Joëlle Anthony
J. M. Kelly
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My work here is done (today)
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!
Tagged
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!
AUSTENLAND by Shannon Hale
OMG! I love, love, love this book! Read why here.
AUSTENLAND by Shannon Hale
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 two...either Kim or Jen. So...
A LITTLE FRIENDLY ADVICE by Siobhan Vivian
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 initially, and...
Friday already??? Time for five!
I like this Friday Five thing...it's like five mini-posts for the price of one. Click here to read all about it!
THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE by Julie Buxbaum (adult fiction)
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 reasons I did...
The magic hat
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...
Sunday Lunch
Read about Sunday Lunch here.
JUST LISTEN by Sarah Dessen
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, they're both about...
First Friday Five Ever
Read my first Friday Five here.
What next?
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 with my time. I don't...
ANOTHER KIND OF COWBOY by Susan Juby
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 her...
Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks
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 something...
The time in between…and titles
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 the...
Animal Humour – What’s that in them thar trees?
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 been quite...
Author creativity vs. reader’s annoyance cont.
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 the...
Author creativity vs. reader’s annoyance
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 illustrations...