That Time I Met Clark Kent and Lex Luthor From Smallville

Last summer I wrote a long, emotional post about how excited I was to finally have had the chance to see Lifehouse in concert.

I talked about their music being the perfect soundtrack to my favorite show of all time, Smallville. I even wore a Smallville shirt to the concert, because I will always associate certain Lifehouse songs with the show.

Well. On September 1st, 2018, I wore that shirt again. This time? To Dragon Con, where I FREAKING MET THE STARS OF SMALLVILLE, TOM WELLING AND MICHAEL ROSENBAUM! (And Aaron Ashmore too!)

Why yes, I did put this photo on the back of my Christmas card with the caption
HOPE YOUR HOLIDAYS ARE SUPER. Why do you ask?

I honestly still can't believe this happened. It all started when a fellow Tom-fan sent me the link to an Instagram post announcing that Tom and Michael would be appearing at Dragon Con in September.

Here is actual footage of my reaction:

After all, Dragon Con takes place in Atlanta, and I live in the suburbs of Atlanta. There was no way in hell I was going to let this opportunity pass me by. 

My husband, on the other hand, even though he was a Smallville fan before I was, did not get as excited. He agreed to go only because he was worried about me making the trip alone. So I wasted no time buying our tickets. Or getting my son a Superman T-shirt to match his dad's.

Waiting for the MARTA. We were melting.

And can I just tell you what an absolutely amazing experience it was?

Sure, the MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) was late and crowded and hot, but how often do you get to ride a train with people dressed in costumes, everything from Deadpool to Disney characters? 

Yes, it was hot as hell outside, and the hair I'd spent an hour straightening the night before was frizzy and sticking to my sweaty neck by the time we stepped off the train, and my son managed to drip a melting chocolate popsicle all over his khaki-colored shorts before we even arrived at the con. We also missed the parade.

Didn't matter. We had. The best. Time.

We started off on the Kids' Track, at a Jedi Training for my son. He got to make his own light saber out of a foam noodle. Then he got to learn how to use it from the Star Wars character of his choice -  he chose Rey. 

From there we made our way over to the line for the Smallville: Reunion of Lost Choices panel. Don't ask me what the name of the panel meant; I don't have a clue. I just knew I was about to be in the same room with two actors I've admired for more than a decade. 

Except upon entering the ballroom where the panel was held, an attendant looked at my little family, glanced around the room, and said, "There's three seats open right there." AND POINTED AT THE VERY FRONT ROW. 

I almost fell the freak over. There was literally nothing but a few feet of carpet between me and the table where the actors from Smallville would be sitting. You guys, I could not. 

The introductions started. Erica Cerra and Aaron Ashmore were brought out first. Then the moderator started Michael's introduction. And what happened?

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— Gina Ciocca (@gmc511) November 12, 2018

OUT COMES TOM! He totally crashed Michael's intro, and I was thoroughly unprepared for the shock, as you can tell from my delighted shriek.


Not to be outdone, Michael then made his entrance shirtless.

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— Gina Ciocca (@gmc511) November 12, 2018

What followed was an hour of hilarity and adorableness. Like Michael sharing this story about one of the most memorable pranks played on set:

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— Gina Ciocca (@gmc511) November 13, 2018

And Tom, relaying this embarrassing moment:

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— Gina Ciocca (@gmc511) November 13, 2018 

Michael also talked about hating having to shave his head each day for his role as Lex. He said sometimes he'd get cut, he had to wear special makeup so the set lights wouldn't reflect off his head, and he was also self-conscious about his big occipital bone.

He ran out into the audience trying to find someone who had a big bone at the back of their heads like his - and ended up finding it on my big-headed little boy.

My kid has no filter. I may have panicked a little
in this moment.

He also put the microphone in front of my son long enough for him to ask, "Are you Lex Luthor?" Michael laughed, and turning to Tom, said, "He called me Lex Luthor."

But my favorite moment was one in which Tom unwittingly paraphrased a scene from my book BUSTED.

I may have mentioned one or a thousand times that each of my published novels contain at least one Superman reference each.

Well, in BUSTED, there is a scene in which TJ explains to Marisa why purple is known as "the imperial color." (BTW, some of these images are taken from my Instagram stories, which can be seen under the highlight "DragonCon 2018" on my Instagram page.)

