Uber fans in B-More and the sweatiest signing ever

Baltimore was the hottest place ever. Sweltering. Muggy. But the fans in Baltimore more than make up for that sweltering heat and swampy boob sweat. And you know what else makes up for the heat? The fact that we got to meet Beautiful Creatures co-author Kami Garcia. We almost took her with us on the bus to Pittsburgh! 

But then, Abbi, Jamie and Colleen were like, "we love you girl, but nah." #JK #WeStillLoveYouKami

So imagine the setup: tents and grass and tables and beautiful, beautiful fans.. It was pretty cool. The Enoch Pratt Free Public Library partnered with the Downtown Partnership to host us, and they killed it. KILLED IT!!

Check out our Bal'more digs: 

The fans were pretty cool. Look at this amazing scrapbook page! The detail! I mean, that guitar was 3D.

We had an amazing time. So heat be damned, we still love you Baltimore.

Chester County Book Co -- holla!!!

We had SO much fun at Chester County Book Co last night! And wouldn't you know it? Abbi Glines had a really huge announcement. A brand new novella about Kiro and his true love called Kiro's Emily. Head on over to www.abbiglines.com for more deets!

So anyhow -- look at this crowd!

And we were super impressed by this fan-made t-shirt that was Fall in Love tour themed, book boyfriend leaves and all. Kudos, my friend.

Next stop - Pittsburgh! See you soon, team.

Episode 1.5 -- halfway through our second day on the bus!

First of all -- have you seen this really fun interview with our official sponsor today over at Romancing the Book? Find out more about the inspiration behind Abbi, Jamie and Colleen's newest books, what they find attractive in the opposite sex, and some other fun and zany questions...http://romancing-the-book.com/2014/09/anniversary-interview-contest-jamie-mcguire-colleen-hoover-abbi-glines.html

Secondly, how fun were you, Rochester? We had a really amazing visit at the Barnes and Noble in Pittsford Plaza. Awesome fans, lots of t-shirts, really wonderful questions and a whole ton of laughter. Check out some of the highlights.

Abbi Glines, Jamie McGuire and Colleen Hoover looking gorgeous, as usual.

This awesome fan painted book specific pieces for each of these ladies! How cool is that?! (And how sweet is her hair?!)

Fall In Love Tour Tattoos are ready for you!! (Temporary, of course. Couldn't handle the heart attack this year...)

Last but not least, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs is tonight! MS is always super duper fun, and this year should be just as exciting. See you there at 7:30PM for a revealing Q&A followed by a signing with our lovely ladies.

Day 1 on Tour - Canada AM and Getting Started With a Bang!

OH, Canada! 

We started out the day prettttyyy early, congregating in our hotel lobby at 6:45AM after an eventful night. Dressed to the nines, Jamie, Abbi and Colleen made their way to Canada AM to be on National TV! 

Rise 'n shine! Who's ready for some CanadaAM TV? @AbbiGlines @colleenhoover @jamiemcguire #fallinlovetour pic.twitter.com/zV53dTZTjS

— Atria Indie Authors (@AtriaIndies) September 2, 2014

Adorbs, right?  After a quick pop over to the studio, everyone got a chance to rest for a few hours before our bus finally pulled up outside the hotel, shocking regular pedestrians and rendering them absolutely speechless. Because btw, our bus is SO BEAUTIFUL, even in the rain! 

After ogling the bus for a bit, we hopped on with special guest and almost queen of Canada, K.A. Tucker, and headed over to the Indigo store where our event took place. We all rushed inside out of the rain (gotta protect the hair!!!), and immediately went to the green room to get cracking on Official Day 1 Sponsor Vilma's Book Blog's Facebook takeover. Despite some technical difficulties on our end, it went smashingly. Check it out over at Facebook.com/vilmasbookblog.  She has a killer giveaway going on, too, so really...check it out.

After our takeover, we marched on out to our patiently waiting crowd and got down to business. Look at these fans! There were a whole lot of you, and none of you left empty-handed because THERE WAS SWAG. You like that tote? You'll probably want to come to one of our tour stops, then. Or follow along with our official sponsors for your chance at a giveaway. 

But anyhow, the crowd...

It was big. So thanks for that, Toronto!! Ya'll were so wonderful and warm and you bought and brought a ton of books. We dig that, big time. See? Here we are being thankful. [Emoji thumbs up.]

Jamie McGuire, Abbi Glines, Colleen Hoover and K.A. Tucker at Indigo Manulife.

At any rate, it's time for bed. You guys wore us out, and it was only day one! Can't wait to see you tomorrow at B&N in Rochester and Mohegan Sun Pocono Downs! #WeOut

And so it begins...#FallinLoveTour 2014 is live!

Today is the first day of September -- often the beginning of school, the end of Summer, sometimes the weather even begins turning cold. But tonight, in Toronto, Canada, things were....actually pretty cold. Jamie, Colleen, Abbi and their publicist all gathered together in a frigid hotel room to chat with you guys on www.facebook.com/AtriaIndieAuthors. Because they love you. And that kind of love goes deeper than hotel air conditioning breakdowns.

