I LOVE writing tools.  I am firmly in the the more tools you have, the more you can procrastinate writing that tough scene and still pretend you're actually working camp.  (I'm kidding, of course.  Ha ha!)

(Sort of.)

What I do love about writing tools is that if you ask 100 writers what "tools" they consider absolutely essential to their writing ( Read more... )

Hi there!

Thanks so much to everyone who entered to win a signed ARC of The Cinderella Society in the Tenner ARC giveaway!  Congratulations goes to...

Kate @ I Just Wanna Sit Here and Read

The Cinderella Society hits shelves April 13, 2010 (the same day Glee returns - can you tell I'm excited about that match?) :-)  Happy reading, Kate!

Cheers,
Kay

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Do you love widgets? Look no further. Here is Part One of the Tenners Widget Collection. To post on your own blog or website, simply click the "share" button on each widget for the code. For yet more widgets, check out the "widgets" tag ( Read more... )

Here is the funniest thing I have EVER read on copyediting... they copyedit Shakespeare! A must read (and must laugh!) for anyone who has ever gone through the copyediting process. :-)

http://www.rightreading.com/editing/copyediting.shakespeare.htm

Happy Friday!

I had the good fortune to be paired up with Lauren Bjorkman as my Deb buddy for the Debreviews feature. Lauren is an absolute gem, so it's an extra special treat to bring you the fabulous Lauren and her equally fab debut, MY INVENTED LIFE (on shelves today!!!).


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Do you want to get to know the witty Khyrinthia of the Frenetic Reader YA book blog?  Come check out her Booklover of the Week feature on the You 2.0 blog!

www.kaycassidy.com/blog

Can you guess Khy's lie???

Cheers,
Kay

P.S. I was very excited to find out last night that the You 2.0 blog has been nominated for a BBAW award. I'll bet many of you were as ( Read more... )

Hooray!

We just finalized The Cinderella Society cover late yesterday, so I'm delighted to have a cover that a) I absolutely LOVE and b) I can share!!!


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Happy Friday!

I'm super excited to be launching a new Friday series on the You 2.0 blog today.  It's a sneak peek into the super secret writing space--called an Author Cave--of some fabulous authors (including many Tenners!).  Not only are they sharing photos of where they write, but they're also chatting about why it inspires them to be creative ( Read more... )

Happy Wednesday!

I'm delighted to be featuring another fabulous YA book blogger this week in the You 2.0 blog Booklover of the Week series.  I hope you'll swing by to meet the charming Tirzah of The Compulsive Reader.

http://www.kaycassidy.com/blog/

Can you guess Tirzah's lie?  (It's a toughie this week!)

Cheers,
Kay