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June 24, 2015
Expat Life in New Zealand #19-Peewee Rugby
It’s been a while since I’ve done an Expat life in NZ post so I wanted to get back in the saddle with a post on peewee rugby. If baseball or football is THE AMERICAN national sport, then rugby is THE NEW ZEALAND equivalent. A good percentage of Kiwi’s I know bleed black for the All Blacks. […]
June 22, 2015
Interview with YA Author A.W. Exley
I’m thrilled to have New Zealand author A.W. Exley on the blog today! Her new YA novel, Ella the Slayer, is (as of this writing) sitting at #1 in the YA Horror Category on Amazon and #3 in the YA Fairytales and Folklore Category (right next to Cinder). Woot! Woot! Go Anita! Books and writing have […]
June 19, 2015
Floating My Boat Friday #1
Hi All! Starting next week my intention is to keep with a blog schedule of sorts. My plan is for author interviews on Monday and Floating My Boat posts on Friday. NZ Life, additional author interviews, book recommendations and book news posts will be thrown into the mix on Wednesdays. What is a “Floating My […]
June 15, 2015
Interview with YA Author Jennifer Latham
Today on the blog…drum roll…Jennifer Latham, the author of Scarlett Undercover! I can’t wait to read Scarlett Undercover (grabby hands) and am thrilled to have Jennifer on the blog today! Jennifer Latham has had some really normal jobs and some really weird ones, including school psychologist, middle school teacher, yoga instructor, and autopsy assistant. She was […]
June 11, 2015
They Call Me Alexandra Gastone Movie Poster Design Contest
Books can show us visions. Have you ever found your mind beginning to imagine the characters you meet within the pages? Have you experienced a film projector of scenes in your head as you read about the girl who travels to the fifth dimension, or the boy who’s trying to graduate from being a wallflower? […]
June 10, 2015
Interview with YA Author Melissa Landers
I read and reviewed Alienated last year. It’s a novel that I absolutely loved, so I’m doing a little happy dance that the author of Alienated, Melissa Landers, is visiting the blog today! I can’t wait to get my hands on her upcoming novel Starflight, which sounds a little bit like my all time favorite TV show, Firefly! Woot, woot! […]
June 8, 2015
Interview with YA Author Maggie Hall
Super excited to have debut author Maggie Hall on the blog today. Her novel The Conspiracy of Us is amazing. It’s got exotic foreign locales, romance, and action. It’s basically everything I want in a novel. Hypable called it “An intense page turner filled with intrigue, lush settings and a dash of romance. This is […]
June 5, 2015
Playlist for They Call Me Alexandra Gastone + Giveaway
Yesterday on the blog I talked about my dream cast for the Alexandra Gastone movie. In the same vein, today I thought I’d share with you a post I originally put together for YA Misfits Band Geek Thursday, which features my playlist for Alexandra. I don’t listen to music while I write because I find it too […]
June 4, 2015
Dream Movie Cast for They Call Me Alexandra Gastone + Giveaway
Ya’ll know I’m a movie nut and I love asking my interviewees about their dream casts for their books. So today I thought I’d give you my dream movie cast for Alexandra Gastone. Next week I’ll be returning to my usual blog format with author interviews (I have upcoming interviews with Maggie Hall, Melissa Landers, […]
June 1, 2015
Interview with YA Author Alexandra Duncan
I’m so excited to have Alexandra Duncan, the author of Salvage and the upcoming Sound, on the blog today! I read Salvage a couple weeks back and LOVED it! The world building was phenomenal and included a very unique dialect for the protagonist. I felt like I was right there in the thick of things […]
