Thursday, March 31, 2011

BANDITS is GETTING GREAT REVIEWS! Yippee!



For those of you that don't know it, I'm a mom of four. About a year ago, my son asked me to write a book about Pirates. I knew that I had to really do it up for him, I wanted him to read it soooo much. Well he did, and he told me what I needed to do to make it even better - but most of all, he said, "Mom, you nailed this!"

CURRENT REVIEWS ARE MAKING ME SHIVER WITH EXCITEMENT

Check them out, please comment and support these wonderful bloggers that took a chance on BANDITS and gave it a read.


Okay, I'm gonna cry...JOYFUL tears. More awesome amazing reviews of Bandits!!!

LovLivLife Reviews
http://www.lovlivlifereviews.com/2011/03/review-bandits-by-lm-preston.html

The Bo0ki3 Reviews:
http://thebo0ki3.blogspot.com/2011/03/bandits-review.html


Writer's Alley
http://writersally.blogspot.com/2011/03/book-review-bandits.html


All Consuming Books

http://tigersallconsumingbooks.blogspot.com/2011/03/review-bandits-by-lm-preston.html


SO WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU THAT YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING - Tell them I WILL - BUT MY WAY

Sunday, March 27, 2011

There's GONNA BE A PARTY! Here's a Party Favor!



Oh yeah baby!!! There's going to be a Launch Party for Bandits! We'll be giving away some awesome prizes.

So until then, stay tuned.

NOW TO THE PRIZE!

We have a ton of books! So we are going to give away a YA Pack.

HERE's THE LIST:

THE PACK by LM Preston
SHADOW WALKER by LA BANKS
OTHER by Karen Kincy

To get the prize....

Follow me on:
BLOG: http://lmpreston.blogspot.com/
PARTY BLOG: http://bookpartylmpreston.blogspot.com
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/LM_Preston
FACEBOOK:http://tinyurl.com/2fev6qc

and send Email to publisher on : www.lmpreston.com to confirm.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Kirsten Hubbard author of Like Mandarin talks Release Day

Spotlight Blog and Author:

Welcome Author, Kirsten Hubbard dropped by A Writing Process or a Write of Passage

Learning the craft of writing
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for her Release Day Interview: Like Mandarin available today!



Some of you know I'm a travel writer as well as a YA author. I've been fortunate to visit some pretty colorful places, and certainly, I'd love to celebrate my release day in Thailand or Tikal (or more appropriately, the Wyoming badlands!). But I'll be spending it right here in San Diego, mostly in my house and home office. My launch party isn't until Saturday, and my friends and family won't come down until Friday. So it'll be and the dog til the husband gets home. Maybe it's a little mundane, but it fits, since it's the site of my most exciting journey of all: writing and publishing LIKE MANDARIN.

That all sounded really zen, didn't it? Really, I expect my release day to go like this:

7:30 - Wake up (if I ever got to sleep), butterflies with harpy eagle wingspans twirling in my stomach. Linger in bed and check my email on my iPhone while Husband heads off to work. Like every morning.
8:00 - Shuffle (bounce) into the kitchen and make chai. Like every morning.
8:05 - Sit at my computer, in my office or at my kitchen table or coffee table, and prevent myself from checking Goodreads/Amazon/Bookscan. Except really I'll check all three, immediately.
9:00 - Repeatedly.
10:00 - Eat some Thin Mints. Get stressed about launch party Saturday.
10:15 - Read some Metafilter and CNN and so forth, and talk to my YA Highway co-bloggers, but every fifteen minutes head back to Goodreads/Amazon/Bookscan.
12:00 - Realize how ridiculous I am being, and that I need to get out of the house. Take shower and sing "Afraid of Everyone" by The National at the top of my lungs. Decide to leave my iPhone at home. Except really I'll bring it.
12:30 - Treat myself to a Thai iced tea with boba.
12:45 - Take my Thai iced tea with boba somewhere scenic and relaxing, like Balboa Park, or the beach, and walk around a little bit, maybe for ten minutes, until early sense of refreshment is replaced by debilitating sense of off-the-grid terror, and then I will sit on a rock and check Twitter, Goodreads, Amazon and Facebook on my iPhone.
2:00 - Arrive home and head straight for my computer.
2:30 - Eat more Thin Mints. Call my mom. Get stressed about launch party Saturday.
4:00 - Walk the dog -- but only a couple blocks. The internet awaits!
5:00 - Put on An Outfit and get bouncy waiting for Husband to release me from my own head.
5:30 - Husband gets home! Talk a SoCal mile-a-minute about all the internet things that happened today. Like every evening.
6:00 - Get in car and head to indie bookstore.
6:10 - Locate my book.
6:11 - Cry.
6:30 - Head somewhere with happy hour margaritas or mojitos.
8:30 - Arrive home and head straight for my computer. Intend to spend some time working on third book, but instead, get wrapped up in great conversation with great friends.
12:00 - Can't believe it's over! Fully initiated. I am an author.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Awesome Reviews for BANDITS - I'm Fainting like now!




Oh, I just had to share. I *jumping up and down* got another 5 star review for Bandits!

Book Reader's Heaven:

check it out: http://gabixlerreviews-bookreadersheaven.blogspot.com/2011/03/review-ya-novel-bandits-by-lm-preston.html

and

Eva's Sanctuary:

Check it out: http://vampirekiss1967.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-of-bandits.html

Would you like to give it a read? Check out the above reviews and let me know if it's an adventure you'll love.

The other is from Librarian, Dawn Lewallen check her out on twitter

Her email quote: "Finished Bandits this weekend. LOVED it!!!! I especially liked how you were able to show the character's disgust and frustration without having them go into a swearing tirade and the romance between Jade and Daniel was gentle and romantic. A perfect YA novel!!"

Friday, March 4, 2011

The Winner Isssssss!


Yep, there's finally a winner!

ARC Copy of BANDITS and a $20 itunes Gift Card. Yippeee!


Haley Hanes is the winner! Please email publisher your mailing address by clicking EMAIL on the publisher website: www.phenomenalonepress.com


I love give aways!