tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89717988604437577062024-02-19T03:34:03.039-08:00GotYATheGotYAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17577024893828894816noreply@blogger.comBlogger281125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-12086950919868604122011-08-24T01:10:00.001-07:002011-08-24T01:20:19.041-07:00Cover Love!A new edition of Cover Love!
<br />We start with:
<br />Blood Red Road by Moira Young
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<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyE56pjlDEHanXzXfiGUUW-cCKRJloLkFsZY5VuYqutwYkqDDzsz0Pk2THAyV_BYKfl9zkUXQr8EHgisheRh5jrsW-7oI-fN-tN2haPdBWg5W_GxOPiq2NAZCoJ-emdiA7PTKqXKbYjDOi/s1600/blood+red+road+us.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 133px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644332615341062610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyE56pjlDEHanXzXfiGUUW-cCKRJloLkFsZY5VuYqutwYkqDDzsz0Pk2THAyV_BYKfl9zkUXQr8EHgisheRh5jrsW-7oI-fN-tN2haPdBWg5W_GxOPiq2NAZCoJ-emdiA7PTKqXKbYjDOi/s200/blood+red+road+us.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUsbZznT84mVlXKGkbfF-AgGjU6_NNG8UMQ7AZgrzJXueC85t_-5QrGySyEtU5AJhqPuGrYg6Ss8acO_QEJzlKcZnYPWfGsNFB4tBNMWfBn8-4JGDe1_At0s9DinV7JDW2lBPNH5qOhyy/s1600/blood+red+road+uk.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 126px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644332672628391074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUsbZznT84mVlXKGkbfF-AgGjU6_NNG8UMQ7AZgrzJXueC85t_-5QrGySyEtU5AJhqPuGrYg6Ss8acO_QEJzlKcZnYPWfGsNFB4tBNMWfBn8-4JGDe1_At0s9DinV7JDW2lBPNH5qOhyy/s200/blood+red+road+uk.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7C3YhJMYL5fyxSZhNiwSL-919oYb7x9-VabaPnlE1SCJnVNsm4WNgkC5e-ZvMkSgVPnhxCWsQTK44i7LCfIIfpaBmc5JYD_n0saSIViPI9oNGQlujfJgLRy2os6alA8Ii_8n0whA6Inkx/s1600/blood+red+road+dutch.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 116px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644332747995757010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7C3YhJMYL5fyxSZhNiwSL-919oYb7x9-VabaPnlE1SCJnVNsm4WNgkC5e-ZvMkSgVPnhxCWsQTK44i7LCfIIfpaBmc5JYD_n0saSIViPI9oNGQlujfJgLRy2os6alA8Ii_8n0whA6Inkx/s200/blood+red+road+dutch.jpg" /></a>
<br />(US, UK, Dutch)
<br />I really like the US cover, especially the font but the UK cover is something you can't walk past without looking. It's definitely eye-catching.
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<br /><div>Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick</div>
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<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVDewvhS0H6GsEjta9oDEgaMLdoUkxi5MZzeufSlr5le80PDHGoe1gyT9LKX9I0-CWS2UjAlRJoghDnVODBIsO5YB7ZbilUSShD870Axwb9Db-75Ko2oI9UAUkol0BIAEVBLPWZUu1dKE/s1600/ashes+us.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 133px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644332302896342050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVDewvhS0H6GsEjta9oDEgaMLdoUkxi5MZzeufSlr5le80PDHGoe1gyT9LKX9I0-CWS2UjAlRJoghDnVODBIsO5YB7ZbilUSShD870Axwb9Db-75Ko2oI9UAUkol0BIAEVBLPWZUu1dKE/s200/ashes+us.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjicjk2TBQmf9Au0wFRDoqQSp1mCm_JqCiTPfdjFwSP5jwVzbaJ5R3IAaZtcTzsSkbNRg3b9bKtHsFW5qQrz0fcQqrCLnF3f4_1yrfdPIKwEzhgVH4GSbRGQ2eAHdQOodkMDKCMbIidVxCg/s1600/ashes+uk.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 130px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644332383537688082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjicjk2TBQmf9Au0wFRDoqQSp1mCm_JqCiTPfdjFwSP5jwVzbaJ5R3IAaZtcTzsSkbNRg3b9bKtHsFW5qQrz0fcQqrCLnF3f4_1yrfdPIKwEzhgVH4GSbRGQ2eAHdQOodkMDKCMbIidVxCg/s200/ashes+uk.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSdhVbj1c0SwDh63xLwnd6lXsTfvjtUYbjv6qnqEJ1B7PhIGRW2ibkOs7QJmdl23uXzSP4DtKIpRM5Cy4_a0thmNH_DYr6gF_lAaCGN95M94ZrUTo-hAWSw_LlPQmyJi8yvZSgllcM-gZ/s1600/ashes+german.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 144px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644332448791646210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSdhVbj1c0SwDh63xLwnd6lXsTfvjtUYbjv6qnqEJ1B7PhIGRW2ibkOs7QJmdl23uXzSP4DtKIpRM5Cy4_a0thmNH_DYr6gF_lAaCGN95M94ZrUTo-hAWSw_LlPQmyJi8yvZSgllcM-gZ/s200/ashes+german.jpg" /></a>
<br />(US, UK, German)
<br />I really like the German cover but from what I've heard about ASHES the US cover might fit better because the book is pretty scary.
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<br /><div>Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley</div>
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<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxRLOBtmIhPPd2PTYPXErd1w0LQ68QRAmmefahziC8Cf11n-P7kswNdhp3XZVSjIBrgOqJQVaqh4XdYn6TaALWs20_YmftK5yD6BtfZ9Jsn5iBYh2bOl5Lw0zIam1_YWw8LTiQ6b2q86g/s1600/graffiti+australia.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 132px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644332051158915330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxRLOBtmIhPPd2PTYPXErd1w0LQ68QRAmmefahziC8Cf11n-P7kswNdhp3XZVSjIBrgOqJQVaqh4XdYn6TaALWs20_YmftK5yD6BtfZ9Jsn5iBYh2bOl5Lw0zIam1_YWw8LTiQ6b2q86g/s200/graffiti+australia.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJ0bN7o4RE_Eaj3p6QtXR0g12Lg4tv-kBA0Vmb2w0mfqq4Kw4nlht5OVT7v8jbQYytuSKpq69DAoyWQCN41MQdIij_AvM7iyya1EHBdIWLVyKRmNTSnLfB1SdO25QydAb0kENSYlyJX9q/s1600/graffiti+us.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 133px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644332110675447458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJ0bN7o4RE_Eaj3p6QtXR0g12Lg4tv-kBA0Vmb2w0mfqq4Kw4nlht5OVT7v8jbQYytuSKpq69DAoyWQCN41MQdIij_AvM7iyya1EHBdIWLVyKRmNTSnLfB1SdO25QydAb0kENSYlyJX9q/s200/graffiti+us.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5eZMOuwSMItElFG2efARpepAJEyQe4FG8ozexjTLjPChPocjty1LlBae9RcJSYwjaXbU1kR7Y72RmNV5UPZoY9e4phIFiwAHxMVPTkhbRbbtj5XPKjFridKl1pBMN-a2Wj80TPCNwMW1z/s1600/graffiti+spanish.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 132px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644332191863376242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5eZMOuwSMItElFG2efARpepAJEyQe4FG8ozexjTLjPChPocjty1LlBae9RcJSYwjaXbU1kR7Y72RmNV5UPZoY9e4phIFiwAHxMVPTkhbRbbtj5XPKjFridKl1pBMN-a2Wj80TPCNwMW1z/s200/graffiti+spanish.jpg" /></a>
<br />(Australia, US, Spanish)
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<br /><div>I first noticed this book because of the Australian cover. It's pretty striking but I really like the US cover too. </div>
<br /><div>What do you think?</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br />Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-17103787490603433672011-08-15T12:14:00.000-07:002011-08-15T12:14:29.124-07:00Monday's Muse MusicI know a lot of you love music and use it as inspiration when writing. I went to a 10 Years concert a couple weeks ago and I can not get FIX ME out of my head. It's like every YA character's anthem. <br />
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Also Avenged Sevenfold's song SO FAR AWAY is truely touching. It's a rock ballat about loosing someone you love. In this band's case it was their drummer, The Rev.<br />
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Check them out! And don't forget to shout out what your muse music is!<br />
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Happy Writing!<br />
--AnnieAnnie McElfreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312634754232333138noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-47343149672337210872011-08-08T02:49:00.000-07:002011-08-08T02:55:36.788-07:00Cover reveal The Other Life!The moment I’ve been anticipating for months has finally come!!
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<br />I can share the cover of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9554790-the-other-life">The Other Life</a> by Susanne Winnacker (aka Me) with you!
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<br />Here it is:
<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 262px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638421057427100994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0oA3k2ydDi-fVacH3NMGSlAQ-EhL1Eo9sl0-Y-CrR2qT1sh47vNvz9yYBZsovnLWtVY0koZ7F6wiezP800KLX-WNjs7CKzOSpeDJ1GUyKbcZxki1lNyef7zE2x3vxX_9w1o2TdVRc9zo/s400/The+Other+Life+FINAL.jpg" />
<br />And here’s the blurb from goodreads:
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<br /><em>Sherry and her family have lived sealed in a bunker in the garden since things went wrong up above. Her grandfather has been in the freezer for the last three months, her parents are at each other’s throats and two minutes ago they ran out of food.
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<br />Sherry and her father leave the safety of the bunker and find a devastated and empty LA, smashed to pieces by bombs and haunted by ‘Weepers’ - rabid humans infected with a weaponized rabies virus.
