Winged Reviews - Fresh Start September

reviewer: Daphne September 30th, 2012 Event, Fresh Start September

Wow, what a month it’s been! Thank you to everyone that has supported Fresh Start September and making it such a success. We want to especially thank all the authors who did interviews and guests posts for us, all the publishers that have supported the event (Strange Chemistry, Harlequin, Entangled Publishing, Random House), our fabulous guest bloggers, Kayleigh, Brodie and Alison and everyone who participated in our polls, commented on posts, entered our contest and spread the word.

Here is a recap of all our posts this month:

1st – Introduction Posts – Melissa, Faye and Daphne
2nd – C.J. Redwine Interview – A Daydreamer’s Thoughts
3rd – Amanda Rutter (editor of Strange Chemistry) Interview – Winged Reviews
5th – Synopsis Discussion – A Daydreamer’s Thoughts
7th – Carmen Rodrigues Interview – Melissa’s Midnight Musings
8th – Blogger Guest Post – Kayleigh from K-Books – Winged Reviews
10th – Lauren Bennett (publicist from RHCB) Interview – A Daydreamer’s Thoughts
11th – Cover Art Poll – Melissa’s Midnight Musings
12th – Jessica Khoury Interview – Winged Reviews
15th – Jay Kristoff Interview – A Daydreamer’s Thoughts
16th – Niall Leonard Interview – Melissa’s Midnight Musings
17th – Blogger Guest Post – Brodie from Eleusinian Mysteries – A Daydreamer’s Thoughts
20th – Kat Zhang Interview – Winged Reviews
22nd – Hannah Harrington Interview – Melissa’s Midnight Musings
25th – Rachel Harris Interview – Winged Reviews
27th – Kim Curran Guest Post – A Daydreamer’s Thoughts
29th – Blogger Guest Post – Alison from The Cheap Reader – Melissa’s Midnight Musings
30th – Wrap Up Post and Prize Winners – Daphne, Melissa, Faye

Cover Art Poll Results

As promised, we are revealing the winners of our Cover Art Poll! Thank you everyone for voting and the winner is:

The breakdown:
Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff – 21 votes (30%)
Defiance by CJ Redwine – 20 votes (29%)
What’s Left of Me by Kat Zhang – 7 votes (10%)
34 Pieces of You by Carmen Rodrigues – 7 votes (10%)
My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century by Rachel Harris – 6 votes (9%)
Speechless by Hannah Harrington – 5 votes (7%)
Crusher by Niall Leonard – 2 votes (3%)
Origin by Jessica Khoury – 1 vote (1%)
Shift by Kim Curran – 1 vote (1%)

As you can see, it was a close one between Defiance and Stormdancer, but Stormdancer took the win with one slim vote! I have to admit, I agree because it’s a GORGEOUS cover.

Contest Winners

And now, what I’m sure you’re all waiting for, the winners of all our fabulous prizes:

2 winners of Strange Chemistry ARC packs, each pack including a copy of Poltergeeks by Sean Cummings, The Assassin’s Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke AND Katya’s World by Jonathan L Howard (courtesy of Strange Chemistry) are:
Veronika and Heather Cranmer

1 winner of an eBook of My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century by Rachel Harris (courtesy of Entangled Publishing):
Gabbie Johnson

1 winner of an paperback of Speechless by Hannah Harrington (courtesy of Harlequin):
Alyssa Susanna

1 winner of 34 Pieces of You by Carmen Rodrigues:
Katherina Barney

3 winners of a book of your choice from any that has been featured in Fresh Start September (each courtesy of the hosts) are:
Nichole Nelson, Oana Ungureanu and Wendi Bishop

The winners will be contacted shortly by email, so please respond to claim your prizes!

Again, thank you everyone for entering and participating in Fresh Start September. I hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as I have, as it’s been amazing to meet so many great authors and publishers and get to ask them our burning questions! It’s also great to get an insight into the publishing and publicity side of things, so thank you to Amanda Rutter and Lauren Bennett for that. Lastly, I wanted to give a shout out to Faye for having the idea and Melissa for co-hosting this event! Couldn’t have done it without you girls <3