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There was a boy. There was a horse. And there was speed. Photographing horses with Jennifer Watrous
Have you ever lived somewhere that you didn’t belong? I mean, just really, truly felt like a fish out of water every single day? I spent a decade in a place like that, trying (and usually failing) to feel comfortable. A lot of the blame rests with me because it’s hard for me to “bloom where I’m planted” if I can’t find like-minded people to bloom with. But there are always silver linings and one of my best silver linings during that decade was Jennifer Watrous. I’ve had the amazing honor of watching...
read moreBoys and Books in Glass Girl and Perfect Glass
I was always the girl who fell for the guy reading a book. I’d see a guy hunched over a novel on a subway or sitting on a bench somewhere, and I just knew he was the one for me. I’m pretty sure this is why there’s a higher than normal percentage of literary guys in Glass Girl and Perfect Glass. Meg falls hard the minute Henry opens his mouth in Mr. Landmann’s class and discusses a Frost poem with ease. She finds Thanet irresistible as soon as she meets him in his mom’s bookstore and sees that he can recommend books to anyone. Later,...
read more‘Til all my sleeves are stained red / from all the truths that I’ve said
So June has been a little busy. I’m on a book tour for Perfect Glass that lasts until June 27 (virtual, of course, but still a lot of work) and my own blog has been a little neglected. I miss you guys! I really hope you’re following the Perfect Clouds Virtual Book Tour that I’m on with debut author and friend, Rajdeep Paulus (Swimming Through Clouds). We’re having a lot of fun revealing behind the scenes aspects of our books and our lives. In case you want to catch up with me, here are a few places I’ve...
read morethe “perfect clouds” virtual book tour starts right here, right now!
Today is a great day for Playlist Young Adult Fiction as we release two new titles–Perfect Glass and Rajdeep Paulus’s debut Swimming Through Clouds. Thank you to all the fantastic BOOK BLOGGERS who have agreed to be part of this virtual tour! (For a full list of bloggers, site addresses, and dates, scroll to the bottom of this post.) I’ve got lots of details to give you so you can follow our PERFECT CLOUDS VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR and be in the running for some InCReDiBLe giveaways. But, first, I want to introduce the two books...
read moreGlass Girl is only 99-cents this week!
As we count down the days to the Perfect Glass release on June 1, Playlist Fiction is offering Glass Girl for only 99-cents at Amazon! Don’t miss the chance to download the new, revised Glass Girl and read it before you read Perfect Glass! Love, Laura
read moresecond chance for a free glass girl download
Congratulations to Anna Schaeffer who won last week’s free download of Glass Girl! Are you ready to try again? I have a feeling your odds will be better this time so don’t forget to register for the drawing! Only twelve days left until the release of Perfect Glass! Best of luck to you on finals! Love, me a Rafflecopter...
read morefree download of glass girl happens NOW!
We’re getting so close to the release of Perfect Glass (June 1 from Playlist Fiction)! To celebrate, I’m giving away THREE free downloads of Glass Girl! I’ll run three giveaways (One starts today! One starts Monday, May 20! And one starts Monday, May 27!) Winners will be chosen on Thursdays (May 16, May 23, and May 30). To enter the first drawing, follow this link! a Rafflecopter giveaway Note – this is my first time to use Rafflecopter, so please comment below if you have trouble registering for the drawing and...
read moreMeet Rajdeep Paulus — Playlist Fiction’s newest YA author
Rajdeep Paulus is the newest debut author with Playlist Young Adult Fiction. We’re thrilled she joined us because she brings a lot of heart, energy, and humor to the group. And she’s thoughtful—when we chat by phone, she always throws a y’all into the conversation in my honor. Although her Canadian/Chicagoan/New Yorker accent makes ‘y’all’ sound a little different. And I hardly ever say y’all anyway, so it’s especially funny. Her first novel, Swimming Through Clouds, releases June 1. Look at this gorgeous...
read morewhere’s the ‘up’ in breaking up? renee fisher and he loves me not.
You’ve heard me say this before–learning how to break up with someone is an important lesson. (See Ray Charles and Yesterday.) It’s a necessary part of becoming an adult. It happens. It can be no big deal or it can be ugly and awful. It can happen early on in the relationship or it can happen in the dressing room of the church before you walk down the aisle. If you’re with the wrong person, the breaking up thing needs to happen before you say, “I do.” You’ll save yourself and your significant other...
read moreFuture You Just Texted—She said, “Slow Down and Think (please)!”
(READ THROUGH UNTIL THE END of this post AND YOU’LL FIND OUT HOW TO WIN A FREE BOOK!) Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler wrote this intriguing little book last year called The Future of Us. Have you read it? It’s about two teens in the nineties who get new desktop computers and find a strange application installed on them called Facebook. It doesn’t exist in the nineties world and it turns out they’re being sent messages from their future selves. I liked this book a lot because it reinforced everything I’d been...
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