Tweeting and winning go hand in hand

Okay, Team Ashers and Team Puckers (that sounds weird, but go with it). How would you like to win a set of all three Iron Fey books, signed? Harlequin Teen is having a Twitter contest tomorrow, Thursday the 28th, to celebrate the end of the Iron Fey re-read month. Does that sound cool? If yes, here are the deets:


Contest is Thursday 7/28

From 11am to 11pm EST

Entrants should use one of two hashtags, #teamash or #teampuck (Don't forget to make it to @Harlequinteen)

Entrants need to tweet a favorite quote from that character using the above hashtags.

Each entrant has a chance to win one of two signed sets of The Iron Fey trilogy (King, Daughter and Queen).

One TEAM ASH winner

One TEAM PUCK winner

ETA: For more information and contest rules go here . The contest is open to U.S./Canada (excluding Quebec)

Quotes can be anything from Iron King through Iron Queen; no Iron Knight quotes since it is not out yet and we want to avoid spoilers.

Also, if you want to really support your fey boy, here are the links to the wallpaper that you can use for you avatar. Its not required, but it would be very much appreciated. (Also, Puck would get a kick of having his place plastered all over Twitter.)

Happy Faery Day

Happy Fairy Day!

Today is National Fairy Day! And, in honor of all Fey everywhere, we have some cool things for you!

First off, a giveaway! How does a signed Iron Fey trilogy sound to you? (That would be The Iron King, The Iron Daughter, and The Iron Queen.)















Good? Excellent! To enter, tweet a favorite faery quote with the hashtag #fairyday, or put it up on your blog/facebook/tumblr somewhere. Then leave your name, email, and the quote in the comments below.

Example: "Lord, what fools these mortals be." -Robin Goodfellow, A Midsummer's Night Dream. #fairyday (Open to everyone. Giveaway will run to July 16th.)

Okay, now for something really cool. Check these out.






































Pretty awesome wallpaper, no? You can thank Harlequin Teen for these gorgeous works of art. :D If you want one for your very own, check out Harlequin's Facebook page , they should have the links up very soon.

HAPPY FAIRY DAY, everyone! Don't forget to tweet a favorite faery quote for a chance to win. (And don't forget to comment about it with your name and email, else I won't know you've entered.) Now, go out there and dance a jig under the full moon, or make a wish in a faery ring, or take a ride on a phouka. Or, better yet, check out some awesome faery books. Lament by Maggie Steifvater, Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr, Wonderous Strange by Leslie Livingston, and The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff are all great choices.


And, if you want to celebrate Fairy Day properly, just ask yourself: What Would Puck Do? ;)

The Iron Knight: back cover reveal

Okay, so today, we're revealing the back cover of THE IRON KNIGHT.





So, if you remember, this was the front cover:



























Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd, here is the back:







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Yes, it's PUCK. Looking very Puck-ish with that little smirk going on.



















And for more awesomeness, here's the two of them together.









































So, where's the synopsis, you say? Worry not, that comes later. (Can't give you EVERYTHING now, that wouldn't be evil enough, lol.) We're planning something special, so stay tuned for more excitement. :)


What sayest thou?

Team Puck: An announcement

Hey everyone, Puck here.

You might've heard rumors about a big, exciting Iron Fey announcement coming up. Well, I'm here to tell you its entirely true. Team Puck fans (of which there are many, I'm sure), your wish has finally been heard!

Remember a little novella called Winter's Passage? It was free for a time, and told the utterly boring tale about ice-boy and Meghan's journey to the Winter Court? Remember that?























Well, guess who's FINALLY getting their own story?


















(Hint: it isn't ice-boy.)

Yep, for the first time ever, I get to tell my version of a tale, in e-novella form, anyway. 'Bout freaking time, too. Who wants to read about dark, broody Winter Princes when you have me? My story is called Summer's Crossing (get it? Winter's Passage, Summer's Crossing?), told through the eyes of the one and only Robin Goodfellow.

They'll be unveiling the cover in a few weeks, I'm told, so stay tuned for more excitement.

Let the mad rejoicing commence. :P

--Puck

Ash and Puck need your help

Hey, Ash and Puck fans!









Harlequin TEEN is offering an amazing opportunity. Today at 12pm EST, they are having a poll to decide the models for the cover of THE IRON KNIGHT. You, yes YOU, can vote to decide which Ash or Puck you want to see on the cover.


I have my favorites, but I'm not telling, lol.


Go to The Iron Fey Facebook page to cast your vote. Voting ends January 3rd, 2011.

Teaser Tuesday

Apologies for the missing teaser last week. I was sickly and my posting suffered for it. Anyway, here is this week's Iron Daughter Teaser Tuesday. Someone said they were missing Puck. So, with that in mind...

Puck laughed. “Hate to break it to you, kid, but unless you’re a priest, that isn’t going to work. Neither is the salt you have poured across the floor. I’m not your average bogie.”

Also, check out The Page Turner's teaser for this week, also mentioning everyone's favorite redheaded faery.

Page Turner's blog

And don't forget to check out my Twitterfeed (@jkagawa) in the evenings for short 140 character teasers of WINTER'S PASSAGE, the free e-novella coming out in June.

Team Ash/Team Puck Winners!

And we have a winner!

First off, thank you to everyone who entered! It was so much fun seeing everyone's comments and reasons why they're Team Ash or Team Puck. (Or Team Grim.) And a HUGE HUGE THANK YOU to my four Team Captains, Gail, Erica, Stacey and Nicole. I could not have done this without you guys, so thanks so much!

