Cici Reno #MiddleSchoolMatchmaker Online Launch Party!!

Today’s the day! Cici Reno #MiddleSchoolMatchmaker is out in the world and to celebrate I’m giving away awesome prizes ALL DAY on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! You can enter one or all! Keep reading for pictures of the prizes and instructions. 

On Facebook all day (Prize Pack #1):

Prize Pack #1 includes: Lauren Conrad Yoga-themed Wear & Share Necklaces, Hashtag Post-it Note Pad, Yoobi Gel Pens, Yoga Girl Zipper Pull, Luxe Watercolor Temporary Tattoo Sheets, Funky Fingers Nail Polish, and Cici Reno #MiddleSchoolMatchmaker Bookmark

Rules: Like, comment, or share (or do all three for three entries!) to enter. Entrants will be assigned a number and winner will be randomly chosen at conclusion of contest. Open to US participants only. Contest concludes at 11pm central, 4/19/16. Winner will be contacted via Facebook 4/20/16. Announced on Facebook after winner response.

On Twitter at 8am (Prize Pack #2):

Prize Pack #2 includes: Lauren Conrad Wear & Share Necklaces, Hashtag Post-it Note Pad, Yoobi Gel Pens, Yoga Girl Zipper Pull, Luxe Metallic Jewelry Temporary Tattoo Sheets, Funky Fingers Nail Polish, and Cici Reno #MiddleSchoolMatchmaker Bookmark

On Twitter at noon (Prize Pack #3):

Prize Pack #3 includes: Lauren Conrad Yoga-themed Wear & Share Necklaces, Hashtag Post-it Note Pad, Yoobi Gel Pens, Yoga Girl Zipper Pull, Luxe Watercolor Temporary Tattoo Sheets, Funky Fingers Nail Polish, and Cici Reno #MiddleSchoolMatchmaker Bookmark

On Twitter at 4pm (Prize Pack #4):

Prize pack #4 includes: Lauren Conrad Wear & Share Necklaces, Hashtag Post-it Note Pad, Yoobi Gel Pens, Yoga Girl Zipper Pull, On the Verge Temporary Tattoo Sheets, and Cici Reno #MiddleSchoolMatchmaker Bookmark

Rules: Retweet to enter. Entrants will be assigned a number and winner will be randomly chosen at conclusion of contest (End times for Prize Pack #2: noon, Prize Pack #3: 4pm, and Prize Pack #4: 8pm central, 4/19/16). Open to US participants only. Winners will be contacted via Twitter on 4/19/16. Announced on Twitter after winners’ responses.

On Instagram all day (Prize Pack #5):

Prize pack #5 includes: Lauren Conrad Wear & Share Necklaces, Hashtag Post-it Note Pad, Yoobi Gel Pens, Yoga Girl Zipper Pull, Luxe Metallic Jewelry Temporary Tattoo Sheets, Glitter Nail Polish, and Cici Reno #MiddleSchoolMatchmaker Bookmark

Rules: Like, comment, or share (or do all three for three entries!) to enter. Entrants will be assigned a number and winner will be randomly chosen at conclusion of contest. Open to US participants only. Contest concludes at 11pm central, 4/19/16. Winner will be contacted via direct message on Instagram on 4/20/16. Announced on Instagram after winner response.

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Thanks for helping me celebrate the release of Cici Reno #MiddleSchoolMatchmaker! And don’t forget to check out Cici Reno at any of these outlets:

B&N 

Amazon

Indiebound

One Week Until Cici Reno #MiddleSchoolMatchMaker Releases!

ONE WEEK until Cici Reno #MiddleSchoolMatchMaker releases! Check back on 4/19 for the all-day online launch party. Cici Reno-themed prizes given out all day on Facebook, Twitter , and Instagram . Or check back HERE on the blog!

My Fake Boyfriend is Better Than Yours Release Contest!

MY FAKE BOYFRIEND IS BETTER THAN YOURS paperback will be released on 12/31/13! Pre-order from Amazon now for $6.29 or pick-up in bookstores at the end of the month.