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<br />While searching for food in a supermarket, Sherry’s father disappears and Sherry is saved by Joshua, a boy-hunter. He takes her to Safe-haven, a tumble-down vineyard in the hills outside LA, where a handful of other survivors are picking up the pieces of their ‘other lives’. As she falls in love for the first time, Sherry must save her father, stay alive and keep Joshua safe when his desire for vengeance threatens them all.</em>
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<br />I couldn't be happier! Isn't the bleeding butterfly deliciously creepy??
<br />Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-26770769660428362932011-08-01T11:24:00.000-07:002011-08-01T11:24:17.689-07:00Cover Revamps: Do They Turn Your Head?I was in Barnes and Nobel the other day and noticed a few books have gotten a cover makeover. I know this is probably a marketing tool to get the novel to appeal to a broader audience and increase book sales. Hell, I even picked up a couple books with new covers. I've always wondered how publishing companies choose which book they're going to invest more money in to revamp. Anyone have any ideas? Is it something they decide to do when the hardback goes paper? <br />
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Anyway here are some books I've noticed with a new face-lift:<br />
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All the covers are beautiful. But I think my favorite is the UK version. I find it interesting that the Croatian publisher added wings to the US version. Maybe they wanted to show the reader what the book's about?</div><br /><div><br />Next: Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IG1MWlMBYLNbJ2UlHRH4tODO-AosJVdp1588hVu1v5lcKj4fPrtz7gL6apS8U3G2FO64RtpMR-VjDXtEUgszak_NBR55jv8LT4FgTEHb4mbCNO58T_ujBfTpuQ4ODTLPOSO4AnyfIJFw/s1600/jackson+pearce+us.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 133px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628764057759807554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IG1MWlMBYLNbJ2UlHRH4tODO-AosJVdp1588hVu1v5lcKj4fPrtz7gL6apS8U3G2FO64RtpMR-VjDXtEUgszak_NBR55jv8LT4FgTEHb4mbCNO58T_ujBfTpuQ4ODTLPOSO4AnyfIJFw/s200/jackson+pearce+us.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5YoL8KBftdeYgBsrQ_u5pmooZ7NB2isylaataxjteeYnBsz7eLpCyq3W7sQl29yn24pSUF9pgzVLI023tBN4O4YwJP8w9YLpLeSF79OAKNosqC0Lma2909Fbas_Da9lgJK6p2_j2xeGj/s1600/jackson+pearce.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628764130628905218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5YoL8KBftdeYgBsrQ_u5pmooZ7NB2isylaataxjteeYnBsz7eLpCyq3W7sQl29yn24pSUF9pgzVLI023tBN4O4YwJP8w9YLpLeSF79OAKNosqC0Lma2909Fbas_Da9lgJK6p2_j2xeGj/s200/jackson+pearce.jpg" /></a><br />(US, German)</div><br /><div>Both publishers us the red/black color scheme. What I really love about the German version is how creepy it is!</div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBaUq9AOiXe7YTLP3Dg6CTLkpzhpPQXVqi_F9tvQuSasyv7u9FZ-nR_kQ6PW40Kw0FTW-enn328vvnvqpu-d5lPm29SS58LgN5O9woLt7ajOfJnhikyTlf5Dox-vTrkoH9vb4saF2Igdd/s1600/delirium+us.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 132px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628763252600713026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBaUq9AOiXe7YTLP3Dg6CTLkpzhpPQXVqi_F9tvQuSasyv7u9FZ-nR_kQ6PW40Kw0FTW-enn328vvnvqpu-d5lPm29SS58LgN5O9woLt7ajOfJnhikyTlf5Dox-vTrkoH9vb4saF2Igdd/s200/delirium+us.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gEAE2YP0VDm_mhoaH-pumGtgfLJRAcQZqrJ1S_fAMUZaItLya_u7zWYDXj0R47l_XelxBq89S-4ctki15owuZUkhmlFwXtDO3cPfcSeWG0Tcrq_QYUphep6YGmzXtDELWkAJ70Ueq5DN/s1600/delirium+french.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 127px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628763479918884882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gEAE2YP0VDm_mhoaH-pumGtgfLJRAcQZqrJ1S_fAMUZaItLya_u7zWYDXj0R47l_XelxBq89S-4ctki15owuZUkhmlFwXtDO3cPfcSeWG0Tcrq_QYUphep6YGmzXtDELWkAJ70Ueq5DN/s200/delirium+french.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshmTGN5qfuIlbXsUw4D0Z-sGRqsos_D8aqSDnsBzps_pfTzRfpiV6-FC8EJKRNsGKRUlWLe64sYNwrCOHmskdgGDLtAEhZL9xMNVcJZA6_DCgYjbq8QVq2NUwS0ghlGtiOHnSZ4Ew1UZy/s1600/delirium+spanish.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 139px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628763851327065154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshmTGN5qfuIlbXsUw4D0Z-sGRqsos_D8aqSDnsBzps_pfTzRfpiV6-FC8EJKRNsGKRUlWLe64sYNwrCOHmskdgGDLtAEhZL9xMNVcJZA6_DCgYjbq8QVq2NUwS0ghlGtiOHnSZ4Ew1UZy/s200/delirium+spanish.jpg" /></a><br />(US, French, Spanish)</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ6gOgYqx4cv2_eIweZqzTTv5d5SfStYjBkazwb9WGdUuMqOsqqAgDblfwTzBrvZ49sx2VHh4pYe70jN7QzLucF9p8UfCSRUzzCg4iqtNjPLzuNz2bzIrUS7yds_P5hvGmC_PTauRXB6Bf/s1600/delirium+uk.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 125px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628763574907427602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ6gOgYqx4cv2_eIweZqzTTv5d5SfStYjBkazwb9WGdUuMqOsqqAgDblfwTzBrvZ49sx2VHh4pYe70jN7QzLucF9p8UfCSRUzzCg4iqtNjPLzuNz2bzIrUS7yds_P5hvGmC_PTauRXB6Bf/s200/delirium+uk.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcPXutfXrQOTkI9ytdEYe5QgpTnz2YlFQDkzggWcsO4NybK12caYGRxm_R3Pk-aZ2-wuKO44av2yovQdSWL7adohu0TTw2wkQ3czMbJsgJV81zvPZEbykiDe14329sh-NcHQnM9S5fUpc/s1600/delirium+german.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 133px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628763694947870386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcPXutfXrQOTkI9ytdEYe5QgpTnz2YlFQDkzggWcsO4NybK12caYGRxm_R3Pk-aZ2-wuKO44av2yovQdSWL7adohu0TTw2wkQ3czMbJsgJV81zvPZEbykiDe14329sh-NcHQnM9S5fUpc/s200/delirium+german.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>(UK, German)</div><br /><div>Most foreign publishers used some variation of the US cover, sometimes using different colors, sometimes different fonts. I like the black of the French version better than the light blue of the US version. It's more eyecatching. I'm not so cure about the "face-covers", especially the UK girl looks very young.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>What are your favorites?</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-89049282096248340592011-07-01T09:20:00.000-07:002011-07-01T10:00:09.645-07:00Twitter Do's and Don'ts - Guest Post from Melanie Kramer-SantiagoMel was nice enough to let me cross post this from her visually stunning new blog, <a href="http://www.melanieksantiago.blogspot.com/">YA for the YAt Heart</a>. Like Mel, I'm still tripping a little bit over my own feet when it comes to Twitter, but as we learn the ins and outs, there are a few things we've noticed and talked about with fellow writers. <br />
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I am still very new to Twitter. And in trying to figure out how to appropriately and effectively utilize it, I asked a group of fellow writer friends/Twitterers to share with me some of the things about Twitter, Twitterers, and tweeting that annoy the living poop out of them. In other words, I wanted to know what the etiquette to being a good Twitterer consists of and what NOT to do. These are some of the things that came up in our discussion (in no particular order):<br />
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1. Follow Fridays aka #FF. Apparently people find this VERY annoying. I myself had not done it simply because I didn't know how to or what it was. But now that I know, and have learned how many people feel about it, I will not be doing it. For a hilarious post on the #FF hashtag that explains what #FF was supposed to be vs. what it's become <a href="http://theoatmeal.com/comics/follow_friday">read this</a>.<br />
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2. Multiple tweets--Posting your tweet 10, 15, 20+ times in a day fills up people's Twitter feeds (had to figure out what a Twitter "feed" was--yes, I'm that clueless) and that can be extremely irritating. We get that you want to reach as many people as possible about your AMAZING giveaway/contest, or an INSPIRING post on your blog, or even some FANTASTIC news about your book coming out, but tweeting the same tweet 437 times in a day on multiple days and you are looking to actually lose your audience/fellow followers.<br />
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3. Pimping your book and contributing nothing else to the Twitter world or to those following you was another thing mentioned as annoying. Apparently some authors have been known to do this and it is really uncool and uninteresting. Twitter is about making connections with other people who are in the same field/business or share the same interest. Develop and nurture those relationships first and THEN promote your stuff like crazy (but DON'T multiple tweet!). They will care more about your book if they care about you first. (Plus you may find more people retweeting your promotional tweets. WIN!)<br />
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4. People who think they look cool because they have 1000 followers and only follow 100. Honestly, you pretty much look the opposite of cool 'cause what this says to people is that there are many people who think you are worth following, but to you there are so few. I understand there can be certain reasons for it, but to most people it just looks really...unbalanced.<br />
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5. And to go along with #4 is people who follow you and then UNfollow you after you follow them back. Apparently this has even been done by some "big name" people to others who swear they were respectful followers (not harassing them or filling up their feed) and would only comment now and then or RT them for something that was said that was truly meaningful to them. SO NOT COOL. I understand that sometimes people need to clean out some of the followers that are the afore mentioned things or people who only follow for the purpose of advertisement of a product, but come on people. That is a snobby thing to do (if it's intentional, of course ;-))<br />
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6. There is a 140 character limit for a reason, people! To keep things short and tight in your message. People find it extremely irritating when Twitteres write a novel in a string of 500 posts. We're not talking the occasional continued post to finish a sentence or an important point, but do it often enough and you will find yourself UNfollowed.<br />
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7. Another one that several people mentioned as VERY annoying is when people go on regular political rants. Just because you have a platform for your fiction dystopian 7 book series, it doesn't give you the platform to spew political rhetoric at your fans. They are following you for your writing and your stories, not your personal political views.<br />
