Last Week Catch Up

Since yesterday was the 4^th of July and the week didn’t officially start until today, I feel justified in having my Monday Morning Round Up on Tuesday… so here we go.

Last week was all sorts of crazy.  As most of you know I was in New York for the RWA (Romance Writers of America) conference.  It was amazing! It was held in the Marriot Marquis on Times Square, being there was an experience in itself!! Anyone who has used the insane elevators in that hotel will know what I’m talking about.

I went to the uber fantastic and tres chic party hosted by Avon Books at The Boat House in Central Park.  At that soiree, I met some amazing authors, including Kimberly Derting, Sophie Jordan, Amy Garvey, and Tera Lynn Childs.  We partied the night away sipping cocktails and having a good old fashioned girlie giggle.

The next day I was signing ARCs of Carrier of the Mark at the Avon signing.  It was such a estrogen charged experience! Indeed, there were enough romance writers in one spot to get the most stone cold, nonromantic hearts all a flutter.  My signing table was just across from Meg Cabot, which was super cool, and I managed to snag some copies of her books.  In fact, I snagged lots of books, gorgeous books… lucky me!

I schmoozed my way through the rest of the conference, learning what I could from the speakers. Then on my last day I shoved as much of New York into my day as possible.  I went up to the 102^nd floor of the Empire State Building, Lunched in Central Park, Had a drink in the Rockefeller Centre, shoved my way around Times Square while staring at the sky, followed by a pensive few hours down at the World Trade Center.  It was an AMAZING trip.

Back home I’m desperately trying to catch up with my blogs, twitter, Facebook and emails.  If you’re waiting on reply, I’ll get to you a.s.a.p., I’m slowly but surely working my way through the backlog.

Oh and one more thing.  Huge congratulations to Jennifer L Armentrout!! She just announced news of her new book deal, Cursed! I’m super excited for Jennifer and her amazingly brilliant books! Watch out for them, they will rock your world.

Talk soon, guys.

Leigh

THE CARRIER OF THE MARK IS BEING PUBLISHED!

Hello everyone! It's such an exciting day.

Have you checked out the New York Times today? No! Well go get your gorgeous little butt over to http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/books/28arts-WEBBOOKMOVES_BRF.html?src=twr  to have a little read! And even better, go out and buy yourself an old fashioned copy to keep for all posterity, because in it, is a little piece about little old me, and the fact that HarperCollins are publishing my book The Carrier of the Mark.

GAH! Did the words New York Times, HarperCollins, and Publishing just come out of my mouth in one sentence?

Woohoo! It so did!

And do you want to be let in on another little secret?

Look at this little beauty.

Isn't it gorgeous?  You'll be seeing a lot more of this cover over the next few months, and you'll be able to get your hands on your very own copy in the Fall 2011.

The announcement has just been made over on inkpop as well  http://inkpop.wordpress.com/ go check it out for the details! I'm so excited right know I can hardly type!

Thanks to inkpop, HarperTeen, and all my friends and family for making this happen.  I can't tell you how excited I am about this announcement. The press release only went out today, so I'll be posting more information as it comes in. So stay posted for updates.

All the exciting links! Woo.

 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/books/28arts-WEBBOOKMOVES_BRF.html?src=twr  

http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/lunch/

http://ht.ly/3M8EC

http://empressawesome.blogspot.com/

http://iwriteya.blogspot.com/2011/01/awesome-news.html

http://yatopia.blogspot.com/2011/01/carrier-of-mark.html

http://inkpop.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/harpercollins-publishing-inkpop-book-letter-from-the-author-2/

http://www.storiesandsweeties.com/2011/01/harperteen-publishes-book-from-inkpop.html

http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/tag/leigh-fallon

http://www.blip.tv/file/4693772

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgsfdx_leigh-fallon-author-of-carrier-of-the-mark_shortfilms

http://www.cnbc.com/id/41310546

http://homewoodpubliclibrary.org/node/2260

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/harpercollins-to-publish-manuscript-discovered-on-teen-writing-site-inkpop-114791779.html

http://www.katv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13926306

http://roadrunner.com/news/topicdl/article/dlt/0dJudtVh0V1aj/0dzn3sO1lQaIl/HarperCollins_to_Publish

http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/96581/arpercollins_to_publish_manuscript_discovered_on_teen_writing_site_inkpop.html

http://www.allvoices.com/news/8025806-harpercollins-to-publish-manuscript-discovered-on-teen-writing-site-inkpop

http://tuneintol.blogspot.com/2011/01/any-teen-writers-out-there.html

http://booksinmedia.e-bookvine.com/2011/01/28/ebook-newser-harpercollins-acquires-book-from-community-writing-site-inkpop-com/