Cheryl Rainfield's Blog, page 80
February 1, 2012
Got another wonderful review of HUNTED
I just got another fantastic review of HUNTED today! It's SUCH a good feeling to read about people loving my book.
If you're curious, you can check out the rest of my reviews for HUNTED.
January 31, 2012
One of my favorite quotes from HUNTED
As authors and as readers, we each have passages that we love in books for various reasons. This is one of my favorite quotes from HUNTED
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"I want to chase after him, ask why he took such a crazy risk to give me a bar of chocolate. But I think I know the answer. You don't feel much like living if you can't be yourself."
-quote from HUNTED by Cheryl Rainfield, p. 63 (US hardcover version).
It really resonates with me–though it should, since I wrote it! (grinning)
My interview on YA Beyond
Today I'm interviewed on YA Beyond, where I talk about why I write, how I keep motivated, how I stay focused on my writing, and more. Hope you'll check it out. 
January 30, 2012
New Jane Yolen SCBWI Grant for Mid-List Authors
Jane Yolen has just started a new grant through SCBWI for mid-list authors/books, especially for authors whose books are important but might not be reaching a best seller status. Jane speaks, I think, in a lovely way about it though you'll have to really turn up the volume to hear. What a fantastic thing for Jane to do!
The details aren't up yet on SCBWI.org, but they will be.
In Toronto? Going to OLA? I'll be there signing HUNTED.
In Toronto? Don't forget–I will be at OLA this Friday, where you can have a chance to walk away with signed copies of HUNTED. OLA is being held at the Metro Toronto Convention Center.
I'll be at the Fitzhenry & Whiteside booth 10am on Fri, signing HUNTED and giving away copies until they run out. Hope you drop by!
And I'll be talking up HUNTED and giving away another signed copy along with a TON of other fantastic YA and children's authors who will also be giving away a copy of their book, from noon until 2pm in the Expo Theatre (at the southwest corner on the Expo floor). The authors presenting there will include Lena Coakley, Megan Crewe, Mahtab Narsimhan, Maureen McGowan, Paul Yee, Karen Krossing, Teresa Toten, Helaine Becker, Karen Bass, and many, many more! And illustrators Patricia Storms, Bill Slavin. You can see the entire lineup here.
Come see us!
January 26, 2012
children's ebooks – one free, one $0.99 today only
A Drowned Maiden's Hair
by Laura Amy Schlitz is $0.99 today only on Amazon
Grade 4-8–Maud's life at an orphanage has been one of neglect and poverty. When the Hawthorne sisters appear out of nowhere and adopt the 11-year-old troublemaker, she vows to be obedient. Distracted by unfamiliar pleasures such as new clothes, ice cream, and indoor plumbing, she doesn't worry too much about the sisters' insistence that her presence in their home be kept hidden. Well cared for but bored, she finds a way to communicate with Muffet, a deaf serving woman, and the two develop a close relationship. Mysteries abound, and Maud soon discovers the family secret–the Hawthorne sisters make their living by conducting fraudulent séances and they need Maud to play the part of a girl's ghost to deceive a grieving mother. Wanting to earn her guardians' affections, Maud is drawn further and further into the scheme despite her growing qualms of conscience. Only after a betrayal and a tragedy does she finally find the loving home for which she longs. Filled with heavy atmosphere and suspense, this story re-creates life in early-20th-century New England and showcases the plight of orphans. Maud is a charismatic, three-dimensional character who is torn between doing the right thing and putting her own needs first. While much of the plot is predictable, particularly the ending, the book will find an audience with fans of gothic tales.
middle-grade sci-fi novel Hal Junior: The Secret Signal
by Simon Haynes is free on Amazon right now as an ebook
Hal Junior lives aboard a futuristic space station. His mum is chief scientist, his dad cleans air filters and his best mate is Stephen 'Stinky' Binn. As for Hal … he's a bit of a trouble magnet. He means well, but his wild schemes and crazy plans never turn out as expected!
Hal Junior: The Secret Signal features mayhem and laughs, daring and intrigue … plus a home-made space cannon!
January 24, 2012
Going to OLA in Toronto? I'll be signing copies of HUNTED to give away
Are you going to OLA in Toronto? I'll be there 10am on Fri Feb 3, signing HUNTED at the Fitzhenry & Whiteside booth, with some copies to give away! Hope to see you there!
January 23, 2012
Creating a LGBTQ safe house PrideSpace
Kat Wells, Jessica Weinschenk, and Laurin Blanchard, three amazing women, are starting up a non-profit LGBTQ safe house called PrideSpace where lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer people can come if they've been bullied, kicked out of their house, or need support. This is such an important and needed service, something so many of us could have used when we were teens, something that many teens and adults could use now. They're in the paperwork planning stages now, and have the support of great organizations like Matthew's Place and It Gets Better. But they can use all the support and help they can get to get this off the ground. If you have anything that would help to auction off for this cause, you can contact Kat Wells at pridespaceinc@gmail.com. (I will be donating a signed copy of SCARS and of HUNTED.) I'll include more info as the project progresses or I hear more.
I hope you'll watch the video below as Kat talks about what she's doing.
Kat Wells creating a LGBTQ safe house PrideSpace
Kat Wells, an amazing young woman, is starting up a non-profit LGBTQ safe house called PrideSpace where lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer people can come if they've been bullied, kicked out of their house, or need support. This is such an important and needed service, something so many of us could have used when we were teens, something that many teens and adults could use now. They're in the paperwork planning stages now, and have the support of great organizations like Matthew's Place and It Gets Better. But they can use all the support and help they can get to get this off the ground. If you have anything that would help to auction off for this cause, you can contact Kat Wells at pridespaceinc@gmail.com. (I will be donating a signed copy of SCARS and of HUNTED.) I'll include more info as the project progresses or I hear more.
I hope you'll watch the video below as Kat talks about what she's doing. She's an inspiring young woman.
Visit my guest post and leave a comment to win either SCARS or HUNTED
Today I am on Inside The Author's Studio on Chista Desir's site. Leave a comment on her post to win 1 of my books, either SCARS or HUNTED.
