The Release of Shades of Earth!

AHHH I CANNOT BELIEVE IT. This is weird. I've been meaning to write this post since I finished writing SHADES OF EARTH, but I kept putting it off. I think it's because I don't know what to say. I mean, I know what I want to say, but I don't think I have the words to say it. Does that make sense? I just. I don't have the words to describe what it means to me to have the trilogy out. To have you read it. To thank you for your support. To thank Penguin/Razorbill for their support, especially Ben and Gillian for the tireless rounds of edits and rewrites. To give virtual hugs and kisses to my agent, Merrilee Hiefetz, who is more amazing than I deserve. AHHH I NEED BETTER WORDS.

For realsies.

I'm still working on a few things behind the scenes for you, that I hope I get to reveal soon. I just want to say that those of you who pre-ordered the book...you're getting something soon. I mean, besides the book. :D

Here's a few updates of things that are happening around the interwebs to celebrate SHADES to tide you over until you get the next big reveal...

CONTESTS:

• To help celebrate Victoria Schwab's release (THE ARCHIVED, next week!) I made a video for her MAKING HISTORY series. You can see it and find out what book changed my life FOREVVVVERRR by clicking here...and commenting will put you in the running for a SIGNED copy of SHADES OF EARTH.
• Ex Libris Kate (who is awesome) is giving away a copy of SHADES OF EARTH (or a signed paperback of ACROSS THE UNIVERSE)--along with a bunch of NASA goodies!--here.
• And The League of Extraordinary Writers is giving away a whole trilogy of the books--paperbacks of ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, A MILLION SUNS, and an ARC of SHADES OF EARTH--all of which will be SIGNED--by entering here. Meanwhile, also check out their shiny new design and look!  

REVIEWS:

I don't often flood the blog with reviews--I figure if you want a review, you can easily find one, and I don't want anyone to think I'm playing favorites to any one reviewer. But I wanted to share this video review of SHADES OF EARTH with you because (a) it's pretty spoiler-free for people who've read the first two books, (b) the reviewer says my full name correctly, which is rare and awesome, (c) I named a character in the book after him. It pays to come to my signings. If your name is cool, I'm totally stealing it for the next novel :)

AHHH! So much happening! Again, THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. SO MUCH. I wish I could just grab you all into a huge group hug. That's what I want to do. <333 p="p">