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The other thing that bothers me about a lot of contemporary YA literature.

December 15, 2008

Okay, I get that the teen years are turbulent , emotional times, and that many teen girls are drawn to drama. I am embarrassed to admit that I, myself was that way as a teen. I even wrote ultra melodramatic…

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Interviews

December 8, 2008

I currently have a couple of interviews at different sites up. You can check them out at YA Fresh http://yafresh.blogspot.com/2008/12/whats-fresh-with-janette-rallison-some.html and http://www.innovativeteen.blogspot.com/

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Why you should buy a book

December 4, 2008

I’m going to interrupt my grumblings on the things I don’t like in certain YA books to give you an important message: buy a book. In fact, buy several. Book publishing has always been an odd business due to the…

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My pet peeve in fiction

November 29, 2008

There are many benefits to being a writer, but one of the best is that you can read books and tell everyone that you’re working. I love that. My husband is stuck in meetings and trying to fix overruns and…

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The real me is a princess

November 26, 2008

You Are Cinderella! Dignified and hard working. With a gentle and soft-spoken manner you have something many people don’t. Patience. Even through the moments of heartbreak you’re still able to hold onto all of your hopes and dreams. Bide your…

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Gaston/ fire alarm update

November 23, 2008

A few of you have been asking for updates about my oldest son, code name: Gaston, because there’s no one as burly and brawny and he’s got biceps to spare. Let me tell all of you women who don’t have…

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Embarrassing stories contest winner

November 14, 2008

Okay, let me say right off that I’m embarrassed at how long it’s taken me to post the embarrassing stories and the contest winner. And actually they were all posted about a month ago, but when my daughter added them…

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Cool technology? (In which I reveal my secret identity)

November 12, 2008

Okay, I admit it. Just like Clark Kent and Peter Parker I have a cool hidden identity.

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Cool technology? (In which I reveal my secret identity)

Okay, I admit it. Just like Clark Kent and Peter Parker and other extremely cool people, I have a hidden identity. Besides being mild mannered Janette Rallison YA author, I am also Sierra St. James, exotic romance writer. Not that…

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Faking It

November 7, 2008

The bow tied one read over my blog entry on the subject and his favorite title pick is: Faking It. So AzLang, remind me to send you a book when it comes out. (I will try to remember this myself,…

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I sent off the first draft

October 29, 2008

For those of you who are devoted followers of my blog (Hi Mom!) you know that I was supposed to be done with my first draft of my next manuscript by the end of August. It’s still August, right? Well,…

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What would you call it? The working title

October 23, 2008

The bow-tied one has asked me on several occasions what I’m calling my new manuscript. (Which still isn’t done–but I have written 54,000 words. Of course of those 54,000 words, approximately 3 will remain standing by the time revisions are…