Unstoppable Official Summer Blog Tour

Unstoppable Official Summer Blog Tour

As you all know, I love bloggers. They have always been so wonderful in supporting me and my books. Here are some great upcoming articles and interviews that you may (or may not :) find interesting. Follow along for some 411 and giveaways!


June 5th - Dorothy Dreyer, We Do Write, Guest Post: "What makes a strong girl in Teen Fiction?"

June 6th - Shannon O'Donnell, Book Dreaming, Guest Post: "Tips on creating a peaceful writing environment." 

June 7th- Huntress (CD Coffelt), Spiritcalled, Guest Post: "Advice for young authors." 

June 10th - Lena Marsteller, I Love Books Club, Review 

June 10th - Heather D Rosdol, Buried in Books, Guest Post: "How to Find Great Indies." 

June 10th- Louisa Paarskmart, Writing Me Crazy, Guest Post: "What makes a good YA protagonist." 

June 13th- Kai Strand, Strands of Thought, Character Interview with Grace

June 16th - Meradeth Houston, Write Stuff, Guest Post: "How Music can help your writing".

June 17th - Lena Marsteller, The I Love Books Club, Guest Post: "How to write a gripping YA thriller." 

June 19th- Kelly Polark, Guest Post: "How Marketing and Writing work together." 

June 20th- Sheila Deeth, Guest Post: "Tips to an Unstoppable Book Release."

June 24th - Annette Mills, Book Review

June 25th- Brooke Bumgardner, Brooke Blogs, Guest Post, "How Nature Can Breathe Life into your Story." 

June 30th - Britney Wyatt,  Living Fictitiously, Guest Post: "A hint of Grace- the animals in her life and why they matter. "

July 3rd- Jamie Johnson, Fantasy Book Chick, Character Interview

July 11 - Page Eberhardt, One Book At A Time, Guest Post: "The Rising Realm of Self Publishing" and Review

Coming Soon

TBD - Liz Ziolkowski, Fictional Candy, http://www.fictionalcandy.com, Review

TBD (Before Xmas)- Sharen Seiple, Bookend Crossing, http://bookendcrossing.blogspot.com/, Interview

TBD- Rachel, Rachel's Book Reviews, http://www.rachelsbookreviews.com, book review 

TBD - (REVIEW) Emily Davis, Goodreads

TBD - Jenna, Avid Reader Musings, Guest Post: "Creating a strong character: what you need to know." 

TBD - Elana Johnson, Elana Johnson, http://elanajohnson.blogspot.com, Guest Post: "Indie blogs and why they're hot." 

If you would like to join in the summer tour, go here! We would love to add you :)

If you would like a free ebook to review, please fill out form.

Mark your calendars: Unstoppable - June 3rd!

The release date for Unstoppable is June 3rd!

At that time it will only be available in print and at Amazon. 

To catch up on the series - Untraceable is currently free and Uncontrollable is $3.99.

You can add Unstoppable to your Goodreads 

If you would like to be a part of the summer blog tour - sign up here.

After everything that has happened, Grace goes to the Everglades to live with her grandmother, Birdee. Even though she is now home-schooled by her bird-obsessed grandmother, the move gives Grace time to relax. She learns to scuba dive and starts boating with old man Rex, Birdee's casual friend/boyfriend. 

One day while out in the marshes of the Everglades, Grace rescues an abused Florida panther, currently on the endangered list. The more she dives into the animal’s horrific condition, the more she ventures into the underground world of the roadside zoos that run rampant in Florida with a total disregard for the law. Eventually, she stumbles upon one large roadside zoo filled with a variety of endangered and illegal animals. 

Before she can gather evidence and report her findings to the authorities, she is kidnapped by the ruthless owner and dragged deep into the Everglades for a hunting challenge. Only this time, Grace is the prey. 

During a sick game of cat and mouse, Grace is offered one chance at survival. With a one-hour head start and very little supplies, time and skill are now all that stands between the hunter and the hunted.

Uncontrollable Blog Tour

Today starts The OFFICIAL Uncontrollable blog tour! Look below for all the dates! Thanks to all the bloggers who graciously signed up! 

Okay so I know you are thinking you might get tired of me BUT I am doing all original posts from writing to self pubbing to marketing and there is a different giveaway every day! 

