Novel Girl News!

This upcoming week marks the one year anniversary of The Novel Girls blog! We also have two book releases this month: Lisa Patton's debut, WHISTLIN' DIXIE IN A NOR'EASTER, and the paperback release of Lesley Livingston's WONDROUS STRANGE!

To celebrate, we're going to have a month of giveaways -- one prize each week by a different Novel Girl AND a grand prize at the end of the month: a $100 giftcard to Amazon!! Stay tuned, and check back for the details each week.

And in more Novel Girl News, last Sunday Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter was picked as a "Southern title to consider" in the Atlanta Journal Constitution under the "Fall Books Preview" section."

Cheers!
The Novel Girls

Novel Girls News!

THE SEPTEMBER SISTERS got a terrific review in Publishers Weekly! They called it a "memorable debut novel" and called "the story startlingly real." Click here to read the whole review!

THE SEPTEMBER SISTERS is also nominated for a few Reader's Choice Awards over at YA Reads. Click here to check out all the nominees and to vote!

Cheers!
The Novel Girls

Novel Girls News!

Novel Girl Lesley Livingston received a fabulous review of Wondrous Stange in The Globe and Mail -- Canada's biggest national newspaper!

Among other lovely things, the review says "Oh, bestselling Twilight, thou hast a strong contender," and "Livingston delivers with skillful momentum . . .As a young adult fantasy, this book has it all. " Click here to read the whole review.

Congratulations, Lesley!

Novel Girl News

This coming week is release week for Tracy Madison's A Taste of Magic and Jillian Cantor's The September Sisters!! All week, The Novel Girls will be celebrating the releases by interviewing Tracy and Jillian.

We'll also be having a contest and giving away signed copies of both A Taste of Magic and The September Sisters. All you need to do to enter is comment on any of the posts this week -- for every post you comment on, you get 1 entry into the contest!

Cheers!
The Novel Girls

Novel Girls News

Join us tomorrow, February 16th, for an interview with literary agent, Michelle Grajkowski, from Three Seas Literary!

And we're only one week away from the release of Tracy Madison's A Taste of Magic and Jillian Cantor's The September Sisters!!! Soon we'll be starting a contest to give away signed copies of each book -- so check the sidebar for contest details next week.

Cheers!
The Novel Girls

Novel Girls News

Check out this awesome book trailer for Tracy Madison's A TASTE OF MAGIC!!

Novel Girls News

Agent Holly Root will be guest blogging with us this Tuesday, January 13th. So make sure to stop in to see what she has to say!

And if you haven't already, pick up a copy of Lesley Livingston's awesome urban fantasy, Wondrous Strange! Check out this video of her talking about the book.



Tracy Madison's A Taste of Magic and Jillian Cantor's The September Sisters, will both be released in 43 days, so it's not too early to pre-order your copies!!

Cheers!
The Novel Girls

Contest Winner & News

We used random.org to pick a winner for our contest. And the winner is. . .Paradox. Paradox, send us your address and how you would like the book signed to thenovelgirls@gmail.com .
If you didn't win this time, stay tuned -- we'll be having more contests in February when A Taste of Magic and The September Sisters release.

Check out our sidebar for some new things -- the cover for Tracy Madison's A Stroke of Magic, which will be out in July and the cover for Maureen Lipinksi's A Bump in the Road, which will be out in June. Also, check out the widgets for our next three release. Feel free to share them on your own blogs or sites!

Finally, we're excited to announce that agent Holly Root will be guest blogging with us on January 13th!! So be sure to stop in to see what she has to say.

Cheers!
The Novel Girls

Contest

If you haven't already, sign up to be our follower by Jan. 1, for a chance to win a signed, hardcover copy of Lesley Livingston's WONDROUS STRANGE!! (Click on "follow this blog" on the right -- you may have to scroll down the page to see it.)

And we're going to be celebrating the release of WONDROUS STRANGE (out THIS TUESDAY, 12/23) all week here at The Novel Girls!

Happy Holidays!
The Novel Girls

Contest!!

To celebrate the December 23rd release of Lesley Livingston's WONDROUS STRANGE, The Novel Girls are having their first ever contest!!

All you need to do to enter is become a follower of our blog by January 1, 2009. (Click "Follow this Blog" on the right hand bar -- you may need to scroll down a little bit to see it). We'll pick one winner, at random, from all our followers to win a SIGNED hardcover copy of WONDROUS STRANGE !!!

Good luck :-).

Cheers!
The Novel Girls

Novel Girls News

Tracy Madison's A STROKE OF MAGIC (the sequel to A TASTE OF MAGIC) has had its release date moved up to July 2009!

Maureen Lipinski's title has changed from WAS IT PLANNED? to A BUMP IN THE ROAD: FROM HAPPY HOUR TO BABY SHOWER.

Thanks for joining us as we blogged about our paths to getting agents. Next week is open blog week, so come back for a variety of interesting topics!

Cheers!
The Novel Girls

Novel Girls News

Lesley Livingston's WONDROUS STRANGE was listed as a Debut to Watch in Publishers Weekly.

In foreign rights news, Italian rights to WONDROUS STRANGE have sold to Fazi in Italy. Read about it here in Lesley's blog.

Danish rights to Jillian Cantor's THE SEPTEMBER SISTERS have sold to Forlaget Thorup in Denmark. Read about it here in Jillian's blog.

Thanks for joining our discussion on friendship! We hope you'll come back next week as we blog about finding an agent.

Cheers!
The Novel Girls