March 2012
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Paper Lantern Lit: Independent Book Blogger Awards... →
Nominate your favorite book or industry blog!
paperlanternlit:
HAVE A PASSION FOR PUBLISHING?
“INDEPENDENT BOOK BLOGGER AWARDS” CONTEST HAS FOUR FREE TRIPS TO
BOOKEXPO AMERICA (BEA)
—NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN—
March 29, 2012; New York – If you’re a blogger who loves books, that passion might get you far: all the way to New York and the…
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That terrifying feeling when you are finishing a...
bookaddict24-7:
This happens TOO often. Sigh.
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Just Say No To The 'Cinnamon Challenge' →
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Subverting Your Writing →
How to manipulate tropes to create something richer, using Sansa as illustration.
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Hey, You Know Who That Looks Like? →
Is that Liv Tyler on the cover of Shut Out? How did Richelle Mead get Angelina Jolie on Vampire Academy? Kirsten Hubbard looks at lookalike covers.
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The Giveaway of Many 4s! →
theartofnotwriting:
4 Insurgent ARCs + 4 Divergent Paperbacks = 4 Winners on April 4th. Yes, that’s right, 4 + 4 = 4. I don’t care what your math teacher told you.
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Harry Potter's fourth child was called "Dobby...
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“I’m trying to figure out how insulated one has to be from the wider world to be...”
– An article at Publisher’s Weekly on fans’ racist reactions to learning that Rue is black. The article also gives a shout-out to Racebending.com (via racebending)
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Bellatrix: AVADA KEDA-
Effie: NOT MY MAHOGANY, YOU BITCH!
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Molly: SHE DOESN'T EVEN GO HERE!
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John Green's tumblr: Why Libraries Are Different... →
fishingboatproceeds:
Yesterday on twitter, I expressed annoyance with the hundreds of people who send me emails or tumblr messages or whatever to let me know that they illegally downloaded one of my books, as if they expect me to reply with my hearty congratulations that they are technologically sophisticated enough…
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“Generally, there seems to exist significant pressure for writers to create...”
– Celebrating the Complicated Girl, by author Phoebe North
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Great review of the UK edition of THE DUFF! Out... →
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“Don’t quit. It’s very easy to quit during the first 10 years. Nobody cares...”
– Andre Dubus (via ilovereadingandwriting)
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“While the publishing industry struggles to reinvent itself and find a...”
– The New York Times (via booklust)
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Loved The Hunger Games? Other Great YA Books That... →
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Joue á cache cache avec le matin: HALP →
Sci fi fans: Help needed here too— cyborg suggestions?
lunaste:
So, I turned in “the (gendered) interface of the cyborg in YA” as my paper subject. I left myself a little leeway on whether I want to go the gender angle or not, because honestly there’s so much to say about interfaces and I want the focus of my paper to be the interface, and less gender.
BUT.
Now I’m going to need your...
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Guuuyyyssss
Somebody hook this girl up with suggestions!
showalittlesparkk:
Help. I’m going on vacation in a few days which means many hours on a plane and in the car. Soo I need books for my nook! I usually only borrow books from the library because I want to save my money for highly reviewed books. BUT now I need to buy several books to get me through my trip! So, long story short, what are your...
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Field Trip Friday: March 23, 2012 →
This week’s YA news, including publishing pot, Arizona, Bologna, the Hunger Games, Native steampunk, & really? They changed their name to Cullen?!
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“I have to say, Stanley Tucci was unbelievable to watch. In the interviews, he...”
– What was it like to be on the set of THE HUNGER GAMES? Book blogger Sasha K was an extra, and she gives us the scoop!
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