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Cover Reveal
Roman Holiday by Ashelyn Poston
I am so happy to be doing this cover reveal today ! I met Ashelyn briefly at BEA last year, while resting my feet from all the standing. She wrote her blog down on a folded Post-it and afterwards I started following her writing journey on her blog, read some of her Wattpad and now here I am with the cover reveal for her debut novel, Roman Holiday. I love the pop of pink and the intense eye action on the cover !
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Reading a young adult series today is like getting Barbie and then having to buy her friends, accessories and Malibu Dreamhouse. Authors and publishing houses tempt readers between book releases with extras such as; e-novellas, graphic novels and bonus content for their favorite series. Sure, the extras open up the world
created by the author but at what cost to the readers ?
Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices series are all around champs at creating extras. First published in 2007, this popular YA urban fantasy has it all; graphic novels for both series,The Shadowhunter Codex— an in series reference book, acollection of essays about the seriesand even ashort story collection about a side characterwritten by other YA authors. This doesn’t include bonus scenes Clare posts on her website and the characters tweets.…
Ever since we did this post on bookish gifts I’ve been obsessed with the idea of Floating Bookshelves. The Umbra Floating Bookshelves are quite pricey, so when I saw this DIY invisible bookshelf on Pinterst I had to give it a try and it worked like a charm ! Making 3 bookshelves cost ~15$ including the cost of nails and hammer/screw driver
Since there are brick walls in my apartment I had to use screws with a masonry bit. I’m sure you can use a nail and hammer depending on the surface. This is how May December Home set hers up….
We don’t always get to meet our favorite authors face to face, but YouTube can be a nice substitute. These writers aren’t just stacking up loyal readers but also subscribers! It’s a place to hear your favorite authors give advice, writing insights and a little peek into their lives.
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Last weekend, Kat and I headed to the Northern Virginia bookstore,One More Page Books, for the release party of Skylark by Meagan Spooner. We’ve been excited for this book since BEA, so we just had to go to the release.
The party was packed with friends and family of Meagan along with readers, booksellers and of course bloggers.
Meagan made a wonderful speech to start off the night. You can tell she has great friends and family supporting her. During the signing she took her time talking with each person and writing a personal message in each book.
Meagan has such a great energy about her and towards the end of the night she took the time to talk us about her journey to publication and her writing process.
We got to see the UK cover of Skylark and learned that the genre of the novel is less Dystopian and more Magical Steampunk. Doesn’t that sound like an awesome genre ?
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