Elizabeth Scott's Blog, page 25

last day to win free books!

Don't forget, today is your last day to tell me what young adult novels you wish were out right now--and you could win a free book just for doing that! Go here and tell me what you wish was in bookstores now...

Moving on:

Pimp My Novel on the importance of good writing, which riffs off a post from The Rejectionist where third-graders* explain why good writing is important when it comes to keeping a reader reading

* For real! From the Rejectionist's post: "Take this fine advice from young T., a t...

don't forget to enter the contest! (and, of course, links)

Don't forget to let me know what young adult novels you wish were out already because you want to read them right now--because you could win a free book just for doing that!

I also have links to share:

Pimp My Novel on the importance of face time--this is something I feel strongly about, not just in terms of going out once your book is released, but if you have the ability to go and meet your agent before you sign with them, you SO should. (Trust me on this one. It's a mistake I made with my fi...

links, free books--and oh yeah. Essay up at S&S (!!!)

I got the most amazing email from my editor at Simon Pulse last night, telling me to go to http://authors.simonandschuster.com/. So I do, and next to the rotating set of pictures at the top of the page are a bunch of tabs--links to a tribute to E. Lynn Harris, info about Jodi Picoult, a poem by Ellen Hopkins, and the very last tab, Author Voices, says:

"An exclusive essay by Elizabeth Scott"

!!!!

To be featured like this?? Well, I think the !!!! says it all.

Anyway, my essay is about my favorite...

radio interview

Today is radio interview day!

I'll be on KOPN today between 2-4 PM EST/3-5 CST--and there will be a giveaway of 2 audiobooks of Something, Maybe!

You can listen here: http://www.kopn.org/listen

I've also got a couple of links to share:

First up is The Intern with yet another look at editorial meetings or when is a book a book--or is what you've written better off in another genre, or as something else altogether? Check out ceci n'est pas un livre

Agent Kirstin Nelson on earning out

Great blog ...

Monday!

Actually, despite the ! in the title, I'm not super enthused about it being Monday. I'm mostly just really, really tired. But! You all shared so many great moments last week that I was totally cheered up, and thank YOU for that! (I have the best blog readers ever. EVER!)

And congrats go out to Fuzzy, who won the ARC of Leviathan!

In other news, I recently did a radio interview with KOPN, and you'll be able to hear my interview on the 22nd, or TOMORROW (yay!), between 2-4 PM EST, or 3-5 CT--an...

This month is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month. Ovarian can...

This month is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month.

Ovarian cancer is the 5th most likely cause of cancer-related death in women, and yet there remains no specific test that can accurately determine if a woman has ovarian cancer.

Please consider participating in the Break the Silence program, which aims to find a way to earlier diagnosis, and offers information to help women talk to their doctor about any symptoms they may have.

what, only Wed?? let's CONTEST it up!

Wow, this has this been a long week. I can't believe it's only Wednesday. Actually, all of September seems to be just crawwwwwwwwwling by. So today I think it's time for some fun, and yep, that means:

CONTEST!

I've got an ARC of Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan--and I'm ready to give it away!

For your chance to win, all you have to do is this:

Tell me the *best* thing that's happened to you lately.

Yes, that's all you have to do! I could use some cheer and so I figure why not hear about yours--I know...

new week, new links, new flu (!!)

The flu has hit here--my husband has it, and let me tell you, he is so SO cranky when he's sick. Everything is too hot or too cold or too bright and he either wants to be left TOTALLY ALONE or he wants me to sit with him and I love him--I mean, hi, 18 years together--but he is driving me crazy. Especially yesterday when I had to go to the store to by red Jello because he didn't want ANY OTHER KIND.

Anyway, so that's life here, and it naturally means I missed the VMAs last night though I caugh...

maybe it's all the ads but...

I'm ridiculously excited about The Vampire Diaries premiere tonight. Maybe it's the seventy zillion ads I've seen everywhere (I'm surprised the CW hasn't tried to find a way to send ads into people's dreams) but I think it also has something to do with this or, should I say him, because Ian Somerhalder! Also, new Supernatural so awesome tv night yay!

But don't worry, this post isn't *all* about tv. I have substance! Or rather, I have links (!):

The Horn Book takes a look at the growing page...

my favorite teacher--and what she taught me

As I write this, it's the beginning of September, and everyone is headed back to school. It's got me thinking of notebooks and cafeteria food and, of course--teachers.

Both of my parents were teachers, and I actually did end up being in both their classes. But were they my favorite teachers?

Nope. They were good teachers, but my favorite teacher was my third grade teacher. She believed in every single one of her students and went out of her way to make all of us feel special. She saw I was shy and encouraged me to try out for the lead in our class play. I did--and I got the role! To this day, I can still remember how I felt when I got up on stage the night we held the play...the terror, the way my hands shook and then, how, once I started, it wasn't so bad. In fact, it was fun! The acting bug never bit me, but my third grade teacher taught me something amazing--

That it was okay to believe in myself. That I could do anything.

And well, okay, I can't do anything. But she taught me to think about trying. And that is something I'll treasure forever.


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