Welcome to the YA Indie Carnival, ladies & gents! This week’s topic is… Spring Break! So, in honor of Spring Break we’re supposed to post an excerpt that incorporates this second-most, greatly anticipated of school breaks. As with last time an excerpt was called for, I thought instead of bugging a fellow carnie […]
YA Indie Carnival | My Tributes…
Welcome to the YA Indie Carnival, ladies & gents! This week’s topic is… District Indie choosing tributes from our favorite reads If you hadn’t caught on… we’re celebrating the release of The Hunger Games with a themed post this week. Who all’s excited about seeing Katniss & Peeta on the big screen? Me! […]
YA Indie Carnival | Name that Tune…
Welcome to the YA Indie Carnival, ladies & gents! This week’s topic is… Name that Tune! Music. It’s tangible. It’s metaphysical. It’s tone. It’s mood. It’s story. It’s poetry. It’s harmony. It’s emotion. It’s rhythm. It’s beauty. It’s the human heart laid bare. It touches the deepest places inside our souls, […]
YA Indie Carnival | In which I try my hand at writing fiction…
Welcome to the YA Indie Carnival, ladies & gents! This week’s topic is… Some like it hot So, this week we’re supposed to post a steamy excerpt. Rather than mooch a moment from a fellow carnie, I thought to myself… “Hey Self, what about writing something of our own?” “Are you crazy nutso? […]
YA Indie Carnival | Muwhahahaha….
Welcome to the YA Indie Carnival, ladies & gents! This week’s topic is… The Villainous Villainy of… um… Villains Villains. Evil laughter. Excessive mustache twirling. The dreaded monologuing. World or galactic domination. Damsels tied to railroad tracks. Lust. Greed. Power. We all love to hate the villain. But what makes […]
YA Indie Carnival | Lessons Learned
Welcome to the YA Indie Carnival, ladies & gents! This week’s topic is… Lessons Learned I had an insanely HARD time coming up with something for this topic. I’m not sure exactly why. I’ve learned so many things — that range from important to trival — from reading; however, nothing really sticks […]
YA Indie Carnival | Books I’m thankful for….
Welcome to the YA Indie Carnival, ladies & gents! This week’s topic is… Books I’m Thankful For There are a lot of books that I’m incredibly thankful for. But the two that always come to mind immediately are The Hobbit and City of Bones. I’m incredibly thankful for The Hobbit because it signifies great bonding […]
YA Indie Carnival | Secret Santa Giveaway!
Remember when you were in school and someone decorated your locker with wrapping paper and candy canes and big red bows? Today, there’s a note taped to the outside of your locker. It reads: [box type=”shadow”] Enter the Secret Santa Giveaway from Dec. 16 to Dec. 22, 3PM Pacific and on […]
YA Indie Carnival | Cover Love
Welcome to the YA Indie Carnival, ya’ll! This week’s topic is… Cover Love This week… well, I LOVE this week’s topic of covers and cover design. Besides reading and blogging, I love photography and if I’m not reading you can most likely find me with a camera in hand or […]
YA Indie Carnival | Pie, anyone?
Welcome to the YA Indie Carnival, ya’ll! This week’s topic is… Fiction Pie: Recipes for Awesomeness This week is mostly for the authors — for them to explain how they pull together their awesome plots. I don’t really plan and plot… unless you are talking about my ongoing quest for galactic […]
