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Story Secrets: SWOON AT YOUR OWN RISK by Sydney Salter + Giveaway

I'm excited to have friend Sydney Salter, who is no stranger to terrific YA - she first came out with MY BIG NOSE AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS. She's here today to spill secrets on her brand new release, SWOON AT YOUR OWN RISK. (And see giveaway details below!)

Welcome, Sydney! (Readers, check out previous Story Secrets here.)

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You'd think Polly Martin would have all the answers when it comes to love—after all, her grandmother is the famous syndicated advice columnist Miss Swoon. But after a...

Story Secrets: THE HEART IS NOT A SIZE winner!

Thanks to everyone for their comments on our Story Secrets interview with Beth Kephart, and to Beth for coming to talk with us about her beautiful novel, THE HEART IS NOT A SIZE.


We had so many wonderful comments this week, like this, from Amy Baskin:

I would love to travel with my father to Rwanda and other parts of East Africa and help him with micro-financing and small business support for coffee farmers.

And this, from InkGirl:

If I could travel anywhere, I'd travel home, and make sure that i...

Results of the Library Blog Challenge!

Thanks to everyone who commented on the Library Blog Challenge. We had a whopping list of almost 200 commenters (the main post, plus stray comments on the blog and Facebook!), so as promised we are going to donate our blog challenge total ($300, plus my sweetheart matching the total for $600!) for our local library, the Seattle Public Library.


Hooray!

There has been some extraordinary library love this last week all over the blogosphere - you can see the full lineup of Libary Blog Challenge...

300 comments for 600 library dollars - comment before Monday!

We're getting closer and closer to our goal...so I decided to extend the Library Blog Challenge deadline until 8am PST Monday! Leave a comment here at the official library challenge post!

If I hit 200 comments, we will still donate the full amount - especially since all of you have been so awesome and supportive! Wow, lots more followers, too. Thanks, everyone!

And don't forget the TELL ME A SECRET prize pack! We will pick a winner next week. You are all the best!

Library Blog Challenge: Don't forget to enter for the TMAS prize pack!

A Tell Me a Secret-inspired prize pack is still up for grabs until 5pm tomorrow eve!

Just leave a comment at my Library Blog Challenge post - for every unique user* comment until 5pm PST Saturday, I will donate $1, up to $300, to my local library, Seattle Public Library (plus my sweetie will match for double the library love)!

Plus there are prizes! Follow the link to leave a comment, plus you can link, tweet, and tell your friends! (Plus check out the full list of Library Blog Challenge partic...

Story Secrets: THE HEART IS NOT A SIZE by Beth Kephart + Giveaway!

Can I tell you how much I love Beth Kephart? I haven't even met her in person, but she is one of the kindest writers I know. She encourages others and talks writing and crows and tells truthful stories straight from the heart, not to mention is the recipient of many writing awards. And she was readergirlz's first Author-In-Residence!

So I am very pleased to interview her about her latest, THE HEART IS NOT A SIZE, which releases at the end of this month!

Welcome, Beth!

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THE HEART IS NOT A...

Tell Me a Secret: First Review!

Sharon @sharonlovescats has posted the very first review of TELL ME A SECRET, and she gives it five purrs! She says:

I could go on and on about how amazing this book was, but I don't want to bore you all. Tell Me a Secret was a real page turner. The pacing and format of it was perfect. I was never bored or confused by anything that was happening. I pretty much picked Tell Me a Secret up and didn't put it down again until I was finished...


Wow. (Thank you, Sharon!)

Even more awesome, she liked i...

The Library Blog Challenge + TELL ME A SECRET Prizes!

Yes, I said prizes... a Tell Me a Secret-inspired prize pack!!!

Prompted by my friend Jennifer Hubbard (debut author of THE SECRET YEAR - read her Story Secrets here!), I am joining the Library Blog Challenge. Basically, it's this:

For every unique user* comment on this post between now and 5pm PST on Saturday (March 27), I will donate $1, up to $300, to my local library (Seattle Public Library, a truly amazing collection!). Plus my sweetheart will match the total for double the library love (t...

Hanging out with Carrie Ryan + a rgz giveaway!

Carrie Ryan is out and about to celebrate the release of her latest, The Dead-Tossed Waves, and stopped in to Seattle's University Bookstore to hang out with some of us from readergirlz - Liz Gallagher, Jackie Parker, and me!

Liz and I had a chance to sit down with Carrie to chat about tuna, zombies, and fiances with title mojo and snap a few pics (plus you can see Liz'sreadergirlz post here.)


First, there is the Tuna Connection:

Next, fiance-writer-brilliant-title-comer-upper-er:

Then there is p...

DIY Friday: Ooooh. Look at this!

I just stumbled on the coolest site when I was researching...well, nevermind what I was researching, because it will probably be a future DIY Friday. ;)

But in the meantime, I offer...http://www.instructables.com/!

Basically, it's a giant DIY site for just about anything you can imagine, and a lot of stuff you probaby wouldn't. Like...

How to make a chocolate cake in 5 minutes - yay!



How to make a magnetic spice rack - cool!



How to make your own chain mail - whoah.



And my personal favorite, how to ...