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Wake has been out for a week, and I can't thank you guys enough for all your support. You guys are all amazing. Lullaby is the sequel to Wake , and it's coming out November 27, 2012 - so just over 3 months from now. The ARCs are already out, which means I have something fun for the giveaway, and I've decided to do a Teaser Tuesday with Lullaby , revealing a few select lines from it. If you're not familiar, here's the trailer for the whole Watersong series: Here's the cover and description for Lullaby: Harper only wanted a safe, normal life. But when her younger sister Gemma runs off with a dangerous clique of beautiful girls, everything changes. Vowing to get her sister back no matter what the cost, Harper must face dangers unlike any she's ever experienced. Fortunately, she has Daniel by her side, a gorgeous guy who's devoted to helping her find her sister—and who's immune to the girls' dark powers. While Harper searches for her sister, Gemma s...

My 600 follower giveaway is over and the winners are Fabiola and Shelly! Ladies, I'll be sending you your prizes via email in just a few moments! They both won a ton of fantastic products which are perfect for back to school!  If you didn't win, all of the items are still on sale in my TPT store!

All of this talk about back to school and the big TPT sale has really got me thinking about going back... even though it will be weeks before I actually go back (the kids start September 10, but obviously I'll be back in before then!)  Anyway... I was thinking about the book First Day Jitters and all the crazy emotions we feel before then... and I decided to make a quick little linky for it! Here are all of my back to school emotions!  I tried to focus on the positives!!! Here is the picture so you can link up... but be sure to read the rules !!! Rules for the Linky Party: Put your text over the picture above to talk about your back to school "jitters!"  If you're not sure how to put text over a picture, check out this link ! Use the HTML code at the top of this post to link back to the post! Comment on the two blog posts before yours! I'm excited to see what you link up!

I am so excited to have 600 followers!  I never imagined that this would happen and I couldn't be more excited!  Since this has closely overlapped with the beginning of the school year, I've decided to offer a collection of items that are perfect for back to school! Two lucky winners will get the following 14 items, which are a value of $50!  You can click each item to see more info about it at TPT!     Now, to enter!  I'm finally giving in and using Rafflecopter! a Rafflecopter giveaway Note: If you don't provide the extra info with the links to the blog posts and pins, I will be deleting your entries!  Cheaters won't be winners! This giveaway ends Sunday night, August 12 at Midnight EST... right in the middle of the major TPT back to school sale!   Fellow bloggers: feel free to use this picture to promote your own sale!  If you don't mind, link back to my blog to let people know where you got the image!

Every Friday throughout Under the Seapalooza , I'm going do a "meet a character from Wake" post, along with a giveaway of some of the character's favorite things. It's just a quick questionnaire that introduces the characters, as well as a pictures of actors that resemble how I imagined them. This week, it's Harper Fisher, one of the main characters and Gemma's older sister in Wake . Emmy Rossum as "Harper." I saw her on Shameless , without makeup, all harried taking care of kids and the house, and I was like, "Yep. That's Harper." Harper is also on the cover of Lullaby Full Name : Harper Lynn Fisher Birthday : January 9th Age : 18 Zodiac : Capricorn Boy or Girl : Girl High School : I graduated from Capri High School College : I start at Sundham University at the end of August Job : I work part-time at the library Hair Color : Dark brown Eye Color : Gray Height : 5' 7" Piercing/Tattoos :My ears are pierced, but no tattoos....

My students always LOVE reading all of the No, David books by David Shannon, and I came up with a really fun activity for them to go along with the books... a puppet!  It's the perfect activity to introduce classroom management at the beginning of the school year! I included 10 different writing options... perfect for all of the elementary grades: David’s Body – without any text David’s Body – with Name/Date on arms and room for an illustration David’s Body – with large primary writing lines and room for a picture David’s Body – with medium primary writing lines and room for a picture David’s Body – with small primary writing lines and room for a picture David’s Body – with writing lines and room for a picture David’s Body – with large primary writing lines, no room for a picture David’s Body – with medium primary writing lines, no room for a picture David’s Body – with small primary writing lines, no room for a picture David’s Body – with writing lines, no room for a picture ...

While planning for Under the Seapalooza , I was trying to come up with some fun ideas for things to and asked for input. Nikki Jefford (author of Entangled and the awesome guest post & giveaway, which you should check out: here ) came up with the idea for weekly "Show & Tell" memes. Here's how it works: Unlike ongoing meme’s, this one is temporary - every Thursday throughout the month of Under the Seapalooza . Each week, I'll show off my favorite something (this week it's bookmarks), then you show off your favorite thing and enter to win a prize. This is the schedule for Show & Tell Thursdays: July 25th - Bookmarks August 2nd - eReader Skins August 9th - Journals August 16th - Book Trailers This week, it's journals. With blogging and other online journals, hand written journals probably aren't as popular as they once were. But there's something about putting pen to paper that I can't resist. It's more active, more personal, and...