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Happy Holidays From My Family to Yours

It’s a busy time of year for everyone, and that’s no exception for this gal! Between the decorating, cookie making, and holiday activities, a minute of spare time is just not to be found.

This past weekend we took a holiday train ride with Santa (and other fun characters) on the Essex Steam Train. And tomorrow we’re taking The Boy on his first ever trip to NYC. So that means another train ride (this time on the train we see from the cafe all of the time), seeing the big tree at Rockefeller Center, and probably a trip to the toy store.

I’ve also got some really exciting things going on with the writing career, but I’ll be gabbing about all that in the New Year. If you’re local, don’t forget to check out the launch party for The Great Connecticut Caper at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford on January 7, 2015. The countdown has already begun for the first chapter release on January 4, 2015. The official site for reading the chapters as they release is http://ctcaper.cthumanities.org/.

I’ve got one last guest post scheduled for Thursday (a cover reveal!) and then I’ll be taking next week off from blogging for Christmas. The Observation Desk will be back strong in the New Year with lots of guest posts from The Great Connecticut Caper contributors and the usual writing, parenting, blathering posts from me. 😉

With that, I wish all of you a happy and healthy holiday season and New Year!

 

The Great Connecticut Caper Launch Party

Gillette Castle has gone missing! Join the fun as twelve Connecticut authors and twelve Connecticut illustrators solve the mystery in THE GREAT CONNECTICUT CAPER, a serialized story for middle grade readers and those who love adventure. Chapter one will be released on January 4, 2015 with a chapter to follow every two weeks.

Come celebrate the launch on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, CT. I’ll be there! Will you?

CT Caper Launch flier

ELIXIR BOUND Book Blitz Schedule

The ELIXIR BOUND sale and giveaway book blitz is a go! There’s still time to sign up if you have a spot on your blog, just fill out the form. Here are the amazing bloggers who have already signed up and the blitz schedule.

September 14:

Bookaholics-http://leodinzlyandra.blogspot.com

The Storyteller’s Scroll-http://thestorytellersscroll.blogspot.com

Author Eric Price-http://authorericprice.com

Wendy Laharnar-http://wendylaharnar.blogspot.com.au/

MuseIt Young & YA-http://museituptweenyoungadultbooks.blogspot.ca/

September 15:

Write Stuff-meradethhouston.blogspot.com

Jeff Chapman’s Writing-http://jeffchapmanwriter.blogspot.com/

Shelf Full of Books-http://kathrynsshelffullofbooks.blogspot.ca

September 16:

Leona’s Chater-http://leonaschatter.blogspot.com/

Kimberly G. Giarratano-www.kimberlyggiarratano.com/blog

September 17:

Suzanne’s thoughts for the day-http://suzannesthoughtsfortheday.blogspot.com/

S. J. Pajonas-http://www.spajonas.com

The Dragon Blog-www.melissapetreshock.com/the-dragon-blog

September 18:

J.Q. Rose, author-http://www.JQRose.com

Waibel’s World-http://waibelworld.blogspot.com

September 19:

Kelly Hashway-http://kellyhashway.blogspot.com

September 20:

A Thousand Words A Million Books-http://athousandwordsamillionbooks.blogspot.in

September 22:

Strands of Thought-http://kaistrand.blogspot.com/

Kay LaLone I Love Books-www.kaylalone.blogspot.com

Planet Book Lion-Planetbooklion.blogspot.co.uk

September 23:

Penny’s Tales-http://www.pennyestelle.blogspot.com

Palace of Twelve Pillars-www.weigandchris.com

The Poet’s Fire-poetsfire.blogspot.com

September 24:

Heather Fraser Brainerd & David Fraser-http://drivingblindproductions.wordpress.com

September 25:

Jester Harley’s Manuscript Page-http://AnneEJohnson.blogspot.com

September 26:

Erin’s Blog-http://blog.erinrhewbooks.com/

The Story of a Writer-http://beverlystowemcclure.blogspot.com

Carpinello’s Writing Pages-carpinelloswritingpages.blogspot.com

September 27:

Beth Blogs-http://bethovermyer.blogspot.com/

YA Guy-http://theyaguy.blogspot.com/

I hope you get a chance to check out these blogs. See you on the tour!

P.S. I know I said I was going to make an announcement today about the collaborative writing project I’m working on, but I forgot I had this schedule to post today, so stop in tomorrow for the announcement. 🙂

ELIXIR BOUND Book Blitz Sign Up

Hi all! I’ve got a lot going on right now. We had The Boy’s third birthday last week and his birthday party over the long weekend. We went to the zoo, just me and him, the morning of his birthday and had ice cream cake that evening. Pretty low key.

For his party, I made him a fire engine birthday cake (thankfully I bought a cake pan that made the job a little bit easier) and cake pops, which took a good chunk of time. Somehow we ended up having like 30+ people at the party, so it was fun but a big time suck for me. Not so much low key.

In writing news, I have a short poem coming out in Highlights HIGH FIVE magazine. It’s a tough market to break into, so I was super excited to get an acceptance. And I have big news coming on Monday about a fun, collaborative project I’m working on to be released next year.

I’ve also been gearing up for a big promotional push for ELIXIR BOUND. The ebook will be on sale and the paperback will be up on Goodreads for a giveaway, both happening September 14th-28th. I’m currently organizing a big book blitz (and hopefully releasing the book trailer as well…if the creator of my trailer–my brother–can get his you-know-what together!). I’d love if any bloggers who have some space between the 14th and 27th could sign up.

Here’s the sign up link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JPEek1w3PPHuGNpX3XNCV24uF9tHhqep2GvJ6zQMYTo/viewform

So what have you all been up to?

The Sassy Summer Book Party

You’re invited to the Sassy Summer Book Party and it starts now! Join 61 authors (including yours truly) and enter for a chance to win one of ten awesome prize packs. You can win an ecopy of my book ELIXIR BOUND in Prize Pack #2 Young Adult. Each prize pack includes a $10 Amazon gift card, books, and swag! Enter them all on Melissa A. Petreshock’s Dragon Blog.

The Cosmic Cloud Called Orion Nebula

 

Watch the Dragon Blog over the next two weeks as we highlight the participating authors.

Check out each prize pack to see which authors are included.

The Sassy Summer Book Party (#SSBP) is brought to you by the Sassy Sisters. 
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I’ll be featured on the Dragon Blog on Friday with the 14 other YA authors. So grab a drink and some partay snacks and enjoy!

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