Today at the carnival we’re all posting about Listopia. What’s Listopia you say? Well, if you’re on Goodreads, as I am, you’ve heard of it, right? Listopia is a great way to beef up your TBR list, mine is literally overflowing with amazing books, but I’m always looking for a great read. Listopia lists are …
Today the carnis are blogging about where we love to go in books. Like most readers, I love to go to places I don’t expect. I love to see regular places in new ways and feel transformed. Setting is powerful and I like when it’s used like a character. I try to do this in …
YA Indie Carnival: Location, location, location–where we like to go in books Read More »
So happy you stopped by the carnival this week. I’m really excited about our entries because we’re all sharing a little bit from our WIPs…cue Frankenstein music, a little thunder and mad scientist laugh *mwahhahahah* What’s up next for me? I’ve got lots of stories in the offing this year that I’m really excited about. …
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Today at the YA Indie Carnival we’re talking about our experiences either reading, writing or reviewing sequels. I’m writing my first series now: The Teen Halloween Series & The Starjump Series. In the dozen or so years that I’ve been writing fiction, I’ve always written stand alone novels, so this is all very new to …
YA Indie Carnival Sequels: Challenges in writing 14 ON HALLOWEEN Read More »
Dude! Today at the carnival we’re posting 4/20 excerpts. Here’s one from TRANSFER STUDENT, an intergalactic tale of beauty and the geek. Here we meet Ashley, a surfer from Beverly Hills who’s always held a grudge against the yellow stars she never learned how to draw in kindergarten. While on The Field Trip from Hell …
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Yes, SPRING BREAK usually means sun & fun. But some teens aren’t that lucky. Winnemucca, a small-town fairy tale, opens with the beginning of Virginia Mae’s enchanted road trip to her true self. It’s SPRING BREAK and Ginny takes a walk to the prison outside of town where she awakens to her own intuition. She listens …
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TODAY THE TRANSFER STUDENT BLOG TOUR VISITS THE AMAZINGÂ A.O BIBLIOSPHEREÂ &Â read his wonderful review here! Check out his blog for today’s EBOOK/SWAG GIVEAWAY! TODAY’S EBOOK WINNERS ANNOUNCED 12 PM PACIFIC! Now ON TO THE CARNIVAL!!!! I’m Irish. Who isn’t on St. Patty’s day? But I’m so Irish that my protestant Irish mother made me wear ORANGE …
Hey y’all welcome to this week of the YA INDIE CARNIVAL! Can I just say how AMAZING my fellow carnis are? I feel so lucky to be able to read all of their inspirational posts! SQUUUEEEE! Today’s topic kind of made me go…what??? I mean, do I tend to write a season? Of course not. …
Today the carnis are all talking about what we do when we get, um….BUSTED. #doesthatsoundwrong So here goes. I sort of feel that the phrase writer’s block is like Voldemort for me. I never utter the phrase. So I’m breaking a major one of my rules here and now for you! From now on I’ll …
The carnis are all kissing & telling today! Here’s one of my favorite kissing scenes from 13 ON HALLOWEEN. Twelve-year-old Roxie wants two things more than anything. She wants to become popular––a peacock, in Roxie Speak. And she wants a guy named Hayden, the coolest guy at school, to notice her. So, she throws her …
YA Indie Carnival : Kiss & Tell from 13 on Halloween Read More »
