URBAN FANTASY...by the seaside: Drawing inspiration from pictures…

URBAN FANTASY...by the seaside: Drawing inspiration from pictures…: I’ve been asked a couple of times recently whether I have anybody in mind for who would play my characters if the book was made into a movie...

Rachael H Dixon - Author of Urban Fantasy & Horror: Once in a Blue Moon…

Rachael H Dixon - Author of Urban Fantasy & Horror: Once in a Blue Moon…: Well folks, I thought you’d be interested to know that tonight there will be a full moon - and it won’t just be any ordinary full moon. It’...

Author Victoria H. Smith: I'll be at TFEiC, will I see you there? + Abbi Gli...

Author Victoria H. Smith: I'll be at TFEiC, will I see you there? + Abbi Gli...: Happy Monday, everyone!  I've got a bit of a long post today so bear with me! First things first, Today I'm over at NA Alley interview...

Medeia Sharif: Upcoming Blogfests

Medeia Sharif: Upcoming Blogfests: These are the blogfests I'm participating in next month, and there's still time for you to sign up. E.J. Wesley is celebrating the rel...

Medeia Sharif: Books

Medeia Sharif: Books: BESTEST. RAMADAN. EVER., Flux , 2011 ISBN: 0738723231 (ISBN13: 9780738723235) Purchase from Ama...

Medeia Sharif: Upcoming Blogfests

Medeia Sharif: Upcoming Blogfests: These are the blogfests I'm participating in next month, and there's still time for you to sign up. E.J. Wesley is celebrating the rel...

YA Author Elana Johnson: Writing A Query Letter - Part Five: Everything Els...

YA Author Elana Johnson: Writing A Query Letter - Part Five: Everything Els...: The Hook , The Setup , The Conflict , and The Consequence are the four parts of the query letter. I believe you can write a killer query us...

YA Author Elana Johnson: From Query Letter to Cover Copy

YA Author Elana Johnson: From Query Letter to Cover Copy: Okay, so I teach some classes on writing query letters. It's kind of fun, because I have a powerpoint presentation, but I don't have a scrip...

YA Author Elana Johnson: Writing A Query Letter - Part One: The Hook

YA Author Elana Johnson: Writing A Query Letter - Part One: The Hook: This series of articles was first published on the QueryTracker blog . I wrote them, so I'm going to post them here as well. Okay, people. ...

YA Author Elana Johnson: Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Long Ago

YA Author Elana Johnson: Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Long Ago: Dude, so here's the deal. Every step I take along this publishing road teaches me something I wish someone had told me earlier. And of cours...

Literary Rambles: THE PECULIAR GIVEAWAY AND ASK THE EXPERT INTERVIEW...

Literary Rambles: THE PECULIAR GIVEAWAY AND ASK THE EXPERT INTERVIEW...: Happy Monday everyone! So glad to see you. Today I have a fantastic interview and book giveaway to share with you. Before I get to that, I w...

Me and reading: Review of Bootlicker by Steve Piacente - 5 stars!

Me and reading: Review of Bootlicker by Steve Piacente - 5 stars!: Happy Friday! I am very excited to post a review of Bootlicker today! I met the author first through the Internet and later I had a chanc...

Me and reading: Writing Zany Comedy - Guest Post by Melodie Campbe...

Me and reading: Writing Zany Comedy - Guest Post by Melodie Campbe...: Happy Saturday! I have a visitor today. My friend and author, Melodie Campbell, wrote a guest post about writing comedy. Melodie has se...

Somewhere Between The Pages.: Giveaway Hop: Under The Sea.

Somewhere Between The Pages.: Giveaway Hop: Under The Sea.: Did you guys know, it's only fourteen and a half weeks until Christmas? Yup, that's really not long at all. It's quite scary how quickly...

Candilynn Fite: Riding (Writing) the Zombie Wave

Candilynn Fite: Riding (Writing) the Zombie Wave: Let me begin this post with, I'm not controversial. However, in light of my recent research for a soon-to-be wip, I stumbled upon the Cente...

