by Joelle | Oct 10, 2016 | Daily Writings
I’m pretty excited to share with you the book trailer for Speed of Life! My wonderful friends at WideLens Thoughtful Media made it for me and I think it’s pretty swell. Especially the car! Check it out below. Also, thanks to these other wonderful bloggers...
by Joelle | Oct 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
One of my favourite people is Nova Ren Suma and she very kindly answered five quick questions for me for the Friday Five post. If you’re not familiar with her, get familiar! Nova Ren Suma is the author of four novels, including the #1 New York Times Best Seller...
by Joelle | Oct 3, 2016 | Blogs & Websites, Daily Writings, Speed of Life
Speed of Life comes out October 11th and so I’m on a blog tour! I’m actually on two tours, one U.S. and one Canadian (the CA one starts next week). You can find out more about the book, read reviews, interviews with me, and guest posts on writing, my...
by Joelle | Sep 16, 2016 | Daily Writings
When my publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt sent out an email to its authors asking us to help commemorate the 75th birthday of Curious George, I was all over that. I wanted to do something special because he lives in a small corner of my heart. I planned to do...
by Joelle | Aug 30, 2016 | A Month of Mondays, Middle Grade, Second Story Press
I’m very excited to share the ARC of A MONTH OF MONDAYS with you. By share, I mean show you a photo because they only sent me one and I have to keep it under my pillow. I’m going to briefly say something about this book and why if you’re a writer you...
by Joelle | Aug 30, 2016 | Contests, J. M. Kelly, Reviews, Speed of Life
Congratulations to Alyssa and Sarah who are the winners of the ARC of Speed of Life! Thanks to everyone who entered. I’m excited to share a couple of very nice reviews for Speed of Life. There’s one more good one I’ve gotten a sneak peek at, but...
by Joelle | Aug 23, 2016 | Contests, Daily Writings, J. M. Kelly, Speed of Life
Time flies, but it still seems like the release date for my new book is ages away…October 11th. However, just in case you can’t wait, I’m very excited to announce that I have two, count ’em two advanced reading copies of Speed of Life to give...
by Joelle | Jul 26, 2016 | A Month of Mondays, Daily Writings, Middle Grade, Second Story Press
Look! It’s my first Middle Grade novel and it’s also my first book set entirely in Canada published by a Canadian Publisher (Second Story Press) Wohooo!! I also have a release date of March 7th, 2017. Pre-orders gladly taken here (more to come soon):...
by Joelle | Jun 21, 2016 | J. M. Kelly, Speed of Life
If you haven’t heard already, I’m writing YA under a new name, J. M. Kelly. I’ve now linked my other website with this one…mostly for simplicity, but also for my sanity. And if you haven’t seen the beautiful cover of my new YA, Speed of...
by Joelle | Apr 5, 2016 | Daily Writings
I’ve had so much good news in the last week, but I’ll start with the best…I’m very excited to announce that Second Story Press is going to publish my first Middle Grade Novel, A Month of Mondays. It’s tentatively scheduled for release in...
by Joelle | Mar 28, 2016 | Daily Writings
I have three very exciting bits of news…but one you’ll have to wait for! The first one some of you know about already, but here it is…I have a new YA coming out in October under a pen name. The reason I’m using a pen name is because I’m...
by Joelle | Dec 30, 2015 | Daily Writings
While I’m not really blogging anymore, I couldn’t resist making a list of my Fave 15 of 2015 reads and sharing them here. For those of you interested in what else I read, you can click here. A few notes about the list. First, there are more middle grade...
by Joelle | Jun 30, 2015 | Daily Writings
For years almost the only thing I posted on my blog was writing-related. Then a while ago, I stopped updating regularly, and occasionally posted something of interest to me or a bit of personal news. I am guessing because of the lack of updates, and the fact my most...
by Joelle | Jun 5, 2015 | Daily Writings
by Joelle | Mar 21, 2015 | Daily Writings
I was just thinking that four or five people out there in the world might wonder if I ever planned to blog again. So I thought, “Why not?” The main reason I haven’t been around is because I’ve taken 2015 off from writing new books, and...
by Joelle | Feb 23, 2015 | Daily Writings
I don’t really blog that much anymore, but I thought it was time, lest you think I’d disappeared. In a way, I kind of have. I don’t think I can really say why yet, but let’s just say that I might’ve recently received 85 Canadian middle...
by Joelle | Dec 31, 2014 | Daily Writings
This year, I read 100 books. Usually, I tell you my favourites. This year, I’ll just show you what I read and you can decide what looks good. Happy Reading in 2015! Red River Raging Draper, Penny * The Rosie Effect (Don Tillman #2) Simsion, Graeme Five, Six,...
by Joelle | Dec 20, 2014 | Daily Writings
Last year, I was part of the Teen Book Club at the library, but teens have so much homework, it was always hard for them to add another book to their workload, even if it was a fun read. So this year, the new librarian and I talked it over and decided to try a Teen...
by Joelle | Oct 31, 2014 | Daily Writings
Hi all! Not really into blogging much anymore, but I thought I’d just put this little tidbit up for now. Last year, for the first time ever, I tried National Novel Writing Month and ended up with 50k words that I eventually threw away, but not until I’d...
by Joelle | Oct 30, 2014 | Daily Writings
What you may not know is I fancy myself a pretty good cook. I almost never post recipes on this blog because it’s supposed to be about writing, but heck, I almost never blog so why not break a rule? Anyway, it’s pretty cold here, even for Canada, -8C when...
by Joelle | Oct 14, 2014 | Daily Writings
I saw in the trades that author Zilpha Keatley Snyder passed away. I have a soft spot for her although I’ve read very few of her books because they’re scary, dark, and definitely not my thing. If you know me, you’re probably surprised I’ve read...
by Joelle | Sep 23, 2014 | Daily Writings
I don’t make many blog posts these days. Mostly because I blogged for a long time and I’ve pretty much said what I want to say about writing, but today, I’m feeling inspired. Or, if not exactly inspired, then fired up? Last night, I listened to an...
by Joelle | Aug 12, 2014 | Daily Writings
Today, my husband and I became Canadian citizens. We’ve been landed immigrants (kind of like a green card in the US) for seven years, but now we’re really, truly Canadians. Here we are with the judge and the requisite Mountie. I have to say it was a very...
by Joelle | Jul 4, 2014 | Daily Writings
Seven years ago, my husband and I took the pledge not to buy bottled water anymore. Except for a rare emergency, we’ve stuck to it, packing along our water bottles and keeping a gallon or two in the truck for refills when we’re out and about. I think I can...
by Joelle | Jun 30, 2014 | Daily Writings
Tomorrow, 1st July (see how I wrote it the Canadian way-the number first-instead of July 1st?), is Canada Day. While we haven’t received our official letter, it seems very likely due to the fact that they’ve scheduled Canadian Citizenship Swearing In...
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