Monthly Archives: April 2007

Poll: Who Writes The Best YA Thrillers?

My next WIP will be a thriller set in Japan. I’d like to read some thrillers to get my mind right before plot­storm­ing. Who are your favorite YA thriller writers?

If I Had To Be A Cat, Then…

Now, Why Would I Hate It?

Of course, this area cov­ers half the US. This guy’s no Henry Hig­gins. What Amer­i­can accent do you have? Cre­ated by Xavier on Memegen.net South­ern. Love it or hate it, your accent says you’re prob­a­bly from some­where south of the Ohio River. Take this quiz now — it’s easy! We’re going to start with “cot” and “caught.”

Via Professernana

Chat with MARY PEARSON Wednesday, 4/25, 9PM EST

Please join us for an ALAN Online BookChat with Mary Pear­son , author of  A Room on Lorelei Street, Scrib­bler of Dreams, and David v. God Date: 3/28/07 Time: 9:00 PM East­ern URL: http://alan-ya.org/bookchat/flashchat.php About A ROOM ON LORELEI STREET, win­ner of the 2005 Golden Kite Book Award for Fic­tion Pre­sented by The Soci­ety Of

Will You Still Read Me When I’m 64?

Warn­ing: Gra­tu­itous horn-tooting ahead.  After sev­eral days of rumi­nat­ing, I decided to out myself. I  entered the hook for my lat­est WIP. Soul Taco, to the fangs_fur_fey  con­test, fig­ur­ing I’d see what genre writ­ers had to say about the premise.  This will be the last time I send this one out before sub­mit­ting. It’s almost ready