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8. Cliques on Twitter. Okay. So, we know cliques kind of exist everywhere. And just because you're on the internet doesn't mean people won't recognize when you are being "cliquish". Apparently, there are many published authors in the industry who will ONLY respond to other published authors on Twitter and ignore comments made by fans or other writers who are working towards the goal of becoming published. It just makes you come off looking like a snob. If you're only interested in other authors being interested in your work and not the other people who are fans and dedicated followers and buyers of your books, then go ahead. Remain in your small circle of Twitter peeps. But would it really hurt to reach out to others once in a while? Not saying you have to respond to every person who tweets you (surely impossible for some), but once in a while just respond to some of your followers to let them know that you know they exist and that you appreciate them following you. There are many authors who are absolutely wonderful about responding to RT@tweets and thanking people who retweet one of their tweets, but there are others who seem to think their poop don't stink and that if you're not published you're a nobody. NOT. COOL.<br />
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So there you have it. Some tips for you on What NOT to do on Twitter. I mean, you can do whatever you want, but these are some suggestions on ways to avoid loosing followers. BTW, a friend of mine pointed out this really cool link that allows you to see <a href="http://friendorfollow.com/">who you are following that is not following you back</a>. In case you wanted to know ;-) <br />
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Anything you can add? Anything I didn't mention that annoys the living poop out of you?Jamie Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15899384749829457808noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-70991413562478818282011-06-22T01:29:00.001-07:002011-06-22T01:57:12.671-07:00Cover Love!After a short hiatus (I was on deadline for the sequel to THE OTHER LIFE), Cover love is back!<br /><br />Let's start with INFINITE DAYS by Rebecca Maizel<br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJRSpxEH17QxgysU6AK7eNl0plfkhy4ZxXeUYNJaOnxHWWjWAWCMxIsGryyrmsaEO0U9iqlYa59oOT-VSRw6ga5eQomf-o9WJWf5HG7mw0JdfefVYXoKdz-PQtPDE0LPrYSbhmW1kAQNwI/s1600/infinite+days+us.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 128px; HEIGHT: 191px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620959587240354786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJRSpxEH17QxgysU6AK7eNl0plfkhy4ZxXeUYNJaOnxHWWjWAWCMxIsGryyrmsaEO0U9iqlYa59oOT-VSRw6ga5eQomf-o9WJWf5HG7mw0JdfefVYXoKdz-PQtPDE0LPrYSbhmW1kAQNwI/s200/infinite+days+us.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVyxf4uWX-cT0DcF8jRI5U4re0Z6C0K3vpFPRjkFgBze7a7fbg0ya1U_Cqd3kxSDDXVFVJ78WuQp4l95gOUWJP0Mv2_6fyNp755XqmfwZBH321KdsbLMsGmHHkeUNMSC6QS_XE7Y0SQR4/s1600/infinite+days+uk.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 125px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620959653497798354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVyxf4uWX-cT0DcF8jRI5U4re0Z6C0K3vpFPRjkFgBze7a7fbg0ya1U_Cqd3kxSDDXVFVJ78WuQp4l95gOUWJP0Mv2_6fyNp755XqmfwZBH321KdsbLMsGmHHkeUNMSC6QS_XE7Y0SQR4/s200/infinite+days+uk.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVuA8gysdQsFyMICoqZzH62CKPKYdC3WlgQxnHTpXWZGHN6Ux_u2D92yZ3u1E4dq5Sek5DREaoXgXdtYp0ZkP9k8sq_LRlLWW_Raa1f-wl-kGnvsuM7Y4GJecP-wABoH6shRzL3msf1uDH/s1600/infinite+days+spanish.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 126px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620959750587883026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVuA8gysdQsFyMICoqZzH62CKPKYdC3WlgQxnHTpXWZGHN6Ux_u2D92yZ3u1E4dq5Sek5DREaoXgXdtYp0ZkP9k8sq_LRlLWW_Raa1f-wl-kGnvsuM7Y4GJecP-wABoH6shRzL3msf1uDH/s200/infinite+days+spanish.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>(US, UK, Spanish)</div><br /><div>I love the blue eyes on the US cover and the tear trailing over her face. It's the most striking of the five versions in my opinion. I think the UK cover could use some color.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihRabS-KGQaLiHZAC5JomF3w-5GUBLvCI0yxS6Eo_2fZd2hTvItpWKq5YbMNZpoj_pW78xMXpU_U3Jompee-SKm4qPr8c-xRQqYYo4SWQF-5oWMpB2qnqQonVxCgtfdO2dH3XMnYvDfjYN/s1600/infinite+days+dutch.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 120px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620959401110139842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihRabS-KGQaLiHZAC5JomF3w-5GUBLvCI0yxS6Eo_2fZd2hTvItpWKq5YbMNZpoj_pW78xMXpU_U3Jompee-SKm4qPr8c-xRQqYYo4SWQF-5oWMpB2qnqQonVxCgtfdO2dH3XMnYvDfjYN/s200/infinite+days+dutch.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYev4Am6U6hAcoQ56F4QVCZFtRhVOuchNxhzgD0v4ZA2OqkSTZYrnWD3v_dGW-WLUIZr2AHFF_dH9xIcEj3WLVEyZWVkXXDbNfy91aYADX8bWxXzoA57gly7knF5elc5soiIbCVN1pzW6v/s1600/infinite+days+deutsch.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 126px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620959497863643122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYev4Am6U6hAcoQ56F4QVCZFtRhVOuchNxhzgD0v4ZA2OqkSTZYrnWD3v_dGW-WLUIZr2AHFF_dH9xIcEj3WLVEyZWVkXXDbNfy91aYADX8bWxXzoA57gly7knF5elc5soiIbCVN1pzW6v/s200/infinite+days+deutsch.jpg" /></a><br />(Dutch, German)</div><br /><div>What I love about the Dutch cover is the bat next to the couple! In today's YA books vampires are rarely associated with bats anymore. The German cover is beautifully creepy and I love the title (The Night is yours)!</div><br /><div><br />Next: NIGHTSHADE + WOLFSBANE by Andrea Cremer</div><br /><div>These covers aren't international. Penguin redesigned the covers for Cremer's series and I want to show you the old and new cover design.<br /></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEp5bmv8-vQ9Pe7Y1LwK9_A50Y-zV1VAA7w__v159GdE3_kQLirC4Qaqekh2dsUThbqsnotFSuCiadoIkf4Orx57Cywlx5fHsfd7ISLPYr0x7BAEbxpQGttxfXBtAqFD9YUb1wEWZIwFsf/s1600/nightshade+previous.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 132px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620958925765691090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEp5bmv8-vQ9Pe7Y1LwK9_A50Y-zV1VAA7w__v159GdE3_kQLirC4Qaqekh2dsUThbqsnotFSuCiadoIkf4Orx57Cywlx5fHsfd7ISLPYr0x7BAEbxpQGttxfXBtAqFD9YUb1wEWZIwFsf/s200/nightshade+previous.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYy3Gn-26nYJKm_VA1UJxPDXqiLP5HuSkdzZxrBv1ZPK3i6ESlExcRm5dhwk2lpRuV8KmBp3RiWC6FznHmf7D3Gij_mVbfJe54FqNmXm-pVCR9GRCmlXy2Eu2eh46Jsx3dMY15CYDUQ5r/s1600/nightshade+new.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620959009475773282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYy3Gn-26nYJKm_VA1UJxPDXqiLP5HuSkdzZxrBv1ZPK3i6ESlExcRm5dhwk2lpRuV8KmBp3RiWC6FznHmf7D3Gij_mVbfJe54FqNmXm-pVCR9GRCmlXy2Eu2eh46Jsx3dMY15CYDUQ5r/s200/nightshade+new.jpg" /></a><br />(Old version/new design)<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibKeJTIkkhYHErSI9DnG21eWrJSPCqW4CUL3MgLJDGoS5-mX40M5iY8YJhZr8EIr68f7XVWsQCh8sfP7QxtrFqzdgHRchVGMFobJQKplFwfuCJ5rMptXTnsepVbmicPLIduYGFk4cehD4/s1600/wolfsbane+previous.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 132px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620958735770984178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibKeJTIkkhYHErSI9DnG21eWrJSPCqW4CUL3MgLJDGoS5-mX40M5iY8YJhZr8EIr68f7XVWsQCh8sfP7QxtrFqzdgHRchVGMFobJQKplFwfuCJ5rMptXTnsepVbmicPLIduYGFk4cehD4/s200/wolfsbane+previous.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-8lmMNC_f_tTgTJY0BTe8aF7pD2p_70RKjD0hz-NHDE82XUslE1_NH0uRojPnAsEbLn6oAEQJLpBR-wwNe70jwTSNbtrID7bi_aP86pal5L9_4CUJgL9Ln3dtGc1kgXjBauaWtq0O6wd/s1600/wolfsbane+new.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 132px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620958801808048418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-8lmMNC_f_tTgTJY0BTe8aF7pD2p_70RKjD0hz-NHDE82XUslE1_NH0uRojPnAsEbLn6oAEQJLpBR-wwNe70jwTSNbtrID7bi_aP86pal5L9_4CUJgL9Ln3dtGc1kgXjBauaWtq0O6wd/s200/wolfsbane+new.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div>(Old design/ new design)</div><br /><div>I haven't read the books yet, so I don't know if the new cover design fits the books better. I think the old versions are beautiful and striking, so I'm wondering why Penguin would change the design. </div><br /><div>Do you think the redesign was the right decision? Do you know why the covers were changed? </div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-2650212715506791732011-06-10T07:52:00.000-07:002011-06-10T07:52:57.250-07:00DIVERGENT FACTION OF THE WEEK - DAUNTLESS<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Despite the fact that the official Facebook app that puts you in your house/clan...FACTION (there's the word I'm looking for - it's Friday...) says I'm DAUNTLESS, there's no way I would ever in a million years jump off a train for any reason at all. That train stops somewhere and that's when my rear is getting off. On the ground.<br />
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See, I'm deathly afraid of heights. This week was the perfect week for the DAUNTLESS challenge because over the weekend I went to Cedar Point (amusement park). I was going to be all DAUNTLESS and ride a roller coaster that I had never ridden before due to my fear of heights. I've been on the tamest of the tame, but I was ready to go just for regular tame. My daughter, however, had other ideas. Like me, she's not dauntless and I stayed with my feet planted solidly on the ground next to hers while my husband and son rode the coasters. <br />
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My seven-year-old son is DAUNTLESS though. He had no qualms about riding the big boys - any he was tall enough to get on. The biggest so far was the Magnum XL 200. Here it is for your DAUNTLESS viewing pleasure:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://3.gvt0.com/vi/6Si_xOp_crc/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Si_xOp_crc&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Si_xOp_crc&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div>Jamie Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15899384749829457808noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-4873795421081132472011-06-06T07:12:00.000-07:002011-06-06T07:12:20.722-07:00Guest Post by Katherine Easer Author of Vicious Little Darlings<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>DISCOVERING SARAH</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>by Katherine Easer</strong></div><br />
