Good News Friday...continues!

As Friday leaves down under and enters Northern America, the good news continues!

Thanks to Amanda for the lovely shout out about my newest release! I'm thrilled to announce that my new young adult novel, MY LIFE UNDECIDED releases THIS week! And I'm very proud to be sharing such a kick-arse release week with Amanda Ashby and Alyson Noel (hands down two of the coolest peeps I know!)

Below is a book summary for MY LIFE UNDECIDED and the aforementioned (by Amanda!) "movie-style" book trailer that I produced for it! I hope you all enjoy!

BOOK TRAILER:



BOOK SUMMARY (From the Inside Flap):

PLEASE READ THIS! MY LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!

Okay, maybe that was a bit melodramatic, but I’m sorry, I’m feeling a bit melodramatic at the moment.

Here’s the deal. My name is Brooklyn Pierce, I’m fifteen years old, and I am decisionally challenged. Seriously, I can’t remember the last good decision I made. I can remember plenty of crappy ones though. Including that party I threw when my parents were out of town that accidentally burned down a model home. Yeah, not my finest moment, for sure.

But see, that’s why I started a blog. To enlist readers to make my decisions for me. That’s right. I’m gave up. Threw in the towel. I let someone else be the one to decide which book I read for English. Or whether or not I accepted an invitation to join the debate team from that cute-in-a-dorky-sort-of-way guy who gave me the Heimlich Maneuver in the cafeteria. (Note to self: Chew the melon before swallowing it.) I even let them decide who I dated!

Well, it turns out there are some things in life you simply can’t choose or have chosen for you—like who you fall in love with. And now everything’s more screwed up than ever.

But don’t take my word for it, read the book and decide for yourself. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll scream in frustration. Or maybe that’s just me. After all, it’s my life.

EARLY REVIEWS:

"Brooklyn is a sympathetic protagonist with whom teens will identify. Her journey is fun to read, and decision-challenged readers will learn an important lesson about self-acceptance along the way."
--School Library Journal

 

"Brody taps into a universal human desire...An amusing coming-of-age story with many funny moments...[Brooklyn's] flustered, off-the-cuff narration should keep readers as invested in her actions as her blog followers are."
--Publisher's Weekly

 

Thanks everyone for sharing my Good News Friday! 

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Good News Friday: MY LIFE UNDECIDED Trailer!

Hey everyone! TGIGNF! (Thank Goodness It's Good News Friday!)

So excited to announce that my new "movie-style" book trailer for my next book, MY LIFE UNDECIDED (June 7, 2011) is now up online! Check it out below!



These book trailers are a labor of love for me and I'm so proud of the way this one came out. I hope you'll help me spread the word by tweeting and embedding!

Thanks!
Jessica

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On the Set of a Book Trailer...

The theme this week is "LOL Moments" and for the life of me I couldn't think of one. At least not one that didn't include some kind of liquid shooting out of my nose (and trust me, no one wants to read about THAT!)

But I did have an amazing time last weekend filming the book trailer for my upcoming release, My Life Undecided (June 2011)! So I decided to blog about that instead. And share some photos from the set.

MY LIFE UNDECIDED is about a fifteen year old girl, notorious for making bad decisions, who enlists the help of the online blog reading population to vote on how she should live her life.

Filming the trailer was a truly remarkable experience! The cast and crew were fantastic! I should have a full photo gallery soon but in the mean time, here a few production stills to give you a sneak peak.

The trailer will be released at the end of February! So stay tuned! And we should also have a final cover to share in the next few weeks!

Brooklyn (Taylor Coliee) blogs in her room.

A flashback sequence shows Brooklyn's history of "bad decisions." 8 year-old Brooklyn (Riley Chambers) is being dared to drink Windex.

Brooklyn (Taylor Coliee) is tackled by a stunt woman (Jessica Bennett) during Rugby practice after her blog readers decide she should try out. 

Brooklyn's blog readers decide she should join the debate team. Pictured here with her debate opponent (Cesar Manzanera)

The catalyst moment of the story. Brooklyn is arrested and realizes she must do something about her "bad decisions."

Oh, and if you haven't seen my last book trailer for The Karma Club, you can watch it HERE! (It even has a cameo by Deepak Chopra!)

All photo credit goes to Holly Karrol Clark

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Good News Friday: A New Trailer

I was so excited to have a book trailer made for Miss Match (scroll down for last Friday's post if you haven't seen it yet), and now I'd like to share the one for my first Simon Pulse Ro-Com, The Secret Life of a Teenage Siren.

Let me know what you think, and have a wonderful weekend!

P.S. For a chance to win a signed copy of Miss Match, contact me via my website and write "enter me" in the email. I'll do a random drawing on Monday, Aug. 3. Good luck!

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New Book Trailer

I finally have something fun to share for Good News Friday, a new video book trailer for Miss Match. I'd love to hear what you think!

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Have a great weekend!

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