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Category Archives: On Reading
Recommended Reading: The best young adult fantasy/sci fi novels about female characters who don’t care if you like them or not
I recently had a chance to put together a booklist for Shepherd.com. I was inspired by Soraya, the heroine of my YA novel Dagger and Coin, to create a booklist featuring other prickly, wonderful female characters like her. So, without further … Continue reading
Everything You Want to Know, and Even Stuff You Don’t
I’ve posted a round-up of the most common questions I get about Sword and Verse, my writing process, and my favorite stuff. Which Hogwarts House would I be Sorted into? Do I write longhand on a computer? What’s my favorite … Continue reading
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GeekyCon Recap
A couple of weeks ago I got to go to my first GeekyCon, and it was fabulous! I left the con and went directly to a camp in the woods, which is why I haven’t gotten to post about it … Continue reading
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Books That Made Me: The Queen’s Thief Series
Welcome to the fourth and final installment of my “Books That Made Me” series, part of the #SixteensBlogAbout series featuring The Sweet Sixteens’ favorite books and authors. So far in this little series, I have written about the book that … Continue reading
Books That Made Me: The Harry Potter Series
Welcome to part three of my little series about my favorite books and authors, part of this month’s #SixteensBlogAbout topic over at The Sweet Sixteens. I’ve already written about two of the seminal books of my adolescence, Watership Down and … Continue reading
Books That Made Me: THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien
So here’s the second in my little series, inspired by The Sweet Sixteens’ December #SixteensBlogAbout theme, “Favorite books and authors”. Last week I wrote about the book that made me a book evangelist, Watership Down by Richard Adams, and I mentioned how … Continue reading
Books That Made Me: WATERSHIP DOWN by Richard Adams
This month’s #SixteensBlogAbout theme over at The Sweet Sixteens is “favorite books and authors”, so I decided to make this a little series celebrating some of the books and authors that have had the most impact on me as a … Continue reading
Celebrating Picture Book Month!
November is Picture Book Month! This international literacy initiative, founded by author and storyteller Dianne de Las Casas, celebrates the print picture book during the month of November. Check out the Picture Book Month website, which will feature daily posts from “picture … Continue reading
Chapter and Verse: Guest Post at Author Amok
I was delighted to be asked to contribute to the fun novel and poem pairings at Laura Shovan’s Author Amok blog. I had a ball finding the perfect poem to share with one of my favorite books, Enthusiasm by Polly … Continue reading
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New Favorite, Old Favorite: Just Like the Movies and The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman
Not long ago I had the pleasure of reading Kelly Fiore’s Just Like the Movies, the story of two unlikely friends who set out to recreate scenes from their favorite romantic films in their own lives. Marijke and Lily are … Continue reading
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