Carmen Rodrigues's Blog

Hello!

If you're in the Northern VA area on Saturday, March 30, come hang out with me at the NoVa Teen Book Festival. I'll be on a Main Panel, talking about how we make it through this life with the help of our friends Here are some details:

PANEL: “Lean on Me”
Life is hard, but good friends make it a little easier to handle the rough patches. Sometimes that friendship turns into something more…
• Mia García
• Kevin Panetta
• Carmen Rodrigues
• Nic Stone
• Jeff Zentner

Other details:

NoVa TEEN is a free, day-long book festival bringing together authors and readers in celebration of Young Adult (YA) literature. Throughout the event, readers young and young at heart can enjoy:

Author Panels

Q&A Breakout Sessions

Book Signings

Some pretty amazing memories!

Books will be for sale at the event, as well as food and drinks.

Visit: www.novateenbookfestival.com

U.S. and Canada Only!

With less than 4 weeks to go until pub day, I'm giving away an ARC of THE UNIVERSAL LAWS OF MARCO on Instagram!

To enter:

Follow me @carmenwritesya and like the post. Winner will be announced tomorrow on my Insta Story and will be DM'd for details!

Good luck!

--Carmen

Check it out, friends!

S&S Hot YA Summer Chat Series CONTINUES! CARMEN RODRIGUES talks 34 PIECES OF YOU at 7PM tonight.

RSVP here: http://www.shindig.com/event/34pieces

Hope to see you there!

Carmen

Hi everyone!

Shindig has invited me to participate in their summer chat series. Topic: 34 Pieces of You. The event takes place on July 30 and is free! Clink on the link to RSVP.

http://www.shindig.com/event/34pieces

Much love!

Carmen

Here's one last poem 'off the cutting room floor.'

https://www.facebook.com/notes/34-pie...

Just 2 days away from the paperback release of 34 PIECES OF YOU! Here's a poem Ellie wrote for Jessie, off the cutting room floor.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/34-pie...

To celebrate the paperback release of 34 PIECES OF YOU, I'm giving readers a behind-the-scenes look at some of the pages from the novel that landed on the cutting room floor.

Take a look:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/34-pie...

Enjoy!

Carmen

NOT ANYTHING, my first novel + first love is on sale today at Amazon.com for $4!!

Check her out!
http://www.amazon.com/Not-Anything-Ca...

When you "Like" the 34 PIECES OF YOU fan page on Facebook, you'll receive access to extras like the 34 PIECES OF YOU playlist, featuring songs from Mumford and Sons, Ingrid Michaelson, Philip Phillips and more!

So come join us!
https://www.facebook.com/34PiecesOfYou

Aspiring writers!

Keep your momentum going after NaNoWriMo with my Forms of Contemporary YA Fiction class. It's online. In December, it's free. And it's like a book club but for writers. December 3, we'll be discussing THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER from a craft POV. Join us!

Check it out:
www.carmenrodrigues.com/classes

Best,

Carmen

PS. Space is limited.