At one point in the panel, Tom Welling talked about how easy it was to dress for the part of Clark Kent - he either wore a red shirt and a blue jacket, or a blue shirt and a red jacket. To which Michael responded, "Why was I always in suits? And why did I wear so much purple?"

So you can imagine the free fall of my jaw when Tom turns to Michael and proceeds to TJ-splain the reason that purple shirts might be symbolic on a rich, powerful man like Lex Luthor.

Not only had a character in my book said THE SAME THING....

.... but he said it after the Lois Lane reference I'd slipped in 88 pages earlier....

... and he's the same character who has a loft in his barn, complete with a telescope, that is 100% a love note to Clark's loft in Smallville.

So, my book containing Superman and Smallville references was referenced by my favorite Superman from Smallville. And that is how a panel at Dragon Con 2018 turned into my Inception moment. 

(Okay, maybe it's a stretch. Just let me have my moment.)

Following the panel, we walked around for a bit, then got in line for the photo op I'd paid for ahead of time.

Remember how I said my husband wasn't all that excited to go to Dragon Con?

Well. When it was our turn to get in the photo booth with Michael, Tom, and Aaron, he said, "Here babe, this is your good side." And literally shoved me out of the way so he could stand next to Tom. I swear to God, I almost kicked him.

The one chance I'd probably ever have to stand next to Tom Welling, and his giant hand is on MY HUSBAND'S shoulder.

Though if you look closely, you'll notice that my own hand is creepily resting on top of Michael's, which I swear I did not realize until my mother saw the photo and pointed it out afterward. I was actually trying my hardest NOT to touch anyone, in fear of being creepy, and thought my son's shoulder was my best bet for hand placement. Oops.

Of course, my precautions went out the window when we were about to exit the booth, and I realized I hadn't gotten to say anything meaningful to Tom. As I said in my Instagram caption of our picture:

I wish I had time to tell them how much Smallville meant to me. That I write novels because I hope to make other people feel the way their show made *me* feel. That I've slipped a Superman reference into all 3 of my published novels. That I wore this same shirt to a Lifehouse concert, thinking it was the closest I'd ever get to anything Smallville-related.

I didn't get to say any of that. But as we started to leave, I turned back. I offered Tom my hand, and he obliged me a hand shake, despite the "no touching" rule. I looked him in the eye and told him thank you. And even though he had no idea just how many different things I was actually thanking him for, I am content that those words said it all.

In short?

Best. Day. Ever. 

(And my husband wants to go back again next year.)

Some Parenting Realness

Anyone who has read this blog knows I'm a big fan of transparency and honesty. I've shared my struggles with postpartum depression, the hardships of publishing, etc., in the hope that my stories could help other people feel less alone on their darker days.

Which is why I wanted to repost something here that I initially shared on Instagram. It's from a day when parenthood was simply kicking my ass. All I wanted was to crawl back into bed and stay there.
Of course, that wasn't an option.

Why am I sharing this? Because in a world in which social media is carefully curated to show only the highlights of a person's life, it's easy so easy to compare ourselves to others, and constantly come up short.

But life his hard. Parenthood is hard. Some days kids are downright assholes. Sometimes, despite our best efforts, we're assholes right back. We have moments when we wonder what the hell made us think we were qualified to rear a decent human being.

A lot of the time, we are just tired.

And on those days, it's nice to find someone who can relate. It's comforting to hear I've been there too.

Well. I have been there. On many, many an occasion. Here's one of them:

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I could write a cute caption that sounds like we're just outside enjoying an unusually mild summer day in GA, but I'm gonna be real for a minute: this kid is driving me nuts today.

I woke up at 6:15 a.m., still tired. All I wanted to do was go back to sleep. Except my son woke up at 6:30, so that didn't happen. My husband brought him into the living room (which is on the main level of the house, right around the corner from our bedroom) and put on a movie he'd DVR'd the night before. We climbed back into bed and tried to sneak in some more rest. Except that every time commercials came on, the little guy ran into our room asking us to fast forward for him, even though he knows how to do it himself. We asked him to get in bed with us and relax for a bit, because we were just so tired. He told us "I DON'T WANT TO."

And thus the tone was set for the day ahead.

