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Debs Blog Tour: catching up with Sarah Ockler and Mandy Hubbard

Hey Y'all!  Lots of blog posts coming this week -- where to find signed copies of FHT, recap from Gothic Girls retreat to Savannah, etc etc.  But first, since I've been gone for a while I have two debs blog tour posts to catch up on.  First is Sarah Ockler and her debut, Twenty Boy Summer and the second is Mandy Hubbard and her debut, Prada & Prejudice.  I have to say, both of these look like awesome summer reads!!


About Twenty Boy Summer:


While on vacation in California, sixteen-year-old best gir

The Demon's Lexicon is made of win!

I have vanquished the revisions!  Long live the revisions!  Actually, the lovely Heidi Kling is reading it right now and making wonderful comments.  Must say, it's hard to watch her read and gasp and worry about someone other than (a) me and (b) my editor reading this book. *quiver*  It's scary to let go of things like that.

So yes, big check mark next to the "revisions" on my to-do list.  In celebration I'm in Savannah at a writer's retreat and pretending to write while actually just hanging and

Debs Blog Tour: Dull Boy by Sarah Cross

Buy this book.  Seriously, do it.  I know I've said it before and I plan on saying it many times again -- DULL BOY is one of my favorite books this year.  I was in the middle of revisions a few months back when I got the ARC and I thought I'd just read a few pages before dead.  Half the book and 2am later and I was HOOKED.

Sarah Cross's voice is just awesome -- her characters say and do things I wish I said and did in real life (or could even write).  Dull Boy is witty and touching and just flat

The Forest - Wald der tausend Augen

Hey Y'all!  This is yet another drive by posting.  I'm rounding the bend in revisions which means I'll pretty much be offline most of the rest of the week.  However, I'm still sending updates via twitter!  I'm also hoping to get some free time this weekend to attend our local con (one of the reasons I didn't head off to BEA!).  Last year was the first time I went to Con Carolinas and I loved it!  If anyone's in the area I hope to see you there!

So when I sold The Forest of Hands and Teeth, I sold

Debs Blog Tour: One Wish by Leigh Brescia

Hey Y'all!  Happy belated Memorial Day!  Today's stop on the debs blog tour is another North Carolina author Leigh Brescia and her debut novel, One Wish.



About the book:



Overweight Wrenn Scott desperately wants to be popular and snag a hot boyfriend. Her amazing voice (for once) overshadows her weight when she lands a lead role in the high school musical. Pushing to get thinner by opening night, Wrenn's waistline shrinks as she learns all the wrong ways to lose weight from a new "it-girl" friend

Happy Birthday JP!!!

So today is my fiance, JP's, birthday.  His last year in his twenties (yes, he's younger than me).  Happy Birthday!!!

Someone asked me a while back why I mention that I live with JP in my bio.  I was fairly surprised by the email (mostly surprised that someone would notice my bio and care enough about it to take the time to email me).    I guess I never really thought that much about it when I wrote it, in the same way I didn't think that much about including my cats or dog in the bio.  I kind of

Debs Blog Tour: Wings by Aprilynne Pike

Hey Y'all!  Sorry to be late with my post!  I'm still deep deep in the revision cave (or rather, the revision room with Sarah MacLean and Mari Mancusi (we have a chocolate fountain!))!  Today's author on the Debs Blog Tour is Aprilynne Pike whose debut, Wings, hit shelves early this month!

About the author:

Aprilynne Pike has been spinning faerie stories since she was a child with a hyper-active imagination. At the age of twenty she received her BA in Creative Writing from Lewis-Clark State Colleg

The End of an Era -- goodbye Amy!!

Hey Y'all!!  Tap & Gown is out today!! HOORAAAAYYY!!  I've been so excited about this day for a long time because I get to run to the bookstore and re-read the final installment in Diana Peterfreund's Secret Society Girl Series!  I'm usually not a fan of re-reading but I honestly love to re-read Diana's books. Part of that is because, as one of her critique partners, I read the drafts in chunks and love to be able to sit down and peruse the whole thing in one final sitting.  But the other reason

Debs Blog Tour: Silver Phoenix: Beyond the Kingdom of Xia by Cindy Pon!

Hey Y'all!  Sorry for so many blog tour posts recently -- we had some rearranging which means I've had quite a few in a row.  Today I'm hosting Cindy Pon, Wednesday I'm hosting Aprilynne Pike and then I'll have two more before the month's out!  I've also been a little laxer on posting other content cause... well... those revisions.  BUT, you can always follow me on Twitter where I try to post regularly through the day!

Alright!  On to todays guest, Cindy Pon!  And I have to say, I totally blame C

Debs Blog Tour: Waiting to Score by J.E. MacLeod

Hey Y'all!  Todays's stop on the blog tour is J.E. MacLeod with her debut novel, Waiting to Score !

About the book:

Zack Chase, new in town, gets a crash course in the dangerous, fast-paced lives of local teen athletes. A good-looking, book-loving hockey star, Zack’s also expected to be a womanizing, alcohol-abusing party animal, but it’s not who he is. As jealous, obnoxious team captain Mac hounds him, Zack falls for Goth-girl Jane and befriends her teammate brother, both with their own secrets.