Tuesday, October 22, 2013

A RISK WORTH TAKING Blog Tour and Release-day Blitz!

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A RISK WORTH TAKING released today and now I'm going to tell you what we have planned for it! We have a fabulous tour lined up for this title and you can find the release-day blitz participants at the bottom of this post. Check out the rafflecopter giveaway for a gift basket and gift card, too.

 

BLOG TOUR PARTICIPANTS

WEEK 1

--Wednesday, October 23rd

sofia loves books -Review Stop


Reading Rainblog -Review Stop

--Thursday, October 24th


Anonymous Interests -Review Stop

Contagious Reads -Review Stop

--Friday, October 25th


Keep Calm & Read Romance -Top 10 & Review

--Saturday, October 26th

aliennation -Review Stop

Book Crazy -Review Stop

--Sunday, October 27th



WEEK 2

--Monday, October 28th

Books Like Breathing -Review Stop

Reader Girls -Playlist


--Tuesday, October 29th

Book Wookie -Excerpt

Ticket to Anywhere -Review Stop

The Geekery Book Review -Author Interview

-Wednesday, October 30th


Shawna's Survey -Excerpt

FTLOBbyJBlog -Review Stop

--Thursday, October 31st



Magnet4books -Top 10 List

--Friday, November 1st

Paige -Excerpt

Fictional Candy -Top 10 List

Lis les Livres -Excerpt

--Saturday, November 2nd

A Life Bound By Books -Character Post & Review

read that Review Stop

BOOKS,COFFEE AND WINE -Review Stop

--Sunday, November 3rd

Rumpled Sheets Blog -Review Stop


WEEK 3

--Monday, November 4th



--Tuesday, November 5th

My Daily Romance -Author Interview 



--Wednesday, November 6th

Paulette's Papers -Guest Post

Madison Says -Review Stop

--Thursday, November 7th

The Book Cafe  -Review Stop


Deal Sharing Aunt -Top 10 List

--Friday, November 8th

The Autumn Review -Review Stop


Stories and Swag -Review Stop

--Saturday, November 9th

Booked On Romance -Review Stop

Books Over Boys -Top 10 List

Hardcover Therapy -Review Stop

--Sunday, November 10th

I Read Indie -Author Interview



WEEK 4

--Monday, November 11th


Booklovers LaceyCat -Review Stop



--Tuesday, November 12th

Pete de violet -Review Stop

Lovin' Los Libros -Review Stop

Crim Reviews -Excerpt

--Wednesday, November 13th


Reading Bliss -Review Stop


NightlyReading -Excerpt

--Thursday, November 14th

Paperbook Princess -Review Stop

The Reading Cow -Review Stop

Always YA at Heart -Review Stop


--Friday, November 15th

Book Addict Mumma -Review Stop


   
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ARWTBLITZ 

Everyone listed posted today for the blitz -- Tuesday, October 22nd

The Reading Cow 
thereadingcow.blogspot.com.au

Bibliophile Mystery 
bibliophilemystery.blogspot.ro/

BOOKS,COFFEE AND WINE 
BOOKSCOFFEEANDWINE.BLOGSPOT.COM/

Lis les Livres 
Www.lisleslivres.blogspot.com

deal sharing aunt 
www.dealsharingaunt.blogapot.com

happy tails and tales 
magluvsya03.wordpress.com

Hackaroo's Reviews 
hackaroosreviews.blogspot.com

Ticket to Anywhere 
www.tickettoanywhere.net

Magnet4books 
magnet4books.blogspot.com

The Geekery Book Review
thegeekerybookreview.blogspot.com

Rumpled Sheets Blog 
rumpledsheetsblog.wordpress.com/

NightlyReading 
www.nightlyreading.wordpress.com

Owl Always Be Reading 
www.owlalwaysbereading.com/

Madison Says 
madisonsays.com

Shawna's Survey 
shawnasurvey.blogspot.com

Reading Rainblog 
readingrainblog.com

Books Like Breathing 
bookslikebreathing.blogspot.com

FTLOBbyJBlog
 www.fortheloveofbooksbyjaime.blogspot.com

Pete de violet
 nervidetoamna.blogspot.ro/

Charlotte's Tangled Web of Books 
charlottestangledwebofbooks.blogspot.com/

Bound By Books Book Review 
www.boundbybooksbookreview

Booked On Romance 
bookedonromance.com

The Whispering Pages Book Blog 
thewhisperingpagesbookblog.blogspot.com/

The Book Cafe 
thebookcafeblog.blogspot.com

My Daily Romance 
www.mydailyromance.com

Cocktails and Books 
www.cocktailsandbooks.com

Reading Bliss 
ashleysreadingbliss.blogspot.com

Book Addict Mumma 
www.bookaddictmumma.net

Book Crazy 
bookcrazy123.blogspot.co.uk/

Reads and Thoughts
 readsandthoughts.wordpress.com/

aliennation 
alientwilight-aliennation.blogspot.com

Everything But the Books 
blogeverythingbutthebooks.com/

I Read Indie 
twimom101bookblog.blogspot.com/

Starbucks & Books Obsession
 bookbloggerparadise.blogspot.com

Paperbook Princess 
www.paperbookprincess.com

Wolfel's World of Books 
www.wolfelsworldofbooks.com

Globug and Hootie Need a Book
 globugandhootie.blogspot.com/?m=0

SassyCat's Books Review 
sassycatsbooksreview.blogspot.com/?m=1

read that 
www.sookie72.wordpress.com

TSK TSK What to Read
 www.tsktskwhattoread2.blogspot.com

Booklovers LaceyCat 
bookloverslaceycat.wordpress.com/

Winding Stairs Book Blog 
windingstairsbookblog.blogspot.com/

A Life Bound By Books 
alifeboundbybooks.blogspot.com/

Paulette's Papers
 paulettespapers.com/

Anonymous Interests 
anonymousinterests.wordpress.com/home/

The Phantom Paragrapher
 www.thephantomparagrapher.blogspot.com

Keep Calm & Read Romance 
keepcalmandreadromance.blogspot.com

Hardcover Therapy 
www.hardcovertherapy.com

Jess Time To Read
 jesstimetoread.blogspot.com

Contagious Reads
 contagiousreads.com

Crim Reviews 
crimreviews.blogspot.com.au

sofia loves books
 sofia-loves-books.blogspot.gr/

Living in a Bookworld
 livinginabookworld.blogspot.gr

A Bookworm Confessions 
neverendingbookconfessions.blogspot.pt/

Reading Past My Bedtime 
