Announcing The 2nd Annual Authors Are Rockstars Tour Author List and Sign-Ups!

We are so excited to be able to announce the details and begin the sign-ups for the 2nd Annual AUTHORS ARE ROCKSTARS Tour that we’re bringing back to you this August.

If you are unfamiliar with last year’s tour, check out the final tour schedule HERE.

Just like last year, our goal is to put as many of our favorite rockstar authors in the spotlight across the blogosphere as we can. So, for the month of August we’ll be matching up the rockstar authors who have agreed to go on tour with the bloggers who are their biggest fans.

Depending upon the number of authors who end up participating in the event, there could be as many as five or six authors being spotlighted around the blogosphere each day of the month.

And with 131 authors currently on board we’ve already surpassed last year’s totals.

Each stop on the tour will consist of an interview or guest post. Some stops may have a pre-written post or interview, but most stops will require the bloggers to come up with post topics and interview questions.

And some of the stops may have a giveaway provided by the author or publisher. As hosts of this event we do not ask for giveaway prizes, so not every stop will include a giveaway.

But every stop on the tour will be at a blog who thinks the author they’re hosting rocks!

And while we’d love to be able to include every single author we think is a rockstar and every blogger who signs up to participate, we are just three bloggers and we do have limits to the number of stops we can handle each day.

Last year’s event was amazing. And even though it was a lot of work to put it together, as event hosts we had a lot of fun. This year we hope to make it an even more exciting event. And this year we are super stoked to have Mindy of Magical Urban Fantasy Reads on board as a co-host.

All the information about the event and the link for bloggers to sign up is below. But first let us present to you the participating authors.

****The Authors****

Here are the authors (in alphabetical order by first name) currently on tour.

The list will be updated as new authors are added, so be sure to check back to see if your rockstar authors will be on tour this August!

** We are still accepting authors for the tour! New additions will be in blue**

A.G. Howard

Aimee Agresti

Aimee Carter

Alex Kahler

Alexander Gordon Smith

Alexandra Monir
Allison Van Diepen

Amanda Ashby

Amanda Hocking

Amanda Sun

Ammi-Joan Paquette

Amy Butler Greenfield

Amy Tintera

Andrea Cremer

Ann Aguirre

Ann Redisch Stampler

Anna Banks
April Lindner

Becca Fitzpatrick
Bethany Griffin

Brittany Geragotelis
CC Hunter
Cara Lynn Shultz

Cat Winters

Cecily White

Chelsea Pitcher

Chloe Jacobs

Chloe Neill

Christine Johnson

Cinda Williams Chima

C.J. Redwine

Clarie LaZebnik

Claudia Gray

Corrine Jackson

Cyn Balog

Cynthia Hand

Dan Krokos

Dan Wells

Danielle Ellison

Dawn Metcalf

Debra Driza

Elana Johnson

Elizabeth Miles

Elizabeth Norris

Elizabeth Richards

Elsie Chapman

Emmy Laybourne

Erin Bowman

Fiona Paul
Gabrielle Zevin

Gayle Forman

Gena Showalter

Gennifer Albin
Georgia McBride

Gina Damico

Gretchen McNeil

Hannah Moskowitz

Heather Anastasiu

Heather Brewer
Heidi Kling

J.A. Souders

J.K. Rock

Jackie Morse Kessler

Jennifer Archer

Jennifer Banash

Jennifer Bosworth

Jennifer Castle

Jennifer Echols

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Jennifer Rush

Jenny Han

Jeri Smith-Ready
Jessi Kirby

Jessica Brody

Jessica Spotswood

Jodi Meadows

Joelle Charbonneau

Jordan Dane

Josephine Angelini

Josin McQuein

Julia Karr
Julie Cross

Jus Accardo
Kami Garcia

Karen Ann Hopkins

Karri Thompson
Karsten Knight

Kasie West

Katherine Longshore

Kathleen Peacock
Katie McGarry

Katlyn Duncan

Kelly Keaton

Kiki Hamilton
Kim Harrington
Kimberly Sabatini

Kristen Simmons

Kristi Cook
Laura Toffler-Corrie

Lauren Miller

Lauren Oliver

Leah Clifford

Leigh Bardugo

Leigh Fallon

Lenore Appelhans

Lesley Livingston

Lisa Burstein
Lisa Desrochers

Lisa M. Stasse

Liz Coley

Louise Rozette

Mari Mancusi

Maria V. Snyder
Marni Bates

Mary Gray

Mary Lindsey

Megan Miranda

Megan Shepherd

Melissa de la Cruz

Melissa West

Michelle Gagnon

Michelle Rowen/Morgan Rhodes
Michelle Zink

Mike Mullin

Mindy McGinnis

Miranda Kenneally

Myra McEntire

Nova Ren Suma

Page Morgan

Rachel Caine

Rachel Harris

Rachel Vincent

Rae Carson

Renee Collins
Robin LaFevers
Robin Mellom
Sarah Beth Durst

Sarah Crossan

Sarah Guillory

Sarah J. Maas

Sarah Ockler

Sarwat Chadda

Scott Tracey

Shannon Messenger

Sherry Thomas

Simone Elkeles

Sophie Jordan

Stacey Kade

Susan Dennard

Suzanne Lazear

Suzanne Young

T. Michael Martin

T.M. Goeglein

Tahereh Mafi

Talia Vance

Tara Fuller

Tessa Gratton

Trisha Wolfe

Veronica Rossi

Victoria Schwab

Victoria Scott

Vivi Barnes

Wendy Higgins

Please note: Some authors have specific stop date requests, post types or have previously written posts prepared. Bloggers who are chosen to host an author will be notified about any special requirements.

