Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi at Writers Helping Writers (formerly The Bookshelf Muse) have added two more books to their Descriptive Thesaurus Collection: The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Attributes and The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A...
I am so excited about this new endeavor that a team of Florida-based young adult authors are doing and I'm a part of. We've created a Facebook page for teens,Ā media specialists, librarians, teachers, and anyone who loves literacy to keep tabs on all of our: Ā·Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ...
Once upon a time there was a dog who hadĀ crazy adventures, unbelievable stories, and perhaps even super powers. Her name was Rue. And Rue took the world by storm because we all loved her so very much. If you are on Facebook, you can read all about Rue's adventures...
There are so many milestones along the way toward publication. Each step is kind of crazy and wild and full of adventure. Today I'm super excited to share with you my first blurb from NY Times bestselling author of theĀ ACROSS THE UNIVERSEĀ series, Beth Revis. Here's...
Guys! I have a winner for the giveaway of Amy Parker's GATED. Drumroll!!!! The winner is ChristinaReads! Woot! Email me at Farley dot ChristinaL at gmail dot comĀ your mailing address. I've reviewed three ARCs of upcomingĀ 2014 young adult debuts.Ā They are: CRUEL BEAUTY...
The other day Vivi Barnes and I got together to hang out and chat about her book. We videoed it so you could join us! Here's the blurb from AmazonĀ on Vivi's upcoming YA contemporary, OLIVIA TWISTED: Tossed from foster home to foster home, Oliviaās seen a lot in her...
My Orlando writer peeps- Larissa Hardesty, Tara Gallina, Sarah Nicolas, Jessica Souders,Ā and I- took a road trip to Amy Parker's GATED book launch. Amy has been such an amazing support to me over this past year as both were preparing to launch our YA novels. So it was...
Today I start a new school year with my 2nd grade Jedi padawans. I'm super excited to be teaching and (hopefully) making an impact in my student's lives. In the middle of setting up my classroom, I've also been busy writing and reading. As for what I've been writing,...
While IĀ was inĀ Germany last summer, my family and I traveledĀ mostly by train. IĀ remember looking out the window as ourĀ train pulled intoĀ MunichĀ station. I was amazed at howĀ the tracks all merged into this one giant station. My writing brainĀ couldn't help but think how...
I was super excited to get SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY by Julie Murphy. This is aĀ OneFour KidLit ARC, and it arrive in the mail yesterday via Dahlia Adler. This book is currently on 'tour', visiting OneFour authors around the globe. Think of it like a yearbook. We read the...