Category: Events

IWWV Pub Day!

~ M. L. Rio

Today is a big day. If We Were Villains is out in the wild, and I’m in New York, celebrating with all the beautiful people who made this book happen. I’ll have much more to share after launch party tonight, but in the meantime there are a few things to check out:

And if you want to see what I’m up to over the course of the (very short) IWWV book tour, you can track that tag on Instagram!

Last but not least, you can buy the book right off the shelf today. How cool is that?

Happy reading.

–M

Signed Hardcover Giveaway

~ M. L. Rio

The If We Were Villains release is 22 days away, so it’s time for another giveaway, and this time you can win some combination of six different prizes (pictured below).

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The first place winner* will receive:

  • Signed hardcover If We Were Villains
  • The Riverside Shakespeare
  • Plush William Shakespeare to snuggle
  • Hamlet button from Shakespeare’s Globe

The second place winner will receive:

  • Signed hardcover If We Were Villains
  • Tragedy of their choice, Arden edition**
  • Hamlet button from Shakespeare’s Globe

The third place winner will receive:

  • Signed hardcover If We Were Villains
  • Hamlet pen from Shakespeare’s Globe
  • Hamlet button from Shakespeare’s Globe

To enter, click the link below and provide the necessary information. (You can do this starting tonight at midnight.)

IWWV Hardcover Giveaway

If you want to up your chances of winning, you can also share this post on social media (up to once a day, but please don’t spam your followers), and add the book on Goodreads. Following me on social media won’t help your chances this time around, but it is the best way to keep up with what’s happening with the book, tour dates, signings, etc. if you want to stay abreast of those. (Or if you just want to see cheesy insider pictures of the launch party.) You can find all my social media links here.

Please note, you are not eligible to participate if you have already won any other If We Were Villains giveaway or if you have received an ARC or galley. To enter to win first prize, you must provide a United States Shipping address. Second and third prize are open to international entrants.

The giveaway will run from March 21 until April 4. Winners will then be contacted, confirmed, announced, and will receive their prize on or after the April 11th release date.

Thanks for participating! Feel free to contact me with questions (but make sure you read this whole page twice first).

–M

*must provide U.S. shipping address
**choose from Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Romeo & Juliet, or King Lear

Masters, do not forget!

~ M. L. Rio

Two big things happening today!

First things first, it’s your last day to enter our Goodreads giveaway. And you really should, because I’ve seen these galleys in person now, and they’re pretty stunning.

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Of course, don’t be too disappointed if you don’t win, because you can still request a copy on NetGalley.

Secondly, we’ll be posting an early excerpt from the book, right here on this website, in exactly one hour. At high noon CST, click the IF WE WERE VILLAINS page and you should see a new nested page underneath; that’s where you’ll find our sneak peek.

Happy reading!

–M

Books Show Off 5 (Recap)

~ M. L. Rio

I can only speak for me, but I had a great time last night at Books Show Off 5, which was graciously hosted by the Waterstones on Tottenham Court Road. People spoke on an eclectic range of topics, including Tolkien, Harold and Maude, elegiac dog poetry, inappropriate Latin, and sculptures that look like they’re having sex with angels. Nothing I said was that nearly that interesting, but I did manage to talk about Star Trek, porn stars, and Ernest Hemingway all in under nine minutes. Obviously what I was really talking about was writing.

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Photo by Steven Cross

Specifically, what I talked about were all the steps involved in getting a book published–and the fact that there are so many more than you think there are until you’ve actually done it. But this was a nice reminder that we’re getting much closer to the finish line with Villains. We still have to figure out cover art and what goes on the dust jacket and a lot of other stuff that falls under the category of “How do we market this thing?” But in T-minus six months, it should be facing out on a shelf in a bookstore somewhere near you. And that will be an exciting day indeed (for me at least).

M