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AUTHORS - We still have a few spots remaining for YA authors whose work we are familiar with! If you've received an email from us and would like to participate we'd love to have you on board. If you haven't, or don't think you have, and you would be interested in participating, please email us at FiktshunandTwoChicks@gmail.com.

BLOGGERS - You will be allowed only ONE chance to change your original picks. So if you don’t see your favorite authors listed, hold off on signing up, because they may be added to the list. Signing up early does not give you preferential treatment. If you want to make a change before sign-ups have closed please email us at the address above.

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The Authors Are Rockstars Tour

The tour will run from August 1st through August 31st. Each day of the month will have multiple tour stops.

The tour will begin at Fiktshun, Two Chicks on Books and Magical Urban Fantasy Reads and will end on all three of our blogs. There will be a kick-off post with a list of all the stops on the tour and there will be a giveaway. Each of us will also host one or two of our favorite authors. On the final day of the tour we’ll post a wrap-up of the event and will host the final three authors we’ll be spotlighting.

The rest of the month will be for you to share your love of the authors you call your rockstars.

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Rules, Requirements and Other Details

RULES

You must complete the sign-up form in order to be considered.

Signing up in no way guarantees you will be chosen for a tour stop. (We’re so sorry, but judging by the number of sign-ups last year we won’t be able to include everyone.)

Being accepted as a tour stop does not guarantee you’ll get your first choice of author.

If you are chosen, you must respond with your acceptance and with your guest post topics, interview questions or other post ideas within four days after notification. If you do not respond we will be forced to choose someone else.

REQUIREMENTS

To be considered to host any author, other than a debut author, you must have reviewed their books. (See review requirements immediately below.) And if you have rated their books, ratings cannot be less than four stars, unless you provide a compelling reason why you should still be considered. The authors you choose should be ones you consider rockstars!

To host an author with three or more books published, you must have reviewed at least two of their books. (Review links will be required in the sign-up form.)

To host an author with one or two published books, you must have reviewed at least one of them.

To host an author whose books have yet to be published, you must be anxiously awaiting the book’s release and have posted about that book on your blog. (Links to WoW or Spotlight posts will be required in the sign-up form.)

OTHER DETAILS

Selections will be made based on a number of criteria including the best match-up between author and blogger, blogger’s overall reviews, and blogger’s reputation and trustworthiness.

Blog following, page views or Twitter following will not be a deciding factor in the selection process.

Blog longevity, number of reviews, types of reviews – (bash-free is a must) – will be considered when making our selections.

Blogger “friends” will not be given preference. It’s about making the best matches between authors and bloggers on the tour.

Writing in an author does not guarantee that author will be included on the tour. They may have already been contacted and either are unavailable or have yet to respond, or all tour stops may already have been filled.

Blogger’s will be notified by July 8th and will have four days to confirm their participation. Announcements will be made in a post on Fiktshun, Two Chicks on Books and Magical Urban Fantasy Reads on Monday, July 15th.

Giveaways: For tour stops that will be hosting an author or publisher donated giveaway prize, there can be no mandatory tasks aside from leaving a blog comment. And there can be up to two extra entry opportunities. As a thank you to the authors you are hosting you may want to make those extra entries about the authors but it is not mandatory.

There will be no requirements/restrictions for tour stops that choose to host their own giveaways.

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Dates to Know

Tour dates: August 1st-31st

Sign-up ends: June 30th

Blogger notifications: on or before July 8th

Blogger acceptance and post requirements needed by: July 12th

Blogger announcements: July 15th

Thank you so much for your interest in being a part of this tour to share your love for these amazing rockstar authors and for helping to make this second year’s event rock even harder!

While we can’t include everyone who signs up, we are so honored that you want to join in and support this event. Just know that even if you aren’t selected, we think that you rock too!

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Sign up!

We are beginning the sign-ups today, although we are still awaiting responses from a few of the authors we’ve reached out to. The post will be updated each day until sign-ups close with any new authors that have joined the tour.

Signing up early does not give you preferential treatment. So if you want to wait and see if any new authors are added to the tour before you sign up, you will not be penalized for waiting.

The sign-ups will close at Midnight Eastern/9 p.m. Pacific on Sunday, June 30th.

If new authors are added to the tour after sign-ups have closed, like last year we will reach out to bloggers who have signed up and who have reviewed - and loved - their books.

We are all so very excited for August and for this tour to kick-off. And we are all so grateful, every day of the year, for these authors that we call rockstars who amaze us with their stories, who provide an escape that is filled with magic, who take us to worlds we could never dream up on our own and could never visit in reality, who delight, enchant, surprise, astonish us. Every. Single. Time.

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