Today, we are delighted to present part 1 of our 3-part interview with Rebecca Maizel, author of Infinite Days, our September Book of the Month! The beginning of each “part” of the book – including the next one, which is previewed at the end of Infinite Days – begins with a quote from Shakespeare. Each... Continue Reading →
Today, we are delighted to present part 1 of our 3-part interview with Rebecca Maizel, author of Infinite Days, our September Book of the Month! The beginning of each “part” of the book – including the next one, which is previewed at the end of Infinite Days – begins with a quote from Shakespeare. Each... Continue Reading →
Today, we're featuring another great YA author coming to Wordstock Festival in Portland, Oregon October 9-10th. Check out The Summer of Skinny Dipping by Amanda Howells: Sometimes I still wake up shivering in the early hours of the morning, drowning in dreams of being out there in the ocean that summer, of looking up at... Continue Reading →
Today, we're featuring another great YA author coming to Wordstock Festival in Portland, Oregon October 9-10th. Check out The Summer of Skinny Dipping by Amanda Howells: Sometimes I still wake up shivering in the early hours of the morning, drowning in dreams of being out there in the ocean that summer, of looking up at... Continue Reading →
We're loving all this steampunk at Novel Novice! Here's winner No. 4 in our Cassie Clare steampunk writing contest, Sandy P. You can also read the other winning entries here, here and here. ______ Plumes of smoke emerged from the tops of new machinery and technology, staining the New York skyline dark grey. Scientists deemed... Continue Reading →
Forget about Team Edward or Team Jacob, or Team Peeta or Team Gale. We want to know ... Team Zombie or Team Unicorn? Now that is really the question. The debate originated back in 2007 on the blogs of YA authors Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier ... and then it spread. And pretty soon, key... Continue Reading →
Forget about Team Edward or Team Jacob, or Team Peeta or Team Gale. We want to know ... Team Zombie or Team Unicorn? Now that is really the question. The debate originated back in 2007 on the blogs of YA authors Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier ... and then it spread. And pretty soon, key... Continue Reading →
What can I say? I'm a sucker for a good vampire story. (Pun very much intended). And I'm especially a sucker for a good vampire romance story. This obsession long predates my affair with Twilight and Edward Cullen. This goes back to Angel and Spike and Lestat and countless others. So it was easy for... Continue Reading →
What can I say? I'm a sucker for a good vampire story. (Pun very much intended). And I'm especially a sucker for a good vampire romance story. This obsession long predates my affair with Twilight and Edward Cullen. This goes back to Angel and Spike and Lestat and countless others. So it was easy for... Continue Reading →
Today, we're kicking off our week-long feature on Zombies vs. Unicorns -- the new short story anthology edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier. The concept originated on Holly's & Justine's blogs back in 2007, when the authors began debating which creature made for better YA fiction: zombies or unicorns? With Zombies vs. Unicorns, some... Continue Reading →
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