Third Annual utopYA Awards 2014 - post 5

Hello amazing alien allies,

Here is round five of the Third Annual utopYA Awards night:

Best Debut Novel: Lucky Number Four

Amanda Jason with Adam Kunz

Best Bestie/Buddy: Elora from Rapture

Quinn Loftis

Blogger of the Year: Toni Lesatz from My Book Addiction

Toni Lesatz

Fan of the Year: Tammie Ross Zimmerman

Tammie Ross Zimmerman

Best Serial Series: Starwalkers

Best Contemporary Series: Sea Breeze (Abbi Glines not present)

Until next time ~

Third Annual utopYA Awards 2014 - post 3

Hello outer space observers,

Here is round three of the Third Annual utopYA Awards night:

Best Kiss: Skyla & Gage in Celestra Forever (Addison Moore not present)

Best Couple: Daemon & Kat in Lux series (Jennifer Armentrout not present)

Adam Kunz accepting for Jennifer Armentrout with Katic Cook
and cover models Zac Rantz and Tessi Conquest

Best Book to Screen: Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins not present)

Best Supernatural Hero/Shero: Tristan Knight in Soul Savers Series

Kristie Cook and cover model Zac Rantz & Tessi Conquest

Best Contemporary Lead: Cameron Hamilton in Trust in Me (Jennifer Armentrout not present)

Best Companion Novella: Consequence (Shelly Crane not present)

Best Blog: My Book Addiction

Toni Lesatz from My Book Addiction with Katie Cook and cover models Zac Rantz and Tessi Conquest

 

Until next time ~

Return from utopYA Con 2014

Hello Friends!

I’ve returned from the energy-filled utopYA Con in Nashville, Tennessee this past weekend and I’ve got LOTS to share with you!

First, I’d like to thank everyone for all of those “Meows” while I was there. It was great meeting all of you and I enjoyed signing my bookmarks and postcards. I’ll have to think of another contest for my next conference/convention.  :)

Second, I have to say that utopYA Con was amazing! I’ve been to several writing conferences and conventions but never anything like this! As soon as you walk through the doors, everyone is super friendly, willing to help out and it’s like one big family. There were also many, many first-timers this year and it was stunning to hear how utopYA practically doubled in size from last year. You know that they’re doing something right!

Next year, utopYA Con will experience a few changes to handle the amount of people attending and to make it even more fabulous. UtopYA Con 2015 will be four days (instead of three) – June 18, 19, 20 and 21 (that’s Thursday through Sunday). The panels and exhibitors are planned for Thursday and Friday. Saturday is scheduled for the Author Signing, UtopYA Awards and Dance Party and Sunday might resemble the TED talks. The theme for UtopYA Con 2015 is Time Travel and the slogan is: Write Your Own Future (I love it!!). Tickets are available now at: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/utopya-2015-write-your-own-future-tickets-11253334025?aff=erelexporg#
 

And finally, I’ll be sharing lots of pictures and information about utopYA over the next several blog posts. So stay tuned and check out this funtastic event. 

Until next time ~