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November 11, 2009
The Beat Within
I recently donated a signed copy of Beautiful to this amazing Bay Area organization, The Beat Within. They're currently holding a fundraiser for their important cause, and my book will be one of many thank you gifts. Maybe it'll be your thank you gift for your tax-deductible donation to Books for the Beat, which helps empower incarcerated youth in the Santa Cruz juvenile justice system through writing and art.
If you're an author, please consider joining fellow writers Isabel Allende, Karen...
November 4, 2009
Interview with YA author Terra McVoy
Last month an amazing book burst onto the shelves, inspiring reviewers to use adjectives such as "raw," "stark," "gritty," "disquieting," "riveting," "powerful," and "intense." And it is all of those things (plus...
November 3, 2009
Author of the Month Interview on Harmony Book Reviews
Check out Harmony Book ReviewsAuthor of the Month Interview: Amy
Posted by: harmonybookreviews on: November 3
You're a published author! Yay! How does it feel to know that your book is finally on the shelves of bookstores, ready for a reader to pick up?
I'm feeling a whole bunch of emotions. Mostly, I'm just really excited and grateful to have this opportunity. It's amazing to work so hard on something, to put my heart and soul into it, then have it actually out there in...
October 30, 2009
National Novel Writing Month
I'm pretty sure I'm crazy. I decided to do National Novel Writing Month this year. Just a day and a half until the first day of November, when I will hypothetically begin my journey of sleepless nights and sore wrists and computer eye strain. Like I don't spend enough time in front of the computer already.
The goal is 50,000 words in one month. That's 1,666 words per day, which actually seems pretty manageable….for someone without a day job. But once I start subtracting time for my...
October 22, 2009
What I'm reading….
Marshall Zeringue, from Writers Read and Campaign for the American Reader, recently asked me what I'm reading. Here's what I said:
I usually try to alternate between reading Young Adult and Adult novels, though distinguishing between the genres seems a little silly to me at times. The only consistent difference seems to be that YA is always about teens, while adult literature is only sometimes always about adults. There's a perception that YA is somehow less serious or "literary," while in...
October 19, 2009
Reading at Orinda Books Tuesday 10/20. 7:00 pm
Hello friends,
I will be doing a reading from Beautiful at Orinda Books on Tuesday, October 20th at 7:00 pm. I will be sharing the reading with three wonderful authors:
Dorothy Hearst, reading from her novel Promise of the Wolves, about the ancient relationship between wolves and humans
Mary Mackey, reading from her historical novel, The Widow's War
Jessican Barksdale Inclan reading from her paranormal romance, The Beautiful Being
As you can see, it's a mixed bag. We will be discussing genre...
October 14, 2009
Some musings on high school
I'd love to embarrass myself by sharing journal entries with you from when I was a teenager, but they unfortunately don't exist. I tried many times to keep a journal because it seemed like the appropriate thing for a self-described "writer" to do, but I could never get the hang of it. I'd usually last a couple of days, then give up in frustration. It seemed to me that there were very strict rules of non-fiction which were impossible to follow. I failed at keeping a journal because...
October 9, 2009
BEAUTIFUL in NYC
My boss was in New York for business this week, and look what she found in the Teen New Releases section at the Union Square Barnes & Noble! (middle row, on the left)
