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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s 4th of July and do you want to know what I’m doing? Eating all the red pepper hummus I just bought before my husband gets up. Yesterday at work all I could think about was the hummus and naan bread in the fridge. When I came home, popped in a movie and went to […]
This is not the Twilight fanfic or some smn spin off. This book will take hold of your heart and not let go until the last page. Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into […]
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it’s where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick […]
25 weeks and counting… According to my babycenter app I have 104 days left until my due date of October 1st. Not that much time for what I want to accomplish—the first draft of my new novel, but I’m confident I can get a good start. So while I query my current WIP, I’ll be […]
Because you know you all are dying to play.
I have one word for this game: EPIC If you never played the first two games, you really miss out on the storyline. Events and actions that happened in the first two games trickle into the third. At the end of Mass Effect 2, I survived and none of my squad mates perished. It’s interesting to think […]
Two things I kept from my HS years: a notebook passed between my 2 BFF’s and my sketchbook. I still have both and boy, is it an eye opener. I thought it would be fun for all of us YA writers to get a glimpse at some real teen style. I’ll pre-warn you, it’s awful. LOL […]