Starlog

  • What the heck is Steampunk, anyway? With @LeighStatham

    Steampunk is the marriage of old world manners and customs with fanciful steam powered technology and scientific advancements, or sometimes magic. My books lean heavily to the science side of things. You can take a true story, like Marguerite’s, and spice it up with all kinds of fun contraptions and plot twists. It really adds… Read more

  • What evokes childlike wonder? And as adults writing for children, how can we recapture that? @DonnaGalanti

    Harnessing Your Inner Child by Donna Galanti  Childlike wonder. What was yours as a kid? I walked along rock walls under the stars at night. Climbed trees to sing songs to the woods. And hid away in rose bush caves with a notepad to write my stories – all the while believing that magic existed.… Read more

  • Twelve Year Old Reviews “My Brother is a Super Hero” by David Solomons

    This book is about two brothers who hang out together in a tree house. One day, while the younger brother goes into the house to go to the bathroom, aliens come down and make Zach, the older brother, a superhero. There is a guy who always wanted super powers so he tries to kidnap Zach.… Read more

  • Feeling the Pressure! AKA: Writing your second novel, after your first won so many awards @JGoochHummer

    Woohoo! Today we’re welcoming Jennifer Gooch Hummer to chat about sending her second book into the world, after her first book, GIRL UNMOORED won TWELVE awards!  No pressure or anything! (List of awards is below) So tell us about it Jennifer. What is GIRL UNMOORED about? Hi Jennifer! Thank you for having me on your… Read more

  • What happens next? A Review of Queen by Kiera Cass

    Queen by Kiera Cass (Audiobook) This is a “prequel” novella in THE SELECTION series. Here, we find out how Queen Amberly becomes queen in her own Selection experience. This novella really can’t stand on its own. The Selection process is not explained or defined, and situation and characters happen in this book that you would… Read more

  • Givaway! Enter to win $220 to buy EVEN MORE books!

    Click on a Rafflecopter giveaway for your chance to win $220 to spend on books! Fourteen YA authors, including myself, are sponsoring this giveaway for your chance to win a $220 Amazon e-gift card to restock your bookshelves this fall. Participating authors include: Melanie McFarlane Suzanne VanRooyen Dorothy Dryer J. Keller Ford Joshua David Bellin Jullie Reece… Read more