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Before I began writing Vicious Little Darlings, I thought I had a pretty good idea of who my narrator was. Her name was Sarah Weaver, and she was a brown-eyed, raven-haired seventeen-year-old from California. I knew Sarah’s religious beliefs, past experiences, fears, weaknesses, and talents. I even knew her thoughts on Justin Timberlake. Feeling fairly prepared, I began to write.<br />
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Thirty pages into my first draft, I realized I didn’t know Sarah at all. The pages were lifeless; her voice was flat. Sarah said what I wanted her to say, and she did what the plot required her to do, but she didn’t feel like a real person. She existed solely in the left hemisphere of my brain—though I didn’t know that at the time—and hadn’t yet come to life. I threw away my pages and spent the rest of the day trying to get to know her. Frantic brainstorming ensued. I interviewed Sarah, free wrote, drank a lot of coffee, free wrote some more. Still, she eluded me. Maybe what I needed was to relax, I thought, and to let my mind wander. I ran a bath. I lit candles and waited for inspiration to strike. Nothing happened. Frustrated, I decided to sit at my desk and try writing again, but three dull paragraphs and an hour later, I was exhausted. It was midnight, and I needed sleep. <br />
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When my head hit the pillow, a strange and magical thing occurred. I heard a voice in my head. It was a voice I didn’t recognize, but I knew that it belonged to Sarah. Though I had heard about this kind of thing from other writers, I’d never experienced it firsthand. My subconscious was now engaged, and Sarah, in her own words, was telling me about her life. She was sassy, snarky, and a little bit angry, and she wouldn’t stop talking. I turned on the light and wrote down everything she said.<br />
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Writing didn’t exactly become easy after that, but it became easier. I realized that it was when I stopped trying to define, control, judge, or even think about Sarah that she sprang to life. I learned that I didn’t have to force the writing; I just had to let go and trust my narrator. And when I did that, interesting things began to happen. --Katherine Easer<br />
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Katherine Easer is the author of Vicious Little Darlings. You can visit her at: <a href="http://www.katherineeaser.com/">http://www.katherineeaser.com/</a><br />
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THANK YOU Katherine for a brilliant guest post. Those are exactly the kinds of stories readers want to know. I wish you much success on the books release! <br />
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Be Sure and check out Katherine's novel VICIOUS LITTLE DARLINGS (Hits shelves June 21st 2011). It's one of my favorite novels this year! Put this one down on your to be read list IMMEDIATELY. You can read my review -><a href="http://youngadultbookworm.blogspot.com/2011/03/vicious-little-darlings-by-katherine.html">HERE</a><- and see how I gushed away about it even before I knew how awesome the author was. ;)Annie McElfreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312634754232333138noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-91037104738039198612011-06-03T07:21:00.000-07:002011-06-03T07:21:57.445-07:00Divergent Faction Challenge. Accio Sorting Hat!LAST WEEK I MISSED CANDOR. <br />
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Let me be honest with you. I always do pretty well with candor. (See what I did there?)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But online, can you really put your candor out there? There's been way too much talk about this already, and it's come down to this: If you're an aspiring author, do as your Mama always told you...If you don't have something nice to say...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Even though the official Harry Potter online sorting hat put me in Ravenclaw, I have little use for this house...I mean faction. Sure, smart people are necessary. Where would we be without Thomas Edison, or Albert Einstein? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But let's be honest, we all know how awkward braniacs without any social skills can be. Being in Erudite, or Ravenclaw--either/or--would be a bit like living with Sheldon Cooper.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Jamie Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15899384749829457808noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-8820564358178460632011-05-20T07:55:00.000-07:002011-05-20T07:55:20.546-07:00AMITY CALAMITY? - Week Two of the DIVERGENT FACTION CHALLENGEAMITY was NOT a CALAMITY! My AMITY week was successful in many ways. <br />
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1. I didn't anger/alienate/enrage/or otherwise terrorize any of my coworkers. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy co-worker Dan can attest to that.</td></tr>
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2. My husband, who I refer to using many different names--Hot Air Blair, Dr. InvinciBlair, and several other NSFW names at times--has been hobbling around all week with a swollen knee. I've been the ULTRA wife to him. Getting him ice packs (okay, bags of frozen peas), serving him his dinner, all kinds of '50's wife things that I never did before. Plus! I haven't called him any names this week! (out loud)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">WHOA there June! This week has made me want to bust a cap in someone too. </td></tr>
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3. Instead of repeating myself over and over and over and over in the morning and at night for my son to get dressed, brush his teeth, comb his hair, in ever increasing decibels until every kid in the neighborhood can hear me (and has dressed, brushed and combed before my kid), I've turned it into a game. I've played Simon says in the morning to make getting ready for school fun, and turned brushing teeth into a race against the clock. My kid is now down to 10 second tooth brushing. Yeah, I know, that's probably not a good thing, but hey - he's brushing! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See! Look how good he does! (This is NOT my son's mouth.)</td></tr>
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I haven't worn red or yellow this week...unless you count the pizza sauce I got on my shirt Wednesday. <br />
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Overall - Amity success!Jamie Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15899384749829457808noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-55097495314639390672011-05-17T07:06:00.000-07:002011-05-17T07:06:48.562-07:00Tenacious Tuesday<strong>te·na·cious</strong>/təˈnāSHəs/Adjective<br />
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1. Not readily letting go of, giving up, or separated from an object that one holds, a position, or a principle: "a tenacious grip".<br />
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2. Not easily dispelled or discouraged; persisting in existence or in a course of action: "a tenacious legend". <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ride that query train! RIDE!<br />
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<a href="http://www.more.com/kathryn-stockett-help-best-seller">Kathryn Stockett's The Help</a> was turned down by 60 agents before finding its champion. Ms. Stockett knows how it feels to start keeping the news of more rejections from family and friends. She even started lying to her husband! But she didn't give up, and now she has a best seller!<br />
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Here's what another best selling author, <a href="http://www.evanovich.com/qa/steps">Janet Evanovich</a> has to say about having tenacity:<br />
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<em>Q. What if I send my book to a lot of agents and none of them wants to represent me? </em><br />
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<em>JANET: If being a writer is important to you, keep at it, keep improving, and don't give up. I wrote three books that were never published. I sent the first one out to everybody. I went through every agent and publisher in New York, twice. The only positive letter that I got back was from an agent, but it was written in purple crayon on a bar napkin, so I didn't follow up on it. Then, presto, ten years later I was a published author.</em><br />
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If Ms. Evanovich can go ten years, have three unpublished books, and query every agent in NYC twice - I think we can all hang on and keep going without tossing aside our dreams of one day being a best selling author. <br />
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Those are only two examples of authors with enough tenacity to keep pushing beyond the rejection and coming out the other side with a best selling book in hand. Take inspiration from these ladies and don't give up!Jamie Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15899384749829457808noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-43235685018545499952011-05-16T12:54:00.000-07:002011-05-16T12:54:54.153-07:00Spring Carnival Winner!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Congrats to our Spring Blog Carnival Winner:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tiffany Drew</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tiffany's book has already been ordered. Hope you love it Tiffany!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to all who entered and welcome new followers! </span></div>Annie McElfreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312634754232333138noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-8842946649834669952011-05-13T11:12:00.000-07:002011-05-13T11:12:45.766-07:00How'd I do? Divergent Challenge Week One: AbnegationAs part of our own GotYA gal, Debra Driza's DIVERGENT CHALLENGE, authored by one-time GotYA gal, Veronica Roth (wow that's a mouthful), I'll be taking on the weekly faction challenges and posting right here on GotYA!<br />
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WEEK ONE: ABNEGATION<br />
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According to the Divergent fansite, Abnegation means:<br />
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1. To refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.); reject, renounce.<br />
2. To relinquish, give up<br />
