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BOOK REVIEW: GREAT AUNT SOPHIA’S LESSONS FOR BOMBSHELLS (ADULT FICTION)

Posted on September 9, 2012 4 Comments

GREAT AUNT SOPHIA’S LESSONS FOR BOMBSHELLS by LISA CACH I simply couldn’t put this down – read it cover to cover in one day. Lisa Cach is riotous. While it is entirely possible I understand the feminist humor in this because I am a fellow graduate of the oldest all women’s college in the country […]

Book Review: UNDER THE NEVER SKY (YA Dystopian)

Posted on September 6, 2012 6 Comments

UNDER THE NEVER SKY BY VERONICA ROSSI Oh man – I got sucked into this one fast. First of all, I am not really a big dystopian reader (DESPITE the fact that most of the books I have been reading lately of the YA genre fall into that category). In Rossi’s novel, I found many […]

Book Review: THE SELECTION (YA Dystopian Romance)

Posted on September 5, 2012 5 Comments

BEWARE – A few spoilers. Not many though! THE SELECTION by Kiera Class: Right out of the box, I will say it: Absolutely worth reading. I will follow this with a warning however: It ain’t finished. Call me crazy, but I was told over and over again that any one book in a series must […]

Query Hell and the Literary Agent’s Eye

Posted on August 8, 2012 24 Comments

Write a 119,000 word novel? No problem. Write a query? Shoot me now. I have been working on my query letter for over a month now. It has gone through the careful eyes of several, trusted Beta editors and STILL opinions vary as to which version they like (I have roughly five variations). I am […]

Writing the Critical First Kiss

Posted on August 4, 2012 10 Comments

When it comes to definitive moments in film and literature, the first kiss is a daunting mountain to scale. For a director or actor, the first kiss must convey the chemistry and memorability of the people they portray. The success of such a critical moment on film is often owed to that sought after, golden […]

Should YA authors be YA readers?

Posted on July 27, 2012 4 Comments

Time magazine columnist, Joel Stein, argued that adult readers should act like, well, ADULTS and not be reading YA novels. Stein states that, “The only thing more embarrassing than catching a guy on the plane looking at pornography on his computer is seeing a guy on the plane reading “The Hunger Games.” Or a Twilight […]