Holly Cupala's Blog, page 41

Peppermint Cookies Honored by SCBWI

Ok, so that sounds a little inflated, but my Peppermint Snowball Cookies were First Runner-Up in the SCBWI WWA Annual Cookie Contest! The competition was heated -who could beat out the first-place winner, Whoopie Pies from Chadwick?

Of course, the best part about last night was getting to hear YA superstars Lisa Schroeder and Liz Gallagher talk about their paths to publication as well as voice lessons from up-and-coming YA breakout Jolie Stekly (I ought to know - I've had the pleasure of read...

Neverending Story Winner!

is...

[image error] But wait, first we have to admire the glory that is The Neverending Story movie...

And reminisce about some of the best lines:



"I'm allerrrrrgic...to...yooooou!"

"If you want to save our world, you must hurry!"

"Bastien, pleeeeeeeaaaaase! Save us!"

"Moooooooonchiyaaaaaaaaaald!"

"One grain of sand: it's all that is left of my vast empire."


Ok, obviously I remember this movie a mite too well? So please, take it off my hands...


GENEVIEVE NINE!


Yay!!!!!!!!!

Please contact me with your email, and we w...

A Blog Holiday

That's right, this blog will be taking a little hiaitus until the New Year's while I spend some quality time with the family (and this novel revision!).

Stay tuned in January for a couple of brand new features! Secrets! Authors! Secret Authors! Author Secrets! And probably a lot of chances to win your very own advanced copy of TELL ME A SECRET (and other related goodies)...
Happy holidays, and see you next year!

A giveaway! Yes, a giveaway!

It's Wednesday, so why not?

[image error] My spouse is the biggest sweetheart in the world. He bought my favorite childhood movie for me not once, but twice. So I now have a spare, unopened DVD of The Neverending Story.

Seriously, no snickering. I loved this movie! I loved it so much that I dressed up like the Golden Eyed Commander of Wishes (a.k.a. Moonchild), complete with white gown and jewel in the middle of my forehead, saying, "Bastian, pleeeeeaaaase! Save us!"

Even better was the book, by Michael Ende ...

December at readergirlz

Lots happening over at readergirlz! If you missed last night's crazy RAVE with twenty or so of readergirlz Circle of Stars alumni, you can check out the transcript!

All month at the readergirlz blog, we are hosting respected and award-winning fantasy author Tamora Pierce to talk about Trickster's Choice and Trickster's Queen. Chat live with Tamora on Wednesday, December 16th at 6 pm PST/9 pm EST.

Plus, two of our co-founders deserve congrats: Parents Magazine named Lorie Ann Grover's BEDTIME...

rgz RAVE Homecoming!

The rgz Circle of Stars is coming home!

Join me tonight for an unprecedented chat at the readergirlz blog, 6 pm PDT/9 pm EDT, with a huge list of readergirlz featured author alumni, all at the same place for one wild and crazy rgz RAVE! Here are just a few of the all-star cast:

Coe Booth, Dia Calhoun, Janet Lee Carey, Cecil Castelucci, Justina Chen, Rachel Cohn, Holly Cupala, Liz Gallagher, Nikki Grimes, Lorie Ann Grover, Ellen Hopkins, Sarah Miller, Mary Pearson, Mitali Perkins, Dana...

Beth Kephart's writing contest!

Beth Kephart, wonderful writer and our first Author-in-Residence over at readergirlz, has published the fourth and final readergirlz writing contest:

"...a challenge that asks you to look at something familiar and transform it into the unexpected. Check out the video posted here. Send your best work to kephartblogATcomcastDOTnet. The winner will receive an advanced reading copy of The Heart is Not a Size (which is due out in March from HarperTeen). The winning work will be posted on this...

Thank you, Realm!

Realm Lovejoy, graphic novel artist and author extraordinaire (check out her amazing graphic novel, CLAN!) , wrote the sweetest post about me while I was on vacation last week.

It also includes a little painting I did for her art-flower exchange program in memory of her grandma, in which she gave me a print of one of her truly beautiful Art Saves poster.



Thank you, Realm!

Thankful Thursday

Is there anything not to be thankful for?
Family and friends who are a joy to know and love. Really cool people to work with.An abundance of blessings, both personal and professional. Revision solutions...?Finally, a really good recipe for soft caramels. Good books in my TBR pile (and hopefully time to read them someday!)A future of uncertainty, but a surety of peace. Dancing Princesses!

What are you thankful for?

Readergirlz accepts prize from the National Book Foundation!

I'm so proud of readergirlz and thankful to the National Book Foundation for awarding us the 2009 Innovations in Reading Prize!

Lorie Ann Grover and Dia Calhoun, two of the original readergirlz co-founders, went to NYC to accept the award and attend the National Book Awards dinner! Check out how beautiful they are:





They even partied with the judges, Coe Booth and Nancy Werlin, who worked with Kathi Appelt, Carolyn Coman, and Gene Luen Yang to choose the finalists!

And yay for Laini and Jim! You ...