by admin | Jul 25, 2006 | Need to Read
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by admin | Jul 24, 2006 | Need to Read
Hey, All.I am back from Darcy Pattison’s novel revision workshop. There will be thoughts and comments on need_to_write sometime in the next day or two, if you’re interested. While I was there I read Kieran Scott’s BRUNETTES STRIKE BACK, which is the...
by admin | Jul 18, 2006 | Need to Read
In between all my reading and prep work for Darcy’s workshop, I managed to sneak in some recreational reading. I’d allowed myself the luxury of reading one YA over several days, instead of my usual 1.5-2 days, but in the end, I’ve read two...
by admin | Jul 17, 2006 | Need to Read
Yeah…I meant “its” not “it’s”. It’s easier to add a disclaimer than figure out how to go back and fix the entry!
by admin | Jul 17, 2006 | Need to Read
Well, I’ve made a plan for the week so I will be ready for Darcy’s workshop, and because I could see that I would get it all done, I allowed myself to pick up a YA last night. I was afraid of getting sucked in and not finishing all the reading and...
by admin | Jul 12, 2006 | Need to Read
Good morning (for eleven more minutes).We’ve been away, traveling the west coast…very fun…a fair amount of reading. I may or may not comment more on it later, but what I read while I was gone was:Nevil Shute’s The Rainbow and the Rose...
by admin | Jun 19, 2006 | Need to Read
Well! The Cubs game sucked for the Cubbies, but it was really, really, really cool if you were me. Hearing my husband’s song, having them introduce it and then say it was sent to them by “Joelle Anthony, a big Cubs fan” was sooooooo cool! I am a 25...
by admin | Jun 18, 2006 | Need to Read
This post is Cubbie Blue because I’ve got cool news! If you get the cable channel WGN and you’re around today, tune in to the Chicago Cubs baseball game (starts at 1:20pm central time) and you will hear my husband’s song! They are going to play his...
by admin | Jun 17, 2006 | Need to Read
I remember reading a long time ago, when I first started writing, that you should use names for your characters that are either very, very common or made up because if you use an ususual name, and the reader is named that, it takes them out of the book, but if the...
by admin | Jun 17, 2006 | Need to Read
Hello, All.Well, mostly I’ve been writing. I managed to cut 20,000 words from my manuscript and I’m going to meet my workshop deadline a couple of days in advance. Because of writing 6-10 hours per day, I’ve had to curb my reading a bit. I finally...
by admin | Jun 13, 2006 | Need to Read
Okay…this is making me crazy!Although I’m still reading manuscripts from my group, I’m also reading a YA (you can’t carry loose manuscripts from bed to the table to the glider to your desk…you just need a book for that). I picked up a...
by admin | Jun 10, 2006 | Need to Read
Hello. I’m still reading, but I’m reading other people’s manuscripts for now. I’m going to be taking Darcy Pattison’s novel revision workshop in July, and part of it is sending out your manuscript to three other people (in your assigned...
by admin | Jun 8, 2006 | Need to Read
Well, it took me a while to finish CROSSING JORDAN, even though it’s not a very long book. I was mostly just busy, but I think that although I was way into it, the subject matter was a bit touchy, so it was hard to keep going in case something bad happened. I...
by admin | Jun 5, 2006 | Need to Read
Hello. I’m back…I got lost in a book! I even skipped baseball games on TV to read…not that the Cubbies are really playing baseball…but they’re standing out there on the field some. <g> I digress. Anyway, I got lost in HARRY POTTER...
by admin | Jun 2, 2006 | Need to Read
Hello. I was thinking about HP and how it’s almost summer and to me, nothing says summer like reading about HP and his friends. No new book out, so I’m going to get my fix rereading last year’s book. When I sat down with it last night,...
by admin | Jun 1, 2006 | Need to Read
Good morning, all…or one or two…or me…I started reading a book last night that I know got good reviews. At least, people who’ve read it have said good things about it to me. The author (who shall remain nameless) also has won a spattering of...
by admin | May 31, 2006 | Need to Read
Well, I was up late again finishing off a YA. Or maybe a MG. The book MR CHICKEE’S FUNNY MONEY by Christopher Paul Curtis (THE WATSON’S GO TO BIRMINGHAM – 1963, BUD, NOT BUDDY) was shelved as a YA in our library, but seemed more MG to me. A side...
by admin | May 30, 2006 | Need to Read
This is kind of fun, even if only a few people are reading this. Life’s pretty busy right now, so instead of starting a new YA (reading, that is), I’ve been having a look at THE CULINARY BOOTCAMP, a book that I bought for research purposes for the new...
by admin | May 29, 2006 | Need to Read
We had a garage sale the other day. Well, a porch sale, really since we don’t actually have a garage. Anyway, we live at a resort, so a lot of the people who dropped in were from out of town. One family was from Athens, GA and there were two teenage kids. I...
by admin | May 28, 2006 | Need to Read
Well, I finished FULL SERVICE late last night, even though I’d had a long day. I got too close to the end to put it down, so I willed myself to stay awake and I finished it. I highly recommend it. The author has three other books out, which are a trilogy,...
by admin | May 27, 2006 | Need to Read
Good morning masses of readers of my live journal!Well, I had originally intended to only write about books I’d actually finished reading, but Will Weaver’s FULL SERVICE got me thinking. Set in a small town in MN in 1965, is all I’m really going to...
by admin | May 26, 2006 | Need to Read
Hi. This is my first entry, and I’m not even sure how to tell people about it, so maybe I’ll be the only one to read it, but you’ve got to begin somewhere, right. Start anywhere and don’t stop. – Richard Marcus Anyway, this live journal...
by Joelle | Nov 3, 2000 | Daily Writings
As I book dates, I will make changes to this schedule. If it appears to be open, it probably is, but I may have something in the works that isn’t confirmed yet, so please contact me before making definite plans. Thanks! workshops @ joelleanthony dot com $$$ As...
by Joelle | Oct 18, 2000 | Daily Writings
Joëlle Anthony/J. M. Kelly Writers Union Member. MG & YA writer, actress, and playwright. 2018 White Pine Award nominee for Speed of Life. Chocolate Lily Nominee 2019 for A Month of Mondays. Fees: Half day – 2 sessions, $525 + travel (see note below about...
by Joelle | May 28, 2000 | Daily Writings
Bank Street’s Best Books of the Year include: 1. All About Grandmas by Roni Schotter, illustrated by Janice Nadeau (Dial) 2. Almost Home by Joan Bauer (Viking) 3. Amber Brown Is Tickled Pink by Bruce Coville, and Elizabeth Levy (Putnam) 4. The Art of Miss Chew by...
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