I was checking twitter this morning and definitely more than half-jokingly replied to Kelley's tweet. Then I was just eating my breakfast and reading my book and all the sudden I get a text from Avery that's all exclamation points (not a rare occurrence, actually ;)), and then another one saying something like "You have to see what Kelley wrote!"... so I go back on Twitter and see that I inadvertently started a contest. That in itself was a "woah!" moment.
Then all the sudden Kelley is DMing me and I get to email with her and oh btw she'll drop by about 4 pm. Like no big deal, I have NYT bestselling authors at my house all the time, right? Thankfully I've met Kelley a few times before, or else I think I would have been freaking out even more. My Mom was totally fangirling, haha, and she was like "We need a picture to prove Kelley's been to our house!" which is totally dorky, but also fun, and I'm glad she took one. We chatted for a few minutes, and I got Kelley to sign my copy of The Rising, since it was the only one I didn't have signed. All in all, supremely cool.
I guess the moral of the story is you should definitely just tweet random things, because you never know what will happen. The other moral is that Kelley Armstrong is awesome, and is so cool to her readers. I already knew that just from the amount of contests she has, and how she communicates with people on her website and tumblr, but this just proves it even more.
Kelley Armstrong went to your house. Oh. That kinda makes every exciting thing that has happened to me, a little irrelevant, haha.
ReplyDeletelol!! noooo, I doubt that... but this was definitely crazy awesome
DeleteOMG about Kelley going to your house. How awesome is that? So excited for you and I totally agree about random postings :)
ReplyDeletehey, nice to hear from you!! =)
DeleteOh my god, I love this story! HOW FUN IS THAT. I love that she was so spontaneous and generous, and I love that she made your day. (or possibly week/month/year, hah.) Such a lovely thing to come out of something completely random. :)
ReplyDeleteWendy @ The Midnight Garden
I know, right?? She is just awesome.
DeleteTHAT IS SO FREAKIN' AWESOME!! Now, that's a good day. SQUEEING WITH YOU!!
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DeleteWow! :D That's so awesome, Ashley!!! :D And it's definitely an awesome story to have to tell people! ;D You'll have to let us know how Omens is, too! I can't wait to read it! Also, thanks for sharing your awesome random meeting with Kelley with us! :D
ReplyDeleteOmens was great! Kind of slower in some places, but definitely good, and I'm intrigued to see where the series goes.
DeleteWow, wow, and more wow! Oh my gosh! I'm still in shock. So very awesome.
ReplyDeleteThat was basically my thought process as well. I was like "why did we have to buy movie tickets?? I better be back when she gets here!"
DeleteThis is just about the most coolest thing EVER!
ReplyDeleteSo very cool! I wish some authors hand-delivered books to MY house! :) I'm happy you got some pictures!
ReplyDeleteHow did I miss this? So very cool! :)
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