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December 9, 2009
Teen Author Tuesday (almost) Presents Rhonda Stapleton
Teen Author Tuesday is a regular feature, bringing your the latest and greatest authors of young adult fiction.
Sorry for the delay on this one, folks (I DO realize it's Wednesday!), but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to interview one of the friendliest and funniest authors I've had the pleasure to get to know.
Rhonda Stapleton is the author STUPID CUPID, due out DEC 22, 2009 from Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster It is contemporary YA, for ages 12 and up. (Rhonda and I share the same editor...
Sorry for the delay on this one, folks (I DO realize it's Wednesday!), but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to interview one of the friendliest and funniest authors I've had the pleasure to get to know.
Rhonda Stapleton is the author STUPID CUPID, due out DEC 22, 2009 from Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster It is contemporary YA, for ages 12 and up. (Rhonda and I share the same editor...
December 4, 2009
Friday Four (with free swag!)
1. Looking for an agent? Susan Hawk is joining the Bent Agency. She will represent authors of young adult and middle grade fiction. For the past 15 years, she worked in Children's Book Marketing, most recently as the Marketing Director at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, and previous to that as the Library Marketing Director at Penguin Young Readers Group. She is actively acquiring young adult and middle grade books; non-fiction and fiction (especially literary fiction), as well as fantasy...
December 1, 2009
Teen Author Tuesday Presents Sara Zarr!
I'm *thrilled* to welcome one of my writing idols to my blog today, Sara Zarr. Among other writing, Sara is the author of three highly acclaimed novels: STORY OF A GIRL (National Book Award Finalist), SWEETHEARTS, and her latest, ONCE WAS LOST, which has already been named a Kirkus Best Book of 2009.
ONCE WAS LOST is the story of Samara, a pastor's kid who's already struggling with her faith when a tragedy hits her small town. First, I love small town stories, second, I love stories that...
ONCE WAS LOST is the story of Samara, a pastor's kid who's already struggling with her faith when a tragedy hits her small town. First, I love small town stories, second, I love stories that...
November 30, 2009
Sneak Peek at the Class of 2k10!
The Class of 2k10 doesn't OFFICIALLY launch until tomorrow, but I wanted to give a heads up to my blog readers.
First order of business: Our website is up a little early! Check it out and let me know what you think!
Secondly, I'll give you a little advance notice on a HUGE contest we will be having. Starting tomorrow, you can check out Our Blog for the exact details, but here's a hint...we will be giving away A LOT of recently released books, and since our blog and website are so new to launch,...
First order of business: Our website is up a little early! Check it out and let me know what you think!
Secondly, I'll give you a little advance notice on a HUGE contest we will be having. Starting tomorrow, you can check out Our Blog for the exact details, but here's a hint...we will be giving away A LOT of recently released books, and since our blog and website are so new to launch,...
Sneak Peak at the Class of 2k10!
The Class of 2k10 doesn't OFFICIALLY launch until tomorrow, but I wanted to give a heads up to my blog readers.
First order of business: Our website is up a little early! Check it out and let me know what you think!
Secondly, I'll give you a little advance notice on a HUGE contest we will be having. Starting tomorrow, you can check out Our Blog for the exact details, but here's a hint...we will be giving away A LOT of recently released books, and since our blog and website are so new to launch,...
First order of business: Our website is up a little early! Check it out and let me know what you think!
Secondly, I'll give you a little advance notice on a HUGE contest we will be having. Starting tomorrow, you can check out Our Blog for the exact details, but here's a hint...we will be giving away A LOT of recently released books, and since our blog and website are so new to launch,...
November 27, 2009
Friday Four
1. So sorry I didn't get back to Teen Author Tuesday this week. Next week for sure! And I've already put together the post including an interview with my very special mystery guest!
2. One of the reasons I didn't get to blogging this week was because...I finished NaNo! Very excited about this, but a bit exhausted too, to be honest. My first draft of my new novel PERFECT AIM is done and came in at around 50,800 words. As per usual, I rushed the ending, but I couldn't hold myself back from sprin...
2. One of the reasons I didn't get to blogging this week was because...I finished NaNo! Very excited about this, but a bit exhausted too, to be honest. My first draft of my new novel PERFECT AIM is done and came in at around 50,800 words. As per usual, I rushed the ending, but I couldn't hold myself back from sprin...
November 20, 2009
Friday Four
1. I've now written almost 44,000 words since November the first. I have 6k to go in order to be a "winner" of NaNoWriMo, but probably another 10-15k in order to complete the novel. I think I can do it!
2. My very cool agent, Michelle Humphrey, set up a group for her YA authors, so we could virtually meet, exchange ideas, talk trash about her, etc. hee hee. Anyway, it's a very fun group, full of life and expletives. We did a little icebreaker to get to know one another, and I thought I'd share...
2. My very cool agent, Michelle Humphrey, set up a group for her YA authors, so we could virtually meet, exchange ideas, talk trash about her, etc. hee hee. Anyway, it's a very fun group, full of life and expletives. We did a little icebreaker to get to know one another, and I thought I'd share...
November 17, 2009
Class of 2k10 Trailer
People have been asking me what the difference is between The Class of 2k10 and The Tenners, since I am a member of both. The Class of 2k10 is a group of debut authors (about 22 of us, I think) who are all working together to get our names out there to teachers, booksellers, and librarians. We will be promoting ourselves via a website, blog, and outreaches. The Tenners is a larger group of around ninety, whose main goals are support, community, and just generally being a cool group of people....
November 13, 2009
Friday Four
1. My life has been, in a word, NUTS. This week my household drama included the chaos of my child turning six, painting my half-renovated bathroom, and catching up on things like filling obligations from LAST Christmas.
2. Writing drama has included somewhere in the neighborhood of 28k of new words on my NaNoWriMo work in progress. My poor overworked brain has also come up with some vision for my LOSING FAITH edits. Finally. But the vision feels good, right, and I think my editor and I will b...
2. Writing drama has included somewhere in the neighborhood of 28k of new words on my NaNoWriMo work in progress. My poor overworked brain has also come up with some vision for my LOSING FAITH edits. Finally. But the vision feels good, right, and I think my editor and I will b...