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As a mom of two who works full time and does this thing called writing books, there's a lot of sacrifice in my life. Sleep being number one on the list. But giving things up to do something you love, like writing, doesn't seem like abnegation to me. So, that won't count. <br />
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I've gone to work without makeup this week! But not as a thought-out contribution to this challenge, more like a <em>my-eyes-are-itchy-stupid-oak-trees-are-killing-me</em> kind of thing. So, that won't count either. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">EVIL OAK TREE OF ITCHY EYES</td></tr>
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I read 50 pages of Ramona and Her Mother last night that my 3rd grade daughter put off and put off and put off until she had to have it read by today for a book report. But, I'm a mom--it's my job. So, that doesn't count. <br />
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</tbody></table>Guess that means I can't count cooking, doing dishes and washing clothes either. <br />
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I'm striking out here people. <br />
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Maybe I should fast next week to make up for my big FAIL this week. Of course, I would lose weight that way, so that probably wouldn't count either. <br />
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I suck at this. I give up. <br />
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WEEK ONE: FAIL <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure what's going on here--but it's funny as heck!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Jamie Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15899384749829457808noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-72593040061254218712011-05-11T00:44:00.001-07:002011-05-11T01:03:34.531-07:00Cover Love!It's time for cover love!<br /><br />First up:<br />XVI by Julia Karr<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciUQV2QWjXHJCN4-JUhO2DvF2_MqKaa0TYquJVDKhyphenhyphenYrgVxvMevA1Y6xybZtZjhYLh5R5Mce98R_Y9KD6JjomY7lsftIsCL38TTrobV0isgK_cPhGsHph1N-DeAxG9kg9AkyP1yKEnGZG/s1600/xvi+us.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 133px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605363341258684722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciUQV2QWjXHJCN4-JUhO2DvF2_MqKaa0TYquJVDKhyphenhyphenYrgVxvMevA1Y6xybZtZjhYLh5R5Mce98R_Y9KD6JjomY7lsftIsCL38TTrobV0isgK_cPhGsHph1N-DeAxG9kg9AkyP1yKEnGZG/s200/xvi+us.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFq_6h3kkQBypcDilYJ0tC68Prxmh2v_naZUcnTgGnyKjo0x7YsX5FU5HLR8aSbW4R97d5uAx63NmvFMQ2UM9kcD0eZ8n8MOfuSDIjGBWerEFUOC2tsnaDKmSmo9HQ1z6t7VLdPcEmd-dn/s1600/XVI+german.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 137px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605363405350000322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFq_6h3kkQBypcDilYJ0tC68Prxmh2v_naZUcnTgGnyKjo0x7YsX5FU5HLR8aSbW4R97d5uAx63NmvFMQ2UM9kcD0eZ8n8MOfuSDIjGBWerEFUOC2tsnaDKmSmo9HQ1z6t7VLdPcEmd-dn/s200/XVI+german.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>(US, German)</div><br /><div>The author revealed her German cover yesterday and I'm totally in love with it. It's nothing like the US cover, though both are rather striking.<br /><br />Next up:</div><br /><div>The Iron King by Julia Kagawa</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlt69tEJkGWa59-sPjXoKZ2wPWu0Zmw2N8bABcQldgTfmj_vOXH1YzDLqoRC7w2u6AzFOWyyShItzrzlFd9lxy9aQ_nMXyoSOOfPaF2y-1Grehp1WARm24TD1rFUJEoiyP8swv5O7A6Au/s1600/iron+king+us.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 128px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605363032628272194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlt69tEJkGWa59-sPjXoKZ2wPWu0Zmw2N8bABcQldgTfmj_vOXH1YzDLqoRC7w2u6AzFOWyyShItzrzlFd9lxy9aQ_nMXyoSOOfPaF2y-1Grehp1WARm24TD1rFUJEoiyP8swv5O7A6Au/s200/iron+king+us.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYI3t0_yjtgMPG-4MKj7hg7tp2pshJLdkE4guQzmlGeAHR7Uq3nJ8ACiDUa6ZadyWJz1FN_B7brEGh7snps9VHaeVNT3TSSxuFGoRC3uRWpe7dtOX8589U6-wV9Q2JFBzzXk-Db1QpWNv/s1600/iron+king.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 128px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605363113415845858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYI3t0_yjtgMPG-4MKj7hg7tp2pshJLdkE4guQzmlGeAHR7Uq3nJ8ACiDUa6ZadyWJz1FN_B7brEGh7snps9VHaeVNT3TSSxuFGoRC3uRWpe7dtOX8589U6-wV9Q2JFBzzXk-Db1QpWNv/s200/iron+king.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div>(US, German)</div><br /><div>Again an awesome German cover (by my German pub Heyne!). I love the colors and those eyes and eyelashes. Just wow! But the US cover is pretty awesome, too!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Next up:</div><br /><div>The Hollow by Jessica Verday.</div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKSzKX7udysS7SdFxhIKx_EYwDIF0XT3uAhdrTBChyphenhyphenxbGfiVAWqxNQLRaXJxpkwr_gt-JYez0t7UzyapU4j4ZEG2HwudWTHuPPC-WK9aaCGrMBtItFZBKcyy23-apn34jU1dQrYFrscGZ/s1600/hollow+us+hardcover.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605361344951893970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKSzKX7udysS7SdFxhIKx_EYwDIF0XT3uAhdrTBChyphenhyphenxbGfiVAWqxNQLRaXJxpkwr_gt-JYez0t7UzyapU4j4ZEG2HwudWTHuPPC-WK9aaCGrMBtItFZBKcyy23-apn34jU1dQrYFrscGZ/s200/hollow+us+hardcover.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9O0YDVTvDXjtC0S40095TLMaSFRLLXRsfSksmINCFr6GvEaAZcnmt_HuxKEgsKweF1qzLIHAjz2SufGzOt76CG2KvZ9_bNB63icI07RTiGuO3Oc_wZCqUyExqXm3jTSO4EPqLhI4Vbgr/s1600/us+paperback.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605362227016539746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9O0YDVTvDXjtC0S40095TLMaSFRLLXRsfSksmINCFr6GvEaAZcnmt_HuxKEgsKweF1qzLIHAjz2SufGzOt76CG2KvZ9_bNB63icI07RTiGuO3Oc_wZCqUyExqXm3jTSO4EPqLhI4Vbgr/s200/us+paperback.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyt5RiJ4WVRgOtnTLzAkN2yoedgvJXduaoasfJMmAhmr-jyhxcsfjA2yGKG_UGPcXtkXZYZlNfjRaH0bSxgwKaqfloEYB3_OomOzWveOVIv1sMkrKnEw-PXP3h7fK78L0D-5_qCh9dqbgD/s1600/hollow+paperback.jpg"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UOMsmnF6AP5zW1S_GL0AhR7BZe4ukPkb9aFu8BGQ-kly_jumq83y233H5GaAj9-WWg2muQuU5J0JnysmcbVuGB1enLORWLDkUgGVgSjkMIDs2_kM0iQ8NmPRoT71ALN4nDR-4zBrMNYo/s1600/uk.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 124px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605362341169898786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UOMsmnF6AP5zW1S_GL0AhR7BZe4ukPkb9aFu8BGQ-kly_jumq83y233H5GaAj9-WWg2muQuU5J0JnysmcbVuGB1enLORWLDkUgGVgSjkMIDs2_kM0iQ8NmPRoT71ALN4nDR-4zBrMNYo/s200/uk.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJFAk3Qe0K6SVmLJ6ekoSFT0uaOtqW2I1XE-2c3Md9GAFVcfEbnTc4WuaarMBh5EXhdYic61kmzR80tAXABXd19q5rPltGwirqpxRJrV_IhyphenhyphenpsBvWjmXIDbCZBNeQSpwcEa35FYXxl4NMj/s1600/the+hollow.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605362493707846466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJFAk3Qe0K6SVmLJ6ekoSFT0uaOtqW2I1XE-2c3Md9GAFVcfEbnTc4WuaarMBh5EXhdYic61kmzR80tAXABXd19q5rPltGwirqpxRJrV_IhyphenhyphenpsBvWjmXIDbCZBNeQSpwcEa35FYXxl4NMj/s200/the+hollow.jpg" /></a><br />(US hardcover, US paperback, UK, German)<br /><br /><div>I'm not so sure about the US hardcover. It's a bit unsettling. I definitely prefer the paperback version. The German cover is my favorite though.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>What do you think?</div></div></div></div></div></div>Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-20509499355007106262011-05-09T07:01:00.000-07:002011-05-09T07:09:23.788-07:00Ohioana Book Festival 2011 Recap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ohioana.org/images/bookfestivalhome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" j8="true" src="http://www.ohioana.org/images/bookfestivalhome.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ohioanabookfestival.org/">Festival Details click Here!</a></div><br />
This past Saturday I was fortunate enough to attend the Ohioana Book Festival in Columbus, Ohio. Ohioana is a completely free gathering for lovers of books and showcases central Ohio's local authors. There was so much to do and to be honest with you it was just as good if not better than some of the conferences I've attended and actually paid for. <br />
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I can't even begin to rattle off all the individual seminars, because there was just so many. One of the main things I wanted to share with you guys is I met the Regional Advisor for the local chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators. <br />
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There is a ton of advantages available to members of SCBWI. If you are serious about getting published in the children's market this is the professional society for you. They have annual conferences, local monthly meetings and networking opportunities. A great place to meet other people with the same interest as you.<br />
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The second thing I wanted to share with you all is the great books I discovered by authors right in my back yard. A couple of them I had reviewed their novels on READING, WRITING & WAITING, so it's always nice to put faces with books. <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Erin McCahan, I Now Pronounce You Someone Else</span></strong><br />
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<em>Eighteen-year-old Bronwen Oliver has a secret: She's really Phoebe, the lost daughter of the loving Lilywhite family. That's the only way to explain her image-obsessed mother; a kind but distant stepfather; and a brother with a small personality complex. Bronwen knows she must have been switched at birth, and she can't wait to get away from her "family" for good.</em><br />
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<em>Then she meets Jared Sondervan. He's sweet, funny, everything she wants — and he has the family Bronwen has always wanted too. She falls head over heels in love, and when he proposes marriage, she joyfully accepts. But is Jared truly what she needs? And if he's not, she has to ask: What would Phoebe Lilywhite do?</em></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<blockquote><em>Ashlyn Greenfield has always known when bad things are going to happen. Each time that familiar tingling at the back of her neck begins, she knows what's to come a trance. She's pulled in, blindsided, an unwilling witness to a horrible upcoming event. But she's never been able to stop it not even when the vision was of her mother's fatal car accident. When soulful Jake enters Ashlyn's life, she begins having trances about another car accident. And as her trances escalate, one thing becomes clear; it's up to her to save Jake from near-certain death.</em></blockquote><br />
