I left this unlocked to include our debut watchers who aren't Tenners.

Check this great new site out: http://yaroundup.blogspot.com/

And follow them on Twitter, too: YARoundUp

They want to help spread the word about our books. :)

Hey, all!  Congrats to Dia and Jenn today!

There's an interesting article in ShelfAwareness today about the success of Hush, Hush ( Yay, Becca!) which mentions the Tenners' and online blogging community's vital importance:  http://news.shelf-awareness.com/mv/a1/815998.html .  Scroll down to the bottom.

Sooo excited and nervous that 2010 is finally ( Read more... )

Hey, all.

Check out my thoughts on writing and originality at www.authorsnow.com/.

Happy Friday!

-Amy

Check this PW article out, and our Deb friend Megan Frazer's contest!

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6672737.html?nid=2788&source=title&rid=1649111557

For those who stayed late in the recent Tenners/bloggers chat, I asked what people thought made a good author's website. Khy of Frenetic Reader has just written up a great post in reply: http://freneticreader.blogspot.com/2009/07/author-websites.html. ( Read more... )

Hi there!

I'm hosting an ARC tour of THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY with some YA book blogger buddies.  One of them, the darling Harmony at Harmony Book Reviews, asked what I thought about her hosting something like that on a regular basis via her blog.  I told her I thought it was a fabulous idea!  I think authors and bloggers alike will be thrilled that ( Read more... )

My brain has been jumbled for months, and so has my office, but NO MORE. It's painted. It's organized. And it's conducive to writing (I hope!) http://tinyurl.com/n8ah9fRead more... )

Back from Hypericon!  It was fun!  Thanks everyone for the good lucks in moderating my first panel.  I posted a long-winded entry about it in my journal, if anyone is interested.

Julie

ETA:  Oops, forgot to add the link to the long-windedness.  http://sylverkit.livejournal.com/9031.html
Just warning you, there may be skunks.

Everyone go check out Moonrat's update from this afternoon. Everything you ever wanted to know about royalties.

http://editorialass.blogspot.com/2009/05/and-you-thought-royalty-involved-crown.html

Grr.  Check out this opinion of a book critic on YA novels.  And just when I thought nearly everyone in the literary world had caught on to the fact that YA fiction is "real writing."

"If I have one quibble, it is that I think [ YA book title ] should be sitting proudly on the shelf next to these books, rather than being hidden away in the "young ( Read more... )