Bragging alert!
Am so completely happy to share that my fab CP recieved the call email. She sold her gorgeous christmas romance to Carina Press.
Congratulations Rach!!
Raising many a glass to you, my friend! Wishing you even more success in the future!
=)
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
People keep sneaking in...
Each week, YA Highway hosts Road Trip Wednesday, a blog carnival in which contributors discuss a topic on their blogs and invite readers to do the same.
This Week's Topic:
Who have you written into a book? Be honest.
Ooooh this is an interesting one and something i'm wary of doing. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. recently, after much begging, i used my sister's names in a story but only as secondary characters who are completely unlike them - apart from being nice. The closest i've come is when a doctor friend (was my bridesmaid actually) treated my daughter in emergency (We live in a city of 2 million and she was on call at 3am in a public hospital - it IS a small world). My next story had a wonderful, kind doctor with her name.
Usually i try to steer away from real people but I think it's impossible really. A part of me is in every character and they are influenced by the people i know and love/dislike.
What about you?
=)
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
I wanted to be like...
Each week, YA Highway hosts Road Trip Wednesday, a blog carnival in which contributors discuss a topic on their blogs and invite readers to do the same. This week is in tribute to the release of Kirsten Hubbard's book Like Mandarin.
From Kirsten:
In Like Mandarin, 14-year-old Grace Carpenter would give anything to be like 17-year-old Mandarin Ramey -- the bold, carefree wild girl of their small Wyoming town. Many people I've spoken to experienced that sort of longing as a teen -- a longing to be like someone else. A friend, a sister, a celebrity, an acquaintance, a cousin, a teacher or, as in Grace's case, a girl you thought had no idea you existed. I know I did!
This Week's Topic is:
Wow, this topic strikes at a timely moment. As a teen, there were two people i wanted to be 'just like'. The first, my oldest sister. At 11 years older she was all growned up and seemed to know everything (still tells me she does) yet she still took time to hang out with me. Me!
But that had been the same since I was born.
When I was 13 my mother re-married and we moved into his house. My two older sisters lived out of home by then, as did his two sons. But his daughter... At 9 years older than me and the complete opposite of me (super-cool, dropped out of school to work, did i mention super-cool?) she had the type of personality that made a shy, awkward teen want to hide in a corner. But she didn't let me. We became friends and she talked to me about her problems (I'd like to think I was wise... LOL) and told me about her big nights out. Sigh. I felt confided in and special. Even when she moved 13 hours away I would go to stay with her in my holidays. Sadly, we lost contact when my mother passed away and I got married. Thanks to the wonders of the internet we've been catching up a little recently and I was floored to learn yesterday that she is very ill. Her kids aren't even grown.
So, I'm happy to say proudly, when I was a teen one of the people I would have given anything to be like was my step-sister.
=)
Who did you want to be?
From Kirsten:
In Like Mandarin, 14-year-old Grace Carpenter would give anything to be like 17-year-old Mandarin Ramey -- the bold, carefree wild girl of their small Wyoming town. Many people I've spoken to experienced that sort of longing as a teen -- a longing to be like someone else. A friend, a sister, a celebrity, an acquaintance, a cousin, a teacher or, as in Grace's case, a girl you thought had no idea you existed. I know I did!
Wow, this topic strikes at a timely moment. As a teen, there were two people i wanted to be 'just like'. The first, my oldest sister. At 11 years older she was all growned up and seemed to know everything (still tells me she does) yet she still took time to hang out with me. Me!
But that had been the same since I was born.
When I was 13 my mother re-married and we moved into his house. My two older sisters lived out of home by then, as did his two sons. But his daughter... At 9 years older than me and the complete opposite of me (super-cool, dropped out of school to work, did i mention super-cool?) she had the type of personality that made a shy, awkward teen want to hide in a corner. But she didn't let me. We became friends and she talked to me about her problems (I'd like to think I was wise... LOL) and told me about her big nights out. Sigh. I felt confided in and special. Even when she moved 13 hours away I would go to stay with her in my holidays. Sadly, we lost contact when my mother passed away and I got married. Thanks to the wonders of the internet we've been catching up a little recently and I was floored to learn yesterday that she is very ill. Her kids aren't even grown.