www.readingpastmybedtime.net

StuckInBooks 
stuckinbooks.com


BUY LINKS

Amazon: http://amzn.to/H70sHD

B&N: http://bit.ly/1h5ixUe

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New Adult... New beginning

I have started and stopped this blog post forty-bagillion times. Okay, like three. Feels like a lot.
I've written it in my head as I fall asleep at night. I've composed witticisms to include while I do dishes or mow the grass or ride my motorcycle.
I've debated and chewed on it. Spit it out. Walked away.
All to figure out how to say it.
That post where I explain where I've been, the reason for going "dark" for months--I've scaled WAY back on my social media time of late, or haven't you been refreshing your screen for the awe-inspiring prose that is my status updates???--and an all-around explanation of the stuff that makes up my personal life. In my head, it all sounds too revealing or too boring or too drama. It depends on my mood as to which.

You all know I am not an over-sharer. I tend to err toward the less-is-more school of thought. But then a couple of years ago, something monumentally tragic happened to me when I lost my baby boy, Tyler, at the age of five days old. And then I blogged about it and you guys were so fracking AWESOME in your response that I am still, to this day, smiling as I remember the flood of love and support and strength I received--and then in turn gave back to my readers. Thank you guys for stepping up and being real with me when I got real with you. I am so much more grateful for you guys after connecting that way.

So. with that warm fuzzy feeling in mind, I'm going to tell you what's been up with me. Mostly because I feel like there's this whole taboo mindset that I shouldn't say it publicly. And if you know me, you know I hate secrets. Which is the exact reason I will, after a year of shutting up, tell you: I am getting divorced.

It's so weird how simple the sentence is to write when I could barely say it aloud a year ago. And not because I'm ashamed or sad or broken up or worried what people think. I haven't said it because I have this nonsense ingrained into me that you don't share your problems with the world. But over the past year or two, my world has become so built up with people who welcome the opportunity to support me and so this is me letting go--and letting them.

In A Risk Worth Taking, my NA that just released (ohmygod I wrote sex!!!!!! my tagline is now: "Heather Hildenbrand, not just for YA anymore."), Summer's parents get divorced and it hits her hard. A lot of her emotions and anxieties were inspired by the events in my own life. I always find real-life emotions are best for funneling into my work and this was no exception. I won't say mych more than that about the book because I don't want to give it away. BTW, A Risk Worth Taking or #ARWT is now available in ebook so go grab yours!

B&N OR Amazon: 

AND enter the giveaway for the "country beauty basket and gift card here


But before everyone gets sad and comments below with how sorry you are, DON'T.

I am happy with my choice and I am living such a full and purposeful and successful life now, and I don't want sympathy or pity or sadness. I want everyone to know that while it was SCARY as hell, it was my choice. And I don't apologize for it (there was a time that I did) and I don't care what people think of it because it was the right thing for me. It has freed me. And while I wish my (ex)husband well, I know I've done what I needed for me, for the first time in so long I can't remember.

This past year has been tough and sad and lonely sometimes but also so amazing and full of the biggest adventures I never would have had otherwise. I learned how to ride motorcycles and I've owned a total of 3 in the past year. Currently still have 2 of them. Traveled more. Discovered I actually do like tent camping--under the right conditions, gotten to know my kids better, stood on stage at a Zac Brown Band concert to a sold out crowd, met Plain White T's, released three books, lived off my writer income as a full-time work-from-home mom, rented my own house in MY own name, visited CO--a lifelong dream of mine, stood front row-center at a Rocket to the Moon/Andy Grammer concert, learned how to hang and twist on silks (you know that aerial ribbon at the circus???), went swimming on horseback, fallen in the kind of love I thought only existed in stories, and SO MANY MORE AMAZING THINGS!!!!

And right now, I have a special project in the works that is the next building block in my dream of being a successful entrepreneur and a mom who is always home to get her kids off the bus. And it includes giving back to the very people who have helped put me where I am today. I can't wait to tell you more about it. (Look for an announcement in November!!)

I honestly wake up every morning loving my life. Thank you for that. Readers, Fans, Friends--you are the best part of me.

So, this is not a "Woe is Me" post. This is a, "Be strong and claim your happiness" post. And a post to say: Just like Summer in A Risk Worth Taking, let go of the struggle, let go of a past you couldn't control and can't change, and face forward.

Take a Risk. Seize the Day. Create a purposeful life filled with things that make you smile.

"Set your life on fire. Seek those that fan your flames." -Rumi
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