Tomorrow, the YA Chicks with the help of many, many other writers of young adult, new adult and middle-grade fiction, are launching the #ReadorWriteAnywhere campaign. The full list of participating authors and prizes and info on participation are up on their blog. In short you can participate by: -stopping by the YA Chicks blog tomorrowContinue reading “Lead up to #ReadorWriteAnywhere”
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Virtual Confetti!
Throwing virtual confetti here today in celebration of two clients up for the Scribe Award for Best Original Novel – Speculative: David Mack for Star Trek: DISAVOWED and Keith R.A. DeCandido for Sleepy Hollow: CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION! For those who don’t know, the Scribe Awards are given out by The International Association of MediaContinue reading “Virtual Confetti!”
This is how you do it, Baby!
In case you haven’t heard about #ReadorWriteAnywhere, it’s a great campaign started by the YA Chicks to encourage reading and writing specifically for (but not limited to) teens over the summer. On May 22nd, many young adult and middle-grade authors will be posting pictures of themselves writing anywhere with clues for viewers to guess whereContinue reading “This is how you do it, Baby!”
New releases
You know those awesome birthday celebrations that last a full week? Well, Ramez Naam’s book APEX comes by it naturally! Last week marked the digital release. Today it’s out in print! So yet another happy book birthday to Ramez Naam for APEX, which Amazon has declared a Best Book of the Month! Next week’s excitementContinue reading “New releases”
APEX by Ramez Naam
If you follow me on Twitter, you may be over hearing me crow about Ramez Naam’s fabulous, award-winning sf thrillers NEXUS, CRUX and, now, APEX. But if you’ve read the books…ah, that’s a different story! You’ve probably already begun proselytizing yourself! APEX, the epic conclusion to the series is out today in digital and oneContinue reading “APEX by Ramez Naam”
#ReadorWriteAnywhere
The fabulous YA Chicks— ViviBarnes, Christina Farley, and Amy Christine Parker—along with “guest co-creators” me, Peggy Jackson, and Tara Gallina, are putting together a really exciting global campaign launching on May 22, 2015, to encourage readers, writers, students, and teachers to share pictures all of the places—both ordinary and extraordinary—where they are reading and writing. This is openContinue reading “#ReadorWriteAnywhere”
Book and Library Themed Books!
It’s probably clear enough that as a literary agent and writer, I’m crazy about books. I’m guessing that if you’re following me here or on Twitter or elsewhere, that you are as well, making you all absolutely brilliant and tasteful and MY KIND OF PEOPLE! Thus, I thought you might be interested in this spateContinue reading “Book and Library Themed Books!”
Happy book birthday to Diana Pharah Francis!
First on my “To Do” list for the day is shout from the rooftops that EDGE OF DREAMS, the second novel in Diana Pharaoh Francis’s Diamond City Magic novels, is out! This series has such a unique setting and magic system that, well, I think you should check it out for yourself. Different and exciting,Continue reading “Happy book birthday to Diana Pharah Francis!”
Blogging and Books
I know, I know, I missed blogging all last week. Apparently, it is possible to shut me up. It just takes a horrible sinus infection and a bout with pink eye to do the trick. After a week of antibiotics and ointment, it’s now possible for me to climb stairs without dizziness, breath out ofContinue reading “Blogging and Books”
New Releases and Lake County BookFest!
Last week was an abridged one for me, since I left mid-afternoon on Thursday for the wonderful Lake County Library System’s BookFest. This year’s theme? Dreams & Nightmares. I’ll post a bit about that below, but since Tuesday is new release day, I’m very excited to blog about one new release from last Tuesday andContinue reading “New Releases and Lake County BookFest!”
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