Book Birthdays! Plus Top Ten Things Never to Say to a Writer

So many exciting book birthdays today!  There’s BLACK ARTS, the new novel in Faith Hunter‘s New York Times bestselling Jane Yellowrock series, HOWLING FOR YOU, an e-novella in Chloe Neill’s NYT bestselling Chicagoland Vampires series, where we finally get things from Jeff Christopher’s perspective, and GRYPHON PRECINCT, the fourth novel in Keith R.A. DeCandido‘s fantasyContinue reading “Book Birthdays! Plus Top Ten Things Never to Say to a Writer”

Magical Words and Gift Ideas

First, Tuesdays YA Rebels (aka me and Amy Christine Parker) offer up great gift ideas this holiday season for readers and writers.  If you’re one of the above, you might want to discretely post this link somewhere like your Facebook page to give your significant other ideas!   Also, I’m up at Magical Words today,Continue reading “Magical Words and Gift Ideas”

Book Birthdays and Rebel Reads

It seems the days when I could count on things being quiet enough to post a leisurely blog are far behind me, so I’m a couple of days late posting my happy book birthdays for the week. Here are some great, great reads just out! KICKING IT edited by Faith Hunter and Kalayna Price ThisContinue reading “Book Birthdays and Rebel Reads”

Shout out to new voices!

Sending for the newsletter, but also for a huge WHOO HOO! So beside myself with excitement to see J. Kathleen Cheney’s debut novel THE GOLDEN CITY on Library Journal’s list of Best Books of 2013: SF/Fantasy! It’s so funny, because just the other day some writers were bemoaning on my Facebook page the way theContinue reading “Shout out to new voices!”

Romeo and Revisions

First off, I’m so excited that io9 has posted the first glimpse of Rachel Caine’s wonderful trailer for her even more amazing book PRINCE OF SHADOWS, coming in February 2014, but available now for preorder. A thrilling retelling of the star-crossed tale of Romeo and Juliet, from the New York Times bestselling author of theContinue reading “Romeo and Revisions”

Halloween, Hauntings and De-Gunking

Annually, the YA Rebels have a pumpkin carving contest.  Here’s the contribution Amy Christine Parker and I made to the whole thing.  Quick note: I’m supposed to be Abby from NCIS, but no doubt she’d have been immensely less squicked-out by the squishy innards.  You’ll see what I mean…   And here’s how my pumpkinContinue reading “Halloween, Hauntings and De-Gunking”

Videos and blogs and tours…oh my!

So many things today!  First, as you probably know by now, Amy Christine Parker and I are Tuesday’s YA Rebels.  Today we’re up with an ambush…er, interview…of YA writer Heather Burch, author of the Halflings series for Zondervan/HarperCollins. Next, I promised you all a write-up and some pics from this past weekend’s Necronomicon, so thereContinue reading “Videos and blogs and tours…oh my!”

We are Tuesdays, Hear us Roar

My puppy Ginger is here with me today to demonstrate the wrong way to devour a book and also to help me introduce Amy Christine Parker’s and my debut YA Rebels Vlog!     As you’ll see when you check out our Stupid Author Tricks, Amy and I sacrificed our dignity for your amusement.  InContinue reading “We are Tuesdays, Hear us Roar”