Today has been one of those days when no activity keeps him occupied longer than a few minutes, especially if it doesn't involve his father or me. I accidentally elbowed him in the head at least 3x while folding laundry, because that's how closely he's orbiting. Everything is an argument. If we can't stop what we're doing and entertain IMMEDIATELY, he purposely touches/does things he knows he's not supposed to just to get our attention.

I thought I'd finally get a break by sending him outside with bubbles and sidewalk chalk. I really didn't want to, because it gets hot as a mofo in Georgia, and I didn't want to have to slather him in sunblock, or later bathe the sweaty, gross mess he would undoubtedly make of himself. So I made him promise to take his toys and stay on our patio, in the shade.

Except the minute I settled my exhausted self onto one of the couch cushions and pulled a blanket up over my shoulders, he opened the door yelling that he needed to go potty. And um, it was not just pee. Which meant I had to report for butt-wiping duty. Now, keep in mind that I'd asked him if he needed the potty 5 minutes earlier, and he told me no. So, the couch and I parted ways. In my son came, and then back out he went.

I should mention that I gave him a special Mr. Potato Head holder for his chalk so he could draw without turning his hands 50 different colors. Only he somehow found a way to use the holder to SHRED the chalk instead. Within minutes, his clothes, hands, feet, and our patio table were covered in chalk dust, AND he'd poured bubble soap in his hair. Which meant he was definitely going to need the bath I was too tired to give him. And guess what else? He had to go potty AGAIN. (And I had to carry him there, b/c white carpet + chalk feet = NO)

Before and after I filmed this clip, he asked me for more bubble soap (even though the dish was full) no fewer than 16 times. When I refused for the 17th time to empty a 3rd bottle into the dish, he dunked his chalk in the soap and threw the chalk on the ground - but not before scribbling all over the table with it.

In summary, I am tired. My husband is tired. We both really needed a break today, a break that never came. And while I may be able to focus on the cute again tomorrow, today bedtime can not come fast enough. I am fried.

Can anyone relate? Feel free to tell me about the times you thought parenting just might do you in. 

Behind Every One of My Published Books is the Story of How it Almost Didn't Happen

Hello, fellow lovers of YA!

I never got around to writing a release day post for A KISS IN THE DARK back in March, so I promised myself I'd put something together when I finally had the chance, because this book definitely deserves it.

In April, I flew back to my home state of Connecticut for a joint BUSTED/A KISS IN THE DARK launch party. What I told the crowd that night was this:

"Behind every one of my published books is the story of how it almost didn't happen."

Photo Credit: Michael Lello

Want proof? Read how LYM came to be published two years after going *off* submission here, and get the details on BUSTED's 5-year journey to publication here.

I've probably mentioned this before, but A KISS IN THE DARK was not supposed to be the second book in my 2-book contract with Simon Pulse. Book 2 was supposed to release in 2016, one year after LAST YEAR'S MISTAKE debuted. The story that originally got approved was a novella that I converted into a full-length novel. And that I should've just left alone, because no matter what I did to it, I hated it. So did my editor.

In the middle of rewrite #3 on this manuscript from hell, my editor left Pulse. I adored her, and I was devastated. It didn't help that I was weaning myself off antidepressants after a nasty battle with postpartum depression. Just the thought of trying to scale the mountain of agony that was this novel without her exhausted me. Sure enough, when my new editor contacted me, the verdict was this: either rewrite the story again, or start fresh with a new idea.

I was honestly relieved that someone had given me the option to walk away from this manuscript. That was how much I despised it. But now I had a whole new novel to write, so Book 2 was moved to 2017.

Turns out thinking up a new concept was the easy part. The story was partially inspired by a Superbowl commercial. (Hint: Audi)

Anyone else remember this???

The other factor in the inspiration equation was a blackout... that also occurred during the Superbowl. 

Superbowl XLVII (Photo found online)

All this football-related inspiration is pretty ironic, considering how little I watch or know about sports. But the titular kiss occurs during a football game, and the story includes flashback chapters that tie the identity of the mystery kisser to a fire that nearly destroyed Macy Atwood's best friend’s house – and was also the final straw in destroying their friendship. 

I go into more detail about the challenges of getting the earliest draft of KISS written here, but the long and short of it is this:

- The concept was approved on proposal, or a synopsis + 30 sample pages.

- The first draft was an 81,000-word mess. I had to hire a babysitter just to get it written.

