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New Book Sale (the cat is out of the bag)
About a month ago, I wrote a blog post in response to a YA Highway Road Trip Wednesday prompt that asked, What do you hope to be writing in one year? Three? Five? In that post I was very cagey about a...
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RTW – Best Book Read in October
This week, YA Highway’s Road Trip Wednesday asks, What’s the best book you’ve read in October? My answer, Scott Westerfeld’s Goliath, was not only the best book I read in October (and I read some good...
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RTW – Writing Books & Writing Advice
This week, YA Highway’s Road Trip Wednesday asks us to Share your most inspiring and/or motivational video, book, or quote on writing. All those NaNoWriMo participants out there nearing November’s...
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The Trouble With Trilogies
Back in my romance writing days, I didn’t write trilogies. The love stories I wrote were one-offs. Although half of my Harlequin books (Counting on a Cowboy, A Father’s Sacrifice, His Baby to Love,...
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RTW – Balancing Reality and Fiction
This week, YA Highway’s Road Trip Wednesday asks the question, How do you balance hectic times like the holidays with your writing schedule? Um, yeah. How do you do that? I’m not sure I’ve entirely...
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Best Book in November – RTW
It’s the last Wednesday in November and YA Highway’s Road Trip Wednesday asks, What’s the best book you read in November? I have been reading Old School for all of November, and part of October as...
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Lee Child is a Pantser (and So Can You!)
The other night, I had the fortunate opportunity to attend a talk by mega bestselling thriller author Lee Child. He is funny, charming, and down-to-earth, not at all the prima donna stereotype of an...
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I Love You, You’re Perfect…Now I’m Gonna Revise You
This week, with November and NaNoWriMo in the rear view mirror, YA Highway’s Road Trip Wednesday asks, How do you approach editing/revising? So, here’s the first most important thing about revising....
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It’s My Birthday, and I’ll Blog if I Want To
I have the coolest birthday in the world, most especially today’s. I’m lucky enough to have a birthday in December when all the Christmas festivities are in full swing (and Chanukah, since I married my...
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Who Are You (woot-woot)?
This week, YA Highway asks the questions How do you decide on names? Would you ever name a character after a friend/family member/ex? Back when I was writing romances, I wanted everyday names for my...
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Merry Christmas
To all who celebrate the holiday, I hope you have a blessed, joyful, family-filled day.
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The Shopping Gene
If I say, let’s go shopping, and the destination is the local mall, or the outlet stores, or those cute little shops on Main Street, does that invitation fill you with dread or excited anticipation?...
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Best Book in December
I completely forgot about YA Highway’s Road Trip Wednesday this morning. Today’s topic was What was the best book you read in December? Since it’s so late, I was tempted to just give RTW a pass this...
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Goals–Fear & Loathing
This week for Road Trip Wednesday, YA Highway asks, What are your goals for the new year–for reading, writing, or other? I gotta tell ya, this kind of question always terrifies me. It goes along with...
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My Dream Bookstore
This week, YA Highway asks a very fun question: Imagine you get to open your own bookstore. What would it look like? What kinds of books would you sell? It wouldn’t surprise me if 99% of avid readers...
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Funny Stuff
This week’s Road Trip Wednesday at YA Highway asks, Who is your favorite comedian or funny book and/or movie? I don’t follow comedy much, so I’m not sure I have a fave comedian. If I had to name one,...
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Road Trip Memories
This week, YA Highway’s Road Trip Wednesday asks the question, What’s the most dramatic road trip you’ve ever been on? What immediately pops into my mind might not have been a dramatic road trip, but...
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What Should a Writer’s Conference Be?
Having just returned from the SCBWI winter conference in NY, I started pondering what the best format for an annual writer’s conference should be. Then it occurred to me that there may not be a “best.”...
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Best Book of January – Ashfall
Today, YA Highway’s Road Trip Wednesday asks What’s the best book you read in January? I’ve actually read a few quite good books this month, but there’s a clear winner–Ashfall by Mike Mullin. This...
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Mrs. Sandler Goes to Washington
After a short weekend visit to NYC to attend the winter conference of the Society of Children’s Writers and Illustrators, I took the train down to DC to visit family. Since I’m under deadline on...
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