Caniconigenitweetophobia or Why You Should Tweet Your Favorite Authors.

It started with this Far Side cartoon, about “luposlipaphobia” which has always been one of my favorites. In case you can’t read the below, luposlipaphobia is defined as : The fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table whilst wearing socks on a newly waxed floor. Obvious right? I mean, we’ll ALL had it … More Caniconigenitweetophobia or Why You Should Tweet Your Favorite Authors.

That’s YAmore

Oasis for YA is having a romantic blogfest in honor of Valentine’s week, and are asking people to post swoon-worthy scenes. Since I just signed a contract on my upcoming verse novel AUDACIOUS (Orca Books, Fall 2013), I probably shouldn’t post from it here. Instead I’ll give you a scene from my WIP, a YA/chicklit/scifi/romance. … More That’s YAmore

Book Tweets

I’ve done a lot of reading this week. A LOT (not “alot”, which is in fact this kind of creature).   And after this week of contention on the blogs about bad reviews and snarky authors I’d certainly like to throw a real flaming cannonball at someone, but in reality, everything has been pretty good. … More Book Tweets

My Protest, My Way.

I was going to go dark today because of SOPA/PIPA but, being Canadian, I felt it better to have a laugh at the whole sorry mess, because that’s what we do. In that spirit, here’s a very silly video, courtesy of 107.7 combining two of my favorite things: Don McLean and cats.

Bookpile: The Revenge

So I showed you all my book pile last week. You’ll be happy to know it’s smaller by six books! Here’s the tweet-down: @AGSmith_Author LOCKDOWN:ESCAPE FROM FURNACE was so f-ing good. I can’t wait to read the rest of the series. Dark, wild and unputdownable!!! EVERMORE by @alysonnoel Pretty hard to put down, towards the … More Bookpile: The Revenge