US Fans - Enter to Win a T-Shirt & Poster!

Simon & Schuster (Becca's publisher) is hosting an AMAZING giveaway!  Enter here for a chance to win an exclusive limited edition Patch t-shirt and FINALE poster!! Contest ends on August 24th and is open to US mailing addresses only. 

Audition!

This weekend my Italian publisher, Piemme, held auditions to cast the perfect Patch and Nora for the upcoming Italian book trailer for SILENCE. What a cool idea, right? I followed the auditions live on the Piemme Facebook page, as the event happened in Milan, and I'll post the link here, should you like to see how the auditions went down. In the end, both the director and I thought that Giovanni and Rossella were excellent picks to play Patch and Nora. I'll be sure to post the book trailer once it goes live!



Piemme Facebook Page

SILENCE Excerpt and Trailer

Hey everyone!

Thrilled to make this announcement: There will be a fourth book in the HUSH, HUSH saga! The book (untitled) will be out Fall 2012. Why the change in plans, you ask? First, I felt compelled to write a book set during Cheshvan, since it plays such a huge role in the HUSH, HUSH series. Second, fans and readers have been asking for a fourth book, and I wanted to deliver! I've spent the past couple months writing book 4, and I know how the story is going to end. The fourth book will be the final installment.

To read more about the fourth book, as well as Chapter 1 of SILENCE (10/4) visit USA Today for the scoop!

Also, MTV.com revealed the SILENCE trailer today. Watch it here!

-Becca

While You Wait For SILENCE...

Only 10 days left until SILENCE makes its way into the world, Becca's publisher has given us a new great way to pass the time while we wait!  

Get a sneak peek at SILENCE and put yourself into the HUSH, HUSH Saga here  Once you make your story, you can get a look at a scene from SILENCE!  Eeek so exciting!!  (please do NOT repost the scene anywhere else, instead send your friends to Becca's site to read it.)  This is so much fun!  We ended up with some quotes like...

I wrinkled my nose, trying to figure out what he smelled like.  Not cigarettes. Something richer, fouler.  Old potatoes.

Doesn’t he smell amazing? What is it? ice cream?  An exotic spice? or maybe.. mint?

Also don't forget about these:

Cozy up next to your favorite fallen angel PATCH here in the Patch and You Facebook App.  Check out Becca & Patch...

Countdown the last few days to SILENCE with a Countdown Widget here for US, here for UK, here for Australia and here for Canada.

Countdown to SILENCE!

GUYS!!

Ten days! That's all that's left! On October 4th, SILENCE will be in your hot little hands. You'll finally know what happens to Patch and Nora. I can't wait!

To celebrate these final days, I'm giving away ten signed, limited edition SILENCE locker posters. That's one poster every day from now until October 4th.

To enter to win a poster:

1. Tweet "I have a date with Patch on October 4th! #Silence #becfitzpatrick"
2. You MUST use the "Silence" and "becfitzpatrick" hashtags (so I can easily trace entries)
3. I will draw one winner each day
4. U.S. entries only, please. This was a tough call, as I try to keep my contests open internationally, but since one of my friends will be mailing the posters while I'm on tour, I want to keep work on her end to a minimum. Customs forms take a while to fill out!

Thanks for celebrating SILENCE's release with me!

-Becca

Ultimate Hush, Hush Fan Contest!

A contest announcement for my Canadian readers:

Simon & Schuster Canada are hosting an incredible sweepstakes now through October 16. Enter to win a signed set of the Hush, Hush series, Garage Clothing gift certificates, and much, much more!

Check it out, and good luck!

-Becca

What Happens in SILENCE? Not This!

Hey everyone!

I made this video for Hastings, but thought you might enjoy it too. My list of the top five things that aren't going to happen in SILENCE!

SILENCE - Official UK Trailer

Ready for a little excitement??  Simon & Schuster UK has released their official SILENCE trailer today!! Check it out and let us know what you think!

Reminder about SILENCE widgets and a CONTEST!

Hey everyone!  It's Becca's Assistant, Jenn.  I want to make sure that you guys have seen the amazing countdown widgets that Becca's publisher has created for SILENCE! You can find them here or here. Eeeek! October 4 will be here before we know it!  So exciting!!

Have you posted the SILENCE Countdown widget on your blog or website yet??   If not there's no time like the present :-) And to encourage you to post it and help spread the SILENCE excitement, how about a little contest?!

The winner will be selected at random and will receive signed copies of HUSH, HUSH and CRESCENDO!!!

Contest details.   To enter you must:
1.  Post the countdown widget (on your site or blog)
2.  Follow me on Twitter (@PatchsOtherGirl)
3.  Fill out the entry form here

Contest runs from July 18 - August 1. Winner will be selected at random and contacted/announced by August 5. Widget must be on your site until after winner has been announced.

Good luck and please help spread the word!!

One More Bit of News...

I forgot to mention this in my last post, and it definitely has to do with SILENCE. I'm thrilled to announce that this year I'll be attending the Vegas Valley Book Festival in Las Vegas, November 5th. It's going to be an incredible event! I will be signing copies of SILENCE, taking part in panels with other authors, and most important, meeting some of you, hooray! Confirmed authors are: Jay Asher, Lindsey Leavitt, Cat Patrick, Daisy Whitney, James Dashner, and Rachel Hawkins.

If you're in Vegas, or the near vicinity, please put the Vegas Valley Book Festival on your calendar for November 5th. See you there!

-Becca

A Few Silence Updates

Happy Friday, everyone!

