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Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
YES! Who doesn’t? Don’t we all want to “have” to finally read through that stack of books by our bedside?…
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Monday, May 16th, 2011
I’m going to try an experiment. And if you have an opinion about it before I start, I’d love to…
Posted in Dogs, Reading, Writing | 2 Comments » | Tagged: Audio Books, Books, Publishing, Reading, Writing
Friday, May 13th, 2011
Okay, you have to act fast on this. My new novel DOGGIRL is available FOR FREE through tomorrow. So…
Posted in Dogs, Reading | 3 Comments » | Tagged: animals, Books, border collie, dachshund, dog books, dog stories, dog training, dogs, ebooks, Free Book, Free eBook, Free fiction, girl and dog stories, great pyrenees, high school, performing arts, pets, Reading, teen fiction, Teen Novels, Theater, Young Adult Authors, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Literature, Young Adult Novels
Monday, May 2nd, 2011

How excited am I? SOOOOOO EXCITED! DOGGIRL is finally here, which means I can show some of it to…
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Sunday, April 24th, 2011
Why does everything take so long? Um . . . maybe because I put it off forever?
But today my…
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
I’ve written posts before on how much I hate book snobs–especially when it comes to children’s and teens’ reading choices.…
Posted in Reading | 22 Comments » | Tagged: Book Snobbery, Book Snobs, Books, Books in Schools, Love of Reading, Meg Cabot, Reading
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
Because Mother Reader is slightly insane–I mean, dedicated–every year she hosts a 48 Hour Book Challenge, the goal of…
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Big, superhairy deadline in 26 days, and I’ll be spending 8 of those on the road, and 5 of those…
Posted in Reading, Writing | 19 Comments » | Tagged: A.S. King, Dust of 100 Dogs, Fade, Lisa McMann, Publishing, Reading, Sara Zarr, Sweethearts, Writing, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Novels
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