WINNER NUMBER ONE!!!

And the winner for June is...Jennifer M. from Viola, WI! Whoo-hoo! Here's what Jennifer has won:

JUNE: A copy of "Crowned" by Julie Linker and the T-shirt below, as well as an Arkansas Author goodie bag with bookmarks, tattoos, and more.



For all of you who entered (we ended up with about 30 entries all told, which isn't bad), thank you so much! And stay tuned to the blog for more Super Entry days. There are still two more months of winning ahead. Next month it will be my book, "You are So Undead to Me", or...if you've already read that...I might be persuaded to part with one of my last three ARCs of "Undead Much?" ;)



Have a great Tuesday,

Stacey Jay

"Undead Much?" 1st Review

"The story this time around was well thought out and kept me guessing till the end and kept to the fresh and unique taste it had last time. This series really is a great edition to the Young Adult Paranormal genre..."Undead Much?" isn't due out till January 2010 but until then make sure you catch up with and get to know Megan in You Are So Undead To Me. Also get to know the author and series by reading the Amberkatze's Book Blog interview with Stacey Jay. A huge thanks to Razorbill for letting me read this! I can't wait for book #3!"

-Amber on Amberkatze's Book Blog

Yeay! I'm so so glad she liked it. First reviews are always a little terrifying. (Okay, all reviews are a little terrifying, lol.) You can read everything Amber had to say over on her blog (warning, contains spoilers for Book 1, "You are So Undead to Me", so if you haven't read that yet, beware):

http://amberkatze.blogspot.com/2009/06/130-undead-much-by-stacey-jay.html

You can pre-order "Undead Much?" here, if you feel so inclined:

http://www.amazon.com/Undead-Much-Stacey-Jay/dp/1595142738/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246276228&sr=1-1

And you can find out who one month one of the Summer Reads and Tees contest tomorrow morning, right here on this blog! Leave a comment here today, it's the last day to get your name in the pot for June!

Happy Day all,

Stacey Jay

Some Odds and Ends

Oooo...pretty display for Darken Your Summer Days Promo!! Have you spotted this in the wild? If so I'd love to hear about it because...um yeah, it would just be cool.

Also, the website has been revamped, or re-zombified or what have you. I think I forgot to send ya'll over there to check it out:

http://staceyjay.com

There's a new shopping section where you can buy your own YASUTM gear, t-shirts, etc and other goodies. I'll be adding to the shop soon so keep checking back if like...you want to.

Haven't had time to fix up the Voice Over book trailer just yet. Hopefully I'll have that ready to share with ya'll come Monday.

Busy weekend around here, hope yours is fun!

Stacey Jay

"Undead Much" Trailer Number 1

Okay, ya'll, I need feedback. Does this trailer do it for you? Or do you think you'd prefer one with a voice over near the beginning instead? I've got another version I'm working on, but I want to be sure I've got the best one before I post it to You Tube.

So give me an opinion if you've got one! I'd appreciate it.

(Super Entry...last chance for a Super Entry before the first Summer Reads and Tees give-away! Learn more about the Summer Reads and Tess contest here:
http://staceyjay.com/news.php )

Happy Tuesday!

Stacey Jay

Debutante Blog Tour: Cynthea Liu

About Paris Pan Takes the Dare

Twelve-year-old Paris Pan's life is a mess. She's just moved to a tiny town in Nowheresville, Oklahoma; her family life is a comical disaster; her new friends are more like frenemies; and the boy she has a crush on is a dork. Things couldn't possibly get worse, until she discovers that a girl mysteriously died years ago while taking a seventh-grade rite of passage–the Dare– right near Paris's new house. So when Paris starts hearing strange noises coming from the creepy run-down shed in her backyard, she thinks they could be a message from the ghost of a girl. But while she has no plans to make contact with the great beyond, her two new friends have other thoughts. Everyone who's anyone takes the Dare, and now it's Paris's turn.

About Cynthea Liu

Cynthea spent her formative years in Oklahoma and Texas where she was
a Whiz Quiz member, an Academic Decathloner, and a spelling bee
champion. (Yes, she was very popular.) After attending college on the
East coast, she worked at a corporate job where she mastered
PowerPoint and racked up thousands of frequent flyer miles.
Eventually, she traded in her suit for sweats to do the fun
stuff–writing for children.

Thanks so much Cynthea!! Ya'll check out the following Liu links:

Author Web site: http://cynthealiu.com

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0399250433/?tag=cynthealiu-20

And check out the "Take the Dare, Show U Care" contest. It's a great cause--buying books and supplies for kids in need--and I'm auctioning off a 5 page critique:

http://www.cynthealiu.com/win-critique-from-author-stacey-jay/

Happy Sunday!

Stacey Jay

My So Called Death-Cover and More

All in all it was a good day to die. If there really is such a thing.

You hear characters in movies say that all the time, but does anyone really believe the words “good” and “die” belong in the same sentence?

Still, it could have been worse. It could have been dark and spooky night instead of a beautiful Georgia morning in late October, with a light wind whipping across the Peachtree High School football field, making zombies seem like the last thing anyone needed to worry about…

Fifteen-year-old freshman, Karen Vera, is well on her way to ruling her school when a freak cheer leading accident turns her into, well, a freak. Much to her Horror and Dismay, Karen learns she is a genetic mutation, one of the Death Challenged--a politically correct term for a zombie!

Now she has to go to a top secret zombie school, eat brains for lunch, and take courses with names like "Secrets of Successful Morticians and their Uses for the Undead: Foundation and Beyond". And to make matters worse, her roommate is the most reviled girl at DEAD High, a complete head case, and maybe...a murderer.

Can Karen find out who's offing the nearly un-off-able Undead before she becomes the next victim? Can she convince the super-cute captain of the swim team that a girl can have a pathological love for pink and still carry on an intelligent conversation? Will she ever pass remedial Algebra for the Death Challenged?

Find out in "My So Called Death". March, 2010, from Flux Books.

Have a great weekend!

Stacey Jay

Darken Your Summer Days Trailer

I just saw this yesterday thanks to a heads up from Reader Sami (thanks Sami!). I was so pysched to be a part of the Darken Your Summer Days promotion and in the company of such amazing writers as Lili St. Crow and Richelle Mead (whose books I have read and loved) and Heather Brewer (whose book I will be reading asap).

Have a great Thursday everyone, check back tomorrow for BIG news. (I've got my cover for "My So Called Death"--my book from Flux--and a release date!)

Stacey Jay