- I'd written exactly what I'd detailed in the synopsis, and then got a 7-page edit letter from my editor asking me to rewrite the whole thing.

- Two major rewrites followed, in which I deleted two characters and approximately 40,000 words that would be rewritten from the ground up.

- Revisions were so intense that the pub date got moved once again - this time from 2017 to 2018.

I barely talked about this book publicly, because I honestly thought the pub date might be moved a third time, from 2018 to NEVER.

Luckily, I was wrong. All those edits paid off, and A KISS IN THE DARK turned into something I was really proud of.
On March 6, 2018, it became my 3rd published novel.

Photo Credit: Michael Lello

So there you have it, the story behind the story of A KISS IN THE DARK.

If you bought the book, THANK YOU! If you'd like to, it's available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Target, etc.

If you reviewed the book, THANK YOU! Reviews are so important to a book's visibility, so if you're willing to leave a few lines ("there were words and I liked them" totally counts as a valid review) on Amazon or B and N 's website, I am truly grateful to you.

And if you're an aspiring author who thinks it's never going to happen for you, I leave you with the words I've been saying since my first book got its second chance all those years ago: You never know. No, really. You don't. 

New Books, New Giveaways!

Well, A KISS IN THE DARK officially became a published book 8 days ago, and I am finally getting the chance to sit down and write a blog post. HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, KISS!

I'm planning to write a separate post along the lines of the Story Behind the Story piece I wrote for BUSTED, because KISS has its own tale of how it almost didn't happen. But today, I'm going to concentrate on celebrating - and on giving away free books!

So let's do this. Here's how to win free books (mine, or ALL the books I've blurbed!):

I originally posted this on Release Day, but realized a few things shortly thereafter:
1) The 3/13 cutoff was not enough time
2) I didn't promote it enough and
3) There's no prize noted for reviewing A KISS IN THE DARK, or for reviewing both books. 

So here are the revised rules:

1) Leave a short review of BUSTED on Amazon or B & N for the chance to win a signed hardcover of A KISS IN THE DARK. 

~ OR~

Leave a short review of A KISS IN THE DARK on Amazon or B & N for the chance to win a signed paperback of BUSTED.

~ OR ~

Leave a short review of **both** A KISS IN THE DARK ~and~ BUSTED on Amazon or B & N for the chance to win ALL FOUR of the books I've blurbed:

HOW TO MAKE OUT by Brianna Shrum

LOVE SONGS AND OTHER LIES by Jessica Pennington (Preorder. Release Date 4/24/18)

THESE THINGS I'VE DONE by Rebecca Phillips

THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF US by Katy Upperman (Preorder. Release date July 31st) 

2) Once your review is posted (one or two honest sentences is plenty), either leave the link in a comment on this post, or tweet it to gmc511, or email it to gina(dot)ciocca(at)yahoo(dot)com, by 3/28
3) Winners will be announced on 3/29. 

Yes, international entries are okay. 
Yes, the review can be cross-posted from your Goodreads account (no plagiarizing, obvs).

And there you have it. Happy Reading and Reviewing!

Preorder Incentives for A KISS IN THE DARK!

I can not believe A KISS IN THE DARK's release day is only 6 weeks away!

You may have seen my previous post about the preorder incentive I'm running, but since BUSTED's time as a preorder is up (HAPPY 3 WEEK BIRTHDAY, BUSTED!) I've decided to reiterate the giveaway details in a separate post dedicated to KISS.

What? Doesn't everyone take their ARCs to locations from the story and do photo shoots?

EVERYONE who preorders A KISS IN THE DARK and emails  proof to gina(dot)ciocca(at)yahoo(dot)com by March 5, 2018 will receive swag:

All entries will then go into a drawing for a GRAND PRIZE, the winner of which will be announced on release day - March 6, 2018.

The grand prize pack includes:

- A custom notebook sporting A KISS IN THE DARK's cover
- swag
- A #nofilter compact mirror (a nod to the photography aspect of the story)
- A set of 5 Color Story lip glosses (in honor of Macy's lip gloss-obsessed best friend, Meredith)
- A sunset lake journal (because Macy loves to snap sunset photos of the lake in her neighborhood)
- chocolate footballs (not pictured)
- Butter Rum Lifesavers (Macy's favorite candy, as we find out on page 53)
- A 4-inch Superman decal (in honor of Macy and Ben's favorite superhero)
- Football face tattoos (because Macy is a former cheerleader, and "football is no joke in the South.")

