We're giving away three copies of Rachel Vincent's My Soul To Save between now & Feb. 19th ... and it's so easy to enter. Click HERE for complete rules & details. My Soul to Save is the second book in the Soul Screamers series. Get to know it a little better by downloading the FREE... Continue Reading →
FREE prequel, and chance to win My Soul to Save
We're giving away three copies of Rachel Vincent's My Soul To Save between now & Feb. 19th ... and it's so easy to enter. Click HERE for complete rules & details. My Soul to Save is the second book in the Soul Screamers series. Get to know it a little better by downloading the FREE... Continue Reading →
Form and Function: Revise, Revise, Revise
Writing poems are all about revision. When I first started putting down verse, I was very anti-revision. To me, poetry was a moment of experience! A thought came to me and I scribbled it down and voila! Magic! A spontaneous explosion of feeling and meaning right there on the page! It would be inauthentic of... Continue Reading →
Here’s what your friends are reading!
 Wondering what the rest of the country is reading? Here's this week's top 10 according to The New York Times. (Our book of the month for February, Beautiful Creatures, by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, is no. 7). CHAPTER BOOKS This Week  Weeks on List 1 THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, $17.99.) In... Continue Reading →
Sneak Peek: Our new promo photos!!
Hey all. We're planning some fun promotional goodies here at Novel Novice, and for part of this we needed some promotional photos to use for graphics and soon-to-be-revealed surprises! My good friend May is an amazing photographer, and she chipped in to shoot the photos for us -- along with our volunteer model Callie (thanks... Continue Reading →
Beautiful Creatures: Music videos for “Sixteen Moons”
If you've read our February Book of the Month, Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl, then you know that the song "Sixteen Moons" plays an important part throughout the novel. But Garcia & Stohl didn't just make up the song for the book -- they actually wrote it! Well, they wrote the lyrics,... Continue Reading →
Beautiful Creatures: Music videos for “Sixteen Moons”
If you've read our February Book of the Month, Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl, then you know that the song "Sixteen Moons" plays an important part throughout the novel. But Garcia & Stohl didn't just make up the song for the book -- they actually wrote it! Well, they wrote the lyrics,... Continue Reading →
Valentines for the readers in your life!
We've been unveiling a variety of free, downloadable valentines here at Novel Novice -- all featuring some of your favorite books -- The Twilight Saga, The Vampire Diaries, Shiver, The Lonely Hearts Club, Hush, Hush and lots more. Our friends at Mrs. P's Magic Library have now unveiled an adorable collection of FREE valentines that... Continue Reading →
Sneak Peek: Illustrated Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
This past week, Harper Collins released a new edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with new illustrations by artist Camille Rose Garcia. Check out a preview of the artwork in this new video: For more on the book, here is the official synopsis: ‘Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an... Continue Reading →
Sneak Peek: Illustrated Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
This past week, Harper Collins released a new edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with new illustrations by artist Camille Rose Garcia. Check out a preview of the artwork in this new video: For more on the book, here is the official synopsis: ‘Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an... Continue Reading →
