Defy the Dark Contest

Defy the Dark Contest

This is a great short story contest happening on Figment. Here are the rules and prompt from thier site. What happens in the dark? Why are things different at night? Maybe it’s magic, or madness or both. A new anthology coming Summer 2013 from HarperTeen, Defy the Dark explores those questions and invites you to […]

Posted August 5, 2012 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 13 Comments
A GirlsPWN Favorite

A GirlsPWN Favorite

Today I’m talking about one of my favorite blogs. Not only do I have an awesome interview, but a giveaway to follow! There are a ton of amazing blogs out there, but this is one of the top ones I visit. Enter in Jen @ Jen Ryland/ YA Romantics Eliza:  How and when did you […]

Posted August 4, 2012 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 8 Comments

Stay Tuned

In October I’ll be taking a break from blogging to enjoy my new little girl. To celebrate her coming into the world, I’ll be having some great giveaways! Stay tuned. August is going to be a fun month!

Posted July 31, 2012 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 6 Comments
TEMPEST

TEMPEST

Goodreads blurb: The year is 2009. Nineteen-year-old Jackson Meyer is a normal guy… he’s in college, has a girlfriend… and he can travel back through time. But it’s not like the movies – nothing changes in the present after his jumps, there’s no space-time continuum issues or broken flux capacitors – it’s just harmless fun. […]

Posted July 30, 2012 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 6 Comments

YA the Genre

Yesterday, I was in two different libraries–I had my books reserved at the wrong one. One thing I noticed was the YA section wasn’t broken down into categories: SF, Mystery, Horror ect. Some of the books had additional labels above the YA that would say Historical, SF ect but not all. I wondered why that […]

Posted July 28, 2012 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 10 Comments
Under the Never Sky

Under the Never Sky

Goodreads blurb: Since she’d been on the outside, she’d survived an Aether storm, she’d had a knife held to her throat, and she’d seen men murdered. This was worse. Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland – known as The Death Shop – […]

Posted July 24, 2012 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 9 Comments
Third Person that’s Like First

Third Person that’s Like First

Have you ever read a book written in third person that feels like first? I have and it’s one interesting read. One of the reasons that most YA tends to be written in first person POV is because it’s immediate. You can connect to the character where as third tends to be distance. One of my […]

Posted July 21, 2012 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 9 Comments
Long vs Short

Long vs Short

Lately I’ve been reading a lot of contemporary novels which mean I finish them quick–sometimes one day. Now I’m in the middle of reading Grave Mercy which is about 533 pages. The story is intriguing and I definitely love the main character Ismae, but I keep looking at my bookmark and thinking I have so […]

Posted July 15, 2012 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 11 Comments

RTW: Movie > Book

It’s been awhile since I’ve participated in YA Highway’s RTW. Here is this week’s post: What movie have you seen that actually (gasp!) improved on the book? This is actually an easy one. LOTR: The Two Towers. Shocked? Well, I have a very good reason. My FAVORITE scene in the movie is when the elves […]

Posted July 11, 2012 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 9 Comments