Beth Revis's Blog, page 74

I hate to do this, but...

It makes me feel like a tool, but I've decided to close my Facebook Profile to only people I know in real life and/or have significant connections to online. There are a lot of my former students on my profile now, and I feel weird mixing my private life and public life in that way. Also: this.



I'm keeping Twitter, GoodReads, and this blog open to everyone--I just want to shut down my Facebook profile since students are tagging me and writing to me, and since I'm getting an increase of fri...

MOCKINGJAY Everywhere!

Over at the League, we're discussing what we think's going to happen in MOCKINGJAY.



Go over there and vote on who you think Katniss will be with, who you think will die, and the most important question of all: what happened to Cinna!



Me? My votes are:



Katniss will be with Peeta, because Gale (and Haymitch) will die. And Cinna? Leading the charge in District 13. (hope!)

WINNER: Mockingjay Pre-Order + Pin

Wow! You guys must have realllllly wanted this one!!! We have very nearly 500 entries in this, when you added in all the extras.



So, then I went to trusty Random.org...





And lucky number 248 belonged to....

BEVERLY!!!!!

Congratulations, Bev, and thank you to everyone who entered!!

Guest Post @ The Spectacle

Hey guys! No post today...instead, I was writing for The Spectacle! Click here to read about why I think dystopia is so popular now (besides, yanno, MOCKINGJAY).

Meet My Muse

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Yup.

Spiders.

Love 'em.

Go ahead and be creeped out. :)

I have noticed lately that people tend to hate spiders. And I can sympathize--while I allow spiders in my house, they have to stick to the ceiling and out of my stuff, and woe betide them if they start crawling on me. But while I like to keep a bit of distance between myself and spiders, I have to admit that I love the little things.



There are lots of little things that led me to like spiders. I've always been a fan of the famous R...

Interview with Michelle Davidson Argyle, author of CINDERS

I've read Michelle Davidson Argyle's blog for awhile now, and knew she was someone to watch. Recently, she self-published her first novel, CINDERS. I'll be honest--usually I avoid self-published works, but I respect Michelle as an author and was sure her work would be professional and good.



And I was right.



I read her novel in about a week (good for me--it's taken me months to read through books before), and it left me thinking at the end--about what true love is, about the consequences of ...

Letter to Myself

Anna Staniszewski is running a series on her blog that is just genius: she's asking writers to write a letter to their younger selves.



Elana Johnson's letter to herself kicked off the series, followed by YA author Brian Yansky's letter to himself.



And today it's me! :)



I...um...I'm actually really proud of how it turned out. I started out writing something really silly and cutesy, but then I scraped that and wrote the truth, and it turned out much better.

I love a man who loves grammar.

Bookanista Feature: Laini Taylor's LIPS TOUCH: THREE TIMES

The Bookanistas are a group of writers - in various stages of the publishing process – who have decided to band together and review the special books of our peers.  No negative reviews here! We post every Thursday and cover various topics– upcoming ARCs, books we love, special diamonds in the rough, classics, and even cover reviews.

Here is a list of the Bookanistas: Christina Fonseca, Jamie Harrington, Michelle Hodkin, Kirsten Hubbard, Shelli Johannes-Wells, Myra McEntire, Shannon...

Interview up!

Aerin at In Search of Giants interviewed me! Clicky here to find out who my favorite New Kid on the Block was. (Hint: it was Jordan, obviously. )