by Joelle | Sep 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
Here are some links to people who are already talking about RH. Thanks, y’all! I really appreciate it. Restoring Harmony – blog mentions Sharon Loves Books and Cats http://sharonlovesbooksandcats.blogspot.com/2009/08/books-that-i-would-go-zombie-for.html...
by Joelle | Sep 20, 2009 | Daily Writings
I am a rule-follower. Or maybe, I should use the past tense, as the longer I live with my husband, the more I see that most rules are just guidelines, and the more often I am able to just chill and do what comes naturally, instead of what I think I’m supposed to...
by Joelle | Sep 18, 2009 | Daily Writings
Our new cat, Marley, takes you on a walk through my office over at The Debutante Ball.
by Joelle | Sep 14, 2009 | Daily Writings
I love words… Here are a few of my favourites: Crunch Munch Paradigm Fruition Quirk Swirl Majestic Flurry My husband wrote and recorded a song called 26 Letters. I heard him perform it live 5 years before we actually met and while I was simply smitten (another...
by Joelle | Sep 11, 2009 | Daily Writings
Hiya. I’m rethinking my Friday Feature (I’m still going to do interviews and free books, but maybe not on Fridays since that’s when everyone else is doing them). Anyway, today I’m over at The Debs blathering on about the end of summer. Drop on...
by Joelle | Sep 9, 2009 | Music
by Joelle | Sep 8, 2009 | Daily Writings
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to give two writers the same words/topics and ask them to write a book just so you can see how differently they do it, now you can find out. Here are the words: panic attacks/disorder therapist Seattle houseboat zoo...
by Joelle | Sep 4, 2009 | Daily Writings
Today, I’m over at The Debutante Ball talking about how to make butter and other assorted things. I will be there every Friday for the next year. I’ll be starting the Friday Feature here next week (still trying to line things up for interviews). In the...
by Joelle | Sep 3, 2009 | Need to Read
Part of me wants to wax poetic about this book, but really all that needs to be said is it is perfect. Yes. Perfect.
by Joelle | Sep 3, 2009 | Daily Writings
My husband has a music gig tomorrow night and he’s been practicing a lot. It’s great…you can’t beat live music, and he’s good (I married him for his music). The other day, he said to me, “Can you get on that Facebook thingie or...
by Joelle | Sep 2, 2009 | Daily Writings
I have a bad habit. I say things like, “I have sooooo much to do today!” and “Things are crazy-busy here!” when the truth is that my life is very relaxed and chill and that I have to add things like “shower” and...
by Joelle | Sep 1, 2009 | Daily Writings
So this is pretty much the first press release that ever mentioned me, so I thought I’d share. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2009 ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET….THE DEBUTANTE BALL WELCOMES 5 DARING DEBUT AUTHORS On August 31st, five talented new female...
by Joelle | Aug 30, 2009 | Daily Writings
Hi All, I repeat a similar post every year on or about this date. You see, it’s my 5th wedding anniversary and this is one of my favourite stories. It’s an essay I wrote for a magazine, but never really tried to sell…. If you’ve ever thought...
by Joelle | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
Restoring Harmony is a sweeping adventure about a determined girl fighting to bring her family together in a broken world. Armed with only a fiddle and a keen sense of the land, Molly is the best kind of heroine–smart, feisty and courageous. Anthony writes with...
by Joelle | Aug 27, 2009 | Daily Writings
Instead of an author interview and book giveaway this week, I am offering up a few sneak peek pictures from our photo shoot earlier this week for Restoring Harmony. If you’ve been here before, then you probably know all about the fabulous Sarah Tradewell and how...
by Joelle | Aug 23, 2009 | Daily Writings
Actually, it’s not me that will be in the photos, so I’m not technically ready for any close-up. I’m very excited to say that tomorrow we (and by we, I mean I’ll mostly be cooking for everyone else and other people will be doing) are doing the...
by Joelle | Aug 20, 2009 | Daily Writings
It may seem like I’ve been slacking off by not posting all week, but actually, I’ve been building suspense. You knew I’d have to have something really good if I waited this long to post, didn’t you? Well…I do have excellent plans! I would...
by Joelle | Aug 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
*FYI -The numbers you see hyperlinked as you read down are Lara’s footnotes which appear at the end of the post. THE TIME I SAW BORAT AND FIGURED OUT MY BOOK, WHICH IS NOT R RATED SO PLEASE DON’T FREAK OUT Here’s the truth, peeps: DONUT DAYS did not...
by Joelle | Aug 15, 2009 | Daily Writings
One of the most common reactions I get when people ask me when my book is coming out is, “Why does it take so long?” The truth is, if you’re the writer, you’re pretty busy during most of that eighteen months (average) that it takes from...
by Joelle | Aug 11, 2009 | Daily Writings
A tweet I made on Twitter sparked an interesting discussion between Donut Days’ author Lara Zielin and myself yesterday. Read about it here on her website. Lara and I have the same editor, and my friend Penny got me her ARC quite a while back, so while...
by Joelle | Aug 9, 2009 | Daily Writings
It has not escaped me that all my main characters have names that end in the “eee” sound. Molly, Kami, Lexi, Sydney and Jamie. Even though Meg Cabot tells us that authors who say things like, “My characters tell me what to do, I have no control over...
by Joelle | Aug 8, 2009 | Daily Writings
I put the Need To Read page on a summer hiatus (mostly because I’ve been too busy writing), but here are three books I read recently that I know you want to read. Tango The Tale of an Island Dog (MG) by Eileen Beha – seriously good! This is a read for...
by Joelle | Aug 5, 2009 | Daily Writings
My editor sent me the final artwork for the cover of my book. This is what it looked like when she first sent it to me, just so I could see it (and post it all over my blog like a crazy girl!). And this is what the final cover looks like. As you can see, the title...
by Joelle | Aug 3, 2009 | Daily Writings
I am taking a blog holiday, but what I’ve done, is go through the archives and pick a few somewhat random posts that I thought you might like to see again. (Oh, and unfortunately, the bit about our house being for sale…yeah, wrote this last year and it’s...
by Joelle | Aug 3, 2009 | Daily Writings
I’m on a computer break, but had to drop in w/ my GREAT NEWS! I’ve been selected as one of the new Debs at The Debutante Ball! More info to come, but click on over to their site now, and check out the news release!
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