To celebrate I'm having a Fake Boyfriend Release Contest which will run until January 15th. One lucky winner (U.S. only) will win:

• A $20 gift card (Starbucks or Amazon, your choice!), 
• Autographed copy of My Fake Boyfriend is Better Than Yours, 
• Fake Boyfriend Emergency Kit, and a 
• Variety of bookmarks/stickers from all of my books

What's a Fake Boyfriend Emergency Kit you ask? Well, it's a handy kit to keep on you in case you're about to be found out that your boyfriend is fake. Inside are things like the locket he gave you, rose petals from the flowers he sent, and ticket stubs from the movie you went to on your first date. ;-)

Enter on the rafflecopter below and please spread the word about the contest and the paperback release of My Fake Boyfriend is Better Than Yours!

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Books to Movies Giveaway Hop: THE ESPRESSOLOGIST

Thanks for stopping by my blog during the Bookhounds & I Am a Reader, Not a Writer Books to Movies Giveaway Hop!

If you're new to me and my books I'm a young adult/middle grade author and I write mostly fun, light, contemporary books. You can find out more about me here. My newest young adult book, BOY SWAP, comes out October 16th. If you're a regular to my blog you know that I sold film rights to THE ESPRESSOLOGIST last year. So exciting! In May, Alloy Digital announced the web series, Espressologist, at Digital Content Newsfronts, which was SO cool! You can read about that here and here. They said it's slotted to release this holiday season. And they included new details on the script:

"Based on the popular book by Kristina Springer, The Espressologist mixes one part Central Perk from Friends with a splash of Jane Austin’s Emma to create a series brimming with humor and heart.

Working at her neighborhood coffee shop as a barista, twenty-something Chelsea has a front-row seat to people and their crazy, entertaining lives. Always an astute observer of human nature, Chelsea stumbles upon a methodology that makes a love connection between her customers’ personalities and their drink orders. This comedic series follows Chelsea as the stakes are raised and her bizarre dating formula leads to more people (namely friends and co-workers) looking for Chelsea to replicate her success. But will she ever make a match for herself?"

If you've read the book you'll notice Jane is now Chelsea and she's aged a bit. I can't wait to see what else is new! I'm so excited to see the book come to life!

If you want a chance to read the book before the series premieres, I'm giving away an autographed hard cover copy of THE ESPRESSOLOGIST (with bookmarks/stickers) to one lucky winner (US only).

About the book:

What’s your drink of choice? Is it a small pumpkin spice latte? Then you’re lots of fun and a bit sassy. Or a medium americano? You prefer simplicity in life. Or perhaps it’s a small decaf soy sugar-free hazelnut caffe latte? Some might call you a yuppie. Seventeen-year-old barista Jane Turner has this theory that you can tell a lot about a person by their regular coffee drink. She scribbles it all down in a notebook and calls it Espressology. So it’s not a totally crazy idea when Jane starts hooking up some of her friends based on their coffee orders. Like her best friend, Em, a medium hot chocolate, and Cam, a toffee nut latte. But when her boss, Derek, gets wind of Jane’s Espressology, he makes it an in-store holiday promotion, promising customers their perfect matches for the price of their favorite coffee. Things are going better than Derek could ever have hoped, so why is Jane so freaked out? Does it have anything to do with Em dating Cam? She’s the one who set them up! She should be happy for them, right?

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And if you want a chance to win even more books, follow the list below my Rafflecopter form to go to other great websites on the blog hop!

Thanks for stopping by and good luck in the giveaway!

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Young Adult Giveaway Hop!

Thanks for stopping by my blog during the I Am a Reader, Not a Writer & BookLove101's, Young Adult Giveaway Hop!

If you're new to me and my books I'm a young adult/middle grade author and I write mostly fun, light, contemporary books. My newest YA, THE PAPARAZZI PROJECT, just came out on kindle last month and I'm giving away FIVE copies of it for this hop! Five lucky winners will be chosen! Remember, if you don't have a kindle you can download the free app for your iphone, ipad, or PC.