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I had seen this book on several blogs and even discussed it with a girl in my critique group, but I had no idea the author was local! Can't wait to read this one. YA needs more historicals! <br />
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<blockquote><em>Kristina McBride, a former high-school English teacher and yearbook advisor, wrote The Tension of Opposites in response to the safe return of a child who was kidnapped while riding his bike to a friend’s house. She lives in Ohio with her husband and two young children. This is her first novel.</em></blockquote><br />
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<blockquote><em>It’s been two years since Noelle disappeared. Two years since her bike was discovered, sprawled on a sidewalk. Two years of silence, of worry, of fear. </em><br />
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<em>For those two long years, her best friend Tessa has waited, living her own life in a state of suspended animation. Because how can she allow herself to enjoy a normal high school life if Noelle can’t? Ho...moreIt’s been two years since Noelle disappeared. Two years since her bike was discovered, sprawled on a sidewalk. Two years of silence, of worry, of fear. </em><br />
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<em>For those two long years, her best friend Tessa has waited, living her own life in a state of suspended animation. Because how can she allow herself to enjoy a normal high school life if Noelle can’t? How dare she have other friends, go to dances, date boys, without knowing what happened to the girl she thought she would share everything with? </em><br />
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I'm really excited to read this one! Reminds me of the Elizabeth Smart story.<br />
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Happy Reading!!! <br />
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ANNIE<br />
<blockquote></blockquote>Annie McElfreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312634754232333138noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-64453182189067133842011-05-06T07:20:00.000-07:002011-05-06T08:25:56.914-07:00Flashback Fridays: The Devastating Southern Storms<a href="http://www.mybannermaker.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="'Create" src="http://i.imgur.com/UmL5K.gif" border="0" /></a> <div><br /></div><div>For this week's <strong>Flashback Friday, </strong>I wanted to reflect on the local and world events</div><div> of the last ten days, predominantly the devastating storms in the South. And holy moly, what an insane ten days it has been. I mean, the <b>Royal Wedding </b>and <b>O</b><b>sama Bin Laden's</b> death all in one weekend coming on the tail end of the second worst tornado system in American History.</div><div><br /></div><div>It all began a week ago on Tuesday evening. While perusing Facebook posts, I saw where a local Atlanta station, WSBTV, had posted a very ominous weather report for Wednesday night. On a rating scale, conditions are likely for tornado activity at 2 and 3--they were predicting levels of 8 and 11. I'd already heard of devastating storms hitting Arkansas, so the threat seemed very plausible. </div><div><br /></div><div>Wednesday at my school was supposed to be a fun day for the Seniors--slide show, talent show, picnic, and then a Powder Puff game where the girls of the schools don football jerseys and the guys play the cheerleaders.</div><div><br /></div><div>All that came to a screeching halt at about 8:15 when we were ordered to get into the hallways(especially my class since we're in a mobile unit). In my ten years of teaching, I've practiced tornado drills each and every year. However, I've never <i>actually </i>been involved in an actual tornado until Wednesday. And I knew it was bad when administration told us teachers we were to take cover with our students instead of patrolling the hallways. The worst was hearing the reports crackling over the walkie talkies of tornadoes touching down close to us. After almost an hour packed into the hallways, we were ushered to the talent show. But in the middle of it, we got word that they were sending us home early at 11:30. On the drive back home, the damage was already very visible with uprooted trees and broken limbs. But the worst was yet to come.</div><div><br /></div><div>Around eight that evening, I packed up my two dogs and headed to my grandmother's who lives five minutes from me. We huddled in her living room, glued to the news reports--ready at any moment to head to the interior hallway since she didn't have a basement. Over and over, the piercing tornado siren rang through the night, but fortunately, the storm went directly to the north of us.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 116px; height: 116px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaopL4UtftdhUN6jLQs2QMhzEwVYhaUXpTcobB1u8mI_aGBB8w_BN9Ri0c2SY0XMFv40JfE4hyphenhyphenaWrTu0RDtonvdsphb2LAz9wH6d9KC4tM0EhEdAn6oAvf_ittOmXeAekewdbnW1XKhoCv/s320/Unknown-17" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603619368667208130" /></div><div>The entire night reminded me of the book, <b><i>Night of the Twisters</i></b>, that my 4th grade teacher read aloud to us. It was made into a 1996 movie with Devon Sawa from <i>Final Destination </i>and John Schnieder from <i>The Dukes of Hazard</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I teach an hour away from home this year in Walker County(which was featured in <i>Water for Elephants</i>...the farmhouse is owned by a teacher at my school). And while my home county had very minimal storm damage, the county where I teach was hit hard. We ended up missing school on Thursday, Friday, and Monday, and then we've been on a 2-hr delay all week to allow extra time for those still without power. However, compared to Walker's next door county, they were lucky. Ringgold, Georgia, which is in Catoosa County, was basically leveled. Businesses, the schools, houses--all wiped away. Seven deaths were reported in that county, which brought the death total in Georgia to fifteen.</div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-7fySKGmmYylLLL8vqf_oze3voaosweS7i3JtyN0JlGi-NxqsBeXQ-u7Bp_7aT2PHNH4UWFIQkzjAW9P_PudwwC-nAFCynUkgYlR4VOJ6t0WKfO3xCre0Nc95_p-6qwP1dVck9SC0RgO/s320/tumblr_lkf9r4fzFh1qbvye7o1_250.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603620893888672530" /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsqfM1eWbII2vkSs-VsOn-dDjMUULTLrY25ayd17NWu_iwpsWSAP9urUisDknquk56pZfRjK_V_CnszikmIiu-K43sXwN1dLHZQVnhaspxigQ2PSge1hpyvN2RY8Xbse0dnFyjuiz6zlx/s320/6UZS_Severe_Weather_Georgi_Ringgold.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603619771496774738" /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>However, nothing in Georgia could compare the utter devastation and destruction in Alabama. Over two hundred dead. The college town of Tuscaloosa wiped out. The images I've seen on television and in person are horrifying and almost unbelievable. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>Ways you can help</b></div><div><br /></div><div>You can head over to <a href="http://helpwritenow.blogspot.com/">Help Write Now</a>, an online auction from writers, agents, and editors to bid on items where all proceeds go to help storm victims.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf">The Salvation Army </a>& <a href="http://www.redcross.org/">The Red Cross</a> are already on the ground and helping delivering food, shelter, and helping with clean up. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://passionatepennypincher.com/blog/?p=17612">The Passionate Penny Pincher</a> has a link for care packages for children impacted by the storm. </div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-60740624179978063672011-05-04T22:00:00.000-07:002011-05-04T22:15:19.797-07:00Querying love<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">I really enjoy querying.</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://fun-gallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Crazy-Cat.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 625px; height: 416px;" src="http://fun-gallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Crazy-Cat.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I know to some that sounds crazy, but I do. I get that itch to send out queries fairly regularly when I'm working on a book. I just finished my third, which is on its way to betas, and I'm itching to hit send five times on that query. And right now...my query sucks.<br /><br />I enjoy getting e-mails from agents, even though the pattern has been mostly rejections. I squee when I have a request. And I sigh when I get a rejection.<br /><br />But there is something edgy about the process. I can't explain it, but it may be that deep-down part of me that knows the right agent for me is out there and when the stars align, I'll have an offer.<br /><br />Now, I don't want to be misunderstood here. I've been depressed and upset and felt like quitting too many times to count. There have been times when I wanted nothing to do with writing. Times when I wanted to chuck it all and never type another word. Those times are very real, but have passed for me. I figure they will come back again. Even after an agent, and a book deal or five book deals. I may be eighty years old wanting to burn it all one day. But one thing has remained constant for me. My writing buddies who tell me to keep going. I hope you have that in your life.<br /><br />Good luck on your path!J.S. Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09231458559331295121noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-2498634958327904712011-05-03T07:07:00.001-07:002011-05-03T07:12:53.245-07:00Contest Winner!!!Hey guys!!<div><br /></div><div>So, so sorry that I'm a few days late on the contest posting. Not only have things been crazy with the storm damage(nothing in my county, but the county I teach in missed 3 days of school), but my laptop died on Wednesday night. </div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, without further adieu, the winner of <i><b>Across the Universe</b></i>, <b><i>Identical</i></b>, and <b><i>Dead Tossed Waves</i></b> is</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">GINA!!!!!!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">G</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ina, if you will email me(kra79 at comcast dot net) your address, I will get the books out to you ASAP. Thanks to everyone for participating!! </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-60569712313368316952011-05-01T20:57:00.000-07:002011-05-01T20:57:52.047-07:0020 Awesome YA Book Trailers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.erijams.com/Volume%203/Issue%2011/movie-tickets-popcorn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" j8="true" src="http://www.erijams.com/Volume%203/Issue%2011/movie-tickets-popcorn.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>A good book trailer to me is like watching a trailer for a movie. It gets me hooked into the story and makes me excited about it. I love book trailers. Maybe that's because I'm a very visual person *shrug*, who knows, but I think there are others out there like me because more books are coming out with trailers as a part of promotional campaign. Here's a few awesome book trailers I want to share with you all. Some are so well done. I can tell the author/publisher spent some major time to make them so kick ass. While you're here watch a few. Who knows, one may catch your eye.<br />
