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February 9, 2011
The TFC Tour
MEMENTO NORA hits the shelves in 8 weeks! In Nora James' world, if you're haunted by a bad memory, all you have to do is walk into a Therapeutic Forgetting Clinic (TFC), pop a pill, and go on like nothing ever happened–sans that particular memory. And you earn frequent forgetting points for every visit. However, [...]
January 30, 2011
Win a Memento Nora ARC
Jenkies. MEMENTO NORA comes out in two (2) months. And, I've just launched a new website and Facebook page for the book. So, I'm also launching a little ARC (signed) giveaway to kick off the countdown to Nora-dom. What do you need to do to enter? Simple. Comment here on MementoNora.com AND like the Facebook [...]
January 25, 2011
Catching Up
Since I've been bad about keeping my own blog up, I'm primarily going to post book-related news here. (I'll still be blogging over at the League of Extraordinary Writers weekly and every once in a while on the Class of 2k11 blog.) So, here's the latest Memento Nora stuff: Memento Nora has it's own website [...]
December 9, 2010
Memento Nora Giveaway
I usually do most of my blogging over at the League of Extraordinary Writers. (Thursday is my day, btw. Hint. Hint.) This week we're all giving away prize packs based on books. For MEMENTO NORA, in addition to a few shiny bookmarks and postcards, I'm offering up a few things the main character, Nora, might [...]
November 11, 2010
The Class of 2K11 launches today!
I am a proud member of the Class of 2k11, a group of 19 debut middle grade and young adult authors working as a team to promote our books and reading in general. We're calling ourselves Team 11, and today (11/11, get it?) we launch our year officially–with a big old thank you to the Class [...]
November 1, 2010
The Across the Universe World Tour
Across the Universe is a sci fi coming out from Penguin/Razorbill on January 11, 2011. Author Beth Revis describes it as "a murder mystery set in space," but it also has romance, adventure, and dystopian elements. In the book, a girl boards an interstellar spaceship in a journey across the universe to find a new planet. [...]
October 28, 2010
Otherworld
Cross posted from the League of Extraordinary Writers. Since it's nearly Halloween, let's talk paranormal fiction. I am a fan, but a picky one. I like strong female characters. Not simpering victims or mooning lovers. So, I was thrilled to discover Kelley Armstrong's books a few summers ago. The Women of the Otherworld series and [...]
October 21, 2010
11 Weeks to XVI
Welcome to Week 11 of the 16 Weeks to XVI tour! This week I'm hosting Julia Karr as she counts down the weeks to the launch of her wonderful book, XIV, on January 6, 2011. Julia is a fellow Leaguer, Elevensie, and 2K11-er. In the future world of XVI, girls are required to register at [...]
September 23, 2010
Interview with ODYSSEY'S Elizabeth Lindstrom
This is crossposted from the League of Extraordinary Writers This month's issue of ODYSSEY, a science and science fiction magazine for tweens and teens, has a decidedly dystopian flavor. The theme is "Am I a Borg, Yet?" The short story for the issue is about "cyborgs with dangerous agendas." (How can you not love that?) [...:]
September 14, 2010
Memento Nora Giveaway
Although it's not available until April, you can win a pre-order of MEMENTO NORA and help out the folks at WriteOnCon by commenting (and/or donating) at http://writeoncon.com/2010/09/pre-ord....
