Contest #2: Find the Typo, Win a Book!

Congrats to @GallagherGirl59 for winning last week's contest for a free ARC of MY LIFE UNDECIDED. That book is signed, sealed and on its way to her!

Now it's time for our next fun contest! This one's called "Find the Typo, Win a Book!"

Shortly after we finished the MY LIFE UNDECIDED book trailer, I became aware of a pesky little typo buried somewhere within the trailer. At first I was devastated because it was too late to fix it (as often happens when you find typos) so I decided to turn it around into something positive and make a contest out of it!

You have until Thursday at midnight (PST) to find the typo and send it to mylifeundecided@gmail.com. Everyone who correctly identifies it will be entered to win another signed ARC (Advanced Reader's Copy) of MY LIFE UNDECIDED!

I'm embedding the trailer below so watch away and see if you can spot it! It's pretty well hidden. But here's a hint: it occurs during one of the scenes where Brooklyn's blog is on the screen. :)

Make sure you when you email me, you describe exactly WHAT the typos is and WHERE it occurs, if you want to be eligible to win! Good luck!



Start Date: 3/14/11
End Date: 3/18/11
Number of ARCs Given Away: 1
Winner Announced: Friday 3/19/11
Who's Eligible: Anyone! (International entries are accepted!)

How to Enter:

1) Watch the Trailer
2) Find the typo
3) Send it to mylifeundecided@gmail.com

Save the Cat! Novel-Writing Workshop!

A lot of people ask me how I write and outline my novels and I always have one response: Save the Cat!

I owe my entire novel-writing career to Save the Cat! A book series by the genius Blake Snyder about how to outline any story in the world. He calls his trusty "formula," the Blake Snyder Beat Sheet, and it consists of 15 "beats" (or story points) that fit into pretty much any movie ever made. And I've adapted them to novels to help me outline all my books. Since starting to use the Blake Snyder Beat Sheet, I've sold nine novels. Yep...NINE! I don't think that's a coincidence! Now, I never start writing another book until I've got my trusted 15 beats in place.

So when the kind people at Blake Snyder Enterprises recently asked me if I wanted to teach a workshop about how to apply the Beat Sheet to writing novels, I jumped at the chance!

I'll be teaching the Save the Cat Novel-Writing Beat Sheet Workshop alongside screenwriter, Ben Frahm, one of their "Master Cats."

Basically it works like this: you come to the workshop with an idea for your next novel (all genres welcome!), the group (10 people) spend the next two days working through the 15 beats of each of your ideas, and by the end of the weekend, you have a sturdy (unbeatable!) outline to start writing your book with!

Our first workshop is in LA on April 16 and 17. All the details can be found here: http://www.blakesnyder.com/2011/03/04/announcing-our-first-novel-writing-beat-sheet-workshop/

But hurry up! There's only FOUR SPOTS LEFT!

I hope to see you there!

Jessica

PS Click here to read the beat sheet for my young adult novel, THE KARMA CLUB, that I wrote for the Save the Cat blog!

Contest #1: Win a signed ARC of My Life Undecided!

To celebrate the release of the MY LIFE UNDECIDED book trailer (and the book release in 3 months!) we're launching a few fun contests for free autographed ARCs (advanced reader's copies) of Jessica Brody's MY LIFE UNDECIDED.

And here's the first!

Start Date: 3/8/11
End Date: 3/11/11
Number of ARCs Given Away: 1
Who's Eligible: Anyone! (International entries are accepted!)

How to Enter:

1) Tweet the following to receive one entry:

Watch the MY LIFE UNDECIDED trailer http://bitly.com/hzIBO0 & win a signed ARC of the book! RT to enter! #MyLifeUndecided

(Don't forget the hashtag to make sure your entry is counted!)

2) Follow @jessicabrody to receive a second entry. (If you already follow Jessica, don't worry, you're automatically entered. But be sure to tweet to get your second one!)

That's it! Good luck everyone! Winner will be chosen at random and announced on Friday, 3/11/11!

More contests to come so stay tuned!

My Life Undecided - Trailer!

HOORAH! After two long months of work, my new "movie-style" book trailer for MY LIFE UNDECIDED (June 7, 2011) is finally released!

It stars the very talented Taylor Coliee (a fresh new face in Hollywood) and features songs by Radio Disney stars, Josh Golden and Savannah Outen! Plus a few fun cameos (see if you can spot them!)

Check it out:



So what do you think? Comments welcome! :)

I hope you enjoy! And stay tuned for some really fun contests to win free autographed ARCs of the book. The first one is announcing today!

XO
Jessica

My Life Undecided - COVER!!!!!

Hey all...so excited to announce that we FINALLY have a cover for my next book, MY LIFE UNDECIDED!

And so without further ado, here it is! Tada!

Well, I'm in love. Officially. What does everyone think? It comes out June 7, 2011 and if you want to read more about it...including an excerpt, just click here.

Oh...and the publisher has decided to redesign the paperback for THE KARMA CLUB which hits stores May 24, 2011. Check it out:

Notice how both the books are all matchy-matchy now? LOVE IT!

Okay, that's all for now. Stay tuned because we're releasing the much-anticipated trailer for MY LIFE UNDECIDED...next week!!! It's SOOOO amazing! I can't wait to finally share.

XO
Jess