About the book:

Livvie Peterson thought taking Interpersonal Communications her junior year would be an easy A. But when the first assignment is given, her world flips upside down. Here’s the deal: the class is assigned a six-week project and is split into three groups— Paparazzi, Tabloid, and Celebrities. The Paparazzi follow around the Celebrities taking pictures and grabbing any kind of quotes they can. The Celebrities try to navigate being tailed on a daily basis. And the Tabloid receives all the information collected by the Paparazzi and decides what makes the weekly summary report. Sounds harmless…and it’s all just pretend anyway, right?

Livvie is assigned as Paparazzi and when she is matched up with the über -cute Chas Montgomery as her Tabloid boss she’s pretty sure things couldn’t get much better. Livvie’s uncanny ability to capture the Celebrities in compromising photos matched with Chas’s skill of exaggerating captions and editing the photos make them an unstoppable team. And the long hours working side by side with Chas aren’t a bad bonus. 

Livvie simultaneously launches an anonymous blog, leaking the class’ photos and stories on the Internet. Her rising follower number quickly becomes addicting and she possibly spills too much information online. Once she finds her own celebrity will she be able to give it back? And will Chas be gone before she ever has the chance to find out?

THE PAPARAZZI PROJECT is an approximately 50,000 word young adult novel, written by the author of THE ESPRESSOLOGIST and the best-selling MY FAKE BOYFRIEND IS BETTER THAN YOURS.

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And if you want a chance to win even more books, follow the list below my Rafflecopter form to go to other great websites on the blog hop!

Thanks for stopping by and good luck in the giveaway!

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Clear Your Shelf Giveaway Hop!

Thanks for stopping by my blog during the I Am a Reader, Not a Writer's, Clear Your Shelf Giveaway Hop!

If you're new to me and my books I'm a young adult/middle grade author and I write mostly fun, light, contemporary books. My newest YA, THE PAPARAZZI PROJECT, just came out on kindle three weeks ago.

I'm so excited for this hop! My shelves are overflowing with young adult books and I've got a stack to giveaway! (shipping in the US only) Click on the title link to read more about each book:

The Au Pairs by Melissa De La Cruz

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar

The Espressologist by Kristina Springer (and I'll sign it to you!)

And if you want a chance to win even more books, follow the list below my Rafflecopter form to go to other great websites on the blog hop!

Thanks for stopping by and good luck in the giveaway!

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THE PAPARAZZI PROJECT is out!!

Today's the day! The Paparazzi Project is available on Amazon in kindle format for $3.99! Click here to go right to the page.

And if you don't have a kindle, don't worry. You can download the free kindle app from the app store on your phone or iPad. And if you don't have either of those you can still download the app for free on your PC. Instructions here.

The Paparazzi Project was one of my very favorite books to write and I hope you enjoy it! Check out my release week contest below to win a great prize pack: A $25 Amazon gift card plus a copy of all my books plus bookmarks and stickers. Enter below and thanks for checking out The Paparazzi Project!

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The Espressologist News & Giveaway!

You guys remember when I announced that Vuguru had purchased the film option for The Espressologist?  This morning I got the news that they were exercising their option! Wheeee!

What does that mean? Well, books can be optioned by a production company and they hold the rights for a period of time (usually 1-3 years). During this time they figure out if they can make the project work. Like, secure funding, attach actors, producers etc. This guy explains the process pretty well. Some books get optioned again and again and nothing ever comes of it. Companies can't produce every book they option. But if they're ready to move forward with a book they'll take the next step and buy the rights.

And that just happened for Espressologist!

I'm so, so happy! This thing is really going to happen! I can't wait to see the characters from my first book come to life. Totally over the moon today!

So, I feel like doing a giveaway. :-) I'll be doing another one next week when Paparazzi Project comes out (did you mark it on Goodreads yet?) so please don't think I'm a nag for the next two weeks telling you to enter and win stuff. :-) Enter below to win a coffee date with The Espressologist (a signed copy of The Espressologist plus $5 Starcbucks giftcard). And hey, for this contest, there will be FIVE WINNERS!


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JYAP Giveaway Winner!!

