The flu I had last November has decided to pay me an unwelcome visit, so I’ll leave this week to the two books I’d like to feature. Today’s book is FRACTURE, by Megan Miranda: Synopsis, from Goodreads: “Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best […]
This week’s feature is an MG fantasy epic that involves journeying between worlds: WINTERLING, by Sarah Prineas. Sarah is also known for THE MAGIC THIEF series. WINTERLING synopsis, from Goodreads: “With her boundless curiosity and wild spirit, Fer has always felt that she doesn’t belong. Not when the forest is calling to her, when the […]
So a few more queries have been sent out. Per the advice of a critiquing buddy, I’m not going to post specific stats, as I originally intended. For those who want them, feel free to email me off list (cloudhime (at) gmail (dot) com). Here are some issues that have come to my attention in the past few […]
This week I’m happy to feature Meredith Zeitlin’s upcoming book, FRESHMAN YEAR & OTHER UNNATURAL DISASTERS, slated to come out in late-February/early-March. After the book releases, I’ll have a contest, giveaway, etc here on the blog…more details to be revealed then. Synopsis, from Goodreads: Kelsey Finkelstein is fourteen and FRUSTRATED. Every time she tries to live up to […]
Thanks to Julia for nominating me for the Versatile Blogger Award! You can find Julia’s blog by clicking on her name. A few weeks back, I was also nominated for a Kreativ Blogger award, thanks to Tarah Dunn. For those looking to buck up their manuscripts, Julia is a free-lance editor. You can follow her on Twitter at @julializzbeth. […]
Last November, I reviewed two books about writing crime fiction. While I was reading them, I discovered the information within them could be useful to both writers of crime fiction and aspiring writers in general. Excerpts from my reviews are below (the full reviews can be read in the December 2011 issue of Library Journal): Budewitz, an attorney-at-law who has been […]
Over the next year, I’m going to send out query letters for my new novel, TRISKELEON. I will keep track of my progress on the blog, probably in a format like this: Agents queried: 1Partials requested: 0Fulls requested: 0 If you’re on this journey too (or in a place where you’re thinking of querying), here are the steps I went […]
I’m really excited to feature DITCHED: A LOVE STORY, by Robin Mellom that debuted this week! Synopsis, from Goodreads: High school senior Justina Griffith was never the girl who dreamed of going to prom. Designer dresses and strappy heels? Not her thing. So she never expected her best friend, Ian Clark, to ask her.Ian, who always […]
I had an interesting discussion with a coworker this morning about classically trained musicians versus musicians who improvise. As an improvisational musician, he told me how astonished he was at how uncomfortable his classically trained friends were with playing music on the fly. As a fellow classically trained musician (I played piano for about fifteen […]
The article I wrote a few months back, the one I mentioned in this November 2011 post is now published in this month’s issue of School Library Journal! (It’s entitled “What Teens are Reading: a librarian’s informal survey uncovers the hottest YA fiction” and can be viewed here). Now that the article is public, I can delve into deeper […]