Back from the Romantic Times Convention in New Orleans this past weekend, which was wonderful, amazing, inspiring, exhausting, exhilarating and just incredible. I got to spend quality time with so many friends and make new ones. Business meetings should always be conducted over beignets. Always. I hope to post more pics, etc. on this tomorrow,Continue reading “The Romantic Times Conference and Convention Survival Tips”
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Wishes and Congrats!
A few things I’m really excited about today. One is wishing J. Kathleen Cheney HUGE congratulations for finaling in the Locus Award for Best First novel for her wonderful fantasy THE GOLDEN CITY (to be followed July 1st by the sequel, THE SEAT OF MAGIC). Such a worthy book in such prestigious company! Continue reading “Wishes and Congrats!”
New Rebels Vid, New Release!
Yesterday, Amy Christine Parker did a wonderful YA Rebels vlog about A Day in the Life of a Full-time Writer. Too funny and waaaayyyy too accurate. For your viewing pleasure: A really fun, wonderful new book released yesterday – THE KLINGON ART OF WAR! Please join me in wishing Keith R.A. DeCandido a happyContinue reading “New Rebels Vid, New Release!”
Fangirling
Do you think authors and agents are born cool? Oh no, we have many embarrassing moments before we harness the powers of our inner geek girls (and guys). For YA Rebels this week, Amy Christine Parker and I talk about our best/worst fangirl moments.
Giveaways and Chats and other Goodness
Tonight, the place to be is the Angry Robot live chat with Ramez Naam, among others. Just look at this line up here! It’s happening at 8:30 p.m. EDT, so I’m a little late posting, but it’s been so busy today that I never even got my second cup of coffee. For those of youContinue reading “Giveaways and Chats and other Goodness”
Rebel Reads
Amy and I are back at it…check out our latest Rebel Reads! (And yes, I did have to reread and paraphrase the back cover copy for UNWIND by Neal Shusterman, determining after several takes that it’s a darn hard book to talk about, given the issues involved, but excessively well worth reading. Also, it’s aContinue reading “Rebel Reads”
London Book Fair
How was the London Book Fair, you ask? I have your answer right here!
THE WOLF SIREN by Karen Whiddon
Since I started yesterday’s post with a note about how Lynn Flewelling and I met, I thought I’d start today off with the same about Karen Whiddon. Karen and I met years ago at a writing conference, which ties in perfectly with the piece I did for our recent Knight Agency newsletter. (I believe itContinue reading “THE WOLF SIREN by Karen Whiddon”
SHARDS OF TIME by Lynn Flewelling
As mentioned, I have three great new releases out this week ( THE WOLF SIREN by Karen Whiddon and TEACH ME A LESSON by Jasmine Haynes in addition to Lynn Flewelling’s novel below) and I’m blogging them one at a time. Today, I’m talking about SHARDS OF TIME by Lynn Flewelling, the latest the NightrunnerContinue reading “SHARDS OF TIME by Lynn Flewelling”
Exciting things!
I’m time crunched at the moment between the vacation backlog and the final prep work for next week’s London Book Fair, so while I have three amazing book birthdays this week (SHARDS OF TIME by Lynn Flewelling, THE WOLF SIREN by Karen Whiddon and TEACH ME A LESSON by Jasmine Haynes), I’m going to celebrateContinue reading “Exciting things!”