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I’ve just finished a YA Contemporary novel called How To Be, about a teenager trying to balance her bipolar disorder with the pressures of high school. Here is a brief summary: Two months after a failed suicide attempt, seventeen-year-old Ellie Reid is home from the hospital and trying to cope with the aftermath. Everyone at school looks at her . . . → Read More: Other News It’s nice to know the books are still being read! Unfortunately, I don’t have any news to report on the status of the series. I’ve set it aside for the moment and have been focusing on other things. Here is a link to the California readers Association Press . . . → Read More: The Charm of Urizen Chosen for the California Readers Association 2012 Middle School Collection This is for my GG. She always referred to herself that way—with the possessive pronoun. “Hello Melaine,” she’d say when she called, or write when she emailed, “this is your GG.” Like somehow she belonged only to me. During the summers growing up, we would always spend a couple of weeks with GG . . . → Read More: In loving memory… I am officially the world’s worst blogger. I haven’t had any book news to report in several months, and I’m just too busy working on my actual books to spend much time writing anything else. My characters, on the other hand, are fabulous bloggers. Lisandra, Arethus, Æscere, and Cærwyn all do so regularly, and . . . → Read More: On Hiatus I will be giving two presentations. I haven’t decided what the content will be, but probably something about the writing process. Check back later for more info. El Camino Real High School 5440 Valley Circle Blvd., Woodland Hills, . . . → Read More: April 27, 2011 — Melody of Words Literacy Fair — Woodland Hills, CA . . . → Read More: Dec. 13, 2010 — Tuffree Middle School — Placentia, CA . . . → Read More: December 2, 2010 – Verdugo Hills High School – Tujunga, CA The Good News…The Prophecy Keepers Selected for the California Readers 2011 Middle School CollectionThe Prophecy Keepers is one of twenty-five fiction books included in the 2011 Middle School Collection. The following is from a press release, which can be found here: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/11/prweb4756514.htm Northridge, CA (PRWEB) November 9, 2010 Each year a California Readers’ committee reviews over 1,500 books, all written or illustrated by California . . . → Read More: The Good News…The Prophecy Keepers Selected for the California Readers 2011 Middle School Collection Not really sure what to say here, other than this concludes a long period of frustration and anguish about mysterious problems with distribution and a general lack of, well, everything one would expect from a publisher. It also begins another period, hopefully not as long, of frustration and anguish as I start looking for a . . . → Read More: The Bad News…Empyrean Hill Books is Now Defunct Orange County Children’s Book Festival — Costa . . . → Read More: Oct. 3, 2010 — Orange County Children’s Book Festival — Costa Mesa, CA |
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