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Fact Checking in the Real World, part 1

May 31, 2008

I just got my galleys (page proofs) back for Just One Wish, which has made me think about all the facts authors have to check when we write novels. For example, in this story the main character, Annika, tells her…

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The Joy of Revisions

May 26, 2008

Okay, that’s a misleading title. There is very little joy in revisions, but still, I thought I’d comment on revisions for my used-to-be-A-Fairy-Godmother’s-Guide-to-Saving-Troubled-Teens-and-now-will-be-whatever-the-marketing-department-comes-up-with. The last title they suggested was, “Be Careful What You Wish For” which I quickly vetoed. I…

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Hawaii Blog

May 20, 2008

I love Hawaii. I really do. In fact, even though I am day-glow white, I think I might actually be a native Hawaiian. I’m basing this on the fact that I’m always late for everything–which apparently is also known as…

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Mothers’ Day card/ cleaning fairy

May 12, 2008

I have a saying which I use frequently with my children. It is: “Hey, the cleaning fairy doesn’t live here. Pick up your stuff.” Sometimes we even have entire conversations along the same lines. Child: I don’t want to do…

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A New Dawn is out

May 6, 2008

News flash for all of you Stephenie Meyer fans: You’ll like this book. I was contacted a few months ago and asked if I wanted to write an essay about the Twilight series for a compilation that Teen Libris was…

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Theme song

April 26, 2008

When I was in Kansas for the Library conference, the presenters in one of the classes chose theme songs. For example of the

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Theme song

When I was in Kansas for the library conference, the presenters in one of the classes chose theme songs. One lady chose Happy Trails, another lady chose Life is a Highway (and told us to insert the word “information” before…

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Fiction writers in the real world

April 20, 2008

For those of you who are wondering how the mural project went–first let me say that the box had big letters which read, “Easy to put up . . . Anyone can do it!” Yeah, right. This is fiction writing…

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The problem with writing comedies

April 15, 2008

While I’m waiting for revision notes on A Fairy Godmother’s Guide to Saving Troubled Teens, I’m trying to chip away at my To-Do list. Namely, I’m putting up the mural in my daughter’s room that I bought for her at…

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Kansas Trip

April 10, 2008

First of all, I’m going to refrain from using any Dorothy and The Wizard of Oz comments at all. (Even though I’m a big Wicked fan–well, what did you expect from someone who skips out on their parking tickets?) I’m…

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The Revenge of the Bow-tied One

April 2, 2008

I suppose it served me right that after all of the stories I’ve told about my editor, that he told one about me to a large group of people, but yeah, he got me back. We were both just up…

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Author interview–Janette Tells All!

March 26, 2008

Blogger tells me this is my 100th post, and I know it’s tradition to tell 100 facts about yourself, but instead I’m going to give you a link to an interview with Betty Webb where I talk about all sorts…