Welcome to the YA Indie Carnival, ya’ll! This week’s topic is… Good things come in…11’s? Happy 11.11.11! So apparently it’s the last binary day of the century…did you know? It’s true. Happy Binary Day ya’ll! In honor of the excessive amount of elevens in today’s date, we are supposed […]
YA Indie Carnival | Blast from the past
Welcome to the YA Indie Carnival, ya’ll! This week’s topic is… Blast from the Past! We’re supposed to be sharing something that we wrote during high school. Honestly, I only ever wrote one story. One really, really bad short story about a murder, a crooked senator and the heroic FBI […]
YA Indie Carnival | Chills & Thrills…
I’m back! I apologize for my absence from the Carnival last week. Due to flying a red-eye back from LA in the wee, small hours of the morning, I spent Friday bonding with my pillow. But I’m back this week, and just in time for Halloween! Soooo… This week’s main event is: Best […]
YA Indie Carnival | Love Letters
And once again, it’s time for the YA Indie Carnival!!! And this week’s main event is: Love Letters Now this week’s post is supposed to be about my best fan experience. Admittedly, this is probably a topic better suited to the authors, because I think it’s rather strange to call […]
Interview | Kimberly Kinrade, author of the Forbidden series, and a GIVEAWAY!!!
Today, I have the pleasure of welcoming Kimberly Kinrade to the blog to talk about her book Forbidden Mind which I just reviewed yesterday HERE. Forbidden Mind is the first book in the Forbidden series, a thrilling paranormal romance about a telepathic girl and those who would use her for their own greedy purposes. It […]
YA Indie Carnival | Casting Call
Come one, come all to the YA Indie Carnival!!! What amazing things do we have in store for you this week? Me as casting director So this week’s a fun one! We get to cast a book! I just finished Cidney Swanson’s novel, Rippler, last week and it was excellent (review to […]
YA Indie Carnival | Indie Idol
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to this week’s YA Indie Carnival! This week’s main attraction: Indie Idol This week we’re all featuring an Indie author we love and I’m featuring Gwenn Wright, one of our very own carnies! Gwenn is the author of the fabulously dark, romantically gothic, historical YA family […]
YA Indie Carnival | Back to School
Welcome back to the YA INDIE CARNIVAL!!! We are in our 10th week, and super excited to have you with us today! Today’s Main Attraction: Back to School Stories So back to school stories… hmm. Looking back, I feel like my high school career was rather nondescript — pretty boring if […]
FYI | Upcoming events, giveaways, and other miscellany
Lots happening this week and next, so I thought I’d fill ya’ll in on what’s going on! First item of business… Tomorrow begins The Rift Walker Kick-Off, a mini event I’m hosting here on Refracted Light to celebrate the release of the second book in the Vampire Empire series by […]
YA Indie Carnvial | Q&A with the amazing Patti Larsen AND a Giveaway!!!
Welcome back to the YA Indie Carnival! Well, we’ve made it! This week marks the conclusion of the first 9 week run of the Carnival. Sad it’s over? Don’t be. This is not the end for us Indie Carnies. So check back in for more Carnival fun soon! This week’s main attraction: […]