Julie James

GIVEAWAY ALERT  (WITH LOTS O’ PRIZES)!!

Hi everyone– a quick blog today.  Just wanted to give you a heads up that next week I’ll be running a fun contest through the blog– with MULTIPLE prizes.  Yep, we’re giving away the farm here at The Julie James Blog.  Okay, not really, seeing how I don’t actually own a farm or anything.  But the part about the prizes is true, although I won’t tell you what they are yet.  You’ll have to come back next Monday to check it out.  (I know, I’m a stinker.)

So be sure to stop by next week.  And in the meantime, happy reading!

P.S. I felt like experimenting with font colors today.  So if the purple is annoying, luckily it likely will be gone by next time.

Hey everyone!  Thought I’d give you a heads up that today I’m guest-blogging over at fellow Chicago author (and friend) Beth Kery’s blog.  I’m giving away a signed copy of one of my books, and–yikes– I share a story from high school that I suspect may have influenced my writing.  If you get a chance, check it out here–I’d love to have you drop by!

Some exciting news– Bookspan bought the rights to use Practice Makes Perfect as a featured alternate in their Rhapsody, Doubleday, and BOMC2 book clubs.  It will be an end of the year special promotion for “great books you may have missed”.  Yeah!!

I’m not terribly familiar with on-line book clubs, but my understanding is that they work kind of like the BMG music clubs that became all the rage when I was in high school. (Anyone else remember BMG?  Are they still around?)  Rhapsody is a romance book club, Doubleday features, in their words, “the hottest bestsellers in fiction and nonfiction by your favorite authors”, and BOMC2 seems to be a mix of bestsellers and favorites as well.

I’m curious:  do any of you belong to on-line book clubs?  Do you like it?  Anyone have further insight into how they work?

On another note, on Thursday I’ll be guest-blogging over at author Beth Kery‘s blog. To go with the Hawaiian theme of her upcoming release, Paradise Rules, I’ll be sharing a slight humorous and definitely embarrassing story from high school that I’ve recently realized may have been part of the inspiration behind my writing romance/romantic comedies.  So be sure to check that out later this week!

Thought I’d give everyone a heads up that there are lots of fun giveaways going on this week.  (And who doesn’t love a giveaway?)

First, as part of her blog anniversary at Novel Thoughts, this week Fatin is giving away a copy of both Just the Sexiest Man Alive and Practice Makes Perfect.  How exciting to be included as part of her anniversary celebration!  Thanks, Fatin– and congrats to Novel Thoughts on turning two!

Second, I’m doing an interview over at Book Talk with J & J, where I talk about everything from how I got started in writing, to “when” I’d travel back in time, to the things I do in my free time.  And I’m also giving away a signed copy of Practice Makes Perfect.

I believe both giveaways run this entire week, so be sure to check them out and spread the word to anyone who might be interested.

On another note, have you heard?– Beth Kery’s newest book, Paradise Rules, releases October 6th.  She’s running a contest that starts today and runs until October 5th where she’s giving away all sorts of fun stuff (more info on the contest can be found here).

Want to know more about Paradise Rules? Beth has a beautiful trailer for the book that I’m delighted to share for your viewing enjoyment:

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Ahh… Hawaii.  Could there be a more perfect location for romance?

Happy reading everyone!

Booklist just put out its list of the Top 10 Romances of 2009 and–wow!–they picked Practice Makes Perfect!!!

Funny story about how I found out:  I was on Twitter, and I saw Eloisa James’s tweet that her book had made the list.  Curious to see what the other books were, and having no clue that PMP had been chosen, I pulled up the list.  When I scrolled down and saw Practice Makes Perfect, I yelled out “Holy [beep]!”  Unfortunately, my two year-old was sitting right next to me, eating breakfast.  Oops.   He laughed when I covered my mouth, obviously catching on that Mommy had just said A Very Bad Word.

So on Wednesday, when he starts toddler “school” and he’s throwing out “holy [beep]‘s” all over the place, I’ll have to cite Booklist in my defense to his teacher.

But in all seriousness, thank you Booklist.  This is such an honor!

Here’s the link for the entire Top 10.