Melissa de la Cruz is hosting a contest, where in exchange for a little fan art, you might get the chance to win a lovely Blue Bloods make-up bag autographed by her! Here’s the details:

So, I have 200 beautiful black patent shiny Blue Bloods makeup bags in my possession. What am I going to do with all these makeup bags?? Give them AWAY of course. To YOU. The vamperatti, the Blue Bloods faithful, the vampire elite!

The bags say “Red Blood” or “Blue Blood” or “Silver Blood” on them, and they are so handy-dandy to have in your purse to store your lipgloss, iphone, keys, whatever you need right away and don’t want to keep rooting in your large voluminous handbag for (it’s certainly helped me!) I put one in all my handbags and I put the same thing in each: sheer lipgloss, blotting papers, and Kleenex. I read about some lady who did this in a fashion magazine and it is so helpful! Now you don’t have to go around looking for your lipgloss (Is it in the leopard Lanvin? The Celine shopper? The Muse? The Birkin? Where the eff is that lipgloss?!?)

So how do you get one of these uber-chic little things? Well, remember back in the day (2008) when we did that poetry contest for the Van Alen Legacy chapter sneaks? Yeah! That was fun! This is sort of like that, except I’m opening up to other artists, not just the poets out there. And YES we will ship internationally because why not? And also I grew up abroad and it always seems so not fun when you can’t be part of whatever is happening. And it’s so fun to hear when the books hit the bestseller lists abroad. So hello, international readers! We’re always thinking of you!

Okay. So how to win one. Oh, and I’ll sign them all. I have a silver sharpie. And yes. They look cool signed.

I just want to see some fan art, some fan poetry. No fan fiction though. Sorry, but that’s not part of the contest. Also, homemade trailers are cool.

Send a copy of your Blue Bloods inspired art project:

1) Poem.
2) Drawing. (Fan Art). Whatever. A Visual Thingy.
3) Book Trailer. You know one of those visual thingies that move. Can be a dreamcast. That’s cool.

To read all the details, go to Melissa’s blog by clicking here!

**By the way, if you enter….you can also send your entries our way too! Send them to admin@thebluebloodssecret.com! We’d love to share them with other Blue Bloods fans on the blog– and of course, we will credit you!**

Melissa de la Cruz tweeted that an exlcusive sneak peek of Jack & Schuyler from “Bloody Valentine” will be in her next newsletter, which should be sent soon!

You can sign-up for her newsletter by clicking here!

We hope you all like the new site layout! We’re adding a few new things to the site as well! Most of the pages of the site should be working okay, however; if there are some pages that are not, then just let us know in the comments! We are trying to get the site to be 100% by this weekend! Also, if you have any suggestions for the site, drop a comment on this post! We love hearing suggestions from you all!

In addition, I wanted to mention that I (Jackie) will be attending Melissa de la Cruz’s Books of Wonder “Misguided Angel” event on Tuesday, October 26th! I am beyyyyyooonnnnddd EXCITED! Believe it or not, this is going to be the first time I’m going to meet Melissa in person, so I can’t wait! So, I hope to see lots of you there! For a full list of all of Melissa’s upcoming “Misguided Angel” tour dates, please click here!

Well, I believe that’s all for now! Please leave comments about the new layout!

Sincerely,
Jackie (BBS –Admin)

Monday, October 25: Clinton, New Jersey

7:00pm Reading & book signing at Clinton Bookshop
12 E. Main Street, Clinton, NJ 08809

Tuesday, October 26: New York, New York

6:00pm Reading & book signing at Books of Wonder
18 West 18th Street, New York, NY

Authors: Melissa de la Cruz, Anna Godbersen

Thursday, October 28 and Friday, October 29: Columbus, Ohio

WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION, COLUMBUS, OH

Panel and Signing Information to come. Also, this is a convention, so there will be admittance fees.

