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September 10, 2009
What do authors love about their Simon Pulse Ro-Com covers?
That's what we're discussing this month over at the Pulse Ro-Com blog. Come join us!
September 8, 2009
Happy birthday to The Ex Games!
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rclementmoore very kindly included me in her column about YA releases at Fresh Fiction. You can read the interview here.Misty at the Bare Ass Cottage also posted an interview with me, and she's giving away a copy of The Ex Games to a commenter!
But if you live in the Birmingham area and you're out hunting The Ex Games today...I've signed copies at the Books-a-Million stores in Alabaster, Fultondale, Homewood (both Brookwood and Wildwood), Hoover, and Trussville. The Trussville store had almost...
September 2, 2009
Pubbed and unpubbed writing contests from the home chapter
I spent three and a half years as the Contest Coordinator of Excellence for the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence for published authors, which benefits Southern Magic, the Birmingham chapter of Romance Writers of America. Now I am only the Contest Co-Coordinator of Excellence, but this contest is still my baby. The judges are librarians, booksellers, and avid romance readers, and we have a Young Adult category--pretty rare among pubbed chapter contests. Past YA winners include Lynda Sandoval, ...
August 31, 2009
Contest update
I just read a new article by lawyer-turned-author Courtney Milan who says book giveaways that require a purchase may be illegal in some places. I just want to give away some books IS THAT SO WRONG? *sniffle* Anyhoo, I have tweaked the contest rules a bit: a purchase is not required, and only residents of U.S. states may enter. I'm sorry, Finland.
Recent reads
I have the utmost admiration for an author who does something different every time. Kudos, then, to R. A. Nelson. His July release, Days of Little Texas,
is a 180 from last year's Breathe My Name. In Days, the 15-year-old hero, a tent revival preacher and faith healer traveling the modern South, is an anachronism in the twenty-first century, but his feelings are very real as he first runs away from and then confronts the ghost of a girl whom he couldn't heal. Recommended for readers looking for
is a 180 from last year's Breathe My Name. In Days, the 15-year-old hero, a tent revival preacher and faith healer traveling the modern South, is an anachronism in the twenty-first century, but his feelings are very real as he first runs away from and then confronts the ghost of a girl whom he couldn't heal. Recommended for readers looking for
What I loved most about being a teen
That's what the MTV Books authors are blogging about this month. Find out more about the lake where I grew up and my hometown's strange and sudden romp through the reality show circuit at the MTV Books Blog.
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August 28, 2009
What I loved most about being a teen
That's what the MTV Books authors are blogging about this month. Find out more about the lake where I grew up and my hometown's strange and sudden romp through the reality show circuit at the MTV Books Blog.
August 27, 2009
FREE BOOK TIME!
The Ex Games isn't due out until September 8, but Barnes and Noble.com says it's ready to ship in 2 to 3 days. You know what that means. Barnes and Noble.com heard a rumor that their shipment is in the stockroom somewhere. So it's time for us to start looking for the book in stores, too! Either that or there has been some horrible mistake and Barnes and Noble.com will take the "usually ships in 2 to 3 days" phrase off their web site in a few hours! Either one.Well, whatever. I'm so excited, I'm
August 24, 2009
What's new
I never thought I'd say this, but I'm writing a sequel! Simon Pulse will publish Endless Summer, the sequel to The Boys Next Door, in June 2010. Best of all (for me, anyway), it's told half from Lori's point of view and half from Adam's. I absolutely love YAs in that format. Here's the description:
Lori should have known better than to date a pirate.
After finally getting together and going out on their first real date, only Lori and Adam could manage to fall asleep—and wake up seven hours past
Lori should have known better than to date a pirate.
After finally getting together and going out on their first real date, only Lori and Adam could manage to fall asleep—and wake up seven hours past
August 17, 2009
Fourth printing!
GOING TOO FAR is in its fourth printing! I attribute much of its success to book bloggers like The Book Smugglers and Katidom who have posted reviews of the book and gotten the word out about it. Thank you.But switching gears, THE EX GAMES is coming out on September 8, and The Book Cellar was kind enough to post an interview with me about it. If you get a chance, please drop by and say hi!
