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I met Holly Cupala back in September during KidLitCon in Seattle — first when I asked her to sign my copy of Tell Me A Secret. Then we got to talking and she slipped me her last ARC for Don’t Breathe a Word. The next day, I heard Holly and her husband Shiraz talk about their very creative & brilliant ideas for marketing a YA book with a very small budget and only limited support from publishers. I took notes. Later that same day, Holly was in another session where I mentioned using desktop wallpapers as a tool for driving traffic to my site (here, at Novel Novice). After, Holly came up and said what a good idea she thought that was. “I want desktop wallpapers,” she lamented. I promised to oblige.

And so that brings us to today … wherein, I present to you two new desktop wallpapers — one each for Holly’s brilliant books, Tell Me A Secret and the newly released Don’t Breathe a Word (read our review of it here).

Click each image to view full-size, then right click to save (but please, don’t repost these full images on other sites — but rather link back here) … then go out & read both of Holly’s books if you haven’t already!

For the comments: Have you read Holly’s books? Any favorite quotes?

As has become an annual tradition here at Novel Novice, we bring you a new, year-long collection of desktop wallpapers. In previous years, our desktop wallpaper calendars have exclusively featured The Twilight Saga, as many of our original fans came from that fandom exclusively.

But these days, we have followers who are fans of many books. So for the 2012 desktop wallpaper calendar, we’re featuring several popular YA series. This collection of desktop wallpapers takes a lot of work, but it is our gift to you — a way to say thanks for your support all year long.

Special thanks to contributing staff member/graphic artist guru artistephie, for contributing three of the wallpapers below (February, June and October).

As always, we’d love for you to share these with friends — but PLEASE, DO NOT repost the wallpapers themselves on other sites, but rather link back here to download the full images! (Posting a *small* thumbnail is fine, as long as it links back here for the full-sized image.) Thanks!

To download, just click to view full-size, then right-click to save.

For the comments: Which series is your favorite? Any series you’d like to see new wallpapers for in the future? Tell us below!