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Friday, September 11, 2015

Fantastic Fives! Come join our 5 year Blogaversary Celebration!


Hey Book Bloggers! Has your blog, or will your blog turn five in 2015?

Two Chicks On Books and Me My Shelf And I are hosting a massive birthday celebration for all book blogs turning 5 this year, and we want you to join us! Meet new people, gain new followers and CELEBRATE!


5 years is quite a milestone in the book blogging community! I'm sure you've seen blogs you love come and go over the time that you have been here for many reasons. We all know it can be hard to keep up, to read as much as you feel needs reading, finding the time to post – and so we want to put the focus on those that have made it to 5 – like Amber and I!

Who
Any book blog that has already, or will turn 5 years old before the end of 2015!

What and When
Starting on November 8th and lasting as long as it needs to – each day a new blog will have the spotlight on them with a small interview (which will be sent to you) and a giveaway of your choice, run however you want.  Your day will be on your blog! It will be all about you!
We will provide you with:
  • The schedule
  • Personalized Fantastic Five banner with your blog name on it!
  • Fantastic Fives side bar badge
  • The fun interview which will be your content for that day.
All you will be responsible for, is providing your own giveaway!

The Details
Essentially, this event will run a bit like a blog tour, meaning that each blog will have their own individual scheduled day to post.

Each participating blog will post the schedule, so readers know who is next and keep up with the festivities!

MMSAI and TCOB will tweet out each days blog, as I am sure your fellow Fivers will as well!

This is a great way to find new followers, meet other bloggers you might otherwise have not met and just celebrate in general!

If this year goes well, even though our 5 year will be past, we hope to run this every year as a thank you to the tireless efforts of the book bloggers who work for free, read late into the night and give it their all!

The Giveaway
Your giveaway, can be for anything and everything you might want to and are able to give. We don't know about you, but we have a BOX of stuff we have gotten over the past 5 years that we either wound up not using, used and want to pass on, or just picked up in hopes of adding to a giveaway some day.

You can giveaway as little or as much as you like. US only or International.

The only rule is, you must have a giveaway.

Join Us!

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Sign ups will close on October 5th, 2015

Schedule will be made and media sent out by October 15th, 2015



All who sign up will be accepted, provided that they are or will be 5 this year.



Sign ups will close on October 5th, 2015

Schedule will be made and media sent out by October 15th, 2015
All who sign up will be accepted, provided that they are or will be 5 this year.






Friday, November 22, 2013

Top 10 of 2013- Sign up for all the fun!!!!!!


WOW! Has the year flown by or what? 

I can’t believe we’re ready for another fun filled week where we look back at some of the best of all things books of 2013 and what books we’re looking forward to in 2014. Last year was a blast co-hosting the event with some of my favorite fellow bloggers –Lisa from A Life Bound By BooksJessica from Confessions of a BookaholicRachel from Fiktshun, and Mindy from Magical Urban Fantasy Reads! This year unfortunately Lisa and Jessica will not be hosting the event with us due to their busy lives but they both hope to be back in 2014! We will miss you ladies! *Hugs*

The event runs for five consecutive days, the last week of the year. Five days of some of our favorite lists and we invite ALL of YOU to join in on the fun and share your lists with everyone too!

Each day of the event we hope you’ll visit one of the hosting blogs and share your list with the Linky that will be provided. Just be sure you follow which lists goes on which day. Speaking of... here’s what we’re doing for this years event !


Monday, December 23rd – Best Books I’ve Read in 2013 (Doesn’t have to be released in 2013, just a book you’ve read in 2013)

Tuesday, December 24th – 
Best Book Covers of 2013 (MUST be a book released in 2013. Would be best if it’s a book you’ve READ in 2013, but it’s not required)

Wednesday, December 25th – 
Best ________ Of 2013 (Readers/Bloggers choice. Please fill in the blank with ONE or More of these topics – Villains, Contemporaries, Dual POV’s, Novellas, Adult titles, New Adult titles, Love Triangles, Couples, Bad Boys or Debuts. REMEMBER – this list MUST be from books you’ve READ in 2013)

Thursday, December 26th – 
Best Book Boyfriends of 2013 (MUST be from a book released in 2013 and from a book you’ve READ in 2013)

Friday, December 27th – 
Top 10 Books I’m looking forward to in 2014. (This list should be comprised of books released ONLY in 2014)


How you do these posts/lists is totally up to you. What books, covers and characters you pick are all your own.