*Italics marks past tour stops


Week 1

Sept. 4 – whoopeeyoo – Creating Covers

Sept. 4 - Froze8’s Blog – Getting Creative with Marketing (giveaway query/chapter critique OR marketing consultation)

Sept. 5 – Just Jemi – Writing short stories/novelletes (e-book giveaway)

Sept. 5 - Wall-to-Wall Books - Uncontrollable Review (e-book giveaway)

Sept. 6 - GeekeryDo - Uncontrollable Review (e-book giveaway)

Sept. 6 - Read Now Sleep Later - My Journey to self pubbing (e-book giveaway)

Sept. 7 – Supa Gurl Books – Writing Untraceable/Unspeakable (e-book giveaway)

Sept. 7 – Hypable – Stigma of self publishing

Week 2

Sept. 10 - Refracted Light - Grace's Wilderness Fashion Guide

Sept. 10- Heather Sutherlin- Writing advice for young writers

Sept. 11- Froze8’s Blog – Digital publishing/ebooks (e-book giveaway of ANY book)
Sept. 11 - SA Larsen - Vlog on Essentials when preparing for a book release
Sept. 12 - whoopeeyoo - Uncontrollable Review

Sept. 12 - The Writerly Rejects – Indie vs self pubbing

Sept. 13 - Always YA at Heart – Uncontrollable Review (e-book giveaway)

Sept. 13 – Write Stuff – Create Fast Pacing in Stories

Sept. 14 - Second Bookshelf on the Right – Interview (e-book and swag giveaway)

Sept. 14 - Bookend Crossing - Uncontrollable review (ebook giveaway)

Week 3

Sept. 17 - the "I love books" club - Uncontrollable review (e-book giveaway Suffocate)

Sept. 17- Froze8's Blog - Characterization

Sept. 18 – Words I Write Crazy – Challenges in Writing Uncontrollable and Review

Sept. 19 - Literary Rambles - Self pubbing marketing using Twitter (e-book giveaway)

Sept. 19 – the “I love books” club – Author Interview

Sept. 20 - The Bookish Brunette - Uncontrollable review (e-book giveaway)

Sept. 20 - Step Into Fiction - Adding humor into your writing
Sept. 21 - Supa Gurl Books – Uncontrollable Review
Sept. 21 - Always YA at Heart – Character Interview

Sept. 21 – Letters Inside Out – Writing to Playlists (e-book giveaway)

Week 4

Sept 24 - Mundie Moms - Launch Date! Special giveaway

Sept. 25 - Once Upon a Twilight - Uncontrollable Review (e-book giveaway)

Sept. 25 - Holly's Narrative Dream - Branding and marketing yourself as a writer

Sept. 26 - Book Snatch - Author Interview 
Sept. 26 - YA-Aholic - Uncontrollable Review

Sept. 27- Basia's Bookshelf – Uncontrollable Review

Sept. 27- Confessions of a Bookaholic – Envisioning Setting (e-book giveaway)

Sept. 28- Living Fictitiously – Uncontrollable Review

Sept. 28 - We Do Write - Writing sequels (e-book giveaway)

Week 5
Oct. 1 – YA Book Queen – Uncontrollable Review

Oct. 1 – Words Escape Me – Essentials in plotting (giveaway of query or chapter critique)

Oct. 2 – Book Dreaming - Uncontrollable Review

Oct. 2 - YA Book Queen - Writing thrillers/suspense (e-book giveaway)

Oct. 3- Fantasy Book Chick - Touching on Conservation

Oct. 4 - Paper Cuts YA – Marketing Tips (e-book giveaway)

Oct. 4 – The Wormhole – Author Interview, Uncontrollable Review (e-book giveaway)

Oct. 5- Kristi Helvig – Uncontrollable Review (e-book giveaway)

Oct. 5- The Writer's Voice - Author Interview 

Week 6
Oct. 8 – Moonlight, Lace and Mayhem - Tying together Untraceable and Uncontrollable

Oct. 8 - The Housework Can Wait - Building community (e-book giveaway)

Oct. 9 - Magnet4Books - Self editing tips

Oct. 9 - Katya Czaja - Uncontrollable Review (e-book giveaway)

Oct. 10 - I'm a Reader, Not a Writer - Author Interview 

Oct. 10- Readinista - Changing industry of publishing

Oct. 11 - Girl Who Reads - Creating online platform

Oct. 11- Fictional Candy - Author Interview (swag and e-book giveaway of Untraceable)

Oct. 12 - Ren's Rambles - Nature of Grace Playlist Highlights

Oct. 12 - Reading Teen - Writing teen romance

Week 7

Oct. 15 - BiblioCrunch - "What is a blog tour?" Interview (Marketing giveaway)

Oct. 15 - Little Birdie Reviews - Untraceable Review (e-book giveaway)
Oct. 15 - reel life with jane - Strong female characters
Oct. 16 - Loves 2 Read - Uncontrollable Review (e-book giveaway)

Cover Contest Time!

