I'm author ELLE STRAUSS and welcome to my website!

I write fun, lower Young Adult (teen) fiction to do with whimsical things like time-travel, fairies and merfolk.

When my serious side peeks out, she's called LEE STRAUSS. She likes to write upper YA about real things that have happened in the past, or made up things that could quite possibly happen in the future.

This blog is about books, mine and other fab authors', but occasionally I'll share about other topics.

Thanks for dropping by!

Monday, September 26, 2011

CLOCKWISE Launch Week!

I totally get it now, how exciting it is to launch your first book. The kind of exciting that makes your stomach lurch and gurgle. Seeing your book up for sale on Amazon is so heady--is that really me?


So, as I've said, it’s launch week! CLOCKWISE  is available as an e-book on Amazon for only 2.99! To celebrate, I’m giving away five debut books by authors that you can meet on my blog tour which is happening this week.

Books up for grabs:

LOSING FAITH by Denise Jaden
THE CLEARING by Anne Riley
THE SECRET OF SPRUCE KNOLL by Heather McCorkle
PERILOUS by Tamara Hart Heiner
THE HATING GAME by Talli Roland 

How to win?  Just sign up for my newsletter. I promise I won't swamp you, I just want to let you know when I have new news and hopefully a few other interesting publishing/writing nuggets.  If you’d like extra entries,  leave a comment on any blog in the tour. The more blogs you visit and comment on the more chances you have to win. 

 And if you want even more chances you can tweet this:  Celebrate the launch of CLOCKWISE by @elle_strauss for a chance to win1/5 Debuting YA books.  #clockwise #winbooks

And Facebook this: Celebrate the launch of CLOCKWISE by Elle Strauss for a chance to win these Debuting YA books; LOSING FAITH by Denise Jaden, THE CLEARING by Anne Riley, THE SECRET OF SPRUCE KNOLL by Heather McCorkle, PERILOUS by Tamara Hart Heiner and THE HATING GAME by Talli Roland 

Five books, five days, five winners!

Here is the blog tour schedule.

Tuesday: Laurel at Laurel’s Leaves is interviewing me. Find out who I’d choose if I cast the main characters in a movie and more...

Wednesday (we are hopping this day!): I’m guest blogging for Denise Jaden on  Why Writing History is Cool.
Heather at Heather’s Odyssey and Caroline Starr Rose are interviewing me. Find out what inspired CLOCKWISE and what I'm working on next.

If you want to know if CLOCKWISE is worth reading, these lovely ladies all have read an ARC and are giving a review; Laura Pauling, SaraLarson, Tamara Heiner Hart.

Thursday: Hop over to Leigh Moore’s blog where she is reviewing CLOCKWISE and interviewing me--find out why I chose the Boston as my setting.  I’m also being interviewed by ElanaJohnson where I reveal something that most people don't know about me.

And finally on Friday: I’m guest blogging over at TalliRoland’s blog on Chick-lit in YA, plus she’s giving a review. If you want to see me live,  go to Anne Riley’s blog for my very first VLOG (surprising how nerve wracking it is to talk to your own face on your own laptop--PJ's and wild office mess included!) where I teach on structure and talk a bit about CLOCKWISE.

Aren’t all these authors marvelous? I'm so honored and excited that they all agreed to be part of my tour (and I didn't even have to bribe or twist arms!) If you haven’t checked out their blogs before, make sure you do so. This week!


45 comments:

  1. SOunds like a great tour!! I tweeted it. :-)

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  2. Congratulations!!! This a great week for you and I wish you all the best with CLOCKWISE!!

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  3. Yay! I'm excited about your virtual visit tomorrow! I look forward to checking out the rest of the festivities as well.

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  4. Didn't know this was happening. Your book popped when I went on Goodreads this morning. Congrats!

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  5. Whoot!! I've been & gone & bought a copy. :)

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  6. Laura - I hope so! :)

    Jennifer- it is a great tour-thanks for tweeting!

    Anne - Thanks Anne! It will be great.

    Laurel - I'm excited about tomorrow,too. And the rest of the week is very promising!

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  7. Jennifer - Thanks Jennifer. It's exciting to finally have it out there!

    Amo - Awesome--I hope you enjoy it!

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  8. This is all very exciting. Happy launch week, Elle! :)

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  9. Melissa - Thanks, it should be a good week!

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  10. Amazingness.
    Very excited about the launch, Ella!

    I subscribe to you. And have tweeted as well :)

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  11. Bee - No problem, I knew you meant me :) Thanks for signing up and tweeting!

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  12. Can't wait to post your vlog! Congrats again!

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  13. Yay! Can't wait to host you. Congrats, Elle!

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  14. Congrats on your book launch! It looks great, I can't wait to read it. Going to tweet this post now.
    :)

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  15. Congratulations Elle! I'm so excited to be celebrating your release with you and can hardly wait to read Clockwise. I didn't know you'd be giving away a copy of Spruce Knoll! Thank you, I'm touched. :)

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  16. Congrats Elle! It's going to be a great week!!

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  17. Congrats!!! Your book sounds wonderful, going to go check it out! :D

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  18. Anne, Tali, Heather, Denise- Thanks and I look forward to visiting your blogs!

    Lydia -Thanks for the tweet!

    Michelle - Thanks Michelle, let me know what you think!

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  19. What a great launch week you've got lined up! Congratulations and wishing you all the best, Elle. You've earned this!

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  20. Tricia - Thank you, Tricia and thanks for dropping by!

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  21. Congrats, Elle! I'm excited for you. Are you going to sell it on Smashwords or B&N as well?

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  22. Sherrie - Thanks Sherrie. Yes, eventually it will be on B & N, sony, smashwords and kobe. And also print.

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  23. That's fab! Congratulations.
    Not been around much lately, been quite ill, so i'm catching up.
    Best of luck!
    Elle

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  24. Elle - Thanks for dropping in, Elle (great name!) I hope you're feeling much better soon.

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  25. woo!!! Fun stuff. Can't wait for Thursday~ :o) <3

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  26. Congrats!! That must be an awesome feelings!

    Pabkins @ Mission to Read

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  27. Pabkins - Yes, it's pretty spectacular--thanks!

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  28. DL - Thanks for checking in DL! And yes, it is fun. Maybe you'll try it sometime?

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  29. Wow - a book launch! How very exciting for you!!! That's fantastic.

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  30. You go girl!!! how totally awesome and exciting! I hope your launch is spectacular!

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  31. Nicole- Thanks! It's pretty cool :)

    Tamara - So far so good!

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  32. CONGRATS on your book and the book launch!

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  33. Justin - Glad you like it. Thanks for stopping by!

    Susanne - Thanks Susanne, it's pretty exciting!

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  34. How do we sign up for the newsletter, I forgot to ask. Here's my mail address -

    piedmontwriter at g mail dot com

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  35. Congrats, Elle! I think it's super fantastic and wish you all the best!

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  36. Congratulations, Elle! Wishing you lots of sales for Clockwise.

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