Monday, January 24, 2011

The First Chapter of WILDEFIRE and a Contest!

Let's play a game of follow the bouncing ball.

So if you read today's newsletter on Shelf Awareness...

http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1373

...You see a hot ad for Wildefire. "In a family of Gods, dysfunction spreads like WILDEFIRE. The white-hot debut from Karsten Knight." Commence explosion of Karsten's ego.

If you follow the link...it takes you to a sweepstakes to win a copy of WILDEFIRE here!

http://www.simonandschuster.com/sweepstakes/enter-the-wildefire-sweepstakes

And, courtesy of the Simon & Schuster, the massive first chapter of WILDEFIRE in the digital catalog!

http://books.simonandschuster.com/Wildefire/Karsten-Knight/9781442421172/excerpt

Thanks to the Simon & Schuster sales team for putting together such a beautiful promotion. Bon apetit, friends.

21 comments:

  1. Entered! Going to read the first chapter instead of my homework now, cheers. -@betsywrite

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  2. I can't enter because I'm not in the US. Nooooooo. But don't worry, I forgive you because I read the first chapter and I am totally PSYCHED for the release of-

    WAIT. THERE'S A PRE-ORDER LINK IN THE RIGHT SIDEBAR OVER THERE? HOW DID I NOT NOTICE THAT? OMG.

    *clicks link*

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  3. Katherine, if I prevent even one person from doing their homework, then I have succeeded.

    And Mia, glad you enjoyed chapter 1. Also, Wildefire's up on Book Depository as well if you're looking for free international shipping.

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  4. eee!! brilliant first chapter, Karsten. I can't wait to read the rest.

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  5. That's awesome! Congratulations and kudos on the cool publicity and great work. :)

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  6. Dude. That sounds awesome. Off to take a look ...

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  7. I'm absolutely giddy with excitement. I already love Ash.

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  8. Ok, I just read the first chapter and it's awesome! I hope you're not freaking out about it because people are going to love it. My favorite line has to be this one: "Shut up, bitch," Ash said, raising a hand to silence her. "The grown-ups are talking."

    July is too far away. I may have to steal the ARC that Danielle somehow got her hands on.

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  9. If the rest of the book is like this excerpt, WOW! That first para alone is freakin' fantastic!

    Only 6 months and 2 days until my pre-order downloads. That's not so long, right? :)

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  10. Fantastic excerpt! Ash has already won me over.

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  11. Co-sign on "the grown-ups are talking" and a special shout out to "his dignity trailing behind him like a string of tin cans."

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  12. I'm supposed to be reading Emerson and Thoreau for my American Renaissance class but I chose you instead.

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  13. Thanks for the first chapter love everyone :) I hope it's an even better experience when you get to flip through the actual book pages rather than just scrolling down... Laurent, the book designer, has done a BEAUTIFUL job with the inside.

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  14. Woohoo! Excerpts and contests and release date six months away, oh my! Looking forward to seeing Wildefyre out on shelves!

    Umm Why did my word verification come out as "trator?" I hope it meant "tractor" and not "traitor."

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  15. Wow, excited for you dude, I'm about to summit my query letters to different agents, and I hope I get as lucky as you. Can't wait for your book by the way.

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  16. Hi Karsten! I saw your profile on Facebook, listed in the People I May Know section. I followed the link from there to your blog. Huge congrats on the upcoming release of Wildefire! Looking forward to getting my hands on a copy.

    Happy Wednesday!

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  17. I entered the sweepstakes.

    I'm not saying I'll Tonya Harding everyone else if I have to, but. Well.

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  18. Thanks for the links. Can't wait to read it. Looks fantabulous.

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