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Continue reading →: The 2015 Birthday Bookhaul
I mentioned that the fourteenth was my birthday (still feeling 22!) The festivities consisted of a trip to the bookstore, and that’s all I need to celebrate! Winterspell is the first one I’ve started reading! I’m actually slowing the process so it won’t end too quickly, because it’s bewitching. And…
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Continue reading →: My Latest, Cruel Goal
Today I turn 22. I’ve been looking at my achievements in the past year with a satisfied but restless eye. You see, the writer is never satisfied with her work…and I’ve set resolutions for this coming year that might seem hefty to many, even impossible. They’re goals I’m probably going to…
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Continue reading →: Cover Reveal: Dissonance by Mariella Hunt
With Serenade finally undergoing revision, it was time to get the cover business taken care of–to have a pair of matching covers ready for the sequel’s release. The second edition of Dissonance features a girl who looks exactly like Allie, and lots of blue–which is all she will wear. She loves blue. Fifteen-year-old…
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Continue reading →: Guest Post: Should You Write to the Trends?
Visit today’s fantastic guest at her blog, StoryPort! If you ask writers, “Should you write to the trends?” you’ll receive vastly different responses, each delivered with passionate conviction. With such a variety of opinions, which should you listen to? What’s right for your novel? There are a lot of pros…
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Continue reading →: Wendy Higgins on the Challenge of PublicationI’m often asked if I get writer’s block and how I get past it. The first answer is yes. Absolutely, without a question, I get terrible bouts of writer’s block. I’m talking about fortified WALLS that go up in my mind. I have yet to come up with a foolproof…
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Continue reading →: Review: My Name is Rapunzel by KC HiltonOn my quest for faery tale retellings, I stumbled upon My Name Is Rapunzel. The book title drew me in first. Everyone knows the tale of the girl locked in the tower, the girl with hair so long it could be used to climb to her window. As far as…
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Continue reading →: Review: The Elite by Kiera Cass
The short version of this review goes something like UGH WHY. I NEED MORE. Here’s the formal version: Many girls dream of being princess at some point. In Kiera Cass’s popular series, there is a competition going on to marry the prince and win the crown. I joined the fandom…
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Continue reading →: Searching for a Writing BuddyWriting is most often portrayed as a solitary activity. Most people hear writer and picture a grumpy introvert poring over their manuscript in a dimly lit room, draining cups of coffee and filling wastebaskets with work they don’t like. It’s the romantic image of the focused artist, but the truth is, most…
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Continue reading →: Cover Reveal: Sworn by Kate Sparkes
Not every fairy tale ends with “happily ever after.” The plan was simple: Find Ulric, the lost king of Tyrea, then return him to Luid to reclaim his throne and depose the tyrant who stole it from him. With the country free, Aren, Rowan, and Nox would finally be able…
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Continue reading →: Cover Reveal: Hello, Handsome by Caity H.
Happy December! I’m excited to participate in the cover reveal for Hello, Handsome–written by a friend of mine and sequel to Hello, Honeybee! I’ll be reviewing Hello, Honeybee soon; if you want to check it out, it’s available here! Blurb: Honeybee and Lex are back and ready to rock this sequel business. When we first…
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Continue reading →: Review: Switched by Amanda Hocking
I had a full volume edition of the Trylle trilogy sitting on my TBR shelf for years. A beautiful and thick volume, I really don’t know why it took me so long to dive in. When I finally got to reading the book, I devoured all three installments! In the trilogy,…
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Continue reading →: Guest Post: A Little Bit of Everything Gets You Nowhere
Jack of All Trades, master of none, that’s how it goes. Right? How do we know what our calling is when we have so many? I studied Fine Art in college. I focused on painting. But I never find myself able to commit to any one idea. When I moved…
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Miss Marjorie Brahms, daughter of a mysterious wizard known by the townsfolk as Bamoy, is having a bizarre autumn. Her father, Johann, had reasons for purchasing an abandoned house situated in the middle of a graveyard in which to raise his family. That did not mean that evil spirits could never find them.
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