If you've been wondering why I've been so quiet, it's because I spent the past week vacationing in Rhode Island with my family. It was relaxing to get away for several days, hang out at the beach, get a (faint!) tan, bump into Conan O'Brien on a sleepy side street in Watch Hill, and I even got to watch my brother-in-law compete in an Ironman. Very cool! Of course, now I feel like a total wimp for only doing a sprint triathlon...

Speaking of which, my triathlon is next weekend. Yikes! Wish me luck!

I have a few SILENCE updates I want to share with you. First, for my UK readers: I saw the UK SILENCE book trailer this morning and it is so, so awesome. Even my two little boys were impressed. My UK publisher hopes to release the book trailer soon and I'll be sure to blog about it once it goes live.

Second, I'll be spending this weekend signing a few (2,300 to be exact) copies of SILENCE. Actually, that's not quite accurate. I'll be signing title pages of SILENCE, which will get bound into final copies of SILENCE during the printing process. See images below. Incredible how they can do that, right? I have 3,000 more title pages arriving from the UK any day now. Yes, my hand is going to get a proper workout! These signed books will be special editions available from select bookstores in both the US and UK. Once I have more info about that, I'll be sure to share as well.



Finally, I've just heard that a male actor will be reading the prologue of SILENCE - this is the first book that will have two narrators: Caitlin Greer will be reading the majority of the story from Nora's point of view (Caitlin read both HUSH, HUSH and CRESCENDO) but this time around, there will be a man reading the opening pages. I'd tell you which actor and which character, but I'm sworn to secrecy!!

Have a great weekend and more to come soon!

-Becca

SILENCE Countdown Widget for Your Blog!

Exciting news!  The great folks at Simon & Schuster have created a smaller SILENCE countdown widget which fits really well in sidebars and smaller columns!!  We've added it here on Becca's blog and website.   You can post it on your blog and/or site by grabbing the embed code (click on "Share This") on the widget.

Thanks for helping the spread the excitement as we count down to SILENCE.  EEEeeek less than 90 days to go!!!

More Vlogging

Hey guys! Happy weekend. Am I the only one excited that BURN NOTICE is finally back on TV?!? I love Michael Westen. Sigh :)

In this vlog I answer the following questions:

1. Where did you get Patch's personality?

2. Will there be ARCs of SILENCE?

3. What are some of your favorite books?


Enjoy!

-Becca

SILENCE Jackets!

UPDATE: Contest is now closed!

Happy Friday indeed! I just went out to get the mail, and lo and behold, SILENCE jackets from the UK were waiting for me. They are so very shiny! Simply breathtaking. Here's proof:

I also have my US jackets, which are printed on the same iridescent paper used on both the HUSH, HUSH and CRESCENDO covers. The three look so gorgeous lined up together!

Would you like to have these covers before anyone else? I will even sign them! And personalize them! And because I love you guys so much, I'll even throw in a signed CRESCENDO locker poster. To enter, simply leave a comment below with an email address (to contact you, should you win). I will draw one winner before midnight on Sunday.

Have a great weekend!!

-Becca

SILENCE Contest Winners!

Hey there -

First off, before I announce the winners of the Name-This-Character contest, I want to say again how fun (and stressful, but in a good way!) this contest was for me. So many creative names were submitted by YOU, and I mentioned more than once on Twitter just how difficult it was for me to narrow it down to one name. I've never been a very decisive person, so trust me, selecting a winner was excruciatingly difficult. I wish I could have somehow picked every entry as the winning entry, but obviously that just wasn't possible. However...I did pick two winners. Yikes! That was unexpected. But good, right? :)

I won't make you wait any longer. The winning character names are...drumroll...

Dante Matterazzi, submitted by Dayana M.

and

Tono Grantham, submitted by Valentine B.

Congrats to the winners, and thanks for helping me christen these two characters!

Thank you again for being such great fans. You guys have been so supportive from the beginning, and so fun to write for. Hopefully I'll have another contest like this in the future. More opportunities for me to be decisive, right?

-Becca

Name-this-Character Contest CLOSED

First off, a big thanks to everyone who participated in the naming of a character in SILENCE! I've been getting a lot of questions about the contest, so I thought I'd post FAQs and my subsequent answers here.

Q: How many entries were there?
A: Nearly 3500!

Q: Have you picked a winning character name yet?
A: No. It will take several days (if not a week or two) to carefully go over each name and select the one that best fits the so-called nameless character.

Q: When will you announce the winning character name?
A: After I've selected the winning name, and after I've contacted the person who submitted it. Hopefully before June!

Q: What does the winner get?
A: I will publicly thank them in SILENCE's acknowledgements.

Q: Will you do another contest like this again?
A: I did a Name-this-Character contest for both CRESCENDO and SILENCE. I see no reason to stop!

-Becca

SILENCE Countdown Widget

Also revealed today was the Countdown Widget!!  Here's a peek at it, if you have any trouble grabbing the code, you can grab it here.

SILENCE Cover!!

The SILENCE cover was revealed (along with an SILENCE excerpt) today on MTV Hollywood Crush.

Loving the cover so much!! Stop by hollywoodcrush.mtv.com to see the post and read the excerpt.  Can't wait to hear your thoughts.

Also FallenArchangel is having COVER WEEK all week long, so be sure to stop by for more SILENCE each day!

SILENCE Cover to be Revealed on MTV Hollywood Crush

We are happy to announce that the SILENCE Cover will be revealed over on MTV's Hollywood Crush on May 2.

Do You Want Becca to Tour Near You???

It may feel like October is far away, but it will be here before we know it!  Becca's publisher will be planning her US SILENCE tour soon and they will be taking your 'demands' into consideration.  Click the DEMAND It button below and follow through the prompts to complete your 'demand".

View all Becca Fitzpatrick tour dates