So, I'm happy to say proudly, when I was a teen one of the people I would have given anything to be like was my step-sister.
=)
Who did you want to be?
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
RTW - Choose your own Question-venture
Each week, YA Highway hosts Road Trip Wednesday, a blog carnival in which contributors discuss a topic on their blogs and invite readers to do the same. This Week's Topic is super interactive:
My question... is how to choose which idea to write?
I am an eternally awful decision maker and struggle to decide what to write. each idea will take a long time to finish and I'm worried about the time investment if I can't pull it off to be as cool as it sounds in my head. At the same time, I can't switch up easily. Sigh... I seem to waste time trying to decide.
Thoughts?
What do you want to know about writing and getting published?
My question... is how to choose which idea to write?
I am an eternally awful decision maker and struggle to decide what to write. each idea will take a long time to finish and I'm worried about the time investment if I can't pull it off to be as cool as it sounds in my head. At the same time, I can't switch up easily. Sigh... I seem to waste time trying to decide.
Thoughts?
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Couples magic...
Each week, YA Highway hosts Road Trip Wednesday, a blog carnival in which contributors discuss a topic on their blogs and invite readers to do the same. This week's RTW topic is:
Who are your favorite literary couples?You know -- the ones you like by themselves, but LOVE together!
This one got me thinking.
My instant reaction was Ron and Hermione. Sigh... So real, so much build up, so believable... love it. No sappy there. Lots of laughs though.
And then I thought some more... and stalled a bit. There are so many that I'm struggling to pick the best of them. I love smart girls and bad boys, super cool girls with shy guys, the outcasts who find each other... too many to choose.
What about you?
Who are your favorite literary couples?You know -- the ones you like by themselves, but LOVE together!
This one got me thinking.
My instant reaction was Ron and Hermione. Sigh... So real, so much build up, so believable... love it. No sappy there. Lots of laughs though.
And then I thought some more... and stalled a bit. There are so many that I'm struggling to pick the best of them. I love smart girls and bad boys, super cool girls with shy guys, the outcasts who find each other... too many to choose.
What about you?
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Universe of a book
Each week, YA Highway hosts Road Trip Wednesday, a blog carnival in which contributors discuss a topic on their blogs and invite readers to do the same. This week's RTW topic is:
If you could live within the universe of one book, which would you choose?
This was really fun. Maybe cos my reading these days is darker (not such a great place to live) I immediately went back to my childhood faves. Also because my oldest is just learning to read and I can't wait til she can discover this series. I remember the wonder of it... if not a heap of the story.
I would like to live in the world of The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton.
And the Harry Potter world might be cool too... as long as I was a talented witch and He Who Can Not Be Named was defeated.
What about you?
=)
If you could live within the universe of one book, which would you choose?
This was really fun. Maybe cos my reading these days is darker (not such a great place to live) I immediately went back to my childhood faves. Also because my oldest is just learning to read and I can't wait til she can discover this series. I remember the wonder of it... if not a heap of the story.
I would like to live in the world of The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton.
And the Harry Potter world might be cool too... as long as I was a talented witch and He Who Can Not Be Named was defeated.
What about you?
=)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Road Trip Wednesday: Favorite lines
Each week, YA Highway hosts Road Trip Wednesday, a blog carnival in which contributors discuss a topic on their blogs and invite readers to do the same.
This week's topic: What is your favorite line from your WIP (or from a book you read recently)?
This is an interesting one and I've been fascinated jumping from blog to blog and reading other people's responses.
From my just 'finished' story:
We are not in this together.
Wow, i think that pretty much sums up the whole story!
=)
This week's topic: What is your favorite line from your WIP (or from a book you read recently)?
This is an interesting one and I've been fascinated jumping from blog to blog and reading other people's responses.
From my just 'finished' story:
We are not in this together.
Wow, i think that pretty much sums up the whole story!
=)
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