Saturday, October 30: Memphis, Tennessee

1:00pm Reading & book signing at Davis Kidd Booksellers
387 Perkins Road Ext., Memphis, TN

Monday, November 1: Atlanta, Georgia

7:00pm Reading & book signing at Books a Million
Discover Mills, 5900 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville, GA 30043
(678) 847-5115

Tuesday, November 2: Chicago, Illinois

7:00pm Reading & book signing at Anderson’s Bookshop
5112 Main St., Downers Grove, IL

Wednesday, November 3: Lansing, Michigan

6:00pm Reading & book signing at Schuler Books & Music
2820 Towne Center Blvd., Lansing, MI 48912

Thursday, November 4: Houston, Texas

7:00pm Reading & book signing at Blue Willow
14532 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX

Friday, November 5: Pasadena, California

6:00pm Meet with Young Adult Book Club
Vroman’s Hastings Ranch, 3729 E. Foothill Blvd. Pasadena

And just as a small sidenote, Jackie (BBS admin) will be attending the Books of Wonder event in NYC on October 26th!

Melissa tweeted that if you sign up for her mailing list by October 7, you will receive a sneak peek from a new chapter of “Misguided Angel”! Don’t miss your chance at this sneak peek….sign up for Melissa’s mailing list by clicking here!

Melissa de la Cruz, as well as Kami Garcia, Margret Stohl, Cecil Castellucci, and Katie Alender chat about writing tips in Part 1 & 2 of AuthorMix. Part 1 was posted a while ago, but I don’t think I had posted it on here yet. Be sure to check out the videos & the great tips all you aspiring authors!

Melissa de la Cruz has a couple of upcoming tour dates as a part of the Smart Chicks Kick It tour, where she might be coming to a town near your! Check them out below!

Blue Bloods author, Melissa de la Cruz, has some upcoming events where you can have the chance to meet her. This is listed on her official site, but we wanted to remind you all!

July 01, 2010 (7:00 PM)

Keys to the Repository Event in Cleveland, OH!

Joseph-Beth Bookstore
Legacy Village
25001 Cedar Road
Cleveland, OH 44124
(216) 382-3871

I will be reading from KEYS TO THE REPOSITORY, answering questions and talking Blue Blood vampires. Maybe even sneaking a peek at Misguided Angel and Wolf Pact! 

July 20, 2010 (7:00 PM)

Reading and Signing at the B&N in Glendale with Ally Carter!

The Americana at Brand
210 Americana Way, Glendale, CA 91210

I will be reading and signing KEYS TO THE REPOSITORY and celebrating the paperback release of VAN ALEN LEGACY with Ally Carter, author of the GALLAGHER GIRL books and HEIST SOCIETY!
Come see Ally and me talk, chat and stir up some fun mayhem! 

July 21, 2010 (4:00 PM)

Reading and Signing at Vroman’s with Ally Carter!

Vroman’s Pasadena
Details TK.

Come see me and Ally Carter read and discuss our books! 

September 18, 2010

Smart Chicks Kick It in San Francisco!

I will be joining the Smart Chicks! Melissa Marr, Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Becca Fitzpatrick & Rachel Vincent to read, sign and kick it! 

September 20, 2010 (6:00 PM)

Smart Chicks Kick It in Pasadena!

I will be joining the Smart Chicks! Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine, & Mary Pearson for reading, signing and kicking it!

If you will be attending any of these events, and you happen to take pictures, please let us know by e-mailing admin@thebluebloodssecret.com!

Yep, that’s right! You might be able to get your hands on an early copy of “Keys to the Repository” which is due out June 29th– but you may be able to get it before that. Melissa is having another one of her awesome contest. Here are the details that she posted on her official site:

Right now we have tons of advance copies of KEYS TO THE REPOSITORY. If you would like a copy, please email your name and snail-mail address to melissadlcoffice at gmail dot com with the subject line KEYS TO THE KINGDOM. Oh yeah! I’ll put all the names in one of our fabulous Ittala bowls and my daughter will pick TEN lucky winners. Contest is open to international readers. (Why not?) But I do have one caveat, last time when we did a book giveaway, some of you guys were in college and you didn’t pick up your book and it kept getting sent back to us and my assistant kept trying to send it back to you and it just got frustrating. So if you are in college, we will only send it to your HOME ADDRESS. Oh college kids. I remember what THAT was like. “Package? What package? What time is that party again?” The contest it open until JUNE 11TH 12 MIDNIGHT PST. We will send books out the next week so you get them before publication (June 29th). But remember! You need to put in your snail-mail address. And your home address. (NO PO Boxes. NO College mailboxes.)

To read the entire post on her site, please click here!
Good luck everyone!

You can check out photos from the event below:

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