Faeries and Flowers and Trolls, Oh My!!;)

Today the Blog Tour welcomes . . . .Me!! Ha! Well, sorta. Actually, I am welcoming Laurel! The star of WINGS!!! A bit about WINGS from Laurel's point of view:

"Wings is the story of how everything in my life changed. I moved to a new city, met my first boyfriend, started public school, and, um, found out I was a faerie. And not the way you might think. Faeries . . . well, let's just say the stories have them all wrong. Or, kind of wrong. It's understandable! So now my life is exciting . . . and complicated. I have a lot of choices coming up. Hard choices. And the consequences of them could affect the whole world."

That's a lot of pressure for a fifteen-year-old!

A bit about Laurel:

Laurel Sewell is a fifteen year old who lives in Crescent City, CA and attends Del Norte High School. She enjoys the outdoors and playing her guitar and singing. She does not enjoy Biology, as much as her friend, David tries to convince her too. She does enjoy English and has a fondness for the color blue.

And now, Laurel steps up for the Feasty Five!!

AP: What kind of soda do you drink?

LS: Sprite. Pretty much always. No artificial coloring or caffeine. Also lots of sugar and no fat. It's good for me!

AP: What is your favorite kind of flower?

LS: I used to really love African Violets. My mom grows them. But I've been learning a lot about flowers lately and have decided my very favorite are Cymbidian Orchids.

AP: Do you believe in magic?

LS: I didn't used to. But I kind of have to now. I've learned that it's probably best to believe in everything. At least a little bit.

AP: Superman or Batman?

LS: Batman. No matter what natural abilities you are born with, what really matters are your choices and what you do with what you have. Batman is totally a good example of that.

AP: Give us one line you say in WINGS. You don't even have to give it context.:)

LS: "David, take a very big breath."

AP: *waits for context*

LS: *silence*

Crickets: *Chirping*

AP: Okay, fine. no spoilers! You can learn more about Laurel at my microsite at Harper Teen's website!

*Short note, I have winners for the Wing in the Wild contest and will get them out as soon as I can!*

Ciao!

Witches and Princes and The-Ugliest-Shoes-In-The-World, Oh My!

Welcome back to blog tour! I have a really fun book for you guys today: Fortune's Folly by Deva Fagan! (Seriously, how can any book by someone named Deva be anything but WIN!??) A bit about FF (as we at the Debs like to call it.;)):

Ever since her mother died and her father lost his shoemaking skills, Fortunata has survived by telling fake fortunes. But when she's tricked into telling a grand fortune for a prince, she is faced with the impossible task of fulfilling her wild prophecy-or her father will be put to death. Now Fortunata has to help Prince Leonato secure a magic sword, vanquish a wicked witch, discover a long-lost golden shoe, and rescue the princess who fits it. If only she hadn't fallen in love with the prince herself. . . .

I love fairy tale re-tellings.

I also love Deva. Here's a bit about her. Deva likes searching for patterns, which is how she explains both her degree in mathematics and the echoes of old fairy-tales in her stories. She also loves tea, gardening, and playing the fiddle. She lives in Maine with her husband and her dog.

*Aprilynne adds notes* Also she's super nice! (That should go in most authors' bios.;))

So Deva is ready an waiting with the Feasty Five!!!

AP: What kind of soda does (would) your MC drink?

DF: Lemon Soda.

AP: Hmmm, like Sprite minus the lime . . . Maybe Laurel and Fortunata should get together! What is your MC's favorite kind of flower? How about yours?

DF: Fortunata, believing herself a practical girl, would answer yarrow (which is said to protect against evil), but secretly she loves white roses for entirely romantic reasons.

I myself favor bright blue flowers, especially big patches of scilla or bluebells.

AP: Does your MC believe in magic? Do you?

DF: Fortunata does NOT believe in magic. I believe in the magic of understanding, love, inquiry, imagination, enthusiasm and hope.

AP: Me too! And most importantly, Superman or Batman?

DF: Wolverine. I've always been more of a Marvel girl.

AP: Cheating! That was not one of the choices!! ;) Okay, give us one line from your book. You don't even have to give it context.:)

DF: Life would have been much easier if I believed in fairy tales.

AP: Yeah, uh, me too . . . :) Thanks Deva!

DF: Thanks, Aprilynne!

You can visit Deva at www.devafagan.com and her book is available here!

Ciao!

Six Days Out Contest!!

Okay, so I've been informed that Borders may be stocking my book early. *Squee* In honor of that, I am holding a fun contest.

Catch WINGS out in the wild!!

First person to email me a picture of WINGS on any store shelf (or floor display . . . just, yanno, in a bookstore and up for sale;)) wins a YA book of their choice plus a decal and whatever else I feel like throwing in there. The second and third people to email me pics get decals and chocolate.

This contest is open to anyone, including international readers!

Happy hunting!

*squirms and giggles*

Ciao!

Didn't Win?? Try Again! . . .Twice!

Hey! There are two contests for a Wings book or ARC going on right now. So if you didn't win on Twitter, you might want to try these ones!

Alex Moore has an interview as well as the first chapter up:

And Nancy at Ravenous reader is doing a fun giveaway too! Check them out!!

Ciao!

The Contest of Awesome!!

Okay, okay, most of you caught me; the main point of the contest was to get a few followers going on Twitter since I am pretty new. But WOW!! I was not expecting to wake up this morning to 100 followers!! You guys are awesome!!

With that being said the winner is . . . WesleyKHarris! Wes, please email (aprilynne pike at gmail dot com) or send me a direct message on Twitter with your address and I will get this book in the mail to you today!

Keep an eye on the blog the next few days; I have this tendency to get really overly excited when super awesome events are coming up and it triggers this uncontrollable compulsion to give stuff away!

I'm just sayin'.;)

Thanks everyone for entering and for following me on Twitter. Yay!!

Ciao!