Drum roll, please!
At long last, the time is right...
...for a secret to be revealed:
The title of book 3 of the Slated trilogy is...
SHATTERED!!
But wait: there's more!
To help get the news out, some lovely and awesome book bloggers - one in the UK, one Aussie, and one US - have posts today! With interviews, giveaways and more - so check them out.
They are:
- UK: M and Little M at We Sat Down
- Aussie: Hannah at The Girl in a Cafe
- US: Betty at bookrockbetty
Thanks so much for getting involved & all your support and enthusiasm. I appreciate it SO much, it makes me feel like this inside:
But now, I have a confession to make:
I held back one part of the puzzle in how Shattered became the title.
HERE GOES:
Slated fans jumped in with suggestions for the title to book 3 in the comments to my blog post, Five Good Things in 2013.
This was comment 14:
Soooo exited for Fractured!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait, for the third book I think it should be called shattered because the wall build up in her mind has been shattered, just a thought. Counting down the days now for fractured though!!!!!!!!
And then Luna and Maddy, a few very special Slans - Slated fans - set up a fan website, and had a vote on the title for book 3. The results of the vote came in: top of the list was Shattered!
WOW.
I was amazed Shattered was suggested, first in the comments to my blog and then picked up on the Slan site: it was one of the first titles I had for book 3, but I kept changing my mind until there was a very long list of possibilities and I was in a total muddle about it.
Having so much enthusiasm for Shattered really helped me decide. And especially that blog comment I quoted in red, above - it reminded me one of the reasons why Shattered was the perfect title.
So thanks so much to Slated fans for their suggestions and enthusiasm: it means a lot to me. I'm editing Shattered now - I hope you'll like it when it comes out next year.
AND FINALLY - good news for US and Canadian fans: the publication dates are catching up!
Shattered will be out in the UK/Australia/US/Canada and lots of other places at the SAME TIME
(dates TBC but likely around April 2014).
Dimiana (Thursday, 30 May 2013 09:58)
That is soooo cool.That is such a great title and it fits really well can't wait for it to come out.
bellrose (Thursday, 30 May 2013 10:36)
Me and my sister was having a bet on what the title could be yesterday I can't believe she was right, shows how much she loves the books :)
joanne (Thursday, 30 May 2013 10:42)
:D im sooo exieted !!!
Maddy (Thursday, 30 May 2013 10:50)
So happy shattered was chosen cant wait to read it!
Paula Harrison (Thursday, 30 May 2013 12:06)
What a great title - fits perfectly!
Luna (Thursday, 30 May 2013 13:13)
Thank you teri shattered is a great name!!! And thanks for mentioning us!!
It was a great surprise as I have just come back from a week in Spain!!
Isabella Z (Thursday, 30 May 2013)
AHHH SO EXCITED!
Perfect title :D
LauraScott (Friday, 31 May 2013 03:17)
Sooooo excited! :D Love the title. Can't wait x
Svenja (Sunday, 02 June 2013 01:16)
Omg I love the title!!
Its perfect!!
Gillian (Friday, 07 June 2013 21:18)
Wow! I can't wait for Shattered to come out, even though I'm only in the middle of Fractured. I live in the US, and when I was done reading Slated, I couldn't wait until September to read Fractured, so I ordered it. It is amazing! You are such an inspiration to me and keep writing AMAZING BOOKS! I've already had at least two people ask to borrow Slated!
teriterry (Monday, 10 June 2013 22:02)
thank you everyone so much! it is awesome having some enthusiastic readers wanting to come along to see what happens next to Kyla.
Kiara (Monday, 17 June 2013 09:14)
Shattered!!!!!! Amazing title, should be an amazing story!!!! Wish it was out now, I'm having book withdrawals.....
Isla (Tuesday, 06 August 2013 15:44)
I have just read the two books and I literally cannot wait for the third to come out!
Lizy Rivera (Friday, 09 August 2013 05:35)
Hi Teri my name is lizy and I was reading on google u had this name contest that people would put there names and u would pick a name to put in ur book I think that was a brilliant idea so just curious who was the lucky name that u picked
teriterry (Friday, 09 August 2013 07:53)
hi Lizy,
Thank for your message. The character name contest results are revealed here:
http://teriterry.jimdo.com/2013/05/07/winning-character-names-for-book-3-drum-roll-please/
Rebecca (Thursday, 17 October 2013 00:14)
That is an amazing title. I love your books I am reading fractured again each time I read it I feel the tension. Shatterd is the perfect title. I CAN'T WAIT TO READ IT!!!!!!!!!!!!