Suzanne Young's Blog, page 19

Vacation! Day 2

Okay, here's where it gets really exciting. The wedding of the year (Jen and Drew's) was being held at a resort in Carmel. Holeman Ranch. And we had the entire place to ourselves! It was like living in a private town with all the coolest people. I mean, holy heck. Check out these photos!



And then I did something I've never done before... I went horseback riding on the ranch. I'm not going to lie, I wasn't a fan. I spent the entire time alternating between absolute terror and controlled fear. B...

Vacation! Day 1

This is the first in three exciting vacation posts! I'm talking horseback riding, a stunning resort and flasks filled to the top. :-) But first...

We traveled down to Monterey, California to attend the most amazing wedding EVER!!! YAY Jen and Drew!!!!

To get there we had to survive the car ride... which involved a lot of puke.



When we finally hit Monterey, Jesse needed a shot. So he grabbed the first thing available:


Then we just got silly:



The next morning was a little tough, but we still managed...

How to Confuse your Wife

My husband is kind of awesome. But that doesn't mean I expect him to be awesome on a daily basis. So today when he came home and handed me a vanilla latte, I said, "Thanks, baby. That's sweet."

And then he went outside while I continued to tweet. He came back in, and when I looked over, he had a dozen roses. Um, what? Normally this may cause an Awwwww reaction. But I've been writing and revising and staying indoors to the point of paranoia. My reaction was:

Oh, God. What did I forget? Shit...

Books that wouldn't let me SLEEP!

It's funny, for a writer, I'm not sure I read all that much. When I do I get this weird guilt thing, like, "If you have so much time to read, you should be writing!". Not sure if that's ever happened to anyone before, but it happens to me constantly. So it's actually kind of rare that a book will make me forget about my self-imposed writing prison and have me staying up until five in the morning to finish reading.

So here's where things get really strange: It happened to my four times last wee...

The Hot Girls of YA!

Kari from A Good Addiction is back with another guest post on The Hot Girls of YA!!

What do you think? Who would be on YOUR list?

Take it away, Kari:

I thought it was only fair to give some attention to our hot girls in YA. The exist. They drive a lot of the kick butt books we love. Maybe we focus on and drool over the boys… but there's room for the girls. And here is the ten hottest chicks in YA, as dubbed by me and based on books I've read.

10. Tessa (The Naughty List by Suzanne Young): ...

Hot Boys taking over my blog!!!

Excited for this guest post *giggles

You all know how much I love romance in books. So Kari over at A Good Addiction has written up a list of the hottest guys in YA.

Who would you add to the list????

I'm taking over Suzanne's Blog today to tell you guys about my Top Ten YA Boys. Keep in mind, this is based off books I've read… and debated. And did some more debating. And when I thought I had it, I debated some more and this is what I'm finalizing. In order, counting down to my number one...

One more Reason to go to LA SCBWI: Rachel Vail

As part of Team Blog, covering this year's SCBWI annual summer conference in LA, I got a chance to chat with the AMAZING Rachel Vail!! She will be one of the Keynote Speakers and she'll also be offereng workshops throughout the conference.



Rachel Vail has written over 30 books, for kids through teens. Her most recent include her trilogy for teens: Lucky, Gorgeous, and Brilliant; and her novel for kids, Justin Case: School, Drool, and Other Daily Disasters. (from SCBWI website)

Here's a look at ...

Girlfriend's Cyber Circuit Starring Jenny O'Connell

I'm very excited to feature the amazing Jenny O'Connell today on the blog. Jenny's latest releases from MTV Books are LOCAL GIRLS and RICH BOYS. Let's hear more!!!



There are two kinds of people on the island— those who leave at summer's end…
and those who are left behind.

Bestselling author Jenny O'Connell presents a sizzling series for summer. Her first two Island Summer novels, LOCAL GIRLS and RICH BOYS highlight the lives of the summering visitors, the year-round locals living in the beach to...

And Meanwhile...

THE NAUGHTY LIST is the July book of the month over at THE NOVEL NOVICE. Check out this cool banner:



And they even have a downloadable desktop calender:

For super fun (and super secret) info all month, check out THE NOVEL NOVICE site HERE. There will be videos, behind the scenes and an exclusive look from beyond book 2!

Hope to see you there!!

xoxo-Suz

What the heck?

I've been slacking on my posts lately. Sorry! I'm busy working on the sequel to A NEED SO BEAUTIFUL and getting ready to have fun times in LA for SCBWI's summer conference. Woo Hoo!!

Are you going? I hope so.

Other than that, I plan to start working on another book pretty soon and I'm crazy excited about it....

Oh, and Portland finally got sunshine! So I've been soaking it up.

What the heck have you been doing?

-Suz