There's a contest going on to win a copy of one of my favoritest books ever, Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, by Lish McBride. You also might win an awesome book-related T-shirt. Or I might win, as is my hope. No offense. The link also brings you to an excellent interview Cindy Pon does with Lish McBride, wherein she reveals the tentative title of the ( Read more... )

Holly Black's White Cat was one of my top reads for 2010, possibly THE top read, and I'm so excited for the sequel, Red Glove, that I can hardly stand it! Cindy Pon, author of Silver Phoenix, is giving away a hardcover copy of White Cat and an ARC of Red Glove over at her blog, so here's a link to the contest. I'd say good luck to you, but since I ( Read more... )

A while back, I entered Tina Pinson's Kindle giveaway contest to promote her new ebook, In the Manor of the Ghost. And then I forgot about it, mostly because I never win contests. And then I got the e-mail from her saying that I was one of the two Kindle winners!

So, I'm getting a Kindle! It's already in the mail and should arrive tomorrow (when I'm ( Read more... )

This is one of the best opportunities I've seen for unpublished writers of YA or middle grade fiction (why yes, I am one myself). To enter, all you need to do is send 150-200 words of your novel to their e-mail address and then mention the contest in a couple social media sites (which is why I'm doing here -- see how that works?). The prizes ( Read more... )

Every year, I write ridiculous New Year's resolutions that I have no intention of keeping because I know deep in my heart that they are stupid. So, this year, my resolutions (mostly writing related) will be goals that I can accomplish and weekly actions that I need to stick to in order to accomplish my goals. Therefore:

I will edit my YA novel ( Read more... )

Though I was an epic fail at summerwrite , I decided to sign up for autumnwrite anyway, to give myself another chance at possibly not failing so miserably. I am going to work on multiple projects, mostly because I don't feel so confident about any one project yet. None of them really have titles (or at least, titles that I like), and all of them I am stuck on one thing ( Read more... )

To my astonishment, I am one of the first place winners for the OWW's Crit Contest. The contest was held in February, organized by

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