I’m still waiting for it to go “live” in the other venues (like Barnes and Noble, book depository, etc), so if you prefer to buy your books from one of them, you’ll have to wait just a little longer, but I promise to post links to all the places it’s available to pre-order as soon as I can.

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I’m so excited to say that RENEGADE has gotten it’s first blurb! If you follow me on Twitter, then you may remember me tweeting something a week or so ago about waking up in the middle of the night, reading an email and being so excited about it I couldn’t sleep for the rest of the night.

Yeah, it was about this blurb, which is by the absolutely fantastic Ann Aguirre!

I absolutely adore Ann! And not just because of the blurb. I knew I wanted her to blurb my book since I read ENCLAVE (which is absolutely fantastic. You should read it, if you haven’t). I’m even lucky enough to be on a panel with her at RT and I can’t wait to meet her in person! The best part? SHE asked ME if she could read it for a possible blurb and, of course, I agreed to send it to her!

On top of the rest of the books in the Razorland trilogy, Ann also just sold another YA series (a paranormal, named the Beauty series) and I canNOT wait to read them. They sound fantastic.

ENCLAVE is be her first YA series, but she’s a national best-selling author of several adult science fiction books!

Anyway, because of the momentous occasion this is (at least to me), I’m going to be doing a giveaway! I’m going to giveaway a copy of ENCLAVE so you can see for yourself how awesome she is.

All you have to do is enter through the widget below. There’s no mandatory entries, but there’s a few optional options for extra entries (see widget for details).

And, Ann, if you happen to be reading this, THANK YOU SO MUCH! Again. 🙂

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I have a funny story about this deal. I happened to be at Legoland (which is way AWESOME) with my family for a school field trip for my daughter when I asked my husband to check my phone for a message from my editor at Tor.

He gets all quiet and about a minute later says, “Well, there’s nothing from your editor, but there’s something from Natalie.”

Me (not really paying attention because I’m trying to corral my daughter to her stroller): “Hmm? Really? That’s strange. What does it say?”

Him: “I don’t know. Something about a Turkish deal for RENEGADE.”

Me (turning around and snatching phone): “What? Gimme that!”

My husband watches me as I read the email twice. Then stare at him, then go back to read the email again. Then I squeal and grab him up in a hug, while everyone around me stares at me like I’ve lost my mind, including my kids.

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Almost every day my son comes up to me with a riddle. Either ones he’s made up or ones that he’s found through various means. I love it when he comes up to me after I’m finished writing for the day. “Mom. Can I share one of my riddles now?” I almost always say yes, because it’s just awesome to see where his mind has gone for the day. It’s almost a game between us now. Can he stump mom today? What about dad? (Note: It’s almost always harder to stump dad than mom.:P)

I think I’m going to make it a weekly feature on my blog where I choose one of my favorites from the week before and see if anyone else can get the riddle.

The following one is really great. Or at least to me. 🙂 So let’s see how many can get this one right. And no cheating! LOL.

A king, a queen, and a princess lived in a circular castle. One day they all attended a ball in the ballroom. But when the king and queen left for the evening, they left the princess. When they returned the next day, the princess was dead.

There were only four people who could have done it. The cook who said he was sharpening his knives. The maid who said she was cleaning the corners. The knight who said he was sharpening his swords. And the butler who said he was guarding the door.