Well, this about made my year. And look at the incredible company my brand new novel gets to keep! Illustrious, or what?

Top Ten Australian YA Reads of 2013

Results from The Whole of My World contest are:

Tricia Williamson aka @TriciaWill has won a signed copy of The Whole of My World.

And the winner of the Gift Voucher is Effie B aka @fengari1.

Congratulations to you both! Your prizes will go out this week.

Thanks to everyone for playing along, and watch out for future contests and giveaways.

In the meantime, happy reading!

Cheers,

Nic

Here. This, right here, is what a contest looks like.

All you have to do is follow me on Twitter – @nichmelbourne – and tweet this by December 29 (midnight, Australian Eastern Standard Time):

RT to win a copy of The Whole of My World from @nichmelbourne – Winner tweeted December 30:  http://nicolehayesauthor.com/ #thewholeofmyworld

I will draw one winner and announce them on Twitter on December 30. Good luck, and tell your friends!

(Open to anyone in Australia, New Zealand, UK and US.)

And wait! There’s more…

Share with your friends on Twitter and you could win a bonus pre-paid gift card to a value equivalent to Australian $25. THE MORE YOU SHARE, THE MORE CHANCES TO WIN!

As above, contest closes Midnight December 29, Australian Eastern Standard Time.

People have been very kindly asking me to write stuff. So I have.

Most recently, I wrote this.

I also wrote this.

And this.

And this.

I’ve also watched the Mighty Hawks win a premiership with the cool and lovely Alicia Sometimes, and I’ve bidden farewell to one of my favourite players, Lance “Buddy” Franklin. I’m still a bit cross with him, but more on that when it’s not so raw.

I have a few more odds and bods to write, and will update here when they’re up and running. But in the meantime, I’ll be busily writing my second novel, and navigating the fun and games of juggling teaching, writing and family. Oh, and sometimes a life, too. (But not often.)

That’s it for now.

Nic (Go Hawks!)

I’ve been getting out and about talking to bookshops and doing interviews these past weeks. There have been so many great reviews for The Whole of My World – too many to list here – and such lovely comments and feedback on Twitter and Facebook – so a huge thank you to all the readers out there who have taken the time to let me know how they feel about my book.

And here’s the latest media – a Q&A on the very cool and way awesome Hypable plus a fun interview I did with Alicia Sometimes on 3RRR radio. (It starts about 1 hour and twenty minutes in.)

I’ve also written a piece, called The Whole of My World for the Footy Almanac.

Leave comments or drop me a line via the Contact page if you want to get in touch. I’d love to hear from you.