Frost Lord: Genre Favorites Blogfest

Frost Lord: Genre Favorites Blogfest: I'm sure you're all aware who Alex J. is. If you don't then you must be a hermit or a baby coco bear or a moose tail lemur or I dunno...dead...

The Young Adult Connection: Recent Releases

The Young Adult Connection: Recent Releases: Hello. Sinc e there have been so many incredible recent releases, I decided to put together a list of the ones you can't miss. This isn't go...

.Xpresso Reads.: Aurora Sky Cover Reveal & Giveaway

.Xpresso Reads.: Aurora Sky Cover Reveal & Giveaway: Today I have a very pretty cover to show you for Nikki Jefford's new book. She's the author of Entangled that I read and reviewed on the blo...

Author Victoria H. Smith: A Week In New Adult!

Author Victoria H. Smith: A Week In New Adult!: Hey all!  Happy Saturday!  So I'm not going to get in the habit of this because with edits and things time is scarce, but I wanted to post a...

Me, My Shelf and I: {Blog Tour} with What’s Left of Me Author Kat Zhan...

Me, My Shelf and I: {Blog Tour} with What’s Left of Me Author Kat Zhan...:   Today we welcome WHATS LEFT OF ME Author Kat Zhang! Kat’s been kind enough to answer some fun This or That questions, which for thos...

A Dream Within A Dream: Cover Reveal: Reaping Me Softly by Kate Evangelist...

A Dream Within A Dream: Cover Reveal: Reaping Me Softly by Kate Evangelist...: Reaping Me Softly Author: Kate Evangelista Expected Release Date: October 30, 2012 Publisher: Omnific Publishing   Book descriptio...

NA Alley: Contests/Giveaways

NA Alley: Contests/Giveaways: We're kicking off September with another great NA read:  First Visions: Second Sight Book One   by  Heather  Topham Wood ! ...

Author Victoria H. Smith: I finished Metamorphosis, my new adult paranormal ...

Author Victoria H. Smith: I finished Metamorphosis, my new adult paranormal ...: I have finally done it my friends.  118,000 words, 5 weeks, and a bunch of finale tears later, I have finished my newest tale, called Metamo...

Use Your Words...: The Best of Us...

Use Your Words...: The Best of Us...: September 11, 2001     I called my brother, a firefighter, and told him he was a hero. He laughed. He said he wasn't a hero. Each depart...

Emma Michaels: 'Owlet' Blog Tour Schedule & Giveaway Entries

Emma Michaels: 'Owlet' Blog Tour Schedule & Giveaway Entries: a Rafflecopter giveaway

Cassie Mae: Ready to be Revealing!

Cassie Mae: Ready to be Revealing!: I'm not flashing anyone, don't worry! But I'm super super stoked to reveal Chantele Sedgewick 's awesome awesome cover! (She gets to show ...

One Librarian's Book Reviews

One Librarian's Book Reviews

YA Stands: Sports in YA

YA Stands: Sports in YA: It's only natural for sports to be present in young adult literature when sports are such a big part of so many teens' lives. If you exami...

Word by Word: Shadow Delayed aka Bumps Happen

Word by Word: Shadow Delayed aka Bumps Happen: I don't like to take back or change things I've stated.  If I decide on a timeline for something, I don't want to change it.  When I give a ...

Candilynn Fite: I'm Back! NaNo News & GUTGAA

Candilynn Fite: I'm Back! NaNo News & GUTGAA: My blog had a makeover. It is good to be home. I've missed y'all! Thank you to all who visited my blog while I was away. I stuck to my guns...

Stranger Than Writing...: What NaNoWriMo Has Taught Me...Lesson One

Stranger Than Writing...: What NaNoWriMo Has Taught Me...Lesson One: So I just recently finished my fourth attempt at NaNoWriMo. If you've followed my blog for a while now you will know that I absolutely adore...

