Nate DOES Rock!

Yes, I am a protective parent. I think kids grow up too quickly these days thanks to the way the media bombards them with sexualized images around every turn. Magazines, tv, billboards, it's everywhere! Recently I tried to watch Good Morning America with my children in the room and had to switch it off when advertisements for another show came on that featured practically naked people rolling around on a bed together. It wasn't even nine am! I wasn't not awake for the dive across the room to shield my children's eyes that suddenly became mandatory! Tone it down networks! For that very reason Disney Junior is a staple in my house and books like Nate Rocks are gold to me!

Why do I love this series? Because Nate is a normal kid with a mom that can't cook, a dad that raves about his "good ole days" and an annoying older sister.   Nate is a truly good kid, he wants to help other people, he WANTS to be the hero. So how does he live out that dream? He draws himself right into in! With the use of his sketch pad he whisks himself off on incredible journeys that star him in amazing, exciting adventures that cast him as the hero. These middle grade books are a fantastic way to encourage kids to let their imaginations run wild and let it take them wherever it will--like their own private magic carpet!

This is the third book in this series written by the uber talented Karen Pokras Toz. Catch this series from the beginning with Nate Rocks the World, Nate Rocks the Boat and now Nate Rocks the School! Purchase Nate Rocks the School Now!

A Vlog & a Giveaway!

My latest vlog, I finally speak out against ... garden gnomes. Also, while I have you here I want to let you know about a giveaway I have going on! On April 1st I will kick off a month long celebration of my third full length novel, Sacrifice. Right here is where I will post the contests, but if you want all the details like the Facebook event page. http://www.facebook.com/events/502577273110997/  Now for the contest! I have about 187 attendees so far and I would love for that number to hit 200! So share the link, tell your friends to say you sent them and I will let you pick THREE free ebooks that were donated to me just for this! Up for grabs are; S.P.I.R.I.T. Fire Storm or Malevolent Gateway by Dawn Gray, Semester Aboard or Snow Bound; book 1 & 2 in the More than Magic Series by Elizabeth Kirke, Kasadya; Hellhound Awakened by Karen Swart, Dragon Wars by Emily Fogle, Willow or Timeless by Amy Richie, Pulse by HJ Daly, Daughter of the Red Dawn by Alicia Michaels, The Many Lives of Avery Snow or The Unraveling of Avery Snow by Christy Sloat, or the children's books Waffles & Pancakes; a Lesson in Bullying by Cindy Springsteen, James Saves the Moon or Helga Returns by Wendy Nystrom, or Savannah's Story or An Easter Bonnet for Lily by Jodi Stone.

Lots and lots of books up for grabs and you can pick THREE if you get the most attendees to the event! Make sure they say you sent them!!! http://www.facebook.com/events/502577273110997/

Kindle Fire Giveaway!

I am part of an amazing giveaway right now where someone is taking home a FREE KINDLE FIRE!!! Do not miss out on this!!! All you have to do is click on over and enter! Oh, you're busy? Don't have five minutes to spare to enter to win a product that retails at $199? Then ya probably shouldn't be readin' this either, there Ace! In only takes a couple of minutes and someone is going to win! It may as well be YOU!!!

http://www.iamareader.com/2013/03/win-kindle-fire-hd-amazon-gift-card-or.html

Snow Bound Giveaway!!

Snow Bound Swag & Amazon Giftcard Giveaway!

Book 2 in the More Than Magic Series!


Don't miss the TWITTER CHAT!!!! March 7, 11am Elizabeth Kirke

Use hashtag: #SnowBound


AND THEN.... Enter the Giveaway!!!!

Enter below to win...

 a More than Magic Swag Pack containing:


Signed paperback of Semester Abroad (More than Magic #1)

Limited Edition More than Magic Calendar (filled with exclusive trivia)

2 signed bookmarks

$25 Amazon Gift Card

















Let's learn about Snow Bound...











After learning how to use magic and fighting vampires, anyone would be bored going back to normal college life. Worst of all, Jen misses the friends she made over the summer. Naturally, Jen is all too happy to accept an invitation to go skiing with the gang during winter break.

She gears up for two weeks of snow, magic, and fun. Just when everything seems to be going great, an uninvited guest turns up. Soon the skiers aren’t the only things going downhill. Jen thought that vampires were just about the most dangerous thing the magical world could throw at her. Unfortunately, she’s about to learn that people with no magic at all can be just as deadly...

Author Biography with Elizabeth Kirke!

Elizabeth Kirke wanted to be an author before she even knew what an author was. She used to say that she wanted to be an artist, but that was only because she was too young to write and had to tell stories with pictures instead. She hasn't stopped writing since she learned how. It wasn't long before she dreamed of becoming an author and couldn't be happier now that that dream is a reality.



If she isn't writing...well, let's be honest; if she isn't writing she's probably on Facebook thinking that she should start writing. But, if she isn't writing or on Facebook, she's probably doing something involving books, baking, gardening, or yarn. In an ideal world, she'd be reading and knitting while something from the garden is in the oven. Then again, in an ideal world, she'd have a flock of ducks and a couple of goats.



Like most slightly-nosy, avid readers, Elizabeth can't resist trying to catch a peek at books she sees people reading when out in public to see if she can figure out what it is. While doing just that one day, she realized that it would probably be the coolest-thing-ever if she caught a complete stranger reading one of her books. That's her new dream.



Where can you find Elizabeth....


