Joëlle Anthony
J. M. Kelly
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This Is Our Year!
This is the year that Cubs fans have been waiting for. In honour of their fabulous season so far, and with high hopes for the rest of the season, I bring you this musical interlude, performed by my husband, Victor Anthony.
Welcome Mimi Cross!
Today for the Friday Five, we have the lovely Mimi Cross! Is there an author or book you'd think everyone should read (besides yours, of course)? The Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stiefvater. To me, this is a perfect book. There's not a wasted word, not one word out of...
Why J. M. Kelly?
As you've undoubtedly gathered, J. M. Kelly is my pen name for my new YA novel, Speed of Life. Lately, I've been getting a lot of questions about it and so I thought I'd answer a few of them here. Why J. M. Kelly? J. M. are my initials...Joelle Marie, and Kelly was a...
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
As is my custom whenever I have a new book out, one day during the launch week is designated a day of thanks. Just in case you don't have a copy of the book on hand, here is my Thank You Section from the back of the book. Also, I'd like to thank Fernanda and Tara who...
Cubs Win!!!!!
I just got the BEST Book Birthday present possible! In the bottom of the ninth, in true dramatic fashion, the Chicago Cubs scored 4 runs to take the lead and then Chapman came in and struck out the side, giving the Cubs the win and eliminating the San Francisco...
Happy Book Birthday to EVERYONE!
Happy Book Birthday to Speed of Life! You're finally out in the world and I'm so happy to see you! However, you're not the only new book out there. So happy birthday to all the books I could find releasing today (and the ones I missed - feel free to add them in the...
Canadian Blog Tour
If you were here last week (or you scroll down), you'll know I've been on a US Book Blog Tour, which continues through this week. And now I'm adding a Canadian leg to the journey. I get around! below are the sites I'll be visiting this week, as well as the US ones....
Announcing the Book Trailer for Speed of Life!
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 &...
Friday Five Guest Nova Ren Suma
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 The...
I’m On Tour!
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 process, and tips...
Happy Birthday Curious George!
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...
Look what came in the mail!
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 should never give...
Winners & Reviews
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 won't be out until...
Win an Advanced Reading Copy of 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 away - One to a...
A Month of Mondays Cover Reveal!
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): Amazon USA Amazon...
Speed of Life by my alter ego
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 Life, here it is! It's out on...
Good News PLUS!
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 spring of 2017. Click on the...
Changes & News
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 now writing for younger...