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Random Q&A: Lisa McMann

Lisa McMann is a former blueberry picker and, more recently, a New York Times bestseller; her first novel, Wake, is nominated as a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association. The s… more »

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Random Q&A: Lisa McMann — 17 comments

the5randoms wrote 11 hours ago: Lisa McMann is a former blueberry picker and, more recently, a New York Times bestseller; her first … more »

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Amanda’s Randoms: The 'What If' Way of Finding Your Story — 3 comments

the5randoms wrote 1 day ago: I suffer the same 20-page slump Angie does. I have quite a few first chapters I’ve banged out in o … more »

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Tuesday Briefs — 4 comments

Lisa Trevethan wrote 3 days ago: AUTHORS Jackie Kessler as Jezebel interviews Jeri Smith-Ready as Ciara over at Cat and Muse. Stephen … more »

Tags: Jackie Kessler, jeri smith-ready, Jes Battis, Kat Richardson, stacia kane, Stephenie Meyer

Susan's Randoms: Lighting Can Strike 5 Times

the5randoms wrote 3 days ago: First, let me say that coming up with the idea for Black Tuesday was right up my alley. When Penguin … more »

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Random Q&A: Jacquelyn Mitchard

the5randoms wrote 1 week ago: Jacquelyn Mitchard is perhaps best known for her book The Deep End of the Ocean, a New York Times be … more »

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Amanda’s Randoms: The Query--Learn from My Mistakes — 3 comments

the5randoms wrote 1 week ago: Seeing as the other Randoms have covered just about everything there is to know about writing and ta … more »

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Susan's Randoms: Query Letter Confessions — 2 comments

the5randoms wrote 1 week ago: I’ve completed three manuscripts in my lifetime. The first is a mystery, which is sitting in a … more »

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Robin's Randoms: Writing an Agent-Hooking Query

the5randoms wrote 1 week ago: Last week I whined and stamped my feet about having to write a synopsis for my next novel.  It turn … more »

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Random Q&A: Melissa Marr

the5randoms wrote 2 weeks ago: With her New York Times Bestseller WICKED LOVELY being translated into all sorts of languages and di … more »

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Uninvited by Amanda Marrone

kawzmikgirl wrote 2 months ago: I was really, really hoping for this to be a great book. The cover looked awesome, all the reviews t … more »

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Uninvited by Amanda Marrone — 3 comments

Trisha wrote 2 months ago: Reading Amanda Marrone’s Uninvited is like reading an old school YA horror novel, and I mean t … more »

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