by Teri Terry
OK, it isn't REALLY the end of the world. As far as I know. Though hitting high-20s for over a week in England, with no end in sight, feels a bit like pigs flying and/or snowballs in hell kind of stuff.
No, what I'm referring to is....
Apocalypse! is an eight day blogging event hosted by Maja at The Nocturnal Library, Heidi at Rainy Day Ramblings, and Christy at Love of Books.
And there is a giveaway, oh yes there is! The giveaway is a blog hop, and all is revealed here.
Finally - to see the top ten things I'd need to survive an apocalypse, visit The Nocturnal Library : here is the link.
Dystopian YA fiction is still hugely
popular and nothing shows that more than the awesome blogging event DYSTOPIAN
DOMINATION hosted every year by two bloggers, Kai and Precious. I had the privilege of
taking part in the event last year, with the release of The Glimpse and now
again this year with the release of The Fall. Whether you’re writing dystopian and
want to know about this year’s popular releases from around the world, or you just
love reading dystopian as much as we do, this is an event you’ll definitely
enjoy. There are character interviews, author interviews and international
giveaways for signed books and swag.
Here’s what Precious, who hosts the blog Fragments of Life has to say about it:
"Dystopian
Domination came to life in May 14, 2011. At that time, Kai and I were thinking
of hosting our second blog event together. We were both dystopian enthusiasts
so naturally, we thought of hosting a blog event about YA dystopian novels. I
was the one who suggested that we use Dystopian Domination for the title. Why,
you ask? In 2011, it seemed to me that dystopia was dominating the YA field. We
hosted our first ever ‘DD’ as we like to call it, with excitement and anxiety.
It was our first time to host something that big. I consider it big because we
sought out YA dystopian novels not only in USA but also in other parts of the
world like Australia (Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres is an example) and UK
(such as 20 Years by Emma Newman). That way, we are spreading the dystopian
love internationally, highlighting books from across the globe and uniting
dystopian enthusiasts and authors in a single blog event.
After the first
post, the comments started trickling in. It turned out that a lot of people were
excited for the event! But what really surprised us were the comments that came
after the event. There were people who told us that we inspired them to host
their own blog events (who wouldn’t smile to that?) There are readers and
fellow bloggers who say that they look forward to Dystopian Domination every
year. For that reason, we continued hosting the DD blog event series. We hosted
DD2 and DD3 last year. This year, from June to July, we are hosting Dystopian
Domination 4. It’s not only a tradition for us. It’s also a treat for our
readers, a gift to authors and a fountain of discovery (a lot of people
discover new reads during DD) for everyone."
To read my character interview with Cole featured on Dystopian Domination last week, and win signed copies of The Glimpse and The Fall click HERE.
And just up today, you can also check out the interview with Teri Terry and win copies of Fractured. Click HERE.
Thanks Kai and Precious for such a fabulous blogging event. Dystopian Rules! Link to Kai's blog HERE. Link to Precious' blog HERE
by Claire Merle
author of THE GLIMPSE (2012)
and THE FALL (Glimpse sequel 2013)
