I met Kerrie Flanagan (who also writes under the pen names C.K. Wiles and C.G. Harris) at this year’s Colorado Writing Workshop. Kerrie was not only one of the event’s main organizers, but she presented a really helpful workshop on publishing. In The Writer’s Digest Guide to Magazine Article Writing, accomplished freelance writer, author, and […]
I’ve been excited about this book for months. I originally featured Rosiee Thor here. I’m glad TARNISHED ARE THE STARS is debuting on my birthday! A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher’s chest: an illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog — donning the moniker Technician — to supply black market medical technology to the […]
Just in time for Halloween, we have BERTIE’S BOOK OF SPOOKY WONDERS by Ocelot Emerson, a half-cat, half-person, who is also a screenwriter under another name. The book comes out October 15, 2019: Twelve-year-old Bertie Blount is great at causing trouble. When she’s forced to leave behind her dad and friends in North Carolina so […]
I happened upon the Rules for Thieves series when Alexandra Ott was having a Twitter giveaway. I was lucky enough to win a book, and as soon as I did, I couldn’t wait to feature it: Rules for Thieves After twelve-year-old orphan Alli Rosco is cursed with a deadly spell, she must join the legendary […]
As soon as I saw this book in my Facebook feed, I had to feature it. It’s set to debut on October 8, a week from today: From the moment she first learned to read, literary genius Darcy Wells has spent most of her time living in the worlds of her books. There, she can […]
I’ve long admired Bill Konigsberg, and I got a chance to meet him at the IReadYA booth at this year’s YallWest. I was particularly inspired by the speech he gave at last year’s NCTE conference. His newest book, THE MUSIC OF WHAT HAPPENS, explores facing fears–and how we can grow when we let go of […]
This month seems to have a theme of collaborative writing! Like last week, we have another writing duo, this time a husband and wife team, whose book, MERGED, is set to debut tomorrow, September 17: Seven of our country’s most gifted teens will become Nobels, hosts for the implantation of brilliant Mentor minds, in an effort […]
I met Jenni and Ted at this year’s YallWest, and as soon as I heard about their book, UNPREGNANT, I couldn’t wait to read it. The book debuted today, September 10, 2019: Seventeen-year-old Veronica Clarke never thought she would wish she’d failed a test until she finds herself holding a thick piece of plastic in […]
I’ve known about this book for awhile, and I’m ecstatic that it’s finally available. THERE WILL COME A DARKNESS contains characters from multiple diverse backgrounds in a world on the verge of destruction; it debuted on September 3, 2019. The Age of Darkness approaches. Five lives stand in its way. Who will stop it… or […]
DEMON IN THE WHITELANDS is the debut novel from Month9Books author Nikki Z. Richard. This book is a LGBTQIA YA Fantasy that will debut at the end of September 2019. Sometimes no matter how hard you try, some things cannot be explained. Sixteen-year-old Samuel, son of devout cleric, has endured shame and prejudice his entire […]