So I’ve been kind of blog-absent lately, busy with supercrazyfun Twenty Boy Summer launch stuff and revisions for my next book, Fixing Delilah Hannaford (more on my new BFF Delilah later). And don’t get too excited because this post isn’t going to be an in-depth one, either. 
I just wanted to pop out of the ground for a minute to shake off the dirt, wave, and share a few guest posts / links / event news meant to substitute for a real, actual, thought-out blog post. Forgive me?
*Looks around and whistles while waving hands in a Jedi mind trick sort of way…*
You will accept and embrace the links in place of a real blog post…
Oh, hi! Hey! Check out these links and stuff!
- The Buffalo News article, Emotions run high in Sarah Ockler’s first novel, ‘Twenty Boy Summer’, highlighting inspirations for the book, real life cameos, and more insider info. Sorry if you’ve already been bombarded with this article all over my Facebook, or if you’ve visited my mother and she’s pushed upon you 1 of the 8 million copies she bought, but it’s all so exciting that we can’t help ourselves!
- Woman Around Town article, Grown Up Girls Come Out of the YA Book Closet, in which it’s totally okay for adults to show some YA PDA.
- Fresh New Voice of YA guest blog at Book Chic. We’re chatting about the importance of journaling and would love to hear your thoughts on a few journal-related questions! And, James at Book Chic (a recent fLiP iT fRiDaY guest!) is giving away a TBS ARC to a random commenter.
- Twenty Boy Summer Cover Story on the lovely Melissa Walker’s blog. Melissa is the author of Lovestruck Summer and the Violet on the Runway series, and she asked me to share the story behind the TBS cover and all that beautiful sea glass. We’re also giving away a signed copy to a random commenter!
- Featured Guest Nose for agent sister Sydney Salter, author of My Big Nose and Other Natural Disasters, in which I whine about that one time in college when I broke my nose.
- My Favorite Author guest post for all the “Summer Mes” out there. Do you have a summer me?
- Zoe’s Birthday Celebration guest post at Zoe’s Book Reviews. Pull up a chair for a story from my craziest birthday party ever, in which once again “emotions run high” as we kiss boys and commune with the dead. Er, not necessarily related…
- Sarah’s YouTube Channel. I totally forgot to mention this, but I plan to do lots more vlogs in the future. Like, the future where revisions are done and books are launched and videos can be made in a stress-free environment in which I am nice to Pet Monster and he agrees to make a few more cameos. If you have a YouTube account, you can subscribe to the channel and get… I don’t know. Good YouTube karma!
- Finally, don’t forget the Twenty Boy Summer contest page, updated regularly with new contests, including the 20 Things in 20 Days scavenger hunt, a chance to win a $100 Old Navy giftcard, and lots of TBS book giveaways from the awesome YA book blogger community.
Events
For those of you in the Western New York area, I’d love to see you in person at any of these upcoming events!
- Girls Afternoon at B is for Books
Thursday June 25, 2:00 PM
6562 E. Quaker Street
Orchard Park, NY 14127 - Book signing at Barnes & Noble Clarence
Friday July 24, 6:00 PM
4401 Transit Road
Clarence, NY 14221 - Book signing at Barnes & Noble McKinley
Saturday August 8, 1:00 PM
3701 McKinley Parkway
Buffalo, NY 14219
Okay, must return to revision underground…
Great article for Woman Around Town. You said it better than I could. You forgot to plug yourself though. lol