L.J. Singleton's Blog, page 14

Boys do read -- here's proof!

http://beckylevine.com/2009/10/29/if-you-write-it-eoin-colfer-and-another-thing-more/

Read about an Eoin Colfer event. I liked the part where Eoin says he admired Douglas Addams (HITCHHIKER GALAXY books) as a teen and now he's the author chosen to continue the popular series.

I had something like that happen to me, too (minus the fame and fortune part).

When I was a teen, I admired the author Margaret Sutton, who wrote 38 Judy Bolton mysteries between 1932-1967, and we became pen pals then event...

To see me in a Halloween costume as a kid...

Want to know what I did with my Halloween candy and how how weird I was as a kid (yeah, I know I still am) click here:
http://www.jerismithready.com/blog/2009/10/blogtoberfest-day-11-linda-joy.html

How I sold to Flux and future projects....

These are just two of the questions I answer in an interview from a Flux employee who blogs:
http://www.weronikajanczuk.com/2009/10/interview-author-linda-joy-singleton.html

Haunting Halloween!

This is MY month. Always has and I still get an excited thrill when I write down October for the month.

My best friend and I share birthdays near Halloween. We always celebrated together and continue a
very close friendship. One year we were part of a Halloween birthday toilet-paper wrapping kidnapping
for a friend and a group us ended up at an ice cream parlour. Often we'd secretly plan gifts for each
other only to find out we were giving almost the same gifts to each other.

October has also been...

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A GHOST contest

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A GHOST?

 

THE GHOST STORY WRITING CONTEST for young authors!

Have you ever seen a ghost? Write a story about your real or imaginary ghost encounter in 400 words or less. Make it exciting, scary, strange – and have fun!

Submit your entry to: ghoststorycontest@gmail.com, stating that this is your original writing and that you have permission from your parents/guardian to enter and share your work on these authors’ blogs/web sites. Contest ends on October 31. First place &amp...

Writing Goes On....

Writing I've been doing.....

SEER #6, MAGICIAN"S MUSE, has been edited and sent back to my editor. YAY! (Hope he likes...loves!...it)

I added a 3rd part to my short story, SABINE MEETS DEAD GIRL here.

Back to working on the SEER spinoff starring Goth Girl Thorn, daughter of a minister with five siblings and a new move to a small conservative remote Nevada town. Thorn is a Finder, skilled in Psychometry, and in this book she'll solve a mystery of two missing girls plus meet a mysterious school vi...

Is Cursive Writing Becoming Extinct?

I heard recently that teachers won't be teaching cursive writing anymore.  I don't know if this is true or maybe it's in just some schools, but it's led to some interesting conversations in my family. With cyber-everythings, communication is a finger-touch away and writing letters is going the way of dinosaurs.

When was the last time you actually wrote a letter? Even a post card? And sent it through snail-mail? I sent some thank-you's recently but otherwise it's rare that I write a letter...

Dino Snack

My hubby David and I had a fun trip to the beach
and stopped to visit some dinosaurs on the way.

  

lindajsingleton @ 2009-09-15T07:07:00

Some advice I gave a young writer who is conflicted with finding time for writing while going to college:

 You can't write if you don't also live your life and gain new experiences; meeting new people, learning about your emotions and others, and making some mistakes on the way. Through mistakes comes the deepest knowledge. And then through forgiveness, sometimes of yourself, comes a connection to humanity -- and inspiration for writing.
 
Go forth and live in words.

Book to Movie Surprise

Last weekend I read a YA book called DERBY GIRL by Shauna Cross. My BFF and I went to see roller derby when we were kids and she longed to put on skates and smack down as a roller derby girl. So I was curious about this book and felt the action, characters, setting were done well. I like the heroine's name Bliss and the plot of her over-bearing mother who pushed her to enter pageants. Bliss was kind of a bad-girl heroine, breaking rules and sneaking out to party. She was likeable, too, especi...