So the steps are:

1) Preorder from the site of your choice (including, but not limited to: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Target) 

2) Email me a screen shot of your order confirmation (gina(dot)ciocca(at)yahoo(dot)com)

3) Sit back and wait for free stuff to arrive in your mailbox.

That's literally it! And while you wait for your swag, you can add KISS to your Goodreads shelf here. You can also spread the word with these copy-and-paste-ready tweets:

Get awesome book swag + the chance to win a grand prize! Preorder A KISS IN THE DARK by @gmc511! https://writersblog-gina.blogspot.com/2018/01/preorder-incentives-for-kiss-in-dark.html

Preorder Incentive #Giveaway for @gmc511's A KISS IN THE DARK! Everyone gets swag + an entry for a grand prize. Details here: https://writersblog-gina.blogspot.com/2018/01/preorder-incentives-for-kiss-in-dark.html

The Story Behind the Story: Happy Release Day to BUSTED

Today is the day! My 2nd book, BUSTED is finally out in the world!

I love this book, y'all. I really love it. And I'm not exaggerating when I say that publication has been a loooong time coming. Those of you in the writing world know that almost nothing happens quickly here, and this book was no exception. Neither was my debut, LAST YEAR'S MISTAKE.

And even though the pub stories of BUSTED and LYM sort of intertwine, BUSTED has it's own unique path to publication, and it's one that I feel is worth sharing. So here goes:

In early 2013, LAST YEAR'S MISTAKE had been on sub for about a year, and hopes for publication were dwindling. If you haven't read LYM's pub story, you can do so here, but this is the abridged version: John (my agent) and I came very close to book deals with two different publishers, but those deals ultimately didn't pan out. The feedback that we seemed to keep getting was that LYM was "too quiet." Editors wanted something with a bigger "hook," and a bolder premise.

So, while I was devastated at the thought of  LYM never making it to a bookshelf, I was determined to write a book that would.

One morning, while driving to my job (I was living in Connecticut and working full time then), the hosts of the radio morning show I listened to on 106.1 were talking about a woman who suspected her boyfriend of cheating, and had hired a private investigator to catch him in the act. Instead, the PI and the boyfriend ended up falling for each other.

I remember thinking, "If I could put a YA spin on THAT, no one would ever call it 'quiet.'"

The setting, the story, and the characters began to take shape inside my head. I started to get excited. And then I had a phone call with John to discuss the fate of LYM, and where to go next. I told him about a few ideas I was mulling over. I saved the concept of BUSTED for last. And when I explained it to him, he said, "Write that one."

And so I did. Or I started to, anyway.

In early November of 2012, we had accepted an offer from my husband's job to relocate from Connecticut to Georgia. And THEN, after saying, "It's probably never going to happen" following a 4-year struggle with infertility, I found out I was pregnant.

Between the stress of the move and my brain's utter refusal to be creative while I was pregnant, progress on BUSTED stalled.

We drove down to GA in June of 2013. I was 8 months pregnant, swollen, and exhausted. When my son was born, I sunk into a pit of rock-bottom postpartum depression. I honestly thought I would never put words on the page again. I felt useless, worthless, and utterly hopeless.

My mother and sister came down to Georgia and got the ball rolling on my recovery. They helped me with my son, made phone calls to my insurance company on my behalf, and helped me do all the simple things that had become insurmountable tasks since I'd given birth. When they left, my mother-in-law flew down for two weeks.

But the real change in me started to happen when my husband's aunt came to stay with us. As someone who struggled with depression herself, she had taken one look at me following the birth of my son, and knew that something was very wrong. She packed her bags and left her own husband and daughter in Connecticut so that she could live with us in Georgia for five whole weeks.

I still get teary-eyed talking about this, because I am in awe that someone could be so selfless. When I'd get up for my son's 6 a.m. feeding, she'd take him and tell me to go back to sleep. During the day, she'd send me up to my office and tell me to write, insisting she had everything under control. And did she ever. She'd walk my fussy baby around the house, singing to him, rocking him, feeding him. She'd bring him outside and walk him around our neighborhood in the stroller. At night she'd make dinner, and I can't even count the number of times I'd go to fold laundry, only to find it already done.

