Anne-isms: The Dowling family on respect for the deceased.
You can read the rest of the August edition of RT Magazine here.
Today we met Sarah J Maas, Kat Zhang, Susan Dennard and Erin Bowman at the Young Authors Give Back Tour at Anderson’s in Naperville!
It was awesome! They told us they liked our hairdos, that “Iza and Ola” sounds like an awesome band name, and that they can’t believe we are 10 years apart. Fun times :)
for the love of language: Cover Reveal for 'Avalon', by Mindee Arnett
Cover reveal took place over at Epic Reads.
Avalon
by Mindee Arnett
Release date: January 21, 2014
Jeth Seagrave is the leader of the Malleus Shades, the galaxy’s most accomplished and elusive band of teenage mercenaries. Working for feared crime boss Hammer Defoe, Jeth and…
kara taylor writes stuff: To My Future Readers
I wrote a book. Some people have already been able to read it, because they are librarians or reviewers or simply have genie powers to read books that are not out yet. Some of these people have tweeted at me or emailed me to tell me they enjoyed my book.
To these people, I say:
But let’s be…
FALSE MEMORY by Dan Krokos is on sale for just $2.99!
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Anne-isms: Anne Dowling on making friends with Bostonians
The Little Bookworm: Prep School Confidential by Kara Taylor
“Here’s what I learned. 1. Don’t read murder mysteries before bed even if they are YA and you think you are safe. Sometimes they are creepier than you think.”
Love!
New Deal Announcement!
Congratulate Kathleen Ortiz and Victoria Aveyard!
Anne-isms: Anne Dowling on basic cleanliness and room upkeep
That Time I Joined The Circus Playlist, continued
Chapter 16: If Only
“It’s about getting out of a rut, you need luck
But you’re stuck and you don’t know how”
The Pet Shop Boys, “Love Etc.”
WordCircus: Who's Counting?
A bracelet to track your life. It sounds like a terrible idea to me for a number of reasons. First, there’s the whole “quantified” element: anything that adds more math to my life is automatically suspect. Second, it could just be my overactive imagination, but after reading the article I immediately pictured a dystopian future government jamming one of those things on my wrist, administering nudges in the form of electric shocks every time I tried to eat butter…
Camp NaNoWriMo is gearing up for July, and many of you are already hard at work storming up ideas. Are you ambitiously planning on writing a trilogy, perhaps? Well, Susan Dennard published her debut young adult novel Something Strange and Deadly, the first in an intriguing trilogy blending historical fiction, horror, romance, and mystery, and on July 23, the sequel, A Darkness Strange and Lovely, will hit shelves. Read on to learn how Susan used three years of NaNoWriMo to master her trilogy:
How did NaNoWriMo help you draft your novels?
It’s so easy to put writing off—even for books on deadline—but there’s something about knowing that I’ll start on x-date, work like a madwoman until x-date, and then finish with 50K that really helps me hunker down. I also think the sheer insanity and support that other writers bring to the whole NaNo-experience really helps keep me motivated, even after that first week when my productivity always wants to flag.
How has your NaNo experience been different each year you wrote a book in your trilogy?
A DAWN MOST WICKED by Susan Dennard
5 out of 5 stars.
Daniel Sheridan is an engineer’s apprentice on a haunted Mississippi steamer known as the Sadie Queen. His best friend–the apprentice pilot, Cassidy Cochran–also happens to be the girl he’s pining for…and the captain’s daughter. But when it looks like the Sadie Queen might get taken off the river, Daniel and Cassidy have to do whatever they can to stop the ghosts that plague the ship.
Fortunately, there happens to be a Creole gentleman on board by the name of Joseph Boyer-–and he just might be able to help them.
