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The 2015 Kids Author Carnival author list is up!

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The KAC 2015 Author Line-Up

Greetings, lovers of middle grade books!

Today we are excited to announce the author line-up for this year’s Kids Author Carnival!Without further ado, check out this incredible list:

Patrik Henry Bass
Rebecca Behrens
Sage Blackwood
Jessica Burkhart **that’s me!! 🙂 
Isaiah Campbell
Angela Cervantes
Clay McLeod Chapman
Matthew Cody
MarcyKate Connolly
Elisabeth Dahl
Tara Dairman
Jen Downey
Paul Durham
Laura Marx Fitzgerald
Paula J. Freedman
David Fulk
Andrew Harwell
Veera Hiranandani
Kirsten Hubbard
M.P. Kozlowsky
Claire Legrand
Dana Alison Levy
Matt London
Lauren Magaziner
Jen Malone
Jeff Miller
Gail Nall
Ammi-Joan Paquette
Adriana Brad Schanen
Heidi Schulz
Michelle Schusterman
Tricia Springstubb
Aaron Starmer
Mary G. Thompson
Danette Vigilante
J.A. White

We are thrilled to have such talented authors participating in this year’s event—and we can’t WAIT to take over the Jefferson Market Library on the evening of Saturday, May 30! Mark your calendars, middle grade fans, and be sure to join us for a night of games, panels, books, and FUN!

Be sure to stay tuned throughout the coming weeks as we highlight each of our incredible authors and their books—and come follow us on Twitter if you haven’t already! @KidAuthCarnival

NYC, I’m coming back! YAY!!!!

I can’t wait!! Please spread the word as I’ll be there promoting UNICORN MAGIC and CANTERWOOD CREST.

Signing in September at Rochester, MN B&N

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I’m so excited to announce that I’m having a book signing in September! I’ll be with bestie at the Mayo Clinic and we wanted to add something to look forward to.

So, if you’re near Rochester, Minnesota, I’ll be signing at the Barnes & Noble at the Apache Mall. (Not the downtown location.)

Here’s the exact address/store info:

Barnes & Noble
Apache Mall
1201 12th Street SW Suite 425
Rochester, MN 55902
507-281-7950

Sunday, September 18, 2011
2pm

I would love to meet more members of Team Canterwood! 🙂

Anyone live nearby?

Pics from Barnes & Noble signing :)

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Barnes & Noble in Tribecca. So pretty!

I. Have. A. Sign. Several, actually! OMG. And those are CC books next to the table.


Just started speaking. I love having a podium to, um, hide behind. 🙂

Love the green curtain.

Posing with my bestie/Canterwood partner extraordinaire Kate.

Jill aka “Sasha Silver” signing autographs! She’s a rock star.

Jill and a reader girly.

Smiling for the camera with Miss Jill. I totally heart her!

Signing for some awesome girls.

More signing!

Smiling because we’re having a great chat.

I look very serious here, LOL.


She came on crutches! Aw!

If you click on this pic, you can REALLY see my purple hair tinsel. 🙂


Signing it a glittery pink pen.


Still signing . . .

Ah, see the tinsel now! 🙂

Signing a book for Jill.


Pretty smile. 🙂

I had so much fun at my B&N signing! We had special guests–Jill aka Sasha and Editor K.

Also, instead of reading from UNFRIENDLY COMPETITION, I read an excerpt from CHOSEN and showed the full front and back of the cover.

I also announced that . . .

I’m incredibly excited to announce that I’ve signed a new four-book deal to continue Canterwood! We’re up to *20* books, guys!!! YAY! And how lucky are we to have Editor K on board. Sooo excited.

I’ve got video of the event that I’ll upload soon so YOU can see me read from CHOSEN.

Hope you like the pics!

xoxo

Hampton Classic wrap up

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I *finally* have a second to blog about the awesome time I had at the Hampton Classic! The show was great and there were many activities going on all day. The above pic is me being interviewed by a local station about what I was doing at the show and how the books translated to the audience at the Classic. It was a great match because the grounds were FULL of kids and they were everywhere, hopped up on cotton candy and excited about being at show.


This was my view from the press box, where I sat for a while. The grounds were gorgeous and it was amazing to watch such high-quality horses and riders in such close proximity. The weather was awful because of a tropical storm, but the riders and horses kept going. The show wouldn’t close unless it started to lightning, so I was glad that everything kept going.


This gray was one of my faves. The way he jumped was INSANE. And his rider was so talented–I wish I’d written down their names.

Isn’t that jump gorgeous? I love it.

After hanging in the press box for a while, I went to the kids’ area where I signed books and chatted with the kids who had come to the show. A couple of them had already read Canterwood and were shocked to see me there.

It was a great event and I had fun going to the Hamptons for the first time. 🙂

Decatur Book Festival wrap up

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Inside The Little Shop of Stories…

A sweet display at the store


I love how cute the store is!


Emerging author stage


Welcome to the Decatur Book Festival!

Over the weekend, I had the privilege of attending and speaking at the Decatur Book Festival. I spoke at 2:30 on Saturday at the Target Children’s Stage and had a blast! I met some amazing readers and the audience asked a wide-range of questions. When you get to the end of your talk and you say “Thank you. Any questions?” it’s ALWAYS scary. You’re convinced no one will ask a question and you’ll just stand there, face burning and then run off stage. So thank YOU, audience members, for saving me from that. Much appreciated! 🙂

I spent time vlogging, chatting with authors I’d been online friends with but hadn’t met in person and hanging out in the author suite. It was a great trip and the entire festival was so well organized. The volunteers were beyond friendly and the staff was incredible.

Thanks again, DBF, for having me!

Decatur Book Festival vlog

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A vlog from the Decatur Book Festival. Thank you so much, DBF, for inviting me. Also, please support The Little Shop of Stories. Terra and her crew are amazing and so, so passionate about books. A full wrap up of the Festival (with maaaany pics) is coming soon. Hopefully, later today.

Deadline craziness

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Blogging is going to be sporadic since I leave Friday morning for the Decatur Book Festival in Decatur, GA. It’s going to be so much fun! I will, however, be vlogging and Tweeting from the event. I speak at 2:30pm on the Children’s Stage. I’ll be talking about all things Canterwood and am trying to make the talk funny/informative.

I’m also turning in RIVAL REVENGE on Thursday, so I’m responding to zero e-mails at this point. I’m not ignoring any of you (readers), I promise! I will e-mail you back as soon as I can. If you snail mailed me, I’ll work on that soon too. Thank you so much for all of your notes! I do read and appreciate each one!

Back to editing…I don’t want Editor Kate to throw the manuscript at my head. Or shred it into tiny pieces in front of me. Or cross out every page with a red Sharpie. It could happen, you know… 😉

Reminder: Hampton Classic tomorrow

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Just a reminder that I’ll be signing copies of TAKE THE REINS at the Hampton Classic tomorrow. It should be awesome and I’m hoping we don’t get rained out by the storm. I called and they said the show will go on unless it starts to lightning. Fingers crossed.

Writingwritingwriting RIVAL REVENGE (so if I owe you an email, sorry, it’s gonna take me a while!).

Got an author event tonight and it should be fun!