Eat, Drink, and Be Scary: How Our Main Characters Would Celebrate Halloween

Candy binges, voodoo priestesses, pet costume contests and zombie weddings—our main characters have big plans this Halloween! Have fun plans of your own? Tell us how you—or your favorite fictional character—are celebrating this year in the comments below. Continue reading “Eat, Drink, and Be Scary: How Our Main Characters Would Celebrate Halloween”

It’s National Made-Up Holiday Day!

Seems like we just finished celebrating National Coffee Day, and we don’t know about you, but we haven’t even taken down our decorations for National Custodial Worker Day. And now it’s Leif Erikson Day, Curious Events Day AND Moldy Cheese Day—all on the same day! This abundance of  special occasions have us in a celebratory mood, so we’ve taken the liberty of adding a few more events we’d like to recognize. 
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Notes From the Panic Room: Debut. Author. Battles. Clock.

I’ve always secretly shared in that special thrill when a new author officially starts her countdown-to-publication clock. She may not know me, or think anyone’s noticed other than a few Facebook “Likes,” but I’m rooting for her and her first book baby all the way. Yep, I watch those ticking clocks on blogs and websites and Twitter more closely than Jack Bauer and Chloe O’Brian. … Continue reading Notes From the Panic Room: Debut. Author. Battles. Clock.