Guest Post: Writing Influences by Tania Joyce As I find with all my writing, Propositions was influenced by a combination of many elements. Some straight forward, while others were so left-wing, I was even baffled sometimes wondering where the ideas came from. When I started writing this book two years ago, I was going through […]
Let’s celebrate poetry month by taking this #PoetryMonth Quiz from Grammarly.com. I got: Pablo Neruda Life is passion. At least that is how you and your BFF see things. You’re absorbed with living and, like Neruda, are in touch with all the sensations that life presents. A friendship between you and this Chilean revolutionary […]
Rose and I recently attended the 2015 Houston Teen Book Con. We had a very full day of author panels. After which, there are now a bunch more books we want to read. But we managed to not buy a single book. (Go #ShelfLove Challenge!) I found that the overall take-away from all of the […]
Let’s talk about sequels. Are they better than the original? Or do sequels/subsequent books start to lose something? Julie: There have been quite a few series I’ve read where the first book is excellent while the sequels just flop (case in point: Matched, The Testing, Delirium). Then there are other books where the sequel and […]
Every Thursday we are hosting a meme called: That’s what HE said Thursday. For more info on what this meme is all about click here. Rose’s Quote: “‘A surprise for me?’ I asked, intrigued. ‘Well its for me, but you, too, kind of. I mean, it’s something I want you to see.’ This sounds a […]
Guest Post by Lisa Beth Darling Being a Writer is Like…. Being held captive in an insane asylum. Think about it, there’s you the writer and supposedly ‘the sane one’ then one day you’re completely taken over by these voices in your head. They’re not just voices, you can see them, you can feel their […]
Julie’s Review: I’ve had this series on my to-read for a while now so finally I got started with the audios. Firstly, Charlie Davidson is full of awesome sass. I love a good sassy heroine who can make fun of herself and who puts herself in sticky situations and gets out of them. She is […]
What do you think about reading challenges? Are you doing any this year? Do you tend to bite off more than you can chew (er, read)? Julie: Last year I signed up for a ridiculous amount of reading challenges. Like maybe 10. I didn’t complete them all – so I definitely bit off more than I […]
Guest Post: Being and Author is Like … by Hannah Harvey Being an author is like… Doing your favourite hobby all the time. Or at least, for me that’s what it’s like. While I was growing up, I was home educated, and one of my favourite things to do was write short stories. Back then […]
Lynn’s Review: Katy is a teenage book-blogger (yay book bloggers!). She and her mother have moved to a small town in West Virginia from Florida. Here personal motto is: Katy’s personal motto: “Come on, Kittycat, don’t be a bystander.” Being the new girl in town, she needs to make some friends. And right next door […]