YA Scavenger Hunt Winners

The grand prize winners of the YA Scavenger Hunt have been determined. Yellow Team Contest The winning phrase was: WHO WILL WIN A HUGE PRIZE? There were 1349 qualifying entries. The winner is: Alan T. Red Team Contest The winning phrase was: SCAVENGER HUNTS ARE FUN There were 1421 qualifying entries. The winner is: Tierra [...]

YA Scavenger Hunt

The YA Scavenger Hunt is now complete. Check back here tomorrow to learn who won the grand prize and my own prize package of copies of my ebooks. You can also go to the YA Scavenger Hunt blog for updates. For those of you who missed my exclusive content and would like a sneak preview [...]

MEET RHOE, boy geek alien, from TRANSFER STUDENT, a freaky-Friday alien romance/adventure story

TRANSFER STUDENT is the latest novel from Laura A. H. Elliott and will release on Amazon and Barnes & Noble March 20th. Here’s a little bit about the novel with the first chapter written in RHOE’s POV. Be sure to read to the end to enter to win the EBOOK GIVEAWAY and this week’s SWAG! [...]

Character Interview: Fane of Channeler’s Choice

Heather McCorkle, author of The Secret of Spruce Knoll, has just released the sequel, Channeler’s Choice, and I’m happy to be part of her blog tour. Today I’ll be interviewing Fane, one of her characters. TTW: So Fane, I see that you and your dad have moved to America. Did it bother you to uproot [...]

Writing from a Boy’s Perspective: A Guest Post by Elle Strauss

Today I’m being interviewed by Lisa Ard, author of Fright Flight, on her blog, Adventures in Writing  and Publishing. Meanwhile, Elle Strauss, author of Clockwise and It’s a Little Haywire, is here to tell you all about writing books for boys. ************** Most people in the business of selling young adult and middle grade books [...]

Run: A Guest Post by Patti Larsen

Today I have a guest post from YA author Patti Larsen. She’s giving us a teaser of her YA book, Run, and it looks like it’s going to be a winner. Thanks for joining me today, Patti. I wish you the best of luck with your series. Thank you so much, Lisa, for hosting me! [...]

Home Again, and Another Speedway Promotion

After my trip to Eugene, I came home for the weekend then headed up to Swift Forest Camp on the Lewis River for a few days of camping. I had a great time, but boy did Portland seem big, noisy, and overcrowded after being in the wilderness. I’d forgotten what real quiet sounded like. Between [...]

Y and Z

Today we wrap up the A to Z challenge, and I couldn’t decide on who should handle the last two letters of the alphabet, so I’m letting everyone get involved. Those of you who have been following this month will remember most of my characters from previous posts. This time, however, Jess’s friend Teri Sue, [...]

V, W, and X, by Race and Cody

For today’s A to Z challenge, we have Race and Cody, back by popular demand. Race: Popular demand? Cody:  Because we’re so damn funny, dude. Lisa: That’s right. So what have you got for me today, guys? Cody: Well, we’re starting out with the letter “V.” I’ll let you take that one, Race. Race: Uh [...]

S, T, and U, by Kasey McCormick

Today for the A to Z challenge I’ve invited Kasey McCormick to educate us about a few racing terms. For those of you unfamiliar with my books, Kasey is Race’s girlfriend, Race is Cody’s uncle, and Cody is the protagonist of In the Blood and Getting Sideways. Kasey is also a mentor to Jess, who’s [...]