ALEX CAVANAUGH Visit more of the GROUP Co-Host for Today L.G. KELTNER MELANIE SCHULZ TRACY JO |
Even my characters are INSECURE and, therefore, BEAUTIFUL!
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Young Adult and Middle Grade Author
ALEX CAVANAUGH Visit more of the GROUP Co-Host for Today L.G. KELTNER MELANIE SCHULZ TRACY JO |
Even my characters are INSECURE and, therefore, BEAUTIFUL!
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One of my favorite books is Perfect Chemistry by Simon Elkeles. I love the way she hits real topics head on with characters that are strong and tenacious. As a bonus: this author can write a seriously hot hook up scene *fans face* ;) Julie Anne Lindsey
I book I really love right now is Jeff Vandermeer’s Wonderbook. It’s given me some really great insights on revision–and it’s pretty to look at too 🙂 Natalie Zaman
Here’s a book I love: Bridge to Terebithia by Katherine Paterson for it’s themes of friendship and dreaming big. It’s a lovely, simple little book that says powerful things. Lisa Cresswell
Divergent by Veronica Roth: Beautiful writing made for a fast-paced read in a fascinating dystopian setting with a strong female lead. It’s one of those rare books for me where I loved the story as much as the writing and it stayed with me long after I read the last word.
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Today I’m celebrating a new UncommonYA Montage created by MELISSA WRAY. So many and authors with excellent realistic YA books.
Then there’s always rain to celebrate. We finally had some of that wet stuff. Not enough, but it reminded me this is February, not July. Temperatures dipped to 50’s!
Here’s California from my deck last month. Had put all deck furniture away, thinking rain was sure to come. It did, but not much.
I’m celebrating sequels, too. Here’s is the third HINT for WRITING SEQUELS. This hint comes from
Charles Ray, Freelance journalist/photographer.
He says, “I think the key to success to sequels (and, I have two going now) is to create histories for your main and principal supporting characters so that they’re consistent from story to story. That’s what I really like, for instance, about Sue Grafton’s books. I feel that I know Kinsey Milhone because Grafton has created a history for her (that she occasionally reminds readers of) that makes her an interesting character.”
This will be a short and redundant post. I told you about this last week, but there’s only a short time before the giveaway goes away. I’m still managing a few family issues, so hope you’ll understand. Sometimes life just up and smacks you in the behind. Terrible when it does that, but I’m taking notes for my next book. I’ll be around to say hi to everyone, just a little later than usual.
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I’m going to be posting on Thursday this week as well as Friday. There’s a new book out that looks very interesting and B. B. Shepherd put together a great piece about it. Hope you’ll be here on Thursday and read what she has to say. Then be sure to enter to win a copy of BRONZE part of the GLISTER JOURNALS.