And to celebrate the re-release of JACK, Amazon's offering SCOT ON THE ROCKS for free all week. So, if you haven't read SCOT yet, download it onto your Kindle for free! If you have, then thank you!! Now's a great time to let your friends know about SCOT (after all, it's free!!).
All this in honor of my third novel, RECIPE FOR A HAPPY LIFE, which comes out July 2nd. The gorgeous new cover is on the right, and it's available for pre-order now!
Hey Long Islanders! If you're out on Long Island, well, first of all, you probably get that song reference I made in the title line. But more importantly, I'll be reading at the Gazebo again this summer! (Yes, on the Village Green in Oceanside!)
I'll be reading as part of the Summer Gazebo Reading Series again this Monday, July 26th at 7pm. Joining me will be the always fabulous Ellen Meister and Saralee Rosenberg, so it should be a great night. I hope to see you there!
So, if you missed me over at the Syosset Library, don't fret! The wonderful Mary Ellen Walsh wrote a fabulous piece about my visit for the Syosset Patch. Check it out here.
And then I hope you'll join me in July, when I'll be reading as part of the Summer Gazebo Reading Series again. I'll be out on the Green on Monday, July 26th, and I hope to be having a better hair day than I was at the Syosset Library (though it's doubtful).
Come see me speak at the Syosset Public Library next Wednesday, June 16th at 7pm! You get to see me, hear me read from one of my novels, AND support public libraries, to boot! What could be better?!
I'm so thrilled to announce that SCOT ON THE ROCKS made Chick Lit Club's Ultimate 100! It's a list of the ultimate 100 chick lit books, the books that help "define chick lit." Check out the list to see how many you've read. And a big thank you to everyone who voted for SCOT!
Now, personally, I've always been partial to Ewan McGregor, especially when I'm asked in interviews who should play Douglas if SCOT ON THE ROCKS were ever to make it to the big screen (Ewan, call me!), but James McAvoy is pretty darn hot, too. Especially in this pic.
(Note to self: must immediately go out and rent whatever movie this pic is from.....)
Okay, so yes, I admit, it doesn't have quite the same ring as asking you to meet me in St. Louis, but I'm thrilled nonetheless to announce that I'll be appearing at the Books NJ 2009 book festival. It's a fabulous new event being hosted in New Jersey that celebrates writers and writing.
The deets are as follows:
Books NJ 2009
Sunday, June 14th
1pm - 5pm
Paramus Public Library
116 East Century Road
Paramus, NJ07652
I'll be speaking on a fiction panel at 3:30pm, so I hope you'll be able to come by and say hi!
I've got this totally new fabulous French cover, and it looks like they've taken SCOT's subtitle to use as its title. (But my French is really rusty, so please feel free to correct me!)
But can we discuss how cute this cover is?! Now, don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE my American covers. Red Dress Ink's art department truly outdid themselves with both of my book covers, but there's just something about this French cover, isn't there? It's really sassy and sexy, and I just love everything about this version of Brooke. (It's supposed to be Brooke, right?!) From the adorable ponytail to her flirty dress, she just looks too cute for words. And that necklace! Where can I get that necklace?
My sister in law firmly believes that this cover is so European that it wouldn't have done well here in the States, but I don't know.
In my writing classes, I always encourage students to think about the "red dress" theory. (The theory is this: Is the book you are writing/Are the scenes you are writing the “red dress?” Everyone at a party wears a black dress. The woman in the red dress is the one who stands out. Lots of ideas are black dresses—good, dependable, nice—but only a few are the red dress: total knockouts.)
Well, this cover LITERALLY HAS A RED DRESS RIGHT ON ITS COVER!!! So, that's gotta be good, right?!
So, what do you think? Are the international covers better? Too sexy? Are you already online looking for that necklace??
If you're around this weekend in the New York area, I do hope you'll join me on Sunday for tea! It's a great event that I'm doing for the Transition Network: I'll be on a panel with fellow authors Ellen Meister, Saralee Rosenberg and Carol Hoenig, moderated by Book Columnist Debbi Honorof.
But most importantly, there will be pastries. So you really can't go wrong.
I recently discovered a new fabulous site that's dedicated to my favorite thing: books! It's called ijustfinished.com and on it, readers and writers talk about what they've just finished reading!
I'm thrilled to tell you that I'm this week's featured author, so hop on over and ask me anything! I'll be answering questions over there all week long.
What they say about those Manhattan kids is true: they really do learn everything before other kids. This little one already has figured out how to read and has GREAT taste in books, to boot! (I hope someone tells her that there's a sequel to that book she's reading....)
We had so much fun giving away books that we're going to do it again!
Since books are the perfect gift to give this holiday season, we're offering you another chance to win a box full of books. The winner will get signed copies of all of these fabulous reads:
THE ASTRO TWINS LOVE ZODIAC:
THE ESSENTIAL ASTROLOGY GUIDE FOR WOMEN
by Tali & Ophira Edut JACK WITH A TWIST
by Brenda Janowitz SCOT ON THE ROCKS by Brenda Janowitz MAGIC AND THE MODERN GIRL by Mindy Klasky WIFE GOES ON by Leslie Lehr CITY DOG by Alison Pace THE MEMORIST
by M.J. Rose
TIME OF MY LIFE
by Allison Winn Scotch
To enter, just email brenda@brendajanowitz.com and write “Another holiday book giveaway” in the subject line. You must be a subscriber of the www.brendajanowitz.com mailing list to enter.
Want extra entries? Post a blog entry about this giveaway and/or email five friends about it. For each blog entry and each email you send out, you'll get another entry to win!
Winners will be announced on December 16. So what are you waiting for? Enter today!
Naming characters can be an art.... and also a bit complicated.
I've got a fun guest blog posted over at Editor Unleashed, a new writer's website created by the fabulous Maria Schneider. Go check out the site, check out my post, and enjoy!
What's the perfect gift to give this holiday season? Books, of course! Enter to win a box full of books-- all signed by the authors, so they make for a fabulous holiday present! (Or you can just keep them all for yourself-- we won't tell!) The winner will get signed copies of all of these fabulous reads:
SCOT ON THE ROCKS
by Brenda Janowitz
JACK WITH A TWIST
by Brenda Janowitz
MAGIC AND THE MODERN GIRL
by Mindy Klasky WIFE GOES ON by Leslie Lehr CITY DOG
Want extra entries? Post a blog entry about this giveaway and/or email five friends about it. For each blog entry and each email you send out, you'll get another entry to win!
Winners will be announced on November 25. So what are you waiting for? Enter today!
Okay, well, this post should actually be called "There went the bride" since my wedding was on May 25, but that doesn't have much of a ring to it, now does it?
Newsday did a lovely two page spread on our wedding this past Sunday. They've posted a link online, so please feel free to check it out here. There are tons of photos, too, so be sure to scroll down to the photo gallery. The photos were done by the amazing Hy Goldberg of Visions Photography and the flowers were done by Stefan's.
Okay, so who doesn't like free stuff?!? Today, in honor of the JACK WITH A TWIST book launch tomorrow, I'm giving out lots of it. If you shoot me an email at brenda@brendajanowitz.com, I'll send you a FREE JACK WITH A TWIST bookmark and pen.
