Book Fair - City of Cudahy, CA

Book & Literacy Fair 

in the City of Cudahy!

(It's a tiny town near Downey, CA.)

Saturday, May 31

9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Come enjoy interactive games, a local art competition, group reading

 of children’s books, arts & crafts for children, local author signings, 

food, artist performances and other outdoor family activities.

Author panels and performer schedules will be finalized soon! Check the website for details.

www.cudahybookfair.com

June Book Signing - Copperfield's Books

Copperfield's Books

Super Summer Sampler YA Pizza Party!!

Friday, June 7th at 7 p.m.

Petaluma, CA

Eat drink and be literary at Copperfield's!  Celebrate the start of summer with a slew of great YA authors: Marissa Meyer, Suzanne Winnacker, Debra Driza, SJ Kincaid, Shannon Messenger, Daisy Whitney, and Melissa Buell will present their latest books.  Re-imagined fairy tales, tech-y science fiction,razor-sharp real life, naughty fairies: WOW!  There's something for everybody.  And there's pizza!  Feed your body and your mind and start the summer off right with these bestselling YA authors!

I'll be up there in Petaluma, guys! I'm so looking forward to this event. I hope to see you and eat pizza and talk about books and then eat gummy worms and have fun!!

Scarlet

By Marissa Meyer

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Impostor: A Variants Novel

By Susanne Winnacker

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MILA 2.0

By Debra Driza

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Insignia

By S. J. Kincaid

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Let the Sky Fall

By Shannon Messenger

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When You Were Here

By Daisy Whitney

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The Seventh Blessing

By Melissa Buell

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The Hidden Blessing

By Melissa Buell

Local Author Day - Fullerton, CA

Flier for the "Local Authors Day" at the Fullerton Public Library on May 19th!

Link to flier

Bookish Weekend!

This weekend was filled with activities of the bookish sort!

On Saturday, my family and I headed out to the LA Times Festival of Books on the USC campus. It's a HUGE event! I signed at the Mysterious Galaxy bookstore booth. My kids enjoyed the childrens' stage and authors present. I was able to hang out with my friend Gretchen and meet up with old family friends who brought their girls to the MG booth to meet Ridley Pearson.

With the "Tumbler" (Batmobile)

On Sunday, we went to the Young Authors' Faire after church. The YAF was held at the MainPlace Mall in Santa Ana. It is put on by the OC Dept. of Education. I presented with Sarah Skilton at the YA Author Panel. Sarah is so sweet and fun to hang out with! Her YA contemporary novel is about a girl, Imogen, who is a black belt in Tai Kwon Do. Barnes and Noble hosted us and they have autographed copies of my books and Sarah's books at their location across the street from the MainPlace Mall!

Sarah Skilton, author of BRUISED

Me, talking about writing

Reading from THE SEVENTH BLESSING

Presenting at the YA Author Panel with Sarah Skilton, author of BRUISED

We read excerpts from our books and then we had volunteers from the audience perform in a "Readers' Theatre" from a scene from THE HIDDEN BLESSING. The kids did a wonderful job!

Signing at the Barnes and Noble table in the mall

Representing TLT Publishing!
(Bookmarks for TLT, CONSUMED, DARTBOARD, THE CHOSEN HISTORIAN)

Crowd at the Young Authors' Faire

It was a busy weekend but also filled with fun. Thank you to everyone who came out to these events!

Melissa-ish Monday: Signing in San Diego

Melissa-ish Monday

Signing in San Diego

My husband and I went down to San Diego on Saturday for my signing at Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore. I was able to meet the lovely Stacey Jay, author of JULIET IMMORTAL and ROMEO REDEEMED. We were able to talk about books and writing, which is always wonderful. I signed copies of THE SEVENTH BLESSING and THE HIDDEN BLESSING and there are copies available at Mysterious Galaxy for purchase! (Order online here or call them at  (858) 268-4747 )

I'll also be at the Mysterious Galaxy booth (#368) at the LA Times Festival of Books on Saturday, April 20 at 2:30 p.m.

March Vlog

B&N Book Signing - Feb 2013

I was at the Fullerton, CA Barnes and Noble on Saturday, February 16 to sign copies of THE SEVENTH BLESSING and THE HIDDEN BLESSING. Thank you to all of my family and friends who came by! I am so blessed to have such wonderful people in my life. :-)  Here are a few photos from the signing.

