The New Operation Awesome

The New Operation Awesome

After a fun Mystery Blogger contest series

 and some reorganization behind the scenes, 

here's what the contributor list at Operation Awesome looks like:

Katrina Lantz
Lindsay Scott (also writes as Isabella Morgan)
Kell Andrews, represented by Kathleen Rushall of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency,DEADWOOD released Nov 2012 from Pugalicious Press
Angela Townsend, represented by Jill Corcoran of The Herman Agency, AMAROKreleased Nov 2012 from Spencer Hill Press
Michelle McLean, represented by Krista Goering of the Krista Goering Literary Agency,TO TRUST A THIEF released Jan 2013 from Entangled Scandalous
Kristal Shaff, THE EMISSARY coming 2013 from Month9Books
Angelica R. Jackson
Becky Mahoney, represented by Sara Crowe of Harvey Klinger
Max Gladstone, represented by Weronika Janczuk of Lynn C Franklin Associates,THREE PARTS DEAD released Oct 2012 from TOR. Sequel TBR Oct 2013 from TOR.
Abby Annis
Kellie DuBay Gillis
Wesley Chu, represented by Russel Galen of Scovil Galen and Ghosh Literary Agency, THE LIVES OF TAO coming April 2013 from Angry Robot
Toni Kerr, YA novel, DESCENDANT, is due to be published by Pugalicious Press in Nov of 2013
Robyn Russell (also writes as R.R. Russell), Author of THE VENTURE BOOKS by R.H. Russell (available now) and WONDER LIGHT by R.R. Russell (Sourcebooks, Spring 2013)

ALUMNUS:
Amparo Ortiz 

If you missed the contest and want a few laughs, check out the 3 truths and a lie by each new member. 

I had a lot of fun getting to know our new bloggers in this way, and I hope you enjoyed it, too! 

The new schedule:

BOOKS BY OPERATION AWESOME:

Critiques from awesome authors and other bookish fun

MYSTERY BLOGGERS #5-8 are up for three truths and a lie. Come play. It's fun, and if you guess right you could win a critique from one of them.

Mystery Blogger #5 was saved by the Heimlich Maneuver THRICE... or was she?


Mystery Blogger #6 sold underwear w/ Michael Jordan... or did he?


Mystery Blogger #7 sent a nude pic in response to an editor's form rejection... or did she?


Mystery Blogger #8 beat down a query-rejection-papier-mâchéed piñata, post-book deal... or did she?

GUESS THE LIE RIGHT AND YOU'RE ENTERED TO WIN A FREE CRITIQUE.

Fun, right? I'm loving it!

The first four Mystery Bloggers were revealed yesterday:

Mystery Blogger #1: Angelica R. Jackson

Mystery Blogger #2: Becky Mahoney

Mystery Blogger #3: Max Gladstone

Mystery Blogger #4: Abby Annis

These four are new contributors to Operation Awesome. From now on, everything awesome they do will be attributed to their involvement with us. Or not.

In other news...
Lissa M. Basso's A SHIMMER OF ANGELS was released yesterday and it is beautiful!

On goodreads

Kristal posted a 9-page sneak-peek over at Operation Awesome!!!!

Enjoy! And follow @Month9Books on twitter because y'all are going to love their line up of new releases this year and next. 

99cents for RaShelle Workman's trilogy EXILED!

First of all, if you haven't met four of our new bloggers at Operation Awesome, head on over there and say hi to Angelica, Becky, Max, and Abby!


Now I have something else awesome to share:

RaShelle Workman's EXILED trilogy is available for 99cents on amazon kindle!




You're welcome. And if you ever see a deal like this, let me know, too. I'm all about the ebooks right now as it makes it easier for me to squeeze reading in while nursing or lying in bed at night without waking people with paper sounds. :)

Tomorrow at Operation Awesome, we'll run the last half of our MYSTERY BLOGGER critique contest! So head over there Wednesday, Jan. 30th, to guess which fun facts are lies and enter for a chance to win a critique. 

Free Critiques for Good Lie-Detectors

Squee! I can't even describe how excited I am about this! Operation Awesome is getting 8 new bloggers. What does that mean for you? FREE CRITIQUES! Call it hazing, or a welcoming ritual, but our newbies have agreed to critique for a lucky winner who answers correctly: which one is the lie?

MYSTERY BLOGGER #1-4

THREE TRUTHS AND A LIE CONTEST

• Don't forget to enter Michelle McLean's book release giveaways (5 days of them with incrementally awesome-r prizes. :)
• Amparo talked this morning about having a faux Braveheart moment. Find out what she means here.
• Month9Books' A Shimmer of Angels SHOW US YOUR WINGS CONTEST is ongoing! A Shimmer of Angels is released TOMORROW!

Even though I'm not eligible for the contest (since I just took a job with them!) I participated anyway. The prospect of creating Jude Law with angel wings was just too good to pass up: 

• Offer your own critiques of excerpts at Miss Snark's First Victim

Sometimes Mondays ROCK!