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07
Mar

Thrice Interview: FAIR COIN

Today we’re celebrating FAIR COIN by E.C. Myers! I haven’t had a chance to read this one yet, but it sounds fantastic! Sixteen-year-old Ephraim Scott is horrified when he comes home from school and finds his mother unconscious at the kitchen table, clutching a bottle of pills. The reason for her suicide attempt is even more disturbing: she thought she’d identified Ephraim’s body at the hospital that day.  Among his dead double’s belongings, Ephraim finds a strange coin—a coin that grants wishes when he flips it. With a flick of his thumb, he can turn his alcoholic mother into a model parent and catch the eye of the girl he’s liked since second grade. But the coin doesn’t always change things for the better. And a bad flip can destroy other people’s lives as easily as it rebuilds his own.  The coin could give Ephraim everything he’s ever wanted—if he...
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06
Mar

Books I Heart

♥ GILT by Katherine Longshore: A tale of intrigue at the court of Henry VIII and Catherine Howard, told by her best friend Kitty Tilney. I am generally fascinated by the poor doomed wives of Henry VIII, and I recommend this to all my friends who love Philippa Gregory’s The Other Boleyn Girl. There’s a bit of romance here, but the story really focuses on the friendship between Catherine and the childhood friends who are her saviors and saboteurs. I felt for Kitty and her steadfast loyalty, even when Cat doesn’t deserve it. If you know your history, reading about the poor young queen’s missteps and bad choices is like watching a frothy horror movie, all “No! Don’t do it!” And there’s a helpful author’s note to determine the fact from the fiction. (advanced copy provided by Penguin; releases May 15). ♥ SOMETHING LIKE NORMAL by Trish Doller: Travis, a Marine struggling with PTSD...
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04
Mar

Linkety-Links

Hi! I am full of promotional tidbits today. 1. I am doing an event next Saturday afternoon at 4pm at One More Page Books in Arlington, VA with my friend, super-fab YA author Miranda Kenneally (CATCHING JORDAN). Even if you already have my book, you should come check out hers! We will answer questions about writing and our books and sign things for you. One More Page is a fantastic independent bookstore that sells books for all ages — not to mention wine and some seriously delicious chocolates (apple cider caramels? OM NOM). 2. I did an interview this week with I Am A Reader, Not A Writer, in which I reveal intriguing things like how I react to bad reviews, how I celebrated my book deal, and what TV show I am mildly embarrassed to watch. 3. I did another interview this week with Mostly YA Book Obsessed, in...
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02
Mar

Women’s Rights & Rush Limbaugh

I was going to do a post today about the books I’ve loved recently, but then I read this article at the HuffPost about Rush Limbaugh claiming that a girl who wants affordable birth control is a slut whose parents should be ashamed of her. This is ludicrous in terms of being uneducated about how birth control pills actually work. It’s also generally appalling. I hate the idea that there are girls out there who might be shamed into not asking for birth control, and then having unprotected sex. Or feeling shady and uncomfortable about something that is neither. Frankly? I started taking birth control pills myself when I was nineteen because I wanted to have sex with my boyfriend (now my husband, but I hardly knew that then). When one of my very Catholic friends found out, she flipped out on me about whether I was ready to have...
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01
Mar

BORN WICKED Playlist

My BORN WICKED playlist was originally posted at Manga Maniac Cafe as part of my blog tour (click on the link for Julie’s fantastic review of BW) , but I thought it’d be fun to repost here. One of the questions we got a lot on the Breathless tour was whether we listen to music while we write. I can’t usually listen WHILE I’m writing (occasionally when I’m deep into drafting I can), but I do a lot of daydreaming and brainstorming walks with my iPod. Here are five bands/singers whose albums I listened on repeat while writing BORN WICKED, with samples of lyrics that inspired me! 1. A Fine Frenzy: “Almost Lover” Goodbye my almost lover / Goodbye my hopeless dream / I’m trying not to think about you / Can’t you just let me be? 2. Adele: “Turning Tables” Next time I’ll be braver / I’ll be my...
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