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Fall 2020 YA Scavenger Hunt

Are you #TeamYA? With over 60 #YA books to be given away, you don't want to miss the @YAScavengerHunt! #readysetgo http://bit.ly/yashunt

Welcome to Fall 2020 YA Scavenger Hunt! This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houckas a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors…and a chance to win some awesome prizes! On this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a clue for the hunt. Add up the clues, and you can…

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#Giveaways #Joshua David Bellin #Shannon A. Thompson #YA authors #YA Scavenger Hunt #YASH #YASH Fall 2020

It's Official!

It's official! I've just signed a book deal with @EntangledTeen! #soexcited #justcanthideit

Normally, on the eve of November, I’d be gearing up to torture my brain and fingers by participating in NaNoWriMo. By now I would have publicly announced my intention to write 50,001 words in 30 days. My pantry should be overflowing with writing necessities like M&Ms, Cheetos, and ginger ale. A few weeks ago, I decided to give NaNo a miss because of extenuating circumstances. (I still bought a…

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NaNoWriMo - Day 30

#NaNoWriMo Day 30 playlist song of the day - 'Xanadu' by @olivianewtonjohn #amwriting

Last day of NaNoWriMo! I wrote 1,000 words last night. My NaNo total so far is a nice round 35,000. My manuscript is a healthy 60K. OK, maybe ‘healthy’ is the wrong description. There’s a lot of waffle to edit out!

Well, how did I get here while working full-time and still having a life? I used my trusty Be Focused productivity app, which kind of works like high-intensity interval training. 25…

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#Erika Kelly #NaNo #NaNoWriMo #Olivia Newton-John

#NaNoWriMo Day 29 playlist song of the day - 'Gimme Some Lovin' by the Spencer Davis Group. #amwriting It was a dark and stormy night... Seriously, it was. Yesterday was pretty wild weather-wise. Severe storms, floods and gusty winds battered Sydney all day and all of the night.

#Eddie Cochran #NaNo #NaNoWriMo #the Spencer Davis Group

#NaNoWriMo Day 28 playlist song of the day - 'Black Roses' by Clare Bowen and @LucySchwartz @clarembee. #amwriting Day 28! Yesterday, after work, I stepped outside of the NaNo bubble and experienced real life with some dear friends, including fellow writer and chocolate enthusiast Annie West.

#NaNo #NaNoWriMo #Nashville

#NaNoWriMo Day 27 playlist song of the day - 'Maps' by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. #amwriting Last night, I wrote 1,503 words, which brought my November total so far to a hopefully auspicious 33,333.

#NaNo #NaNoWriMo #Yeah Yeah Yeahs

NaNoWriMo - Day 26

#NaNoWriMo Day 26 #playlist song - 'Life on Mars?' by David Bowie. #amwriting

Day 26! I wrote 1,555 words yesterday. Much of it was just dialogue, which is an oddity for me. Anyway, that brings my NaNoWriMo total to 31,830, well past my goal for the month. I’ll do my best to limp to 40,000 or thereabouts by the end of November.

Today’s playlist song of the day is ‘Life on Mars?’ by David Bowie. Hard to believe he’s gone.

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#David Bowie #NaNo #NaNoWriMo

NaNoWriMo - Day 25

#NaNoWriMo Day 25 playlist song of the day - 'Green Onions' by Booker T. & the M.G.s. Plus, #giveaway news from @AnnaCampbellOz

Wow, we’re in the last week of NaNo already! Where did November go? Yesterday, I wrote 1,001 words, which took me *over* my 30,000-word target for the month. Yay! The official NaNoWriMo target is 50K. My book is far from finished, so I’m going to spend the next five days getting as close to that target as I can.

Today’s playlist song of the day is ‘Green Onions’ by Booker T. & the M.G.s. Way back…

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#Anna Campbell #Booker T. & the M.G.s #giveaway #NaNo #NaNoWriMo

NaNoWriMo - Day 24

#NaNoWriMo Day 24 playlist song of the day - 'Walk Like a Man' by the Four Seasons. #amwriting @frankievalli

Day 24! Yesterday, I wrote 2,018 words. (Yes, I deliberately stopped there because it’s the year 2018.) Then my boss treated me to the ‘Jersey Boys’ musical, which we’ve both seen in various cities around the world. It’s so worth seeing over and over again. We had second-row seats, but the seats directly in front of us were empty. Perhaps those ticket-holders were busy doing NaNoWriMo.

My…

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#Heart and Souls #Jersey Boys #NaNo #NaNoWriMo #The Four Seasons

#NaNoWriMo Day 23 playlist song of the day - 'Dance Dance Dance' by the Casualeers. #amwriting Seven days to go! I added just 750 words to my manuscript last night. However, at this point, I'm only 3,976 words away from my 30K target for November.

#NaNo #NaNoWriMo #Northern Soul #the Casualeers

#NaNoWriMo Day 22 playlist song of the day - 'Chains of Love' by @TheRyanAdams #amwriting #catpeople I thought it would be really cute to end day 21 with my manuscript sitting on 51,234, so I stopped writing after 1,232 words last night.

#NaNo #NaNoWriMo #Ryan Adams

NaNoWriMo - Day 21

#NaNoWriMo Day 21. Playlist song of the day - 'Don't Ask' by Megadon Betamax. #amwriting

Day 21! Last night I wrote 1,130 words, which means I’ve tripped over the 50K mark on my manuscript! (50,002, to be exact.) My November total now stands at 25,274.

Today’s playlist song is a dance track called ‘Don’t Ask’, co-written by my husband and Megadon Betamax. Hubby did an amazing job with the vocals. Nice bit of ’70s synth sounds in this. There’s no official vid, but you can have a…

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#Dangerous Boys #Megadon Betamax #NaNo #NaNoWriMo

#NaNoWriMo Day 20 playlist song - 'Shake a Tail Feather' by Ray Charles. #amwriting Day 20, and the struggle is real! I wrote precisely 1,000 words after trudging home from the day job yesterday.

#Fender Rhodes #NaNo #NaNoWriMo #Ray Charles

#NaNoWriMo. Day 19 #playlist song - 'Walls Come Tumbling Down' by the Style Council. #amwriting Day 19! This month is flying by. I'm not exactly breaking any records here, but I'm happy I managed to put down 1,401 words yesterday.

#NaNo #NaNoWriMo #the Style Council

#NaNoWriMo - Day 18 playlist song of the day is 'Night Train' by Louis Prima. #amwriting Yesterday, day 17, I woke up with some sort of weird illness. But I pulled through thanks to a delightful French Earl Grey hot chocolate drink and a packet of peanut M&M's that a workmate thoughtfully donated to my cause!

#Back to the Future #George McFly #Louis Prima #NaNo #NaNoWriMo #Night Train

#NaNoWriMo - Day 17 playlist song - 'Babies' by Pulp. #amwriting Day 17 and I'm feeling quite unwell. I wrote 750 words last night, bringing my manuscript total to 44,300.

#NaNo #NaNoWriMo #Pulp

#NaNoWriMo - Day 16 playlist song - 'Time Is On My Side' by Irma Thomas. #amwriting Day 16. Last night, I got to 500 words and then my synapses collapsed. (Have I mentioned how difficult this challenge is?) I need to get 11,177 words down between now and November 30.

#Irma Thomas #NaNo #NaNoWriMo

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