Bumbles and Fairy-Tales...: Waiting On Wednesday #24: Hiding in the Bathroom b...

Bumbles and Fairy-Tales...: Waiting On Wednesday #24: Hiding in the Bathroom b...: " Waiting On Wednesday "  is a weekly meme hosted by   Breaking the Spine .   This is were we get to 'spotlight' books...

Wanted Readers: How to Ruin by Simone Elkeles

Wanted Readers: How to Ruin by Simone Elkeles: Author:  Simone Elkeles Title: How To Ruin (three books in one) Publication: October 8th, 2006 Publisher: Flux Genre: Young A...

Wanted Readers: Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken

Wanted Readers: Dragon Actually by G.A. Aiken: Author:  G.A. Aiken Title: Dragon Actually Publication:  September 1st, 2008 Publisher:  Zebra Genre: Romance Rating:  5 out 5 Website...

Unicorn Bell: The Lost Figurehead

Unicorn Bell: The Lost Figurehead:  A big thank you to Samantha for submitting the first page of her Middle Grade Fantasy, The Lost Figurehead . My comments will be in purp...

Wanted Readers: I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont

Wanted Readers: I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont: Author: Karen Beaumont Illustrator: David Catrow Title: I Ain't Gonna Paint No More Publication: April 1, 2005 Publisher:  Harco...

Jessica K. McKendry: GUTGAA Meet and Greet! (better late than never :)

Jessica K. McKendry: GUTGAA Meet and Greet! (better late than never :): Today is the long awaited start of GUTGAA, (Gearing Up To Get An Agent blogfest) hosted by Dena Barnhart ! If you'd like to know more ...

Strands of Pattern: My First Flash Fiction Attempt

Strands of Pattern: My First Flash Fiction Attempt: It seems the weeks between me posting my short stories are getting much more numerous of late.  I could blame that on many things, but I'll ...

Writing on the Wall: IWSG: The Green Eyed Monster

Writing on the Wall: IWSG: The Green Eyed Monster: First of all, I would like to thank everyone who stopped by for the GUTGAA meet and greet! I am still making my way through everyone's posts...

Laura J. Williams's Blog: It's OFFICIAL!!!

Laura J. Williams's Blog: It's OFFICIAL!!!: Guardian of the Moon Pendant is now available on Amazon.com and on BarnesandNoble.com! Amazon Page BN.com Page It seems sort of 'anti-c...

I Am A Reader, Not A Writer: Cover Reveal: Liberty by Annie Laurie Cechini

I Am A Reader, Not A Writer: Cover Reveal: Liberty by Annie Laurie Cechini: About the Author: In 1986, Annie Laurie Cechini's first award-winning essay was sent to the President of the United States. This was als...

BookHounds...YA: BOOK TRAILER TUESDAY The Girl Who Circumnavigated ...

BookHounds...YA: BOOK TRAILER TUESDAY The Girl Who Circumnavigated ...

Amanda Hocking's Blog: Bloggy Blog Title

Amanda Hocking's Blog: Bloggy Blog Title: When did writing blogs become so hard? I think it was when I became aware that people were actually reading them. Pro-tip: Writing is much e...

Write Here, Write Now: IWSG: Taking a Postive From a Negative

Write Here, Write Now: IWSG: Taking a Postive From a Negative: Yup, it's that time again! Hosted by the amazing Alex. J Cavanaugh , this bloghop is intended for writers to share our insecurities, and ...

Fictional Candy: Cover Reveal: The Unnaturals by Jessica Meigs

Fictional Candy: Cover Reveal: The Unnaturals by Jessica Meigs: The Unnaturals by Jessica Meigs Expected pub: October 1st 2012 Riley Walker is one of the world's best covert operatives, e...

@PageTurnersBlog: Cover Crazy: Paper Valentine

@PageTurnersBlog: Cover Crazy: Paper Valentine: Cover Crazy is a weekly meme started by Tawni at   The Book Worms   and is now being hosted by Page Turners!  This week I am crazy a...