Yesterday I started reading a book I'd really been looking forward to because I loved the author's other two books. By the end of page one, I knew what was going to happen immediately and by the end of page fifty, not only had it happened, but it was ALL that had...

If you go to my editor's Publisher's Marketplace page , she's added me to it.

One of the books my editor sent me was called MOUSE NOSES ON TOAST. She sent it because I mentioned that I liked the name. It is a chapter book. I read it one evening, thoroughly enjoyed it, and then passed it on to my niece for her eighth birthday (it wasn't her only...

This is a cool shirt that you can get at ALA. So I just wrote this very awe inspiring and informative post about BBW and it disappeared. You'll just have to use your imagination about the funny and interesting things I wrote. You can get all the info on BBW here, at...

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  I received the new SCBWI bulletin in the mail today and was pleased to see an article of mine in it. Usually they have one or two of my pieces sitting around, already purchased, but I never know when they'll end up in a bulletin, so it's always a surprise. Anyway,...

I'd like to send out congratulations to my wonderful agent for being promoted to VP at Dystel & Goderich! Here's the announcement from PM: At Dystel & Goderich Literary Management, agent Michael Bourret has been named vice president and Lauren Abramo has been...

1. I am going to make my Monday deadline. 2. On Monday, when my revised manuscript is due, it will be there. 3.My printer is spitting out the revised pages as I type this. 4. All I have to do is read my manuscript and see if it still makes sense after cutting 16,103...

Maybe I'm just a softie - okay, I am - but Meg Cabot is the coolest person ever and this is why. It literally made me tear up...not like, you know, the end of that movie Beaches, or anything, but like a Hallmark commercial. RANSOM MY HEART is one book I will...

On Sunday, I had to take the day off from editing. Not because it is a day of rest, but because I did a play. Twice actually - a matinee and an evening performance. As you may know, I was trained as an actress and worked professionally for a while, but I haven't done...

A fellow writer, Karmen Kooyers, sent me this quote (she didn't say where she got it, but if anyone knows, please feel free to add it in the comments). When revising, "Cut down to the bones, but leave the heart." I have to admit that cutting is way more fun than...

Thanks to my most wonderful and brilliant agent, I am proud to announce that the publishing door has finally opened for me! MY AGENT SOLD MY BOOK!!!!! Here's the official blurb from Publisher's Marketplace: Joelle Anthony's RESTORING HARMONY, a debut novel about...