The only rules to follow are posting the topics on the dates we’ve provided.

Now, I know what you’re all thinking. That this will be hard to keep to 10. Some of you might like to break the lists up a bit. Working with a Top 10 for YA books and then a Top 10 for Adult titles. Feel free to add honorable mentions if you’re also having a hard time sticking to 10. However, with the honorable mentions, please try to keep it to a minimum or it kind of defeats the whole purpose of things.

Our main focus of this event is for YOU to join in and share your lists with us all and for everyone to visit each other’s blogs’ and see what books have made it on THEIR lists.

The event is simple. Follow the dates and list topics as provided and fill out the linky below. This gives us an idea who will be joining us for the Top 10 week. THEN, be sure to come back to one of our blogs on each of the five days and link up your post for that specific day! Just remember, each day will have a linky for THAT Top 10 topic.

Also, you don’t want to miss a day during the event. We just might have some giveaways up our sleeves and joining in the event, keeping up with our and everyone lists just might help you enter to win! Additional giveaway details to follow, so keep checking back to find out what we’re giving away and when!

And don’t forget to snag our button and to help spread the word for the event. We’d love to have anyone and everyone join us this year. The more the merrier! 

NOTE: this is the SAME Linky on each of the Co-Hosts Blogs, so please only enter your Name, Blog Name and URL on one blog. Thanks!



Be sure to take the button provided for the event and display it on your blog and link it back to this post so anyone who wants to find out more info about the event easily knows how to find us.



We hope everyone who reads this will be as excited for this event as we are and we can't wait to check out all of your lists!

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Announcing The 2nd Annual Authors Are Rockstars Tour Author List and Sign-Ups!


We are so excited to be able to announce the details and begin the sign-ups for the 2nd Annual AUTHORS ARE ROCKSTARS Tour that we’re bringing back to you this August.

If you are unfamiliar with last year’s tour, check out the final tour schedule HERE.

Just like last year, our goal is to put as many of our favorite rockstar authors in the spotlight across the blogosphere as we can. So, for the month of August we’ll be matching up the rockstar authors who have agreed to go on tour with the bloggers who are their biggest fans.

Depending upon the number of authors who end up participating in the event, there could be as many as five or six authors being spotlighted around the blogosphere each day of the month.

And with 131 authors currently on board we’ve already surpassed last year’s totals.

Each stop on the tour will consist of an interview or guest post. Some stops may have a pre-written post or interview, but most stops will require the bloggers to come up with post topics and interview questions.

And some of the stops may have a giveaway provided by the author or publisher. As hosts of this event we do not ask for giveaway prizes, so not every stop will include a giveaway.

But every stop on the tour will be at a blog who thinks the author they’re hosting rocks!

And while we’d love to be able to include every single author we think is a rockstar and every blogger who signs up to participate, we are just three bloggers and we do have limits to the number of stops we can handle each day.

Last year’s event was amazing. And even though it was a lot of work to put it together, as event hosts we had a lot of fun. This year we hope to make it an even more exciting event. And this year we are super stoked to have Mindy of Magical Urban Fantasy Reads on board as a co-host.


All the information about the event and the link for bloggers to sign up is below. But first let us present to you the participating authors.


****The Authors****

Here are the authors (in alphabetical order by first name) currently on tour.

The list will be updated as new authors are added, so be sure to check back to see if your rockstar authors will be on tour this August!

