Meagan Spooner's Blog, page 137
September 4, 2014
On Illegal Book Downloads
Question via my contact form on my website:
Lisa G. asked: How do you not lose your cool entirely when you see your book being downloaded for free? All that hard work for nothing, I’d freak out
Sadly, every single traditionally published author has had to go through the experience of seeing links and torrents to free downloads of their books. It’s kind of a rite of passage, really.
At first, my blood boiled every time. The very first one I saw, for my debut novelSkylark, made me cry....
September 3, 2014
I AM BASICALLY OKAY WITH ANYTHING THAT HAS MATT BOMER’S...
I AM BASICALLY OKAY WITH ANYTHING THAT HAS MATT BOMER’S PICTURE ON IT.
Oh, I guess it’s also cool that this is for my book and all that… right.
andreafluff:
instadayum:
kamikaze95:
nowyoukno:
Remember IT...
Remember IT IS NOT A WOMAN’S RESPONSIBILITY TO PREVENT RAPE. In the world we live in, however, women should be empowered with any tools in order to protect themselves.Sourcefor more facts followNowYouKno
:-))
i think the best but also saddest thing about this is that MEN created this product to protect women from MEN
Preach.
September 2, 2014
naturallysteph:
TUESDAY BLOG: I’m giving away signed copies of...
TUESDAY BLOG: I’m giving away signed copies of *TWO* Kiersten White books—an advance copy ofIllusions of Fate and a hardcover of In the Shadows. Enter to win here on my blog. Giveaway open internationally.
Illusions of Fate will be released on September 9th. It’s the swooniest fantasy novel I’ve read this year, and I blurbed the heeeeeeck out of it:
“Illusions of Fate is an absolute delight—a magical, sparkling, dangerous world with witty repartee and a romance that will light yo...
weneeddiversebooks:
Read This: Gene Luen Yang’s rousing comics...
Read This: Gene Luen Yang’s rousing comics speech at the 2014 National Book Festival galaFrom the Washington Post, article here.
GENE LUEN YANG, Library of Congress, Jefferson Building:
Good evening. Thank you, Library of Congress and National Book Festival, for inviting me to share the stage with such esteemed authors, and to speak with all of you. I am deeply grateful for this honor.
I’m a comic-book guy, so tonight I’d like to talk about another comic book guy. Dwayne McDuf...
katzhangwriter:
Echoes of Us releases in TWO WEEKS (Sept 16th),...
Echoes of Us releases in TWO WEEKS (Sept 16th), and you can now read a good chunk of it online as part of Harper’s sampler :D Check it out!
http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062114938/echoes-of-us/web-sampler
(P.S. In case you’re a Hybrid Chronicles newbie, Echoes of Us is a book 3, so you might want to check out What’s Left of Me and Once We Were first!)
mermaidskey:
nevada-verbena:
Self-taught chef Rhiannon over...
Self-taught chef Rhiannon over atCakecrumbshas been working on a fun series of planetary cakes that are designed to be scientifically accurate with different types of cake representing various layers within Earth and Jupiter.
Her cake game is strong.
mindymcginnis:
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tatterhood:
Save the viking...
Johanna Thorvaldsdóttir’s Icelandic goat farm (Háafell) is facing foreclosure in September, resulting in the entire goat flock being butchered - unless enough funds are raised to save it!
There are less than 820 Icelandic goats in the entire world - they are an endangered species. Almost half of them will be lost if this farm is not saved. I visited Háafell 2 years ago and every goat I draw is rooted in this place. Any li...
