marni Bates

Mary Gray

Mary Lindsey

Megan Miranda

Megan Shepherd

Melissa de la Cruz

Melissa West

Michelle Gagnon

Michelle Rowen/Morgan Rhodes
Michelle Zink

Mike Mullin

Mindy McGinnis

Miranda Kenneally

Myra McEntire

Nova Ren Suma

Page Morgan

Rachel Caine

Rachel Harris

Rachel Vincent

Rae Carson

Renee Collins
Robin LaFevers
Robin Mellom
Sarah Beth Durst

Sarah Crossan

Sarah Guillory

Sarah J. Maas

Sarah Ockler

Sarwat Chadda

Scott Tracey

Shannon Messenger

Sherry Thomas

Simone Elkeles

Sophie Jordan

Stacey Kade

Susan Dennard

Suzanne Lazear

Suzanne Young

T. Michael Martin

T.M. Goeglein

Tahereh Mafi

Talia Vance

Tara Fuller

Tessa Gratton

Trisha Wolfe

Veronica Rossi

Victoria Schwab

Victoria Scott

Vivi Barnes

Wendy Higgins

Please note: Some authors have specific stop date requests, post types or have previously written posts prepared. Bloggers who are chosen to host an author will be notified about any special requirements.

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AUTHORS - We still have a few spots remaining for YA authors whose work we are familiar with! If you've received an email from us and would like to participate we'd love to have you on board. If you haven't, or don't think you have, and you would be interested in participating, please email us at FiktshunandTwoChicks@gmail.com.

BLOGGERS - You will be allowed only ONE chance to change your original picks. So if you don’t see your favorite authors listed, hold off on signing up, because they may be added to the list. Signing up early does not give you preferential treatment. If you want to make a change before sign-ups have closed please email us at the address above.

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The Authors Are Rockstars Tour

The tour will run from August 1st through August 31st. Each day of the month will have multiple tour stops.

The tour will begin at Fiktshun, Two Chicks on Books and Magical Urban Fantasy Reads and will end on all three of our blogs. There will be a kick-off post with a list of all the stops on the tour and there will be a giveaway. Each of us will also host one or two of our favorite authors. On the final day of the tour we’ll post a wrap-up of the event and will host the final three authors we’ll be spotlighting.

The rest of the month will be for you to share your love of the authors you call your rockstars.

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Rules, Requirements and Other Details

RULES

You must complete the sign-up form in order to be considered.

Signing up in no way guarantees you will be chosen for a tour stop. (We’re so sorry, but judging by the number of sign-ups last year we won’t be able to include everyone.)

Being accepted as a tour stop does not guarantee you’ll get your first choice of author.

If you are chosen, you must respond with your acceptance and with your guest post topics, interview questions or other post ideas within four days after notification. If you do not respond we will be forced to choose someone else.

REQUIREMENTS

To be considered to host any author, other than a debut author, you must have reviewed their books. (See review requirements immediately below.) And if you have rated their books, ratings cannot be less than four stars, unless you provide a compelling reason why you should still be considered. The authors you choose should be ones you consider rockstars!

To host an author with three or more books published, you must have reviewed at least two of their books. (Review links will be required in the sign-up form.)

To host an author with one or two published books, you must have reviewed at least one of them.

To host an author whose books have yet to be published, you must be anxiously awaiting the book’s release and have posted about that book on your blog. (Links to WoW or Spotlight posts will be required in the sign-up form.)

OTHER DETAILS

Selections will be made based on a number of criteria including the best match-up between author and blogger, blogger’s overall reviews, and blogger’s reputation and trustworthiness.

Blog following, page views or Twitter following will not be a deciding factor in the selection process.

Blog longevity, number of reviews, types of reviews – (bash-free is a must) – will be considered when making our selections.

Blogger “friends” will not be given preference. It’s about making the best matches between authors and bloggers on the tour.

Writing in an author does not guarantee that author will be included on the tour. They may have already been contacted and either are unavailable or have yet to respond, or all tour stops may already have been filled.

Blogger’s will be notified by July 8th and will have four days to confirm their participation. Announcements will be made in a post on Fiktshun, Two Chicks on Books and Magical Urban Fantasy Reads on Monday, July 15th.

Giveaways: For tour stops that will be hosting an author or publisher donated giveaway prize, there can be no mandatory tasks aside from leaving a blog comment. And there can be up to two extra entry opportunities. As a thank you to the authors you are hosting you may want to make those extra entries about the authors but it is not mandatory.

There will be no requirements/restrictions for tour stops that choose to host their own giveaways.

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Dates to Know

Tour dates: August 1st-31st

Sign-up ends: June 30th

Blogger notifications: on or before July 8th

Blogger acceptance and post requirements needed by: July 12th

Blogger announcements: July 15th

Thank you so much for your interest in being a part of this tour to share your love for these amazing rockstar authors and for helping to make this second year’s event rock even harder!

While we can’t include everyone who signs up, we are so honored that you want to join in and support this event. Just know that even if you aren’t selected, we think that you rock too!

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Sign up!

We are beginning the sign-ups today, although we are still awaiting responses from a few of the authors we’ve reached out to. The post will be updated each day until sign-ups close with any new authors that have joined the tour.

Signing up early does not give you preferential treatment. So if you want to wait and see if any new authors are added to the tour before you sign up, you will not be penalized for waiting.

The sign-ups will close at Midnight Eastern/9 p.m. Pacific on Sunday, June 30th.

If new authors are added to the tour after sign-ups have closed, like last year we will reach out to bloggers who have signed up and who have reviewed - and loved - their books.

We are all so very excited for August and for this tour to kick-off. And we are all so grateful, every day of the year, for these authors that we call rockstars who amaze us with their stories, who provide an escape that is filled with magic, who take us to worlds we could never dream up on our own and could never visit in reality, who delight, enchant, surprise, astonish us. Every. Single. Time.

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