Facebook. MySpace. Twitter. Blogging on communities. Blogging on a personal website. With so many terrific avenues available to authors so they can reach out to an ever-broader audience, how is one supposed to promote and network and still have time to write?

No, really?
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I'm working on a new YA dark fantasy novel, and as I'm getting to know the main character, I realize she's a hell of a lot darker than the protagonist in my first YA novel, Hunger. She's angrier. And she reacts to that anger in many ways...including cursing ( Read more... )

[Cross-posted from my blog]

Last year’s RT from A to Z was a huge hit. And so…here’s the all new 2009 edition. Maybe it’s not as clever as last year’s ode to RT. Sorry, but I’m still decompressing from a week of panels, promo and Perkins. (And it no way, shape or form mentions all the terrific people I saw this year. I mentioned the whole " ( Read more... )

Here's wishing everyone health, happiness, and obscene success in 2009!

**throws confetti**

Jackie Kessler

This one is for the booksellers who hang their virtual hats here ( Read more... )

Public-service announcement: If you're planning on attending Dragon*Con over Labor Day Weekend, 2009, in Atlanta -- there is ANOTHER convention going on that same weekend, and the hotel rooms are already filling up. I've heard that the Marriott is already sold out. The Hyatt Regency website says it's also sold out, but I called and spoke with ( Read more... )

Here's the cover for BLACK AND WHITE, by me and Caitlin, coming summer 2009 from Bantam Spectra! (Sorry the image is so big; I don't know how to shrink it.)
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I'm a member of SF Novelists. Joshua Palmatier, another member, suggested that a number of authors all post their actual query letters to agents today and discuss the query process. A whole slew of us decided to participate. I have this information available on my blog, as well as a list of the authors participating.

I also wanted to open this up ( Read more... )

[cross posted at Romance Vagabonds]

I just got back from Dragon*Con - got woken up this morning by my Precious Little Tax Deductions (ages 7 and 5) who jumped into the bed at 7 am (sleeping in, at Casa Kessler) and hugged me to pieces. Ah, bliss! I’d say that today the decompression begins, but who am I kidding? I have the full-time day job AND the ( Read more... )

Welcome to FFF author Jackie Kessler who is now firmly among my favourite authors because HOTTER THAN HELL is one of the most fabulous books I’ve read. It’s one of those rare books I would read again because I enjoyed it so much.

Now for Jackie to tell us a little about herself!

1.     When did the dream of being a writer begin for Jackie ( Read more... )