Katiaesque

  • “So” Contemporary: A Book Impression, An Interview and A Giveaway

    Not all YA trilogies have to feature bleak dystopian futures, fantastic beasts and golden compasses. In the process of expanding my reading horizons, I stumbled upon an excellent contemporary “So” trilogy by Kieran Scott. Okay, so it’s not my usual literary fare. But let me assure you, it’s a very fun read — and the story is done…

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  • Changing Your Fortune: a Grace Lin giveaway

    So it’s been a week since the New Jersey SCBWI conference. Already? Well, I am still all fired up and have a busy writing week to show for it! (Many revising hours — very little human contact — or even virtual activity — not as many revised chapters as I’d like for all that work, but that’s another…

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  • The winners!

    Thanks so much for participating in this week’s  “Books Are Our BFFs” giveaway where my friend Joyce and I were giving away autographed copies of two of her books. The winners are of the contest are ….  Barbara Krasner and Shannon Hitchcock! Barbara is an award-winning author of stories and articles for children and adults. She…

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  • Books are Our BFFs: A Giveaway

    To continue with last month’s friendship theme, I’d like to offer you a little giveaway to celebrate books and friendship! You see, starting this blog has been one of the very best things I have ever done. Through it I have met — physically and virtually — some amazing award-winning, up-and-coming, super-talented authors who, most…

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  • One year. Five books to celebrate.

    In 2009, 47 million new websites sprouted up on the Internet: http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/01/22/internet-2009-in-numbers/ I couldn’t find the statistics on new blogs (which I thought was a shame), but I am sure the number of those is just as staggering. I was one of them, exactly a year ago. According to this NYT article http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/fashion/07blogs.html, the majority of bloggers…

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