Perkins, Stephanie. Anna and the French Kiss. New York: Dutton Juvenile, 2011. Similar books 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson, Sarah Dessen’s books I miss home so much that it physically hurts. My head throbs, my stomach is nauseous, and it’s all so unfair. I never asked to be sent here. I had my […]
Goodbye, Brigadier
I know this is old news to some, but it took me a bit to post this. Goodbye Brigadier! Nicholas Courtney, 16 December 1929 – 22 February 2011 You can check out this clip here to see the Brigadier in action. And Jo’s in it, too! And here are some great articles on the man […]
creating a proper villain
If you have a villain in your story, then here’s some great advice from one of the BEST VILLAIN ACTORS EVER: Alan Rickman (Snape in Harry Potter) you MUST check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpG9YaPF-nM “As far as I’m concerned, I’m not playing the villain. I’m playing somebody who wants certain things in life — has made certain […]
a weekly winner? what madness is this??
So hop on over to the facebook page for the Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers conference [WIFYR for short] and you can enter yourself in a contest to win SIGNED COPIES of Leviathan, Behemoth, Matched or Freshman for President. There’s more listed on the FB page, so go check it out now! And there […]
red scarves are instant popularity
So apparently red scarves create instant popularity. At least, it does if you wear it to LTUE like Brodi and Elana Johnson (apparently I missed that memo, because my scarf was brown. Note to self: buy a red scarf and wear it to the next writing conference. Unless the color for that conference is purple […]
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