YA Blogroll

First Review for the New Adult Project: Hushed, by Kelley York

The British chapter of the SCBWI had its first in the London Professional series last night, with editors from Random House, Chicken House, Andersen Press, Gullane Children's Books and Little Tiger Press talking about the kind of things they're looking for and I've put up a write-up on my blog:

http://hooton.livejournal.com/33789.html

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I just posted about a huge critique giveaway I helped set up with Lee Bantle. If you enter and say you're from AW (I'm only telling you here) then I'll be happy to critique something for you up to five pages!!

I know I just posted last page, but I posted a review of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, and I fell in love with the book! I feel like everyone who can read should check it out.

Starting Over... Kinda: Because I screwed up my novel. Big time.

Connecting Your Opposite Turning Points In Story Structure - Part One

I also posted a new spotlight for the YA Contemps yesterday:

TRY NOT TO BREATHE by Jennifer R. Hubbard

Gah! After a rough first week of classes, I finally got to my review of Cinder by Marissa Meyer! It is titled Cinder, and the Multiple Identities That Can Help Your Confidence, and explains the importance of knowing your reading and writing identities because they inspire each other, and help you stay confident in your writing choices.

http://readingandwritingwithme.word...ple-identities-that-can-help-your-confidence/

Enjoy!

Author's Guide to Marketing and Publicity is now available online! (and has some great "before publication" tips for getting your name out there, too)

Review of Like Mandarin, by Kirsten Hubbard

I posted my weekly Happy Friday yesterday (my weekly smiling wrap-up including a review of Anna and The French Kiss )

http://commutinggirl.wordpress.com/...3-anna-and-the-french-kiss-and-other-stories/

Would love to know what made you smile last week

I have a -thing- for fictional dead guys...

Some thoughts on present tense -- I propose some odd reasons for why present tense works so well in YA.

News to Novels - this week I collected articles on being raised gender neutral, children of the recession, and teenage drinking.

Do you have an old FictionPress account lying around? If so, FREE BOOKS if you help me! If not, still the potential to win free books! (prizes include: Delirium, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, The Scorpio Races, Glow, Fracture and more!)

Review of Break by Hannah Moskowitz.

RTW on the blog today. Meet the rejects of paranormal romance who aren't happy with their plotlines

My take on today´s Road Trip Wednesday (Dialogue between characters from different YA books); Sean from The Scorpio Races meets Anna and Etienne from Anna and The French Kiss in Two Worlds Collide; http://commutinggirl.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/two-worlds-collide/

The New Adult Project: Review of Psych Major Syndrome