Summer is just heating up and before you know it Uncontrollable will be out to the hands of readers everywhere!

In anticipation for the release of Uncontrollable on Sept 24th , I am throwing a contest!




"Make your own Cover" Contest


Rules:

• Join Pinterest (if you haven't already
• Create a Nature of Grace board
• Pin both covers
• Create your own cover for either book
• You must fill out the rafflecopter below
• If users have trouble entering by rafflecopter email kate@srjohannes.com with the appropriate  links
• Contest ends July 27th, 2012
• Winners will be announced on the July 31st, 2012 (there must be at least 5 entered to win package)

"Make your own cover" Contest Prize: Contestants win a Nature of Grace prize pack! Untraceable, Unspeakable, Uncontrollable, and book swag. Winner will be promoted on social media outlets. (outside US will receive ebooks)


a Rafflecopter giveaway


What are you waiting for? Start pinning!

On The Bright Side Official Tour

OTBS Blog Tour stops so far:

• Jan 16 - The OTBS inspiration with fellow Indelible, Heather McCorkle 
• Jan 17 - Thuy at Read Now Sleep Later - My View on Guardian Angels
• Jan 18 - May Richard at Firestarbooks- Get to Know Me (The fun side)
• Jan 20 - Elle Strauss- Comes in Threes, Fantasy Book Chick Author Interview
• Jan 23 - Julia over at Rex Robot Reviews (Top 10 Books)
• Jan 24 - Emily at Dear Teen Me - Letter to My Teen Self; Amber at Down the Rabbit Hole
• Jan 25 - Julie at Tales of Many Reviews (Excerpt); Lisa Faber (guest post); 
• Jan 26 - Cory Putman Oakes (Tween market);  Katie Cody at  Curse of Bibliophile Review)
• Jan 27 - KidsWriteReviews (Review)
• Jan 30 - Project Mayhem  - All about Tweens; Megan at Read Away The Days (Mg vs Tween), Mickey Reed at I'm a Book Shark Q&A; Readanista (How to Train Your Birght/Guardian Angel)
• LAUNCH DAY Jan 31 - Katie at Mundie Moms (character interview/excerpt);  Hook of a Book (Interview); Realm Love Joy (OTBS Then and Now/History); Jaime Johnson (All about OTBS Characters); Jen at Hypable (exclusive interview)
• Feb 1 - Authors Scoop (Q&A)
• Feb 2 - Brianna (interview and review); SupaGurl (Creating strong characters/review), Amanda at Stuck in YA (Review) 
• Feb 3 -Bookshelf Muse (dual career marketing & writing);  Samantha Geesin (Designing Covers); Jessie Harrell (tween marketing)
• Feb 6 - Christina at Chocolate for Inspiration (Worldbuilding); Shannon O'Donnell (Book review); Letters Inside Out (Karma guest post)
• Feb 7 - Jill at Owl for Ya (Marketing MG); Bibliosaurus Rex (interview); Magna Mania Cafe (Popularity of Angels)
• Feb 8 - Once Upon a Twilight (book review); Dorothy Dreyer (book review)
• Feb 9 - YA Book Central (Fun), Amanda Pedulla (Fav Tween Books); Claire at YA Bookie Monsters (guest post)
• Feb 10-Lori Lee (Why Dead People in YA), Full Moon Bites (interview)
• Feb 13 - Librarian Mouse (Interview)
• Feb 15th Me, My Shelf and I (Interview)

Today's Stop(s)

• Feb 20th - Social Moms (Guest Post: The Rise of Dead Characters in children's Fiction)

Upcoming Stops

• Feb 21 -  The Mixed Up Files (Indie pubbing)
• TBD - Seaside Books, Tempest Books, Tribute Books,; Danyelle Leafty (The Heart of Gabby),  CiCi's Theories