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I’m currently working on a new project that I’m super excited about, and I’m hoping to have more news to share soon. In the meantime, the best place to find and connect with me online is Instagram.
02
Feb

BORN WICKED in the UK!

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Hi! Sorry for the blog silence this week – I’m hard at work on Cahill Book 3! Today I’m killing off a character I’ve come to adore, which is very sad-making! And yet all my own fault! *wails* Guess what? BORN WICKED comes out in the UK a week from today – February 7! The lovely people at Puffin have set up an extensive blog tour to celebrate. Here’s the gorgeous banner they’ve created so you can follow along. It kicks off on Monday and runs through February 15, with several special posts on Valentine’s Day! The topics range from my favorite star-crossed lovers to songs that helped inspire the book, from my best advice to debut authors to tips on how write historical fantasy! There will also be several chances to win a copy.
25
Jan

Signing Tomorrow

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Hi! Tomorrow I’m doing a signing that I’m super-excited about: ONE MORE PAGE PANEL & SIGNING featuring me + 5 authors whose books I love Miranda Kenneally (CATCHING JORDAN, STEALING PARKER) Jennifer Rush (ALTERED) Tiffany Schmidt (SEND ME A SIGN) Victoria Schwab (THE ARCHIVED, THE NEAR WITCH) moderated by Diana Peterfreund (FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS) 4pm at One More Page in Arlington, VA   I can’t wait! And then Breathless Reads kicks off in 2 weeks! I’m a little over 1/3 of the way done with the draft of Cahill Book 3, and I’m hoping to write a TON in the next two weeks so I get to 2/3 done before tour! It’s due mid-March. Four months does not feel like a very long time to write a rough draft, but revising is my favorite part anyway. Drafting is glorious when it goes well but so hard. The first draft is...
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17
Jan

STAR CURSED Countdown Widget

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 Look! I offered up a signed BW paperback or an ARC of STAR CURSED for the first person to make me a STAR CURSED countdown widget that I liked (because I have no idea how to do it myself, and yet am picky). Several awesome readers tried, and this is the one I chose – made by the awesome Erin at A Book Lover’s Ramblings! If you’d like the code to add it to your own blog (yay! thank you!), you can grab it over at her website!
17
Jan

Road Trip Wednesday: Fantasy Bookstore

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I don’t regularly participate in any weekly blog hops, but sometimes the topics are too fun to resist – as with YA Highway’s Road Trip Wednesday today! This Week’s Topic is: Imagine you get to open your own bookstore. What would it look like? What kinds of books would you sell? So, there’s this bookstore in my neighborhood, a tiny cluttered one-story shop in a narrow two-story Capitol Hill rowhouse. The Playwright and my friends and I have long daydreamed about what we’d do with it if it came up for sale (and we had the time and money to buy it, which is pretty dubious). I have no idea what the second story is currently – storage? offices? – but my plan is predicated on using that space too. The first story would be for the cash register, picture books, and early reader/chapter books. There’d also be a cluster of...
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15
Jan

Thrice Interview: LEVEL 2

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Hi! Welcome to our first 2013 Thrice Interview! Today we’re celebrating the release of Lenore Appelhans’ LEVEL 2. They say: Three levels. Two loves. One choice. Debut novelist, Lenore Appelhans has written a thrilling otherworldly young adult novel about a place that exists between our world (Level 1) and what comes after life (Level 2). Felicia Ward is dead. Trapped in a stark white afterlife limbo, she spends endless days replaying memories, of her family, friends, boyfriend … and of the guy who broke her heart. The guy who has just broken into Level 2 to find her. Felicia learns that a rebellion is brewing, and it seems she is the key. Suspended between heaven and earth, she must make a choice. Between two worlds, two lives and two loves. I say: I got to read this early, and it’s a fabulous, fast-paced thriller with a tremendously likable heroine. I’m not always...
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