Two noteworthy entries on this week's best sellers (and no, I am NOTÂ going to mention Justin Bieber!): Andrea Cremer debuted at No. 9 with Nightshade; and P.C. Cast's The Fledgling Handbook 101 (Of House of Night fame) landed at the top of the paperbacks, dethroning The Book Thief for the moment. CHAPTER BOOKS This Week... Continue Reading →
Today, we are thrilled to present an exclusive guest blog from Michaela MacColl, author of the new book Prisoners in the Palace. Very briefly, here's the synopsis of her book (which will put her guest blog into context): London, 1838. Sixteen-year-old Liza's dreams of her society debut are dashed when her parents are killed in... Continue Reading →
Today, we are thrilled to present an exclusive guest blog from Michaela MacColl, author of the new book Prisoners in the Palace. Very briefly, here's the synopsis of her book (which will put her guest blog into context): London, 1838. Sixteen-year-old Liza's dreams of her society debut are dashed when her parents are killed in... Continue Reading →
* First things first -- awesome author (& our good friend) Lisa Schroeder revealed the cover for her new, upcoming YA book, The Day Before. Here's the shiny cover & official synopsis: Sometimes there's no turning back. Amber's life is spinning out of control. All she wants is to turn up the volume on her... Continue Reading →
For this week's Hunger Games segment, I'm going to focus on Visualization and Symbolism. Good readers tend to visual scenes much like a movie while they read a book, but not all readers do this automatically. In fact, it's part of what holds reluctant readers back. If a reader can't visualize while reading, how can he... Continue Reading →
For this week's Hunger Games segment, I'm going to focus on Visualization and Symbolism. Good readers tend to visual scenes much like a movie while they read a book, but not all readers do this automatically. In fact, it's part of what holds reluctant readers back. If a reader can't visualize while reading, how can he... Continue Reading →
Author Becca Fitzpatrick has all sorts of goodies on her website related to Hush, Hush and Crescendo -- including playlists for each book. But we wanted to get even more specific. So below you'll find polls listing all of the songs from each of Becca's playlists. We want you to vote on which song from... Continue Reading →
Author Becca Fitzpatrick has all sorts of goodies on her website related to Hush, Hush and Crescendo -- including playlists for each book. But we wanted to get even more specific. So below you'll find polls listing all of the songs from each of Becca's playlists. We want you to vote on which song from... Continue Reading →
Today, we're a wee bit giddy to show you this first video. Though it's extremely short (only 7 seconds!) -- it has caused a few squeals of delight from the Novel Novice staffers. Why, you ask? Because NYT best-selling author Becca Fitzpatrick herself gives us a shout out! Mega thanks to Becca for taking some... Continue Reading →
If you are an aspiring writer, and serious about trying to get published, you already know it's a long road from writing the novel to seeing it on the bookshelf. After all the pain, sweat, and tears that goes into writing the manuscript, the next challenge becomes finding an agent to represent your book. Can... Continue Reading →
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