How about an update on the WIP? I’ve re-visioned during the editing phase, which is taking a lot of work. My brain is overloaded with my characters and plotting and trying to spoil their perfectly happy lives. Feedback from some CPs have indicated that I need more conflict, which has resulted in new scenes and […]
First a word of caution. There is a long preface to the point of my post, so please stick with me. I promise; my rambling is worth it. So…my seven year old son is playing 6-7 year old football in the local youth league. The kids are assigned to teams based on which high school […]
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles will make you fall in love with contemporary YA. The story, told in alternating POV of Alex, a Latino member of a gang in the suburbs of Chicago and Brittany, the All-American girl who appears to have it all. For the first few chapters, I didn’t like Alex. He was […]
Imagine a world where impending death was announced by a Deathday Letter. When it was your time to go, you’d receive a letter telling you that within twenty-four hours, you’d be dead. What would you do with that time? This book is about fifteen year old Ollie Travers and what he does with his last […]
Sorry. The blog has to take a backseat to fulfilling my job as a wife, mom, the day job and my volunteering. It also has to take a backseat to editing my novel and other writerly tasks – like reading a superbly awesome book called Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles. And another great book called […]
I’ve been delinquent. More than delinquent. Downright neglectful. But it’s not only the blog. Anything that doesn’t need doing isn’t getting done. I’m heads down editing. Trying to write some new scenes so I can finally get a full MS to my beta readers. I can see the finish line. Just need it to be […]
Wow. It’s been awhile since I’ve posted about the new acquisitions I’ve made in TL’s Library. I’ve been keeping the bookstores and Amazon in business. The Deathday Letter by Shaun David Hutchinson – I’m reading this now and loving it. It’s morbidly hilarious and written in a teenage boy’s perspective. How enlightening. Mockingjay by Suzanne […]
I hate to admit it took me longer to finish LINGER than I wanted. Life just got in the way… It was one of my most anticipated reads of the summer, since SHIVER, the first book in the Wolves of Mercy Falls series, is one of my favorite books. EVER. Maggie Stiefvater didn’t disappoint. The […]
