March 27th, 2007
Today we have Barry Lyga, author of Fanboy and Goth Girl, joining us in the beauty shop!
Here’s what Gillian Engberg from booklist had to say about his book:
“…sharply authentic….Fanboy’s whip-smart, often hilariously sarcastic voice skillfully captures a teenager’s growing self-awareness, and adds fresh, urgent perspective to age-old questions about how young people [...]
March 26th, 2007
How cool, Teen Trend Magazine is giving away five copies of Beauty Shop for Rent! For details, check out this link:
http://www.teentrendmagazine.com/beautyshop.html
Speaking of contests . . . the next drawing to win a galley copy of BSfR will be on April 6th. You can go here for contest details on how to send me your entries.
Speaking [...]
March 20th, 2007
Okay, I’m trying something new on for size. Starting today, I will be posting author interviews on most Tuesdays! If you’re a published author and would like to do an interview, or if you have any great “hypothetical question” ideas, please email me at laura.bowers@comcast.net!
Now, on with the Shop Talk!
I really wanted to [...]
March 18th, 2007
Life at the Bowers’ abode was beyond hectic yesterday, so I forgot to post the winner of my BEAUTY SHOP FOR RENT galley give-away! And the winner is . . .
Drum roll, please.
*crickets chirping.*
I said . . . drum roll, please!
*uncomfortable silence.*
Okay, fine, forget the drum roll. The winner is Chantel Simmons, author of the [...]
March 14th, 2007
Congratulations to my fellow Class of 2k7 member Rosemary Clement Moore for yesterday’s release of PROM DATES FROM HELL! Woo HOO!
Maggie Quinn, Girl reporter. Honors student, newspaper staffer, yearbook photographer. Six weeks from graduation and all she wants to do is get out of Avalon High in one piece. Fate seems to have [...]
March 12th, 2007
Melissa Wyatt once gave me some kick-butt advice that I still follow. She suggests making the following format changes to a rough draft before printing it out to read:
* Switch the font to Garamond, or a serif font that’s more “open” than TNR.
* Single space the entire manuscript.
* Move the side margins in one inch [...]
March 9th, 2007
Yes! I finished my rough draft. Done, done, DONE! It totally stinks, and there’s five thousand things I need to change, but for now . . . it’s DONE! All 98,062 words and 347 pages. (I feel like I just gave birth!)
I should confess that I hate writing rough drafts. Rough drafts are painful. Rough [...]
March 9th, 2007
I will finish my rough draft today.
I will finish my rough draft today.
I will finish my rough draft today.
I will finish my rough draft today.
I will finish my rough draft today.
I will finish my rough draft today.
I will finish my rough draft today.
I will finish my rough draft today.
I will finish my rough draft today.
I [...]
March 8th, 2007
I am having so much fun reading all the hair stories sent to me! Here’s a few great ones:
The lovely Melodye shared one hair cut she’d rather forget on this blog entry. (Bonus: a photo to prove it!)
The equally lovely Chantel Simmons posted her own hair disaster story here on her blog. (Two words: White [...]
March 7th, 2007
Here’s another story that could qualify for a possible Perm Pain Anthology, courtesy of someone I’ll call Miss P:
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Before I tell you about my experience, just let me say this: I have a deadly fear of hairdressers. I’m not sure why, but maybe it’s the complete and utter control they have over my social life. [...]