If you missed our Facebook Q&A, we highly recommend you go here right away. READ ALL THE QUESTIONS! READ ALL THE ANSWERS. You will laugh, you will cry, it'll be better than....

Anyway, it was all pretty great. Just the first high note in hopefully a week filled with high notes, not least of which will be meeting all of you.

So don't forget -- RSVP on our Facebook page. Tweet us at @AtriaIndies. Say hi on Instagram at @AtriaBooks. And hashtag the H.E. double hockey sticks (we're in Canada, come on!!) out of this tour using #FallinLoveTour or #AtriaIndies. We'll love you for it, and so will our awesome authors.

Night 1 - we out.

Psttt, you wanted tees, you got them!

Well, kinda. We're crowdsourcing Fall in Love tour tees! If 100 people buy them, teespring.com will make them. It's like groupon, but for t-shirts. Pretty cool, right?

We'll just go ahead and leave you the link. Just in case.

http://bit.ly/fallinlovetshirts

You wanted it, we gave it to you: Official #AtriaIndies #FallinLoveTour t-shirts. *drops the mic* *walks away* pic.twitter.com/A3PNEdbzNk

— Atria Indie Authors (@AtriaIndies) August 28, 2014

Your schmancy (official) pre-tour checklist.

As we run around the Simon & Schuster/Atria offices packing boxes like mad men, crossing all our t's and dotting our i's for the Fall in Love tour to hit the road, we thought it would be wise to get you a handy dandy checklist of things you can do to prep, too. You always need “that friend” who makes a checklist, and we are here to be that friend for you. :P Here it goes:

 Official  Fall in Love Tour 2014 Checklist:

1. RSVP on the event pages for fun day-of content from the authors!

Want to know the authors are talking about as we roll into your town? Want to weigh in on where we should eat/see the sights/whathaveyou?  Do the authors need to know what store they should pick up their Diet Pepsi from?!  If you RSVP to the event page for each city, you’ll be in the know!  The authors and Atria Indies team will be posting comments throughout the day on each city's RSVP page, so make sure you’re tuned in for all the fun!

2.  Tell everyone you’re coming and invite your friends! 

You should also tell your friends because, you know, they’ll thank you later.  Invite them to the events on Facebook and put up this nifty badge as your profile picture to spread the word!

3.  Kick-off the tour with us Monday on Facebook! 

Whether you’re coming to one of the 10-cities or can’t make it out this year, we’ve got an event that everyone can come to… in your pajamas!  Join us Monday night at 8:30 pm ET on Facebook.com/AtriaIndieAuthors for the first official stop on the 2014 Atria Indies Fall in Love Tour!  Bring your questions for Abbi, Colleen, and Jamie and tune in for prizes, the live Q&A, and mutual book-loving fun!  Make sure to “like” our page here and RSVP here for the Facebook event!

RSVP here!

4.  Check our super cool blog sponsors for daily content from the road!

We have 7 totally wonderful blog sponsors for the Fall in Love tour, and they're rolling out (do you like that bus pun!?) some AWESOME posts with our authors every day!  Check the schedule below and make sure you give them a great big thumbs up and follow them every which way you can because we <3 them big time, and you will too.

9/2 – Vilma’s Book Blog: Facebook Takeover

9/3 – Romancing the Book: Author Q&A

9/4 – The Scarlet Siren: Author to Author Q&A

9/5 – Smut Book Club: 5 Awkward Questions

9/6 – Aestas Book Blog: Author Spotlight

9/7 – Me, My Shelf & I: The Stop The Presses Swap-A-Roo

9/8 – Rock Stars of Romance: Author Q&A

5. Follow along on our NEW ATRIA INDIES TWITTER ACCOUNT!!!
SURPRISE! Yep, we have a big announcement.  Follow our brand spanking new Twitter account @AtriaIndies for all the indie author love you can handle. You'll be privy to live tweets from our events, little snippets of conversations on the bus, insider looks at all the Toms shoes Colleen is bringing on tour, and lots of other fun down the line like cover reveals, takeovers, and special giveaways. You can even let us know what you want to see on this account by sending us a tweet. Seriously! Follow, then tweet. Retweet. Favorite. Do it now!

@AtriaIndies

6. Get your swag on… and wear it to the events :)

We've seen some pretty creative signing outfits before, and we OBVIOUSLY want to see your best work this year, too. Turn on those lightbulbs, #CoHorts, #MaddoxBrothaLovahs, and #GiveMeMoreGrant-ers! Show your love by decking out in all your Rush Crush, Property of Travis/Trent Maddox, and Butterfly You t-shirts, and get those signs and face paint ready. Show up and show out!  

7.  Take a bunch of pics and share, share, share!!!

WE WANT TO SEE ALL YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACES!!  Take pics at each event or with the bus, your books, even your swag—we want it all!  Use #AtriaIndies and #FallinLoveTour to join the fun!  Tweet us @AtriaIndies, tag us @AtriaBooks on Instagram, and post photos to our timeline on Facebook.  We’ll be featuring some of our favs on our social media so get to snappin’, peeps!

Sigh...that’s the official checklist for the Fall in Love Tour 2014 presented by #AtriaIndies! Seven items for seven days.  Can you handle them all? :P