by Joelle | May 20, 2008 | Uncategorized
1. Yesterday, while out walking, my new character told me her story…well, the beginning anyway. I am in a quandary now though because I don’t want to start messing with a new book if my agent is going to get back to me next week and ask for more...
by Joelle | May 20, 2008 | Need to Read
I know…as a hotblooded female, I’m supposed to think that Mr. Darcy is the all-time winner in the literary dreamboat, perfect-man category, but I’m here to say, I’ve fallen for another. In Meg Cabot’s THE MEDIATOR series, our fair heroine...
by Joelle | May 20, 2008 | Daily Writings
Missing Miss Snark! and her little dog too… It’s been one year since the scintillating Miss Snark hung up her stilettos and got back to the real work at hand…gin and reading thrillers. Thank you Miss Snark for all you taught me (and everyone else)....
by Joelle | May 19, 2008 | Daily Writings
If you want a literary agent, or if you have a literary agent, and you’ve ever thought to yourself, “Sheesh…why does it take so friggin’ long?” ** Well, then this is something you should not miss. Agent, Janet Reid, lays her weekend out...
by Joelle | May 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. 2. Each player answers the questions about themselves. 3. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve...
by Joelle | May 16, 2008 | Need to Read
Really, really funny. And touching and all the good stuff. Quirky too. And while I think I now know more about seventeen year old boys’ personal habits than maybe I need to know, it was definitely a great read!
by Joelle | May 16, 2008 | Daily Writings
Kim Antieau posted the best writing video I’ve seen, so today, I’m taking the day off and sending you to her site. Don’t miss it! And check out the rest of her site and her books too. She’s a star!
by Joelle | May 15, 2008 | Daily Writings
I’ve been tagged by Kerry Madden who writes that wonderful series set in the Smoky Mountains (Gentle’s Holler, Louisanna’s Song, Jessie’s Mountain). Visit her here at Kerry Madden. Read my very exciting answers here!
by Joelle | May 13, 2008 | Daily Writings
OMG! I love, love, love this book! Read why here.
by Joelle | May 13, 2008 | Need to Read
The author had me at the dedication. Seriously. And I didn’t look back. I never would’ve found this if someone hadn’t recommended it to me, so I am so grateful. I just wish I could remember who told me to read it! I have narrowed it down to...
by Joelle | May 12, 2008 | Need to Read
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, and Lauren Abramo, over at my agency, Dystel and Goderich, just did a terrific post on the topic (scroll down when you get there). I think that it’s impossible not to pick books by their covers, at least...
by Joelle | May 9, 2008 | Daily Writings
I like this Friday Five thing…it’s like five mini-posts for the price of one. Click here to read all about it!
by Joelle | May 7, 2008 | Need to Read
I almost didn’t read this for two reasons. The first is that it is due at the library tomorrow and reading on a deadline is too much like college. The second is because I have a pile of new books that came in the mail that I’m anxious to dig into. The...
by Joelle | May 6, 2008 | Daily Writings
I have reached my hand into the hat and I am gently pulling it back out. Instead of a rabbit, I have possibly found a new idea for a book . Slowly, slowly, oh-so-slowly, it is revealing itself to me. I have a character, she told me her name as I drifted off to sleep...
by Joelle | May 5, 2008 | Daily Writings
Read about Sunday Lunch here.
by Joelle | May 5, 2008 | Need to Read
I really liked this book, but I think I would’ve liked it even more if I’d read it in a few months or even a year from now. I just finished Dessen’s THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER and the themes are so similar, even though the situations are different,...
by Joelle | May 2, 2008 | Daily Writings
Read my first Friday Five here.
by Joelle | May 1, 2008 | Daily Writings
My agent has been busy selling someone else’s book (Go, Michael!), so he hasn’t gotten to my revision yet. It’s only been a bit over a week, so not long at all, and I’m not feeling impatient or anything, just sort of at a loss over what to do...
by Joelle | Apr 28, 2008 | Need to Read
Okay, can I just say that we have landed in a hotbed of fabulous YA writers? As I’ve bragged before, the fabulous Iain Lawrence lives in my small town. Now I find out that Susan Juby is just a hop, skip, and a jump away, and my friend, Susan (the librarian), met...
by Joelle | Apr 28, 2008 | Need to Read
My friend, Susan recommended this book to me. I’m glad she did because I had to put it on hold to get it and I might not have come across it for a while otherwise. You often hear agents or editors say things like, “Vampire books are out, unless you can do...
by Joelle | Apr 27, 2008 | Daily Writings
What do you all do during that time between sending your newly revised manuscript back to your agent and the time he/she reads it and gets back to you? I’ve been knitting, cooking, actually writing for pay (copywriting), walking, listening to baseball games on...
by Joelle | Apr 24, 2008 | Daily Writings
I often write an animal themed essay for Thursdays. Today, it’s more of a picture thing. I just looked out the window and saw this in one of the fir trees: And for just a momentary mental lapse, I thought I saw this: Our lovely cat, Mr. Fatboy. It would’ve...
by Joelle | Apr 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
In the mystery, the main character is a caterer. I actually read #s 12,13, & 14 before I realized that there were a whole bunch of them. Now I’m reading the earlier ones. I believe, and I could be wrong, that in the later ones, the recipes are at the ends of...
by Joelle | Apr 23, 2008 | Daily Writings
Out of the last four books I’ve read, make that three, because I only got to page 31 in the fourth, only one was a straight forward novel. The first one was an adult mystery with recipes tucked in throughout the chapters. The second one was a YA with...
by Joelle | Apr 22, 2008 | Daily Writings
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