Just a month and a half to go until RIDERS publishes on February 16th! Here’s a new quote for you guys. Remember to share with the #readriders hashtag for a chance to win a swag the swag prize pack below. One winner will be notified on twitter tomorrow at noon PST. US only.   I hope you have a wonderful New Year’s Eve, and a wonderful 2016!

How many of you are looking ahead to 2016 and thinking about your resolutions? Considering all the ways you’ll try to make next year better than this one? I’ve been doing that for a few weeks. I’ve kept a post-it on my computer and anytime I think of something I write it down. It occurs to me that many of my resolutions are in the name of protecting myself. Do this less. Stay away from that. Cut down on this other thing. And then it occurred to me that this hedging of habits and exposures seemed somewhat fear-based. Like I’m trying to keep some of life OUT so that I…

A few more weeks until Riders releases. I’m getting soooo excited! Here’s another quote from Gideon, the protagonist. Even though tomorrow is Christmas Day, I’ll still be selecting a winner to receive a Riders prize pack (pictured below.) To win, retweet the quote below with the #readriders hashtag. US only. I’ll pick a winner at or around 3 pm tomorrow (sorry I can’t be more specific. It’ll depend on what the Rossi Family is doing, but I *will* do my best to stick to that time.) I’ll notify the winner on twitter. Thanks so much for sharing in the excitement with me! Wishing you and yours very happy holidays!

Please join Susan Dennard and I as we hit the road in February and March! (Click poster to enlarge.)

The fun leading up to the release of RIDERS on February 16th has officially begun! Every Thursday, my awesome publisher Tor Teen and I will be sharing quotes from the novel. Here’s today’s: On Fridays at 9 am PST, I’ll be randomly selecting one person who has retweeted the quote, or the RIDERS cover, or their general excitement about reading RIDERS, to win…drum roll…the awesome prize pack below! It includes a beanie (so cozy), bracelets, pencils, bookmarks and signed poster. Please use the hashtag #readriders so I can find you. And, yes. If you’ve already retweeted, you are already entered! I’ll select U.S. winners for this one, but hope to…