OF BREAKABLE THINGS blog tour

The Of Breakable Things blog tour is still going! Go to any of the following sites to enter to win FREE books or GIFT CARDS.

First off, I'm still LMAO about this wonderful little meme created by @marewulf

Notable stops on the tour:

Casting at Thinking to Inking

What do Alex and Chase (and the Lasalle brothers) look like in my head? Find out at Thinking to Inking. Here's a preview:

(Alex)

Review by Painted Words: 

"...single best book I've read in 2014." 

"I loved all aspects of this story…. Everything. I’m not really sure what to compare this book too, it a one of a kind type of read and one that is surely worth your while. Its beautiful and captivating and yes there might be some tear shedding but nothing to serious."

Click here for the full review.

Review by The Bookish Outsider:

"Ms. Rolland's writing really is quite beautiful, it's not often I find myself highlighting passages but I certainly did in Of Breakable Things."

"The level of detail was incredible, the spirit world, the rules they have to follow and Eidolon itself were so real in their description you could almost be there yourself. For a debut author that is some fantastic world-building and I can't wait to read more of Ms. Rolland's work."

Click here for the full review.

Review by Savings in Seconds:

"In the spirit of Harry Potter, (Of Breakable Things) creates a fascinating world that’s so well-described that it’s easy to envision."

"You’ll understand my surprise when I found out that this is Rolland’s debut novel. It certainly hints of even greater things to come."

Click here for the full review.

Be sure to follow the rest of the tour! Go to Chapter by Chapter for the full list. 

Annapolis Book Festival

Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending the Annapolis Book Festival at the Key School in Annapolis. The event was amazingly wonderful, but all of this is new to me so of course I was nervous. I worried I'd get lost finding the campus and the right building, but some of my favorite gymnasts attend the school and were waiting to help guide people (I had no idea). Seeing their beautiful faces made my day, and they even popped in to visit my panel.

(my gymnasts and their friends)

My panel included Diana Peterfreund and Cheryl Klam, who are as enjoyable as they are talented, and I was honored to be in their company.

(Geri Cvetic, my dear friend and media specialist at Chesapeake High School)

The school campus is fabulous, and my sons had the best time running the races, visiting the activity centers and climbing on the playgrounds. 

(even Batman showed up)

The

OF BREAKABLE THINGS

BLOG TOUR IS LIVE

For the full list of tour stops, CLICK HERE.

To CELEBRATE, I'm kicking off the tour with an Of Breakable Things GIVEAWAY. 

Six winners!

PRIZES:

(1) Grand Prize: Kindle Paperwhite eReader

Prize packs

(1) Custom "Breakable is Beautiful" bracelet, button, bookmark

(2) $10 Barnes & Noble Gift Cards with buttons and bookmarks

(2) Signed Of Breakable Things paperback, button, and bookmark

How to enter:

1. Take a screen shot of your pre-order page. Make sure no personal information is showing. Post it to Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr, etc. Be sure to LINK ME so I see it. Your name will be entered in the drawing.

2. Students: If I've visited your school, come to a signing or event with your #OBT button.  Write your name on an entry form. (Events listed here).

Contest ends on May 23rd

Upcoming fun!

People have been asking about eReader updates, and YES, Of Breakable Things is available for preorder on Kindle, and right now it's on sale for something like $3, so buy here! If you're more of a Barnes and Noble sort of person, here's the link for paperback, but Nook hasn't gone live yet.

So, upcoming EVENTS!

This Monday, March 3rd, I will be at Chesapeake High School to celebrate READ ACROSS AMERICA. I will participating in a panel and teaching a creative writing and publishing workshop.

April 5th: The Annapolis Book Festival. I should have some early copies of Of Breakable Things to sell at the festival!

May 5th: I will be visiting the Broadneck Library at 3pm for a book talk and Q&A about writing, reading and publishing.

May 29-31: NYC! My first time attending Book Expo America, and I will be signing on Saturday at 11am.


I have a brand new batch of promo buttons that I give away during school visits. HOWEVER, outside of classrooms, if you want a button just ask and I will send it in return for a donation to the Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation. You can donate a dime, a dollar, or twenty dollars, whatever you would like. If you FB, Instagram, or tweet the button, you are eligible again for a giveaway!

