Keepin' it Collective

Whassup, Dawgs?

I know. I sound so "street" when I say that. ;-D

Hope everyone has something great on their agenda this weekend. But try to fit in what we've got for you here, too! As my Hook Me Up! subscribers already know, every site we're hitting today is owned and operated by a member of the Alien Collective.

First up, there's a new review of "Touched by an Alien" up by our newest member of the Alien Collective. Check out what The Book Addict didn't want to read, and why she's glad she did, and show some Collective love while you're there! You'll want to mark her site, too...I hear there's a blogiversary coming that's going to be quite the party!

Speaking of reviews, See Michelle Read has one, too! Check it out, leave some Collective love, you know the drill!

Keeping it all in the Collective, check out the latest on Project Pay It Forward over at The Amber Scott Project. You know the drill -- read, leave Collective love, leap to the next!

Didn't sign up for Hook Me Up! in time to enter into the LAST week of the Hook Me Up! Exclusive contest? Bummer. But head over to The Life & Travels of Sullivan McPig and check out the Swag in Action anyway! (Sully goes to a lot more exciting places than I do, I must say.) Then get on it and join Hook Me Up! so you never miss out on anything else ever again! Send an email to gini@ginikoch.com with "Hook Me Up!" in the subject line and breathe easy -- you won't miss a thing.

BTW, to cover what seems to be a certain rather sweet and touching misconception many of you seem to have -- the swag is there for YOU. Yes, I WANT to send out whatever your fuzzy li'l gansta hearts desire from the Free Stuff page. I didn't make it for me, I made it for all of you, my beloved Alien Collective. No need to feel greedy, demanding, or spoiled. (Well, okay, spoiled is fine.) You want? You ask. You get. (I'd say that in Latin but my classical education only went so far...to the frats, actually, but hey, it was farther than my dorm room...)

Anyway, spread the Alien love, have a wonderful weekend, and keep it Collective!

Love,
Gini

Did Somebody Say Zombies?

Happy Monday all! As my Hook Me Up! subscribers already know, in an interesting start to the week, I was asked to give an interview to The Debut Author's Blog. And not just any interview. No, the blog owner was clearly channeling our own Sullivan McPig, because my interview revolved around a Zombie Apocalypse. (Yes, you read that right.) Being always up for anything, I gave truthful answers. So head on over and have a read and give the blog some Alien Collective love. Yes, you are all allowed to say, "Braaaaaiiiiiinnnnnnns" somewhere in your posts.

Also, there's a new pic up at Sightings in the Wild. Remember to send in your pics of wherever you see "Touched by an Alien", be it on the bookshelves, your own shelves, in your hot little hands, or wherever, to gini@ginikoch.com so they can go up on the Great Book Wall.

Amber Scott had another awesome idea she shared on Facebook -- creating a special Alien Collective logo for all of the Alien Collective to 'wear' proudly on their website, blogs, FB pages and so on. I'm all over it, and because you ARE the Alien Collective, watch the blog this week, because you're going to have the opportunity to vote on which logo option YOU want to be the Official Badge of the Alien Collective!

Love,
Gini