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Witchlanders is a White Pine Honour Book–and pics!
Everyone in the book industry says it: At the Forest of Reading awards, authors are treated like rock stars. Well, I’m a skeptical girl and didn’t quite believe the hype, but after going to the Festival of Trees ceremony yesterday …
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Witchlanders Nominated for a White Pine Award!
The told us two weeks ago and all the nominees have had to keep it secret since then. I have an enormous mouth, so I can tell you, it was pretty difficult. Anyway, I can finally spill! Very delighted that …
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Worst Self-Promoter Ever Forgets Own Book Birthday
Hey! Witchlanders is out in paperback today! Thank goodness for a tweet by IndigoTeenBlog because…I sort of forgot. I still haven’t seen the pb’s in the wild and I haven’t gotten any author copies yet, so anyone who’d like to …
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Witchlanders– A CRYSTAL KITE WINNER!!!
Holy moly! I’m completely speechless this morning to have learned on Twitter (before it even showed up on the SCBWI website!) that WITCHLANDERS has won the Crystal Kite Award for my region. (It’s up there now so–yes!–it’s official!) From the SCBWI …
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YA Faeries & Fantasy Giveaway Winner Announced!
Sorry for the slight delay in picking a winner, friends. I’ve been sick, and–boy!–there were a lot of entries to go through. But, thanks to the number generator at random.org, I can now announce that the winner of a signed …
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Young Adult Faeries & Fantasy Giveaway Hop!
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. The winner is announced here! I love YA fantasy. That’s why I jumped at the chance to participate in this blog hop, where over 100 YA fantasy novels are being given away! Here at my …
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And the winners are…
Congratulations to the two winners of my WITCHLANDERS giveaway, JUDY RUSSELL and CHERIE!!! I’ll be emailing you later today to get a mailing addresses. Yay! These winners were chosen by the Random Number Generator at RANDOM.ORG Here’s what you win: …
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Witchlanders Gets Another Star! (That Makes Three!) And Give-Away!
I never say “squee.” I mean, what kind of word is that, anyway? Surely there’s a better word for a woman of a certain age to use when she’s excited about something. A dignified word like: Topping! Oh Topping, Muffie. …
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My Time in Narnia as the Fifth Pevensie Sibling
Loved doing this interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith over on the Cynsations blog–she always asks insightful questions. Have a look!
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A Query Dissected
A number of people have been asking me how I got my literary agent, and it occurred to me that I have amassed quite a bit of knowledge about how to find the right representation. In upcoming posts, I’ll tell …
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Tagged agents, queries, query letters, Steven Malk, Witchlanders
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