** We are still accepting authors for the tour! New additions will be in blue**

A.G. Howard
Aimee Agresti
Aimee Carter
Alex Kahler
Alexander Gordon Smith
Alexandra Monir
Allison Van Diepen
Amanda Ashby
Amanda Hocking
Amanda Sun
Ammi-Joan Paquette
Amy Butler Greenfield
Amy Tintera
Andrea Cremer
Ann Aguirre
Ann Redisch Stampler
Anna Banks
April Lindner
Becca Fitzpatrick
Bethany Griffin
Brittany Geragotelis
CC Hunter
Cara Lynn Shultz
Cat Winters
Cecily White
Chelsea Pitcher
Chloe Jacobs
Chloe Neill
Christine Johnson
Cinda Williams Chima
C.J. Redwine
Clarie LaZebnik
Claudia Gray
Corrine Jackson
Cyn Balog
Cynthia Hand
Dan Krokos
Dan Wells
Danielle Ellison
Dawn Metcalf
Debra Driza
Elana Johnson
Elizabeth Miles
Elizabeth Norris
Elizabeth Richards
Elsie Chapman
Emmy Laybourne
Erin Bowman
Fiona Paul
Gabrielle Zevin
Gayle Forman
Gena Showalter
Gennifer Albin
Georgia McBride
Gina Damico
Gretchen McNeil
Hannah Moskowitz
Heather Anastasiu
Heather Brewer
Heidi Kling
J.A. Souders
J.K. Rock
Jackie Morse Kessler
Jennifer Archer
Jennifer Banash
Jennifer Bosworth
Jennifer Castle
Jennifer Echols
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Jennifer Rush
Jenny Han
Jeri Smith-Ready
Jessi Kirby
Jessica Brody
Jessica Spotswood
Jodi Meadows
Joelle Charbonneau
Jordan Dane
Josephine Angelini
Josin McQuein
Julia Karr
Julie Cross
Jus Accardo
Kami Garcia
Karen Ann Hopkins
Karri Thompson
Karsten Knight
Kasie West
Katherine Longshore
Kathleen Peacock
Katie McGarry
Katlyn Duncan
Kelly Keaton
Kiki Hamilton
Kim Harrington
Kimberly Sabatini
Kristen Simmons
Kristi Cook
Laura Toffler-Corrie
Lauren Miller
Lauren Oliver
Leah Clifford
Leigh Bardugo
Leigh Fallon
Lenore Appelhans
Lesley Livingston
Lisa Burstein
Lisa Desrochers
Lisa M. Stasse
Liz Coley
Louise Rozette
Mari Mancusi
Maria V. Snyder
Marni Bates
Mary Gray
Mary Lindsey
Megan Miranda
Megan Shepherd
Melissa de la Cruz
Melissa West
Michelle Gagnon
Michelle Rowen/Morgan Rhodes
Michelle Zink
Mike Mullin
Mindy McGinnis
Miranda Kenneally
Myra McEntire
Nova Ren Suma
Page Morgan
Rachel Caine
Rachel Harris
Rachel Vincent
Rae Carson
Renee Collins
Robin LaFevers
Robin Mellom
Sarah Beth Durst
Sarah Crossan
Sarah Guillory
Sarah J. Maas
Sarah Ockler
Sarwat Chadda
Scott Tracey
Shannon Messenger
Sherry Thomas
Simone Elkeles
Sophie Jordan
Stacey Kade
Susan Dennard
Suzanne Lazear
Suzanne Young
T. Michael Martin
T.M. Goeglein
Tahereh Mafi
Talia Vance
Tara Fuller
Tessa Gratton
Trisha Wolfe
Veronica Rossi
Victoria Schwab
Victoria Scott
Vivi Barnes
Wendy Higgins



Please note: Some authors have specific stop date requests, post types or have previously written posts prepared. Bloggers who are chosen to host an author will be notified about any special requirements.

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AUTHORSWe still have a few spots remaining for YA authors whose work we are familiar with! If you've received an email from us and would like to participate we'd love to have you on board. If you haven't, or don't think you have, and you would be interested in participating, please email us at FiktshunandTwoChicks@gmail.com.

BLOGGERS - You will be allowed only ONE chance to change your original picks. So if you don’t see your favorite authors listed, hold off on signing up, because they may be added to the list. Signing up early does not give you preferential treatment. If you want to make a change before sign-ups have closed please email us at the address above.

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The Authors Are Rockstars Tour

The tour will run from August 1st through August 31st. Each day of the month will have multiple tour stops.

The tour will begin at Fiktshun, Two Chicks on Books and Magical Urban Fantasy Reads and will end on all three of our blogs. There will be a kick-off post with a list of all the stops on the tour and there will be a giveaway. Each of us will also host one or two of our favorite authors. On the final day of the tour we’ll post a wrap-up of the event and will host the final three authors we’ll be spotlighting.

