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fLiP iT fRiDaY: Nadine-Stella @ Starry Night

Today on fLiP iT fRiDaY, we’re chatting with Nadine-Stella from Starry Night.

Describe a typical day in your life.

Wow. I do not even know where to begin. I wake up at 6:30am everyday and leave for the bus about an hour later. Then I’m at school till about 2:45. Right after school, I have track practice which usually doesn’t end till around 4:30/5. When I get home I pop into the shower, make dinner, clean the kitchen and start on my homework while I eat. I usually get done around eight-ish or nine

Another Contest: Ask A Cool Question & Win!

Shelly at Write for a Reader is giving away 5 hardcover copies of Twenty Boy Summer! To enter, just leave a comment on her post (follow the link above) with a question for me. Whaddya wanna know? I’ll pick 5 questions to answer, and the “askers” will each win a book. So think of a good question! Hurry… this one ends at midnight (CST) on Friday, May 29th!

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First Book Baby Syndrome

Let’s cover this topical little morsel with a quickness, so as not to ignite any false hopes for the un-grandparents whose anniversary I highlighted recently. Yeah. Maybe for the 40th, guys! Hang in there!

So. There was a time when this blog covered a broader range of things like corporate asininity (plenty to go around!) and bad drivers and trips to the grocery store and family bungles loosely disguised as friend-of-a-friend stories and even some vacation photos, too.

But in late 2007 I got the

Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad!

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Leigh Brescia’s Character Debut Party

Things I loved about Leigh Brescia’s debut, ONE WISH: Grease, the musical, for one. And Wrenn’s quiet determination, for another. I really fell in love with her and found myself rooting for her even as she made some not-so-great choices about her life. We’ve all been there, in some way, risking everything just to fit in, or to get the guy, or to earn the lead in the play, or whatever we thought was important at the time. Wrenn reminded me of myself and pretty much everyone I’ve known, and in tha

Twenty Boy Summer Contest Roundup: Win Stuff!

Thanks to an unexpected outpouring of awesome from my YA book blogger and author friends, Twenty Boy Summer contests are popping up all over the Web. Here’s an update on the latest places to enter for free books and other TBS-themed goodies.

Beautiful Creatures Book Club: BEAUTIFUL CREATURES Authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl are giving away a TBS ARC and goodie bag including a Frankie-inspired red glass bracelet, blue frosting flavored lip gloss, Anna’s journal, a seashell, and a postcard,

Aprilynne Pike’s Character Debut Party

I’m so jumping-up-and-down-excited to attend today’s character debut party, because it’s the first time I get to say this in reference one of my fellow Debs…

Welcome to the party, #1 New York Times bestselling author, Aprilynne Pike!

That’s right… WINGS debuted in the #1 spot on the Times’ Children’s Books list for chapter books this week. So before the party starts, please join me in giving Aprilynne a few good cheers!

Woooooo hoooo! Congrats, Aprilynne!!!!

*Does conga!*

About WINGS

Aprilynne Pike’

‘Beautiful Creatures’ Authors Host Fun TBS Giveaway!

You’ve all heard of Beautiful Creatures by my Little, Brown sisters Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, right? Just in case, here’s a refresher:

There were no surprises in Gatlin County.

We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere.

At least, that’s what I thought.

Turns out, I couldn’t have been more wrong.

There was a curse.

There was a girl.

And in the end, there was a grave.

Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she’s struggling to conce

fLiP iT fRiDaY: Alea @ Pop Culture Junkie

Today on fLiP iT fRiDaY, we’re chatting with Alea from Pop Culture Junkie, aka @mint910 on Twitter.

And just to prove that Alea is actually not a cartoon (so she says, anyway!)…

Describe a typical day in your life.

I wake up at 6, check my email and a few blogs quickly before I’m out the door and on the bus. Then I READ transfer to another bus and READ!!! Once I get to work I’ll have some breakfast etc and then get to work. Often times I can be found designing things such as ads, postcards, the occ

First Times

Forgot to tell you guys that I’m blogging about “first times” over at the Word Ninja site today. Literary-themed first times, that is!

Check it out!

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