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Best Books Holiday Shopping Guide–Fabulous Non-ficition
Lots of people groan when they hear non-fiction, especially kids. The first thing that often comes to mind it BORING! But I’m here to tell you that you’re just not reading the right books. Here are...
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Och Aye
I started reading the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon back in the late 90’s. I was living overseas in Germany as a newlywed. And I know I’m dating myself, but WAY BACK THEN, the internet wasn’t a...
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How to Make an Author’s Day
I recently tagged a couple people in a Facebook post about a friend’s book trailer. I knew the subject matter of the book would highly resonate with them AND I know this author is an amazing writer....
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The 2015 NY SCBWI Winter Conference Part 2
I’m back with the second half of the 2015 NY SCBWI Conference recap. You can find Part 1 HERE. And yes, in case you’re wondering, I am extra tired because I stayed up too late talking to my fabulous...
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Book Auntie Braggery– Win THE BIG FIX by Linda Grimes
May is almost here and there is more reason to be excited than just the thought of warm, snow free weather. You should be super pumped because the next installment of Linda Grimes’ Ciel Halligan series...
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Dropping Balls
My blogging has been sporadic at best. I’m trying to get my act together. But the truth is I’m dropping balls left and right LOL! Somedays I drop the laundry ball…one of my favorites to “drop.” Other...
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The YA Scavenger Hunt!
Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt! This tri-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite...
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Stop the Promo-citis and Just Review the Damn Book, Please
While there is an exception to every rule, most of us hate, hate, hate the self promotion of books. It makes EVERYONE crazy! Readers get sick of hearing writers with promo-citis. Admire my cover,...
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LA SCBWI 2015 Part 1
I had the perfect flight lined up for #LA15SCBWI. (The 44th Annual SCBWI Summer Conference) I was leaving NY at 1pm which gave me enough time to get the dog and the boys where they needed to be and...
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LA SCBWI 2015 Part 2
It’s Day 2 of #LA15SCBWI and I can’t imagine a more inspirational start then hearing Dan Santat speak. Dan was this year’s Caldecott winner with BEEKLE, but what really makes it this keynote special is...
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LA SCBWI 2015 Part 3
In case you’re wondering, by Day 3 of #LA15SCBWI I’m a little tired. But I’m not alone. You should have seen what happened when we had a coffee break and there was no coffee left! Kinda funny...
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The YA Story Sisters-Back to School Giveaway
A couple weeks ago you may have heard me talking about The Ladies Noir, a group of YA writers who’ve banded together to help each other with the creation and marketing of our stories. Since then, the...
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The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
I LOVE reading YA. But I’m also a fan of not limiting yourself to only one age group or even genre of books. There are things to be learned and pondered out there and they come in all kinds of...
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2015 A Bookish Year In Review
Here’s my 2015 Bookish Year In Review. Want to sign up for the 2016 challenge on Goodreads or learn more about the books I read in 2015…you can check it out HERE. One of my favorite part of this years...
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The Gift of Big Magic
I’m going to start this blog post by giving you a GUSH ALERT. If you choose to continue reading, you will hear me gushing about a book I read last week–a book I’ve been dying to share with you. In...
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The Universe’s Librarian
Over and over again, I’ve had the strange and slightly mystical situation of having books show up in my life–demanding I read them. When this phenomenon happens, it always makes me feel as if the Head...
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The 2016 New York SCBWI Winter Conference Recap Part 1
It’s here, it’s here–it’s finally HERE! The #NY16SCBWI Winter Conference. And while we froze our writer and illustrator parts off this year–you know we still had a blast. Right along with the arctic...
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The 2016 New York SCBWI Winter Conference Part 2
The 2016 New York SCBWI Winter Conference Part 2 I’m back…and I realized that in Tuesday’s SCBWI Conference Recap post, I forgot to tell you how cold it was outside when we woke up. Inside too, for...
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Win My ARC of ALL FIXED UP by Linda Grimes
Today is your lucky day–you have multiple chances to win my ARC of ALL FIXED UP (Ciel Halligan #4) by the fabulous Linda Grimes!!!! Linda is one of my Wolf Pack Sistahs at Wolfson Literary and she was...
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Free Book Friday!!!!
Tomorrow is FREE BOOK FRIDAY and you have to check out this fun and fabulous website. This week, my YA novel TOUCHING THE SURFACE, was highlighted over at Free Book Friday and it’s been a blast....
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