Write Hope

Please check out and bid on the wonderful items up for bid in support of Write Hope's mission to help raise money for Japan. If you would like to bid on the Lipstick Laws package I'm donating for the cause (picture below), please see the Day 4 Item 1 auction HERE. Bidding will end tomorrow. It is open internationally!


Write Hope LIPSTICK LAWS Auction Package
Signed copy of The Lipstick Laws
Lipstick beauty kit from e.l.f cosmetics
Signed Lipstick Laws bookmarks
Class of 2k11 bookmarks
Lipstick Laws magnets
Stickers (The Lipstick Laws & Class of 2k11)
3 lipsticks (lipstick, liquid lipstick & hypershine lipgloss)
2 lipstick pens
1 lip gloss key chain
1 set of wax lips candy
1 lips lollipop
I'm still planning an upcoming giveaway of my own, but decided to hold off on posting it so it wouldn't coincide with the current Write Hope Lipstick Laws auction. However, my online blog tour starts tomorrow (check out the full details HERE), and I'm planning some fun giveaways for April! More info to come soon...

Happy Weekend!

Happy Valentine's Day! Time to Announce the Giveaway Winner!

Happy Heart Day!!! I hope everyone is having a special day filled with love, fun...and lots of chocolate! I'm posting this evening to announce the winner of my recent giveaway and to chat about some other fun stuff.

Thank you SO much for all of the fabulous giveaway comments, shout-outs and votes! I was so happy by the awesome turnout and wish I could give the prize package to each and every one of you! Unfortunately, there's only one winner this time around...but I do plan on having more giveaways over the next couple months to celebrate my book's upcoming release. So please stay tuned and continue to check back for more giveaway fun.


Now...without further ado, the winner of this prize pack is:
Uniquely Moi Books
Congratulations! I will be in touch shortly with the prize details.
(The winner was randomly selected through classtools.net's random name picker)

In other news, I'm participating in the Books With Love Blog Hop at Once Upon a Twilight with a guest post and a giveaway. Not only am I giving away a preorder copy of The Lipstick Laws plus swag, there are many more authors donating some fab goodies to the blog hop. Check out these AWESOME PRIZES that you could win if you enter. I mean, hello?!? Are those not the best bunch of prizes ever?



Also, the Class of 2k11 has some fun activities going on this month that may earn you some signed books and/or swag. The Lipstick Laws is one of the titles to choose from for Mashup Mania, Cover Re-Creation and the Hands On contests. Enter now & let your creativity win prizes!


**As an extra thank you to everyone who entered my last giveaway, I'd love to send you a signed bookmark. If you participated in my recent giveaway and would like a signed bookmark, please leave a comment below and email me at amy@amyholder.com with your address info. Please note, this is only for participants of THIS PREVIOUS GIVEAWAY**

Giveaway Time!

As promised, I'm posting today with my first giveaway of 2011! Many of you know that my book, The Lipstick Laws, debuts in April of this year. 2011 is a very special year for me, so in turn, I want to give back with an extra special giveaway:

One Lucky Winner Will Receive:
1 - $25 Amazon Gift Card
1 - $10 iTunes Gift Card
1 - signed ARC of The Lipstick Laws
Lots of Lipstick Laws swag (including signed & unsigned bookmarks, stickers, temporary tattoos, magnets, wax lips, etc.)
Lipstick & gloss from ELF Cosmetics
1 - Signed bookmark from Carrie Harris (my friend & author of the awesome upcoming book Bad Taste In Boys)
Class of 2k11 swag (bookmarks, stickers & postcard)
KidLit Authors Club Bookmarks








Entry Details
All you have to do to be entered once to win is:
1) Follow my Blog
2) Leave a comment saying why you'd like to win an ARC of The Lipstick Laws.
It's that easy! If you'd like extra entries to increase your odds of winning the prize package, you can do any or all of the following:

+1 - Tweet about this giveaway
+1 - Mention on facebook
+1 - Add my giveaway to your blog sidebar
+2 - Write a blog post about this giveaway or The Lipstick Laws
+1-10 - Vote for The Lipstick Laws on any of THESE GOODREADS LISTS. you'll get one extra entry per vote, up to ten total per person. Previous votes do not count.

**You can earn up to 15 extra entries (16 total) if you do all of the above**

Please add up all of your extra entries and leave the total number of entries along with your comment. I will be verifying your extra entries, so if you'd like to leave links, that's great!

This giveaway is open to international participants & the winner will be chosen at random and announced on February 14, 2011 - Valentine's Day! Good luck!

Lookie What I Have!

ARCs & Lipstick Laws swag! Yay!!!













And here is an outtake from my ARC photo shoot... yes, the book is upside down. This is what happens when you're your own photographer. Le sigh...