**https://www.facebook.com/MorethanMagic



**http://elizabeth-kirke.blogspot.com



**Twitter: more_than_magic



**http://www.goodreads.com/author/list

/5116849.Elizabeth_Kirke





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Celebrating Karen Toz's new Nate Rocks Book!

Today is a special day for fans of Karen Toz's AMAZING Nate Rocks series; this is the day we kick off a book blast and blog tour to celebrate the next book, Nate Rocks the School. There are so many prizes to win and fun to be had that this is a do not miss event! Just get a load of these prizes;

So without further ado, let's learn more about this wonderful Middle Grade book, its uber talented author and how you can follow along and enter to win prizes. Drum Roll Please ...

Summary:

Nate Rocks Is At It Again . . .

According to Nathan Rockledge, fifth grade has plenty of perks. Oh sure, there’s more work and that know-it-all, Lisa Crane, is still around – but, there’s a lot to look forward to as well: a laser tag birthday party, baseball at recess, and even a cool Halloween dance. Of course, all of that means nothing without the biggest perk of all . . . the class trip to New York City in the spring. If Nathan’s class can raise enough money to go, that is.

Give Nathan paper and a pencil and watch as his imagination turns him into Nate Rocks, hero and fifth grade super star. With adventures abound, Nate saves the day time and again. But will Nate be able to save the fifth grade trip?

Join Nathan, his hilarious family, and his friends, as he rocks the school in another fun Nate Rocks adventure.

Author Bio:

Karen Pokras Toz lives outside of Philadelphia with her husband and three children. Karen’s middle grade childrens’ novels: Millicent Marie Is Not My Name and the Nate Rocks series, have won several awards including First Place for Children’s Chapter Books and the Grand Prize Overall in the 2012 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, as well as placing first for a Global E-Book Award for Pre-Teen Literature. Karen is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI). Her first adult contemporary novel, invisible, will be released this summer. For more information, please visit www.karentoz.com.

Links

Website: www.karentoz.com

Blog: http://kptoz.blogspot.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/karenptoz

Twitter: www.twitter.com/karentoz

Amazon: http://bit.ly/NRTSamazon

Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/NRSchoolBN

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5009570.Karen_Pokras_Toz

Schedule:

March 4 Blog Blitz & Twitter Party

March 5 Publishsavvy www.publishsavvy.com/blog Author Guest Post 

March 6 There for You http://thereforyoumelissa.blogspot.com/ Character Guest Post

March 7 Marietta Homeschooling Zoo http://mariettahomeschoolingzoo.blogspot.com/ Review & Giveaway

March 8 Fresh Pot of Tea http://alisondeluca.blogspot.com/ Review, Excerpt, & Giveaway

Check out the complete Nate Rocks Series;

  

Shoop. A Poetic Interpretation

A Special Valentine's Day vlog! You must watch! I am so proud of this!

All My Thanks!

Today wraps up a two week blog tour that my Gryphon Series was on. We played games, gave away prizes, and hopefully introduced a few new people to the series. Now that this event has concluded I want to say thank you to each and every person that helped along the way; Autumn Nauling, Angie Edwards, Kymberlee Burks-Miller, Beth Calloway Edwards, Becky Johnson, Andrea Coventry, Brandy Jeffus Corona, Ashley Nicole, MaryAnn Inabinet, Tejasvini Rao, Allana Kephart, Amanda Edmunds, and Casse NaRome. Each and every one of you took the time to help promote my work and for that I can't thank you enough. Please know it was truly appreciated.

I also want to thank Raebeth Buda, who not only did a spot on the blog tour, but arranged the whole darn thing. Raebeth is an author herself and I thought the best way to say thank you to her and to close out my own tour would be to showcase HER work. So here it is kids, a special spotlight feature on her book, Silenced. Enjoy!

Amber Brown spent her entire existence believing Dave was her father. When her mother reveals this is untrue, she goes through an emotional spiral with depression. It's hard for her to believe her mother had lied to her all this time.

A move to a new home and town causes Amber to be consumed by her "darkness" and reverts to cutting to free herself from her pain.

When Casey, her new friend enters her life, she introduces Amber to parties, drugs, and Amber's new boyfriend Landon. The secret of cutting begins to take affect on Amber as she tries to hide it from her friends and family. In the midst of everything, Amber has the desire to find out who her biological father is.

Follow Amber through her trials of depression and cutting, along with the discovery of love.

Author Facebook Page Link- https://www.facebook.com/raebethbuda

Email: raebeth.buda@gmail.com

Blog link: http://raebethmcgeeswriting.blogspot.com/

Twitter ID: https://twitter.com/raebethmcgee

Website: http://raebethmcgee.weebly.com/index.html

Each book(s) Amazon page links

Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/Silenced-Volume-1-RaeBeth-McGee/dp/1480254665/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1355696968&sr=1-1

Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Silenced-Series-ebook/dp/B00ANRBNDS/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355696968&sr=1-1&keywords=Silenced+by+raebeth+mcgee

Link on Barnes and Noble

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/silenced-rae-beth-mcgee/1022945794?ean=2940015999945

Additional information

Author page on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/RaeBeth-McGee/e/B00ANXH6PG/ref=la_B00ANXH6PG_rf_p_n_feature_browse-b_0?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_82%3AB00ANXH6PG%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A2656022011&bbn=283155&ie=UTF8&qid=1355839606&rnid=618072011