Posted Mar 29 2012 in fiction, Lucky Seven, social networking
Claire Legrand, author of The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls (August, 2012), started a game of author tag. Here are the rules: If you’re tagged, you have to do the following: Go to page 7 or 77 in your current manuscript Go to line 7 Copy down the next seven lines/sentences as they are […]
Read More...Posted Feb 23 2012 in book club, Book Hungry, fiction, teens, What I'm Reading, YA
This month, Bookhungry chose Veronica Roth’s DIVERGENT four – er, I mean for our discussion. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, the first in a series I’m enormously excited to finish. Before my review, let me first summarize the plot. Beatrice Prior is sixteen years old. She and her brother, Caleb, are just eleven months apart, […]
Read More...Posted Feb 8 2012 in author, fiction, Miscellany, Patty Blount
I’m anxiously waiting for Sourcebooks’ creative folks to send me cover art so I can share it with you. Should be any time now. I saw a great cover reveal today. Carrie Harris revealed Bad Hair Day by asking for pictures of – you guessed it – bad hair. I thought it might be fun to […]
Read More...Posted Jan 26 2012 in Book Hungry, fiction, Patty Blount, What I'm Reading
This month, Book Hungry reviewed John Green’s An Abundance of Katherines. I picked up a copy from my library and I have to admit, the cover turned me off. Here’s why: MATH! This is why I’m a writer, people. I loathe math. But I have to admit, this was a unique story with some truly […]
Read More...Posted Dec 31 2011 in 2012, author, fiction, Patty Blount, Stereotypes in Fiction, trends, YA
With just days left in the 2011 calendar, many of us use this time to plan for the coming year. We make resolutions. We declutter and organize closets, desks, and offices. We buy clothes. We start diets or exercise plans. It’s a time when our hope is renewed. For me, this is a time of […]
Read More...Posted Nov 10 2011 in author, book deal, fiction, Patty Blount, Sourcebooks, YA
Many years ago, after a particularly bad day, I cried to my mother that my life sucked. Her reply? “Go write yourself a life.” And I did. I began a novel called Postpartum Deception after that conversation. It never sold, but it showed me I had what it takes to conceive and finish a novel. […]
Read More...Posted Nov 8 2011 in author, characterization, fiction, Patty Blount, Stereotypes in Fiction, YA
One of my coworkers shared a link with us that led to an interesting video ‘experiment’ – actually an advertisement for a beer, but nevertheless interesting. The video shows a small theater in which all but two of the 150 seats were filled with rough-looking, tattoo’d, muscle-bound biker guys. Theater managers then sold the last […]
Read More...Posted Oct 30 2011 in fiction
There are good things happening… so good, I can’t wait to share. But I have to wait just a few days longer. Promise you’ll come back for the big reveal? ‘kay. Bye.
Read More...Posted Oct 21 2011 in fiction
Uber-agent Janet Reid frequently runs these writing contests on her blog that I enjoy. Today, the challenge is to write a Halloween horror story using the following words: UNFORSAKEN DEADLY WITCH GHOST DECAY SLAY I provided the link and urge you to enter, NOT because the prizes are great (oh, they are) but because the […]
Read More...Posted Oct 20 2011 in book club, Book Hungry, chocolate, Compelling Stories, dessert, fiction, Patty Blount, romance, sex, What I'm Reading
This month, Book Hungry reviewed my pick, a contemporary romance called Sweet As Sin, written by Inez Kelley. I’d first read (and posted a review of) this book last winter. I love this story so much, I conned the rest of my Book Hungry sisters into making it this month’s pick AND invited Ms. Kelley to […]
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