Lastly, in case you missed it, the book will now release on April 29th instead of April 8th.

Happy Tuesday!

Updates, blogs, and news

First things first, Of Breakable Things is up for pre-order on Amazon!!! Click here to go the page:

Also, last week I had the opportunity to share my OBT playlist at one of my favorite blogs, FICTION THE NEW REALITY! There's also a giveaway for one of the OBT bracelets, so be sure to check it out and enter the giveaway before it's too late!

And finally, the Month9Books 2014 preview is live! Check out all the amazing titles and GORGEOUS covers. Click on the pic below to go to the YouTube video.

True or False?? FALSE.

Happy New Year!! It's officially 2014! Woot! By the way, I never posted that the winner for the #OFBREAKBLETHINGS button promo contest was Jaime R. from Maryland!!! Congrats to Jaime, and I hope she's enjoying her gift card!!! (save some of that $$ for April 8!!) And save those buttons folks. If you post a picture on any social media just be sure to link it to me or OBT, and your name stays in the drawing for next month!!!

I've been getting some frequent questions about the plot for OF BREAKABLE THINGS, so I thought I'd ring in the new year with a little T/F. Well more of just a False.

What Of Breakable Things is NOT.

A love triangle. It’s more of a straight line. Sorry.

Chase has brothers. They are major characters. There is one brother in particular who could be considered a piece of a triangle, but if you read the story you’ll realize that he never stood a chance in the first place. He’s just a selfish guy who wants to beat out one of his brothers for once in his life. If that means stealing a girl, then so be it. Does he love Alex? Sure. He grew up with her. But this character loves himself more than anyone else. The series will show his growth, but selfishness is something that rarely changes in anyone.

Supernatural meets natural and falls in love. No.

There is only one living character in OBT (unless you count flashbacks). The story is not about the living interacting with the dead. Far from it. It’s about a mental world that exists between body and spirit. The ‘mind’ part of us consists of the memories, the emotions, and the intelligence we gather throughout our lives. The story explores the things we can finally see and feel once we allow our minds to be free.

Horror.

Although there are seriously horrific aspects to the story (when a psychotic mind finds its way into world dictated by mental activity, it poses a problem), it is not horror. Technically, the genre is YA paranormal, but it certainly isn’t your typical ghost story. I will share that there’s an old asylum- next to the one where Alex is committed before her death- and the minds lurking there are nothing like Casper.

Sometimes it’s easier to say what a story is NOT, especially when trying not to give too much away. If you were banking on a love triangle or staying up all night from fright, this won’t be the book for you. But I do think readers will enjoy thinking about the things that may exist beyond our realm of comprehension. 

Hope you rang in the new year in style!!!! I know I personally have a virtual hangover from the #NYE14reads fun. Cheers!

CONTEST!!!!!!!!!!! (test run)

So, I've been a very negligent blogger recently. I could chalk it up to editing deadlines, but really it's life getting in the way. Between moving houses, a broken foot, the fall season, and the looming holidays, I'm lucky if I remember to bathe my children.

Juuuust kidding.

Kind of.

Anyway, with the holidays approaching who doesn't love having some extra cash to spend? How about a gift card giveaway (and I'll encourage you to save a bit of that cash to buy a copy of OBT in April yeah right)

Below are the fabulous little buttons I am giving away to promote Of Breakable Things. These are really for the new year, but I figure we might as well conduct a test run! December marks the FOUR month mark before the release of OBT, and four is my lucky number. I'm visiting some schools during the next few weeks, and so the contest rules are as follows:

Your fabulous name will be entered to win a gift card on DECEMBER 15th if you share a picture of yourself (or others... animals count and are actually encouraged) wearing the OBT button

 on:

1. Twitter
2. Instagram
3. Facebook

And if you wear the button during a YouTube video, you're entered twice. Just be sure to link me, so I can enter your name.

If I am not visiting your school or if you've seen me recently and haven't gotten a button, email me at ALyndenRolland@gmail.com, and I'm happy to send one to you.


Also, hold on to the those buttons. You'll need them come release day.

Happy Monday!