Ahh, so excited! I’ll be at the Jefferson Market Branch of the NYPL at 6pm on Wednesday, December 5th. The event will last from 6-7:30pm.
Here’s a link to the details!
And check out the fab line up of authors:
Check it out and BID to help NJ victims of Sandy!
So far, if the auction was stopped RIGHT NOW, we will have raised over $6000 thanks to you! 🙂
I’ve got two signed books and a free Skype visit up for grabs and there are many, many more superawesome prizes!
Thanks to Kieran Scott (Kate Brian), I’m participating in her AWESOME idea: YA for NJ! (Like it on Facebook!)
The basic run down (quoting from the linked PW article below):
Kieran got together “170 young adult and middle-grade authors for a YA for NJ benefit auction, hosted by eBay Giving Works, to fill the coffers of the Community FoodBank of New Jersey.” The action, running from November 30 to December 7th will benefit people in need of food because of Hurricane Sandy.
I’m offering up:
a signed copy of Popular
a signed copy of Comeback
a free 30 minute classroom Skype session
Check out the auction here and please bid for a good cause!
YA for NJ got some awesome coverage in Publishers Weekly! Yay!
YIKES!
First, it was Penguin and Random House. That JUST happened.
Now, it’s HarperCollins in preliminary talks to buy S&S.
My best friend called it when the first talk of a merge happened. She predicted this one, too. I didn’t know if it would, but wow does it feel scary.
How strange it will be not to say “The Big Six?”
I know jobs will be lost in house and I’m sure that will impact authors as well.
Eeep.
Um, back to writing. A lot. Very fast.
I am one of the VERY grateful authors who has had a NaNoNovel published. Mine was my 2006 NaNoNovel, TAKE THE REINS (Simon & Schuster, 2009).
I love, love NaNoWriMo and thought I’d share my journey with you! I blogged a lot during 2006 on my old blog, so I wanted to post the links to the entries and you can see how TTR went from idea to a 20-book series.
Keep in mind, in October, I had no idea what to write and didn’t decide until two days before to enter! I was also a 19-year old senior in college at Florida State University taking a full course load. But I WANTED this. No matter how busy you are, treat NaNo like a job and DO IT!
I hope you have fun looking over my timeline! It certainly took me back down memory lane. 🙂
2006
After NaNo and onto publication:
2007
January 7, 2007
(Take the Reins was called Freshman Fifteen for a while and it was YA!)
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| Jess Ashley’s take on Lady Gaga’s Body Revolution 10/17/12 |
There have been a lot of positive (and some negative) comments in the media recently about Lady Gaga’s Body Revolution. In short, the movement is about loving and accepting your body exactly the way it is. Many people are posting their own shots on LittleMonsters.com. I wasn’t “born this way,” but I’m proud of how I now look.
2: titanium rods in my back
12: number of inches long each rod is
4: inches of height I gained after my spinal fusion
6: pints of my blood used during surgery
1: year until full recovery
9: hours in surgery
0: number of scoliosis cases worse than mine that the doctors had seen
13: age I was at the time of surgery
25: age I am now
xoxo
*Photo credit: Kate Angelella
Cross-posted from authorjessashley.blogspot.com
The mood’s a little (okay, a lot) down around here. Bailey went into VERG (the local animal ER) on Wednesday. She was breathing really hard, wouldn’t walk or get up, and she was throwing up.
After days of waiting for results and some very scary phone calls (poor little girl had to be put in an oxygen cage), we found out that she has lung cancer and kidney disease. The lungs are the most pressing problem because it’s hard for her to breathe and she doesn’t want to eat.
But!
She’s home now and resting. She ate some canned food (yay!) and is looking a little better. We’re going to start her on steroids next week. We will keep her as long as she’s comfortable. The ultimate and only goal is to give her a humane existence for as long as she feels good.
She is very loved by Kate, Ross, and I.
Wow, can you guys believe it’s October already?! I can’t. To me, it feels as if it just got warm outside. I was shocked to step out the other day and need a jacket. And last night, my landlord turned on the heat. I do love fall though!
Fall has:
apple cider
pretty leaves
cool, not COLD weather
a distinct fall smell
pumpkins and gourds
specialty teas
yummy coffee
And the list goes on!
What are your fave things about fall? Share! I want to know! 🙂
xoxo
Eeek!
Look what I found on Publishers Weekly Spring 2013 Sneak Previews:
Jessica Burkhart 