BUSTED's Dedication 

It felt so good to have someone treat my writing like it mattered. I don't think anyone else truly understood how much I needed to find that part of myself again, how I just didn't feel like me when I couldn't create. And with so many stressors off my plate, I was finally able to get back into the head space of Gina the Writer. My creative muscles were stiff and in need of a good stretch, but I sat down in front of my lap top, determined to finish BUSTED.

I didn't get to write THE END during the five weeks while my aunt was here. But I made a ton of progress, and that was good enough.

By February of 2014, BUSTED was more or less done. And then I got the news that LAST YEAR'S MISTAKE was being resurrected for sub by Sara Sargent at Simon Pulse. Thirty-four days later, Pulse offered me a 2-book contract.

With LYM back on the table for publication, BUSTED took a backseat yet again. I put it aside and focused my energy on revising LYM.

In all honesty, I kind of assumed that BUSTED would be my book 2 in the two-book contract with Pulse. When all the hullabaloo of revising and promoting LYM died down, I submitted BUSTED to Pulse.

And... they passed on it.

Needless to say, I was disappointed. But I was determined that BUSTED would find a home somewhere, and I told John I wanted to go on submission with it. So he sent me an edit letter full of revision suggestions to implement first.

And holy smokes, was this revision massive.

Massive, but spot-on, as John's suggestions tend to be. So, I went back to the drawing board. By September of 2015, BUSTED was a brand-new and improved teen spy story, and it finally went on sub to editors.

I'm going to be perfectly honest here - I had no faith that BUSTED would sell. The market seemed to be cooling on contemporary romance, and I was afraid we'd waited too long. Not to mention that after the two-year process that selling LYM had turned into, I certainly wasn't thinking that just one month after going out on sub, I'd get an email from John saying that Annette Pollert-Morgan at Sourcebooks had read and loved BUSTED, and wanted to have a phone conversation with me about it.

But that's exactly what happened. I set up a call with Annette for later that week. I loved her, and she loved my book. I knew that BUSTED had found a home.

And today, five years after this story's journey first began, it's finally where it belongs - on bookshelves, and in the hands of readers. 

First sighting of BUSTED in the wild, at Milford
Barnes and Noble with my mom and son.

If you'd like to support BUSTED today, here are ways to do so: 

- Leave a review on Amazon or Barnes and Noble. The more reviews a book has, the greater its visibility on the site, so please consider sharing the love! This includes cross-posting reviews from Goodreads or your blog.

- Buy the book. Reviews are fantastic, but authors need sales, too. BUSTED can be purchased from Amazon, Target, Barnes and Noble, and IndieBound.
***** And if you purchase it today, I will accept it as a last-minute entry toward my preorder campaign.***** You will receive swag, and your name will be entered in a drawing for a grand prize that will be announced TONIGHT. Details here: https://writersblog-gina.blogspot.com/2017/12/preorder-incentive-campaigns-for-busted.html

- Tweet/Instagram about the book. Two easy, totally free ways to help an author out. Snap a pic of your copy of BUSTED, or a copy in the wild, tag me on Twitter (gmc511) or Instagram (gmciocca), and I will love you forever.

Don't have access to a copy? Post one of these ready-to-Insta images:

Or, you can use these handy, ready-to-tweet blurbs:

Happy book birthday to @gmc511's BUSTED! Pick up this "tale of mystery, deception, and romance like no other," out today from @SourcebooksFire! https://www.amazon.com/Busted-Gina-Ciocca/dp/1492654299/

Oh, snap! BUSTED is out in the world via @SourcebooksFire ! Order your copy today for the chance to win awesome swag and goodies from @gmc511! https://writersblog-gina.blogspot.com/2017/12/preorder-incentive-campaigns-for-busted.html

Looking for a "funny, fast-paced novel" that "shines?" Pick up @gmc511's BUSTED, out today from @SourcebooksFire!
https://www.amazon.com/Busted-Gina-Ciocca/dp/1492654299/

- Ask your local library to carry the book. This can usually be done online, no fuss, no muss. Every means of getting books into readers' hands helps.

- Check out the blogs on BUSTED's blog tour, and enter the Rafflecopter giveaway

Lastly, if you've already supported BUSTED in any of these ways, or are planning to, I just want to say thank you. Thank you for caring, thank you for allowing my little stories to be part of your life. You will never know how much this means to me.