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message for mailing list members, and Guest Blog: Writing Is More Than What You Know

Mailing list members: Because I have so many people on my mailing list, a lot of the emails I sent got kicked back to me as spam (!)

If you are on the mailing list and DIDN'T get my email last week, please contact me and I'll send you the message!


Now for the guest blog!

Today's blog entry is by Kaleigh Somers, a junior at James Madison University, where she writes for the university's paper, The Breeze.

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Writing Is More Than What You Know

For at least the last four or five years, I've put my ...

It's official-GRACE is here!!

Today is Grace's official release date--YAY!! I already posted a picture of me finding it in my local bookstore, but what the heck, I'm going to share it again:



YAY!

Also, mailing list members: a special message went out to you this morning! If you didn't get it, please check your spam folder and see if it's there. (And if it isn't, contact me and I'll send you the message again--and yes, I DO keep track of who is on the mailing list!)

And now, links!

From Writer Unboxed, an interesting post on h...

Intereview with Lucienne Diver! (and yes, there is a FREE book involved...)

Today, I'm doing a Girlfriends' Cyber Circuit interview with Lucienne Diver about her new book, ReVamped




Me: Tell us about your book in ten words or less!

Lucienne: Fanged fashionista goes undercover as goth girl. Humorous horror!


Me: What's the best writing advice you've ever been given?

Lucienne: It wasn't any particular advice I received that really resonated with me, it was something I learned by observation. I'm a literary agent as well as a writer, and I work with over forty authors. One...

hey there, Monday!

Yep, there have been some changes to the site, in honor of Grace coming out this Thursday! (And yep, it is in some stores already--many thanks to those of you who've spotted it and sent me notes/pictures--I know I say this a lot, but it's true--you all are the BEST!!)

Moving on, congrats to Stacey, who won last week's contest, and thanks again to Sandra for her great guest blog. Look for another one soon...

And yes, of course I have links!

Agent Jennifer Laughran with a very blunt--but very good...

Guest Blog: Hey, Adults Love YA Too!

Today's guest blog is by Sandra Coleman, who's on twitter here, and who is working on her first novel and getting ready to graduate with a masters in counseling!

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I've read young adult books for as far back as I can remember. In fact, every book that I remember reading from when I was a kid, and then a teenager, are books in this genre. I'm sure that at some point, at least when I was a teen, I did read books from other genres. However, those are not the books that have stuck with me, and ...

link explosion, and oooh! shiny!

Before I turn to the links, I want to say YAY! to the winner of Mockingjay, NiaRaie!

I have to say, what I really found fascinating was that *everyone* who commented here and over at FB either heard of the Hunger Game books from a friend or acquaintance or from Stephenie Meyer talking/blogging about it--which just goes to show, word of mouth (or a shout-out from Stephenie Meyer!) does more to sell books than anything else. That, and well, writing a great book, obviously :-)

Moving on, Grace ha...

I want to hear what YOU have to say!

I've been thinking about this for a while, and this morning I thought--you know what? I'm going to do it!

I've done a few guest posts on here, and they've been really fun--so I'd like to do some more!

If you write books, read books, sell books, work as/with an agent, are a librarian, teach English and use contemporary YA in your classes, work in publishing--basically anything book-related--and have something you'd like to write about regarding books or publishing or anything writing-related (h...

Win a copy of Mockingjay!

I don't think there's any question as to what book everyone is reading and talking about right now: Mockingjay, the third book in the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins.

And, I have a copy to give away!

For your chance to win, all you have to do is have a US mailing addy, and leave a comment telling me *how* you first heard about the Hunger Games series (online, through a friend, just picked up the first or second book, heard a librarian or teacher talk about it, etc) by midnight EST this F...

contest winners and links

Congrats to CPlusha, who won the recipe contest with her story of high school brownies that were so good that people risked detention for them--and for the recipe itself! Congrats also go to Krista, who won the fake boyfriend contest--I think she had me at "the age of MySpace" which seems like a hundred years ago -- but wasn't!

Moving on, I've got loads of links to share:

Bob Mayer on the "good old days" of publishing -- "Way back in the days of Faulkner, Hemmingway, the Algonquin Round Table, ...

Intereview with Kristina Springer! (and yes, there is a FREE book involved!)

The Girlfriends' Cyber Circuit (GCC) is a webring of YA novelists, and I'm happy to be part of it because I get to talk to other YA authors about their books--which, well, how awesome is that? (And I think we all know how much I love YA!)

Today I'm talking to Kristina Springer about her new novel, My Fake Boyfriend Is Better Than Yours (what a great title, right?)




Me: Tell us about your book in ten words or less!

Kristina: 2 BFFs + 2 Fake Boyfriends = Trouble


Me: What's the best writing advice yo...