Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt. There are SIX contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the PINK TEAM but there is also a red team, a gold team, an orange team, and an indie team for a chance to win a whole different set of books!
If you’d like to find out more about the hunt, see links to all the authors participating, and see the full list of prizes up for grabs, go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page.
About JAIME:
Jaime Questell is a writer and graphic designer from Houston, Texas. She has also been a bookseller, a professional knitter, a semi-professional baker, and an administrative assistant. None of these jobs involved wrangling corgis, which is quite sad.
Check out more on her Website and You can buy her book HERE!
Le Grand’s Carnival Fantastic isn’t like other traveling circuses. It’s bound by a charm, held together by a centuries-old curse that protects its members from ever growing older or getting hurt. With just a kiss, Emmaline King is cursed, trapped within the confines of the carnival. Breaking the curse seems like her only chance at freedom, but with no curse, there’s no charm, either—dooming everyone who calls the Carnival Fantastic home. Including the boy, she’s afraid she’s falling for.
I have to listen to music while writing, and the music to BY A CHARM AND A CURSE really influenced the world and the story. Since CHARM is told in two points of view, I largely listened to two bands as I wrote.For Emma, I listened to Kitten, because I felt their shimmery guitars and delicate vocals really exemplified how Emma was feeling as she adjusted to life with the curse. For Benjamin, I wanted something bluesy and classic, and The Rubens really nailed that sound. And there’s one scene that I knew had to be written but I couldn’t do it without the right song. {SPOILER} So for Sidney’s death, I listened to My Chemical Romance’s Fake Your Death on repeat. It’s haunting and sad, but it has that note of life must go on that felt essential to the scene.
https://open.spotify.com/user/bionicallyironic/playlist/5U5aA8ep3pW7fUdt4oIkTq
And don’t forget to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of books by me, Jaime Questell, and more! To enter, you need to know that my favorite number is 9. Add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on the pink team and you’ll have all the secret code to enter for the grand prize!
It’s interesting to find out what authors do besides write books. There are so many different vocations here on the Pink Team.