Congratulations to the winners of the signed Iron King and the Grimalkin rocks:

Joy P.
Karen
Sonia
Giada

And now, the winner of The Signed IRON DAUGHTER is:

*drumroll*




SONIA!


Congratulations, Sonia! I hear you're a proud member of Team Puck! I will be emailing you for your ARC of The Iron Daughter. Congrats again, and thanks for entering!

Sooooooooooo, who won the Faceoff? Well, I went to all four blogs to tally up the votes and we have a very definite and clear winner. The tallies look something like this:

Ash: 139 votes
Puck: 74 votes
Grim: 21 votes
Undecided: 19 votes

Ladies and gentlemen, the masses have decided. The winner of the Team Ash/Team Puck Faceoff is:

Ash! (handsomely portrayed by the lovely BinBons--I MEAN--Ben Barnes)













So, Ash has prevailed in this fight. But, Team Puck fans, don't despair. Puck is and will always be the scrappy underdog. And he has more opportunities to sway people to his way of thinking. This battle is not over. Perhaps, after Iron Daughter and Iron Queen, there will be another Team Ash/Team Puck Faceoff.

Maybe next time I'll include Team Grim.

But then it would be no contest.



Thanks again, everyone!

Julie K.

The Great Faery Faceoff--halftime

Monday, Monaday...

Well, we're a week into the Team Ash/Team Puck Faceoff, and here's how things stand:















Ticket to Anywhere

Ash: 33 votes
Puck: 12 votes
Grim: 1 vote
Undecided: 2 votes

The Book Cellar

Ash: 32 votes
Puck: 11 votes
Grim: 1 vote
Undecided: 2 votes

So, on the Team Ash captain's blogs, Ash is clearly dominating. But its a different story on the Team Puck blogs.














WORD for Teens

Ash: 16 votes
Puck: 18 votes
Grim: 2 votes
Undecided: 3 votes

Page Turners

Ash: 20 votes
Puck: 16 votes
Grim: 2 votes
Undecided: 5 votes


So, Ash is the clear winner for now, but there is a week left to vote, so Puck could still make a remarkable comeback. Don't forget about all the cool prizes you could win by showing your love! The Team captains can tell you all about it.

Team Ash
Gail: Ticket to Anywhere
Erica: The Book Cellar

Team Puck
Nicole: WORD for Teens
Stacy: Page Turners


Puck still has a chance. He's always been the underdog, and he's scrappy. But he needs your help to win. OR you could vote Team Ash and bury him completely. Its all up to you.

Also, it seems The Iron King is a finalist in the Debut Author Book Battle at The Shady Glade Go check it out; it looks very cool!

The Team Ash/Puck Faceoff

Grimalkin here. I could introduce myself, but that seems unnecessary. I am a cat. And I have been asked by the author to host this Team Ash/Team Puck fiasco as, apparently, she believes I am a neutral third party who will not care either way which team wins or not.

She is right. I do not care. In fact, find it vaguely amusing that these two have accumulated any followers at all, as they are both impulsive and reckless and lack any sort of feline charm whatsoever...but now the author is glaring at me, so I suppose we should get on with it. Hopefully, this will be over before my nap.

Anyway, on to the Faceoff (!), insert fabricated excitement. Here are your contenders, human readers. And if you hear someone laughing hysterically in the background, worry not, it is just me.






Ash: Prince of the Winter Court. Dark, brooding, icy, and dangerous. Surprisingly graceful dancer and handy with a sword, but with the bad habit of threatening to kill you every time Mab shoots you a dirty look. As an added bonus, he can keep your drinks cold without using ice.







Puck: Oberon's jester and a nuisance to fey and humans everywhere. Words he would use to describe himself: witty, playful, mischievous, devilish. Words others would use to describe him: I cannot list for fear small children might see it.


Not much of a selection, if you ask me. But, to each their own. Apparently there are prizes for choosing a side, as well. The things humans do to entertain themselves.

Rules and prizes:

So, if you wish to vote for your favorite team, and perhaps win one of FOUR signed copies of THE IRON KING by Julie Kagawa (there is also a doodle of ME gracing the pages beneath the autographs, so that in itself is reason to grab one.), head on over to the team captain's blogs--shown below--and comment for your chance to win. Remember, there are FOUR copies up for grabs, so the more blogs you comment on, the greater your chances to win.

Oh, yes, and there might be a few painted Grimalkin rocks up for grabs as well.














And one more thing. One lucky grand prize commenter will win a signed ARC of THE IRON DAUGHTER. I understand that these are extraordinarily hard to come by, so it would be foolish to miss this opportunity. Besides, I am in the book, saving the day once again, so you will not be completely bored out of your mind.


So, now that you know the stakes, here are the links to the Team Captains blogs. Go...make your comment, cast your vote, throw tomatoes at members of the opposite team, whatever you wish to do. The Faceoff will run to the 3rd of May where, after the carnage dies down, the bodies are gathered up, and the votes are counted, we will see whether Team Ash or Team Puck has prevailed.

Team Ash
Gail: Ticket to Anywhere
Erica: The Book Cellar

Team Puck
Nicole: WORD for Teens
Stacy: Page Turners

So, in conclusion...wait. You really want me to say this? Sighs. Oh, very well. If I must: Ice or fire? Team Ash or Team Puck? Who will reign supreme? Only you can decide the winner. Choose your side now.


Good gods, I sound like a cheesy movie commentator. There will be repercussions for this, Kagawa. I WILL come to collect, have no doubts about that.

Grimalkin