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Three Times A Charm with Beth Overmyer

Welcome to Three Times A Charm. I love meeting new authors, illustrators, bloggers, agents, editors or promoters from the children’s publishing industry and sharing their careers with my readers.
Today’s guest is children’s author, Beth Overmyer. Welcome to Strands of Thought, Beth! Can you tell us a little about you, please?
Beth Overmyer is a stay-at-home writer and a slave to The Cat. She mainly writes middle grade, but also is trying to branch into young adult and some new adult fiction. (H...

Three Times A Charm with Brian Barnett

Welcome to Three Times A Charm. I love meeting new authors, illustrators, bloggers, agents, editors or promoters from the children’s publishing industry and sharing their careers with my readers.
Today’s guest is children’s author, Brian Barnett. Welcome to Strands of Thought! Can you tell us a little about you, please?
My name is Brian Barnett.  I live in Frankfort, Kentucky with my wife, Stephanie, and my two (soon to be three) children.
Congratulations on your growing family! Brian, I u...

Three Times A Charm with Katie L Carroll

Welcome to Three Times A Charm. I love meeting new authors, illustrators, bloggers, agents, editors or promoters from the children’s publishing industry and sharing their careers with my readers.

Today’s guest is young adult author, Katie Carroll. Katie is visiting as part of her blog tour to announce the paperback version of her book! Welcome to Strands of Thought, Katie. Tell us a little about you, please.
I’m a mom, author of books for teens and kids, and editor (in that order!). My journey...

Back to School Blog Hop

The Back to School Blog Hop is hosted by We <3 Middle Grade Books. If you love middle grade books, join us over on Facebook to recommend books, talk about books you are reading, be the first to hear about new middle grade releases and cyber stalk favorite middle grade authors.

First Day Back:

I was always so nervous on the first day of school. I would pick out my first day outfit and have it laid out and ready. I'd check to make sure my alarm clock was on a million times before I went to bed...

Three Times A Charm with Mary Waibel

Welcome to Three Times A Charm. I love meeting new authors, illustrators, bloggers, agents, editors or promoters from the children’s publishing industry and sharing their careers with my readers.
Today’s guest is young adult author, Mary Waibel. Welcome to Strands of Thought, Mary. Tell us a little about you, please.
I live in upstate New York with my husband and son. I'm the youngest of four children and the only girl.
I love reading, and am often found with my nose in a book (or tablet) when I...

Let's Celebrate! King of Bad is WCP's #1 Bestseller!

As Jeff Mean would say, "Holy crap, Batman!"

My publisher, Whiskey Creek Press, was kind enough to inform me that King of Bad: Super Villain Academy Book 1 is their #1 Bestseller! A lot goes through one's mind when they learn such a thing about their book. Not one thing was coherent.

I'm super...

thankful
excited
blown away
encouraged
and STOKED

To say THANK YOU to everyone who has or will buy a copy or three of my book, I'm going to give away a cool gift. (Sorry, has to be U.S. shipping address only...

Building Character with Richard "Tex" McKenna from Tex, and the Gangs of Suburbia

Welcome to my blog feature, Building Character in which you get to meet a character from a book. Talking to a character outside of their book is fun! Huge. Amounts. Of fun. 
This week Strands of Thought is host to Tex McKenna from Tex, and the Gangs of Suburbia. Welcome to Strands of Thought, Tex. Tell us a little about yourself and what your life is like.
Hey, um, I’m Richard “Tex” McKenna. Boy witch. Now, what are we doing here again? I hope no one’s gonna’ read this. I’d like to keep m...

Building Character with Selena and Jordan from No More Goddesses

Welcome to my blog feature, Building Character in which you get to meet a character from a book. Talking to a character outside of their book is fun! Huge. Amounts. Of fun. 
This week Strands of Thought is host to Selena and Jordan from No More Goddesses. Welcome to Strands of Thought girls. Tell us a little about yourselves and what your life is like.
Hi, I’m going to start as Jordan is being all shy and everything. 
“Don’t roll your eyes at me chica!  You know it’s true.”
Sighs...

Goodreads 2013 Summer Reads - Need Your Votes Please

Both of my summer releases have been added to the Goodreads 2013 Summer Reads list. Please hop on over and cast a vote to help them climb the chart. Let everyone know they should add these books to their to-read shelf. Thanks for your help!

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Blog Readers - Who uses them?

Who uses blog readers? Since Google got rid of Google Reader, my blog views have slacked off and I admit I haven't been working to hard to pull anyone back again. I think I've finally found the time to concentrate on my blog readership again.

I've decided to give Bloglovin a try. Anyone out there use it? Like it? Or is it meh? Or what do you use and why?

Well, now you can Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Well, you could before too, but now I'm going to suggest that you do just that.