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1. Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles<br />
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2. <span class="long-title" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting book trailer "extended version"">The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting</span><br />
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3. <span dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="Hush, Hush Becca Fitzpatrick Book Trailer">Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick</span><br />
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<span dir="ltr" title="Hush, Hush Becca Fitzpatrick Book Trailer">4. <span dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton Book Trailer">Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton</span></span><br />
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<span dir="ltr" title="Hush, Hush Becca Fitzpatrick Book Trailer"><span dir="ltr" title="Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton Book Trailer">5. Matched by Ally Condie </span></span><br />
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<span dir="ltr" title="Hush, Hush Becca Fitzpatrick Book Trailer"><span dir="ltr" title="Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton Book Trailer">6. <span class="long-title" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="ANGELFIRE by Courtney Allison Moulton (YA Book Trailer)">ANGELFIRE by Courtney Allison Moulton</span></span></span><br />
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<span dir="ltr" title="Hush, Hush Becca Fitzpatrick Book Trailer"><span dir="ltr" title="Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton Book Trailer"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hHGnB5bimvQ" width="425"></iframe></span></span><br />
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<span dir="ltr" title="Hush, Hush Becca Fitzpatrick Book Trailer"><span dir="ltr" title="Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton Book Trailer">7. <span class="long-title" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="The Dark Divine by Bree Despain: Official Book Trailer">The Dark Divine by Bree Despain</span></span></span><br />
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8. The Lost Saint by Bree Despain<br />
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9. <span dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="The Iron King by Julie Kagawa">The Iron King by Julie Kagawa </span><br />
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<span dir="ltr" title="The Iron King by Julie Kagawa">10. INTERTWINED by Gena Showalter </span><br />
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<span dir="ltr" title="The Iron King by Julie Kagawa">11. <span dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="Torment Book Trailer">Torment by Lauren Kate</span></span><br />
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<span dir="ltr" title="The Iron King by Julie Kagawa">12. <span dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="The Chemical Garden Trilogy - Wither Trailer">The Chemical Garden Trilogy - Wither Trailer </span></span><br />
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<span dir="ltr" title="The Iron King by Julie Kagawa"><span dir="ltr" title="The Chemical Garden Trilogy - Wither Trailer">13. Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter </span></span><br />
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<span dir="ltr" title="The Iron King by Julie Kagawa"><span dir="ltr" title="The Chemical Garden Trilogy - Wither Trailer">14. Lure by Stephaine Jenkins</span></span><br />
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<span dir="ltr" title="The Iron King by Julie Kagawa"><span dir="ltr" title="The Chemical Garden Trilogy - Wither Trailer">15. <span class="long-title" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="Across the Universe book trailer video (narrated by Lauren Ambrose)">Across the Universe</span></span></span><br />
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<span dir="ltr" title="The Iron King by Julie Kagawa"><span dir="ltr" title="The Chemical Garden Trilogy - Wither Trailer"><span class="long-title" dir="ltr" title="Across the Universe book trailer video (narrated by Lauren Ambrose)"><span dir="ltr" title="The Replacement Trailer #1"><span dir="ltr" title="The Eternal Ones Trailer">18. <span dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="Beautiful Creatures Book Trailer">Beautiful Creatures</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span dir="ltr" title="The Iron King by Julie Kagawa"><span dir="ltr" title="The Chemical Garden Trilogy - Wither Trailer"><span class="long-title" dir="ltr" title="Across the Universe book trailer video (narrated by Lauren Ambrose)"><span dir="ltr" title="The Replacement Trailer #1"><span dir="ltr" title="The Eternal Ones Trailer"><span dir="ltr" title="Beautiful Creatures Book Trailer">19. <span dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="Paranormalcy Book Trailer">Paranormalcy</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span dir="ltr" title="The Iron King by Julie Kagawa"><span dir="ltr" title="The Chemical Garden Trilogy - Wither Trailer"><span class="long-title" dir="ltr" title="Across the Universe book trailer video (narrated by Lauren Ambrose)"><span dir="ltr" title="The Replacement Trailer #1"><span dir="ltr" title="The Eternal Ones Trailer"><span dir="ltr" title="Beautiful Creatures Book Trailer"><span dir="ltr" title="Paranormalcy Book Trailer">20. <span dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough">Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<div></div>Annie McElfreshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312634754232333138noreply@blogger.com211tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-24520778542561076982011-04-27T20:42:00.000-07:002011-04-28T08:05:14.113-07:00Thursday's funniesToday, I'm bringing you a little humor that may be thought inducing. Some of these have been blogged about lately.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">A little something to show your age:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8b7uOJLwcPimhh9w7W-ygLOFTJLVfH-ZEx8tWr9OEhTIo3ebKkT4DVgAwAdzm1DGfiZkIq5hrmtku2iodHlIpvSZqoVIOG0fizmOuTbtWMw8MnRyVx0Mq04-_9EAVqfCw97YEVLtKOFF9/s1600/funny-pictures-cat-is-john-lennon-or-harry-potter.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 346px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8b7uOJLwcPimhh9w7W-ygLOFTJLVfH-ZEx8tWr9OEhTIo3ebKkT4DVgAwAdzm1DGfiZkIq5hrmtku2iodHlIpvSZqoVIOG0fizmOuTbtWMw8MnRyVx0Mq04-_9EAVqfCw97YEVLtKOFF9/s1600/funny-pictures-cat-is-john-lennon-or-harry-potter.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">A little something to think about. Should our YA writing be "safe"?</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://th90.photobucket.com/albums/k265/emo_erix/wtf/th_funny-harry-potter.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="http://th90.photobucket.com/albums/k265/emo_erix/wtf/th_funny-harry-potter.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Will these be a thing of the past?</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://reactorfire.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/stahler.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 398px;" src="http://reactorfire.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/stahler.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">And finally, who doesn't want this? Gotta have the kitteh love!!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/original/lolgalleycat-katemckean.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 425px; height: 281px;" src="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/original/lolgalleycat-katemckean.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>J.S. Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09231458559331295121noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-45210491550945904982011-04-27T01:36:00.000-07:002011-04-27T02:00:24.734-07:00Cover Love!It's Wednesday, so that means...Cover Love!<br /><br />Let's start with Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers<br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAuUGqMRTAZTnI7_y6JguA8kN0mT0iaPjBHy6kbCTYvv3Kf9a_NexfVReRj8Vi9E6mmVAtQIjFfE-ElnM4pSWNYDnGh0-xGsHoZYduw4ZsVJJYTKwQOjgC9G5qptwDbR5zWUPkluQ5NFL/s1600/personal+demons+us.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600181021728263922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAuUGqMRTAZTnI7_y6JguA8kN0mT0iaPjBHy6kbCTYvv3Kf9a_NexfVReRj8Vi9E6mmVAtQIjFfE-ElnM4pSWNYDnGh0-xGsHoZYduw4ZsVJJYTKwQOjgC9G5qptwDbR5zWUPkluQ5NFL/s200/personal+demons+us.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUBJbDfN3Badl9vO7VoqX5GF9VfhO1NwJ4YpzUdnm3gyKZP2geBgEfPfLEvylmyQIPw4NWi85FIJFa1uIJKQfl7FIWEJaf5KCDdZvpyPTP5JEyP9d3HhzQ0oQhbVnCIgAnG4YHKbtc3mU/s1600/personal+demons+italian.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 127px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600181829757902946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUBJbDfN3Badl9vO7VoqX5GF9VfhO1NwJ4YpzUdnm3gyKZP2geBgEfPfLEvylmyQIPw4NWi85FIJFa1uIJKQfl7FIWEJaf5KCDdZvpyPTP5JEyP9d3HhzQ0oQhbVnCIgAnG4YHKbtc3mU/s200/personal+demons+italian.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihY3mh_hJ_V7u7hx1RnyqkPAa7RK9VJRG4hzrHUuw-pP8ZH4fE60Ds3rfMEBOtT4TDIXPG2Vl7CmmZrsZoBLMYJhVPA_6yL2E5ULftxLE4t6ujBvIz5TVdLbB_A-AcRdP2Un2r7NG0xiaU/s1600/personal+demons+australian.jpg"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLX9-fww0KoH4t_RvbBAuAZSAxM9TJm7VrVwqfYBjyamT21m7y9P0iqzqv33iPVI1WXPWZmBWH6hRfkjqIITDlZ5LJnRnFaD3T8IyXXkr-V7Ij34S1VU5L5IxIr7JPZ5Yg64KbUtNBh_Ix/s1600/personal+demons+german.