The rest of the month will be for you to share your love of the authors you call your rockstars.

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Rules, Requirements and Other Details

RULES

You must complete the sign-up form in order to be considered.

Signing up in no way guarantees you will be chosen for a tour stop. (We’re so sorry, but judging by the number of sign-ups last year we won’t be able to include everyone.)

Being accepted as a tour stop does not guarantee you’ll get your first choice of author.

If you are chosen, you must respond with your acceptance and with your guest post topics, interview questions or other post ideas within four days after notification. If you do not respond we will be forced to choose someone else.

REQUIREMENTS

To be considered to host any author, other than a debut author, you must have reviewed their books. (See review requirements immediately below.) And if you have rated their books, ratings cannot be less than four stars, unless you provide a compelling reason why you should still be considered. The authors you choose should be ones you consider rockstars!

To host an author with three or more books published, you must have reviewed at least two of their books. (Review links will be required in the sign-up form.)

To host an author with one or two published books, you must have reviewed at least one of them.

To host an author whose books have yet to be published, you must be anxiously awaiting the book’s release and have posted about that book on your blog. (Links to WoW or Spotlight posts will be required in the sign-up form.)

OTHER DETAILS

Selections will be made based on a number of criteria including the best match-up between author and blogger, blogger’s overall reviews, and blogger’s reputation and trustworthiness.

Blog following, page views or Twitter following will not be a deciding factor in the selection process.

Blog longevity, number of reviews, types of reviews – (bash-free is a must) – will be considered when making our selections.

Blogger “friends” will not be given preference. It’s about making the best matches between authors and bloggers on the tour.

Writing in an author does not guarantee that author will be included on the tour. They may have already been contacted and either are unavailable or have yet to respond, or all tour stops may already have been filled.

Blogger’s will be notified by July 8th and will have four days to confirm their participation. Announcements will be made in a post on Fiktshun, Two Chicks on Books and Magical Urban Fantasy Reads on Monday, July 15th.

Giveaways: For tour stops that will be hosting an author or publisher donated giveaway prize, there can be no mandatory tasks aside from leaving a blog comment. And there can be up to two extra entry opportunities. As a thank you to the authors you are hosting you may want to make those extra entries about the authors but it is not mandatory.

There will be no requirements/restrictions for tour stops that choose to host their own giveaways.

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Dates to Know

Tour dates: August 1st-31st
Sign-up ends: June 30th
Blogger notifications: on or before July 8th
Blogger acceptance and post requirements needed by: July 12th
Blogger announcements: July 15th

Thank you so much for your interest in being a part of this tour to share your love for these amazing rockstar authors and for helping to make this second year’s event rock even harder!

While we can’t include everyone who signs up, we are so honored that you want to join in and support this event. Just know that even if you aren’t selected, we think that you rock too!

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Sign up!

We are beginning the sign-ups today, although we are still awaiting responses from a few of the authors we’ve reached out to. The post will be updated each day until sign-ups close with any new authors that have joined the tour.

Signing up early does not give you preferential treatment. So if you want to wait and see if any new authors are added to the tour before you sign up, you will not be penalized for waiting.

The sign-ups will close at Midnight Eastern/9 p.m. Pacific on Sunday, June 30th.

If new authors are added to the tour after sign-ups have closed, like last year we will reach out to bloggers who have signed up and who have reviewed - and loved - their books.

We are all so very excited for August and for this tour to kick-off. And we are all so grateful, every day of the year, for these authors that we call rockstars who amaze us with their stories, who provide an escape that is filled with magic, who take us to worlds we could never dream up on our own and could never visit in reality, who delight, enchant, surprise, astonish us. Every. Single. Time.

**************SIGN UPS ARE CLOSED*************

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Sign Up For The Authors Are Rockstars Tour!!!!!!




Well, it’s finally here. It’s SIGN-UP day for the Authors Are Rockstars Tour! We are so super excited that there are so many of you who have already expressed interest in being a part of our tour. Both author and blogger response has been absolutely amazing and we can’t thank you all enough!

