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As a result of my experience with Twilight, I've discovered I prefer to see the movie adaptation of a book before reading the book its...

This contest has concluded and I am pleased to announce the following winners of the awesome book, The Survivors Club: 1) Marjorie 2) St...

Mary Kole, agent with the Andrea Brown Literary Agency is running a very cool contest  . If your novel is finished, this is an opportunity ...

I was in a discount store over the holidays, A Dollar General, I think. I was perusing the aisles and came to a section with some books. I...

Nathan held a contest on his blog to commemorate the publication of The Secret Year,  a debut novel by his client Jennifer Hubbard which w...

THE SURVIVORS CLUB  : The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life by Ben Sherwood  is a great book to have around, not only as an int...

I don't know how I missed this book as a kid. I heard of it, but thought it was some sort of war story. I couldn't have been more wr...

I happen to run across this book in Barnes and Noble and it sounded like a enjoyable little read on the way to work, so I bought it. Was I e...

As the old year comes to a close and a new year takes its place, remember this: Life is short. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, L...

The Young Adult book market is rife with stories that incorporate paranormal elements. Such books are often exciting, suspenseful and captu...

On Tuesday, I attended a young adult panel presented by the NY chapter of SCBWI. The presenters consisted of two editors: Krista Marino, Sen...

I received the nicest e-mail from Barry Lyga thanking me for the review of his book and touching on some of the issues that occur when an au...

If you have read my introductory post as well as my All about Me profile, you'll recall I stated that in addition to discussing literary...

Julie Hadden, the first runner up on season 4 of The Biggest Loser has written an inspirational weight loss book. It is being released this...

Since there were only three ladies in the US and Canada that didn't have a copy of New Moon, I did some networking and got two more copi...

I've e-mailed three authors whose work I really like. One sent back a rather extensive reply. She answered questions I had about the ori...