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April 3, 2017
Welcome to the 2017 Young Adult Scavenger Hunt!
I’m Claire Luana, and I’m delighted to be a host for this awesome YA Scavenger Hunt!
A little about me:
I live in Seattle, Washington. I have two dogs named Jameson and Guinness. Cadbury Mini Eggs are my Kryptonite. I’ve summited four mountains. I’m a lawyer for my day job. I know how to Scottish Highland Dance.
I’ve written three young adult fantasy novels. Moonburner and Burning Fate are published, and Sunburner is coming this August!
You are current...
March 20, 2017
BOOK REVIEW: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
This is the book review where I will absolutely gush about Illuminae, a YA space opera that is a combination of Battlestar Galactica, the Walking Dead, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. This book was un-put-downable, and unlike anything I’ve ever read before.
First: We must speak about the format. This book is told as if someone was looking back and investigating what happened, and the events unfold through a review of interviews, video transcripts, classified documents, and internal messages....
March 16, 2017
World Building: Going Deep versus Going Wide
March 8, 2017
Moonburner is on sale for 99 cents!
The Kindle version of my novel Moonburner is on sale for .99 cents this week! Don’t miss your chance to grab a copy!
Click HERE!
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March 6, 2017
BOOK REVIEW: Vengeance Road, by Erin Bowman
Excuse me while I gush about Vengeance Road, by Erin Bowman! I absolutely adored this book! Plus, that cover!?! Swoon! I want to get the cover designer for one of my next books!
When her father is murdered for a journal revealing the location of a hidden guild mine, eighteen-year-old Kate Thompson disguises herself as a boy and takes to the gritty plains looking for answers–and justice. What she finds are untrustworthy strangers, endless dust and heat, and a surprising band of allies, among...
February 27, 2017
Editing with the Story Grid
I’ll be honest. One of my biggest challenges as an author is editing. First drafts are easy. It’s pure creativity, dumping words on the page like sand into a sandbox. When you start editing, you have to turn that sand into the complex and well-thought-out sandcastle that will become your novel.
So, I was surprised to find out that there aren’t a lot of books on editing. There are hundreds of books on how to write a great work of fiction, but in my opinion, the pickings on editing are compara...
February 13, 2017
Sunburner: editing is complete + prologue sneak peek!
Yesterday was an exciting day for me! I finished the last substantive edit of Sunburner, the sequel to my debut novel Moonburner! Considering that I wrote Sunburner in October-December of 2015, it feels so satisfying to finally be done with editing! (PS writing books takes a long time, guys).
So Sunburner was with beta readers for November and December, and I got some wonderful feedback that I have spent the last six weeks incorporating. (Thanks beta readers!) I think Sunburner is strong...
February 6, 2017
BOOK REVIEW: A Torch Against the Night, by Sabaa Tahir
A Torch Against the Night is the sequel to An Ember in the Ashes, which was one of my favorite books of 2016. Read my review HERE. A Torch Against the Night picks up immediately where the first book leaves off, with Laia and Elias seeking to flee the Martial Empire, and more specifically, Elias’s cruel and ruthless mother, the Commandant. Laia has just rescued Elias from execution, the twisted Marcus is the new Emperor, and Helene, Elias’s former best friend, is now Marcus’s Blood Shrike. The...
January 25, 2017
January 2017 Giveaway: Caraval, by Stephanie Garber
I’m super excited to bring you something new for 2017:
TWELVE MONTHS OF GIVEAWAYS!Each month of 2017, I am going to give away a copy of my MOST ANTICIPATED Young Adult book releasing that month!With one quick entry you’ll have a chance to win that month’s HOTTEST new release! (Bonus for me, I get to read these fabulous books and decide which ones live up to the hype!)
JANUARY 2017’S GIVEAWAY CARAVAL, by STEPHANIE GARBER!Blurb:Whatever you’ve heard about Caraval, it doesn’t compare to t...
January 10, 2017
BOOK REVIEW: Crooked Kingdom, by Leigh Bardugo
Crooked Kingdom is the much anticipated sequel to Six of Crows. Six of Crows was one of my favorite books of 2016 (check out my review here) and so I was giddy with anticipation for the sequel! For the most part, I was not disappointed!
Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom are both heist novels, focused on the devious and dangerous Kaz Brekker and his crew. The story picks up right where Six of Crows leaves off, with the crew reeling from being double-crossed by Jan Van Eck, who has captured Ine...
