Anna Staniszewski » Awards http://www.annastan.com Author of Books for Children and Young Adults Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:42:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Debating the Happy Ending http://www.annastan.com/2010/02/debating-the-happy-ending/ http://www.annastan.com/2010/02/debating-the-happy-ending/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:27:37 +0000 annastan http://www.annastan.com/?p=1767 If you have a minute, stop by Beth Revis’s Writing It Out today to check out my guest post: “Are We Ruled by Happy Endings?” As much as I enjoy happy endings, I’ve been wondering about the pressure they put on writers to wrap things up in a big bow. Come on over and chime in with your thoughts!

In other news, big thanks to Karen Strong and Laura Pauling for passing on the Over the Top award to me! I hope no one minds if I cheat a bit and answer the questions and pass on the award another day. I’m taking advantage of today’s snow day and attempting to get some writing done!

]]> http://www.annastan.com/2010/02/debating-the-happy-ending/feed/ 7 Blog Awards! http://www.annastan.com/2010/01/blog-awards/ http://www.annastan.com/2010/01/blog-awards/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:14:30 +0000 annastan http://www.annastan.com/?p=1669 I’m veering from my regular blogging schedule for a fun announcement. This past week, the lovely Heather from Edited to Within an Inch of my Life gave my blog the Silver Lining Award. Thanks Heather! Now it’s my turn to pick five favorite blogs  and bestow this award on them. Decisions, decisions! All right, I choose:

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1. Nelsa Roberto’s Out of the Wordwork

2. Andrea Vlahakis’s Up the Attic Stairs

3. Caroline Starr Rose’s Caroline by Line

4. Karen B. Schwartz’s writing blog

5. Karen Strong’s Musings of a Novelista

Thank you to all five blogs for inspiring me, making me laugh, and making me think!

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