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Story Secrets: THE UNWRITTEN RULE by Elizabeth Scott

What a treat to have Elizabeth Scott, well-loved author of SOMETHING, MAYBE, BLOOM, PERFECT YOU and many more - and our second Author-In-Residence at readergirlz - here to spill her Story Secrets about THE UNWRITTEN RULE, which just released this week! (If you missed other Story Secrets, read them here!)

Welcome, Elizabeth!

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THE UNWRITTEN RULE is about a girl who falls for her best friend's boyfriend. As you can guess, things get really messy really fast, and although the story is a...

rgz LIVE! chat with Scott Westerfeld tonight!

Stop by the readergirlz blog tonight for a LIVE chat with Scott Westerfeld, author of the very cool steampunk novel, LEVIATHAN!

The live chat starts at 6pm PST/9pm EST - hope to see you there!

Story Secrets: BORDERLINE winner

Thanks to everyone - including visitors from Guys Lit Wire - who came over to check out the Story Secrets interview with Allan Stratton, who shared some insider info on his latest, BORDERLINE. I hope this book will continue to open up dialogue about important issues of identity in our present world.

We have one copy of BORDERLINE to give away, and there were so many great comments that I turned to http://www.random.org/ for help in selecting one...

One thoughtful commenter said,


"Ever since I...

The Steampunk World's Fair!

Speaking of Scott Westerfeld and LEVIATHAN, the featured book over at readergirlz this month, this event sounds amazingly cool:



Such a tempting reason to go to New Jersey in May! Think you might want to go? Here's the official site.

100 Days until TELL ME A SECRET!

The countdown begins!



#tellmeasecret

DIY Friday: A Garden of Veggies

This year, I decided, I will attempt to grow my own food. Maybe not all of it - probably not even a week's worth, but perhaps this will be the start (pun intended...see? Garden humor already!) of something big.

I started out with some organic seed starter mix, a plant tray, and an array of vegetable seeds...yes, from the Big Bad Box of nurseries, Home Depot (the shame, I know).


Zucchini, parsley, carrots, radishes, basil, yum! We mixed, planted, and covered right there on the kitchen floor, and...

Story Secrets: BORDERLINE by Allan Stratton + Giveaway!

Out of the blue, Allan Stratton, one of my favorite authors (known for CHANDA'S SECRETS, which we have featured on readergirlz twice as a postergirlz pick, and others!), emailed me to say, "Hey, we have the same editor!" I was floored and flustered and very pleased, first because I've always admired his writing, and second, because it confirmed my opinion that my editor is brilliant and wonderful. :)

Then I found out Allan had a book coming out in March, so I asked him to share some story secr...

Story Secrets: SPLIT winner

We had some great comments on the Story Secrets interview with 2010 fellow debut author Swati Avasthi, who just came out with SPLIT!

Plus we were very pleased to welcome visitors from Guys Lit Wire to check out a great book by a new author.

[image error] So it was going to be difficult to choose three winners out of this selection, so I went to random.org (thanks, Greg Pincus!) for three random winners:

The winner drumroll please...



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************Cari, Janet, and Kelly!************

Congrats, Cari, Jane...

rgz Operation TBD is coming soon!

Don't forget, ladies and gents, that Operation Teen Book Drop is coming up fast, on April 15, Support Teen Literature Day. We're bringing 10,000 books to Native Teens, and more than 100 YA authors around the nation will be leaving their books for surprised readers to find and join us for a rockin' online after-party!

And big thanks to School Library Journal for the Operation TBD shout-out!

If you are a YA author and want to participate, contact us at readergirlzdivas AT gmail DOT com.

Wanna Rock...

Story Secrets contest reminder: win SPLIT

[image error] Don't forget to enter the SPLIT giveaway by 5pm PST today for one of three copies of Swati Avasthi's 2010 debut novel!
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16-year-old Jace Witherspoon arrives at the doorstep of his estranged brother Christian with a re-landscaped face (courtesy of his father's fist) and a secret. He tries to move on -- new friends, new school, new job -- but all his changes can't make him forget what he left behind: his mother, who is still trapped with his dad. Split is about what happens after. After you ...