My mom and me

A friend from my son's school came by

My friend Amanda, one of my beta readers and writer friends

Friends from my husband's work

I'm up on the big Nook in the store!

My aunt and my little cousin. I speak his language. ;)

My little fan club! (My husband, my sons, and two of my nieces)

Here I am! Ready to sign books!

My sister Tiff came by to help keep an eye on the kids during the signing

March Book Signing

Hello book friends!

I'll be back down in San Diego on March 30th for a signing at the amazing Mysterious Galaxy bookstore! Both of my YA fantasy books THE SEVENTH BLESSING and THE HIDDEN BLESSING will be there. I will be signing with YA author Stacey Joy (author of JULIET IMMORTAL).
I have a feeling I will bring cupcakes. And possibly cookies. Maybe Rice Krispy treats. 'Cuz, you know, I like to make yummy stuff.
If you like YA books, fantasy books, non-prissy princess books (warrior princess!), come on down!

Mysterious Galaxy Event Page

Book Signing Poster!

So, if you're going to attend, will you let me know so I can look for you? :)
Facebook Events

Giveaway at Goodreads

Goodreads is hosting a giveaway for two paperback copies of THE HIDDEN BLESSING! You can enter to win a copy by going to the link: Goodreads Giveaway.

Books?! Happy dance time!

"Indie Spotlight" @ Reading Teen blog

Hey!

I'm over at the awesome Reading Teen book blog with my music playlist for Book 2, THE HIDDEN BLESSING. Come on by and see what I listened to while I wrote and what you can listen to while you read. :-)


Happy listening, friends!

Book Signing in Fullerton!

Hey book friends!

I have a book signing set up at the Barnes and Noble in Fullerton, CA on Saturday, February 16th @ 2 p.m. Book 1 THE SEVENTH BLESSING and Book 2 THE HIDDEN BLESSING will be available for purchase and I'll be there with my shiny pens to sign your books!

Will you come and read my book?

Gift giving!

Hi! It's time for gift giving! (I'm giving presents to you guys, too! Scroll down!)

You can order Book 1 THE SEVENTH BLESSING or/and Book 2 THE HIDDEN BLESSING in time to give it for Christmas!

If you email me at  4melissabuell(at)gmail(dot)com (switch out for the @ sign and the .) and let me know that you've bought my books, I'll mail you a free signed bookplate for the inside of your books! Happy Christmas to you!

Links to buy my books
Amazon.com - The Hidden Blessing
Amazon.com - The Seventh Blessing
Barnes and Noble.com - The Hidden Blessing
Barnes and Noble.com - The Seventh Blessing
Mysterious Galaxy
Powell's Books

Giveaway Time!!

I've arranged a little contest/raffle for you guys. Enter using the rafflecopter form below.

You can win either
1.) a super cool "Scrabble tile necklace" made by me! :-)  Let me know what you'd want for your design, and I'll make it for you. (I've made myself one that reads, "Author - a person who writes a literary work." cut out from an old dictionary.) I can make it from old stamps, cute paper, pretty much whatever you'd like. Well, so long as it's appropriate. Family friendly. Something I could make in front of my kids. ;-)

2.) A handmade journal (by me, again)

3.) A little stuffed cupcake!

So...if any of these things strikes your fancy, please enter the giveaway. :-) Let me know what your top item would be. I'll contact you once the giveaway is closed after December 28.

Or a PDF version of THE SEVENTH BLESSING or THE HIDDEN BLESSING.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

New book reviews!

My book is officially released today!!!!!!!

I Eat Words reviewed my book and did a character interview. <3!!

Jessica at Book Sake also did a review of my book. Thanks!

Yay for new books!

Book Signing for Book 2!

Hi friends!

THE HIDDEN BLESSING releases this week!!!!!

And I have ALL OF THE FEELINGS!!!

I'm happy to announce that I'll be signing THE HIDDEN BLESSING, book 2 in my YA fantasy series, on Saturday, December 1st at the "Holiday Party" down in San Diego at Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore. Several other authors will be there, too. Come on down, pick up some great books and gifts, and talk about books with us! :-)  (I'll also have copies of book 1 to sign!)

Love! And hugs! And confetti! And twirly dresses! And glitter! And cupcakes!

Blog Tour: Post 5

Blog Tour: Post 5

Today's tour takes us over to "To Read or Not to Read" blog. Thanks for hosting, Marcie!