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Books - Jaye Robin Brown Young Adult Author
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Coming August 30, 2016 from Harper Teen! Joanna meets the perfect girl for her and must decide whether to break a promise that could change everything for her and her family or lose out on love in this charming young adult romance that’s perfect for fans of Julie Murphy’s. And Becky Albertalli’s. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. GEORGIA PEACHES AND OTHER FORBIDDEN FRUIT. A fast-paced narrative that is powerful, moving, and relatable. Brown expertly describes the complex nuances of faith and sexuali...
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About Jaye - Jaye Robin Brown Young Adult Author
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Jaye Robin Brown, or Jro to her friends, has been many things in her life- jeweler, mediator, high school art teacher- but has recently taken the plunge into the life of full-time writer. She's a Southerner at heart, by way of Alabama, then Atlanta, and for many years just outside of Asheville, but this fall finds her heading north for a bit of city living. Boston baby! Represented by Alexandra Machinist at ICM. Have you always been a writer? How did you get an agent? Build a relationship with other writ...
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Suffering From Query Flails? Query and #PitMad Pitch Critique Giveaway! – Sarah Cannon
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Writer of MG and YA Speculative Fiction. August 7, 2015. August 7, 2015. Suffering From Query Flails? Query and #PitMad Pitch Critique Giveaway! Queries: we hates them, Precious! Seriously, querying my first manuscript made me completely insane. My early queries were amazingly awful, so awful that I think back to one in particular and assume it’s why a certain agent I admire never requested any of my subsequent work. I used to get SO ANGRY because I’d written an entire BOOK, darn it! And I did read them.
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Route 19 Writers: January 2015
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Please join us to discuss everything literary (especially kid literary): good books, the writing life, the people and businesses who create books, controversies in book world, what's good to snack on while reading and writing, and anything else bookish. We welcome your thoughts. Friday, January 30, 2015. Meet Kenn Nesbitt, U.S. Children's Poet Laureate introduced by Andrea Perry. How did the Children's Poet Laureate position come to be, and what organization nominates or selects candidates? I believe the...
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Tara Grogan-Stivers
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An aspiring YA writer. One Week and Counting. Apr 15th, 2012 at 12:02 AM. With the annual SCBWI Western Washington conference just around the corner, youd think my anxiety level about my manuscript consulation with literary agent Jenny Bent. Of The Bent Agency. Would be reaching a fevered pitch. It isnt. Im not sure why, but it isnt. I guess its probably because last year when I met with agent Sarah Davies. Enter the new WIP. On what we have declared as our annual Mommy Weekend. The one time each yea...
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None of the Above. This month we’re pleased to highlight debut novelists, I.W. Gregorio and her novel, None of the Above. Kristin is a senior in high school, homecoming Queen and track star, when she learns something about herself that makes her rethink everything about her she’s ever known. She’s intersex. Friday, May 1, 2015, Marcy and I shared our. From I.W. Gregorio’s. None of the Above. Now you get to hear the author’s favorites! 1) What is your favorite line or paragraph from the novel. Couldn’t ru...
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The Lioness's Bookshelf: Pitch Wars Alternate Showcase
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Review Policy and Disclaimer. Wednesday, January 22, 2014. Pitch Wars Alternate Showcase. Welcome to the Alternate showcase! Today I’m hosting some of the wonderful writers who participated in a six week boot camp where published/agented authors and industry interns mentored a team of writers to help them polish their manuscripts for agents. The mentors picked one to go into the agent round on Brenda Drake’s blog (. Http:/ www.brenda-drake.com/. ALT #1: Ice Flowers in Winters (Adult Historical Fiction).
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13 Aspects About Aliens You Shouldn't Ignore — Veronica Sicoe
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13 Aspects About Aliens You Shouldn’t Ignore. April 1, 2012. If you want to write sci-fi, or even if you’re just a curious reader, there are a handful of screwy aspects about aliens that you need to watch out for. So here’s where it’s at. 1 Aliens should be alien. 2 Aliens aren’t humans in rubber costumes. You think the whole universe is populated by humans with wrinkly foreheads or an extra tit? Go freakishly inhumanly outrageously alien and stun the wits out of your readers. Aliens that come all this w...
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