We hope to make this event great and really let those authors we love shine throughout the month of August.

And while we’d love to have every single awesome author and every single blogger be a part of the tour, we are only three bloggers with two blogs and we only have one month for the event.

We are beginning the sign-ups today, although we are still awaiting response from some of the authors we’ve reached out to. And we will update this post each day during the sign-up process with any new authors that are on board.

If you see your favorites on the list already, you should sign up now! If you want to hold out to see who else might be on board you can wait. Signing up early does not give you preferential treatment. But sign-ups will close at Midnight, Eastern, on Sunday, July 15th.

Be sure to look at the list of authors participating carefully before you make your choice. While many of the author post types and dates are still to be announced, please note the authors who have already committed to a date and post type or those who have pre-prepared interviews.

Here are the authors (in alphabetical order by first name) currently on tour




Alexander Gordon Smith – Interview Post (Either an interview or character interview)

Alyxandra Harvey – Guest Post (Top Ten Favorite Books)


Amy Kathleen Ryan- Interview Post


Anna Carey- Top Ten Post


Ann Redisch Stampler- *Will include an author donated giveaway*

Bethany Griffin

Brodi Ashton

Cara Lynn Shultz - *Will include a publisher donated book giveaway-North America*


Carrie Harris

Cayla Kluver - *Will include a publisher donated book giveaway-North America*


CC Hunter

Chloe Jacobs – *Will include an author donated giveaway*

Chloe Neil – August 15th- Top 10 Post

CJ Redwine – August 11th

Claire LaZebnik


Colleen Houck


Courtney Allison Moulton- *Will include an author donated book giveaway-USA*

Courtney Summers – Pre-prepared Interview

Cynthia Hand


Daniel Marks- Youtube Q&A *Will include an author donated giveaway*


Dan Krokos- Interview

Dan Wells


Elizabeth Miles

Elizabeth Norris- *Will include an author donated giveaway*

Emmy Laybourne – Guest Post


Gabrielle Zevin


Gena Showalter- *Will include a publisher donated book giveaway-North America*


Gina Damico- Top 10 List *Will include an author donated giveaway*


Heather Anastasiu

Inara Scott


Ingrid Paulson


JA Souders-

Jackie Morse Kessler

Jennifer Bosworth


Jennifer Castle

Jennifer L. Armentrout - Author or Character Interview *Will include a publisher (Entangled Books Only) donated eBook giveaway*

Jeri Smith-Ready


Jessica Spotswood- **Will include an author donated signed book giveaway**

Jodi Meadows

Jordan Dane - August 8th *Will include an author donated giveaway* and/or *Will include a publisher donated book giveaway-North America*

Julia Karr

Julie Kagawa – Character Interview *Will include a publisher donated book giveaway-North America*

Jus Accardo - *Will include a publisher donated eBook giveaway*

Karsten Knight


Katherine Longshore-

Kate Avelynn - *Will include a publisher donated eBook giveaway*

Kimberly Derting

Kim Harrington – Pre-prepared Interview

Lauren Oliver – Pre-prepared Interview


Leah Clifford- Interview or Character Interview

Lesley Livingston

Lisa Burstein - *Will include a publisher donated eBook giveaway*

Lisa Desrochers


Lisa and Laura Roecker

Lissa Price – August 2nd

Maria V. Snyder - *Will include a publisher donated book giveaway-North America*


Marissa Meyer- Guest Post

Mary Lindsey

Melissa de la Cruz – Pre-prepared Interview

Melissa West

Michelle Rowen/ Morgan Rhodes - *Will include a publisher (from her Harlequin Teen Books) donated book giveaway-North America*


Michelle Zink


Mike Mullin


Miranda Keneally- *Will include an author donated book giveaway*


Rachel Cohn


Rachel Harris- *Will include an author donated giveaway*

Rachel Vincent - *Will include a publisher donated book giveaway-North America*

Rae Carson – August 21st*Will include an author donated giveaway of a paperback of The Girl of Fire and Thorns*

