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New Website! A Solution for the Genre-Conflicted
So what do you do to promote yourself when your published work spans three genres (romance, speculative fiction, mystery) and two markets (adult and young adult)? This wasn’t a huge issue when I initially sold my first YA science fiction … Continue reading
Posted in Books, The Writing Life, Writing Craft
Tagged awakening, books, clean burn, ebooks, karen sandler, marketing, mystery, promo, promotion, rebellion, romance, science fiction, TANKBORN, ya, young adult
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My Dream Bookstore
This week, YA Highway asks a very fun question: Imagine you get to open your own bookstore. What would it look like? What kinds of books would you sell? It wouldn’t surprise me if 99% of avid readers and maybe … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cats Horses and Other Pets
Tagged awakening, books, bookseller, bookstore, bookstore cat, cat, clean burn, karen sandler, revolution, signings, TANKBORN
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RTW – What Makes a Book a Movie?
This week, YA Highway’s Road Trip Wednesday offers up the blog prompt What is it that makes some books ideal for a film translation? I feel a little like that kid in class whose teacher finally asks a question she … Continue reading
Do You Know the Title of This Book?
Last night, my husband was doing a little electrical work. We’re getting a new vanity installed in our master bathroom with some fancy granite as a countertop. The new vanity is taller than the old one. The old outlet on … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged books, cherished books, electrical tape, mice, mouse, no tail, reading, scholastic
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RTW — My YA Buddy IRL
This week’s YA Highway prompt is What IRL people can you talk to about YA? I confess it took some head-scratching to figure out what IRL meant. Yes, I’m an old fogey (hah! how many of you even know the … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged books, in real life, irl, kindle, reading, takborn, the hunger games, ya, young adult
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LTUE – The Pre-Game Show
Today’s the first day of the Life, the Universe & Everything (LTUE) symposium in Orem, Utah. I haven’t yet walked over to the Utah Valley University where the symposium is held, but last night I had a blast at the … Continue reading
RTW – Where do you buy most of your books?
Today YA Highway’s Road Trip Wednesday asks, Where do you buy most of your books? Then the post assures me that “No one is judging!” which is good because…let me screw up my courage…okay, I’ll just blurt it out. I … Continue reading
Fave Books–A Progress Report
It’s really too early to list my favorite books for the year. But I have realized there’s one cool aspect to owning a Kindle. It keeps track of all the books in my library. And since I’ve only read a … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged anna and the french kiss, books, liar, little blue envelope, mark twain, matched, mockingbird, room, rules, TANKBORN, the help, the hunger games, uglies, unwind, will grayson will grayson
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