Yay, we finally have a winner of a signed copy of Just Your Average Princess!!

kswederski 

E-mail me (Kristina@KristinaSpringer.com) with your mailing address and who you'd like the book signed to and I'll send it off. :-)

And guys, so sorry this contest took so long! I'll make it easier next time and not put so many followers or use a firm end date. Because you were all so patient if any of you want bookmarks/stickers for my books, send me an e-mail with your mailing address and I'll pop them in the mail to you. Thanks so much for entering!!

Giveaway: Signed JUST YOUR AVERAGE PRINCESS

I haven't done a giveaway in a long time so here's one! Looks like I'm 20 followers away from 100 on my blog so the contest ends when I hit 100. I'm giving away a signed hard cover copy of my latest book- JUST YOUR AVERAGE PRINCESS. To enter you must be a follower of this blog and you must be a US resident (sorry, no intl shipping). Comment to let me know that you're a new or existing follower. If you tweet or facebook about the giveaway let me know that too in the comments and I'll give you an extra entry.

Good luck!

The Espressologist Paperback Giveaway

This week over at Author2Author we're talking about why we write in the genre that we do. I talk about writing YA Chicklit and how much I love it. Comment on this post why YOU love YA Chicklit to be entered for the chance to win the recently released paperback of THE ESPRESSOLOGIST. Mail in the USA only. Winner announced next Thursday.

Winner!!! Whoo hoo!!

Just had the BEST writerly weekend with lots of fun people! Will post pics and write up soon but I wants to post the winner of last weekend's A MATCH MADE IN HIGH SCHOOL contest. It's...

DeNiSe MaDnEsS!!!

Yay!! I'll e-mail you for your address Denise! Thanks for entering everyone!

Kristin Walker's Launch Party Recap & GIVEAWAY

I had a great time at Kristin Walker's launch party for her fun book, A MATCH MADE IN HIGH SCHOOL today.

Here's Kristin signing books:






















See the cute little engagement rings in front of her? She was giving one away with each book. Adorable! Weddings were the theme of the whole party (like in her book when the characters have to get "married" as part of a class project) and there was wedding music playing and favors like matchbooks (filled with paper) and wedding cupcakes. Too cute!






















Here's me and Kristin:

















And here are all the super cool SCBWI-IL writers that came out:

















I didn't get a picture but I met this cute elderly woman there who told me that she was a writer too and that she writes short stories, wraps a dollar in them, and then mails them out to her 5 grandchildren. Isn't that awesome? :-)

I had a blast and one lucky blog reader gets some fun too. I bought an extra book, had it autographed, and grabbed some schwag (paper matchbook, bookmarks, engagement ring).
















For a chance to win the above, comment on this post.

+1 = comment
+2= comment and follow me
+3=comment, follow me, and tweet/facebook/whatever about the contest.

I'll pick a winner and post next Sunday! Good luck! :-)

Valentine's Giveaway Winner!!

We have a winner! Beverly Stowe McClure, please send an email to rhonda at rhondastapleton dot com -- include your mailing address so we can get your signed books and valentines out to you.

Bonus! Here's Beverly's flirty poem from her winning entry (drawn at random):

Roses are red.
You are so sweet.
Winning your book
Would be quite a treat.

Congratulations, Beverly, and thanks to everyone who entered!

Be Our Valentine! GIVEAWAY

Got any plans this Valentine's Day? How about a date with THE ESPRESSOLOGIST, STUPID CUPID, and A MATCH MADE IN HIGH SCHOOL? That's hot right? You could have all three of us, autographed and in your hands by Valentine's Day. And how about handmade Valentine's cards from all three authors? Hard to resist, I know. There may even be a little chocolate in there for you too if you play your cards right.

First you have to flirt with us. Just a little. Finish this poem, "Roses are red...", in the comments of this post or here or here, for one entry (up to three entries if you hit up all three of our blogs. No more than once at each blog though.) For an additional entry, tell your friends about this contest and add in the comments where you told them (one entry for each place you told them- blog, tweet, facebok etc.).

Come on, you know you want us! Win our love! You have until February 7th at midnight EST. We'll announce the winner on all three of our blogs February 8th. USA/Canada only please.