Kimberly Pauley

ALA! Washington D.C.!

So, I’m off to ALA (specifically, the American Library Association annual convention) today! I’ll be signing at the Wizards of the Coast booth, #2253 on Saturday at 1 and on Sunday at 3.

It’ll be cool. I haven’t been in Washington D.C. for a LONG time. And my hubby and The Max are coming with me too. (our 13th anniversary is on Monday, and we’ll still be in the city) Oh, and my new blue hair, too…hope to see you there!!

Here’s my publisher’s complete schedule, so you don’t miss out on anything cool:

Saturday, June 26, 2010
All About Vampires
10:00 – 11:00 AM BOOK GIVEAWAY*: Nocturne by L.D. Harkrader
11:00 – 12:00 PM BOOK GIVEAWAY*: A Practical Guide to Vampires
1:00 – 2:00 PM AUTHOR SIGNING*: Kimberly Pauley, Still Sucks to Be Me
2:00 – 3:00 PM BOOK GIVEAWAY*: Nocturne by L.D. Harkrader
3:00 – 4:00 PM DEMO: “How to Track a Vampire” – Learn monster hunting basics with these activity based demos from the book, A Young Wizard’s Handbook: How to Trap a Zombie, Track a Vampire and Other Hands-on Activities for Monster Hunters. Hosted by the author A.R. Rotruck.
4:00 – 5:00 PM DEMO: Learn how to play DUNGEONS &DRAGONS® with a quick and easy demo you can run in your school or library!
*Titles are limited to one per person, while supplies last
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Monster Mayhem
10:00 – 11:00 AM BOOK GIVEAWAY*: A Practical Guide to Monsters
11:00 – 12:00 PM AUTHOR SIGNING*: Lukas Ritter, Monster Slayers
1:00 – 2:00 PM DEMO: “How to Trap a Zombie” – Learn monster hunting basics with these activity based demos from the book, A Young Wizard’s Handbook: How to Trap a Zombie, Track a Vampire and Other Hands-on Activities for Monster Hunters. Hosted by the author A.R. Rotruck.
2:00 – 3:00 PM BOOK GIVEAWAY*: A Practical Guide to Monsters
3:00 – 4:00 PM AUTHOR SIGNING*: Kimberly Pauley, Still Sucks to Be Me
4:00 – 5:00 PM DEMO: Learn how to play DUNGEONS &DRAGONS® with a quick and easy demo you can run in your school or library!
*Titles are limited to one per person, while supplies last

Monday, June 28, 2010
Magic & Mischief
9:00 – 10:00 AM BOOK GIVEAWAY*: A Practical Guide to Faeries & A Practical Guide to Wizardry
10:00 – 11:00 AM BOOK GIVEAWAY*: Path of the Planeswalker
11:00 – 12:00 PM BOOK GIVEAWAY*: Swordmage: Blades of Moonsea Book I & Corsair: Blades of Moonsea Book II.
1:00 – 2:00 PM AUTHOR SIGNING*: Lukas Ritter, Monster Slayers
2:00 – 3:00 PM BOOK GIVEAWAY*: The Stowaway by R.A. & Geno Salvatore
3:00 – 4:00 PM DEMO: Learn how to play DUNGEONS &DRAGONS ® with a quick and easy demo you can run in your school or library!
*Titles are limited to one per person, while supplies last

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Limited supply of Sucks to Be Me in Hardback (want it signed?)

So, I’ve got a limited supply of Sucks to Be Me first editions in hardback. They can’t be bought anymore in stores since a) the hardback went into a second printing and b) it’s pretty much just all paperbacks in the stores for the first book now at this point. I’ve been using them for giveaways and special promotions every now and again, but I was thinking about putting a small amount up here for sale to clear up some space in my basement.

If you’re interested in buying a signed, personalized hardback copy of Sucks to Be Me directly from me, it’ll cost you $10.00 for the book plus shipping of either $4.75 (US flat rate priority mail) OR $10.88 (Canada or Mexico flat rate priority mail) OR $12.78 (All other countries flat rate priority mail). This would also be one way someone in an international location where the book isn’t readily available could get the book.

Besides personalizing the book and signing it to you (or whoever you want), I’ll also throw in bookmarks + temporary tattoos.

Just email me at kim@kimberlypauley.com if you’re interested. It’s a pretty limited supply, so this offer won’t be available for too long. And it’s only for the first book, not the second one! That one should be in a store near you.

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Book availability in the UK and Canada…

So, some people had asked me about where/how to buy the book in the UK and in Canada. I asked my publisher since, as the author, I know nothing.

Here’s what they said about the UK: “Looks like they have Sucks to Be Me in paperback and it will be available from Amazon, by special order from UK book stores and also from UK hobby stores. But Still Sucks to Be Me they haven’t taken. Yet.”

Basically, that means you can get the first book in paperback, but you might have to order it from your local store or from Amazon. For the second book, they haven’t officially ordered any yet, but you can help hasten that by requesting it

Now, as for Canada, they said that the book there is distributed by Random House (which distributes all my publisher’s books) and it *should* be available. I know Chapters had the first book. So, if you go into a store and they don’t have it, you should be able to ask for it and they can definitely order it.

Hope that helps! Any more distribution-y questions, let me know and I’ll find out!

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Still Sucks to Be Me is Officially OUT! (& Free Stuff!)

So, let’s just say that I am less than rested (the reason why involving The Max, ineffective diapers, and well…I’ll leave it to your imagination…let me just say that I truly believe an effective method of birth control for teenagers (or anyone) would be to babysit a toddler with diarrhea for 24 hours), but I’m still excited! Still Sucks to Be Me is officially out there! Somewhere, someone (I hope) is buying it RIGHT NOW.

