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Bookmarks to give away!

I have limited edition Angel Kiss bookmarks to give away, designed by the wonderful Elizabeth Maybury. Each bookmark has a picture of Jacki on the front, the Angel Kiss cover on the back and they are all individually signed by me with black and red Sharpies :)

If you entered my reader giveaway a while back, you automatically get a bookmark (if you haven't received an email from me, remind me at laurajanecass@gmail.com), but I also have TWENTY more bookmarks to give away to the first 20 people who post a link to their Angel Kiss review in the comments below. The review can be on Amazon/Goodreads/your own blog/any other site you can think of. It can be an old review or one you've just written right this minute.

Remember to include your email address in the comments, or alternatively send it to laurajanecass@gmail.com
If you're under 16 do make sure you check with a parent/guardian that it's okay to enter!
This bookmark giveaway is open to readers worldwide!

A Little Update

Hey Everybody! I'm back!

As well as finishing off 18 Kisses (I just have to complete final edits, then it's done!) some really cool things happened this month:

my dad, me and philomena 

1. I got to meet Philomena Lynott, whose book My Boy is a number one bestseller. It's about her life as the mother of rock star Philip Lynott and it's great! This year is the 25th anniversary of Philip's death, so the book has been reissued with new material. I highly recommend it! Because Phil Lynott is Jacki's favourite musician, I decided to give Philomena a copy of Angel Kiss.  I was really nervous in the signing queue and wasn't sure whether to hand it to her or not, but I thought she'd like the idea so I finally decided to do it. Not only did Philomena read Angel Kiss (in one night!) she rang me to tell me how much she'd enjoyed it, and how she'd fallen in love with Nick. She also said some really nice things to me that I will just never forget. I can't even explain how much her phone call meant to me, it was one of the best things ever.

my friends and i at electric picnic 

eating chips 

2. I went to the Electric Picnic music festival and got to read at the literary tent.  I had great fun walking around wearing my 'performer' pass and pretending I was in a band :) Musical highlights for me included PJ Harvey, The Mighty Stef and Sound of Rum.

the dining hall at the monster book lunch

3. I took part in the Mountains to Sea Monster Book Lunch, which was just amazing. It was a literary lunch with an author at each table, and there were loads of kids and teens there. I got to meet some readers of Angel Kiss and also people who I'd known online for ages (Hi Amy Rose!). They were just as nice in real life which was awesome. Because it was the 'Monster' book lunch, each writer had to talk for three minutes about their favourite monster from a book.  I picked Jacob from Twilight (he puts the Mmm in monster) and because I felt it hard to condense my extreme Jacob love into three minutes, I decided to write him a poem for the occasion. I've pasted it below, in case anybody wants to read it :) If you're expecting serious poetry, look away now...

Oh Jacob, you're so dreamy
Especially since you cut your hair,
I can't believe that Bella acts
Like you're not even there.

You are super hot
And sometimes furry too,
There's nowhere I would rather be
Than there in Forks with you.

You don't wear shirts that often
But some people just don't see,
That because of your high body temperature
It's kind of a *necessity*

You can run very fast
You're strong and can save lives.
And also, you don't sparkle
At inappropriate times.

So forget about that Bella Swan
And her daughter too...
Imprint on me Jakey
'Cause I'm the one for you.