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Interview with the Author: BLOGGER GIRL’s Meredith Schorr (interview/review)

Author, Meredith Schorr.

Today, our writer guest is Meredith Schorr, author of JUST FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS, STATE OF JANE, and her latest novel BLOGGER GIRL. We were fortunate to get a little time to interview Meredith about her new release.

The Outside Lane: Kimberly Long, the main character of BLOGGER GIRL, is relatable and beleaguered. What is the challenge in taking an ordinarygirland making her extraordinarily readable?

Meredith Schorr: My brand is “chick lit for real chicks” and so common t...

Niche Markets and Nice Surprises

Very nice reviews over at Ai Love Books andSapphyria’s Book Reviewstoday. Also on Sapphyria’s blog, you can read up about my propensity to pretend I am smarter than I actually am. Not that you haven’t already experienced this yourselves.

So, my book cover is a nice, strawberry ice-cream pink, with tiaras in the title and hanging off the title itself, and the back cover says pageant, pageant, pageant–I knew going in that this would be off-putting to hundreds of thousands of people, and it is ex...

Happy Little Reviews and Problem Children

There is a happy little review of Tiara Trouble over on Brooke Blog’s today. I’m glad she’s looking forward to the next installment! So am I. Now, if it would only cooperate, we could all be happy.

I’ve rewritten the first half of the book five times now. I’m on the sixth iteration of it. Each time I think, “This one is it!” So far, I’ve been wrong. Outside of making the plot iron out properly, I am very worried that the next one won’t be funny at all. I’m afraid I used up all my pageant humor...

Women Worth Knowing: Meet Suzanne

Suzanne is one of the first GAWBs I met–and well met, too, as she’s a co-founder–and everything about her makes me happy. She is a sheer delight. She was one of the Beta readers for TIARA TROUBLE, and I certainly appreciated her help. When you finish reading this little introduction to her, please pop over to THOUGHTS IN PROGRESSfor a review, and to Storm Goddess Book Reviewsfor a review and an excerpt. But first! Meet Suzanne.

She’s just so cute!!

Name: Suzanne D’Aunoy Meehle

Age: 46

Job Title:...

Hallelujah! Miss Universe is This Saturday!

In case you missed it, you can listen to my interview on Amy Beth Arkawy’s blogtalk radio show any time you feel like it. Just let our dulcet tones delight you. Click here. I did my best to be charming, interesting, and not sound too much like I come from the Sticks.

Today, the Tiara Trouble blog tour continues at My Devotional Thoughts, where you will find a review, a guest post, and a giveaway. You know, I queue these blog entries up the night before, so I have no idea what the reviews are l...

Interview with the Author: Amy Beth Arkawy on Dead Silent

There is a lot going on today! First, please visit FUOnlyKnew.comfor a Ramblin’ review from Laura of TIARA TROUBLE–be sure to browse her blog because she’s got a litany of great books listed. An amazing review that made me fly around the living room (because this is the review I’ve been sweating!) is up on Chick Lit Plus. I was out of touch this weekend, helping my mom, so I wasn’t able to post about the 4-Star review and giveaway over on Books ‘n Kisses. Please visit them today, too, because...

30 Days of Thankfulness

Doesn’t really seem like enough time, does it? My month is about to get really crazy, so I’m going to 30 Day It right here, right now. And here we go:

Of course I am thankful for my family and my friends
and their health
and happiness
I am thankful that B and I have good jobs,
and are able to live in a district where Thor goes to an excellent school
and that we are able to live in a sweet, little house
and that our cars are paid for, and both of them still run (!)
I am thankful that my son loves to r...

Help! No, Don’t. Help! No, really, I Got This. Help!

A new review is up on A Chick Who Reads, today. Four Flowers! I love the background design on that site.

I hope you all had happy Halloweens. We only had two visitors to our door, and that was disappointing, but it worked out well for those kids. They got gobs of candy.

This morning, I had a sweet note from my aunt, who is coming up to visit with my mom. My cousins, my uncle, my friends–everyone who cares–has been offering support, thoughts, and prayers. I really appreciate that. You have no id...

You Dislike Me, You Really Dislike Me!

Well, it can’t all be sunshine and roses, can it? After a dozen excellent-to-very good reviews, today brought the first bad one. Lucky number 13? I’m not quite masochistic enough to link you to it, though it should be pretty easy to find if you are interested. In short, the reader simply did not like the style of the book [it made her scream], did not enjoy Destinee’s voice [and by, "did not enjoy," I mean, "hated like fire"], and thought my sentences were too long.

I’ve wondered how the first...

What does domestic violence have to do with this blog? Everything

Reblogged from Fit and Feminist:

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but because it happens to share the same span of 31 days as the much more high-profile Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the subject doesn't get nearly as much attention. Is it because it's easier for people in our society to talk about women's boobs than women's black eyes? Perhaps. (I do have to admit that this collection of…

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