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This suggested by Liz Kessler (of kickass mermaid fame) from the Scattered Authors Society message board: a video from YA author Jackson Pearce in which 28 YA authors give you advice on writing, publishing, and everything in-between. And they do it TO SONG.
Authors, in order of appearance:
Jackson Pearce (AS YOU WISH, SISTERS RED)
Kristina Springer (THE ESPRESSOLOGIST)
Aimee Friedman (SEA CHANGE)
John Claude Bemis (THE NINE POUND HAMMER)
Cyn Balog (FAIRY TALE, SLEEPLESS)
Barry Lyga (GOTH GIRL RISING)
Ally Carter (, GALLAGHER GIRLS series, HEIST SOCIETY)
Aprilynne Pike (WINGS, SPELLS)
Shani Petroff (BEDEVILED)
Carrie Ryan (THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH)
Neesha Meminger (SHINE COCONUT MOON)
Jaclyn Dolamore (MAGIC UNDER GLASS)
Brenna Yovanoff (THE REPLACEMENT)
Margaret Stohl (BEAUTIFUL CREATURES)
Erin Dionne (THE TOTAL TRAGEDY OF A GIRL NAMED HAMLET)
Maggie Stiefvater (SHIVER)
Jennifer Jabaley (LIPSTICK APOLOGY)
Michelle Zink (PROPHECY OF THE SISTERS)
Jessica Burkhart (CANTERWOOD CREST series)
R.J. Anderson (KNIFE, REBEL)
Kami Garcia (BEAUTIFUL CREATURES)
Jenny Moss (WINNIE'S WAR, SHADOW)
Tessa Gratton (BLOOD MAGIC)
Lauren Bjorkman (MY INVENTED LIFE)
Becca Fitzpatrick (HUSH HUSH)
L.K. Madigan (FLASH BURNOUT)
Sarah Prineas (THE MAGIC THIEF series)
Saundra Mitchell (SHADOWED SUMMER)
Javier Ruescas (CUENTOS DE BERETH)
Original song performed by Baz Luhrman, written by Timothy John Cox and Nigel Andrew Swanston.
From my Facebook feed:
ReplyDeleteMary I think, technically, you can't kick a mermaid's ass, but I'll stand corrected if Liz comes on stream.
Joanna *muses* if they don't have arses then how do they poo?
Vanessa that is a question we often debate...so far we have no answer..
Candy how was this post reduced to ass definitions? mary!
Candy i thought the list of YA authors involved was fascinating. I'd never heard of any of them. lots of reading to look forward to.
Jeannette Cooey, I've read two of them! Is this going to become a competition? Great vid tho' Thanks Candy
Candy which ones have you read?
Jeannette Actually, on re-reading the list it was one! Not sure what happened there. Anyway - Becca Fitzpatrick's Hush Hush is the one. And I even got my 13 year old daughter to read it. My review is here. Sort of Twilight affair with much feistier heroine and fallen angel rather than vampire. Only prob was names - Nora and Patch! Really don't work in the UK, those two!
Bryony I've read Hush, Hush and really enjoyed it. Very good romantic tension I thought. I've got Shiver on order from the library.
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