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My Invented Life Give Away!
Who's eligible: Anyone anywhere in the world
What: A hardcover copy of My Invented Life signed by me
When: September 23rd through October 15th
Where: Leave a comment at the awesome blog The Book Butterfly
:http://butterflybookreviews.blogspot.com/2009/09/guest-post-with-lauren-bjorkman-contest.html
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Ask My Sister--(mostly) good advice for those who dare
I just posted my latest ASK MY SISTER entry on my website blog. ASK MY SISTER features advice from the zany Roz and her more sane sister, Eva. Check it out. laurenbjorkman.wordpress.com/
The letter was provided by Book Butterfly. Visit her charming blog. She did an awesome review of My Invented Life. butterflybookreviews.blogspot.com/2009/09/book- ( Read more... ) -
The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z.
Dear Gianna,
Are you sure you didn’t mean to write Roz? She seems more like your type-scattered, disorganized, and ….a little boy crazy.
Scratch that. You sound adorable in a scattered, disorganized, not very boy crazy kind of way. What you need is a big sister to help straighten things out.
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As You Wish by Jackson Pearce
Jackson Pearce is the author of the very entertaining story AS YOU WISH, a novel about Jinns and Ifrits, wishes, and figuring out love and life. She also makes hilarious vlogs on all sorts of writing topics. Here are a few of my favorites:
Jackson bathing her cat as a metaphor for giving up on a novel
http://watchmebe.livejournal.com/609037.html
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Hate List by Jennifer Brown
Dear Jessica,
Trust is a hard thing to give. I know because I totally didn’t trust my sister, Roz, until recently. She didn’t deserve it. She chased after every boy I ever broke up with. Plus she had/has a serious blabbing problem.
It sounds like Valerie could use a friend right now. Sometimes the best way to earn someone’s trust is to show ( Read more... ) -
Website at last!
Creating a website turned out to be harder than I imagined. It doesn't help that I'm a cyber-doofus, with only the slimmest grasp of html. And it took me four months of hair-pulling type frustration before I involved a professional in the project.
But now (drum roll).........
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Lipstick Apology by Jennifer Jabaley
Jennifer Jabaley was born in New York and raised in Bridgewater, New Jersey. A part-time optometrist and mother of two, Jennifer began writing her first novel after a phone call from her sister sparked an idea for a story that lingered in her mind and stirred her creative juices. Jen lives in Blue Ridge, Georgia and is currently at work on her ( Read more... ) -
Debsness Giveaway
This is a monthly contest you don't want to miss--a bag of goodies from the 2009 Debutantes. There's something in the bag from me, too!
Go here to enter.
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New literary agency
Recently, I featured Chris Richman of Firebrand as a talented new agent looking for your novel.
Today I saw a notice that Chris has left Firebrand and teamed up with Michael Stearns and another agent to form a new agency, Upstart Crow Literacy. Michael Stearns has worked in many capacities. I had a consultation with him ten years ago at a conference ( Read more... )
