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ooooh! very thought-provoking! :)

2012-05-31T07:21:27.017-07:00

ooooh! very thought-provoking! :)

Well darn, my book has evil cheerleaders galore. R...

2012-05-26T13:15:22.298-07:00

Well darn, my book has evil cheerleaders galore. Random House didn't seem to mind :D

Great/hilarious post!

I've actually heard people say that "have...

2012-05-26T05:43:04.737-07:00

I've actually heard people say that "have the parents be dead" is a "rule." 99% of those "rules for writing" sites should really ignored (along with most of the advice you get on Twitter and message boards). Except for the fact that some people WILL grade you on goodreads based on how well you follow them.

This is hilarious! I'm here via YA Highway. I...

2012-05-26T05:38:30.668-07:00

This is hilarious! I'm here via YA Highway. I might add: no more dead parents. And I'm not just saying that because I'm a parent of teens. I know teens don't want to read about parents, but they can still be lurking in the background, scarier than zombies. A zombie will only eat your brain but a parent could confiscate your cell phone.

Really, any dystopia set in a world that doesn'...

2012-05-25T19:08:52.788-07:00

Really, any dystopia set in a world that doesn't look like a Meat Loaf video is just not okay with me.

Best line of the week. And so right on!

I absolutely love this post. I'm linking to it...

2012-05-25T17:15:13.594-07:00

I absolutely love this post. I'm linking to it on Monday and adding a few of my own. We are tired of a lot of the same things. Thanks for this!

Excellent list all around, though it's #9 that...

2012-05-25T17:08:34.556-07:00

Excellent list all around, though it's #9 that really gets me. As a fan of Meat Loaf, I will now consider it my duty to make any dystopia I write look like it's from one of his videos. Thank you. ^_^

YES to #3 and #5... I'm done with popularity i...

2012-05-25T06:52:08.842-07:00

YES to #3 and #5... I'm done with popularity in books!!

Great list, the only one I'm an offender of is...

2012-05-23T08:02:49.859-07:00

Great list, the only one I'm an offender of is #2. Not Salinger, but bot Austen and Romeo and Juliet. Oops.

Very nice. No f-bombs, if you would, please. Thing...

2012-05-23T07:21:20.872-07:00

Very nice. No f-bombs, if you would, please. Things my actual students ask for-- more skateboarding, more everyday romances between normal people, more funny books about people who make choices that turn out not to be good ideas. I could go on. But you are absolutely correct on your lists of don'ts. Soul searching successful!

Oh, yeah, anyone can break any rule if they know w...

2012-05-23T06:16:57.783-07:00

Oh, yeah, anyone can break any rule if they know what they're doing. And there's no good reason anyone ought to listen to ME. I don't know why people are so apt to take advice from people who've never had a hit book in the first place.

LOVE this and am posting on Sucker's website.....

2012-05-23T06:12:16.952-07:00

LOVE this and am posting on Sucker's website...that being said, I believe in violating all rules if the rule breaking is done in a clever and unique fashion.

"But Romney's response has been a weak &q...

2012-05-11T06:53:35.978-07:00

"But Romney's response has been a weak &q...

2012-05-11T06:51:55.458-07:00

"But Romney's response has been a weak "If anyone's offended, I'm sorry," and now an accusation that the president has launched a conspiracy against him by having the story come out now, like HE'S the victim here."

His response has been worse than that; it's clearly of the 'I'm sorry you feel that I offended you' variety.

"The kind of stories we're hearing about ...

2012-05-11T06:49:05.654-07:00

"The kind of stories we're hearing about Mitt veer beyond 'pranks' and into Draco Malfoy territory."

Uh. No. They go beyond that.

I can't wait to get this one! I haven't re...

2012-04-15T23:41:28.449-07:00

I can't wait to get this one! I haven't read Romeo and Juliet since…eight grade in 1993. We had to work in groups and act out 2 assigned scenes and re-invent it. Being the 'writer' of the team I chose to make 'Sunny and Moonbeam' and had everyone wearing hippie clothes. We got an A+++! :) Fun stuff.

I thought everyone in Marietta was going to perish...

2012-03-29T20:41:13.299-07:00

I thought everyone in Marietta was going to perish in the flames and that would be the end. It was thrilling at the rescue scene.

I finished the entire Grave robbing guide in a few hours over 2 days. It was fantastic! And I managed to snack while reading. LoL. I enjoyed the interviews too. I did a walking tour of our Greenwood Cemetery here in Brooklyn back in the fall, and now I understand why there are these amazing tombs from the 19th century that look like pyramids! Egypt-O-mania. LOL. There was a spot on the NY news that caught my eye the other day, because I had cemeteries on the brain. It said that The Real estate around Cemeteries is a hot commodity, people love the peacefulness, beauty, etc. Sure, but they can be glad it's the garden variety and not the Church ones. Blahh!

Thanks for replying.:)

http://news.yahoo.com/video/newyorkcbs2-15751042/realtors-say-more-people-interested-in-living-near-cemeteries-28753222.html

Looking forward to whatever middle grade/ya books ...

2012-03-29T12:44:54.051-07:00

Looking forward to whatever middle grade/ya books you are putting out, as always!

I agree - the plot of Marietta gets a bit rushed. ...

2012-03-29T06:04:12.308-07:00

I agree - the plot of Marietta gets a bit rushed. But by then it's so tough to keep track of what the heck is going on in the first place that one isn't really reading for the plot. It's more about the grisly details and delightful grave robbers!

I hope some of the new guides will come out in print, but I'm not totally optimistic. YA nonfiction that isn't about preparing for college or puberty is not a real market.

I loved Smart Aleck's Guide to American Histor...

2012-03-27T20:48:52.413-07:00

I loved Smart Aleck's Guide to American History and I'm about to buy this one! What I read from the sample was hysterical and I learned a lot about this obscure subject. You really helped to take some of the sting out of death.

I did my supplemental homework and read 'Marietta, or, The Students' and I couldn't peel my eyes from it. It was gross and very very melodramatic, I never read old 'dime store' novels like this. It was always the classics. I don't know why Hollywood hasn't snatched this one up. LOL. Had a cool Frankenstein vibe, but i think the whole scene at the end with Marietta and Levator was rushed. Obviously from the title Mr. JH Robinson didn't know who he wanted the story to be about. Eh, either, or.
I hope this new Smart Aleck guide is released as a print book eventually. I still prefer those!

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2012-03-26T23:42:36.025-07:00

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this book is amazing, it is a must read

2011-10-10T17:29:42.275-07:00

this book is amazing, it is a must read

Looks good. You have a fabulous blog! I want to aw...

2011-08-05T11:15:35.157-07:00

Looks good. You have a fabulous blog! I want to award you the Brilliant Writer Blog Award for all the hard work you do!

Go to http://astorybookworld.blogspot.com/p/awards.html and pick up your award.
~Deirdra

I'm by no means happy about it - but I'm a...

2011-07-19T17:55:18.526-07:00

I'm by no means happy about it - but I'm also not surprised. It's the natural end to the years of bad management on the upper end of the company. Their recent plans for re-organizing looked like the work of business school bozos who had never set foot in a book store.

What bugs me most is that the people who are actually responsible will get none of the blame and simply go on to fine jobs wrecking other companies instead.

I understand you're upset about Borders not ca...

2011-07-19T17:34:45.753-07:00

I understand you're upset about Borders not carrying many of your titles, but the company going out of business is nothing to be happy about. A lot of people are losing their jobs because of this. I'm one of them. I actually discovered you as an author via a book of yours that came into my store. It makes me sad someone I respected as a writer can be so cavalier about good people losing their jobs.