The day is finally here! Over ten years ago, I read the first chapter of Witchlanders, then called The Black Bone, to my writing group. Today it’s being released by the Atheneum Imprint of Simon & Schuster. I won’t go into too much detail about my Witchlanders journey, mostly because that is the exact topic of my guest post today over at the Mundie Moms blog, but needless to say I am OVER THE MOON! To celebrate, I am giving away LOTS OF STUFF! Because I never would have been published if I hadn’t had great books to inspire me, I’m giving away a prize pack of five of my all-time favorite books, plus an autographed copy of Witchlanders. The prize pack includes:
SABRIEL by Garth Nix
AIRBORN by Kenneth Oppel
ACROSS THE NIGHTENGALE FLOOR by Lian Hearn
ELLA ENCHANTED by Gail Carson Levine
NEVERWHERE by Neil Gaiman
And WITCHLANDERS by me!
To enter and for more info, go to Mundi Moms, today’s stop on my WITCHLANDERS blog tour. This book give-away is just for today, but if 
you answer a question at any of the tour stops, including today’s, you are entered to win this beautiful Kindle 3 Wifi that I’ll be giving away at the end of the tour. (I SO want to keep it for myself, but I swear I won’t.)
Feel free to leave comments now and be entered if you missed some of the stops. Here’s what’s happened so far:
- 8/22 – A Character Interview Between Ryder and Falpian at PageTurners
- 8/23 – “When I’m Not Writing” at The Unread Reader
- 8/24 – “The World of Witchlanders” at Books Complete Me
- 8/25 – A Character Interview of Falpain for We Fancy Books
- 8/26 – A “This and That” post at Read. Breathe. Relax
- 8/29 – A Character Interview of Ryder at Emilie’s Book World
- 8/30 – “The Journey of Witchlanders” at Mundie Moms
In addition, we’ve had three SURPRISE stops, where you can win a copy of the book, at The Zealous Reader , Rayment’s Readings, Rants and Ramblings and, just posted today, a stop at YA Book Lover. For a list of what’s upcoming, check out my page at the Kismet Blog Tours site. And can I just take a moment to say: Oh my gosh Danny and Heather at Kismet are so fantastic! If you are thinking of having a blog tour for your next book, I highly recommend them. In addition to all this, I will be giving away books on Twitter all day today to those who use the #Witchlanders hashtag.This book would not exist if not for the help of some wonderful people: My writing group, Kathy Stinson, Hadley Dyer and Paula Wing; my wonderful agent, Steven Malk of Writers House; and my lovely editor, Caitlyn Dlouhy. I ADORE all of you. In addition I’d like to thank the promotions people in the US and Canada: Lydia Finn, Amy Jacobson and Michelle Blackwell, and everyone else at Simon & Schuster who helped to make this book.
I hope you’ll all help me celebrate the birth of my very first novel! Happy birthday, Witchlanders!
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Happy Birthday indeed. CONGRATULATIONS, Lena!!
Thanks Rebecca!
Happy Book Birthday to you, Witchlander! And congratulations to you, Lena, on your publishing journey! Looking forward to getting a copy!
Happy Book Birthday to you, Witchlanders! And congratulations to you, Lena, on your publishing journey! Looking forward to getting a copy!
Thank you twice, Dawn!
Happy, happy book birthday, Lena!!! 😀
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Congratulations, Lena!!!!!
And happy birthday, Witchlanders! *sniff. I remember when you were just a little scene! Look how big you’ve grown!* 🙂
Thank you, Erin. I didn’t think anyone could get more sentimental than me today, but I was wrong! 😉
Congratulations! I’ve been hearing such good things about your book–can’t wait to read it, and it’s so totally my thing. This week some friends and I have this reward system in place if we achieve the goals we posted on Monday. My reward is a new book, and Witchlanders will have to be it.
Thank you so much! I really hope you like it. I adore The Magic Thief! (Oh my gosh, guys, Sara Prineas has heard of me! Did I sound okay?)
Happy birthday!! Hope I can get a copy of the book to check out!
Hope so too, Natasha. You might even win one on the tour! All the “surprise” posts have book give-aways and the Kindle is pre-loaded with a copy.
Congratulations and happy birthday! Here’swishing you lots more happy times and stories to come 🙂
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Yay! Congrats!
Thank you!
Happy HAPPY BookBirthday Lena!!!! Those must be one of the most exciting days in the life of an author! Hope you spend the day full of awesomness!
Thanks Danny! If anyone is thinking of having a blog tour, Danny and Heather do a great job! http://www.kismetbt.com/
Happy Birthday and congratulations Lena!
Thanks and thanks for dropping by the blog!
I hope you had an awesome book birthday!
Hi Kelly! *waves* Thank you, I did!
Happy Release Day, Lena!!
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Just got a copy of your book. Loving it so far. Happy Book B-day, Lena.
Thanks Sam!
Happy Book Birthday! In the Starbucks next to Chapters even as I type. They open at ten…and then? I am going in to buy your book. Looking forward to reading it!
I just read your book on Pulse It, and I do have to say, I really enjoyed it. Enough that I was compelled to find your blog and tell you that.
Thank you so much for sharing this story with us, and would it be rude to beg for more?
Happy Book Birthday!
Thanks Celia! I really would like to write a sequel, but I’m working on a totally different project at the moment. It’s still YA fantasy, though.
Congrats and Happy Book Birthday, Lena. Hope Witchlanders sells millions of copies.
Hi Lena,
I’m a member of the Blue Boards. Anyway, just wanted to say congratulations on your book Witchlanders being published! I haven’t picked it up yet, but soon plan to do so. I love your book trailer for it as well. Way to go!!