If you happen to pick up a copy the first week (i.e. by next Tuesday, May 18, 2010), send me a picture and I’ll send you a signed bookplate + book swag (new bookmarks! tattoos!). I so want to see pictures of my new book baby out in the wild.

As an added bonus, my book baby does *not* require diapers.

And even if you do pick up a copy, don’t forget to enter the Still Sucks to Be Me Launch contest & pass it on to your friends!!

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Gung Hay Fat Choy & Happy VDay & Still Sucks reviews…

Woot! Well, it was fun yesterday meeting up with Kristin Walker and Kristina Springer for the signing in Bolingbrook. I managed to NOT eat a lot of chocolate, which was great (am officially down 15 lbs. now! Just 15 more to go!).

Yesterday was also the Chinese New Year (Happy Year of the Tiger!), so Gung Hay Fat Choy!

I got two awesome cool pieces of news today. One, the first review of Still Sucks to Be Me from Sarah at YA Librarian Tales! She liked it! Whew!

Honestly, the second book thing is much more nerve wracking than the first book thing. Because now people have expectations. And they write me about them. Which is cool, but obviously I can’t meet everyone’s expectations of what should happen since Mina kind of does her own thing. Half the time, I can’t stop her. Okay, more like 99% of the time. So it’s really great to finally hear from someone that they like it! And they think it’s funny! Whoo!

AND I got this super-awesome-wonderfulness of a blurb from the oh-so-cool Margot Adler (of NPR fame):

Of all the Vampire novels I have read, Sucks to be Me was my absolute favorite.  It was smart, original, with a lovely, honest heroine, and it was laugh-out-loud funny. I almost fell out of bed laughing at one point. I couldn’t wait to get a hold of the sequel, Still Sucks to be Me. When it came out, I devoured every page. For those who love the genre, yet are tired of tragic, Byronic lugubrious vampires, this is truly a unique and hilarious read. —Margot Adler, author of Drawing Down the Moon.

That just seriously made my day. I <3 Margot!

So now commences the waiting as I wait to hear how other authors and reviewers feel about the book…

(and yes, people, I will very soon be announcing some contest-y type things…because I love you. You know I do.)

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So, you're a blogger and you wanna review Still Sucks to Be Me…

So I’ve got this big shiny box full of ARCs of Still Sucks to Be Me. Some of them are earmarked for my fellow author peeps. And there’s a few I’m reserving for a special fans-only contest (coming probably in March), but some need to go out to book bloggers. I’d started a list but then lost it in The Great Computer Transfer of ’09 (read: I got a new MacBook for Christmas, but it didn’t like my old e-mails). So…I thought I’d try something I’ve seen a lot of other authors do…

If you’re a book blogger / reviewer and you’d like an ARC of Still Sucks to Be Me to review, here’s what you gotta do…send me an email at kim @ kimberlypauley.com (remove spaces) or fill out the contact form and tell me:

• Your name
• Your blog / site URL
• Link to your review of the first book (Sucks to Be Me)
• Anything else you’d like to tell me (like why YOU should get an advance copy)

I’ve got a limited supply, though my publisher will also be sending some out.

As an added thing…remember back when Sucks to Be Me came out and I had an online launch party where I featured other authors and their books for two weeks? And gave prizes? Well, this year I’m planning something similar, but I want to feature book bloggers / reviewers…so anyone I send out an ARC to, I’m gonna be interviewing you too and featuring you on my blog during the month of May.

UPDATE: This is basically ongoing until I run out of ARCs…

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The Advance copies of Still Sucks to Be me are HERE!

Woot! My book baby is here! Well, the advance copies anyway, so I’m one step closer to holding my second book in my hot little hands. They look awesome!

Still Sucks to Be Me ARCs

Did I mention I was excited??

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Sucks to Be Me & Still Sucks to Be Me T-shirts for Charity!

Vampire Squirrel from Still Sucks to Be Me

Okay, this is too cool! I got the go ahead from my publisher to do this (yay!) after I’ve been hearing for a while from people how much they’d love a T-shirt with batty on it! Woot! Now introducing the Sucks to Be Me T-Shirt shop (provided by Spreadshirt)!! All proceeds from sales will be donated to Open Books, a local literacy charity.

And even cooler? I’ve designed some of the shirts with BRAND SPANKIN’ NEW stuff from Still Sucks to Be Me! Check out the vampire squirrel, for instance! Or the Official VRA (Vampire Relocation Agency) wear!

And if there’s a particular shirt you’d like with a particular design, just let me know. I’m happy to make anything for you that you want (that I’m able to do).

Please feel free to pass on the shop: http://stbm.spreadshirt.com — ALL proceeds go to charity, so you can even feel good about wearing batty…like you wouldn’t already!

(all graphics designed by the incredible Emi Tanji!)

© Wizards of the Coast, LLC.   Images used with permission.

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The Still Sucks to Be Me Cover !! Woot!

I am very, very excited to show you the cover for Still Sucks to Be Me, which will be released on May 11th!! The main color this time is blue, instead of red. Note Mina’s eyes!! Let me know what you think!!

The Still Sucks to Be Me Cover!!

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Sucks to Be Me…now in audio format!

Just saw that Sucks to Be Me is now available as an audio book via Audible! I knew it was coming, I just didn’t know exactly when. I think it even shows up on Amazon too.

If you do listen to it, let me know how it sounds! I have to see if I can get a copy!

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