THE ELECTRIC COMPANY: Wyclef Jean Music Video “Electric City”
My son started watching the Electric Company. It has a ton of fun counting, skits and hip hop! For a children’s TV show, this is pretty hot.
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Auntie B’s Book Club Contest
Brenda Drake is having another awesome contest and the judges are four teens. How cool is that! I’m pretty excited about having my target audience checking out my material. I just had a teen finish reading my ms and she loved it, such a good feeling. Anyway, rules for this one are simple. On July 17th, […]
Reckoning E3 Trailer
When people ask me what’s my writing goal, I say “To be the YA version of RA Salvatore.” I know huge shoes to fill. Being a huge RA fan, you can imagine how excited I get when he works on video game projects. In 2004 he worked on Demon Stone. To this day, I still […]
Spread The Love Contest: The Sky is Everywhere
I just finished THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE by Jandy Nelson. It was poetic, romantic and full of raw emotion. Here’s the blurb: Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker, bookworm and band geek, plays second clarinet and spends her time tucked safely and happily in the shadow of her fiery older sister, Bailey. But when Bailey dies abruptly, Lennie is […]
YA Highway RTW: Pictures That Inspire
This week’s topic is a personal favorite, pictures that inspire your current WIP. I always download images that remind me of my book, whether it’s to get a vivid idea for my descriptions, or just for plain fun. The images below are for my ms, BROKEN FOREST: A KEENING BLADE NOVEL. I always have scenery pics, this […]
Backspace: Part 1 The Query
The Backspace Writer’s Conference was at the end of May. This post is long overdue but life gets busy. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Backspace go here. If you can swing it, do it. The conference changed me as a writer, plus I met some pretty awesome writer buddies. You get the chance to meet […]
Final Fantasy 8 — Unused Opening
FFVIII is such a classic. This opening came with FFVII on a demo diss.
LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem ft. Lauren Bennett, GoonRock
cheetah print, check; gold robot, check; absurd amounts of running man, check; LOVE THIS.
Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma book trailer
I love how this trailer fits all the story descriptions, haunting, beautiful, surreal.
Maria V. Synder Workshop
One of my writing buddies contacted me about an upcoming writer’s workshop.It sounds great. If you happen to be in that area, definitely check it out. Okay, Jordan, say hi to our blogger buddies and give us the details : ) My name is Jordan Mierek, and I am the vice president of the Utica […]