Robin LaFevers- Author donated giveaway

Sarah Beth Durst - Pre-prepared Interview


Sara Zarr


Sarah J. Maas


Sarwat Chadda


Saundra Mitchell- Vespertine Playlist

Scott Tracey- Author donated book giveaway

Simone Elkeles-Pre-prepared Interview


Stephanie Thomas

Susan Dennard


Suzanne Laezar- Author donated giveaway


Suzanne Young- Author Interview

Tahereh Mafi – Character Interview

Talia Vance

Tara Fuller

Tessa Gratton – Guest Post (must be unique) – *Will include an author donated giveaway of The Curiosities anthology and a finished copy of The Blood Keeper*

T.M. Goeglein

Tiffany Truitt - *Will include a publisher donated eBook giveaway*

Veronica Rossi

Victoria Schwab – Interview or Vlog Interview


Victoria Scott

Wendy Higgins- * Will include an author donated giveaway*


Authors - If you've received an email and would like to participate we would love to have you on board, there are still a few stops available after August 15th! 


******Update*******


With the new authors added bloggers you will be allowed ONE chance to change your original picks. If you want to make a change to your original picks, please email us at the address above.



The Tour
  • The tour will run from August 1st through August 31st. Each day of the month will have one, two or three tour stops.
  • The tour will start at both Fiktshun and Two Chicks On Books and end on both our blogs. We will have a kick-off post + giveaway with all the stops and we will also each have posts dedicated to authors that are our rockstars. And on the final day of the tour, we will have a wrap-up post along with posts for the final two authors we will be spotlighting.
  • All the rest of the days will be for you to show your love and appreciation for those authors you call rockstars.
The Rules, Requirements and other details

Rules
  • You must complete the sign-up form in order to be considered.
  • Signing up in no way guarantees you will be chosen for a tour stop. (We’re so sorry that we won’t be able to include everyone!)
  • Being accepted as a tour stop does not guarantee you will get your first choice of author.
  • If you are chosen you must respond with your acceptance and with your stop preferences and/or interview questions or guest post topics within 24 hours after notification. If you do not respond we will be forced to choose someone else.
Requirements
  • To be considered to host any author you must have reviewed their books. (See review requirements immediately below.) And if you have rated their books, ratings cannot be less than four stars, unless you provide a compelling reason why you should still be considered. Remember, you’re picking authors you think are rockstars!
  • To host an author with three or more books published, you must have reviewed at least two of their books. (We will be checking your blogs and Goodreads.)
  • To host an author with one or two published books, you must have reviewed at least one of their books.
  • To host an author whose books have yet to be published, you must be anxiously awaiting the book’s release and have either posted about that book on your blog or provide a compelling reason in the form below.
Other details
  • Selections will be made based on a number of criteria including the best match-up between author and blogger, blogger’s overall reviews, and blogger’s reputation and trustworthiness.
  • Blog following, page views or Twitter following will not be a deciding factor in the selection process.
  • Blog longevity, number of reviews, types of reviews - (bash-free is a must) – will be considered when making our selections.
  • Blogger “friends” will not be given preference. It’s about making the best matches between authors and bloggers on the tour.
  • Writing in an author does not guarantee that author will be included on the tour. They may have already been contacted and either are unavailable or have yet to respond, or all tour stops may already have been filled.
  • Blogger participation announcements will be made both by email and in a post on both Fiktshun and Two Chicks On Books on Wednesday, July 18th.
Giveaways: For tour stops that will be hosting an author or publisher donated giveaway prize, there can be no mandatory tasks aside from leaving a blog comment. And there can be up to two extra entry opportunities. As a thank you to the authors you are hosting you may want to make those extra entries about the authors but it is not mandatory.
There will be no requirements/restrictions for tour stops that choose to host their own giveaways.

Dates to know

Tour dates: August 1st – 31st
Sign-up ends: July 15th
Blogger announcements: July 18th
Acceptance and post requirements needed by: July 19th

Once again, thank you so much for wanting to join us on this tour to share your love for those amazing authors that wow you and for helping to make this event rock!
While we won’t be able to include every one of you, we love that you want to be a part of the event and support it. Each and every one of you rocks, too!

We can’t wait to read your responses to the questions in the sign-up forms and see just why each and every one of those authors are rockstars to you!

Sign-ups are now closed! Stay tuned for our author/blogger pairings and we are still accepting authors! :D



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