Today is RELEASE DAY, meaning you get to see the biggest cover I can fit on my blog without breaking it! It’s hard to believe that just about this time last year, I was asked if I’d be interested in participating in this new venture, and now the books are on the shelves! I plan to head out tomorrow and see them for myself. On the book’s page, you can see some pictures, and I’ve added links to online stories about the book, Todd, Michelle, and Frosting. They are having a book launch party at the bakery tomorrow night, and if I were in D.C., I’d be there, but only to hide in the corner and scarf down the cupcakes! Man do those things look good. And the Authors and Appetizers link has a recipe to Michelle’s S’mores cupcakes, which she actually bakes in a scene in the book!
I can’t say how excited I am to be involved in this project. And one of the reasons I really loved the Bracken’s story is that @CuppaCafe and I met on AOL back in the day. I picked him up from his profile. There was a box that asked for details on the computer you used. Who knows why this was important, but 14 years ago it seemed to be. Anyhow, in his usually snarking manner he answered: Yes, but I respected it in the morning. Seriously, how could I resist? (If I had any idea where any pics were from our wedding, I’d post one, but no clue. We got married at the courthouse, with his son, my No. 1 Daughter, his parents, and my best friend and her husband there. My other two kids had the flu and fevers of 103. We went on an in town weekend honeymoon anyway. *g* They were 18 and 13, capable of sleeping on their own!)
I have been absolutely THRILLED to hear Todd and Michelle say over and over how right I got them. I worked with them through email, and learned so much about them, that they came together just as fictional characters would, their personalities molded by the information I had. I love to know they can recognize themselves on the page. That’s a HUGE compliment. It’s hard enough getting fictional people right!
HCI has gone all out to get these new releases in front of readers, and since I haven’t had a book out since last December, I’m dying to see THE ICING ON THE CAKE in stores. As in . . . your stores. On shelves. On endcaps. In dumps. So here’s the deal.
Go to your store. Take a picture of the book. If you use Photobucket or Flickr, upload it and post the link in the comments. I’ll come back and code the link to show the image. Or, you can simply email the photo to me at ak@alisonkent.com, but if you do that, you also MUST post a comment saying you’ve sent it so I can add the photo for you.
Everyone who does so from now until October 31, 2010, 11:59 p.m. CDT (I learned after making this post that some stores won’t get their stock / dump displays until mid October so am adjusting to give everyone a chance.) the end of September (that would be September 30, 2010, 11:59 p.m. CDT) will receive their choice of a book from my backlist subject to availability. And then one commenter will receive a $25 gift certificate to Amazon. Make sense? Either post the link to your picture of THE ICING ON THE CAKE in a store near you, or send the picture to me and I’ll post it, and you’ll get a free book.
Piece o’ cake easy! Without icing. ;)
