It’s time to announce the winner of the Oct-Dec Debut Giveaway! And the winner is: Dani Nyugen! Thanks to everyone who entered my debut giveaways in 2011. I can’t believe how many great books were released into the wild! Speaking of great reads, I’ve had really good luck with books recently. Here are some of [...]
It feels like I’m all over the interwebs today! I have my first ever post up at YA Outside the Lines in which I talk about my 2012 writing goal, mainly my quest to Just Write. And I’m also talking about my love of “light fantasy” over at the Enchanted Inkpot. Stop by and share [...]
[One last reminder about two upcoming events: I'll be at B&N in Burlington, Mass. tonight at 7pm, and I'll be at the Ames Free Library in Easton, Mass. tomorrow at 2pm. Come for the books; stay for the origami, mini-golf, and cookies!] A while back I blogged about Unearthly by Cynthia Hand and how it [...]
If you have a minute, swing by Stephanie Theban’s blog where I talk writing, fairy tales, and Goodreads. And after that, stop by Audrey Vernick’s “Literary Friendships” blog where I reveal which children’s book character I wish had lived next door to younger me. I haven’t had too much time for reading in recent weeks, [...]
1. Snow! That’s right, we had snow last night. And we’re supposed to have a snow storm on Saturday. New England might be known for its unpredictable weather, but since when does October = winter? 2. Halloween! We have two parties this weekend, so the husband and I have been busily getting our costumes together. [...]
Just a reminder that you still have a week to enter to win a personalized ARC of My Very UnFairy Tale Life. And I’m also giving away two signed copies of the book on Goodreads. Last week, I read a great book called Fracture by Megan Miranda (thanks to NetGalley). The story was fascinating and [...]
I’ve been resisting the e-reader trend for a while now for a couple reasons: I love paper books (especially the way they smell) and I’ve been hesitant about getting an e-reader when they’re supposedly causing the death of publishing. But after reading Beth Revis’s post a while back about how having an e-reader has helped [...]
I’ve had great luck with books recently, so I wanted to share some of the things I’ve been reading. Unearthly by Cynthia Hand This book absolutely sucked me in. The writing was lovely and the characters felt like real people. There was a mystery that began on page one and kept me guessing until the [...]
As I’ve been working on a new tween project, one thing that’s been really tripping me up is scene/chapter endings. This story isn’t quite as plot-driven as some of my other projects, so the chapter endings need to rely more on internal than external tension. I’ve found that this approach has led me to some [...]
I was in a reading slump a few weeks ago, so it was a pleasure to come across a couple of books that sucked me in and didn’t let me go until the last page. The first was Orchards by Holly Thompson. My friend Sarah insisted I read it, so without knowing much about the [...]
