WELCOME TO DAY TWENTY-SEVEN OF THE COMPLETE YOUR DRAFT CHALLENGE!Twitter is a really amazing place. I've met way more awesome people than I have any right to meet. Our next guest poster is no exception. She runs a group blog with several other YA writers and has some great YouTube videos. In one of them she recommended one of the best books I've ( Read more... )

WELCOME TO DAY TWENTY-FOUR OF THE COMPLETE YOUR DRAFT CHALLENGE!Today's author is someone I've been following on her website for about a year. The premise of her first novel fascinated me (it's out now, which means you can read it too!). She lives in Paris, which is basically my Valhalla, and is a lover of languages and cultures. Also, she writes ( Read more... )

WELCOME TO DAY TWENTY OF THE COMPLETE YOUR DRAFT CHALLENGE!

Everyone should follow today's guest on Twitter. She's one of the most fun people to watch The Vampire Diaries "with". Well, her and Heidi Kling. They are a duo of hilarity. Which is one of the reasons I asked her to guest blog for the CYD. So enjoy a few words from a past participant and ( Read more... )

WELCOME TO DAY SEVENTEEN OF THE COMPLETE YOUR DRAFT CHALLENGE!Today's author is one of the first people from the writing community to friend me on livejournal. She's given me fabulous vegan recipes when I asked for some suggestions, and she's an all-around awesome YA author. Her debut novel comes out 01/06/2011. For the next sixteen weeks, she'll ( Read more... )

WELCOME TO DAY THIRTEEN OF THE COMPLETE YOUR DRAFT CHALLENGE!

I've been following the Merry Sisters of Fate since they started in 2008. (This is entirely due to lesleysays's influence!) Little did I know I'd actually MEET two of the three awesome authors. (Tried to meet Maggie in England, but I missed her by four days.) A few month's ago, rebness and I embarked on ( Read more... )

WELCOME TO DAY TEN OF THE COMPLETE YOUR DRAFT CHALLENGE!

(Apologies for the lateness of this post. Have been working with sporadic home internet. Should probably go pay the bill. HA!) Check out lesleysays's blog tomorrow for more sound writing advice.

When I read Shadowed Summer, I knew I wanted to know more about the author. The southern gothic tale ( Read more... )

WELCOME TO DAY FIVE OF THE COMPLETE YOUR DRAFT CHALLENGE!

When I opened my inbox and found this little gem inside, I wanted to post it immediately! Maybe it's the dog-lover in me? Today's advice comes from the fantastic carriejones, author of the NEED series and all-around awesome author. Carrie's newest book Captivate is out NOW ( Read more... )

WELCOME TO DAY THREE OF THE COMPLETE YOUR DRAFT CHALLENGE!

Here's hoping your word count's increasing with every day, or if you're not writing, then you're plotting away. Today's my first day of writing. As soon as I post this, I'm off to a closet without t'internets for a four-hour session. Please visit lesleysays tomorrow for the next guest post! (Lesley ( Read more... )

WELCOME TO OUR COMPLETE YOUR DRAFT CHALLENGE 2010!! During the course of the month, we'll be positing words of wisdom from several members of the kidlit community. After a day of writing, we hope you can stop by our blogs (visit lesleysays tomorrow for another author!) to hear some inspiration for the next day ( Read more... )

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