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  • Day 5: THE ART OF BREAKING THINGS

    THE ART OF BREAKING THINGS, by Laura Sibson, Viking, June 2019 #YADebut2019 #MagicMirror   Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for more VCFA looooove and welcome the lovely Laura Sibson, the June 2012 graduate of the Vermont College of Fine Arts Writing for Children and Young Adults program (The Secret Gardeners class.) Laura is the…

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  • Day 4: I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE

    I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE, by Kristina Forest, Roaring Brook Press, June 2019 #YADebut2019 #MagicMirror Good morning! Ready for another amazing read? This one is a romance with dancing dreams and a road-trip! Here is the official book description: “When Chloe Pierce’s mom forbids her to apply for a spot at the dance conservatory…

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  • Day 3: FIVE MIDNIGHTS

    FIVE MIDNIGHTS, by Ann Dávila Cardinal, June 2019, Tor Teen The excitement over here is positively mounting. I am beyond delighted to introduce to my readers a fellow VCFA alumni Ann Dávila Cardinal, whose debut as a solo author is a horror novel for young readers featuring the el Cucho myth set against the backdrop…

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  • Day 2: WHITE STAG

    #YADebut2019 #MagicMirror WHITE STAG, by Kara Barbieri Haven’t read this one yet either, as my TBR pile is a leaning tower of Pisa, but guys, I am so, so excited about it! It just came out with Wednesday Books (St. Martin’s/Macmillan) and it’s a dark fantasy from a 22-year-old Wattpad star and Buffy the Vampire…

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  • Day 1: WHEN THE TRUTH UNRAVELS

    #YADebut2019 #MagicMirror This debut just came out earlier this month, and the reviewers seem excited! WHEN THE TRUTH UNRAVELS by Ruthanne Snow, Sky Pony Press It’s a teen girl friendship story told from alternating points of view of girls dealing with their own secret heartaches, while trying to lift up their popular friend post her…

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  • A Secret … Revealed (Almost)!

    #YADebut2019 #MagicMirror I have a secret. Should I share it? Since I was little, I had this thing about secrets. I’ve always loved them. First, I was the best secret keeper ever! You could trust me to guard the most trivial bit of gossip with my life. Second, when the time was right,  and when…

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  • Shabbat Shalom From Freedom Plaza

    I am so glad I got to go to the Women’s March today. Did I hesitate? Just a little. Did I do my homework, hearing the controversy over antisemitism? Yep. And then, I was glad to be there. This is not in judgement of anyone who chose differently. But I figured, why be up in…

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  • Writing Out of Order

    Yikes, it’s really been a while! Sorry!!! This post may not be a revelation to many writers out there, but the following idea was quite a discovery for me: writing out of order. Sure, I’ve heard about it before. Somehow, I always thought this method was reserved for wizards and other super-human types. 🙂 I thought my boring brain was…

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  • Hiding Out At The Pancake Palace: Another MG Giveaway — With A Catch

    Come on, lovely people! Spread the word! Nan Marino’s second novel, Hiding Out At The Pancake Palace was released out into the world last week! I am ashamed to say I have not read it yet (except for an absolutely gorgeous first chapter). Still, I am privileged to say I know a lot about the…

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  • 31 Days, 31 Minutes, 32 Winners, 1 Prize!

    Hi all, In the first 31 days of this year, 42 people signed up to write for at least 31 minutes every day. For those of you who tried but didn’t make it daily, the trying is just as important sometimes. Judging from the comments and the emails, most of you still had a great…

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