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Archive for November, 2008

The What Not To Do series

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Hi, y’all. Here’s the thought and the plan:
I’m going to start a What Not To Do series based on my own particular mistakes with my writing career (oh yes, we’ll go there), and give you guys a chance to add your own experiences so we can all learn from each other (great suggestion, Shai!).
What [...]

Thank you, Texas librarians!!

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Excellent, excellent news! Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature has been selected as one of the 20 books on the Texas Lone Star Reading List for 2009-2010! It’s a recommended reading list developed by public and school librarians from the Young Adult Round Table, intended to encourage students in grades 6, 7, [...]

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Thursday, November 13th, 2008

That’s how many times I’ve read my manuscript now, as I’ve been editing it and editing it every single day and night (I’m not kidding) for weeks and weeks now. I was even working on election night, and had to listen to the TV in the next room for all my updates. I [...]


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