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Western Washington SCBWI

Where to begin, where to begin?

I spent last weekend at the Western Washington SCBWI conference, and it was quite literally the most fun I've had since last year's NYC trip! 

To kick things off, Suzanne Young and I got together with Jay Asher, for a full on Razorbill author's moment of awesome.

Jay and I swapped books for autographs. Which means my career is now complete:


Later, we went to Kidlt drinks night..... which was a little too much fun. ;-)



In the morning, the official conference...

Made of Win

This is adorable and funny and made of awesome:



Also, I have a cameo. Wait for it.... WAIT FOR IT.......

Lyrics can be found on Emilia's blog!

Introducing--- Cass Marshall, freelance editor

Today I'm posting something a little bit different, but I think it could be helpful to my readers. I get frequent questions from writers asking how they can find crtique partners (something ALL OF YOU should have). I point them to the usual message boards and professional organizations.

Something I hear pretty often is that it is very hit or miss, finding a good critique partner. Some are very frustrated becuase they spend hours upon hours critiquing someone else's work and then they don't fi...

Funny video made by Penguin.....

I have never been more proud to be a penguin author than this very moment..... hee!

The Friday Five!

1) Someone sent a "voodoo curse" to my agent email address. No joke. It's from some website like pinstruck.com Now, I could go there and view my personalized curse, but I think I'll pass.

2) Remember how last week I said it seems like nothing happens for weeks and then everything happens in one week? Yeah. Nothing happened this week.

3) Don't miss out on the YOU WISH mega contest!

4) I am reading THE DUFF by Kody Keplinger and really loving it so far. The dynamic between the MC and the guy is p...

YOU WISH mega contest!

THE CONTEST:
To promote YOU WISH, I am doing a MEGA CONTEST!! (Insert booming voice here.)

Here's the deal. To enter, you put the YOU WISH banner (more about that below) in your blog's side bar, and COMMENT HERE with a link to where I can see it.

Happily, it works whether you have an LJ or a blogspot, blogger, word press, etc. And I'm giving you an easy, cut & paste code!

It MUST be in a permanent location and stay there until August 31, 2010.

THE PRIZES:

Grand Prize:
Signed ARC of YOU WISH, Signe...

Whew-- my FIRST blogger review for YOU WISH!

And it is awesome!

From Princess Bookie Reviews:

"This book was so much fun! I couldn't put it down, I even took it to Dairy Queen with me. I loved every second of this! I laughed so hard at some of the wishes. This book could have been written about me (and every other teenage girl who has ever been alive)! I felt as though I could relate to it 100%, no doubts in my mind! I think it relates to every girl who has ever wished her doll came to life or for a hot pink pony (yes that was me as a...

DRIVEN: Read it and lose 40 lbs!

 +  = WIN!!

I was just looking at my amazon page for DRIVEN.

It's a nascar romance.

And these are the reviews on Amazon:

"I've seen our employees lose 40+ pounds, get off their blood pressure and diabetes medications, figure out their sleep problems, reduce stress, and more. The Program really works!" -- Dagan McLennan, RN, Wellness Center, Google

"Simply wonderful. Reading The Program somehow reminded me of reading Shakespeare. Each page is so laden with verities that a slow read is mandated. So...

Teaser Tuesday-- YOU WISH

First up, the winner of 9 RULES TO BREAK WHEN ROMANCING A RAKE is p_sunshine  ! Please email me your address at amandayawriter (AT) yahoo (DOT) com!
Secondly, for those of you who didn't win, 9 rules releases TODAY! Happy release day, Sarah MacLean. Also, all you YA lit readers should know that the romance world is a little different, and romance books don't stay on shelves for months unless they do REALLY well. So run out NOW and buy your copy!

Thirdly, it's Tuesday! And Maggie, on twitter, ask...

Friday Five!

1) Sometimes it seems like nothing happens for weeks. And then it seems like everything happens in one week.

2) THANK YOU for all the love and support and excitement over RIPPLE! I am SO stoked about this book!

3) We are talking about covers and titles with Flux for SHATTERED (which is going to be retitled), my Summer 2011 novel written under Amanda Grace. Which is fun. I love brainstorming.

4) I got my first royalty statement on Prada & Prejudice, which is an interesting experience. Equal...