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 122px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600181933284224066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLX9-fww0KoH4t_RvbBAuAZSAxM9TJm7VrVwqfYBjyamT21m7y9P0iqzqv33iPVI1WXPWZmBWH6hRfkjqIITDlZ5LJnRnFaD3T8IyXXkr-V7Ij34S1VU5L5IxIr7JPZ5Yg64KbUtNBh_Ix/s200/personal+demons+german.jpg" /></a><br />(US, Italian, German)</div><br /><div>A book about a fight between hell and heaven. I really like the font and the intricate patterns of the German cover, but there's nothing "hellish" about it. No hint that hell fights heaven - except for the tagline that means "between heaven and hell" in English. I like the flames on the Italian cover but the girl doesn't resemble Frannie. I don't really have a favorite though.<br /><br />Next: Tithe by Holly Black</div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwnnWf-pTIg2Z9fwrtHkMe-fnhs12IAEqNNxNcvqSUVRnE35CB7Z9zQ8G7rA2AM4r9uZuZkiNREKXZKK5xVyUxjnpknVJSPCwJVe6M8J4Yl6A-1LNRCu68z7GJG69_y-jDf3R30sHKTRS/s1600/US+tithe.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 142px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600180351313017090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwnnWf-pTIg2Z9fwrtHkMe-fnhs12IAEqNNxNcvqSUVRnE35CB7Z9zQ8G7rA2AM4r9uZuZkiNREKXZKK5xVyUxjnpknVJSPCwJVe6M8J4Yl6A-1LNRCu68z7GJG69_y-jDf3R30sHKTRS/s200/US+tithe.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8H3rCfvEllpcVeMBFy5NFL2-802KPsJBU3sMsd5gH1koawdbEDMFctIijrgmBTWVmyu-LtNCpoftLwbJsomVPqaECVRY5PsvKboCRN1mu2Lmr4KVT8ShnCiPgg2dnYQ-Zqw6JDyscWBr/s1600/tithe.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 128px; HEIGHT: 179px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600180419957516354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8H3rCfvEllpcVeMBFy5NFL2-802KPsJBU3sMsd5gH1koawdbEDMFctIijrgmBTWVmyu-LtNCpoftLwbJsomVPqaECVRY5PsvKboCRN1mu2Lmr4KVT8ShnCiPgg2dnYQ-Zqw6JDyscWBr/s200/tithe.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5_4UAt9EcWqWAtZjgaBQa0jm1hlFqs2w1podHYGJwIo1z8d6QBBVJNsfPzw4bukMm_b1fMftKc2U1AvHNG4ayIP-qovcYC5j_PcGT4S2XwKqcBTL6hPBjKEUpkJ0RonW8p7atiy87xPJ/s1600/tithe+UK+2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 131px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600180647282015250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5_4UAt9EcWqWAtZjgaBQa0jm1hlFqs2w1podHYGJwIo1z8d6QBBVJNsfPzw4bukMm_b1fMftKc2U1AvHNG4ayIP-qovcYC5j_PcGT4S2XwKqcBTL6hPBjKEUpkJ0RonW8p7atiy87xPJ/s200/tithe+UK+2.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI09BzVfIoML8xHpR4EUq-tX2K2yIgCRb0S3iypiVwKjQvqVJM1fE-fvyLw5KmtX48ZT5tFWKkWCbeF6Pt-11xzqY1woMSoyK7Z5404WP4vaB-ZNHFdDaEn6qvSsNJffs1Q7xykJRORp8T/s1600/tithe+polish.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 127px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600180762230365762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI09BzVfIoML8xHpR4EUq-tX2K2yIgCRb0S3iypiVwKjQvqVJM1fE-fvyLw5KmtX48ZT5tFWKkWCbeF6Pt-11xzqY1woMSoyK7Z5404WP4vaB-ZNHFdDaEn6qvSsNJffs1Q7xykJRORp8T/s200/tithe+polish.jpg" /></a><br />(US, UK?, UK?, Polish)</div><br /><div>I really like the second cover because it shows how the main character looks. Her black eyes are creepy! I'm not sure about the Polish cover but I like that they tried to show other creatures that appear in the book.<br /><br />Next: The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson</div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgP0RnzO81w68TsHXtRGKexTi1kVuDMUdqGdiH3LfXsLpmoQePrA3W59uMYZDvpoAQFkwbmVjL4iHtS3ZaIFIHLYcqfnGXb12iDmULKRuGWkpZV6CdwrzPqBqCG9cDajxtm69jLmtqm4kb/s1600/the+sky+is+everywhere+us+hc.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 132px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600179907124090146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgP0RnzO81w68TsHXtRGKexTi1kVuDMUdqGdiH3LfXsLpmoQePrA3W59uMYZDvpoAQFkwbmVjL4iHtS3ZaIFIHLYcqfnGXb12iDmULKRuGWkpZV6CdwrzPqBqCG9cDajxtm69jLmtqm4kb/s200/the+sky+is+everywhere+us+hc.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMhthvwDGNDI23T2NQb3mfvU5wzXPFd2i9YrxTFUntEAisOrwihXR93fS3FLC-T_iz9CDsFySjzxqPFnWKINyPCggauLU6Y1MxJ-0r51aDZgXijbTNQPFd0KdO97r8IKXTUg8X9pnh5-5/s1600/the+sky+us+pb.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 128px; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600180024073252002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMhthvwDGNDI23T2NQb3mfvU5wzXPFd2i9YrxTFUntEAisOrwihXR93fS3FLC-T_iz9CDsFySjzxqPFnWKINyPCggauLU6Y1MxJ-0r51aDZgXijbTNQPFd0KdO97r8IKXTUg8X9pnh5-5/s200/the+sky+us+pb.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSB2-utywOD-TqSUydMDS-EFyuSdccV2JTJVTAQDyyaULnm1F_lzFlaOQf4r6nl5wrlXfBXkQecK9vPUG5Cbrvd5Xx3FL4DdYRRADicpjhR-9No8lU5gfok2S7WB6mSyUfo8SWTQGz0xc1/s1600/the+sky+uk.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 144px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600180118254538498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSB2-utywOD-TqSUydMDS-EFyuSdccV2JTJVTAQDyyaULnm1F_lzFlaOQf4r6nl5wrlXfBXkQecK9vPUG5Cbrvd5Xx3FL4DdYRRADicpjhR-9No8lU5gfok2S7WB6mSyUfo8SWTQGz0xc1/s200/the+sky+uk.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-2g52WhLaEX-rDGCWCSTnWxp8xMBuk98EMEPrnPZY5844GuOzmKBH1hSjBj7NTdUFT2PyRglWKwaUSILieJasVxttQu1eBgHe6QMLUwS-D2qhUyw2_SAza1uRmuXM1GP1Wbf7e8BZL-m/s1600/the+sky+german.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 125px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600179777156929922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-2g52WhLaEX-rDGCWCSTnWxp8xMBuk98EMEPrnPZY5844GuOzmKBH1hSjBj7NTdUFT2PyRglWKwaUSILieJasVxttQu1eBgHe6QMLUwS-D2qhUyw2_SAza1uRmuXM1GP1Wbf7e8BZL-m/s200/the+sky+german.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>(US hardcover, US paperback, UK, German)</div><br /><div>Okay, what can I say? Maybe: WOW. They are all beautiful. My favorite: The US paperback with the sleeping girl and the ivy surrounding her. Gorgeous!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>What are your favorites?</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Susanne Winnackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931371784917865242noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-51730432851283721862011-04-26T10:13:00.000-07:002011-04-26T10:54:12.048-07:00Bad Blurb Tuesday: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stones<div style="text-align: left;">Welcome back to Bad Blurb Tuesday—where we make good books sound bad and love every minute of it!</div><div><p class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="color:windowtext">J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is one of the most well-known and loved children’s books EVER WRITTEN.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Surely there’s no way to make this story sound silly, right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>HA!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Read my bad blurb below before you decide:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText2"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="apple-style-span"><span>Harry Potter goes from almost-normal-boy-who-lives-in-a-cupboard-under-his-mean-aunt-and-uncle’s-stairs to prospective wizard in a few beats of an owl’s wing. </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span>And he’s no ordinary wizard—Harry’s the only wizard ever to have survived a fight with the terrifying You Know Who.</span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>You and Harry have got to get back to Hogwarts, Hogwarts—where you’ll be enchanted by booger-flavored jelly beans, frizzy-haired brainiacs, and big, big dogs, watch Harry try to get his hands on some sorcerer’s stones, and find the true definition of “two-faced” lurking under a turban.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Um, no. Just no. Besides the fact that I totally included spoilers in the last line, I’m still cackling over “sorcerer’s stones.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>When writing a blurb/query, make sure to pick up on any unintentional double meanings, because trust me—there are plenty of people with warped brains like mine out there, and they WILL notice. And snicker.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Also, the turban line could come across as slightly racist. Huge fail.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> Finally—know what to concentrate on in your query/blurb, and what not to mention. Example--while you might love a good booger-flavored jelly bean, they are probably not the way to an agent’s or editor’s heart.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Now, let’s see what the talented folks at Arthur A. Levine books used as front jacket copy on the hard cover version:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); ">Harry Potter has never been star of a Quidditch game, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to hatch a dragon, and has never worn a cloak of invisibility. All he knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son Dudley—a great big swollen spoiled bully. Harry’s room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn’t had a birthday party in eleven years. But all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives announcing that Harry has been chosen to attend Hogwarts, an elite school for the training of wizards and witches…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ahhh, now THAT’S more like it. The very first line manages to capture what’s especially intriguing/mysterious about Hogwarts—and doesn’t focus on the random like my blurb did.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> (On the other hand—do I get bonus points for A Very Potter Musical shout-out?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>No?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Boo!)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> Hope you enjoyed this installment of Bad Blurb Tuesday, and I’ll leave you with this:</p><img src="http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af346/autumnfreakshow/Harry%20Potter/funny-twilight-and-harry-potter-pictures-harry-potter-vs-twilight-14685877-400-498.gif" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 498px;" border="0" alt="" /><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://img5.visualizeus.com/thumbs/07/5d/funny,harry,potter,lord,voldemort,quotes,twitter,beiber-075d40430400dbb6d66e7a78cda9759e_h.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 319px;" border="0" alt="" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rXpAwBv9krs/TP-QJhMWnmI/AAAAAAAAAN4/yNJFnkQtlZ0/s1600/harry+potter+funny.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p></div>Debra Drizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15750912933889904216noreply@blogger.com4