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TEENS: How To VALUE YOURSELF IN RELATIONSHIPS

(Loved the movie SIXTEEN CANDLES)Being a teen in love can be one of the most addictive things in the world. Unfortunately, nothing ever changes – ever. There's always going to be a girl who desperately wants to hold her boyfriend's attention and a boy who desperately wants to hold a girls love. How does this play out badly in teen relationships – you tell me. You know a lot of parents act like

YALITCHAT Nanowrimo CONTEST

Are you in nanowrimo? Do you want a tangible prize for your efforts besides just your first draft? Well YALITCHAT is giving you a prize. First Prize is a KINDLE!!!! Yep! Second Prize is a 25 pg critique of your Nanowrimo novel, Whoop! And Third Prize is a book pack with 2 Harper Collins books and RAMPANT by Rampant by Diana Peterfreund.More contest details: http://yalitchat.ning.com/forum/topics/

Thanksgiving Give Aways

Well, we were thinking. It's a great time to give-away stuff! With Thanksgiving comes great shopping spree days like BLACK FRIDAY and eating Fest THANKSGIVING. So my publisher and I would like to give away something that will make you cozy and comfy.2 HATS, yep great hats with pictures of THE PACK on them. Just email the publisher your contact information and prize code 71YZ24 (click here)and the

THE CLASS RING

Alright, time to go back down memory lane. WERE IS YOUR HIGH SCHOOL CLASS RING? Ah-ha! You don't remember do you? Well….neither do I. WHY EVEN BOTHER GETTING ONE IN YOUR JUNIOR YEAR The class ring is a big deal. A right of passage for a Junior in high school, showing that you are just under 1 year from the rest of your life, or that the best years of your life is just under 2 years

BREAKUP LETTER TO KING GEORGE

Oh, today our teen guest book reviewer, NYIA is in the house!NYIA had to do an assignment where she had to write a letter to King George, yr 1776 where she stated 5 historical facts in her break up letter.I thought it would be a cute read, and introduction to her first writing on my blog. Please enjoy and comment. She checks the comments frequently on her post.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CAN YOU

Are U READY FOR THE NEXT ADVENTURE

When you finish the first draft of that exciting, titillating, suspenseful journey of finishing that baby of a manuscript you create as a writer or you feel a sense of loss. Why? Well the mystery is solved, the villain is vanquished and all is … over. I actually slow the process when I'm nearing finishing, because I truly believe it's my way of keeping my characters with me. Do other writers feel

MOVIES TO GET YOUR SCARE ON WITH

I spent my pre-halloween getting my scare on with some scary flicks! Nothing else gives that quick adrenaline kick like a good scare. So here are some to watch these to get a real scare kick this weekend.LET THE RIGHT ONE INThis is the foriegn, orginal version of LET ME IN that comes out in US theatres soon. Let me tell you, foriegn films don't hold back on seducing you into a sick, sadistically

Myself and I by Earl Sewell

Hello all! Please welcome teen guest reviewer Nyia! See what she has to say about MYSELF and I by EARL SEWELL.SYNOPSIS:Lately, Keysha feels like a magnet for trouble—especially boy trouble. Her last love interest turned out to be a major fraud, and her ex, Wesley, refuses to accept that they're finished. Swearing off relationships and concentrating on herself seems like her smartest move. Then

Get Ready for NANOWRIMO

Nano (National Novel Writing Month) from November 1st-30th. It's the writing frenzy where you kick out a large number of words to hopefully finish a novel in record time. Many people start the challenge and end up with a sizeable number of pages by the end. Some are inspired to start writing for the first time. Others are inspired to finish something for the first time. Some, like me, find that

SECRETS & KISSES by CELISE DOWNS

Back by popular demand, NYIA, our teen book reviewer is visiting to give her awesome review on SECRETS and KISSES by CELISE DOWNSTHE SYNOPSIS:SCANDAL ROCKS LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL!Skylar Knight is making her way through the final week of school. The subject on everyone's minds is Blair Neuman's Junior's Only End of the Year Bash–and The Kissing Game. Skylar knows that her crush, Kedren Price, will be