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In four days...

...I get to tell you my big news! DO YOU KNOW HOW EXCITED I AM????

Let's just say I've been sitting on this little secret since APRIL. And since we're getting close, I think it's time for a little hint! My news has to do with THIS picture that I took while in NYC back in May.

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I look really happy, don't I? CUZ I TOTALLY WAS. And, wait, are there other people in that photo? Who could they be??

You will find out on Tuesday! :-D

In the meantime, if you'd like to celebrate with me, come on over and jo...

Who I Write For

Lately, there's been a lot of talk about who "should" read YA. There was the Salon article, saying adults should be "embarrassed" to read YA (eye roll) and the myriad (wonderfully articulate) responses from YA writers and readers alike. There's always stuff like this around, and I find the articles and their responses really interesting.

On a more personal level, it seems like every time I tell someone in publishing that I'd like teenagers to read my book...I get cynical laughter in response....

Celebrating Heart & Soul by Lee Strauss!

Introducing



Heart & Soul







Heart & Soul is the thirdbook in The Minstrel Series


(This is a connected book series - while each book can stand alone, they are best enjoyed in sequence.)



ROMANCE. SUSPENSE. MUSIC. DANGER. HOT BRITISH GUY





She'sheartbroken. He's heartless.


Gabriele Baumann-Smith is deliriously in love with her young husband Lennon.
Except, itturns out that Lennon Smith isn't his real name. In fact, he's full of secrets: a cottage on the southern British coast, an old girlfriend and...

Celebrating RaShelle Workman's A Beauty So Beastly!

What happens if beauty is also the beast...

Find out in A Beauty So Beastly. In this exciting new story, RaShelle takes the classic fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast and flips it on its head.

Here's the summary:

“For your vanity, your cruelty, and your cold unfeeling heart, a curse I leave upon you . . .”


The stunning Beatrice Cavanaugh is considered American royalty. She has everything except the ability to love. Cursed on her eighteenth birthday, she becomes more beastly than ever, having a...

EuphorYA: A Sneak Peek at "Memories of Ash" & Giveaway

Hello folks! I'm SO excited to be part of the awesome EuphorYA Scavenger Hunt! Today, I'm honored to turn over the blog to talented author (and event organizer!)Intisar! (A quick note: The "highlighted" word for the scavenger hunt today is supposed to be pink, but I can't figure out how to do that on my blog! D'oh. So just look for the really big, bold italiced word. :-))

Thanks for having me on your blog, Tracy!

I am so honoredto be taking part in the EuphorYA Scavenger Hunt! Make sure tocheck...

Big News #2

Today I finally get to announce something very exciting....that I've been sitting on for months! I'm proud to announce that I am officially an agented author once again! Yay!!

A couple months ago, Rachel Marks of Mark My Words Publicity approached me. She'd read my books and wanted to work with me as part of her new role as an agent for Rebecca Friedman Literary. I was shocked - and super excited, of course! I got to chat with her and Rebecca a few times, and I knew right away that this was a...

Feelin' like a winner!

I'm really excited because today kicks off a two-month stretch of awesome for me and for SHATTERED VEIL. I've got LOTS of amazing news to share, starting RIGHT NOW!

Yesterday at BEA, the IndieReader Discovery Awards were announced, and SHATTERED VEIL received SECOND PLACE in FICTION!! WHOO HOOO!!!!!

If you're interested, here's a link to IndieReader's originalreviewand the contestannouncement.

And here's some more good news...to celebrate this wonderful news, SHATTERED VEIL is ON SALE today thro...

Into the cave...

Hey y'all! Just a quick heads up...the blog is going to be pretty boring over the next week or so. I have to head into the writing cave and get some serious work done. But in June I'll have posts about my upcoming events and will have lots of other fun stuff to share with you!

Later dudes! :-)

COVER LOVE: PARAGON by Autumn Kalquist

Hey y'all! Today I'm happy to be participating in the cover reveal for PARAGON, book 2 in Autumn Kalquist's Legacy Code Saga (Book one, LEGACY CODE, is amazing. Be sure to check it out!) But first, some info on PARAGON:

ParagonbyAutumn Kalquist

(Legacy Code Saga #2)
Publication date: Fall 2014
Genres:Dystopia,Science Fiction,Young Adult

Synopsis

Riots. Food shortages. Secrets. Treason.
The last humans fled Earth centuries ago, but they're still no closer to finding their better world. They trade liv...

Bookanista Review: Streetlights Like Fireworks

Happy Bookanista Thursday y'all! Today I'm off to Ohio for the weekend to celebrate a very dear friend's wedding. Yippee! But before I go, I wanted to share with you my thoughts on an absolute gem: STREETLIGHTS LIKE FIREWORKS by David Pandolfe.

I read and loved David's first novel, JUMP WHEN READY, so I knew I had to pick up his newest. And I definitely wasn't disappointed! First, a little more info:

From Goodreads:

Psychic flashes, haunting visions, missing persons and visits from ghosts. That'...