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Why Do I Write Fiction For Teens?

Today I'm talking about why I write YA fiction over at The Eagle's Aerial Perspective.
And Trisha at W O R D + S T U F F (who's giving Eagle a wary look up there!) is posting a book review of GUARDIAN. Thanks, Trisha! Can't wait to read it! *UPDATE: Ohmygosh, Trisha's review is the kind you print out and keep nearby and reread when you're having down days, 'cause it just makes me so happy :-)
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Giveaways currently happening at:
Rachel Morgan WritesSome Like It Paranormal

Kick-Ass Heroines & Some Creepy Hollow Characters

Today I'm visiting Some Like It Paranormal to talk about heroines that can kick villain-butt instead of waiting around for some guy to kick it for them (and there's a giveaway!).
Vi and Nate get to introduce themselves over at Abby Minard's blog.
And Madeleine Maddocks is doing a book review at Scribble and Edit.
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Giveaways currently happening at:
Rachel Morgan WritesSome Like It Paranormal

When Your Dream Goes Off On A Tangent (Without Your Permission)

Here's what's happening today:

When your dream goes off on a tangent and you're all like, "Hey! Dude. I'm over here! Get back!" And your dream is like, "Whatevs, man. I'm going this way. Meet you there." And after having a mini tantrum you realize your dream is having fun without you, so you give in and follow it off into the happy tangent sunset. Yeah. So that's what I'm talking about over at Sarah Pearson's Empty White Pages for the Insecure Writer's Support Group today!
And Cherie Reich is...

I'm On Video!

Kicking off the blog tour awesomeness we have Cally, Misha and Soumi!


Okay, so I got really brave and decided to do a VIDEO interview today for Cally Jackson Writes. Scary!
 I'm also talking about YA Stereotypes over at Misha Gericke's My First Book.
 And Soumi at Pages From My Thoughts is posting a review of GUARDIAN.
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I want to say another MAJOR THANK YOU to everyone who posted about GUARDIAN on their blogs yesterday. It was loads of fun visiting all of you and seeing my pretty cover gett...

Second Campaigner Challenge: 5 Prompts, 5 Sentences

Despite the fact that I want to literally jump up and down with crazy excited happiness over the fact that my series is lauching TODAY (insert multitudes of !!), I managed to force myself to sit still for long enough to type an entry for this awesomely challenging challenge.
(PS - if you visit my LAUNCH POST you can WIN STUFF!) <--- please, please visit my launch post!

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Okay, so I used one or two elements from each of the five prompts to create a five-sentence flash fiction piece of under...

Guardian (Creepy Hollow #1) Is NOW AVAILABLE!

The Creepy Hollow novelette series launches today!!!
The first book, GUARDIAN, is now available. Squeeee!!!
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Thank you so, so, so much to all these wonderful people who are posting about the launch of GUARDIAN on their blogs today:

Abby Minard | Alex Cavanaugh | Brooke Busse | Carrie Butler | Cherie Reich |
Colene Murphy | Damyanti | Jennifer Messerschmidt | Jessica Bell | Jessica Therrien | Joshua
Kittie Howard | Laura Josephsen | Michael Di Gessu | Misha Gericke | Rebecca Enzor
Sarah...

The Awesomeness of March

2012 has been quite a year so far for launching fellow bloggers' books:

We had Cherie Reich with DEFYING GRAVITY.
Then came Laura Josephsen with RISING BOOK 1: RESISTANCE.
After that, on the same day, Jessica Therrien released OPPRESSION and Alex J Cavanaugh released CASSAFIRE.

And now that March is here . . . IT'S MY TURN!


Starting off the celebrations early is Michael over at In Time... who posted a gorgeous review of GUARDIAN. Thanks, Michael!

Monday the 5th of March is officially release day ...

Book Review: Oppression, by Jessica Therrien

Elyse knows what it means to keep a secret. She's been keeping secrets her whole life. Two, actually. First, that she ages five times slower than the average person, so that while she looks eighteen years old, she's closer to eighty. Second, that her blood has a mysterious power to heal. 
For Elyse, these things don't make her special. They make life dangerous. After the death of her parents, she's been careful to keep her secret as closely guarded as possible. Now, only one other person in...

Virtual Launch Party for Jessica Therrien's Oppression!

Crack open the champage, people, it's time to partaaaaay!
Jessica said we'd have to imagine her doing her happy dance, but I dared her to post a video today so we can actually see her happy dance. You'll have to check out her blog to see if she was brave enough to do that ;-)

Oppression(Children of the Gods #1)
There are others like her. Many of them. And they have been waiting for her ...for a long time.
Elyse knows what it means to keep a secret. She's been keeping secrets her whole life...

Favorite Book Quotes

I've been lurking around Goodreads a lot lately. I love seeing what other people are reading, discovering new books, checking how many people have added Guardian to their to-read list, finding new people to connect with, and "liking" my favorite quotes.

Then one day I was like, Hey. I have a book on Goodreads. I should add quotes from Guardian too! So I did. And if you're at all interested in checking them out, you can find them here ---> Quotes from Guardian.


Most of my fave quotes from other ...